Spiritual Growth and Transformation Blog
Winter Solstice Prayer
Today is the longest night of the year, bringing winter with it. Tomorrow the sun starts its return and we give thanks to the Light growing in our world and in our lives.
Higher Consciousness is Coming
Why does there seem to be a spiritual push to raise consciousness on this planet? Why now?
Energy Laundering
There is a lot of anger and fear in our world. We need to clean up that energy.
Shamans and Brahmans and Priests, oh my!
Where do you start when you are looking for spiritual guidance, a spiritual tradition to support you, for your “perfect fit” in this bewildering forest of different religions, traditions, beliefs and teachers?
Why Shamanism?
There have been many moments when I’ve thought, why shamanism? Of all the energy healing modalities, why did I choose this one?
Joy and Meditation
A couple of years ago, I had a moment of pure Joy. I remember it because it was such a new and unusual sensation.
Looking for Perfection
Recently I realized that the 40+ years of my spiritual journey has been an attempt to become perfect. This has shaken me to my core. Have I really corrupted my spiritual journey with my agenda for perfection?
Ripple Effects
We hear so much bad news. The media explodes with it every day, every hour. Sometimes it feels like there’s no hope at all. Many of my friends lament about the state of the world today, how awful it is, how everything is falling apart. But there is good news!
Lessons of the Hawk
Many times I see the hawk circling above me. I like to think this is a message for me from my spirit guides.
Self-Guided Meditation: The Attributes of Spirit
I use this meditation often, sometimes for 5 minutes, sometimes for an hour. It’s very flexible.
Why Meditate
For me, the greatest benefit of meditation is the way it led me to connect with both my spiritual self and my human self. I expected to find the spiritual with meditation. I did not expect to connect with the human.
Spiritual Growth
It’s not about my spirit changing or growing - Spirit is perfect - but about me connecting with my spirit, allowing my spirit to become more apparent, more predominant, more available to me more often.
Meditation - Yes You Can!
Meditation. We’ve all tried it. We’ve all failed at it. It still occasionally sends a spike of panic through me. I’ve been practicing meditation on and off for 40 years. Most of that time I felt very unsuccessful.