Your thoughts and beliefs are 100% responsible for the trajectory of your life. This is a reminder that YOU can take responsibility for the thoughts and beliefs that you create. And that when you have created new thoughts and beliefs, you've also created a new mind. "What you hope, you will eventually believe. What you … Continue reading Keep changing your inner reality and watch as your outer reality starts changing as well.
Too much of your present experience, is based on an old thought.
Today's meditation is called "The power of NOW". It is the same as the title of Eckhart Tolle's book which recognizes that the only place where we have true agency - the only place where we have any power to be effective at all - is in this present moment. "The point of life is … Continue reading Too much of your present experience, is based on an old thought.
Touch the ripples of life all around you.
Have you ever stopped to consider the impact you have on the world around you? It's easy to feel small in a vast universe and feel as though your presence doesn’t matter. And to add to this, we have all in the past acted from ignorance and at times caused hurt too. But the fact … Continue reading Touch the ripples of life all around you.
Creating in freedom is the true expression of your soul.
In the art gallery that life is, we are all artists, adding our own unique techniques to a collective canvas. The brushstrokes we apply, and the colours we choose are all determined by the underlying emotions that fuel our creations. Neale Donald Walsch is our teacher this week and these quotes are all taken from … Continue reading Creating in freedom is the true expression of your soul.
You can train your brain to support your NEW beliefs.
Our subconscious holds what I like to call a "recording" of the past. Our whole body understands this recording as “truth”, because these are the things that, in fact, we lived through. And so like a well-worn record, the meaning we’ve made in the past - the dots we’ve connected subconsciously - are played on … Continue reading You can train your brain to support your NEW beliefs.
What does it feel like to be you?
How does it feel to be you? The quality of our life could be summed up in the answer to this one question. We get taught as kids to neglect how we feel for SO many reasons, some of them might even be well intended, but by the end of your life you will be … Continue reading What does it feel like to be you?
Your heart has been beating for you since before you were born, and you don’t need to know much more than that to fall madly in love with YOU!
I want you to take a moment to put everything down. Take a deep breath, and as you exhale let everything you’ve been carrying around for the last few days fall. For the moment make your heart the sole focus of your attention, think of nothing else but your heart. Place your hands over your … Continue reading Your heart has been beating for you since before you were born, and you don’t need to know much more than that to fall madly in love with YOU!
“Where to take action” and “where to let go” is not always easy to know.
The structure of today’s meditation follows “The Serenity Prayer”. Since I was a child this prayer has always felt really powerful to me, like a roadmap for navigating life's challenges. Almost like everything I need to know could be accessed through these three simple lines: God grant me the serenity to accept the things that … Continue reading “Where to take action” and “where to let go” is not always easy to know.
I now choose to see myself as the Universe sees me – perfect, whole, and complete.
We look up at a majestic tree, and we easily find ourselves filled with a sense of awe… And when we pick a flower, and hold it between our fingers, we often experience an equal sense of awe and wonder... For this beautiful flower, and for that majestic tree this is their one and only … Continue reading I now choose to see myself as the Universe sees me – perfect, whole, and complete.
The beliefs that you decide to cultivate from today, will shape your tomorrow.
The only thing holding you back, are the thoughts that you have about yourself. I want you to really get this, there is nothing else standing in your way but the way that you see yourself, however here's the real mindf#@k! The way you see yourself doesn’t even belong to you, you inherited it… all … Continue reading The beliefs that you decide to cultivate from today, will shape your tomorrow.
Be serious about what you’re creating – but don’t take YOURSELF so seriously.
Hey! Happy Monday! We are stepping into a new week. We are stepping onto a brand new canvas with a brush in our hand and every action we take this week will be recorded as a brush stroke of our creative expression. What will your creation look like by the end of this week? Our … Continue reading Be serious about what you’re creating – but don’t take YOURSELF so seriously.
The greatest truths of the Universe lie deep within us.
Anita Moorjani has been our teacher this week and I hope you’ll do yourself the favour of searching her name on YouTube and listening to some interviews with her. She reminds us that we are not defined by our bodies, our accomplishments, or our possessions. Instead, we are interconnected with all of existence. This realization … Continue reading The greatest truths of the Universe lie deep within us.
Don’t go to war with ego, it’ll always fight back and you’ll never have peace.
Having the ability to be the observer is a kind of superpower. When you feel something like anger wake up within you, are you already acting from anger or do you observe how anger wakes up in your body, and do you become aware of how it wants you to act? Because when you’re looking … Continue reading Don’t go to war with ego, it’ll always fight back and you’ll never have peace.
If you believe that you only qualify for love when you are perfect, then you probably think that you’re not lovable.
Friday's meditation is dedicated to love, and today's wisdom from Anita Moorjani hits all the marks. One of the most profound lessons she learned from her near-death experience was the importance of self-love. She discovered that by accepting and loving herself unconditionally, she was able to heal her body and spirit. This insight challenges the … Continue reading If you believe that you only qualify for love when you are perfect, then you probably think that you’re not lovable.
Within weeks the tumours were all gone.
Anita Moorjani’s spiritual transformation starts while she’s looking at her dying body on a hospital bed, while doctors are battling with her organs that are shutting down one after the other. She realises that she’s never really loved this human who she see’s lying on the hospital bed and that in her lack of compassion … Continue reading Within weeks the tumours were all gone.
When you change the way you see yourself, EVERYTHING changes.
We see the world through the lens of how we view ourselves, in fact you can test this by becoming aware of how often your sub-conscious asks the question, “what does this say about me?” When you’re trying to park and you accidentally bump the curb, when a cashier disrespects you, when your child throws … Continue reading When you change the way you see yourself, EVERYTHING changes.
Never be afraid of who you are.
I have come to learn that many of us (perhaps even most of us) have a fear of being fundamentally flawed. A deep-seated fear that at our core we are somehow broken. A sense that our authentic self doesn't quite fit into the mould that society expects? Many of us spend years masking our true … Continue reading Never be afraid of who you are.
When you realize your own magnificence, you will only attract magnificence into your life.
Welcome to a new week! Our teacher for this week is Anita Moorjani whose really powerful story goes like this: “In 2006, after a four-year battle with cancer, I fell into a coma and was given just hours to live. As my doctors gathered to revive me, I journeyed into a near-death experience (NDE) where … Continue reading When you realize your own magnificence, you will only attract magnificence into your life.
Repeat the sound of God as an inner mantra.
Welcome to a Sunday silent meditation. On a Sunday we always dedicate this space to stillness by having a silent meditation. What is your relationship to silence? Do you find it easy to be in silence by yourself? Or is there a lot of resistance within you to the idea of surrendering your “self” into … Continue reading Repeat the sound of God as an inner mantra.
Are you living in survival mode or creative mode?
Today’s message starts in a completely different place than any of the previous ones… Minecraft! If you’ve raised young kids during the last decade or so you’ll know all about it, but here’s a rundown if you’re unfamiliar - Think of Minecraft as a digital Lego set on steroids. But instead of building houses and … Continue reading Are you living in survival mode or creative mode?
Is there a way to measure love?
Love can be such an elusive subject to wrap our heads around. There are so many different things we mean when we use the word love that the whole topic becomes a bit fuzzy. I have often wondered whether there would be a way to measure love. A way in which to quantify what love … Continue reading Is there a way to measure love?
First find the calm-clarity within you before choosing how you will respond.
Being a living, breathing organism on Earth means that we will be in constant contact with an ever changing environment around us. And what sets us clearly apart from all other organisms is how we have access to a lot more choice in our ability to respond to our environment, but only if we actually … Continue reading First find the calm-clarity within you before choosing how you will respond.
It has to be YOU. You are the only one who can ALWAYS be there for you.
Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself. I don’t remember who said this, but I wholeheartedly agree. People who are not afraid to unashamedly be themselves have a peace about them that is tangible, it feels calming to be in their presence. If you’re trying to flex your “self” muscles, to lean into … Continue reading It has to be YOU. You are the only one who can ALWAYS be there for you.
When to fold and when to fight. Where do we go for that wisdom?
"The Serenity Prayer" remains one of my favourite pieces of wisdom because of its simplicity. These three lines recognize that the things we deal with cannot be fit into simple black and white boxes. We can't base our decisions on a simplistic world view of always responding to everything in the same way. Sometimes our best … Continue reading When to fold and when to fight. Where do we go for that wisdom?
It is how you choose to respond to the things that you cannot control, that ends up as the paint on your canvas.
We stand at the beginning of a new week, a blank canvas waiting to be filled with the strokes of our choices and actions. Like a painter selecting their palette, we have the opportunity to choose the colors that will shape our experience. You get to take a moment to be deliberate about what you … Continue reading It is how you choose to respond to the things that you cannot control, that ends up as the paint on your canvas.
Become like one who is awestruck and nourished listening to a golden nightingale sing.
I love reserving the silent meditations for Sundays. And while today's Hafez quotes are great for leading us into silence, they make me hopeful for humanity as well. Hafez was a Muslim Sufi who lived in Iran during the 1300's, just after "The Crusades" when all of the Christian and Muslim world was at war … Continue reading Become like one who is awestruck and nourished listening to a golden nightingale sing.
Since before you were born, your sub-conscious has been recording everything you have ever experienced.
A part of our psyche is naturally deeply invested in the survival of this human body. It could be called 'Small-self', 'Ego', or perhaps our ‘scared parts'. Since before you were born, your sub-conscious has been recording all of the details of everything you have ever experienced. And more importantly, it’s been keeping track of … Continue reading Since before you were born, your sub-conscious has been recording everything you have ever experienced.
I am afraid that you still think you have a thousand serious moves to make.
Reading through the work of Hafez, I’m always aware of how the “tongue in cheek”, almost mischievous nature of his words brings an air of playfulness to what can feel like deep and serious topics. Hafez's poetry is a delightful blend of wisdom and humor, inviting us to embrace life's playful side. His words challenge … Continue reading I am afraid that you still think you have a thousand serious moves to make.
How do you even know what your name is?
How do you see your SELF? When you look at yourself, what do you see? Do you realize that what you see when you look at yourself is most likely to be a story that you were told over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over … Continue reading How do you even know what your name is?
It will drag you for days like a broken man behind a farting camel.
Today’s conversation is about coping mechanisms, and especially the masks we find ourselves reaching for in order to feel like we're being accepted by the humans around us. A “coping mechanism” is not a moral failing, it’s just the scared part of a human trying hard to deal with what can sometimes feel like too … Continue reading It will drag you for days like a broken man behind a farting camel.