Pamela Leavey

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The Dark Nights Of The Soul

I have alluded here from time to time that I have been on a path filled with struggles in recent weeks. It has been a time that many would call, the dark nights of the soul, referring to a time in one’s life when spiritual practice and discipline suddenly loses all it’s experiential value.

This particular journey through the dark nights of the soul started for me when I had what then seemed like a minor fall in my driveway, on the last full moon, January 8 ~ the Wolf Moon.

That fall however, coupled with other concurring trials and tribulations, has managed to turn my world upside down and leave my soul weary and wondering. (more…)

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Food For Thought

Beauty is complete order. But most of us have not that sense of beauty in our lives. We may be great artists, great painters, expert in various things, but in our own daily life, with all the anxieties and miseries, we live, unfortunately, a very disordered life. It is a fact. You may a great scientist, you may be a great expert in a subject, but you have your own problems, struggles, pain, anxieties and the rest of it. We are asking, is it possible to live in complete order within, not impose discipline, control, but to inquire into the nature of this disorder, what are the causes, and to dispel, move away, wash away the cause. Then there is a living order in the universe. ~~ J. Krishnamurti

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Food For Thought

“It is good to stretch the imagination to its breaking point, to play with possibilities, to push the outer limits of the self. But to come down to the nitty-gritty of everyday life, the most important discipline of communion is the practice of simple kindness to strangers, civility to our neighbors, and justice to the wider community. ” ~~ Sam Keen – Hymns To An Unknown God

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Daily Inspirations

“To recover the spiritual dimension of the life of the senses, we need to cultivate the discipline of en-joy-ment.” ~~ Sam Keen: Hymns To An Unknown God

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Daily Inspirations

“As an antidote to the dullness of the senses,  to the drabness of a disembodied way of living, practice the discipline of delight.” ~~ Sam Keen – Hymns To An Unknown God

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Daily Inspirations

Get rid of them… Toss those negatives thoughts out in the trash… You are the master of your mind, turn your negative thoughts around to positive thoughts. Live your life to the fullest…

“Throw all negative thoughts out of your mental constructions. Lose all pessimism. Release all doubts. Discipline your mind to hold fast to the original creative thought.” ~ Neale Donald Walsch – Conversations With God, Book 1


(Photo: Dory at Joppa Flats, Newburyport, MA, August 2010 ~ © Pamela J. Leavey)

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