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5 days ago
6 min

Our Higher Self is the True Mother

I kept having a dream last night, my children suffering. It's so difficult to feel helpless when a loved one suffers. Easier to blame myself

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Nancy Bragg

May 7
7 min

Feeling Unloved

For years I have been telling myself a story that begins on my first birthday when my sister was born with a hole in her heart.

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Shirley Riga

Apr 27
5 min

The Observer Within

I have built defensive walls around the innocence of my inner child because of my early experiences. Can a bird's-eye view help?

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Shirley Riga

Apr 20
7 min

Alignment

I reparent myself by choosing gentleness no matter the consequence at hand. It’s not easy because my brain's trained to judge, blame, punish

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Shirley Riga

Apr 16
4 min

Awakening

We live our lives doing the best we can, seeking love and acceptance, finding guidance and direction. Fear divides us.

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Shirley Riga

Apr 12
9 min

Lean in to Support

I can’t make sense of the struggles that befall people. My life changed because I found lessons in everything I experienced.

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Anonymous

Apr 8
9 min

A New Life

At that moment I could finally feel it and I realized I would never, alone, fill that bottomless hole inside me. A visualization helped.

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Shirley Riga

Apr 3
7 min

What I Think of Me is My Business

Do I stay informed and take action or do I focus on my inner life? Is there a way to do both?

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Thea Iberall

Apr 2
8 min

Choice Point

We have within us an ancient mind and a future one. What if humanity is at a choice point where we must choose between two different paths?

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Shirley Riga

Apr 1
5 min

She's With Me

I don’t remember when I discovered her. She emerged one day sitting in front of me, watching me.

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Shirley Riga

Mar 30
9 min

Holding the Light

It’s so easy to believe what we see, feel or were taught when there is so much more. Sometimes it takes someone else holding a light for us.

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Shirley Riga

Mar 24
9 min

Generational Circles

I chose to call close my inner child. I'm 8 years old, standing in the yard. If I had the opportunity to speak to her, what would I say?

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Shirley Riga

Mar 23
7 min

Sacred Vessels

When I listened to reflections, I felt myself become an observer of me listening. I live more with the dualism of being human and spirit.

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Sunsue Fleming

Mar 20
6 min

Pebble in the Water

I fell in love with poetry. There was one poem that was my favorite. I read it often. I knew it by heart. It popped up a lot in my life.

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Shirley Riga

Mar 17
7 min

Defining Moments

Years ago, in my old life when I worked as a freelance court reporter on the road, I had a conversation about the meaning of little things.

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Shirley Riga

Mar 16
6 min

Primal Patterns

Yesterday, I walked right up to the edge of a bus I was ready to throw myself under, metaphorically speaking. It was a pattern I recognized.

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Shirley Riga

Mar 11
7 min

The Power of Compassion

I remember the day I started a support group for parents and caregivers of chronically ill and special needs children. It didn't go well.

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Shirley Riga

Mar 9
6 min

Deepening the Reservoir

I struggled for years following meditation rules, trying to do it right so as to reap the benefit others found. But I feared inner monsters.

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Madeline Champagne

Mar 3
7 min

Life Questions

On the other side of this pandemic, we will have changed. We'll be sadder, happier, wiser, and stronger. I ask myself three life questions.

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Shirley Riga

Feb 28
5 min

Honest Boundaries

Boundaried walls of expectations help me feel safe and yet are limiting. I like to know what to expect. Today I choose to be alive.

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Our Higher Self is the True Mother

Feeling Unloved

The Observer Within

Alignment

Awakening

Lean in to Support

A New Life

What I Think of Me is My Business

Choice Point

She's With Me

Holding the Light

Generational Circles

Sacred Vessels

Pebble in the Water

Defining Moments

Primal Patterns

The Power of Compassion

Deepening the Reservoir

Life Questions

Honest Boundaries

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