Living with someone else requires a dedication to the spirit. It requires an understanding that their soul has unique experiences it seeks to have – experiences that may be different from your own. This doesn’t mean that two people cannot be compatible unless they share EVERYTHING – rather it is when two people share everything that they follow [...]
DIVYA PRAJNA RETREATS with Dorothy Ratusny presents… Honouring SELF on the Path of Enlightenment: A FALL RETREAT “Discover the WISDOM of your heart and the way to live enlightened now.” At SUGAR RIDGE RETREAT CENTRE in Midland, Ontario Friday, Oct 26th, 7:30pm* until Sunday, Oct28th, 2:30pm *First Didactic Session begins Friday [...]
In this brand new month of Autumn it is easy to see what is changing in our environment. Noticing the new season with appreciation of what is perfect and beautiful is how you allow yourself to accept what IS with miraclous appreciation. This same philosophy is how you might view all of the miracles of life that [...]
As human beings, we have a fundamental and inherent need to experience love. Whether it manifests itself as an unconscious desire to have others like and accept us (and so our behaviour becomes motivated by this need); or an deliberate drive to experience love through our relationships, the truth is….we all seek love. Never before in the history of the [...]
There is an element of love in us all that… when we bring this freely into our conscious state we become it. We exude love by the nature of our kind actions and generous spirit. Love is contagious. It frees us to be our true self and to experience the true nature of others as [...]
The idea of ROMANCE as a focus for the first month of this new year may seem unusual, and yet as I quietly contemplate the focus for each of these next twelve months, ROMANCE seems ideally just the right focus to bring to one’s life. January is an exciting month for many reasons: the anticipation [...]
There are important reasons for knowing how to generate love from within. When you learn the process for loving SELF, you no longer require or depend on others to love you. (It is wonderful that you feel loved by others, but you no longer live in search of someone to love you). You also learn that love originates from [...]
ONENESS can exist in many forms in your life. When you feel at ONE with yourself, you likely feel empowered, balanced, ‘in control’ and self-aware. These positive feelings are the direct result of being honest and authentic with yourself and others; and in behaving in a manner that is congruent with your values and beliefs. Fundamentally, [...]
Sometimes I catch myself off balance. I may, for some reason be standing on one foot in a moment as I do something …and I feel my balance going. I may reach for something and notice a gentle wobble in my footing and realize that my balance in that moment is indeed missing. We can [...]
Couples entering therapy still do so as a last attempt to fix their relationship; usually after much irreversible damage has occurred. In most cases, couples rely on their partner to ‘change’ as a prerequisite for the relationship to improve. Doing so simply averts the immediate positive outcome they are seeking since a loving couple relationship requires the [...]
Something to consider in this month is the notion of creating soulmate relationships. Popular culture associates a soulmate relationship with that of a ’love relationship’, and at times suggests that there may be only one ’true’ soulmate for your life. Conversely, I believe that we can have many soulmate relationships….as well as significant soulmate love relationships at various [...]
Perhaps one of the most undervalued privileges of the human experience is self-knowledge. Beyond describing what it is that we do for a living, our preference of music genre, or our favorite ice-cream flavor, how well do we really know our self? Much of our adolescence is spent contemplating who we would like to be (or [...]
Just about now, you might be desperately wishing Spring would arrive…or hoping that there is more ‘good’ winter to enjoy the outdoor activities that you have embraced this season. Which of these is your focus ? While much of the excitement and anticipation of January’s resolve and intentions may be fading, this is precisely the right [...]
LOVE: Photography by Katie Hebert www.katiehebert.com Consider how you can look within to cultivate the experience of love. How can you experience love as infinitely accessible and available to YOU? What makes it possible for you to experience love that originates from within your being? The answer is truth. When you feel authentic love it overwhelms you, it fills your being, it creates [...]
Entering into our second month of this new year, February’s inspiration is an emphasis on love, romance, and intimate relationships. But consider the notion of NEW love. Some ideas worth contemplating… Open your heart to a new infusion of divine love - with a (new or existing) partner; a different activity, hobby, or personal interest; or a new behavior or [...]
