I really love Lao Tzu's analogies involving water as a very descriptive illustration of how in the battle between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins - not through strength but by perseverance. How do we tap into this source of strength? "Your Daily Dose" is a quick two minute read packed with … Continue reading How do we embody this gentleness that is so saturated with relentless power?
Surrender always leads to clarity... I know that it may feel completely counter-intuitive, but through surrender we overcome the compulsion to be reactive, and that provides us with space. Within that space we discover clarity, and in that clarity the next steps to take become clear. "Your Daily Dose" is a quick two minute read … Continue reading Discover your next move in the flow of Surrender.
Surrender. The word itself often conjures images of defeat, of waving a white flag in the face of life's battles. But what if the real truth about surrender is that it’s the key to unlocking your greatest potential? What if true surrender isn't about giving up, but about opening up… opening up to a wisdom … Continue reading Surrender… not only what you need to let go of, also surrender to what needs to get done.
We live in a culture obsessed with action. Productivity hacks, hustle culture, and endless to-do lists promise us that we’ll find happiness if we just work harder and move faster. And yes, action matters of course - you don't arrive at any destination without taking steps forward. But here's the problem: it's remarkably easy to … Continue reading When you swim, you don’t grab a hold of the water…
In spiritual teachings "resistance" is a regular topic, and to understand the effects of what resistance creates within our bodies, it may be helpful to look at what resistance means in physics. In an electrical system, resistance is created by a component (usually called a resistor) that is designed to resist the flow of electricity. … Continue reading Are you frying your wiring?
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.
The human condition so often finds itself gripping on tightly to what it perceives as a sense of safety, while violently resisting the things that scare it. Stretched thin - between clinging to what is fleeting, and resisting what is inevitable - leaves us with no energy to take action where we are actually effective. … Continue reading In this space of surrender the water is calm and therefore clear.
Our own resistance to being human has always intrigued me. We live in a world that celebrates the highlight reel of human existence - the achievements, the breakthroughs, the moments of pure brilliance. Yet we collectively turn away from the messy, uncomfortable, vulnerable parts of our humanity as if they were flaws to be fixed … Continue reading Is your resistance to being human dragging you down?
Today's theme is surrender. What exactly IS surrender when it's not just a pretty word that makes me sound all spiritual? How do we become really practical about the benefits of surrender? It's easy to resist the idea of surrender, because it feels like "If I surrender I'll be allowing the things around me to … Continue reading When you surrender, you open yourself to the results that are possible from cooperation.
A message from today's meditation: In a world that celebrates hustle culture and relentless determination, the concept of surrender often gets a bad reputation. We've been conditioned to believe that letting go equals giving up, that relaxing our grip means accepting defeat. But what if everything we've been taught about surrender is wrong? What if … Continue reading Finding clarity before taking action.
