The Sublime Passage

A few posts ago I put out a call to the universe to allow me to see  some things in my life differently.

It delivered. (more…)

A few weeks ago I watched a re-run of Oprah featuring Kirsty Alley. She was on the show after having  become a spokesperson for Jenny Craig, losing over 70lbs and then gaining it all back a year later.  She talked about what it was like “failing” so publicly.  As they discussed the weight issue, Oprah said of her own struggle,  “I can’t believe I’m still talking about this”. That really resonated with me.

This is how I’ve been feeling lately. I can’t believe I’m still talking about certain issues in my life. (more…)

There are some things we hold on to even though we know full well that we shouldn’t.  We recognize that the time for letting go has long arrived, yet still we hold on.

I know for example that it’s immature to want to prove to all the men who -  in my mind – have rejected me just how wrong they were. Yet I continue to cling to the  “I’ll show him what a big mistake he made rejecting me / he’ll be sorry he let me go”  bone. (more…)

Today I was inspired by the latest post, entitled “Be the Real Spiritual You”, at Lola Fayemi’s blog Nourishment for your Spiritual Awakening.  (Thanks Lola).

I consider myself to be a spiritual student/seeker/being.  More importantly I consider myself to be a “conscious” spiritual student, meaning that I now understand it to be the very foundation of WHO I am. I choose to focus energy on nurturing and developing in this area. It’s so clear to me that my ability to be happy, loving, productive and functional correlates directly with the amount of energy I put into my spiritual health. That being said, if you haven’t been living your life with this understanding, when you take it on you’re forced to rethink that whole “WHO AM I?” question.  Take it from me; it can be really be challenging to reconcile whatever notions you used to have about who you are with the new spiritual notions of who you are – particularly if, like me, the whole “Who Am I?” thing has been kicking your butt for most (OK all…) of your lifetime. The spiritual component adds another sometimes perplexing layer to it.

There are so many assumptions placed on the word spirituality and even those of us who consider ourselves to be spiritual carry our own set of misconceptions, judgments and stereotypes about what spirituality looks like. This is what causes many of us to shy away from coming out of the “spiritual-closet” – as Lola put it so beautifully – when we become consciously spiritual because we’re afraid some of our family/friends/colleagues won’t get it and will think that we’ve lost our ever-loving minds.

Early on in my spiritual journey, I remember telling a friend that I’d started taking a basic meditation class at a local Buddhist Center. (more…)