:: Aham Prema ::

I've always been a people watcher.  As a young girl, I openly looked at everyone I came in contact with, wondering who was the happiest?  It was a little disheartening during my exploration to uncover that it seemed that almost everyone had a significant amount of unhappiness and troubles in life.  I guess I wanted to live a fairy tale.  Some people, however, had a great time with life, even through its challenges. I noticed that those who were overall most happiest usually had a sense of humor about their experience.  They weren't richer, more beautiful, or better off.  They were just happy with what was and were strong in rolling with it.  Everyone goes through hard times. Being truly happy is not by getting somewhere or accomplishing something.  It is a part of who you are .  It is your character, your essential being, the fabric of you.  Children are often born with a knowing of it, but many of us lose touch with this understand...

Step-by-step instructions on what to do with feelings. Key information that has to be easily referenced! By honoring your inner feelings and emotions, you quench your deepest thirst. These arise as golden breadcrumbs indicating an opportunity for alignment with your greater self. However, they are not always the easiest to deal with. Here are simple steps to processing your emotions – to get through them rather than “stuffing them”. Reap the rewards of these divine hints. Grab a pen and paper and get to a quiet space. Go to the bathroom if need be. Center yourself and create a compassionate space for your healing. Write down what made you feel blue. Who or what upset you? Outline notes about what triggered the emotions. Vent/express the emotions. In a healthy, safe way, let the feelings out! Get to those feelings that the innermost part of you felt in the situation. You can cuss if it helps you ...

Gratitude is the easiest way to really be happy. We’ve been taught this so much that we don’t value it anymore. However, giving thanks not only improves your living, it heals feelings, and allows joy to be a regular force in your life. Sure it sounds easy. But so many of us are numb to the feeling of being thankful. We take for granted the soft pillow that comforts our head and the clean water we have for a bath. Small things - sure, yet huge conveniences and benefits. We’d definitely notice if they were gone! Not until my own personal experience with this lesson, did I know it so well myself. About a year ago my mom’s house was in one of the California wildfire areas. She got her favorite items and animals and evacuated her home. The firemen decided it was too dangerous to protect the canyon where her home is. They let the fire go free in the whole canyon. My mom was devastated. I was stuck at work and longed to be there to support her...

We all have a past with moments that we treasure and experiences that we wish went completely differently.  But that's behind us now and that's where it should stay.   Everyday is a new day.   Every decision can change your life.  It sounds hokey pokey, I know, and you've heard it before - but it's true!   So get a clear perspective.  Get over your limited thoughts. What weighs heavy in your heart today?   Think about it.  Slow down and do it, now.  Or just pay attention and you'll know very soon.  I'm sure you know right now. Why do you let it stay that way?  Why do you carry these burdens in your heart for any length of time at all? God didn't bring you to these challenges for you to keep them inside.   You don't have to figure out everything all by yourself.  You don't think that, right?  You have so many resources available to you.  You have got to see the reflection in this situation to soften ...

Welcome to spring!  It kicks off Sunday with the official equinox. And Spring arose on the garden fair,  Like the Spirit of Love felt everywhere; And each flower and herb on Earth's dark breast  rose from the dreams of its wintry rest.  ~ Percy Bysshe Shelley Right now is the best time to connect with the clarity you have learned from the dark winter while it's fresh.  The long cold season has left Earth bare and the rain has washed it clean. The changes of the seasons are reflected in ourselves as well.  By making the most of this opportune time, we gain a clearer perspective before planting, fertilizing, and nurturing our seeds for this new  yearly cycle .  Using this process consciously can make significant shifts in what you harvest in fall for this year. Exercises for Exploration and Growth Sunday : Be aware of what instincts and desires you have all day. Take note of what arises.  Just simply note feelings and as ...

There are all types of beliefs about the self, but this is what I believe.  I'm putting this up as a foundation for other things I want to share.  As with most things that I believe, I learned this by being open to hear others' opinions and teachings, applying them to myself and my experiences, and feeling my way through what resonates with me as feeling true and right (for me). Of course, me being me, thought of this as total BS the first time I heard of it.  But thank God, I was open enough to consider it, as I have learned over time the great value contained within this concept.  There are three key parts: The Inner Child Often seen as the part of us that is pure and innocent, the inner child is a snapshot of us when we were around six years old - before we entered kindergarten and began focusing on left brain activity (logic).  This energy remains with us forever and is the happy, playful part of ourselves.   The "dark side" of the inner ch...