remember who we are

This morning I have been watching the leaves falling in my garden. Some let go because they are ready. Others seem nervous but then a gust comes and they give up holding on. The Autumn or Fall reminds us a number of important lessons and truths. First, those golden leaves are a reminder to be grateful for the miraculous birth we had in the spring and for the joy of the warm summers. Grateful for our community of friends and fellow leaves that we hang out with. Second, we

Hello friends. Believing we are only a body causes a lot of unnecessary suffering. We all know a body 'dies' one day, so logically that means we 'die' too. But in my experience, we are so much more than our physical bodies and the real us never dies. It's just not possible. Eternal life is a standard feature, not an optional extra. If our bodies were simply a car that we drive around in, then when the car, the body is done, we the drivers, get out! We don't stay in the body.

Two days ago, I imagined myself as him, looking through his eyes and began to laugh so hard as this insight and realisation hit me - 'he doesn't even know he's a cat!' Can you even begin to imagine the freedom in this purview of life (purr view - good accidental pun that!). Tiger has no names for anything, no labels, no judgements and no past or future. Everything happens now. There is no story, just things moving or not moving in his awareness. He is awake with no story.

Hello friends. I am enjoying a few days on my own personal retreat in France and lots of things are falling into place. Such a treat to spend time on my own. Maybe that's why we call it a re-treat :) Anyway, I had this visualisation just come to me and I wanted to share it with you. As you will see from the title of my site, it's 'remember who we are'. Deep down we know who we are but we forgot for a while, for a few lifetimes maybe, but now we are being asked and given permi

Hello friends. I was meditating this morning and a metaphor came to me about lighthouses. I visited one once and the experience went like this.... You climbed up steps around and around in circles, slowly getting higher and higher, with peeks of the outside world through tiny windows until eventually, breathless and disorientated, you reach the magical moment where you arrive at the big light at the top of the lighthouse with a 360 degree view of the ocean and land. The long

I did a reading for a friend today and the theme was forgiveness. Forgiveness for ourselves and others, whilst not always easy, can produce such a feeling of lightness and peace of mind. It helps us to see our lives from a far higher perspective, rather than the messy perspective we most often see at ground level. So this was the quote I received today during the reading: "Forgiveness is the rocket fuel to peace" Makes you think, doesn't it?! I am fuelling my rocket! Peace he