Find Your Middle Ground

Category: Self Discovery

  • Happiness and the Movies

    “Looking for happiness in the body, mind or world is like looking for the screen in a movie. The screen doesn’t appear in the movie, and yet, at the same time, all that is seen in the movie is the screen. In the same way that the screen ‘hides’ in plain view, so happiness ‘hides’…

  • Inspiration From an Old Man

    “All I am is a little flesh and breath, plus mind. Put away entertainments, set aside distractions, and look at yourself as you truly are: blood and bones, a network of nerves and veins. Your breath is only air, sucked in one moment and blown out the next. The mind, then, is the ruling part.…

  • Nature’s Way of Beeing

    We discovered last weekend that the second of our three bee colonies had died out. When the queen bee either leaves the hive or dies, the colony will collapse, unless there is a new queen ready to be hatched. Alas, with winter approaching there is no new bee making, and so the colony runs its…

  • Teacher and Student

    “The only difference between A Teacher and a Student is that The Student believes that There is a difference whereas The Teacher knows there is none.” ~ Wu Hsin   The best teachers in all aspects of life are perpetual students, open to learning and letting go of what they have been told is the…

  • How Do you Feel About This?

    I was raised in a family where this question was rarely asked. There was a guiding principle of conformity and an expectation to fit in with what those in charge wanted. Denying our feelings becomes a part of being a child of a narcissistic parent or partner. I grew up putting aside how I honestly…

  • Light Bearers

    We are light bearers, stewards of a truth that insists on being shared despite doubt or fear or imagined limitation. We spread the flame by teaching, or by growing still, by daring to be outrageous and dancing beneath the full moon, or by holding a friend in need and taking part in life’s normal routines.…

  • Lost in Complexity

    Lost in Complexity

    “We’re lost in complexity. Looking for space in our life fills up the space of our life. It exhausts us and makes us feel more and more frantic and takes us further from help. Let the spaciousness of life find us. It is always there, which is precisely where we are. Relax. Help is very…

  • What is the Path to Freedom Here?

    What is the path to freedom here? The answer is clear the moment that I ask. At every fork in the road, there is a conditioned response and one that is unpatterned, bold, and free. The old known way is more comfortable, but the other path holds mystery and wonder. ~ Danna Faulds What a…

  • Inner Spaciousness

        “Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” ~ Viktor E. Frankl The pause between our reaction to an external stimuli and how we choose to respond is essential in our evolution as human…

  • Haiku – distractions

    ~ Distractions abound Pulling you here, there, and back Find your Middle Ground ~ No matter what comes up that distracts you from your path, know that when the time is right, you will feel drawn to come back. Second or third time around, it may look a little different, and that’s okay. Don’t dwell…

  • Reflection on Being Spiritual

    “How spiritual you are has nothing to do with what you believe, but everything to do with your state of consciousness. This, in turn, determines how you act in the world and interact with others.” ~ Eckhart Tolle It isn’t enough to hold on to noble ideals and beliefs, we have to bring them into…

  • Haiku – Heart Awareness

    ~ Open heart expands Closed heart contracts and defends Awareness brings flow ~ When something is bothering me, one of the most useful questions I ask myself is “Is my heart open or closed?” And in that moment of recognition, it hears and something is released. It begins to open with love and understanding. Everything…

  • No Longer Searching

    Having loved enough and lost enough, I’m no longer searching just opening, no longer trying to make sense of pain but trying to be a soft and sturdy home in which real things can land. These are the irritations that rub into a pearl.* ~ Mark Nepo   Beyond searching is opening and acceptance of…

  • Inspiration – Your Problem

    Your problem is how you are going to spend this one and precious life you have been issued. Whether you’re going to spend it trying to look good and creating the illusion that you have power over circumstances, or whether you are going to taste it, enjoy it and find out the truth about who […]…

  • Inspiration – Lie Down

      Lie down with your belly to the ground, like an old dog in the sun. Smell the greenness of the cloverleaf, feel the damp earth through your clothes, let an ant wander the uncharted territory of your skin. Lie down with your belly to the ground. Melt into the earth’s contours like a harmless…

  • Inspiration – Heart is the Light

    Your heart is the light of this world. Don’t cover it with your mind. ~ Mooji How easy it is to get wrapped up in our thoughts, convincing ourselves that we must find the answers through our thinking. The analytical mind likes to be in charge, and thinks it has all the answers. When the…