Author Archives: nandajurela

The subtlest and quietest transformations can be the most powerful ones. You can simply say “no” or “I am done with it” and mean it. And voila! Life brings better things when not so good habits die. Or after you have removed the pests. For at times the bad habits are not inside you, butContinue reading “Random Dip Into the Consciousness of the Past”

Beauty uplifts. The idea that all satisfaction is found within is not exactly true. Because beauty provides deep sighs of appreciation and moves us into a more harmonious state. Only the most precious goods – love, affection, self-worth, the skill to be blissful, presence, a sense for time and rhythms, inner calm, well-being, gusto, courage,Continue reading “On Beauty”

It takes a lot of effort to change a habit, thinking and processing of situations. Most people won’t put in the effort. Accept people as they are. You can love them. You can resolve to not harm them. You can tolerate them. You can even learn from them! You will achieve more by letting themContinue reading “Kindness Is the Way”

Timing is overrated. The question is, are you ready to receive what life wants to offer you? Sometimes things come so late to us that it hits us like a shock. Instead of jumping for joy, we hammer into the mind the idea that we can not handle it, although years and years have beenContinue reading “After Going Without for Too Long, Don’t Go Within, Stretch Out Your Hand, Claim, Change the Pattern”

When you lose your self-trust, your humanity and your sense of humour, you are done. You have let “them” win. That is because all three — self-trust, humanity and sense of humour — enable love: loving and receiving love. Never, never give up. Never agree to a program that demands that you surrender what isContinue reading “Feline Wisdom”

Not long ago, lettuce was considered a weed – perhaps not harmful, though nothing special. Now, a good part of the world consumes it in salads close to every day. Reclaiming health may be just like the journey of lettuce: from not-knowing, and not knowing its value, to daily use. Find ways to make yourContinue reading “Where You Water It”

The quieter you get, the more you discern, the better you know all that matters to you. For a few hours, the noise could drown out your knowing, the pace could muffle the need to tend to what is most important. But once back in the quiet you will be reminded again of what yourContinue reading “From Within”

At times Great Mystery puts people in your life who make your life easier. One day you will conclude that those were your true friends, your true loves. Put your hand on your heart, and bring these people to mind now. Connect to them through your heart, and telepathically send them your thanks and warmth.Continue reading “Feeling the Sources of Love In Your Life”

Touch down on mother earth like the Buddha to receive the reminder of all your good deeds – when no one is there to say the right word. Touch down on mother earth to feel righteous and whole and mellow down into your soul, to feel nature’s crazy love. Van Morrison, like all good poetsContinue reading “Touch Mother Earth”

Imagine the good the media could do if they gave only 5% of the coverage they give to the corrupt, the warring and the predictable to the sane, the peaceful, the creative? What would a switch of attention take? Are those designers of “reality” truly concerned about the public taking offense about do-gooders? They certainlyContinue reading “Love Is Attention – And Here Is Where It Begins”

– a variation on the Inner Smile Meditation – In the morning, drink a glass of water imagining that you are drinking your inner smile. Let it move through your organs and blood and limbs in the most natural way. Let it wash your body from the inside. Let this water-smile be the welcome ofContinue reading “Welcome the New Day With a Smile Made of Water”

Water is life. Water does not need us at all and yet it serves us all. We are completely dependent on it, all life on earth. We are not in an equal relationship with it, or one of dominion, although we have assumed that position, but that position is a delusion. We depend on water.Continue reading “#waterislife”

Soak up the love from the earth. Then you will know the people who truly love you. If you are always surrounded by people who need your attention and love and can not reciprocate, you need this information. You give but get too little in return? Go out into nature. Feel the heartbeat of motherContinue reading “Soak up the love from the earth”

© Nanda Jurela, Muskrat Lake, August 2011 What you give is what I need.This dawn is calm,the water slow and cool to my ankles.You welcome me to be with you.I belong to you, without fighting for it. Tiny fish move along my feet in the lake,and I am overcome by compassion for the waters. IContinue reading “Earth You Spoil Me”

There is no greater misery than the avoidance of self. There is no greater loneliness than the one that sets in after abandoning your most consuming dream. There is no greater tragedy than hating being born and not giving yourself the chance to make things right for yourself. And on the other end of theContinue reading “Contentment”

If you are surrounded by validating, sensitive, respectful, loving people who go out of their way to help you, make you feel great, you will not think about boundaries, and it will be a walk in the park for you to live in Oneness. If you are surrounded by people who are lacking in empathy,Continue reading “How Can You Practice Oneness and Boundaries”