Photo courtesy of Anchorman Blog Tragedy struck in Moore, Oklahoma on May 20, 2013. Many families suffered great loss; from the loss of homes, personal belongings, to the unimaginable loss of life. As I watched the news coverage the day following, I heard many victims say, “We lost everything,” “I don’t know what we’ll do,”…
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Forgiveness is all about freedom from the binds of the past. I consider myself a rule follower and I try to live by the golden rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. But, I’ve noticed, we are all here, on this planet, together, doing the best we can do in the…
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In Robin Pajaro’s recent blog post, Are you Somatized?, her last line states, “And have a good cry once in a while. It’s free and very effective.” I will be the first one to freely admit I am a crier, many people know this about me. Being a highly sensitive individual (yes, I will use…
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Q) What are the Centers of Spiritual Living all about? A) We are a spiritual community that recognizes and celebrates the Infinite Presence of God. We don’t seek to know a God outside of ourselves; instead we know God within us. We believe that the highest God and the innermost God is one God. Please…
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Are You Somatized? This is the direct definition of Somatized in my hypnotherapy school: Too much stress in the brain that can’t be vented out so it goes somewhere in the body to be vented out later. Or it can manifest later as symptoms. Have you ever been going along quite nicely with your life, or…
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A Fresh New Start Just this Monday, I decided to embark on a new journey. This began a new process, a new start that was inspired by the novel Eat, Pray, Love. by Elizabeth Gilbert. I had the sudden desire to enlighten myself and become closer and more aware of my godself. So, to do…
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I marked the chapter “Letting Go With Balance” in my new book “The Joy of Meditation.” “The Joy of Meditation” by Jack & Cornelia Addington finally arrived. I have wanted to read this book ever since I spotted it on the “Meditation is More Than You Think” course syllabus. Just as I suspected, the book did…
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In my busy family life, often times balance seems like a myth or a fairy tale. As I race from one school to the next or try to listen to three children talking at once ALL wanting to be heard over the other, I feel like the woman in the old Calgon commercial voicing…”Calgon…take me…
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Working from the core to balance change The theme of the month at the Center for Spiritual Living, Capistrano Valley is Balance: Working from the core. In deep, Spiritual unfoldment, we may work to keep our bearings straight, to recalibrate & to get to a place of balance. What I find interesting is how some…
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