An organization I have been working with for almost 10 years recently offered me another chance to look at difficult relationships. During this process, I found myself bristling every...
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Love and Creativity
My parents are celebrating their 59th wedding anniversary this month! As I sit in their living room and listen to their familiar banter, I wonder what it is that has kept them together...
Great Transformation
Humanity has reached a crucible in time and space that holds a potential beyond our wildest dreams. It is very much like the transformation of a caterpillar to a butterfly. How could...
The No-Fun Judge
Oshin Vartanian, a Toronto based neuroscientist, puts willing subjects into a brain scanner and asks a standard question, “What can you do with a brick?” He wants to see what happens...
Free To Be Me
I recently attended the InSite program at Edgewood Rehabilitation Centre in Nanaimo. What an unexpected gem. As per usual for most attendees, I went into the program thinking I was...
An Act of Spirituality
In our complex world, it is easy to divide “reality” into separate components, thus fail to see the interconnections between them all. What is most exciting for me...
You Have Come Here To Find What You Already Know
“You Have Come Here To Find What You Already Know” (attributed to the Buddha) I am closer to 66 than 65 and with that realization I quail sometimes at the challenges I have set...
Using Reiki For Positive Change
As we step into the new year, many of us take stock of our lives and decide what habits we want to get rid of and what goals we want to achieve. The new year is a fresh start –...
The Everyday Drudgery of Awakening
The other day I had writers’ block. I was writing a business proposal, the first of its kind in a very long time. I was accessing experience and knowledge from my old life, my life...
Spiritual Community
“Listen! I will tell you the fundamental cause of salvation. Satsang, association with the wise is the root cause of obliterating all suffering.” – the sage, Dattatreya. ...
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