The One Desire

Posted by on Oct 31, 2011 in sacred threads, this i believe, yoga of relationship ~ life | 1 comment The desire to know and recognize God, Truth, to experience that sweet space of Oneness is thought by some philosophers to be the root of all desire, the one desire.  It may be that the desire disguises itself, showing up as a wish for a new car, or a particular job.  Perhaps it shows up as some wanting for a girlfriend, a boyfriend, a relationship.  However it comes to us, there is...
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Softening into Remembrance

Posted by on Sep 9, 2011 in relationship to life | 5 comments I was on the phone with a client.  I heard her gasp and say, “they’re telling me a plane just hit one of the towers of the World Trade Center.”  I remember we both carried on for another minute or so, a little in shock.  How do you actually take in information like that?  After a minute or so, she said they were evacuating her building and she had to go.  At the time she...
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Begin With the End In Mind

Posted by on Sep 1, 2011 in cultivating peace, yoga of relationship ~ life | 6 comments I am a big believer in mentors.  Mentors have enriched my life throughout my life.  My first mentor was Dick Olney, the father of Self Acceptance Training.  More recently, I’ve been studying with Zivorad Slavinski, the founder of Spiritual Technology.  Both Dick and Zivorad have deeply influenced me both personally and professionally.  More recently, I’ve found business mentors...
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spiritual freedom

Posted by on Jun 15, 2011 in cultivating peace, relationship to life, Uncategorized, yoga of relationship ~ life | 2 comments At dinner the other night with a group of friends, my friend Ginny shared pictures and stories from a trip she took to Bali.  For me, what was striking about the conversation was how she kept coming back to the word “freedom.”  Ginny also touched on something that I’ve been thinking about for a very long time now, that our freedom is also our responsibility.  She illustrated...
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beginner’s mind

Posted by on May 31, 2011 in relationship to self, yoga of relationship ~ life | 3 comments I’m a big believer in life long learning.  My mom was too.  One principle she had about learning was to occasionally be a beginner.  The way this took shape for me as a child was to take beginning dance classes. I danced from age 5 to about 26.  Throughout those years, I occasionally took beginner dance classes.  In the early years, my sense of pride was wounded when she would insist...
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