Trust Move from a place of knowing within you rather than as a result of adaptation to outer experience. Let go of your assumptions and need to control life’s creative process. It does not matter what spiritual path you’re on, an ultimate sense of peace comes down to one question: Can you let go of …
Synthesis Act with a win-win attitude. Use your creativity and sensitivity to blend all the diverse parts into a unified whole. We inter-face with the world in numerous ways; as a partner, a family member, child, parent, pet pal, neighbor, customer, and community member both culturally and nationally to name a few. Who is the ‘one’ …
Simplicity Simply be yourself. Look past the fanfare and drama to what is enduring. Take time to clarify what is important to you and let non-essentials fall away. Simplicity requires tenacity of spirit and a ‘one pointed’ clear holding of our soul’s presence. Too much of the time our minds are filled with the complexities …
Willingness Approach life with an open mind and a how-can-we-make-it-work attitude. Use your will skillfully to enhance the creative process ratherthan inhibit it. Willingness is an inner alertness that magnifies the connecting point between our human and divine natures. It is the practice of steadiness, receptivity, readiness, andresponse — not necessarily in that order. It …
Play Maximize every moment of aliveness. Experience pleasurable involvement in all your activities and enjoy what you are doing. Have Fun! Play is at the heart of our creativity and animates our being in our most carefree moments. It helps us live with absurdity, paradox, and mystery. It feeds our childlike joy and wonder. It …
Clarity Clear your perceptions free of confusion. Focus on intent and straightforward expression. See the world as it is without your projections, judgments and assumptions. Clarity is a process not a singular event and once reached tends to mark progress not arrival. The love of truth clears the attachments that result in mis-conceptions and false conclusions …
Grace Poise and elegance in form, attitude, and action. Give up struggle and allow the universe to participate in the creation of your life. Grace is a healing balm that soothes our nervous system and relaxes our stance in the world. It gives margins to our souls allowing them to be held in the deep …
Discernment Use your sharp-sightedness to make clear distinctions and wise choices. Move forward with confidence in your inner compass. Discernment is the recognition of the soul’s impulse within our lives. It builds our intuitive ability to act with an awareness of the power that is concealed within the present moment. Discernment requires that we regularly …
