Living Light

Our conscientious actions allow us to participate in this glorious dance of life, and to make a difference in the lives of others. Our meditations fuel the divine light kindled in our heart, they give us the direction, strength and inspirition for our actions. We must not neglect the practice of either!

Sometimes I just feel lost, depressed or angry for no apparent reason.  In these cases the only thing I can think to do, to help recover my balance, is fill my aura with light.  When I do this, it literally feels like the sun coming out from behind the clouds. First get in touch with your aura by feeling it as an energy bubble surrounding your body 2 - 3 ft.; then feel it being filled with light, becomeing brighter and brighter and brighter.   You may also attune to light in various other ways, try one of these short audio Light Visualizations given one of my teachers, Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan. Filling the body with Light Cleansing Emotions with Light Renewing the body with light Converging the Light of the Stars in you Aura

Contemplating Life, she has taught me: to surrender into the One, by watching my dog fall to sleep; to radiate light, by watching the sun; to be receptive, by meditating on the crescent moon; to reflect light, by watching a full moon; to absorb light, by meditating on green leaves; to understand unity, by reflecting on Nature; to experience harmony, by listening to a symphony; to understand inter-dependence, by watching humanity; to flow, by watching brooks and streams; to understand greatness, by communicating with trees; to be magnanimous, by contemplating the Ocean; to feel raw power, by watching storms; to discover vastness, by observing the starry cosmos; to be empty, by contemplating space; to feel omnipresence, by observing the sky; to give, by watching Mother Earth; to be optimistic, by watching flowers open at dawn; to feel freedom, by watching the wind; to be in the moment, by observing a cat watch a bird; to be innoce...

Without Forgiveness we cannot be free and whole as we were meant to be.   The four healing angels of Forgiveness can help us with the healing processes of being able to forgive ourselves, forgive others, and ask forgiveness of others. We all make mistakes; we all have done things that we regret, deliberately or accidentally.   These actions can knock us down, crucify us, throw us into depression, and cause us to lose faith in the beauty and joy of life.   To heal from this, we must be able to accept forgiveness and perhaps to also ask forgiveness from others.  Allah, God, the Great Spirit is all forgiving but we must first forgive ourselves. This is not easy, for often we feel so horrible that we do not want to forgive ourselves or believe we can be forgiven, we would rather die or just quit living - but we are meant to go on, we must get back up again.  In some cases this healing might require us to ask forgiveness of others we have w...

Whether we know it or not,  every breath we take IS Gods breath,  literally, it is God breathing or the Universe breathing us. When we remember this,  it immediately and inherently expands our consciousness;  it immediately and inherently brings us a tangible connection with all existence.  Even if we do this for one moment it works, and  in this moment we touch something deep and special which is always there, always inside us.   We can label it sacred spirit, divine presence, wholeness, unity but the labels do not matter, what matters is the simple act of being aware that our breathing is not separate from the breathing of all existence, it is intrinsically part of it - directly connected to it.   This awareness does not take a mantra or fancy spiritual practice, Simply become aware of your breathing as it gently flows in and out, relax and feel, know or imagine that your breathing is the cosmos b...

To know the directional flow of your breath , at the moment of observing an event, i s to know the future life of that so observed. The Direction of Breath is either In or Out Left or Right Nostril Predominant. In - grows, Out - flows; Left - Stays, Right - goes away .  

This is a very personal Blog... My Spiritual Mother, Mary Inayat, always told me we must remember and honor our teachers... so this New Years Day I will honor my personal Spiritual Roots in the Sufi Movement of Hazrat Inayat Khan. There is a path that leads to the summit of Human Consciousness. It is a winding path that meanders through our lives, it is unique to each individual, shifting its course to provide continual awakening and unfoldment into the One Reality.  Though in these times some say 'a spiritual path' is no longer required, that the Truth is inherently revealed, which is true in part; yet still, for those seeking something concrete, there exists the guide-ways we call spiritual schools or paths. These guide-ways offer an organized, methodological approach to Awakening into Self-Realization. They are not for the light-hearted, for although they ask nothing, they demand much by way of keeping up with the acceleration of awakening stimulated thr...