I walked into the post office recently early one Saturday morning to mail a package. The empty station’s radio was playing commercials; a loud, bright and annoying jingle. The female postal clerk finished helping her customer and left to take the package to the back. Commercial #2 comes on, just as loud, even more annoying….
THE RECENT BOULDER SHOOTING AT KING SOOOPERS SOUTH SIDE On 3/22/21, a Boulder King Soopers supermarket was the scene of a mass shooting. Ten people died before the shooter was arrested and taken into custody. Shocking? Did the “Boulder bubble burst?” Well that bubble has not always been intact, though yes, Boulder’s usually a peaceful…
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY COVID Recently, the one year anniversary passed since March 2020’s Covid-19 lockdown. Wow. Not out of the woods yet, I know. If you’re reading this, you survived. But perhaps not without heartbreak, health delays or challenges, and other unexpected shifts. I’m guessing 2020 will not go down as a favorite year. But it…
THE METTA MEDITATION PRACTICE, PART II In the last blog, I covered the first two steps of the Metta practice, described in the book Pocketful of Miracles by Joan Borysenko (read it here). Step one is to send the blessing and care to yourself. For without self-love, there’s less to really give. Step two of…
One of the main practices for Feb is the Metta meditation. It occurred to me that this practice imitates positive evolution of the self. You first send the love to yourself – without this, you can’t really give much love to anyone or anything. OK maybe pets are the exception – those unconditional receivers… Then you send the blessing to loved ones. Then… heh heh, you send Metta to those pesky people who well, probably are your teachers. (That third step will be covered in the next blog.)
Change can be hard, and social and culture change takes time. It can be jarring at first, when new social ideas and movements appear on the scene. It’s easy to be confused, get defensive or feel threatened. Sixty years ago, Domestic Violence was not even recognized as a thing, as a problem. With the BLM…
Book Review-Two Books with the Same Title How lucky can a healthy wealth geek get? Two books with the same title: Happy Money. Both are good – One deals with the science of happier spending and one to the good energy and attitude that creates peace with money. 1) Happy Money: The Science of Happier…
World Mental Health Day 2020 (October 10th) just passed (info here). One of the blessings of Covid-19, and well, any adversity, is that it can help you grow. Provided your life paradigm realizes growth is a necessary evil in life. When you can make the most of these “growth periods”; stress decreases, and you fine…
HOLDING PEACE IN A DIVISIVE TIME: WHAT’S YOUR SOUL SAY? October 2020’s Soul Theme, the intuitively chosen area for inner/outer work, is “Holding Peace” (see the monthly video here). Well, how the heck do you do that in our tomato-throwing (if we’re lucky) present day dividedness? You’ll still have to form YOUR unique soul approach,…
Each month we check in intuitively with the soul guidance for the month ahead. Sometimes we’ll check in mid month for updates and reminders. September’s Equinox approaches; in the past this would have been a big ritual time for the community. This month, we keep getting how important it is to take time to check…