“What if our religion was each other. If our practice was our life. If prayer, our words. What if the temple was the earth. If forests were our church. If holy water—the rivers, lakes, and oceans. What if meditation was our relationships. If the Teacher was self-knowledge. If love was the center of our being.” —Ganga White This is the third installment of my 3-part Return to Love article series. You can read the first article in the series here and the second one here. To create a global climate of love, we have to start by establishing an environment of compassionate community in our workplaces, schools, and homes. This requires … [Read more...]
Connect to the Power of Love and Change the World
This is the second installment of my 3-part Return to Love article series. You can read the first article in the series here. The more we connect with the power of universal love, the more we can become fully realized as one creational energy, one communal consciousness, and one universal heart. The innate power of love transcends categories of gender, culture, race, and religion, becoming greater than the energy of each individual. As a result, this universal flow of energy keeps expanding in all directions until our whole life experience becomes infused with love. The evolution of humanity has brought us to the pinnacle of our spiritual … [Read more...]
Shifting Our Consciousness to Universal Love
“We do not become healers… We came as healers…We are… Some of us are still catching up to what we are… We do not become storytellers… We came as carriers of stories… We and our ancestors actually lived…We are Some of us are still catching up to what we are… We do not become artists…We came as artists…We are… Some of us are still catching up to what we are… We do not become writers…dancers…musicians…helpers…peacemakers…We came as such…We are… Some of us are still catching up to what we are… We do not learn to love in this sense… We came as Love…We are Love… Some of us are still catching up to who we truly are…” —Clarissa Pinkola … [Read more...]
Practicing the 5 Steps of Compassionate Detachment
Being compassionate toward others doesn’t require us to engage in any unhealthy physical or emotional experiences a person may be having. In fact, compassion requires that we remove ourselves from their physical process, and instead support from a place where we feel stable and empowered. We can communicate that we love a person while still refusing to play a part in their drama. For instance, when someone wants to vent about a particular issue, we can listen with an open heart but still refrain from taking on their negativity, giving unsolicited advice, or trying to fix the situation. This allows us to provide loving support yet remain calm, … [Read more...]