The Pearl Within Your Emotions: Part V - Self-Worth and the Open Heart
"Finally, it’s all about heart opening. In its truest meaning, the concept of enlightenment is simply the open heart.” Participant: Hi Gangaji, I am so grateful to be here and to bring this question forward. I would so much like to enjoy my life and to feel good about who I am. I want to […]
A deep reflection on gratitude as love, as the direct conduit to the peace of who we truly are. Whatever the truth about the origins of our holiday of thanksgiving, and whatever is alive in the world that we may not feel gratitude for, we can use this moment to reflect.
I was sitting on my rack enjoying the much-anticipated cooler temperatures when a thought hit me with delight. I am three months away from what could be my last year in prison. As thoughts off-tines do, one blossoms into another, I found myself reflecting on the person prior to my incarceration when compared to the man I am today. A man worth knowing, a father worthy of being called dad.
It was a fire. It was really a fire because it was a ra
It was a fire. It was really a fire because it was a razor’s edge. All of sudden there are these huge groups. And if I identified even the slightest negatively or positively…I am sliced on this razor I am living on. It was really a necessary fire. I had to be quiet. I had […]
This is an invitation to stop. To not create who you ar
This is an invitation to stop. To not create who you are. To simply be yourself with no idea or memory of who or what that is. Just to be. Then to see, how vast this just is.
If your attention is on the story of how you do not des
If your attention is on the story of how you do not deserve what is being offered, this is the continuation of self-denial. There is an open door in this jail, in this prison.