Archive for the ‘Spritual Growth’ Category

Living in the Clarity Mind State

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

The Clarity Mind State is a state where one resides completely and unequivocally in the present moment.

Life flows from moment to moment effortlessly and easily.

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10 Ways to Get Clear in the New Year

Friday, January 8th, 2010

Find Your Way to ClarityIt’s a brand new day, a new start – where do you begin? The place to start is where you are right now.

It’s easy to feel lost and confused when you expect a clear master plan to unfold. In actuality, the master plan does exist, with every small step you take. The actions you take right now are your new beginnings.

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5 Things Your Spirtual Teacher Might Not Tell You

Saturday, December 5th, 2009
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I’ve been contemplating my eyelids for over 30 years. It’s been a marvelous journey. The simple act of closing my eyes and emptying the mind has been completely life-transforming. While the benefits of meditation are truly astounding, there are certain pitfalls to be aware of.

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Clarity Mind Revolution

Saturday, October 10th, 2009

There’s a revolution going on.

Get Magnetic: Practice Conscious Appreciation

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

Ask any neuroscientist – our brains generate electricity. Changes in the brain’s electrical impulses can be consciously self-generated. This is called operant conditioning.

When we choose to alter our thinking, we alter cortical rhythms as well as the brain’s structure. In essence, we become our attention.

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Bee Happy: Go For the Gold

Thursday, May 7th, 2009

As a coach, I’m in the business of helping people find solutions to their lives. I’ve found that it’s not uncommon for clients to know what they don’t want but few know what they do want.

They tell me how unhappy they are in their current jobs or lives but they are unwilling to invest the necessary time to write about their passions, meditate or reflect on exactly what will bring them the fulfilling life they desire.

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Destiny DNA: Is Your Mind Getting in the Way?

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

The other day my innovations coach asked me, “Out of all your varied interests, which bring you the most joy?” I had to stop and think. In fact I pondered on this for several weeks. I wrote extensively in my journal and I meditated about it.

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Higher Perspectives: Finding Peace in an Awakening World

Sunday, February 1st, 2009

It’s dawn and the world is waking up. Eyes open, still drunk from sleep, we stretch and prepare for the realities of the day. As day follows night, we move in tandem with the cycles of nature.

Birth and death, creation and destruction – these are the cycles of life. These cycles reveal themselves in nature, fashion, economies, civilizations, and in the life and death of a star. These contradictions support and relate to each other, in that one cannot exist without the other.

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Spiritual Journeys in Gratitude, Compassion and Wonder

Friday, November 14th, 2008

Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing. -Mother Teresa

God doesn’t require us to succeed; he only requires that you try. -Mother Teresa

I was amazed in reading a review of Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light that the saint from India had such difficulty in sustaining an on-going presence of God in her life. I share a similar problem. What follows are three spiritual journeys I take to combat the problem. (more…)

Inner Heart Song

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

There is nothing in the world so much like prayer as music is. ~William P. Merrill

Music was my full time career 6 nights a week for 14 years. I’ve also played over 1000 events, weddings and affairs, but last night was my first time playing a kirtan.

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