Author Archives: nandajurela

Just for today, I bless the water I drink … and I envision a world where every living being has access to clean water. NJ (written down on 25 March 2015, after doing it for a long, long time)

I love June and its scents. The honey fragrance of white flowers and the aroma of wild roses. The wind carries perfumes that open the heart and boost bliss. Mmmmmm. Those scents can never be manufactured. Only beings that root in the soil emit them. Thank you, earth. NJ 15 June 2013

It is a sign of self-love when you surround yourself with people who support you, are kind to you, and respect you. The wish for suitable company is fine, even sacred. NJ18 October 2014 Art by B.C. painter Marianne Enhorning, titled Emergence (detail)

When you are thirsty for wisdom, you find all sources of water available to you. If that sounds like a matter of survival, let me tell you, it is just that. Once you feel dehydrated, you are urged to learn: you discover and assimilate fast, wisdom flows into you freely, and it becomes yours. ThereContinue reading “Straight to Wisdom”

I wonder how many people would dare to take steps towards their dream, if they knew that it is ok to do it imperfectly. It is good enough to do it imperfectly. Just start where you are – every morning. And, keep going. Then I recall human nature, the tendency to go from one extremeContinue reading “That Little Bit That Makes You Happy”

The world becomes a creepy place when you are the only one to support your dream. That is why some of the most advanced people end up in co-dependencies, or similar secondary problems that provide some kind of comfort, acceptance or love, instead of shouting from the rooftops: “I Am An Artist!” or “I AmContinue reading “A Moment, Before a Major Upswing”

You become prey to all kind of advertising (and promises never meant to be delivered) for as long as you don’t accept and trust yourself. And for as long as you keep telling yourself all the things you lack. This is where our culture has a full blind spot. And the few who understand itContinue reading “Blind Spot In the Culture”

Your wounds do not heal when you scratch them, watch them intently, wish they weren’t there, make yourself upset because they are not healing faster, or from beating yourself up about the event that led to it, about a choice you made, the speed with which you heal. Your wounds heal from rest and fromContinue reading “The Gentle Intelligence of Skin”

May everything you touch in the new season beam with vitality and delight.May all your relations become more harmonious – because you are in them and the centre is you.May your gratitude to life deepen and grow.May the smile in your belly bring out a flow of creativity that makes you smile more. NJ SummerContinue reading “After a Memorable Solstice Ceremony”

#cooperation #thepathoflove #biomimicry #wellbeing #santosha #harmony #letlive #endstress #endprejudice #healtrauma Diversity is nature’s way to keep us healthy, fit to meet life, able to relate to those we benefit from and those who benefit from us, to give us wisdom that is nonverbal and practical, and it teaches us what love is. Inclusion mimics nature,Continue reading “From the Inner Planes, On Solstice”

Just for today, I am grateful to all the people who made my life a little or a lot easier. This gratitude comes from the gut; it is solid and familiar; it floods me with appreciation for their love. The real thing is much better than all narratives about love. The real thing satisfies andContinue reading “Personal Love”

Not my own writing, obviously. Much older… It inspires awe to recall that writers, lyricists, and poets of all eras had epiphanies and experiences of complete connection with Life that they composed such heart-felt love songs, or mantras, for posterity. May this bless you today, NJ … The Earth Invocation – from the Atharva VedaContinue reading “The Ancestors About Man’s Place on Earth”

Feelings are rejuvenating and make life colourful. Contemporary culture reduces feelings and overemphasizes wishes. Allow your feelings to be what they are, and manage your wishes. How can you know which is which; what is the difference between feelings and wishes? Feelings are intelligent and a keen guidance system. Acknowledging them gives you peace. WishesContinue reading “Trust Your Feelings (and Reexamine Your Wishes)”

Self-acceptance is the way. Not only do you get unattractive to bullies, invisible to the unwholesome, and a riddle to those play mind games. You also become truly yourself. You come into your body and feel yourself alive. You feel your feelings, you know yourself as a feeling being. You know that you are worthContinue reading “Radical Self-Acceptance – Try It”

Despite its tragedies, heavy grief, and challenges, this world is a beautiful place to live in. The more you awaken to love (to what you truly love and not just what you are supposed to love), the more beauty you notice. The more beauty you notice, the more harmonious you feel and the stronger yourContinue reading “Love That Has Created You Is Drawing You to Itself”

Loving kindness in my speech.Loving kindness in my step.Loving kindness in my fingertips and palms.Loving kindness in my breath.Loving kindness toward me.Loving kindness going up to the sky.Loving kindness going into the earth.Loving kindness to you and you and you.Loving kindness for the air that surrounds us.Loving kindness in the waters we depend on. NJ,12Continue reading “Metta”