“Religion is a defense to a true religious experience,” said Joseph Campbell.  The spiritual journey is different than following a fixed dogma or doing ritual worship once or twice a week.  Very often people use church attendance or participation in organized religions and spiritual retreats as ways to socialize, meet new mates and find entertainment. A…

“Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside dreams. Who looks inside awakens.” – Carl Jung I love working with dreams. They open up a world of details, emotions and fore sights that I would not know otherwise. After working with them for some time a new stage…

“There is nobody else but you. You are everybody. Therefore, how you treat anybody is how you treat yourself. Anything you do to somebody else, you are doing to yourself.” – Mirabai Devi  Relationships may be one of the greatest ways to heal and at the same time challenge us to grow and expand. Many…

Don’t be discouraged by the impossibility of dispelling darkness from the world with your one little candle. Just light it! Step forward and let it shine with every step you take to help others. — Amma In a dark cathedral in France, I walked to the altar and lit a candle for the world. That…

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