Entries by Donna Thomson

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Reflections from Awareness: Peace on Earth

Blackboard Sketch by Bob Schrei Excerpt from an Awareness Session* with Bob and Donna, New Years Day, 2014 For the new year, let us speak about peace. Peace is not the absence of conflict. Peace is found in the response to conflict. In the material world, conflict arises. It is in the nature of the […]

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INTUIÇÃO

photo by Josh Schrei Translated by Marilu Reis Quando você sonha, você enxerga de dentro de si mesmo, sua visão normal? Ou você vê de cima e além, do lado de fora, movendo-se no sonho? O que você prefere? Estar dentro ou fora? As pessoas falam sobre estar dentro do corpo. Onde está este corpo? […]

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Intuition

photo by Josh Schrei When you dream, do you see from the inside of yourself, your usual vision? Or do you see yourself from above and beyond, from the outside, moving in the dream? Which do you prefer? To be inside or outside? People speak about being in their bodies. Where is that body? Or, […]

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The Calming Power of Space

Photo by Josh Schrei In the Tibetan tradition of Buddhism, there are considered to be five elements: air, earth, fire, water … and space. Space contains all other elements. Space contains all thoughts, feelings, events, experiences and incarnations. The inherent nature of our mind is vast, infinite space. Meditation helps us experience this spacious awareness […]

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Interdependence

“We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness.” Thich Nhat Hanh Yesterday in the United States was a national holiday, Independence Day. It’s actually a good time to reflect on the principle of interdependence. We each have our own unique individuality, and at the same time we are part of a web of […]

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Meaning, Purpose, and SourcePoint

Imagine the universe in this way: everywhere you look you see an intricate web of meaning and purpose, a grid of light, energy, and information that nourishes you and sustains you, that breathes as you breathe, lives as you live. As above, so below. You too are an intricate web of meaning and purpose, a […]

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Meditation as a Survival Skill

Photo by Josh Schrei Some years ago when my book The Vibrant Life: Simple Meditations to Use Your Energy Effectively (Sentient Publications) came out, I led a lot of meditation workshops and groups. And I began always by saying, “Meditation in today’s world is not an esoteric practice. It’s a survival skill.” I continue to […]

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Her Loom of Light

Her Loom of Light that Becomes the Body Born from light into light You return again to know yourself as light. You are born from a precise order a delicate balance an eternal harmony from the flow of the river the cresting of the tide. Born from the Mother of Mothers the matrix that nourishes […]