In less than two weeks, the US administration will change. It is my opinion that the president was a mirror to people who don’t want to learn and do their work, but sit on their gadgets every night to complain. Mind you, he had authority while he was complaining; he was not the helpless adolescentContinue reading “Your Calendar In 2021”
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Born On This Day: Aloe Blacc
Here is a recent interview with Aloe. I mentioned him in my piece Projecting Into the Future: The Image of Success In Western Society – A Transformation From Charlie Sheen To Aloe Blacc https://nandajurela.com/2020/06/25/projecting-into-the-future-the-image-of-success-in-western-society-a-transformation-from-charlie-sheen-to-aloe-blacc/ I also feel that his 2020 album All Love Everything was the Album of the Year. Much appreciation to Aloe. Happy birthday,Continue reading “Born On This Day: Aloe Blacc”
Born On this Day: John McLaughlin
You can listen to a new interview with the guitar legend at or to his music. I recommend it.
A Satisfying And Friendly New 2021
to all my readers and bloggers whose writings I enjoy. My Thanksgiving cactus has opened its first blossoms. Last year around this time, the plant was young and tiny. In December 2019, I noticed small buds. They grew to almost the size of sewing pinheads. Then, the plant changed course. Where the buds had appeared,Continue reading “A Satisfying And Friendly New 2021”
Grow Your Circle
After loss and crises, people intuitively do what we can do to upgrade our lives: seek the like-minded and a larger network. This is a good year to expand your circle. 10 January 2019 (also valid in 2021)
Dance Into 2021
You have already reviewed 2020. Enough of that. You are quite aware of what you are taking into 2021. Aren’t you? Today is this year’s last opportunity to let go of stuff that you are leaving behind or using as compost. You can fight with the task of cleaning out your rooms with an attitudeContinue reading “Dance Into 2021”
Shedding Antlers In the Cold Season
You, whose power animal is the deer, may find it meaningful that this is the time of the year when deer leave their antlers on the ground for other animals to feed on. The antlers can be seen as the symbol of higher faculties, and since they are mostly made up of calcium, you canContinue reading “Shedding Antlers In the Cold Season”
New Year’s Week In 2020
In many ancient cultures, including the Chinese, homes are being cleaned before the New Year. If your home is spic and span and already welcoming of the New Year, clean it through smoke (herbs on coal), fire (candles), water (sprinkle with water and herbs) and air (open the windows and doors) to invite the bestContinue reading “New Year’s Week In 2020”
Gifts and Gifts Opened
You can not control life. You can not control love. Wisdom, however, is anything but random and unpredictable. Wisdom is the choice for life to be as it is and for love to come as it is. Wisdom never fights life or love; by definition that would not be wisdom. Wisdom is a reward toContinue reading “Gifts and Gifts Opened”
December’s Custom Of Spreading Love
Treat yourself to well-being on this day. Today is a good day for gratitude. Today is a good day for connection. If you are social distancing this year, connect with all you love through your heart centre and send them a sincere blessing for the year on the way. May everything that is good inContinue reading “December’s Custom Of Spreading Love”
A Week For Love In December
May the holidays refresh you and make you smile a lot. Use this time on what you need: a lucky break from routines, the opportunity to spend time on something that restores you or with good people, to observe the sacred in the land (post solstice), in the collective consciousness (festivities), in the generosity ofContinue reading “A Week For Love In December”
Fatherhood: Joseph, Jesus’ Father
It is strange that in all this time Joseph, Jesus’ earthly father, was never promoted as the role model for men, or a champion of masculinity – although he seemed to have it all. What do I mean by having it all? Kindness, love, patience, wisdom, emotional intelligence, the gift of intuition, integrity, a greatContinue reading “Fatherhood: Joseph, Jesus’ Father”
Well-Being On Christmas
Santosha, my first thought on Christmas Day. Santosha means contentment and was one of Patanjali’s disciplines. May Santosha fill your soul, body and mind. May it shine in you and from you into the world. May these holidays give you memories that are friendly and sweet.No stress. Christmas Day 2014
Lockdown # 2 In Ontario
Ooooh, we are heading into lockdown number 2 after Boxing Day.. It will go for weeks… I don’t know how business can survive that.. But for domestic life, here is a second chance for closeness and more harmony between people who live together, for renewed focus on home matters, for the creation of a futureContinue reading “Lockdown # 2 In Ontario”
Happy Solstice. Happy Great Conjunction.
It is the first day of the new season: winter up here in the North, summer in the Southern hemisphere. So take that first step into your future today. If you have taken the time to introspect this year, you have found many things to be grateful for and (the opposite!) things to leave in the past;Continue reading “Happy Solstice. Happy Great Conjunction.”
Welcome, Winter Solstice
May your new season be everything you ask for and everything you work for. Envision what it would mean to thrive, how you could feel, what you would do, who is with you, and how you relate to, celebrate and grow the good fortune in your life — and then, do what you can toContinue reading “Welcome, Winter Solstice”
Healing Circle on 18 December
#reikisend #allourrelations #Gaia #wellbeing #Friday We are sending our thanks to everything that is working well in our lives. We are sending light towards the growing well-being of animals, plants, people and waters on earth. We are sending reiki to all who are ready to receive it and to ourselves – the participants in thisContinue reading “Healing Circle on 18 December”
Sit In the Power Of Enough
This morning, in a semi-awake state, my subconscious started to list all the reasons why I had to get out to a plant shop, the most appealing reason being “Tomorrow is my birthday.. It is time to treat myself..” However, I do have enough plants. I mean, I have a lot more plants than the average person.Continue reading “Sit In the Power Of Enough”
The Foresight of the Ancestors
The wisdom of the elders is only a wisdom if the elders were wiser than you — if they made better choices, less harmful choices, were luckier as a result of their decisions, and if they had sense. The reason why we have plenty of extremism instead of wisdom in this era is that theContinue reading “The Foresight of the Ancestors”
We Idolize Those Who Treat Us Unwell (But We Respect Those Who Treat Us Well)
Just like the first great boyfriend who shows us what we have missed on other dates, or the first great girlfriend who lets you feel love instead of confusion, so can the politician who acts on vision and keeps his promise change our perception of what is benign and what is harm. Someone decent andContinue reading “We Idolize Those Who Treat Us Unwell (But We Respect Those Who Treat Us Well)”
Nanda Jurela 