Monthly Archives: August 2011

The Power of a Label – Attachment vs Acceptance

This year seems to be about creating freedom, which first requires that I understand what I mean when I choose to be free. The more I work with this specific Enlightenment Intention (Free) the more I understand that for me, freedom is about letting go of identifying with the labels I live. To live empowered […]

The Art of Being Present – Using Makyo to Eliminate Ego

One of my favourite passages from Spiritual Enlightenment – The Damndest Thing’ by Jed Mckenna…just is so irreverent…and very funny. “Have you heard of the term makyo?” I ask her. “Yes, isn’t it something to do with…?” “It’s a Zen thing. Very handy term. In Zen, no one is interested in spiritual growth. No one […]

Are you Redecorating the Office or Are you Creating Real Change ?

One of my pivotal books at the moment is ‘Spiritual Enlightenment – The Damndest Thing’ by Jed Mckenna. Seems to just hit the spot about where I am and how odd it feels right now – a stranger in a world where everyone else seems to be comfortably normal. Thought I would pass on this […]