Angels on Your Shoulder

Aloha everyone, When I first began my spiritual journey I really thought it was about learning lessons. And believe me it felt like I had a lot of lessons to learn! The funny part was as long as I thought of my process that way life felt like it was a series of tests and…

My favorite place to meditate a top Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii. Way above the clouds. With love and aloha, Susan

I have received this as an email several times. Each time it touches my heart. I have no idea who the author is but it is beautiful. I talk a lot about dominion and the perfection of everything. In the Hawaiian tradition my kumu (teacher) talks about everything being pono – a word that roughly…

Anyone familiar with my story knows I suffered from depression for years and was pretty miserable and suicidal. I have learned to retrain my mind so I can be happy no matter what is happening in my life. While writing my latest book on angels, saints and ascended masters I had the opportunity to do…

I have heard several versions of this story. I will include both endings because I think the original ending invites us to see life in a richer, more expansive manner. A man was walking through the bush when he heard a low growl and something moving through the bush. He realized it was a tiger…

A business man decided to find the meaning of life. He went from teacher to teacher. He read every book he could find, went from class to class and even meditated daily. Each day he continued to feel disconnected and unsatisfied. Finally he went to a remote monastery and asked to speak to the master.…

Years ago when I began my spiritual journey I had a hard time with the idea of God, surrendering and prayer. I had many long talks with my spiritual mentors. One day a friend told me this story and besides getting a good laugh it helped me see the futility in my resistance to letting…

Aloha everyone, In my writings I talk a great deal about the paradigm of dominion. It is a way of looking at the world that is very freeing and expansive. Symbolically it is represented as a sphere. Society is generally based on the paradigm of domination which is symbolically represented as a line. Osho speaks…

Aloha everyone, A friend of mine sent me this story when one of my dogs died. I found the idea of meeting my four legged friends when I die very comforting. I hope you enjoy the story too. Just this side of heaven is a place called the Rainbow Bridge. When an animal dies that…

A friend of mine sent me this article a number of years ago. I did some research and Father John Powell did write this story. So I give thanks to him and to Tommy. It is a wonderful reminder that seekers seldom find, it is by opening our heart and allowing love to be our…

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