Category: Buddhism & The Bodhisattva Path
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Breathing Your Way Back to Joy: A Devotional Path to Nervous System Peace & Soul Alignment
Today at The Energy Healing Conference in Tempe, a speaker offered a teaching so simple, yet so piercingly wise, that it landed in my body like truth I had always known: Dr. Tricia Pingel said, “When faced with a challenge, ask yourself: Is this in my control? And is it worth my energy? Then choose… Read more
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The Value of Lived Experience: Awakening Through Presence
There is a certain kind of wisdom that can’t be found in books, courses, or someone else’s path. It’s the wisdom that comes from lived experience — from the moments we actually show up for our own lives with presence, curiosity, and compassion. Read more
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Unity Consciousness & Sovereignty: Living in Alignment with Your Truth
Most people think sovereignty is about independence, power, or self-protection — but true sovereignty is much quieter than that. It lives in the subtle, internal alignment between what we think, what we feel, and what we choose to do. Sovereignty isn’t about control or isolation — it’s about coming home to yourself. Read more
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The Messy, Beautiful Spiral of Spiritual Awakening
No One Arrives at Awakening Neatly It’s not a polished staircase leading upward — it’s a spiral, looping through shadow, revelation, grief, rebirth, integration, and grace. We revisit our pain from higher ground, carrying more wisdom, compassion, and inner resources than before. Awakening is not linear. It is a rhythm — a remembering. Read more
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When Trauma Becomes a Teacher
Trauma changes us. Not just emotionally or spiritually—but biologically. Chronic stress saturates the body with inflammation, reshaping the way we breathe, react, digest, sleep, and connect. It becomes the invisible undercurrent of how we move through the world, and for some of us, it becomes the backdrop of our entire childhood. Read more
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Radical Love Sets You Free: Uniting Jesus and Buddha in the Heart of Awakening
There is a kind of love that liberates you. A love without grasping, without fear, without the desperate need for reciprocity. A love that is both infinitely expansive and profoundly grounded. For years, I searched for this love—first through the lens of Buddhism, and later through the teachings of Christ Consciousness. Read more
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The Canary in the Coalmine
I’ve often described myself as a canary in the coalmine — not because I am fragile, but because my sensitivity is my gift. It’s how Spirit guides me. My body reacts instantly to what is harmful: chemicals, preservatives, pesticides, additives, dyes. Things most of society accepts as “normal” feel poisonous to me. Read more
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Santosha: The Art of Contentment in a Restless World
In the Yoga Sutras, Patanjali lists Santosha—contentment—as one of the five Niyamas, or personal observances, on the path toward enlightenment. It seems like such a simple thing, doesn’t it? To be content. To find peace in this moment, exactly as it is. Yet, for most of us, contentment is one of the hardest spiritual practices… Read more
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Finding Yourself Through Self-Introspection
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been a contemplative soul. As an introvert, solitude was never lonely for me — it was sanctuary. A place where I could hear myself think. A place where the world softened enough for me to explore the deeper layers of who I was becoming. Read more
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Awakening to Sovereignty: Rising as the Phoenix of Consciousness
Your cage was never made of steel—it was made of thoughts. For years, I lived inside that invisible structure: beliefs about who I should be, fears disguised as “wisdom,” silence mistaken for “strength.” Those thoughts formed my prison, built from survival and pain, crafted to protect me in rooms that didn’t feel safe. Read more
