In the Toltec teachings there are three masteries: awareness, transformation, and intent, which don Miguel Ruiz also calls the mastery of love. We don't “graduate” from one mastery and then leave it behind as we move to the next. I visualize the masteries more like a pyramid. We want to have ...
Most people never stop to question what they have been taught about life. It may not occur to us that our thoughts and beliefs about life are just that: beliefs about life and not necessarily the truth. We may never examine or challenge these beliefs b...
To work with love. . . is to weave the cloth with threads drawn from your heart, even as if your beloved were to wear that cloth.
— Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet
The seventh spiritual law of success, the Law of Dharma or Purpos...
Last blog I wrote about yes; this blog we will explore getting to love NO, both giving and receiving.
Author Byron Katie shares a brilliant observation about "no:" When you say no to someone else you are saying yes to yourself.
Yes and no go hand in hand. For each yes, there is a no...
Like so many people I know, I have spent my life searching for “the truth.” I wanted to find the answers to life’s most important questions: Who are we? Who or what is God? What is life all about? How can I find and experience true love? Can I really attain total fulfillment and happiness i...
Oprah Winfrey, Americas’ beloved talk show host, producer, and philanthropist has been a tastemaker since the mid-80s when she found her way into hearts and homes by way of television screens across the nation. O...
When I planned my first visit to the Texas gulf coastline I bounced around like a kid for a week before the trip, excitedly gathering things for the journey. Sunscreen. Sand castle building tools. A good mat to lie on. I had visions of barefoot walks and sand between my toes, the lull of wa...
Imagine that you have a magical kitchen in your home. In that magical kitchen, you can have any food you want from any place in the world in any quantity. You never worry about what to eat; whatever you wish for, you can have at your table. You are very generous with your food; you give your food...
What is freedom and how do I experience it?
One of the most crucial aspects of life is the notion of freedom and the notion of bondage. Ultimately, our goal is to experience freedom, but to understand what freedom is we first have to understand what bondage is.
To be in bonda...
Yesterday I was sitting in a coffee shop near my sister's house in Atlanta, enjoying a cup of green tea as I caught up on emails.
Suddenly I became aware of the intensity of a conversation happening nearby. I couldn't see who was talking, but if I leaned back and I could have easily touche...
