Find Your Middle Ground

Month: December 2014

  • * Beyond Ego

      Time for an other exploration into ego 101 based on my personal experience and reading. Ego has come about as a reflection of how others responded to us as babies and young children. All of us come to adulthood with a self image and how we view ourselves. Yep – we all have an ego.…

  • * Life is like … British Rail

    We all know life is a journey. We get on, we ride and we get off. Although we hope it will go smoothly, we realize that it will likely have its highs and lows. There are surprises, accidents and delays as well as adventures and moments of joy. People join us and then get off at…

  • Untangle the Nets

    Let us all take some time, find our Middle Ground and check our nets today. Untangle the Nets “The aim of spiritual practice, no matter its form, is to untangle the nets that living snares us in. But though we can learn to untangle specific situations, even get good at it, life on earth is…

  • * Stillness of Tao

      Seek the reality of emptiness and stillness, The great constants of existence. Though life abounds, its creations rise and fall. Eventually all return, in their own way, to Tao. To return to Tao is to embrace stillness, The relentless way of nature. The flow of nature does not change. To see its constancy is…

  • * Mantra for Today – direction

    This mantra can really bring about a profound change in your thinking and give you valuable insight into the direction you are heading. Use it when you not sure which way to go … are going round in circles … or are wanting to make the best choice. Its time to apply one of the…

  • * Life is like … a camera

    I found this great quote on the website of  Richard Branson’s Virgin. What a cool site. “Life is like a camera Just focus on what’s important Capture the good times Develop from the negatives and if things don’t work out just take another shot.” 🌀

  • * Haiku – roam

    ~ Find your Middle Ground The temple is within you where ever you roam ~

  • * Life is Like … an uprooted tree

    D.H. Lawrence describes humanity as being like an uprooted tree with its roots in the air. “We are perishing for lack of fulfillment of our greater needs. We are cut off from the great sources of our inward nourishment and renewal. We must plant ourselves again in the universe.” I think many people feel like…

  • * A Question that Makes me Pause

    At the beginning of my journey of self exploration into awakening … there was one question that was most helpful for me. It helped me find my own Middle Ground – that place where I could let go of thinking, judgment and blame. Where I begin to relax, accept the way things are and find…

  • *Mantra for Today – showing up

    This mantra is for when you have something big coming up. Always remember these three simple directions. Nothing more is required! Prepare (what needs to be done) Show up (be present) Do my best (nothing more or less)

  • * Become Aware of Silence

    “When you become aware of silence, immediately there is that state of inner still alertness. You are present. You have stepped out of thousands of years of collective human conditioning.” Eckhart Tolle What a great reminder that we can be more than beings of habit and conditioning. Becoming the witness to this inner still alertness,…