I received a request for some advice and a meditation from a person who is struggling to overcome years of oppression in his country of birth. He feels unable to make much progress personally and professionally in the country he has immigrated to. He said:
“I have developed several emotional issues like lack of self confidence, [...]
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Sometimes, in our desire for happiness, it may be necessary to adopt an attitude of ‘zero tolerance‘ but I must add a cautionary note to this advice. Let me do it by using a personal experience.
For a very long time, I was easily disturbed by a situation in my family. To [...]
Have you ever experienced being ‘in the flow‘? In fact, would you say you are mostly ‘in’ or ‘out’ of the flow? Or ‘with’ or ‘against’ the flow? Or in the ‘down’ or ‘up’ stream of the flow? And what indeed is the ‘flow’? Is it relevant to you?
I [...]
There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
Edith Wharton
You may have noticed that you are happiest when you are doing something that you truly enjoy. In such a state, you are not encumbered by fear, being, instead, so completely absorbed in whatever it is you’re [...]
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Did you forget
you were once
happy?
When you smiled
easily
and your eyes
twinkled?
When you walked
lightly and long
and the atoms in the air
danced with you?
Did you forget you were once
innocent? In-
essence?
When you hadn’t yet been
introduced to
Fear?
When your spirit
had names like
Enthusiasm
Intuition and
Freedom?
Or
has that memory
blurred
as a spot of ink
dissolving
in a large drop of
water?
Do not despair
for the molecules of [...]
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