January 2010

Symbols, Rituals and Altars

by Sophie 29 January 2010 Intention

Why does it matter to have symbols in your spiritual life? Why does it matter to have altars? To maintain bowls of clear water and fresh flowers? Why doe sit matter to use incense and candles? Because they focus your mind and your INTENTION. Because they express beauty and beauty inspires us. Beauty raises our […]

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Are You Enjoying the Journey?

by Sophie 25 January 2010 General

I received this quote recently: People say, “The joy is in the journey,” but they rarely understand what they are saying. You are in this focused time/space reality with goals and objectives that call you because as you identify a desire it literally summons life through you. Life summoning through you is what it’s all […]

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Learning What We Need to Know

by Sophie 24 January 2010 General

“Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.” – Pema Chodron And if you abort the learning in its original form because it was too painful or you felt you did not have the time or the people you were learning with did not want to learn with you […]

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Allowing Yourself to Receive

by Sophie 24 January 2010 General

A very good friend offered some help yesterday. “No thank you, there is no need, I got this” was the answer from this very capable experienced single Mom whose secret mission is to save the whole entire world on her own. It’s been my mission for as long as I can remember. Read: infancy. Now […]

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Truth and Love

by Sophie 22 January 2010 General

State your truth lovingly and watch miracles unfold. State your love truthfully and watch miracles unfold.

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Why Do You Do What You Do?

by Sophie 21 January 2010 General

Why do you do what you do? And when was the last time you stopped to ask yourself that? Of course, I mean: What is the overall plan? Where are you going with this? But I also mean: If you die tomorrow, will you be satisfied with the everyday process to date as well as […]

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Who Owns Your Time?

by Sophie 20 January 2010 General

Who owns your time? Do you own your time? And therefore do you own yourself? Does your tribe own you? Do you do what your peers (friends, colleagues, family or neighbors) expect? Can you bear the thought of doing anything that would lead them to decide that they feel betrayed? Do you vacation where they […]

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Love is Easy

by Sophie 19 January 2010 General

It occurred to me today that Love is easy Love is flow Love is life Love is light Love is Light Love is not easy as in ‘cheap and easy’, nasty. Love is easy as in ‘just happens’. As in ‘just flows’. As soon as what you think of as love becomes complicated, as soon […]

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