Breathe in the Dark, Breathe out the Light
Most of us run from pain, do all kinds of things to avoid it and sometimes the cure for the pain is worse than pain itself in the end. How can we truly feel joy if we never experience pain? I am learning to breathe in those dark, emotional, and sometimes intense feelings and breathe out the release of joy. I do not stay in either place, I just breathe. Life must have contrast, it must have decision, but it is our choice how we will approach that contrast and make those decisions. With resistance, anger, resentment, we can power our way past the pain, or gently, lovingly, with grace, we feel the pain and release joy.
“Today I will breathe in the pain and breathe out the joy, taking in the pain for myself and others and releasing joy for myself and others. This is my gift to myself and the world.”
It Begins with the Love and Respect of Yourself
In my continuing studies of the Divine in all Beings, I am now learning what it means to becomes Bodhisattva, to develop an open and compassionate heart. In my book, “Love First, The Beginning”, I can see now that 32 years ago I was touching the edges of Bodhichitta, as one of the basic elements […]
Letting Go
As I prepare to move back to my home in Northern California I am letting go of many objects but also people and situations that no longe serve my highest good. I can see my patterns of how I managed my emotions before, during, and after my treatment for the brain injury and it is […]
Truth
My Monday was spent on the snowy slopes of Jackson Hole Wyoming as my friend and I prepare to say goodbye to LA and each other this month. Celebrating my 60th birthday and our enduring friendship, plus the end of filming for my documentary on brain health, made the weekend quite poignant. Beginnings, transitions, closure. […]
Timing is Everything
You may have noticed that I sometimes miss my Monday Morning posts. I like to keep my word and usually do, but there can be the best of intentions and life intervenes. So thank you for your patience and I will use this to illustrate a point. Planning is great, intending your life rather than […]