Insights on Contemplation
 Heart Meditation
…the beginning to becoming love
Listen to the Whisper of Your Heart
The Self Care rEvolution Series
The Benefits of Going Deep
BRENT MARCHANT: Most of us are probably familiar with the football term 'going deep', but it’s a notion that can be applied in more than a sports context; it can be employed as a metaphysical practice for personal growth as well. So what does it mean? Read more >>> The Season of Reflection
Revisiting Bliss
Bliss as a stillness of mind in which the universe cannot help but roll at your feet. ~ Deepak Chopra
Where was I?
Blessings in Disguise
Can you hear the Crystal Ring Tones?
MARI SELBY:
When we hear God calling and follow that clear small voice, we recognize synchronicity as a divine plan. We can experience synchronicity almost constantly as a thread that guides our next steps when we are open and aware of all the messages surrounding us. Read more >>>
There's No Such Thing as Trying
"Try Not. Do, or Do Not. There is No Try." Yoda
MARI SELBY:
Preparing to meditate I settle in and begin breathing deeply. My feet are flat on the floor, my back pressed up against the cushions of the chair. Read more >>>
The Greatness of Just Hanging On
LIANNE SNOW:
My partner Dave is a strong man. The kind you want around when it's time to move the piano or lift the car wreckage off someone in an accident. We've been discussing strength in all its varieties. Read more >>>
Stopping the World
Finding the first and last relationship in Stillness.
LIANNE SNOW: Stopping the World
was a phrase that we heard over and over. It was the holy grail of our Psychology of Mysticism class when I was in my second year university. Read more >>>
Tapping Into the Quiet Power of Stillness
BRENT MARCHANT:
In a world as busy as ours is today, with its myriad elements competing for our attention at seemingly every turn, stillness often seems like a rare commodity. The distractions that pervade our existence make the pursuit of this elusive state of mind quite a challenge indeed. Read more >>>
A Place Called Stillness
JANICE CHRYSLER:
"There is a place within my soul A sacred space I long to go Where I unite with love sublime Becoming one with the Divine." Read more >>> Moment of Death
VICKY ANDERSON:
At the Moment of Death, you are instantly surrounded by high consciousness. At that same Moment, your Self is suddenly moving all around. A feeling of incredible freedom and lightness overtakes it as it becomes accustomed to all of the movement that takes place with every thought you have. Read more >>>
Celebrating the Mothers
MARI SELBY:
What comes to mind when you think of Mother? The woman who gave birth to you? Mother Earth? A woman who nurtured and cared for you, like a teacher, a grandmother or a nanny? Or perhaps your mom was your 2nd father, as is true in gay male households? Read more >>>
Headed in the Right Direction Part III
MARI SELBY:
It's tricky to know whether or not we are headed in the right direction because we don't always 'know' what's right for us. Read more >>>
I'm Sorry. Forgive Me. Thank You. I Love You.
Who am I talking to? Myself.
PAUL CLARK:
One recent morning I was grappling with my existence, my purpose for being here. Wondering who I am. What I am. I was later explaining this to someone at lunch and at one point I intolerantly said out loud with my hands gesturing wide up in the air, "Ok, oh great grand Universe, who am I and what am I doing here?" Read more >>>
Headed in the Right Direction ~ Part II
MARI SELBY:
It's the middle of your day; do you hear your magnificent life calling you? Life is more than paying the bills, managing a job, surviving your family. You are a magnificent being with a fulfilling life before you. Are you settling for what you think you can have rather than what you fully deserve? Read more >>>
Headed in the Right Direction ~ Part 1
MARI SELBY:
Digging out my car is finished. The sidewalks are clear, but the roads are still treacherous. There is nowhere to go, so I sit by my office window and contemplate one hundred year old pine trees, their branches bent with snow. Read more >>>
Hope has a Hole in It!
MARY GIUFFRE:
I'm not a big fan of HOPE. I can feel you shutting down, but hear me out. Read more >>>
The Magic of Death
MIKE ROBBINS:
Recently, two important people in my life have suddenly passed away - my friend Kevin Carlberg (the brother of my girlfriend from college) and Gail Cohen (my dad's first wife and my half-sister Rachel's mom). Read more >>>
On Not Being Busy
HEATHER PARDON:
Have you ever listened to yourself and counted how many times in a given day you utter the words "I'm so busy! I'm too busy! I'm crazy busy!" or any variation thereof? I would guess that "I'm busy" ranks amongst one of our most commonly used phrases on a daily basis. Read more >>>
Letting Go of Worry
MIKE ROBBINS:
How often do you find yourself worrying these days? When I was a kid my mom used to say to me, "95% of what we worry about never happens." She recognized that I was the 'worrying type' and was trying to help ease my mind. Although this rarely worked, I appreciated her sentiment and know now that she was right. Read more >>>
Grief and Loss
The Path to Transformation, Freedom and Living Love
DAVID DANIELS MD:
The ways we deal with the dying process or loss and with grief are fundamental to how we develop and live life. Read more >>>
Meditation: The Key to Self-Discovery
JANICE CHRYSLER:
Our time here on earth is a journey of discovery in diverse areas of life. Every challenge has a meaning and a purpose. Perhaps there is a pattern that needs to be examined in order to stop it from repeating, every triumph a stepping-stone guiding us through rough waters, changes leading us down a new and exciting path. Read more >>>
Don't Believe Everything You Think
MARCI SHIMOFF:
I once heard a revered sage speak. He took a question from a man dressed in a three-thousand-dollar suit, wearing classy shoes, and dripping with gold jewellery. The man asked, "What do I need to give up to experience true happiness and inner peace?" Read more >>>
The State of Allowing
SUZANNE LUBKOWSKI:
Can you picture yourself lying on your back in a swimming pool just taking in the buoyancy and relaxation this provides. Have you ever laid on your back swimming at night looking at the stars. Read more >>>
Marveling at the Sun, Sky and Sea
MARI SELBY:
Today I sit watching wave's crash against the shore, their sound rumbling and pounding against the beach. Whenever I go on retreat to the ocean I feel relaxed and filled with wonder. For me there is nothing like the ocean to sort out the neural paths in my brain, and soothe nerve endings often too stressed. Read more >>>
Mindful Journey. What does it mean?
JANICE CHRYSLER:
While setting up at a local wellness fair, I was asked why I had chosen the name 'Mindful Journey' for my services. I have to confess it took me back a bit as no one had ever asked me this before. Read more >>>
Some Thoughts on Following Your Heart
HEATHER PARDON:
Over a year ago I left Ottawa in my RV, Miss Daisy, with my only mission to be that of "following my heart wherever it took me", simply trusting it would take me to the right place, back to finding me and the life that I wished to create. I had no idea at the time how the trip might unfold, what might happen or where I might end up. Read more >>>
What is Truth?
JANICE CHRYSLER:
The word truth itself is complex in meaning. In order to provide a definition of the word truth various conditions need to be met. According to one such definition, truth itself is as follows: Read more >>>
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JANICE CHRYSLER: Perhaps the reason we use the word love so much is because we long for it so greatly. We are born knowing that we require unconditional love in order to survive. Our parents and caregivers are the first humans that we rely on to provide us with this type of environment in which to grow. 
TRACI TRIMBLE: Why is it that many of us search everywhere else but within for the answers to our challenges? Instead, we listen to friends, family and even strangers. We often neglect the most influential and important voice ~ our own heart whispering to us. 
JANICE CHRYSLER: Now is the time to begin manifesting what you desire in your life. You cannot change the past but you can learn from it. By doing so, you help yourself lay plans for the future; not with worry but positive desires and strategies. 
LIANNE SNOW: I am content to allow the universe to reveal itself to me. Deepak Chopra speaks of this. He describes Bliss as a stillness of mind in which the universe cannot help but roll at your feet. 
LIANNE SNOW: "Where was I?" is a question that's been coming up over and over in the last few years. It implies that I got lost. Clearly I am somewhere but like any path that has detour options (and non options) we can meander far and wide.
