“Many people long for the freedom and expansion that prosperity promises. Others already enjoy the relative freedom that comes with prosperity and discover that even that is not enough to endow their lives with meaning. There is no substitute for finding true purpose. The true or primary purpose of your life cannot be found on […]
“Only when you have a clear sense of your own boundaries can you connect deeply with another. Unclear boundaries lead to the loss of self rather than to love. To experience true love, you must be able to use your masculine energy as effectively as your feminine.” — Pamela Kribbe, Heart-Centered Living, p. 201 Note: […]
A parable retold and interpreted by Eckhart Tolle, which illustrates through an example how we can practice the conscious “diminishing of the ego” in our lives. “The Zen master Hakuin lived in a town in Japan. He was highly respected, and many people sought his spiritual guidance. It happened that the teenage daughter of his […]
Here is an idea from Eckhart Tolle on how to consciously practice the sadhana of disappointment, which I find deeply inspiring. “A powerful spiritual practice is to consciously allow the diminishment of the ego when it happens and to not try to restore it. I recommend that you experiment with this from time to time. […]
The presentation of the “roadblocks on the path to surrender as a way of life” would not be complete without introducing the third one: helping others in a way that blurs the boundaries between us and them. For people with spiritual values and sensitive hearts, this may turn out to be not only the greatest […]
After presenting the first block to “surrender as a way of life” from Pamela Kribbe’s book—”God as an external authority“—it is now time to present the second. It is titled “Society’s ideals and standards as the second false idol.” “Another false god that distances you from your true spiritual energy is ‘society’: the standards and […]
I continue to present the ideas of Pamela Kribbe from her wonderful book Heart-Centered Living. In the previous article, the topic was surrender as a way of life, and now I will present the blockages that prevent us from letting go of control and relaxing in trust in the flow of life. In the language […]
To surrender (in English – to surrender) as a way of life is the capacity to let go of control and to trust the hidden wisdom of life. Enlightenment is also described with the word “surrender,” pointing to that turning point when, after long years of struggle and effort, the spiritual seeker capitulates, and in […]
“Doing things ‘wrong,’ making mistakes, is part of life and can even bring you greater growth than trying to avoid mistakes. In the ‘bad things,’ the seed of light lies dormant. Only by experiencing the bad from within can you experience the good as beautiful, true, and pure. You, the God within you, have plunged […]
“In my work I often see people struggling unsuccessfully to overcome what they believe to be their human weakness. Yet for most of them, what they believe to be their weaknesses turn out to be the areas of their greatest spiritual strength.” Michael Tamura, You Are the Answer, p. 66 To explain how this paradoxical […]
I do not know whether you are familiar with this state in which earthly life feels so heavy that you would gladly leave your body, if it were not for your sense of duty and your determination not to give up. It is a state in which the outer world has no pull at all, […]
“Some spiritual seekers mistakenly understand the process of freeing the ego from all its “possessions” as killing or destroying the ego. Just as survival is the primary instinct of all nature, so the ego will try to survive at all costs. If you threaten it, you will not accomplish your spiritual purpose. If you starve […]
