Where Do We Go When We Die?
Until we transition and are greeted by those who have passed before us, it’s easy to imagine Heaven as a far-off geographical place.
Until we transition and are greeted by those who have passed before us, it’s easy to imagine Heaven as a far-off geographical place.
Those who pass are not “dead and gone,” but still right here, for at the level of pure Consciousness, there is only “here.”
Through the attribute of forgiveness, it is not a matter of trying to be forgiving as a way of fast-tracking healing relief. Rather, you become so objectively aware of pain that it opens up the remembrance that everyone deserves to be liberated from the plight of human suffering.
If you, or someone you love, is standing at a fork in the road, trying to discern whether to remain in a romantic relationship or leave, these perspectives may offer direction, validation, and/or a clear path to the choices that feel most aligned.
From the heart of compassion, the more we acknowledge what we don’t know, the fewer conclusions we draw about others as a space to project our unprocessed pain.
Relationship conflict is inevitable, and we know that transitions tend to spike conflict. What matters less is if you and your partner experience friction. What matters more is how you handle it.
Next time you are “mindlessly” taking a shower, washing dishes or driving, ask yourself: What are you thinking? Are you grinding old thoughts, or contemplating your life in new rewarding productive ways?
There are countless books and blogs that outline the path to success. Yet, the internal work required to turn success and happiness into a packaged deal is under-acknowledged.
The relinquishing of a burden, while it may mean great relief, may also mean that the idea of self, the one who has held the burden for so long, must be relinquished because you’ve so self-identified through the burden and its presence and its challenge that you’ve come to believe it’s who you are.
While sensitive kids might be introverts or extroverts, they are sponges. In a world with gun violence, war, dying glaciers and oceans, entire species facing extinction, and refugees living desperate lives, the news of the world can be intensely overwhelming to young people who notice and process everything deeply.