Posts Tagged‘Spiritual’

Mar 10, 2016

The Spiritual Purpose of Empathy–PART 2

Empathy is one practice of an awakening being. When others suffer and we align without judgement or anger, we move into a deeper understanding of the universe and our relationships. We are living and functioning at a different level than when we were angry and unconscious. We feel freer, more peaceful, and less reactive in our relationships. Yet the practice of empathy teaches us something difficult. There are people in pain everywhere and we are almost drawn to them. The universal desire to empathize with others as you recognize suffering in them is designed to help you discover and resolve your own pain. Every emotion (or tiny urge to help) you…

Oct 23, 2015

Ground Zero

In September 2001, I was 37 and married with two children—both girls, a six-year-old and a two-year-old. We lived at parks, swimming pools, and, when it was too hot, the kids section of the Barnes and Noble. I was busy creating a grand life for some lucky kids who were going to get the childhood they deserved (I hope you hear some absurdity here). The morning of 9/11, I had just returned from dropping off the children at school and was stepping out of the shower when I saw that the first WTC had a substantial hole in it. By 10…

Inspiring and reassuring

I read this book at a seaside retreat and could not put it down. Far from the typical summer page-turner this book has left a huge impact on my life and I continue to use it as a reference to help with the big questions about my life and its purpose. I do not know what category this book falls into as it is a memoir, a spiritual guide, a self-help book and both a scientific and metaphysical explanation of our universe and how it works. What I found to be very compelling was that this writer is an accomplished scientist who describes her personal journey of awakening into a world that scientists are not known to go. Yet this book gives a clear explanation using both a scientific approach and the authors own experiences to what the benevolent Universe has to offer each of us and what we have to offer back. This book is both inspiring and reassuring for those of us who are finding our way home.