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  • The Truth Shall Set You Free

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on May 8, 2022May 8, 2022

    We have long accepted the biblical quote "the truth shall set you free" as a truism. But I wonder how often we think about its opposite: Lies shall imprison you.

    encouragement, hope
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  • Pay Attention!

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on May 1, 2022

    It can be said that life is a balancing act. Where you focus your attention makes a significant difference to keeping your balance.

    attitude, Enlightenment, Wisdom
    2 2 comments on “Pay Attention!”
  • We Live in Two Worlds

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on April 24, 2022

    Perhaps because our eyes are directed outwards, we human beings usually look to our environment as the source of our happiness or unhappiness...

    attitude, determination, encouragement, Enlightenment, hope, obstacles, Wisdom
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  • Getting Lost in That Hopeless Little Screen

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on April 17, 2022

    The tendency to believe that only large, grandiose actions lead to change can kill the incentive to make those small changes, little tweaks, that add up over time to something really big.

    Health, Wisdom
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  • Lost and Found

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on April 10, 2022

    I was 36 years old, flat broke, two months behind with the rent, I couldn’t get a job to save my life, and Welfare (Social Security) had turned me down...

    Enlightenment, obstacles, Wisdom
    0 0 comments on “Lost and Found”
  • Do The Work

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on April 3, 2022April 4, 2022

    Where there is resolution, there will also be resistance.

    attitude, determination, encouragement, hope, obstacles, Respect, trust, Wisdom
    4 4 comments on “Do The Work”
  • From Spiritual Worrier to Spiritual Warrior!

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on March 27, 2022March 27, 2022

    We're spiritual warriors. But I was far more accustomed to being a spiritual worrier, because my mind's default programming was fear and dread.

    attitude, encouragement, Enlightenment, hope, trust, Wisdom
    0 0 comments on “From Spiritual Worrier to Spiritual Warrior!”
  • A Ship to Cross The Sea of Suffering

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on March 13, 2022March 27, 2022

    An inner calm is essential in order to realise our dreams. But calmness and I were not very well acquainted.

    Health, hope, obstacles
    4 4 comments on “A Ship to Cross The Sea of Suffering”
  • It Will Change

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on March 6, 2022

    In the midst of the horror and the heartbreak in Ukraine, something very good is happening...

    attitude, encouragement, Enlightenment, hope, obstacles, trust, Wisdom
    2 2 comments on “It Will Change”
  • Smile please!

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on February 27, 2022February 27, 2022

    Just as the body can follow the mind (I feel happy, so I smile) the mind can equally well follow the body.

    attitude, determination, encouragement, Wisdom
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  • One Step at A Time

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on February 21, 2022

    I was exhausted last Friday. It felt like torture. After teasing us with a spring-like temperature, melting ice and glimpses of green grass on Wednesday, Mother Nature changed her mind on Thursday and delivered a …

    attitude, determination, encouragement, Health, hope, Wisdom
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  • Me Too

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on February 6, 2022February 7, 2022

    When I arrived in Montreal in 1974 I believed that my new country would treat me well. Less than a month later, I found out otherwise. (Please don't read this poem if you are easily triggered.)

    determination, obstacles
    3 3 comments on “Me Too”
  • Listen, I’ll Tell You Something

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on January 30, 2022January 30, 2022

    One of the things I love about my Buddhist practice is that it puts my life in rhythm. I'm not just a little microcosmic cog in a big, unfeeling machine.

    attitude, Enlightenment, Health, Respect, Wisdom
    4 4 comments on “Listen, I’ll Tell You Something”
  • Bring Back The F Word!

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on January 23, 2022January 23, 2022

    How do you bear with emotional pain in a way that nourishes and nurtures your inner growth?

    attitude, determination, encouragement, hope, obstacles, Wisdom
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  • Weapons of Mass Distraction

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on January 16, 2022April 10, 2022

    Do you ever feel that Life is lining you up for something? Stacking the deck for, or against, you? I do!

    encouragement, Health, obstacles, Wisdom
    0 0 comments on “Weapons of Mass Distraction”
  • One Thing Leads to Another

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on January 9, 2022January 10, 2022

    A seemingly tiny improvement in how you feel about yourself can make a big difference over time.

    attitude, determination, encouragement, hope
    2 2 comments on “One Thing Leads to Another”
  • Are You Haunted by Your Past?

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on October 11, 2021October 28, 2021

    We breathe a kind of radioactive half-life into our past experiences by re-membering them, and reliving how awful they were, effectively creating zombie memories, phantom memories, which we use to haunt and frighten ourselves.

    encouragement, hope, obstacles
    4 4 comments on “Are You Haunted by Your Past?”
  • Teachers and Trees and Healing Trauma

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on August 27, 2021August 28, 2021

    Trauma. PTSD. Nothing warm and fuzzy there. Or is there?

    encouragement, Health, hope, love
    4 4 comments on “Teachers and Trees and Healing Trauma”
  • The Day that Changed My Life Forever

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on February 15, 2021February 16, 2021

    I thought I had no choice but to suffer the effects of all the bad causes I had made. Fortunately for me, I was wrong...

    Enlightenment, hope, obstacles
  • Devilish Fear Be Gone!

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on December 27, 2020December 27, 2020

    Interestingly, our English word “devil” comes from the Greek DIABOLOS meaning that which splits, or divides, us.

    determination, encouragement, hope, obstacles, trust
  • Wellbeing

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on March 20, 2022March 26, 2022

    I read something yesterday that crystallised for me where I think the western medical system is lacking.

    encouragement, Health
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