How to Do a Reflection and Intention Process for the End of the Year
How to do an end-of-year process that is anchored in your deepest intentions, and provides you with a spark of energy throughout the coming months.
Category Archives: Spirit
Readers’ Forum: Where Have You Found Freedom This Year?
Here’s what I know to be true – a liberated life includes a healthy dose of reflection. We’re entering the perfect time of year to look in the rear view mirror, with days growing shorter and colder for most of us. (Well, not those of you in the Southern Hemisphere!) So as we head into […]
How to Live Life
I believe that discipline is something that creates the conditions for liberation… that’s one of those paradoxical truths that seem to populate life. My discipline has been to hold myself accountable for having a writing practice and sharing the fruits of that practice with you here on this blog every Tuesday. I missed last week. […]
7 Ways to Practice Micro-Peacework
What if we considered that every moment is an opportunity for potent peacemaking?
The Secret to Having a Good (Great) Day
Today finds me traveling again, California-bound. I’ll be in Southern California for the next few days, then headed up to Monterey and the Bay Area where I’ll be attending a Buddhist Chaplaincy Symposium in Redwood City this Saturday. I haven’t had much time to write over the past few days, but I want to keep […]
Stop Shopping For Your Freedom
Effort gives our practice depth, character, strength and resiliency. ~Roshi Joan Halifax __________________ The other day I was walking around Pharmaca – my favorite drug store– browsing through boxes of incense, books on spirituality, and CDs by folks like Deepak Chopra and Carolyn Myss. It reminded me of a time in my life when I […]
Freedom From Fear
The more you are motivated by love, the more fearless and free your action will be. ~His Holiness the Dalai Lama During my month-long sabbatical from The Liberated Life Project, I was in an intensive training period with the Upaya Buddhist Chaplaincy Program. One of the retreats was called “Charnel Ground Practice” with Buddhist teachers […]
On Returning…and 9/11
For the past month I’ve been away from this blog, and in the thick of my life. I’ve been contemplating how to return to writing here on the Liberated Life Project… what kind of profound splash could I make to re-enter this space. Especially since it’s now re-designed, thanks to the talents of Anoki Casey. […]
Breathing In…
Summer is a perfect time to breathe more spaciousness into our lives. And that’s what I’m about to do with the Liberated Life Project and with my own life. While it’s easy to feel a lot of pressure in the blog world to keep writing, no matter what, I’m listening to my inner voice and […]
Three Lessons on Freedom from Inside San Quentin Prison
Freedom – it’s an inside job. You’ve probably noticed that’s the tagline for The Liberated Life Project. Few people exemplify the spirit of this more than Jarvis Jay Masters. If you’re feeling trapped by the conditions of your life, I’d gently encourage you to find out more about this remarkable man and see how his […]