My silence has broken

My silence has broken The moment that I fell to my knees in the woods crying with intense love, joy, and laughter is not one that I thought I could ever explain or share. I still don’t. That “direct seeing” happened January 30th (2010). I’ve been quietly absent for a month, contemplating what to do with something I had never experienced before, and had no reference point for which to understand it myself, never mind to share it. It is ineffable. Unspeakable. Yet, a few months ago when considering the things that were coming to me, a thought “I can’t share that.” was immediately countered by “Don’t hold back!” Indeed, I have not held back since being gifted with joy …

You never know and oh what a gift

You never know and oh what a gift When you stop thinking that you know how some experience “should” be, about what “should” happen, about when you “should” arrive, about who “should” or “should not” be there, and what they “should or should not” be doing, then things flow, you are in alignment with life—and suffering ceases. When you respond and not react, when you become natural and spontaneous, the same way life unfolds, life becomes rich with possibilities and adventure. I don’t know how many times I thought I was “late” only to find that I was perfectly on time to not be in a car accident. I have also given-up on the idea (and these are just ideas, …

Feel Fantastic in the Face of Adversity, and Nothing Can Ever Hurt You Again

Feel fantastic in the face of adversity, and nothing can ever hurt you again When you come face-to-face with feeling joy at the same time as seeing, hearing, or knowing something “bad” outside you, and if you refuse to deny that you are in fact feeling joy, and you accept it as true in your experience, then it will profoundly change your life forever. It will disconnect you from the belief that you need anything in order to feel good. It disconnects you from the belief that anything can make you feel bad. It disconnects you from the attachment to these thoughts. You will then know without doubt that how you feel has nothing to do with what is going-on …

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, …

Come to life in ecstasy

Come to life in ecstasy Good news—and more good news! Your experience has been dulled-over by thoughts and beliefs about how it “is.”  You are capable of experiencing so much greater sensual and joyful heights. How good something can feel, how vibrant something looks, how flavourful something tastes, how fantastic something sounds, how ecstatic intimacy can be, and even how your body feels just being alive! The Alchemy of Love and Joy™ awakens all the senses and enhances your experience of life. It’s the tendency to label—it’s thought that distances you from your life. You then experience the label, not life. In The Alchemy of Love and Joy™, the intense practice of just feeling brings you to life. Practice allowing. …

Pain is mandatory, suffering is optional

“Pain is mandatory, suffering is optional.” ~ Dalai Lama “Pain is mandatory suffering is optional” is often quoted, and it sounds reasonable, but how is that so? How is it lived? Pain, like physical bodily pain, is part of life. Emotional suffering, for psychological “reasons” or in addition to physical pain, is a practice, a habit that can be changed. These are the mechanics of how pain is mandatory suffering is optional. Suffering is something done habitually, something that has been handed-down, inherited through the ignorance of simply not knowing anything else to do. It had become so deeply ingrained as to become beliefs, or worse, part of your identity (also a belief). You know it’s gone this far when …