Those unaware of the deficit of love in their lives will always be drawn to extremist ideologies and, once lured in with the promise of power (power over others), will join a cult of hatred, seemingly at the drop of a hat. However sudden the attitudinal change appears to an onlooker, it is actually notContinue reading “Culture Hungering for Love”
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70% Happiness
You don’t have to work hard to be happy. What you have to do is relax more. Take care of your health. And choose your friends wisely. As ordinary as it sounds, company determines how you feel about life. Most human problems, and nearly all grief, are due to company: the wrong crowd, shallow bonds,Continue reading “70% Happiness”
It Is Easy
Love is easy and natural. Love is not a challenge at all. What is a challenge is to ignore the power of unlovable mindsets, essentially unwholesome thought forms, and to be who you are – with or without the support of community. Sometimes groups succumb to false beliefs about what human “nature” is. A healthyContinue reading “It Is Easy”
Resilience through Self-Compassion
The only good that comes out of a series of heartbreaks is that, while you are having one, you know that you will get through it and be fine after. People who live guarded, or doubt that you can be hurt by anything but by your own thoughts, are out of touch with passion. MaybeContinue reading “Resilience through Self-Compassion”
Because We Have to Evolve
Unfortunately, culture is not accustomed to nonalcoholic or postalcoholic philosophies and arts and very ungenerous to the brilliance of nonalcoholic thinkers and artists. That will change in the future. NJ 23 June 2019
Growing Plants, Growing People (In a Harsh Climate)
You expose tender seedlings to the outdoors gradually. That is what makes them strong, beautiful, useful plants that offer healthy fruit and delight you for a long time. Plants thrive on sun and water. They don’t thrive when it is cold, frozen and windy. Children and adolescents are a bit like young plants: they needContinue reading “Growing Plants, Growing People (In a Harsh Climate)”
Sons
Of all the skills you can awaken in your son as a parent, emotional literacy is the most important. Not only will it give him the building blocks for success on the job and in his approach to life, but also for his long relationships, especially romantic relationships. It is common knowledge that a relationshipContinue reading “Sons”
Drop Into Your Dearest Interest
Sometimes you have to do things over and over again, until you are satisfied with the result. But that is never a problem, if you like doing it, if you like the way you spend your time. Anything worth doing is worth doing badly. If you are not good at it but you are veryContinue reading “Drop Into Your Dearest Interest”
When All Fails, I Have That
Just for today, I am grateful for the sunny and lucid creativity that shapes my life. NJ,18 March 2015 and every day
Dawn of a Sublime Day
Honest Work, the Reiki Rule This is the dawn of a sublime day.I take the momentto welcome the highest vibrationinto my service, into my senses,into the ways I show up,how I dress and walk,talk and receivetoday. I intend to meet all my expectations:I face procrastination and conquer it.I move forward in a proactive style.I takeContinue reading “Dawn of a Sublime Day”
Right Livelihood: Blessing People and Your Income
Just for today, I will do my work honestly – reiki rule Consider making money not off the misery of others, but off people’s satisfaction, well-being, success. And if your work can not elicit satisfaction or well-being or success, at least don’t take away from it, but add some kind of improvement to their lives:Continue reading “Right Livelihood: Blessing People and Your Income”
Teachers and Elders – On the Shoulders of Giants
The freer you become, the more you appreciate those who have made your liberation possible. And the opposite is true too: you can not honour anyone before you, for as long as you feel trapped. The reiki rule “Just for today, I will honour my teachers and elders” is only accessible to those who activelyContinue reading “Teachers and Elders – On the Shoulders of Giants”
Kinship
It is not because we are the same.It is because our shared interest forms a community. NJ,in 2006
Water Blessing Practice
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)
Thanks to the Roses, thanks to June
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
Suitable Company
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)
Straight to Wisdom
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”
Projecting Into the Future: The Image of Success In Western Society – A Transformation From Charlie Sheen To Aloe Blacc
And How Women Will Co-Create It I am not talking of who Charlie Sheen or Aloe Blacc are in private, because no one here knows that, I am more interested in what those two figures project and the roles they play in the collective consciousness. Charlie Sheen is the prototype of the lost guy, presentlyContinue reading “Projecting Into the Future: The Image of Success In Western Society – A Transformation From Charlie Sheen To Aloe Blacc”
Integral, Integration, Integrity
– Summer 2020 Is Still About the Heart – I mentioned before that this spring (the covid19 situation) has revealed the hearts of people. This summer will reveal even more about the heart. It is your choice whether you want to recognize or ignore, accept or resist what you are discovering. #2020revelations #integration #anahata
That Little Bit That Makes You Happy
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”
Nanda Jurela 