Love, Peace, and Joy in Death

Love, Peace, and Joy in Death This morning, I received the news that someone close to me has passed away. This is the first death in my experience since The Alchemy of Love and Joy™ came to me. We first met at her son’s funeral (he is listed on my Gratitude page), and her steady presence, surprising humour, and positive outlook at the funeral impacted me; I was almost shocked to learn she was his mother. We became fast friends, taking each other out to lunches and dinners.  I considered her family. The news came via email… and my first response was a surprised “Oh,” and I waited to see what would arise next, watching for sadness and preparing to …

Ecstatic Errand-Running Mind

Ecstatic Errand-Running Mind I had an errand to run today, and the far-away echo of an old mind was noticed, “Do I have to go all the way there…!?” and I chuckled, just before going into my body and reaching for joy. Feeling my breath and the whole of my body simultaneously, immediately I felt expansion as a smile grew across my face. Going outside and feeling the pleasure of the wind on my skin and the energy of the sun, my senses came alive to every touch, site, and sound. I noticed the sun rays beaming down to earth and then thoughts of howbeautiful the world is were followed by a tingling down my body. As I approached the …

You cannot feel someones love

You cannot feel someone’s love This morning I woke with a dream in memory, and noticed a feeling that is not my norm, not joyful. I dreamt of someone who I’d like in my life giving attention to someone else. Immediately I began The Alchemy of Love and Joy™ practice… 1) “What do I want?” Hmmm… this took a moment or two as the dream fog cleared…and then it came: “I wanted to feel that person’s love.” 2) “How does that person’s love feel?” As I reached for the feeling, wonderful images, smiles, and loving memories flashed, and a warm, tingly sensation began to flow through my body. 3) “Is this what I prefer to feel?” Yessssssss hehe. 4) “Feeling …

Tweetering on Joy

Tweetering on Joy My heart has been swelling….OMG! I have been playing with Twitter, and how marvelous is the massive numbers of loving, aligned, positively amazing people there are out there—what a gracious gift to be able to connect with them!!! Sitting here not just my computer is twittering and tweeting, my whole body is tingling in waves,  which happens when I experience expansion of being, or when I hear, experience, or notice a thought that is in alignment with who we are. I love you all 🙂

Fire the Grid 2009

Fire the Grid 2009 RIGHT NOW THIS AUDIO FILE DOES NOT APPEAR IN INTERNET EXPLORER. PLEASE USE FIREFOX OR SOME OTHER BROWSER. Condensed audio track (20 minutes of an hour-long meditation) July 28, 2009 — It was my great pleasure and privilege to sit in meditation with hundreds of people in Ottawa, and millions of people around the world for the global “Fire the Grid” event tonight. It was a positive, mass co-creative event, with everyone’s hearts and minds focused on a new world vision. The one-hour meditation included singing by Melinda Urban, crystal bowls with Jeremy Sills, flute by organizer Daniel Mauro, and vocal toning, chanting, and positive thought offered by all present. A lovely and inspiring visual interpretation of the event, …

A Glimpse into Joyful Living

There were really two main reasons to creating this blog website, one so that readers can have their say and leave comments about the book and share their experiences with their practice. The other was so that I have an outlet to share my everyday experience as the joy within that I am emerges. Although words can never capture reality, I will attempt to share, to put into words my experience and to use words to point toward joy, which is what the practice does. This is all still new to me also, and I recognize the value of my shifting experience for others, so I look forward to sharing as best I can my (sometimes ecstatic) experiences as they …