Circle of Compassion Circle of Peace Directed and Edited by Lisa Niedermeyer: “Tibetan nuns from the Keydong nunnery in Katmandu create a sand mandala at Trinity College. Hartford, CT 2005.” Sand mandalas are a traditional Tibetan Buddhist practice, normally undertaken by a team of Buddhist monks or nuns, and ritually constructed over a period of…
As we grow and evolve emotionally and spiritually, we often encounter times on the Path -crossroads, if you will- where it is simply time to let go of old habits and embrace new perspectives so that we may continue to grow. But our habits and our ego can be sneaky… they come out at odd…
We are all on the Path towards spiritual transformation. Humans are facing the next stage of our evolution, towards a more gentle, enlightened, light- and love-oriented society. Instead of subscribing to the delusions of ego that we are separated from each other and separated from the larger Natural order of things, we are coming to…
I find myself facing the next step in my personal evolution to Light, and as such, much of my day (& night) has been rather overwhelmed with revelations, insights and evolutionary changes, and the task of identifying the various puzzle pieces. This, combined with the necessity of living in this world with some modicum of…
As I continue the search for the pieces of the Path, looking for the whole, I stumble across something that resonates. Another piece of the path work puzzle. Posted, to share… Native American Code of Ethics… Rise with the sun to pray. Pray alone. Pray often. The Great Spirit will listen, if you only speak….
“You leave no footprints when you fly” – One Mystical Monkey Like a newly hatched bird looking over the nest’s edge, there comes a time to just take the leap and try the wings with which we are born. The time to do that is now. And by so doing, we show others how to…
July 4th. The day Americans celebrate our claim of independence from England …231 years ago. First and foremost, I’d like to say THANK YOU to all members of our military, past, present, and future, for the choices and sacrifices you have made so the rest of us may live the lives we value. I sincerely…
The banner has been raised -here and elsewhere in the blog-o-sphere, as well as in Sanghas and Congregations the World over- to consciously and intentionally raise our level of awareness from something based in human ego and emotion to something else; and by so doing, to raise the vibrational level of the whole World. This…
It seems I often blog about Spiritual ideas and ideals, but often omit specific suggestions on how to accomplish the things about which I ramble. The reason is simple: there is a wide variety of religions and beliefs in this world, and each of us have found (or are finding) those things which resonate specifically…
So, for one reason or another, I’ve missed yoga for the last week, and now my body is screaming “Go to yoga! I feel all squished and crampy and … just not riiiight!”. So it’s back to yoga I go, hoping the remnants of a head cold don’t land me on my face in the…
