“Your body is a temple, but only if you treat it as one.” ~Astrid Alauda If you’re a fan of Eckhart Tolle and have read his book A New Earth, you may remember the term ‘pain-body’. It is a concept worth knowing that can open the mind and enable healing. However, identifying with our peacebody is far more, well, peaceful! The pain-body is anti-life. It gets triggered when we resonate with an unresolved emotional […] Read more »
The Search for Peace Ends Here
In a short tour of some local shops my eye caught this little gem of a statement on a garden plaque: ‘You are Here.’ It seems like such an obvious statement doesn’t it? Where else would you be? But then why do we need to keep being reminded of this? Most often we are not ‘here.’ It’s said that we have anywhere from 12,000 to 60,000 thoughts per day. It would be safe […] Read more »
Storm Warning: pause for peace
I look out the window to see millions of snowflakes falling, straight down to the ground. No whipping wind, just a purposeful dance. I am grateful. I can feel its calm, slowing the movements of everything around, muffling its sounds. I sense urgency downshift in my mind. Today will be unhurried. The past few weeks have been busy for me. They have been joyful, but they have pulled my energies outward into the world, while my Higher Self […] Read more »
Spacewalk
Ahhhh. Mmmmm. Deeeelicious! The sun beamed into my heart, the soft breeze brushed my face, the birds made music, and my half-smile of gratitude found its permanent home on my lips. In that moment, nothing could have satisfied my soul more than this first evening walk in the welcoming spring air. No shivers, no bracing against the biting wind, no contracting from the cold; for the first time in months I felt as though I had the freedom to breathe. Winter doesn’t sit well in my bones, so spring […] Read more »
How Do I Love Me? Let Me Count the Ways
With Valentine’s Day just two days many people turn their focus turns to notions of love. Ah, the desire for romantic passion is still something we sometimes think we desire to save our lonely soul; to be swept off our feet with declarations of devotion and an until-death-us-do-part heart connection. While romance can make us swoon, it is simply a means to deepen attraction. If it is not carried on a foundation of higher love it is empty and fleeting. […] Read more »
Prayer for Our Neighbours Suffering Disastrous Loss
Whether we our considering our neighbours in Ottawa-Canada, Nepal, Japan, the Philippines, Florida-USA, or any part of the world, our prayers make a difference for peace. Dear Spirit, We know you are present with us. We feel you in our LIGHT. Keep us awake to our purpose to be healing LIGHT for others. We have experienced our own losses, and now we witness the suffering of countless others around the […] Read more »