Reflections

Optimal Living Resources

Emptying the Self to Know Ourself Nov 25, 2015

Emptying ourselves of all thoughts, beliefs, ideas, conclusions and positions is a powerful meditative practice.

Within that practice we can feel more deeply into our true nature, past the illusion of form and ego focused identity.

We put it all...

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Connecting More Deeply with Life Beyond the Self Nov 24, 2015

Everything we do that brings us the most pleasure in life has some element of forgetting about our “self” for awhile.

Dancing, listening to music, reading a good book, painting, meditation…..

We become so immersed in the...

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Strengthening Self Trust Nov 23, 2015

Foundational to a life of grace, joy and spiritual growth is the strengthening of our ability to trust.

Not trust that everything happens for a reason, or trust that people are inherently good, or trust that everything will turn out alright....

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When Part of Our Life Falls Apart Oct 11, 2015

When a significant and foundational part of our life falls apart or starts to come apart at the seams we resist.

And that makes sense.  We feel extremely vulnerable when the parts of our lives that we’ve worked so hard to...

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Listening to Our Own Wisdom Requires Stillness Oct 02, 2015

The mind cannot successfully navigate and interpret life all on its own.

Our internal guidance system, our own deep knowing, is a powerful resource that many have forgotten how to listen to, or perhaps never learned to trust in the first...

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The Practice of Meditation is a Practice of Life Skills Sep 29, 2015

Our meditation practice is not simply an opportunity to recharge ourselves, it is an opportunity to practice and strengthen life skills such as non-attachment, presence, compassion, the easing of story telling, etc…

We then take those...

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Staying Centered we’re Free to Explore Life’s Extremes Sep 29, 2015

Seeking our identity through the highs and lows of life is a precarious roller coaster ride of illusion.

If we’re experiencing successes, then we believe that we are worthy.  If we are experiencing failures or if we’re showing up...

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Within Stillness we Discover our own Vastness Sep 29, 2015

Often those who begin a meditation practice have the experience within the stillness that “this is boring and there’s nothing to do here.”

But with patience and a new perspective we can find a vastness within ourselves that...

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The Gift of Losing Our Way Sep 18, 2015
I love it when a classic country western song speaks simple sage wisdom.
 
Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks once intoned the poignant question,
 
“Baby, how can I miss you if you won’t go away?” 
 
The...
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How Much Stillness is There in your Life? Sep 15, 2015

“The sacred dimension is not something
that you can know through words and ideas
any more than you can learn what an apple pie tastes like
by eating the recipe.

The modern age has forgotten that facts and information,
for all their usefulness,...

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