Author Archives: nandajurela

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”

Prolonged worry about people who don’t care (much) about their lives can turn into a disorder that affects not only your psyche but your body too. Learn how to stop that habit. And give your attention to matters that are meaningful to you. You are doing it to be and stay healthy. That is yourContinue reading “Worry?”

It is amazing:the shape and the colour of a bud and blossomindicate the shape and the colour of the fruit.The plant follows a blueprintthat in all seasons of growthyou can recognizean apple, a cherry, a pear, a rose.Look deeply, and you will see it,that blueprint. Can this translate to a human being?The ancestors believed thatContinue reading “Seasons of Growth”

What if love was as available as the waves of the sea that splash the sand every day? Would you still stand a few feet away, would you keep watching it move, would you let it splash you, or would you jump in? I don’t know what made me write that, or think it, exceptContinue reading “By the Water”

Your decisions,whether you know it or not,will always be led by your heart or gut. The intellect on its ownis not strong or eager enough to follow throughon an idea without the support of your feelings. Always include your thinking into your decisions.Be an observer to your preferencesto learn about yourself.Let the witness in youContinue reading “Balance”

There are as many definitions of bliss as there are people. The promise of bliss, or the knowing of where we will find bliss and with whom, is what motivates all human behaviour. * Become conscious of this motivation, that you are reaching out to bliss in all that you do, how it plays outContinue reading “Bliss as GPS”

In spring,the birds sing to attract a mate.The male sings to adore the femalewho, with some luck, will adore him back.The plants overhear the courtshipand thrive from indirect love.Research has shown thatbird song boosts the growth of greens.So while wooing their future partners,birds sing to their future homes,the bushes and the trees that will sheltertheirContinue reading “Connective Intelligence: Your Song Attracts a Home”

Elderberry blossom,that scent is a winner.One part flower, one part sweat,amorous,with staying power and sunshine within,it welcomes summer,butterflies and beesthat know a good thingwhen they smell it,just like me. Elderberry blossom,white and yellow delight.To the wind, you are rapture.To the people, you are medicineera after era.In your syrup,I find my childhoodand a suave allyfor apricotsContinue reading “Hot Calm, and All Organic”

We who have realized the Oneness of life live easier, with less mental anguish. Because we are connected to everything and everyone. That is worth something. NJ11 August 2014

Make time for your core self, and listen to what it has to say. Let the message carry you into the day. Peace is yours when you meet you first. It makes you glow like nothing else. You have a power inside you that elevates all life and makes every thing and everyone more vibrant.Continue reading “First Thing In the Morning”

Do not waste any time proving that you deserve better treatment. The people who love you treat you right. And the people who don’t – well, no proof will be good enough for them. Know your allies who beautify the world. They beautify your world too. NJ1 February 2015

Creating beauty is the only way to keep your psyche intact and leave a place for others to restore themselves. The second best thing to creating beauty is recording beauty. NJ6 June 2014

Love does the work.Everything you worry about,love accomplishes it.Love carries you to complete it.Love made you.Love has made life.Love can make anythingthat has to do with life.Love keeps it simple.Love lets you arrive. You know that.You have allowed it so many times.Allow it today. NJ1 May 2015

A mind made kinder by love can live in peace with everything, even difficult things, and works to overcome ignorance, destructiveness and suffering. NJ May 2014

Thank you, life, for never letting me go for too long without feeling loved. Thank you, mind, for knowing that that was meaningful – to not only adore and shower love on others – but to also feel the love coming to me. Feeling unloved, never getting enough love, never acknowledging the love being given,Continue reading “Nurtured by Love”

Familiar with myself, I can befriend or be at peace with others. Being a friend to myself, I trust my instincts about what and who is right for my well-being. I love discovering myself, becoming healthier, feeling better and better, seeing the warm richness in my psyche, the courage in my mind, and the loveContinue reading “A Friend to Myself”