This week’s blog is an excerpt from chapter six of my book. During week six of my introduction to mindfulness, I pondered how I communicate. More accurately, I pondered how I fail to communicate. Rethinking how we talk to others, how we listen or don’t to …
Read MoreThe Way to Self Acceptance
When I first discovered Thich Naht Hanh (insert heart), I decided to do an exercise of constant mindfulness. This was based upon his account of what happened when he joined the monastery. He says there was a “poem” for everything you do, including going …
Read MoreLovingkindness – The Way to Peace and Connection
Lovingkindness meditation. During this meditation you conjure an image of various people and wish them and yourself peace and all good things.
Read MoreTips to Begin a Spiritual Practice
Welcome! If you’re new to The Mystical One, start here and then here! At the end of my 8-week journey (which is the subject of my ebook memoir) I knew I wanted to maintain a daily spiritual …
Read MoreWelcome to the Mystical One
While I have always had faith, I’ve never had peace. My whole life I felt a strong connection to a higher power greater than myself and simultaneously disconnected from other people. I admired people who demonstrate perfect love toward others – people like Mother …
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