Author: santafejazzy

“The world I see is but a projection of me”. I can blame everyone and everything in the world as much as I want, but until I take responsibility for the thoughts in my mind, I will never find peace of mind. We make so many snap judgments every minute of our lives, that it…

I am barely beginning to understand the enormous freedom that comes as I recognize I am in a reactive mode and I stop, just for a minute, and I breathe and I say to myself, “This isn’t me. This really isn’t me. This is a reactive brain track I am running along”.  And then I…

What is it about a fresh, sparkling, clear, bubbling mountain stream amidst tall fir trees that stirs my soul so?  This one is in the mountains behind Alpine, Wyoming.  Maybe it is untouched essence that is pure Life expressing in all its magnificence. And the fact that it reminds me of who I am at…

This is one of my favorite quotes from Marianne Williamson. “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?’ Actually, who are…

One of the reasons we find ourselves exploring different spiritual modalities and practices is a desire to re-educate the mind so it can get on-board with us as we go through the awakening process. By awakening I mean waking up from the world in which we live that is both transitory and illusionary. In this…

“The truth is: life is a blaze of light and movement. This is the radiant fullness of your real Being. Within that fullness there is no “other”. There is no separation, no subject or object, only a continual flow of opening, wonder and delight, possibility and creativity”.             –  Bernie Prior  

The Void: the deep, rich dark of the unknown, the un-manifest, the stillness of creation potential. Then – a spark of thought, and another, and another, and an idea is born. More focus, more sparks, building into a solid, inspired concept – a dream. He who builds no castles in the air, builds no castles…

So many distractions, so little time. My heart tells me the most important things I want to accomplish in my day: writing; a photograph a day for the photography club I belong to; exploring my environment; creating a healthier body. Then there is the daily work I do – the exchange of my time for…

“Ask yourself: Is there joy, ease and lightness in what I am doing? If there isn’t, then time is covering up the present moment, and life is perceived as a burden.”          Practicing the Power of Now – Eckhart Tolle I had to really think about this. Time covering up the present moment, is about the…

I’ve rebelled against discipline all my life. The discipline of my mother when I was a child – I was always in trouble (it seemed), the discipline of teachers and then a world that said you should or shouldn’t do this or that. It has got me into a lot of trouble, needless trouble. For…

So you’re all inspired and ready to rock and roll on your new journey of staying in the present moment and recognizing what is and isn’t you. Feeling great!!! And then … wham! You’re in it again, up to your eyeballs in an old and familiar situation that bugs the heck out of you. And…

The mind has learned to make snap judgments about anything and everything. These judgments happen so fast that we are running along their brain tracks before we even have a chance to blink. These brain tracks are habits, usually formed long ago, that we follow blindly thinking they are who we really are until such a…

Your inner purpose is to awaken – you share that with all of humanity. Finding and fulfilling your inner purpose is the foundation for fulfilling your outer purpose. – Eckhart Tolle I just love this quote from Eckhart Tolle – one of my favourite teachers. It is so easy to get caught up in the outer…

I can focus on all the things I ‘have to do’ – my ever-growing To Do List – or I can look for Life and how she wants to express through me in this moment. My mind wants to do the former,to ‘get things done’, yet in this present moment, life is so much simpler.…