Life through the eyes of a Master's student of Transpersonal Psychology. Transpersonal Psychology- the study of reaching beyond all personal limitation into the realm of potentiality, spiritual unity, and achieving optimum health of mental, emotional, and behavioral states of being.
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Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Tasting the sweetness of life
We can learn from sitting in the company of the
trees how to be rooted, flexible, and strong. We can learn from
observing the ocean tides how to go with the flow of life and allow
our experiences and emotions to move through us without resistance or
struggle. We can learn from the stillness and expansiveness of air to
allow our minds to be free and open. We can learn from other animals
how to be wild and true to our own nature. We can learn from the
untamed wilderness, of our own inner untamed wilderness. We can learn
from the sea moss that lives on the tree branches that dip into ocean
during high tide that we are a part of a web of interconnected life,
and that we need others in order to survive and thrive in the world.
We can learn through observing a fruit bearing plant that we are all
born to fulfill a purpose, and that with space to grow, caring
attention, a forgiving environment, water, and the proper nutrients
we will bear the fruits of our labor. We can learn from spending time
with a family pet of the inherent need in all of us to receive love
and affection, and the capacity within all of us to give and receive
love unconditionally. We can learn from the yards and gardens of our
neighbors of our desire to create beauty and wilderness all around us
and tend to others with care and attention. We can learn from the
birds of our freedom to move and sing aloud our true song. We can
learn so much if we just open our ears, our eyes, and our hearts to
the consciousness of each living and non-living thing all around us.
If only we could stop for a moment to step outside the flow of our
own thoughts to be in communion with all that surrounds us in each
moment, could we taste the sweetness of what it is to be alive in
this world. Each moment is a gift and an opportunity to love and
engage more fully with the world, and to see ourselves and others as
a loving God would see.
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Ode to living
At the end of the day we can only try and live our
lives the best way that we can, treat others and ourselves with
loving kindness and respect, put our hearts into what we do to earn a
living, and make peace with our lives. We remember who we are, where
we have come from, and give thanks to those that have guided us along
the way. We acknowledge the lessons from our more painful
experiences, and grow stronger and wiser from having done so. We
embrace whole-heartedly who we are so that we may live our lives to
our fullest potential, and commit to being a bit kinder and gentler
everyday, allowing our hearts to open more fully to the experience of
living, with all of its pains and joys. We love even though
eventually we will all lose. We experience the pain of letting go and
realize that nothing is ever truly ours to keep. We learn from the
trees and remember our humility and stay down to earth, grounded, and
rooted, and realize that we are nothing more and nothing less than
ourselves. We remember our connection to one another and share in the
experience of being human. We allow ourselves to be touched and
transformed by the lives of those around us, but we do not allow
ourselves to be engulfed and lost in the lives of those around us. We
remain grounded in our own experiences of who we are, where we have
have come from, where we are now, and where we are going. We stay
awake to our experiences and love ourselves and others with a heart
that is wide open to give and receive. We live our lives with meaning
and purpose.
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
The power of reaching out to others
When we're feeling down, stressed, or anxious, the
tendency for many of us is to isolate, to retreat into our shells,
for fear of being rejected, condemned, or misunderstood... If only we
could remember to reach out to a friend or family member,
we would quickly realize that we are not alone, that we are never
alone. Then would we remember that we are all connected through our
common experience of being human, and that all of us at some point
feel insecure, depressed, anxious, lonely, angry, frustrated, or
stressed. And rather than judge and condemn ourselves for feeling a
particular way, perhaps we can be a friend to ourselves, and treat
ourselves with the kind, loving, compassion, and respect that we
would treat a loved one in need of some tlc! So, reach out to a loved
one, or open yourself to an honest encounter with someone new and
expand your web of connection and be reminded of your humanness!
Sometimes all we need to brighten our horizons and lift our spirits
is connection with another human being, paired with a bit of honest and true
dialogue.
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