spirituality
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There is a “calm knowing” that I’d mentioned in a previous post and it’s what I’m experiencing now. Initially, I felt oddly calm after our voices and choices were suppressed via hatred. I didn’t think I was in shock. Then I wondered if it isn’t over yet and recounts will prove we are not doomed…
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Sometimes I wonder how I arrived in this place of acceptance and self-ownership so late in life. Besides feeling tremendous gratitude for landing on more solid ground, I realized the futility in beating myself up for the wouldas, couldas, shouldas that plague our lives, and which instill self-doubt, lack of fortitude, a denial of our…
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From a tranquil meditation spot alongside Salt Pond, I was treated to this natural view of three swans at rest and dining, floating and observing, seemingly in their own meditative spirit. Meditation has saved many of us from the crush of anxiety, depression, constant worry, sorrow, uncertainty, and pessimism. Surely, meditation saved me to a…
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No matter how many times we tell ourselves that we WON’T be triggered by persistently painful responses from others, dang nabbit!, we still often feel the painful sting. Sometimes the angry vitriol or sarcastic meanness that is hurled at our beliefs annoys us like an unseen mosquito we can’t swat because we can’t see it…
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The train has left the station and I’m not on it. I wasn’t strong enough to defy my father and let him know that I’d planned to head across the country to sunny California with two girlfriends. This rebellious adventure was to occur a couple of years after high school graduation. Daunted by a vast…
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This week, I volunteered with a local organization that, among other services, provides rides for women in need. Usually, these rides are to and from doctor appts or hospital procedures. I picked up a woman, a fellow empath, who told me that she immediately felt comfortable and safe with me. I told her I also…
The Healing Connection of Life and Death 