The unencumbered spirit

Tag: self-improvement

  • The Gift

    It is through the gift of divine gracethat we uncover the power to move beyond our own strength.

  • Wholeness

    All emotional pains are born of self-divisionwhen a part of you desperately tailors a mask of perfection over the very wound you fear to face.The remedy is not a magical epiphany or a hero descending to save you.The cure is to rip the mask off yourself and voluntarily confront the terror beneath—again, and again, and…

  • Streams

    We are all streams of a single river, summoned home by the mother ocean.Mountains, hills, mud, branches,every tight circle or blind bend—every obstacle on our path—all conspires to guide usto riseunstoppable, unhaltinginto the arms of the great sea.

  • Ego

    The ego is in a whirl of destroying itself and resurrecting itself at the same time,like day and night, breath and pause, Yin and Yang.In the silence between each dissolution and rebirthwe may catch a glimpse of our true essence:child-like, wide-eyed before its own reflection,heart inflamed, soul enchanted—a single, timeless heartbeatnamed eternity.

  • Tomorrow is an illusion

    Your happiness does not live in the tomorrow.Dreaming about an expected future is an escapefrom the pain you fear today.The future is an illusion until you are present here and now.

  • Understanding Surface vs. Deep Change

    There are two types of change. The first type is a surface level change. It’s an outward change like changing your physical appearances, your relationships, or living environments. Though such change might bring you temporary satisfaction as it seems to meet your needs to some extent, it doesn’t usually have a long-lasting affect. This is…