So Big!

What is your concept of God? Do you like this word? Does it bring comfort or does it bring feelings of judgement, anger and punishment? Do you believe God loves you? What is your concept of God? I believe that your concept of God means everything to your life and dictates how it unfolds. I […]

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I am Creativity

We are creative. That is the essence of our being. We are here to express the Power and Presence of the Divine. Whatever you call it – God, Life, Source, Intelligence, Love – It is one thing and It is creative. If you feel stuck or are sad or feel lack in any area of […]

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Let Go of the Weight/Wait

Today is the day! We are moving out of the East Kauai Professional Building and settling into our new space at the Hongwanji Mission Hall. This has not been an easy move and it is far from complete. There is lifting to do, cleaning to do and lots more fixing. I do my best to […]

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Anchors Away

Wow! One more week left at our suite at the East Kaua`i Professional Building. We are making a huge move to a new location, where we will be totally exposed. Why is this significant? It is very significant because it is a demonstration of our growth and perseverance and love for this teaching called the […]

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Give Way to the Divine

We all wonder and lament over all the struggle and turmoil in the world. There is turmoil and struggle in human existence, but it is just that – human existence. The struggle is for power, the power to make things happen in the way that we think they should be. Mother Nature is reflecting all […]

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Be True to You

I just read my husband, Patrick Feren’s Facebook post, about being “On Deck.” It brought many memories of my days in Los Angeles when I stood both shaking and excited waiting to meet those casting directors and producers. I had so much to offer, but I was stuck. I hit Los Angeles when I was […]

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Definitely! Maybe?

What is coming through me today is that there is one Power = the Universe – that flows through each of us. We are the Universe. As Rumi once wrote, “We are not a drop in the ocean. We are the ocean in a drop.” Our lives have meaning and we are a point where […]

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Raising the Barn

“A barn raising, also historically called a raising bee or rearing in the U.K., is a collective action of a community, in which a barn for one of the members is built or rebuilt collectively by members of the community. Barn raising was particularly common in 18th- and 19th-century rural North America.” This was a topic of discussion at our Center, because we are literally raising a new […]

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Living Our Magnificence

How are you feeling about yourself today? I just asked myself that question. Is there anything within me that does not totally love right where and as I am right now? Whether I think I am perfect or whether my life is exactly where I think it should be doesn’t matter. What do I feel […]

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