My wife Jackie is an Ayurvedic Specialist and author of this week’s blog. Spring is my busiest time of year for supporting clients through cleanses. After a long winter of eating heavy comfort foods most people want to feel the quality of lightness and clarity in their body and mind again. The cleansing procedures of
There is an old story of a wise Sage who was working in his garden one day when a spiritual seeker came to him and asked how to become enlightened. The teacher pulled an onion out of the garden and said dig a hole over there for this onion where the soil is rich and
Whether you know it or not, your mind is the most powerful tool on earth, yet it can only create for you according to your inner beliefs, feelings, and attitudes. To create and attract what you want, your mind must be convinced through all levels of your awareness, including your subconscious mind. In fact, your
Anything deeply meaningful and fulfilling usually takes considerable time and dedication. For instance most people who excel in any field spend many years in training and practice, whether it is art, music, science, sports, creativity, or the professions like law and medicine. Some experts say it takes 10,000 or more hours of participation to excel
Some forms of meditation are quite easy if your goal is to merely attain stress relief or a peacefully relaxed state. I have a wonderful meditation for beginners course for this. But if you are seeking deeper levels of awareness, spiritual awakening and enlightenment, you will find it requires deep dedication over a long period of time.
With Jackie Parker Let There Be Light Learning and integrating Ayurveda into your life is like learning to dance with Nature. There are rhythms and light patterns to each day and each season. Our individual lives are a dance that we must learn to balance if we want to remain vibrant and alive and express
There are so many ways abundance can come into our lives. When you think of abundance what do you think of? Do you think of what is missing from your life? Or do you think of abundance in terms of what you own? This would include the obvious such as income and bank accounts, but
You have probably noticed that there is a tendency to at times feel ignorant or stupid, as though you are being manipulated or controlled by outside forces. There is an unconscious predisposition to pick the wrong horse or the wrong investment and then go into judgment about it. It is important to release all regret
Somehow we naturally believe the past is somehow true in the present. For instance it seems logical that if money were lost in an investment in the past, or a stupid mistake caused us to loose money in the past, therefore we are stupid and unlucky now. There is an inner belief that we are
Many people are living just “waiting for the next shoe to drop.” They have an anticipation of “what now!” This is a negative expectancy and fear of the future built on the observation, fear and belief that our lives go from one struggle to another. Think about how your day is just one story connected
Part of the reason we set ourselves up for difficulties is the memory of the pain you have gone through. You may have been threatened with losing money, losing employment, losing a house, or losing a relationship. These issues have a lot of strong fear and other emotional content which sets a deep pattern. The
With the state of the World economy and the US economy there is a lot of nervousness and anxiety and understandably so. The early evolution of our brains designed us for a fight or flight response when we are placed in a stressful situation. So it is natural to have anxiety in such situations, but
Denial is an interesting trait nearly everyone has to one degree or another. Basically it is a refusing to acknowledge something that is present. It could be a condition, a fact, or any other reality. Why do we do this? What the denial pattern is really doing is trying to pretend the situation or circumstance
Our bodies cannot truly relax until our minds learn to relax; and the mind never seems to relax. Some people do problem-solving permutations in their dreams, and they wake up exhausted. Some simply can’t sit still because their minds are racing and they have to get up and do something. This is traditionally referred to
Ultimately, the release of karma comes down to the subject of surrender. In a spiritual context, surrender is about releasing all forms of holding or all forms of resistance and all forms of attachment. Ultimately, all spiritual paths converge and agree on the surrender approach, although the methods of implementing it vary. To switch to
Because everything was created with a force of free will, it takes a measure of choice and will to acknowledge and release all attachment to what was created,…That’s why the ego doesn’t just disappear automatically if we merely ask it to. We are powerful creators and when you put the force of your will and
There are at least 3 major painless ways to become free from karma. Undoubtedly there are more, but these are 3 main ones, and you may want to apply yourself to whatever feels the most comfortable for you and whatever is compatible with your orientation. The first method is a particularly beautiful one of having
There are at least 3 major painless ways to become free from karma. Undoubtedly there are more, but these are 3 main ones, and you may want to apply yourself to whatever feels the most comfortable for you and whatever is compatible with your orientation. The first method is a particularly beautiful one of having
There is a perspective that karma is an illusion and, of course, in one sense that is true, but in a practical everyday reality it is not true. It would be a little like saying that gravity or inertia are illusions. From the perspective of a transcendent state of consciousness I suppose you could say
So many of my clients are asking for the financial news according to Astrology, that I have written the following article. by: Mary Dixon This year, 2009, there are some major planetary changes for everyone. The entrance into Capricorn by Pluto and Jupiter into the sign of Aquarius is now occurring. These two planets are
Question: In trying to understand your concept of soul merge as merging with our Higher Self, is it like uniting all the fractured parts of the personalities or integrating them back together. I am wondering if it has to do with discovering aspects of our personalities we are not aware of and integrating them again
The word karma is derived from the Sanskrit KRI, “To Do.” The word also means the effects of actions, and it sometimes also means the effects of our past actions which were the causes. Another way of looking at karma is that karma is energy in motion. All of our thoughts, feelings and actions create
The Power of the Mind to Change the Body The Greek philosopher Heraclitus said, “You cannot step into the same river twice, for fresh waters are ever flowing in.” And the same is true of your body. If you grab the fat around your waist, or any place else of your choice, the fat you
Non-Local Mind, Morphic Fields & Psychic Phenomena The transfer of information through morphic fields could explain telepathy and other psychic phenomena. For example telepathy between people and domesticated animals, is dis¬cussed in the 1999 book Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home by Rupert Sheldrake. As any pet owner knows often dogs and
We Live in a Field of Potentiality It has long been proposed that we live in some sort of field which connects us with everything in existence. While precise explanations are not easily found some insights can be gained by observing the effects of the field. As incredible as it may seem, the field effect
There was a concept presented in the movie the Matrix that seemed to ring a familiar note in the hearts and minds of many and it concerns the Quantum Field that seems to connect everything in creation. This is an interesting subject as well as an important one as it explains much of what people
Yoga is said to be a path to god-realization, which is an odd sounding concept to the traditional Western views because if a person believes in a personal Divine being called God it would seem to be blasphemy to assert that one can become one with God. Indeed people have been put to death for
How Meditation Can Fail An article I read describing the experiences that long-term practitioners of meditation achieved shocked me! I had to read it several times to be sure I read it correctly. The article reported the results of a study conducted by world-renowned authorities on meditation. I’m sure the results of this study will
Periodically someone emails me asking for my advice about a new romantic relationship. If you are thinking about a new relationship I have a few suggestions that will help you. First of all if I were contemplating a long-term relationship with someone and it looked like a viable prospect I would order the email compatibility
Perhaps the most fundamental form of yogic meditation is through becoming a witness or observer. This is a practice which can be part of a meditation but it can also be practiced in day-to-day life. This makes you more mindful and awake in everything you do. Even the most routine things you do like getting
