“I don’t know how to meditate. I can’t quiet my mind.” Do you find yourself saying this? Are you discouraged to the point of giving up on meditation? You are certainly not alone. Many people want to experience the many benefits and gifts of meditation, but struggle with transcending the mind and creating a meditation practice that works for them. I’ll let you in on some secrets I’ve uncovered over the years that can help you achieve a meditative state to transform your concentration, clarity, and consciousness. Secret 1 – Meditation is Not Something to Do. It’s a Way to Be. We often forget we are human beings and not human doings. Meditation is the same way. This simple shift in relating to meditation as a state of being versus an Continue Reading
Fractals and Singularity: The Access to Christ Consciousness
“My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.” – Dalai Lama Religion needs spirituality. Spirituality does not need religion. I do believe the distinction of religion and spirituality is critical in today’s world, fragmented by growing chasms engineered by man’s egoic interpretations of the “true path” to God. Spirituality, without the coat of religion, gives us the strength and vulnerability to find our own answers. Spirituality is centered in the mystery and the inquiry about the force that connects all of life. In this seeking, we discover our personal connection with divine consciousness, the fabric of existence. This is an individual journey, requiring us to examine and to release limiting beliefs about ourselves and the Continue Reading
Acceleration 101
I like driving fast. Do you? There is something exhilarating about accelerating. Maybe it’s the thrill of letting go, of yielding to the unknown and trusting intuition versus the limiting, logical mind. In that space of letting go, we experience a deep sense of connection with ourselves and the energy around us. We’re present. We’re aware. We’re alive. Does it feel to you that time moves faster now than it did before? The days, weeks, months, and years seem to zip past us. Perhaps this acceleration is on the quantum level, the spiritual level. We attribute it to time because we have no other point of reference. What if we’re in an invisible vehicle that’s accelerating and our current scientific instruments don’t know how to measure this Continue Reading
The Spiritual Side of Conflict
Conflict. What comes to mind? In today’s world, we often associate conflict with negative images and feelings. We believe conflict is destructive, unnatural, and unhealthy. In turn, we approach conflict from a position of fear and uncertainty. We do whatever we must to restore a sense of power and certainty in the situation. We push to end the conflict quickly and in our favor, or we go to extremes to avoid the person and situation. Is this familiar? In this ego-based paradigm, we view conflict as a proverbial “pie” to divide with winners and losers. There is a model I’ve adapted from Thomas-Kilmann highlighting five main conflict styles based on a scale of assertiveness (concern for self) versus cooperativeness (concern for other). Continue Reading