To have compassion for others you must first practice compassion with yourself. It's difficult to do when so many of us live in the past, chastising ourselves for what we did wrong or how we acted poorly. It takes courage to face ourselves and show compassion to our past actions. We did the best we could based on what we knew then. We've grown from them. Today, I read a wonderful post from The International House of Reiki that I’d like to share with you. The link is at the

I have been feeling overwhelmed lately. I thought spirit had left me alone to fend for myself. In reality I had left spirit and went off on my own. I don't really know how I fell out of spirit...mundane things in life getting in the way, overwhelming angst over what should be done/could be done/must be done, and just overall not feeling well physically. These are all excuses of course. I fell out of spirit because I allowed ego distractions to take the place of spirit. I

Mikao Usui knew that before we can be compassionate toward others we have to practice self-compassion. As we meditate on what compassion and self-compassion mean we begin to comprehend that to practice compassion we need to let go of many thoughts, actions, and negative energies that have become almost second nature to us. Working toward self-compassion then becomes a journey in itself. To be compassionate to self, let go of ideas or need for perfection. Start today and liste

“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson Feel free to share this with a friend! Our precious sanctuary will benefit with the addition of like-minded little sparks! Please click on the "heart" button in lower right hand corner if you liked this post! #purpose #lifepurpose #reiki #shamanism #precepts #makeadifference #love #peace #

In Mark Nepo’s book, The Book of Awakening, he wrote, “there is a Buddhist precept that asks us to be mindful of how rare it is to find ourselves in human form on Earth.” For today's moments of silent contemplation or meditation remind yourself “you are one of the rarest forms of life to ever walk the Earth.” (Nepo) Feel free to share this with a friend! Our precious sanctuary will benefit with the addition of like-minded little sparks! Please click on the "heart" button in l