“When the stories of our life no longer bind us, we discover something greater.” Jack Kornfield I read the above quote this morning in a Science of Mind Magazine article and I was struck deeply by it. It’s not that I haven’t heard this before, but it registered at a deeper level this morning. How […]

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What is our responsibility to others? This is a question I often ask myself as a spiritual leader and person. My understanding of this is shifting and changing. It is becoming clearer and clearer to me. I used to think it was to make sure everyone was okay. That was the Rita who wanted to […]

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I received two different messages yesterday. One was from someone who had finally revealed their healing after a long journey with an illness. The other message was from someone who had been on a similar journey and got the notice that the journey with that illness had taken a turn backwards. Without getting into details, […]

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There are those who are upset now because our politicians use the words “Our thoughts and prayers are with…(whatever the tragedy is) and then continue to do nothing about it. Another tragedy occurs and they continue to repeat the same sentiments. I get it totally. We can’t just keep saying the same thing over and […]

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Last night I had a dream where I was on a road trip with Patrick (my husband) and a friend. My friend was driving the van. Because she wasn’t paying attention, we suddenly found ourselves at the edge of a cliff careening off into space. We were about to say our farewells, when I simply […]

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On the Deepak/Oprah meditation this morning they discussed relationships. It was focused on relationships with others, but I was inspired to make a different comparison. We do not just have relationships with people. We are in relationship with everything – our health, our finances, our jobs, our creativity, and everything in our life. We are […]

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What I’ve learned is that everything, and I mean everything that has ever been told to me, everything I’ve ever heard, and everything that I’ve experienced resides within my subconscious mind. This is not some theory. It has been proven by the great minds of the centuries, first through inspiration and intuition and then through […]

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There is more good in the world than an absence of good. I choose to see the good. When I say I choose to see the good, it doesn’t mean I am seeing the good in an apparently evil situation like the recent shooting in Texas. It doesn’t mean I am sitting here saying all […]

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I wept at the news of the mass shooting at the Baptist Church in Texas. It seems we are no closer to answers in the world of form of how to stop the violence that we are inflicting on one another. We point a finger here and there, trying to justify why this is happening. […]

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I think that sometimes we suffer from unrequited love in relation to the Spirit within. How can that be? Well, if we define unrequited love, we know that it is a love that is not returned or reciprocated. So many great stories in literature and film delve into this topic. We sit transfixed with these […]

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