Maintaining unhealthy relationships drains our life force, while letting go of them empowers us to create space for new relationships that enhance our spiritual growth. Blessing and releasing unhealthy relationships with unconditional love and integrity can teach us how to forgive our past, heal ourselves, and generate positive energy to progress on our spiritual path. It’s important to break clean from an unhealthy relationship and stop investing energy in it. If we don’t, we often continue to desperately keep it alive while knowing in our hearts that our spirit has already left it, causing us to feel dead inside. In preparing to bless … [Read more...]
Flexibility: The Key to Living a Soul-Hearted Life
“Always fall in with what you’re asked to accept. Fall in with it and turn it your way.” ~ Robert Frost Living a soul-hearted life requires flexibility. It takes letting go of our ego, expectations, or reservations, and embracing whatever comes our way. It inspires a sense that nothing is more important than the present moment. It encourages responding rather than reacting and spurs an instantaneous recognition of the lack of control we have in many situations. Most importantly, it involves radical acceptance: acceptance of ourselves, others, and our current circumstances. Every day you are presented with the opportunity to flow … [Read more...]
Understanding the 3 Relationship Life Cycles from a Spiritual Perspective
Like the life cycles we move through as the years unfold, relationships also have life cycles too. Some last for only a brief period and others a season or a lifetime. In fact, there are relationships that show up for just particular periods in our lives. That’s why it’s helpful to look at three major types of relationships that, together, can satisfy everything from need fulfillment to spiritual growth. The Transitional Relationship First, there is transitional relationship, based on momentary needs. This type of relationship includes casual encounters for the purpose of sex, friendship, healing, ego validation, overcoming loneliness, or … [Read more...]
3 Sacred Keys for Lightworkers to Heal Their Wounded Inner Child
“We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.” ~ T.S. Elliot Although each person’s soul journey is unique, the developmental process we experience is the same. Such transformation involves spiritual growth in one way or another. And this growth requires healing our psychic pain, “our wounded child.” Most people choose to remain developmentally stuck rather than face their wounded child. Their emotional paralysis stems from their fear of experiencing their emotional pain. When we avoid working through such loss, trauma, and emotional … [Read more...]
Being Response-able for Co-Creating Your Reality
Just hearing the word “responsibility” can feel heavy even daunting. Yet, to co-create the divine life we want, we have to be responsible for our intentions and the choices that we make. So, let’s think of being responsible as being “response-able”—that is, being able to respond to life situations instead of reacting to them. Responding rather than reacting to life helps us to make more enlightened choices. For example, suppose you are ready to leave the house for a scheduled appointment and someone who is going with you is dawdling and not ready to go. You could react by nagging or becoming upset and feeling at the mercy of the other … [Read more...]
The Difference Between Soul Mates and Soul-Hearted Relationships
When we fall in love, we get a glimpse of our lover’s soul. When we flow in love, all impediments fall away, and their soul is all we see. To fall in love is magical; to flow in love is mystical. When we flow in love with another person, we engage in the ultimate dance of soul-hearted partnership, sharing our joy, passion, and exuberance for life. The unceasing flow of love that we exude affects how we wake up in the morning, carry ourselves, handle disappointment, give and receive love, and sustain our soul connection. We should not assume that there is only one soul mate for each person and we have to seek them out to be happy. Rather, … [Read more...]
12 Ways to Leave a Legacy of Love
“Wisdom tells me I am nothing. Love tells me I am everything. And between the two, my life flows.” —Nisargadatta Maharaj Leaving a legacy of love begins with positive energy and a healthy optimism for our future and the future of our world. When we channel love and create what we want in alignment with what is best for ourselves, others, and our world, this flow becomes a spiritual path that leads to living joyfully, abundantly, and well. Leaving a legacy of love is the path of seeing life as a challenge, an adventure―and, most of all, a gift. People who leave a legacy of love no matter where they go are love ambassadors. They aren’t … [Read more...]
Flowing with the Cycles of Life
In the natural world, cycles perpetuate life, such as the changing seasons, the rings of trees, the spirals of shells, or the orbits of planets. They exist because of nature’s forces and reflect healthy growth or transformation. Having a conscious awareness of the cyclical transformations of life affords us a spiritual clarity that promotes healing and a sense of wholeness. The naturalist Rachel Carson describes the value of such awareness in The Sense of Wonder: “Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. . . . There is something infinitely healing in the repeated … [Read more...]
3 Tips to Creating an Energetic Soul Team
“Friendship is the universal spiritual attraction that unites souls in the bond of divine love.” ~ Paramhansa Yogananda When we create an energetic support team, we invite into our lives people who love us unconditionally, without judging, enabling, or interfering with our choices. Such a soul team consists of kindred spirits who encourage the full expression of our true being rather than our ego or the roles we play. They motivate us to follow our hearts, spiritually grow, and be the best person we can be. When we have a deep emotional bond and a soul connection that transcends all life cycles, it can last a lifetime. These are the rare … [Read more...]
Breaking Free of Our Comfort Zones
“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.” —Maya Angelou In 1992, a Chinese freighter mistakenly dropped a crate of 30,000 rubber duckies into the Pacific Ocean. Three months later, many of these “friendly floatees” were discovered on the coasts of Indonesia, Australia, and South America. Some daring ducks headed toward Alaska by crossing the Bering Strait and even sailed through the Arctic Ocean, finally landing on the coast of England. Due to the accidental release of the rubber duckies, scientists were able to better understand ocean currents and wave patterns. … [Read more...]
