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Life, Death, Retirement…After Life? Part I

I remember once Master Johwa said, “People think of their life from birth to death.  As a trainee you should look at life from before birth and past death.”  It took so long for this to have deeper meaning to me.  I guess that maybe at that time I couldn’t sense a deeper existence about …

Are We Afraid of Oneness?

Feeling resistance and struggling with it, or feeling really great then eventually to great for my own good.  This is an ongoing thing that has bothered me quite a bit.  I wondered about my resistance towards things that I find in myself that I don’t like or want to accept.  Or towards teachings I have …

Navigating Troubled Waters – Buddha’s Fun

Listening to ‘Buddha’s Fun’. Surrendering to the voice, surrendering to the message, surrendering to breathing. Opening. Being open. Connecting. With my center, with myself. Listening. Feeling – experiencing – breathing. Myself. Feeling the pain inflicted by me.  In me, around me and back to myself. Seeing clearly, recognizing mySelf. Taking responsibility.  Changing! Really? Experiencing and …

Spiritual Growth Through Relationships Part I

I recently talked about nurturing my brightness by helping the brightness in others and I have to say it has been a pretty incredible week.  I have little time to myself to do training and decided to get it done anyway but on my own time. If there is someone there I should do something …

self serving vs Self Serving

Photo taken from http://blog.maia-intelligence.com/2012/10/11/challenges-in-self-service-bi/ I was recently trying to make a training regiment for myself.  It’s something I have done a million times and I continue because the times that I stuck with it the results were indisputable.  However at some point I sensed that there is something wrong or missing in all of this.  …

I am the mirror

Once upon a time, there was a mirror. “I am the mirror”, he said. A HwanDo practitioner asked, “How much are you?” The mirror answered, “You tell me” The same practitioner asked,”$10?” “That is only for the frame.”, continued the mirror, “The real sale price goes up from there and it depends on the value …

Breathing Heart

Dearest friend, Just breathe. Leave them behind, your emotions.  If you give way to your emotions, you cannot observe without bias and be truly aware of this moment that we share so dearly. Recognize how they limit and possess you, where they could enrich your life instead. Breathe consciously and step aside to see clearly …