Namaste Now!

Grave danger you are in. Impatient you are. – Master Yoda

impatient, we are
Continuing the Star Wars theme! Impatient we are, just about everything in our lives. Isn’t that true? I want my iPhone, I want that toy, I want you to …, I want that …, right now!! This is a tendency we all struggle [...]

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Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power. – Seneca

star wars
My son and I finished watching the 6 movies that make up the dual Star Wars trilogies this week! The son and the father now talk just like Master Yoda in the movie! The Jedi Masters in Star Wars are the self-less [...]

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In the beginners mind there are many possibilities, but in the experts there are few. – Zen Master Shunryu Suzuki

the beginner’s mind
Such a mind is childlike. Not childish, but one that sees things anew, doesn’t discount anything, has few regrets and worries not about the future. It lives fully in each moment.
possibilities
Unencumbered such a mind [...]

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Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding. – Albert Einstein

force is commonplace
The quote seems pretty obvious, but how much do we use or try to use force in our own lives? Here are some ways, can you think of other ways?

How we ram stuff/ideas down our children’s throats
How [...]

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Most people are so busy knocking themselves out trying to do everything they think they should do, they never get around to what they want to do. - Kathleen Winsor

being
Let’s reflect on what’s most important to us. We can do that via Stillness or via an ‘Active’ Journaling technique. A combination of both is more [...]

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