Have you ever noticed that most people don’t know what they want? They jump from one thing to another, thinking the grass is greener elsewhere, or they stick to a certain career, relationship, set of habits, or belief system because these somehow landed on their lap and they’re too afraid to question what’s become familiar. They could end up in…
Category: Empowerment
‘Tis The Year Of Balanced Responsibility
Mid-January marks the beginning of the harvest season on the Lunar Calendar, which is when the Sun moves from the Tropic of Capricorn to the Tropic of Cancer. This is known as Makar Sankranti, a major festival celebrated in various parts of India—one of the few Hindu festivals happening on a fixed date, which is January 14th (a day before…
Turn Anger Into a Tool For Transformation
From a spiritual perspective, love is the absence of fear, and anger is considered a negative emotion because it emerges from the attachments and fears that block love and separate us from others. The suffering, injustice, racism, misogyny, xenophobia, and wars we witness in the world are clear expressions of the excessive need to control of a collective ego fueled by…
Why Self-Love Makes You Truly Free
This month Mercury will be retrograde until the Winter Solstice, passing over the Galactic Center, which is the black hole at the center of the Milky Way. Saturn will also be traveling over this energetic point before shifting astrological signs, so a possible meaning for this uncommon alignment is that it is time to begin committing to higher principles and…
Why Time Management Is Crucial For Self-Growth
Unlike most people I know, I’ve never had a clear sense of time or direction. Perhaps it comes naturally to them, or they’ve developed an internal clock and geographical compass from routine and discipline, but I’m the kind of person who can get lost even with a GPS and if I don’t have a calendar or a clock in front…
How Your Illusions Create a ‘Halo Effect’
Not long ago, I heard a story of a couple I’ll call John and Sylvia (not their real names) who decided to flip houses as a way to invest money. He had experience as a handyman and contractor, and she had been saving for years, so they agreed that Sylvia would use her savings to buy a small fixer-upper in…
3 Tools To Stop Worrying About the Future
Do you worry about the future? Who doesn’t, right? Especially with all the chaos in the world. But worrying comes from ego, which is like a monkey jumping from one thought to another and one desire to another, leaving a trail of fear behind. Your monkey-mind goes back and forth between the past and the future, to prevent you from…