Be if I want to. It seems that something like 39 years ago a miracle has happened. A truly unexplained phenomenon. I came out and greeted the world. At the time, as far as I can remember, everything seemed like a marvelous show of light, sound, touch and color. I would be lifted and swung around. Bizarre creatures were looking at me making even weirder sounds. My body was making weird noises and strange things were often coming out from different sides. What I do recall very vividly is a sense of awe. Of absolute wonder towards everything transpiring around...

As we go down the rabbit hole in the pursuit of spiritual awakening, we are often encouraged to explore our shadow. Delve into our vices and weaknesses. Places within our consciousness that need to be brought out into the light. To be examined, understood and eventually transcended. We are taught that evolution, spiritual change, implies walking away from what we consider negative behavior or thought patterns and the embracing of what we consider positive ones. It seems very logical. Since our negativity and harmful behaviors cause us pain and in some way even destruction, it is only but the next...

Recently, we've been told that ‘Now' is the new black. That coming to the present, being here and now is the new cool thing to do. Numerous books written about the power of now. So many workshops and retreats, teaching us how to come back to the present. How to focus our minds and concentrate on what's right here in front of us. And so... we sign up for a ‘Be Here, Now' workshop for next month. What do we do in the meantime? We have to hang in there, somewhere between the past and the future, aimless, bored and...

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[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="3.13.1" custom_padding="0|0px|0|0px|false|false"][et_pb_row custom_padding="27px|0px|0|0px|false|false" _builder_version="3.13.1"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="3.0.47" parallax="off" parallax_method="on"][et_pb_post_title featured_placement="above" _builder_version="3.13.1" title_font="Lato|700|||||||" title_text_align="left" title_text_color="#171717" title_font_size="30px" meta_font="Lato||||||||"][/et_pb_post_title][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row custom_padding="27px|0px|80px|0px|false|false" custom_margin="50px|||" _builder_version="3.13.1"][et_pb_column type="3_4" _builder_version="3.0.47" parallax="off" parallax_method="on"][et_pb_text _builder_version="3.13.1"] Yes. We do. We live to serve. One of the characteristics of life and spiritual evolution is reaching out in giving to another. Extending a hand is a universal sign of giving and connection. We derive immense pleasure from pleasing one another. For many of us, to give, for whatever reason, is usually much easier than it is to receive. It seems to be a natural occurrence. Effortless – easy.   But somehow... this incredible...