Reflections

Meditation and Creativity

Meditation has many benefits, such as reducing stress, calming the mind, enhancing focus, accessing deeper sources of wisdom and ultimately, perhaps, arriving at a state of omniscience. But meditation can also enhance creativity. Here are a few ways: Meditation frees you from habitual thinking. Through practicing meditation, you come to

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Everybody’s a dreamer and everybody’s a star

There’s a song called Celluloid Heroes by the Kinks, one of the most influential rock groups of the 1960s and early 70s. They wrote so many great songs. But this one is particularly apt for our time, I think. Films used to be made of a material called celluloid, and the

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Incremental shifts

September is around the corner, and many of us consider it the beginning of a new phase. This is when school starts again, the weather changes–at least where I live– and we begin to reassess where we are. You may wonder, where am I at this point in my life?

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Follow your inspiration

Do you ever read the news and feel despair? I do. There is so much trouble in the world. Yet we still have to live our lives and follow our dreams. Mythologist Joseph Campbell wrote that we should “participate joyfully in the sorrows of the world.” Although we live in

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Turn a block into a door

Sometimes we want to accomplish things but can’t see beyond self-imposed limitations. “Only this or that is possible, nothing more,” you may think. But there are ways to see more possibilities than we realize we have. A coach can help you create awareness so that you can expand your thinking,

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Remain as you are

Do you have a lot of things you’d like to accomplish? I do. And the number is not diminishing the older I get. In fact, I find that no matter what I accomplish, it never seems I’ve done enough. But what is enough? Maybe you’ve already accomplished many things, or

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Time of Change

Spring has just arrived. And no matter what is going on in your life, you can’t help but be affected by this change in the season. We are a part of nature and something stirs in us at this time of year. It’s a time of transition. It’s always helpful

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Write to Heal

Do you ever have thoughts that won’t leave you alone? The more you try to stop thinking about something, the more difficult it becomes to let the thought go. One way to deal with too many persistent thoughts is through mindfulness and other kinds of meditation. However, there is another

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The Power of Words

Spiritual traditions the world over value the use of special language, words that impart particular meaning, in prayers, mantras, and transmissions. In some stories about the Buddha, it is said that just hearing certain teachings can bring good fortune for the spiritual path. The Bible says: In the beginning was

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