Meditation is just one way of facilitating honest self-observation. Daily reflection and journaling are others. Discussion with other people is also critically important. However it comes to us, self-observation is necessary for an honest discernment of our position in relationship […]
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Chicken Soup Prayer
I have what I call the Chicken Soup Theory. When you go to pray, when you go to pray, it’s kind of like making chicken soup. Now if you’ve ever made chicken soup, when you get everything in the pot […]
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The mind can generate wondrous excuses to do something instead of just being open and present. The struggles that go on between being and doing can be awesome. Issues of control and willpower, surrender and defeat rage with all the […]
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We improve our “conscious contact” with our Higher Power or guiding spirit in stillness, by temporarily setting aside our desire to figure everything out. ~ Covington, Stephanie S. A Woman’s Way through the Twelve Steps (p. 171). Hazelden Publishing. Kindle Edition. […]
Continue reading »It’s In the Pause
It’s in the pause that we receive the words we need to hear or the nudge to follow one path or another. It’s in the pause that we are assured of the love and the direction that everyone on our […]
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