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March 4, 2011The past week or so has been tumultuous. Writing is hard, and my focus is not really where I want...
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February 21, 2011During the last few weeks, my life seemed impossible. I was grumpy and sour. If life is equal to capacity...
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January 7, 2011“Oh, holy smokes!” I interrupted Mary in the middle of our conversation. After more than a month, we had finally...
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December 11, 2010Opening out into something beautiful, the crystal clear, blue-green sea–I keep dreaming of it, and now those dreams are coming...
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August 13, 2010I found a book in an old box that made me realize what the last three years of my life...
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July 27, 2010The water’s fine! The expanded self, or luminosity–entering it is like learning to dive into a river. Over time and...
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June 25, 2010 Your body carries a record of your past experiences, some deep and old and intense, but the past no longer...
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June 17, 2010In Tibet, they believe that it is possible to foresee, at the beginning of a relationship, how it will unfold,...
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June 6, 2010You cannot ask the universe for something if you cannot conceive of it. In November of last year, I went...
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June 4, 2010 A table of observations on how specific emotions transform automatically into blissful energy.
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May 28, 2010Pointing to the moon is tricky when its light is found within, but don’t let that stop you.
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May 26, 2010The deepest healing occurs when we open to the possibility that our perspective can change.
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May 23, 2010An otherwordly contentment filled my day today. Something that should have caused me sadness brought me peace and tenderness instead. ...
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May 22, 2010A chance to be burdened makes it possible to see the immense love that surrounds those who suffer.
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May 17, 2010Amid memories of disappointing a former love, a prayer for a more beautiful face is answered in minutes.
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May 4, 2010The notion of psychic boundaries reminds me of the boy who lived his life in a bubble. Protection is lovely,...
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April 30, 2010Is your heart heavy today? I could feel its weight just as the clouds began to fill the sky. A...
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April 28, 2010Yesterday, I was sitting on a bench out on a boardwalk suspended over a cattail marsh. I felt so absolutely...
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April 28, 2010If you ask for healing, watch your thoughts. Sometimes the divine speaks with our own inner voice.
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April 27, 2010Moments of unconditional opening that arise in romantic love offer a taste of the tantric approach to all of life.
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April 19, 2010Forgiveness and redemption are healing, but you can still find wholeness even when others cannot offer it.
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April 17, 2010 Friday night I felt love pouring out of me for someone I once knew. Love transcends the past.
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April 15, 2010Thoughts on how the outer world reflects the inner world and the intricacies of manifestation.
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April 10, 2010A recurrent dreams foretells a shift. As the feminine regains wholeness, the masculine faces storms ahead.
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April 2, 2010Archetypal wisdom on how women’s “falling apart” can open the doors to awakening.
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March 20, 2010 Enter the real “now” by letting go of your concepts of the present.
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March 19, 2010Ripples from a monumental act of love now fill my world. In the presence of profound kindness, every molecule of...
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March 7, 2010Where does suffering originate, and how does one eliminate it? A psychiatrist is someone who, seeing an unusually sad character...
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March 5, 2010 Periods of strain can erode your strength and test your faith in life, but there are ways to approach them...
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March 3, 2010When we experience pain, we create a pain self. This pain self is connected to a subset of our usual...
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February 27, 2010Today, I stopped praying for things to get easier. It just occurred to me that it wasn’t necessary. For many...
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February 23, 2010Learn to move with the feelings in your body, approaching them directly rather than through thought.
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February 21, 2010We are never cut off from love. I say farewell to a former love and find that exclusion feels good.
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February 17, 2010 An integration of Zen emptiness with New Age form offers one approach to healing our collective samsara.
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February 16, 2010In this frozen moment, your warm consciousness finds all existence waiting.
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February 14, 2010 If you are beset by a negative self-image, especially one that is self-fulfilling and reflected back to you by others...
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February 11, 2010What would you do if your lifelong search for wholeness finally reached the finish line? If the problems you devoted...
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February 10, 2010 Again and again, I have this same experience. Some situation in my life is causing pain, something I can hardly...
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February 7, 2010 Take a breath. Feel the air enter your body. Embrace every sensation, thought, and emotion coursing through you in this...
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February 3, 2010There comes a time when the dark forces in your life step into the light, remove their masks, and reveal...
Written by an embodiment psychologist, Zen Buddhist, and single mother, "Waking Heart" is a diary of synchronicities, lessons both learned and forgotten, accidental awakenings, and the cultivation of love.