If we knew just how powerfully our thoughts, words, and actions affected the hearts of those around us, we’d reach out and join hands again and again.

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Imagine a pebble dropped into a still pond. The calm surface shatters, sending ripples outward in ever-expanding circles. This image perfectly captures the impact we have on those around us. Our thoughts, words, and actions create a ripple effect, influencing the lives of others in ways we may never fully comprehend. Tara Brach, a renowned … Continue reading If we knew just how powerfully our thoughts, words, and actions affected the hearts of those around us, we’d reach out and join hands again and again.

Try not to judge them in the moments that they succumb to their own fears.

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Love can be a difficult concept to describe, trying to use words that clearly can't do it justice. It's a word thrown around so often, yet its true essence can be so hard to pin down. We chase after it in relationships, yearn for its presence, and sometimes feel lost when it seems absent. But … Continue reading Try not to judge them in the moments that they succumb to their own fears.

You will love again the stranger who was your SELF.

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Happy Friday peeps! Happy Friday peeps! I’m sure you know by now that the topic of our Friday meditations is always love, and today is no different.  Our sense of what love even is, is so deeply intertwined with how we have been taught to see ourselves and where we seek validation and acceptance for … Continue reading You will love again the stranger who was your SELF.

Empower yourself through your own acceptance of YOU.

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I don’t think that there’s much I can write about love in today's message that’ll add anything to these quotes from the Boy the Mole the Fox and the Horse, except perhaps this: double down on being kind to YOU, especially in those moments when you feel that you deserve it the least.          When … Continue reading Empower yourself through your own acceptance of YOU.

…then you’ll realize you’ve just embraced the whole universe…

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The topic of today's meditation is love and I'm sharing with you Adyashanti's view: "Love is a flame that burns, it burns everything other than itself. It is the destruction of everything that is false, and the fulfillment of all that is true." - Adyashanti Surrendering to love, will dissolve in your life everything that … Continue reading …then you’ll realize you’ve just embraced the whole universe…

… and you’re f#@king AWESOME!

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Since waking up this morning, the word/s “authentic/authenticity” have been swirling around in my head, so even though today’s meditation is “Sharing Love” I decided to make the intro - Authenticity… We tend to think of being authentic as something we project out to the world, the courage to defy expectations and proudly display our … Continue reading … and you’re f#@king AWESOME!

When love is no longer something that you “need”, but something that you share.

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“How do you spell love?” Asked Piglet “You don't spell it, you feel it.” Answered Pooh Ask a hundred people to describe what love is, and you’re likely to get a hundred different answers.  It can be a complicated topic because for most of us, our history with love is well… complicated… We first learn … Continue reading When love is no longer something that you “need”, but something that you share.

Feel yourself breathing with all living brothers and sisters.

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A beautiful image that emerges from today's meditation: feeling ourselves breathing in unison with "all living brothers and sisters." This powerful sense of connection serves as a potent reminder that love is not just an emotion we experience with romantic partners; it's the very essence of our existence, the thread that binds us to all … Continue reading Feel yourself breathing with all living brothers and sisters.

You are creating wholeness within yourself.

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Hello! It’s Friday, and on a Friday the theme of our meditation is always love, or we could also say, the heart. And it turns out that Rumi has a lot to say about the heart. Rumi invites us to lean into the whispers of our heart, not just the pleasant chirps of happiness but … Continue reading You are creating wholeness within yourself.

When the wisdom of the heart replaces the chatter of the mind.

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As we navigate the complexities of life, it's easy to get caught up in the constant chatter of our minds. But what if we were to become deliberate about not only living in our heads, and embrace the practice of dropping into our hearts as often as we can?  Today's meditation reminds us of the … Continue reading When the wisdom of the heart replaces the chatter of the mind.

What do you create when there is nothing that you need?

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What do you create when there's nothing you need? This question serves as a powerful prompt for self-reflection. It delves into the heart of what true love is and how it transforms us from fearful beings clinging to relationships, to expansive creators brimming with the desire to give. Do you really understand what love is? … Continue reading What do you create when there is nothing that you need?

There is only one place where this work can be done… coming face to face with the “worst” parts of you, until you see them in a different light.

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Love. It's a word tossed around so easily, yet its true essence often remains elusive. We crave it, we seek it from others, and sometimes feel a hollowness within us where it should reside.  Love as an external validation that someone else provides often feels fleeting, dependent on others. But cultivating love as a state … Continue reading There is only one place where this work can be done… coming face to face with the “worst” parts of you, until you see them in a different light.

Whoever taught you that you’re not lovable just as you are was never right, and being who you are was never wrong.

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Love.  It's a word whispered in fairytales, a yearning etched in our hearts. Yet, for many of us, truly receiving love can feel like a foreign concept. We shower love on others freely, but when it comes to letting it wash over us, a strange resistance sets in. Why is this? Why do we struggle … Continue reading Whoever taught you that you’re not lovable just as you are was never right, and being who you are was never wrong.

It’s not healing that makes you whole… It’s becoming whole that makes you heal.

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We all carry wounds, big or small, that leave their mark on our hearts and minds. The path to healing often feels like a long and arduous journey, filled with the hope of someday becoming whole again. But what if the answer to wholeness lies not in waiting for some miraculous healing to happen, but … Continue reading It’s not healing that makes you whole… It’s becoming whole that makes you heal.

I am human only because you are human too.

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There's a profound truth nestled within the simple phrase, "I am human only because you are human too."  This sentiment is the foundation of today’s meditation. There is a felt connection we can experience with the humans in our circle when we let go of the sense of safety we think we gain from our … Continue reading I am human only because you are human too.

There’s an “IS”-ness about the way that love operates that we can learn to trust and surrender to.

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On this Friday of love, here's Jaiya John's take on the subject: "Your own love heals you." - Jaiya John "She wrote a Love letter to herself every day. That's how she got through it." - Jaiya John Learning how to really love YOU causes you to live in a different state, in a different … Continue reading There’s an “IS”-ness about the way that love operates that we can learn to trust and surrender to.

Why…? Because we’d love to live in a world where we can let our guard down and love the humans around us.

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Today's message from Lao Tzu is about how hard we try to live really good lives, create good societies, and teach our kids good values. We have a sense of the principles we need to rely, insist and agree on in order to foster cooperation not only in our close relationships, but at scale. Some … Continue reading Why…? Because we’d love to live in a world where we can let our guard down and love the humans around us.

Experience that love is your natural state!

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Like all biological creatures, a big part of what keeps us alive are the patterns created in our subconscious and embedded in our bodies, ready to fire in an instant to steer us toward safety and away from danger. Having these patterns is what makes us similar to our animal friends, but it is our … Continue reading Experience that love is your natural state!

What I have found in SELF, I am finding EVERYWHERE!

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Eckhart Tolle speaks about love in a very simple way, cutting right through the cultural baggage that we have collected around the word love throughout human history. He demonstrates that we tend to "feel" love from either one of these two places - Ego or Soul. “To the ego, loving and wanting are the same, … Continue reading What I have found in SELF, I am finding EVERYWHERE!

To love without knowing how to love, wounds those we are trying to love.

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Thich Nhat Hanh touched millions of lives in the time that he spent on Earth. His wisdom was profound but always expressed in very simple words, the practical application immediately clear.  His teachings on love were no different, every word speaks to that part of you that already knows this: "If you love someone, you … Continue reading To love without knowing how to love, wounds those we are trying to love.