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 favourite ice-cream flavour, how well do we really know our self? Much of our adolescence is spent contemplating who we would like to be [...]
April has begun with a gentle quietness. There are signs indicating a ‘break’ in the weather and the coming ‘thaw’ of Spring. Yet even with the promise of warmer temperatures and the anticipation of nature’s gentle ‘rebirth’, there are also gentle reminders (like the small snow pellets falling last week and the intermittent cold days!) of the need for [...]
Through our lifetime, we tend to collect physical ‘STUFF’. Our personal ‘things’ take up not only physical space, but they also hold energy. The next time you visit where people have lived for several years, especially if they have ‘filled their space’ with their worldly belongings, you can feel the energy (often akin to a heaviness or density) that comes from holding (and having) an abundance of [...]
The soul’s journey is one of a peaceful existence. We listen to and allow the many ways in which the soul speaks quietly, purposefully to us and we are gently moved in the ways of spirit. What does your heart say that honours your spirit best? This is how you best guide your next actions [...]
How do we HOLD life? What does it mean to uphold a value or a core belief? How do you hold true to your word or honour the path of your chosen life purpose when there is always SO MUCH influencing our every action? ‘HOLDING Life’ is a means of sharing in it’s abundance; of [...]
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 [...]
Spiritual growth is what happens as we begin to examine our ‘self’ by going within…often in quiet contemplation or meditation … and realizing that we are much more than the physical being that we see. Just as winter may hold a space in our lives for the ‘hibernation’ of inner observance and examination; the season of spring offers an impetus [...]
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 [...]
It is no surprise International Women’s Day falls on my Father’s birthday. He has raised me to be my own advocate, to stand proud of my abilities and accomplishments, to seek any goal that I may choose, and to see myself as capable and equal to all of humanity. We might choose to be reminded of any [...]
We are all divinely guided. We all have the capacity for greatness: of being greatness as our true nature as beings of spirit and of love. Whether or not you believe in a higher consciousness (something we typically refer to as god): receiving divine guidance simply means that you are able to exist outside of the [...]
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 [...]
Each month I encourage a different ‘inner’ focus for contemplation and study. During October, I encourage you to examine your current state of ‘self-acceptance’. The degree to which you are self-accepting is driven by your inner work. Self-acceptance is something you can wholly experience in your adult life – with conscious attention and effort to your inner thoughts and beliefs, and by [...]
