I thought I’d share a bit about me and how I ended up believing so deeply in metaphysical practices and the idea of going deep within ourselves to find the peace we are all seeking. Throughout my teen years I’d been looking for something “out there,” a something that was greater than me. I believed there was a power that would bring peace and love “to” me. Something that would explain why we are here and what we are meant to do. I can’t explain it. It was some deep urging tha

Ok. I’m back at it again. I can’t let this go!! Yes!! It’s about last week’s post! As many of you know, the blog post I wrote last week (and then deleted) bothered me. It was about manifestation vs. spiritual growth. I did try to salvage it, but the revisions only made it worse. I couldn’t understand what it was about the post that was so uncomfortable for me. Then, today I read two books (well… I read ½ of one and then started the other). It isn’t necessary to tell you the n

I'm going to begin this post with a quote: “Your identity is a mirror covered with dust. When you first look in the mirror, the truth of who you are and what you value is obscured. Clearing it may not be pleasant, but only when that dust is gone can you see your true reflection.” Attributed to Gauranga Das, in Jay Shetty’s book Think Like a Monk. I learned something similar to this in my Reiki studies of Mikao Usui. In these readings, our True Self was likened to a lamp whose

With all the self-help messages that bombard us on social media, it’s easy to doubt whether we are enough. We forget that we’ve made it this far and we’re doing pretty good. We’ve learned from the school of hard-knocks, faced challenges, and we’re still here…actually stronger than we were before. In all that noise, we forget the wisdom that already lives quietly inside us.” I learned a new Japanese word today: Seijaku—deep stillness, tranquility, quiet. The kind of silence wh

We are born with one intensity of spirit energy. Consider it a great, bright light. Mikao Usui used the metaphor of lampshades to illustrate how we go out into the world and the world begins to cover our true light (true self) with lampshades. As more and more lampshades are placed on us (through shades of judgments, expectations, anger, worries, depression, anxiety, etc…) our true self (our great light) becomes hidden. Our journey then is to begin lifting those lampshades of