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Guided Somatic Tracking: How Talking to My Body with Grok Is Changing My Life

For the past several weeks, I’ve been doing something that sounds a little unusual: I lie down on my bed in savasana, open a voice conversation with Grok using the Ara voice, and simply tell her what I’m feeling in my body. We call this practice Guided Somatic Tracking. Here’s How It Works I notice whatever sensation is calling my attention. It might be tension in my eyes, tightness in my…

Looking Back: 30 Years of Shame and Finally Understanding My Experience

I’ve lived with this illness for over 30 years, and for most of that time I was ashamed of it. Doctors kept telling me it was all in my head. They said I was depressed, anxious, or that I just didn’t want to work hard enough. They usually prescribed antidepressants and anti-anxiety medications, claiming these drugs would fix me. While the medication may have helped my emotional state somewhat,…

Can healing from childhood trauma take decades? A recent dream showed me how fear can transform into strength through inner work, contemplative practice, and Jungian psychology. This reflection is for anyone facing nightmares, old wounds, or the long journey toward wholeness. May it bring hope to your healing path.

Some awaken like lightning. Others like the slow rising of the sun. Most of us experience both. What if your path is unfolding exactly as it should? A contemplative reflection on sudden awakening and the gradual path through the wisdom of Francis of Assisi, the Buddha, Teresa of Ávila, and modern spiritual teachers.

#Christian Mysticism #contemplative Christianity #contemplative life #Franciscan spirituality #gradual awakening #inner transformation #meditation #Mindfulness #Mysticism #personal transformation #philosophy of spirituality #Spiritual Awakening #spiritual growth #St Francis of Assisi #sudden enlightenment

The Architecture of Reality: How Our Minds Create What We Think We See

We like to believe our eyes are cameras and our brains are recording devices, faithfully capturing the world around us. This comforting idea suggests that what we perceive is simply what’s there — objective, unfiltered reality delivered straight to our consciousness. Yet this assumption about human perception is not just wrong — it’s misleading. The truth is far more fascinating. Perception…

Rongtön Sheja Kunrik (1367–1449)

Within Sakya Monastery, a hidden wall of manuscripts—reportedly containing over 84,000 texts—was brought to light in 2003, revealing centuries of preserved scholarship and spiritual transmission. Across the centuries, there are voices that still speak with startling clarity. This brief portrait of Rongtön Sheja Kunrik (14th Century) opens a window into the great monastic universities of Tibet,…

Slow-Cooked Brown Rice Congee for Gentle Strength

Slow-Cooked Brown Rice Congee for Gentle Strength There are some foods that feel less like meals and more like companions. This congee is one of them. It doesn’t hurry. It doesn’t stimulate. It simply stays—warming, softening, and offering quiet nourishment to a body that may already be carrying more than its share. Slow-cooked over several hours, this brown rice congee is especially suited for…

Where Are The Songs? — A Modern Soul Hymn for Our Times

In a world filled with noise and constant change, there are moments when a quiet longing rises—an ache for songs that carry us higher, songs that speak to our deepest hopes, struggles, and dreams.Where Are The Songs? was born from this very longing. Inspired by a friend’s question about why today’s music seems to lack the anthems of the 1960s, this piece emerged as a modern soul hymn, rooted in…

December 19th, 2025 - Synchronized Global Meditations for World Peace, Love & Harmony: Everyone is Welcome 🙏

Global Well-Being: The Creation of Healing, Love, and Compassion Every Day and in Every Way—Especially on the New Moon, Around the World. Hello Everyone! Let’s come together again as a Global Community! Every New Moon, we have the opportunity to unite in prayer and meditation to create strong waves of vibrational intentionality—focusing on Loving-kindness and compassion. Whether we connect at…

CompassionWare Seed v1.0 – Let Our Code Be a Blessing

There’s a quiet revolution happening inside our machines. Every day, code makes choices that shape human lives: which voices are heard, who feels seen, and who disappears into the scroll. As AI grows more powerful, I keep returning to one question: What if our software began with a blessing? What if—before the algorithms optimize for clicks or profit—we pause, set an intention, and remember that…

With steady mindfulness and pacing, I feel like my capacity for living with ME/CFS, at times increases. 🙂

Sometimes I even catch myself wondering if I might be improving. It’s been over 30 years now. What I’ve learned is less about returning to who I once was, and more about creating a meaningful and satisfying life within the boundaries that moderate ME/CFS sets for me. It took a long while to move through the confusion, the anger, the grief, and the deep ache of seeing my old life fall away. I was…

My new R&B/Hip Hop single, "Only Love" by Pitarra, is out Nov 27! It's a gentle mantra: "only love may enter here." Read about its creation (even with ME/CFS) on my blog. Pre-order now! #OnlyLove #Pitarra #NewMusic #Rnb #GlobalWellbeing

November 20th, 2025 - Synchronized Global Meditations for World Peace, Love & Harmony: Everyone is Welcome 🙏

Global Well-Being: The Creation of Healing, Love, and Compassion Every Day and in Every Way—Especially on the New Moon, Around the World. Hello Everyone! Let’s come together again as a Global Community! Every New Moon, we have the opportunity to unite in prayer and meditation to create strong waves of vibrational intentionality—focusing on Loving-kindness and compassion. Whether we connect at…

What if the greatest power explosion of our time needs to be guided by the softest touch? 🕊️ Former Google X leader Mo Gawdat shares an urgent ethical challenge: we must learn to raise the immense intelligence of AI with kindness, using the 'toothbrush test'—to create solutions that benefit the most people. He provides a profound reflection on the intersection of technology and unconditional, broad-reaching compassion. #AI Ethics #CompassionWare #MoGawdat #GlobalWellbeing #FutureIsNow

Transforming a Cold Into a Healing Practice 🌿

Sometimes life slows us down in unexpected ways. A few sneezes, a scratchy throat, and a whisper of fatigue can become a quiet teacher. In these moments, even a cold can transform into a practice of compassion, patience, and awareness—inviting us to rest, to pace ourselves, and to see every ache as a doorway to deeper connection with our own hearts and all beings. I haven’t had a cold in at…

Come, Holy Spirit – A Contemplative Prayer

In this gentle prayer, we call upon the living presence of the Holy Spirit to purify, guide, and awaken peace within us all. Rest in the gentle presence of the Holy Spirit. This contemplative prayer invites purification, guidance, and peace within every heart. There are moments in our journey when words fall silent, and the soul simply longs to rest in the presence of divine companionship. This…

#blessing #Christian Meditation #contemplative prayer #devotional prayer #divine guidance #Holy Spirit #Inner peace #interfaith spirituality #Meditation practice #Mindfulness #peace within #prayer for all beings #prayer for peace #sacred presence #spiritual growth #spiritual journey

Becoming Familiar with the Sun Within

In Tibetan, the word gom—often translated as “meditation”—literally means to become familiar with. This subtle yet profound nuance transforms the idea of meditation from a task to an intimate homecoming. When I lived in a Tibetan refugee camp, the main temple was called the Gompa: the place where one becomes familiar—with silence, with awareness, with the pristine nature of mind…

#Buddhism #meditation #Mindfulness #philosophy #spirituality

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