Everyone is chasing the illusive tomorrow’s happiness and they have a great plan for being happy in the future. The plan is something like this: – When I finish my big project then I will be happy – When my illness ends then I will be happy – When this weekend comes then I will […]
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“Awakening is not changing who you are but discarding who you are not.” Deepak Chopra By experiencing more of our true nature, we can reduce suffering and experience more joy even while everything outside is in a chaos. To experience our true nature, we need to remove obstacles to it which are our ego […]
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The first time I heard about being authentic, I thought it was a tactic to find faults with someone! Over time I have realized being authentic is a natural inner desire and is the home where we love to return to. Being authentic is an inside job and is about living from heart while discovering […]
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One of the most read popular blogs in the past ten years is titled “You matter”. Why this subject is so popular? I think deep down we know our presence matters and makes a difference. However sometimes our mind and our environment creates doubt within us and convince us otherwise. We are sometimes negligent to […]
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“Your task is not to seek for love but merely to seek & find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” ~Rumi What are the barriers that Rumi is referring to? Can it be our limiting beliefs, expectations, past hurts and our arrogance? Love like Sun does not go away. It […]
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How would you feel if you knew everything in your life will be OK, no matter what is happening? What would you do differently if you knew that? Would you be calmer? Smile more? Be more truthful? Have more courage? How a belief and knowing can be so powerful that can change our reaction and how […]
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Have you wondered why so many mystics welcome grief and hardships? What one gains from welcoming them? Are they crazy? Not so. I think there are two important factors to consider: 1- Practicing surrender Surrender shuts off our mind in picking, choosing and judging and allowing us to experience life. This applies in both expanding (i.e. […]
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When we hold to an emotion by avoiding fully feeling it and do not process it, we lose clarity of our heart, mind and action. You may have seen someone that was hurt by unfairness and they themselves are acting unfairly to others. You may have seen someone who hates being judged and themselves are very judging of others. You […]
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The plan was I take my mother from Virginia to San Francisco on Feb 6. My mother was admitted a week before to hospital due to flu and other complications. We could not take the trip on Feb 6. There was a change in our plan. My mother took a different trip on that day. My […]
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I had a dialogue and encounter with my gatekeeper that I like to share with you. Perhaps. It may help you get to know your own gatekeeper better. You may ask who the gatekeeper is. Gatekeeper is part of you who wants to protect you, is scared and is in survival mode. Last week, I had […]
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How can we survive and thrive the chaos around us? We can do it by raising our vibration, by being in the present and by focusing on desired outcomes. Look at the following statements that all maybe true (yet they have low vibrations): I am cold; I should have saved more money; it is Joe’s […]
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Do you have resistance to doing very simple things such as replying to an email, talking to a stranger, watching your own speech video or asking to be treated properly? I have realized that mostly when we have a resistance, it is avoidance of “negative” feeling such as sadness, anger, rejection, etc. It goes like […]
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I do photography and I am very fortunate in taking pictures of butterflies close up. How do I do it? I do not chase the butterflies. I find a place near flowers, relax and sit without any expectation or thoughts. Then the butterfly appears and lands near me for a picture. If I am tense […]
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Imagine that you have your dream meeting with a special person that may be the most beautiful physically, mentally and/or spiritually. This person will be your dream guest at your residence for couple of hours. Your dream has come true! But your residence is not tidy and dishes are dirty. You either decide to ignore […]
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Imagine you were a small child and you were invited to a Halloween party that you had to make your own mask. You rushed, dressed up and made a mask based on what was going in your life. You wanted to make sure your mask stayed on for the party so you found a special […]
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You thoughts and beliefs may be flawed, not you!!! We, all as small children, accept certain thoughts and beliefs. For example, if we heard that our parents were fighting with each other and we head our names, we assumed that we have caused the fight and we were the source of disharmony. This may have […]
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We have many energy blockages as the result of our unresolved emotions. The blockages do not allow us to have our heart open completely and experience life fully. Let say if someone was mean to you and you did not let go of feeling of hurt right away. You kept thinking how dare he could […]
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We all have trapped energies in our bodies. These are our feelings that we have repressed to avoid feeling them. These emotions want to be acknowledged and released from our body. I have found the 5 steps below to be very effective in releasing such trapped emotions. Name the emotion you are feeling, i.e. fear, […]
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We all have heard that to let go and be free. Sometimes we let go when we are tired of holding on and we realize that holding on only is creating more suffering. Letting go does not mean giving up hope. It means acknowledging our current pain and suffering does not help our situation and […]
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What is one effective way to love and connect with yourself? In my experience, it is acknowledgement of what we feel is the key. It is generally OK to share and express our happiness. Therefore, I will focus on our repressed emotions which is not cool to share or acknowledge. It is about acknowledging our […]
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