THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

If you want to grow and evolve, ask the Divine for assistance. if you don't, don't.

Song of the Week

As you are working on embracing your shadows and walking into the light, remember to call upon your angels https://youtu.be/3gydcChFnzQ

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As you grow and evolve it might make others uncomfortable, don't let it stop you.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

It is time to step outside of your comfort zone and climb to the next level in your evolution

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Which side are you allowing to control your life?

CHANGING THE IMAGES

Years ago, in one of my women studies texts I read someone talking about how we learn how to glorify and imitate our oppressors. We see so much of this in everyday life. We look at behaviors, actions, and language we would never use, or so we say and then we do. I remember friends of mine who are black and gay going to look at an apartment. The landlord, also black, once seeing them said we do not rent to your kind. The your kind here was them being gay. Yet this was language that was once, and sometimes still is, to deny service to non-Euromericans. This landlord was imitating his oppressors.

This ability to do so can become a part of anyone’s life. Jae Woong Kim, in Polishing the Diamond, Enlightening the Mind, shares the following story. "Long ago, many bandits roamed the mountains, and they often captured monks. It was said that, less than three years after their capture, the monks began to commit the same crimes, crimes to which they once had been vehemently opposed.

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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Sometimes our shadows are the lies we have internalized from those who came before us.

A SHADOW STORY

Writing about my own shadows is challenging. I remember when I first became aware of the power of shadows in my life. I was watching a DVD by Debbie Ford based on her book with Deepak Chopra. She talked about how shadows are like beach balls in the water. You can suppress one, maybe two, maybe three, but then there comes the point that one more comes to you and in the process of trying to hold it under the surface all the others come to the surface.

It was more than two years ago. I remember watching this film and then this woman told her story and honestly, I cannot remember what she said, but it triggered something so profound in me that I could not stop crying for days. I could feel this wave of emotions moving through my body and pain just wanting to find its way out. It took me a while to understand that for years I had suppressed fear and feelings of abandonment from the circumstances of my birth and my near-death experience.

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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Give thanks for the dark times as they are signs of a metamorphosis and transformation within

Song of the Week

Me and my shadow. I woke up with this song in my head, but the lyrics in their own way are powerful. They remind us that no matter what we are feeling, it is about us. It is just us and our shadow. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-4uKgXRnpI

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

why do you continue to act out in ways that go against your value system and all that we stand for? Explore your shadow self and live in a greater congruency

TOPSY TURVY CAKEOLOGY

Hard to believe it has been almost a year since I have blogged here. For the last year, I have been praying about whether or not to continue with this blog. I had been praying for guidance about whether or not to restart. This past week, I was contacted out of the blue by a food site called Chew the World. They wrote a blog called The Definite Guide to Spaghetti Squash. While doing research on the topic they had run across a blog on Spaghetti Squash Spirituality I wrote over a year ago. We chose to help make each other’s work visible. Even though I was not included in their guide on how to cook it, to have my work recognized and shared by another food blogger inspired me to think about writing about the spiritual lessons from food again.

It was this connection with Chew the World that inspired my writing again this week. Their most recent blog was about How To Make A Topsy Turvy Cake The Easy Way. I am not sure if you have ever seen one of these cakes but they look amazing and like they are so difficult to make as if layer tilts at a different angle. The secret they point out is having the right equipment,

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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

The important word in this quote is seem. We only know what seems to be, not what is. There is both in all of us.

It's Sharing Time!

It's Sharing Time! Admire  http://inspiritual.biz/spiritual-discussion/2017/3/21/admire

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Embrace our dualistic nature, we all have one.

EMBRACING THE DARKNESS

During this month of practicing acknowledging and embracing our shadows, I have been moved by so many people who have shared their stories with me and of those who have talked about how they have and are learning how to Dance with their Dragon . Recently, the following story was shared with me. about how we can use our shadows to walk in the fullness of who we are. The story in its fullness can be found on The Huffington Post, but here is what Royce Young wrote on his FB page. 

The other night, before I left for New Orleans, I was watching my beautiful wife sleep peacefully on the couch.

I looked at her laying there, her belly big with our daughter kicking away, a daughter that won't live more than a few days, and it just overwhelmed me of how incredible this woman is. I'm a writer so when I'm feeling something, I tend to have to write it down. So I pulled out my phone and started writing what I was thinking.

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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

May we remember that what we see in others is a shadow of what we are projecting out

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Be compassionate with yourself. Embrace your darkness so you can help yourself grow and evolve

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

What would your life look if there was nothing to help you grow and evolve?

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Embrace your shadow, discover the gifts and walk into the fullness of who you are as a human being.

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May we recognize all the parts of each of us, the shadows and the light.

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The secret to the inner light is within you, just listen.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

The defects we see in others is the defects we have yet to see in ourselves.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

To those who irritate me, thank you for helping me see my own shadow.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Your house is only as haunted as the ghosts you allow to live in it.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Creating a discipline takes discipline. It takes discipline to face one's shadow

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

If you want to grow, then you cannot run and hide.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Are you ready to face the scary stuff in your life so you can grow and evolve?

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Are you afraid to walk through your own valley of the shadow of death?

Song of the Week

Mick Jagger and Keith Richards describes a world where everything is in turmoil. Cops are criminals, and all the saints are sinners. The Devil is not a monster but "a man of wealth and taste." The nature of his game is puzzling, unless we see it in terms of the spiritual practice of shadow. Then it all becomes a bit clearer, especially the suggestion that we are all accomplices in other acts of violence. "If you meet me," says the Devil, "have some courtesy, have some sympathy and some taste." https://youtu.be/vBecM3CQVD8

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

May we own all the parts of who we are as human beings.

A TONGUE STORY

Guru Mayi, the leader of the Siddha Yoga Foundation tells this simple story which is fitting for a time when we are practicing accepting the best and worst in ourselves.

The ruler of a prosperous kingdom sends for one of his messengers. When he arrives the King tells him to go out and find the worst thing in the entire world, and bring it back within a few days. The messenger departs, and returns days later, empty-handed. Puzzled, the King asks, 'What have you discovered? I don't see anything.' The messenger says, 'Right here, Your Majesty,' and sticks out his tongue. Bewildered, the King asks the young man to explain. The messenger says, 'My tongue is the worst thing in the world. My tongue can do many horrible things. My tongue speaks evil and tells lies. I can overindulge with my tongue which leaves me feeling tired and sick, and I can say things that hurt other people. My tongue is the worst thing in the world.' Pleased, the King then commands the messenger to go out and find him the best thing in the entire world.

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March issue of One Spirit Many Voices

The March issue of One Spirit Many Voices is now available for download at http://inspiritual.biz/newsletters/

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

We all have parts of ourselves that need work. This month may we work on healing them.