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...
Author: Alexandra Innes
Buddhism-based encourager
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Lost and Found
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Do The Work
Where there is resolution, there will also be resistance.
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From Spiritual Worrier to Spiritual Warrior!
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.
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Wellbeing
I read something yesterday that crystallised for me where I think the western medical system is lacking.
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A Ship to Cross The Sea of Suffering
An inner calm is essential in order to realise our dreams. But calmness and I were not very well acquainted.
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It Will Change
In the midst of the horror and the heartbreak in Ukraine, something very good is happening...
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Smile please!
Just as the body can follow the mind (I feel happy, so I smile) the mind can equally well follow the body.
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One Step at A Time
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 …
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Together
Centuries before psychologist Carl Jung posited the idea of the collective unconscious, and biologist Rupert Sheldrake began talking and writing about morphic resonance, Nichiren Buddhism taught the Nine Consciousnesses. The ninth consciousness is Buddha nature, …
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How Jane Fonda Saved My Life
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.)
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