I didn’t believe in God as a kid. I grew up in a religious culture where God was supposed to be this omniscient authority figure who had a say in how you should behave, and who would punish you for all eternity if you didn’t follow his rules. He resembled my father too much for me to accept that. Like…
Category: Self-Growth
Do You Know What Makes You Happy?
We all want to be happy. Yet my idea of happiness may be different from yours, and yours is probably unlike someone else’s. Although it is supposed to be the state of mind that we all desire, if you asked a politician, a scientist, a psychologist, a young kid, and an enlightened saint what happiness is, you’d get completely different…
Are You In Love With Your Life?
Whenever I ask people if they are in love with their life, more often than not I get a look of hesitation that tells me that they don’t ask themselves this question much. They have to stop and ponder… I understand. Life keeps us busy and focused on what we do and the people we interact with—our jobs or businesses,…
Do You Know The Purpose of Your Relationships?
Did you know that relationships are eternal? They reflect the energetic ties and karma to be played out incarnation after incarnation, as we carry them along on our soul journey. In truth, we’ve been meeting pretty much the same souls over and over, trying to heal our wounds and learning to relate with love and compassion for one another, or…
I Am Too Old For This!
Do you ever hear yourself saying or thinking this? I know I do and have to remind myself that each life phase has its pros and cons. After all, if I had known 30 years ago what I know now, I would have saved myself so much grief! I know, I know, life is a process… We tend to forget…
Are You Poisoning Your Life With Emotional Resistance?
I was whipping cream the other day for some lovely strawberries I had purchased at the market, and as I was concentrated on my task I started thinking about how similar some things in life are to this churning process. You start whisking the liquid cream and maintain a certain pace as it slowly becomes thicker and thicker, until it…
Understanding Abundance and Inner Power
Most people fail to understand the true meaning of abundance and power. In the modern world, power has become a synonym for wealth and we have been trained to believe that abundance is just money, since we are used to exchanging our time for it. The old saying that “time is money” has been ingrained in our minds. Time and…