Alphabet soup for the soul – “M”

M is for Mindfulness “Living twenty-four hours with mindfulness is more worthwhile than living 100 years without it.” -The Buddha- Mindfulness or meditation? These two “M’s” often get confused for each other, and for a good reason. They are easy to conflate because they are very similar. Yet, both offer great ways to stop andContinue reading “Alphabet soup for the soul – “M””

Alphabet soup for the soul – “C”

C is for Creation “The birds I heard today, which, fortunately, did not come within the scope of my science, sang as freshly as if it had been the first morning of creation.” -Henry David Thoreau- We are made in the image of God. It is not the other way around. This means that GodContinue reading “Alphabet soup for the soul – “C””

Steps to awakening series , step 10 of 12

Step 10 – You embrace your future while letting go of your past One of the main points discussed throughout this series is that when you wake up, then change occurs naturally. Therefore, we begin to embrace a new future different from the path we were once on. Occasionally this means letting go of certainContinue reading “Steps to awakening series , step 10 of 12”

Steps to awakening series, step 9 of 12

Step 9 -You can turn down the outer noise which allows you to silence the inner critic This means that in the most excellent possible way, we care not for what anyone else does and conversely, we also care not what anyone thinks about what we do. There is no time for such things. WhenContinue reading “Steps to awakening series, step 9 of 12”

Steps to awakening series, step 7 of 12

Step 7- Your inner world becomes just as real as “the world of the 10,000 things” as the Tao Te Ching calls our 3D world of physical form. Essentially, this step reinforces what some of the other steps say to us. It means that once again we get to create our future. However, as theContinue reading “Steps to awakening series, step 7 of 12”