Why are you here? Did you ever ask yourself this question? Did you ponder on the reasons you incarnated as an eternal soul in a ephemeral human being. Do you see yourself as separate from others – as separate from Creation? (Be honest!) One of the keys I see in my practice is not only…

Manchester burns—another wound in humanity’s chest. If our immediate reaction is shock, horror and grief, then perhaps we become angry. This serves a purpose, and it is healthy to be angry when attacked. If we can release our pain, stand with the victims in peace, and contemplate suffering and how we can shift the collective…

We glimpse a small moment of time. An eternal flame flickers for an out-breath of the Divine – a flutter of an eyelid in history – and then we are gone. Will this now-moment be filled with abundant light, connection and love – or pain, heart-ache and suffering? Will we chase shadows and face the…

Dharma is like karma…it’s unavoidable. The moment you’re born, you’re given an identity—a sex and a gender, a race, a name, a nationality, a religion. You’re even given a surname and status based on the family you’re born into. In the birthing process preceding this moment, you may have been exposed to brutality via well-meaning…

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