Sometimes Sorrow Comes
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Quite recently, I had an epiphany. It came amid what is arguably a very long run of exceptionally good things in my life. Yet, I have been sensing for a while that something is not quite right.
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Seeing True™ is a moment of epiphany that is so pronounced that subsequent changes in direction or behavior are dramatically altered for the better. The Greeks called this “metanoia,” which means "change of mind," though it might translate better today as “a profound change of heart.” In the Seeing True framework, we focus on transformation as the desired result, and forgiveness and relationships as the spaces in which we practice.
Spiritual Chiaroscuro
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Isn’t it interesting that we want lives and realities that are not to be found in reality? There can’t be form without darkness and light, without contrast. Every up requires a down, every left demands a right, every joy cannot be without a sorrow.
Read MoreSpeaking True: Turning to the Light
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Jiminy Cricket, that iconic Disney character, once said to “Let your conscious be your guide.” Who knew one could hear such mystical wisdom from a cricket? Yet the natural world is filled with powerful analogies that are like living metaphors. One of our favorites is the sunflower with its mysterious and remarkable capacity for following the sun. Listen to learn more about how to use that idea like a mantra. And let the light of life be your guide.
Speaking True: Influence
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The power of our influence is always at work, even when we don’t realize it, and whether that influence is positive or negative. In those moments, teaching occurs when the teacher isn’t even teaching.
Read More#MeToo - Has Anything Changed?
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When someone else’s situation becomes personal and relevant, we can no longer make them into “other”, and no longer pretend it is not a matter for our concern. When we make contact, it becomes personal. We are then forced to see and to care. Action becomes inevitable. Change then follows.
Read MoreSpeaking True: Circling the Mountain
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What if this moment, this step directly ahead of us, is fulfillment itself? What if in seeing it differently, we could experience that fulfillment?
Read MoreSeeking Refuge?
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If it’s not the overwhelming work environments that are increasingly common, it’s the growing clamors of the world and its people, or the rising levels of conflict. Many seek escape, which certainly holds out a kind of promise, though invariably it will fail us. There is actually no escape from the world or even ourselves.
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