My mother’s brain cancer seems to be progressing rapidly since we returned from our trip to Washington State. I took her to Washington to see her oldest friend. They had a wonderful visit. I then picked her up and took her on a trip around the Olympic Peninsula for a few days. I hadn’t been [...]
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Ten Keys for Awakening Bliss 1) Honor your body as a Temple and treat it with love and respect. 2) Breathe deeply with awareness; this detoxifies the body, supports your immune system and calms the mind. 3) Do a daily movement practice such as; dance, yoga, walking, qigong or other aerobic exercise, this increases vitality, [...]
Read MoreThe past couple of weeks I have been in a process of witnessing my mind. At times the awareness has been primarily the “I Am” of pure Awareness watching what is arising and passing away with a deep knowing that I am not the thoughts and/or emotions associated with the form known as Crystal Dawn. [...]
Read MoreLove is our natural state and true nature. As children we live in the “Field of Love,” not as a concept, as our way of being. Slowly, we begin to receive the message that it is not OK for us to Be Love. We share our Love innocently and someone explores in anger. We don’t [...]
Read MoreTantra sees the human body as a temple. The body is a laboratory for consciousness to play and explore the material world. In Tantra we use our sexual energy to expand awareness by moving it through the body’s energy centers. These centers, located along the spine are called chakras, which means wheels of light. As [...]
Read MoreStop, be still and allow awareness of Awareness. When all thoughts stop, even for a moment, you awaken and discover that Truth as your essential nature. (This is paraphrased from a teaching by Gangaji.) I have been very still the past few days. I have not been on the computer or doing much of anything. [...]
Read MoreTantra is the path of awakening and recognizing your true nature as conscious Awareness. Here are 4 steps to help you awaken: 1) Recognize that you living in a dream and choose to wake up. 2) Activate the Witness – watch the dream unfold and recognize you are more than the dream and the dreamer. [...]
Read MoreDoes your life feel like it is going faster and faster? Does it feel like you are being dragged into an undertow of drama; your drama, your kid’s drama, or the economic drama in Washington? How can you be at peace in the midst of chaos? First, shift your attention from what is going on [...]
Read MoreYou live in a culture of Doing-ness. What do you do? How are you doing? I have to make a To-Do List. Do you define yourself by what you do? Many people do! As a child were you seen and recognized as having value based on what you did? Did you come to equate what [...]
Read MoreIt is easy to take yourself and the world seriously. I caught myself doing it today after paying bills and reading the news paper. The mind wants to create problems it can then try and solve. If you find yourself furrowing your brow, it is time to lighten up. For the next 10 minutes laugh [...]
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