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Radical Forgiveness Experience

Brenda — Fri, 28 May 2010 17:10:19 +0000

I’m facilitating a workshop based on Colin Tipping’s book, Radical Forgiveness. It is a spiritual technology designed to allow each of us to let go of painful memories that inhibit our health, success, and relationships.

By participating in the Radical Forgiveness Ceremony or a Radical Forgiveness 7-Step Exercise, these old patterns of being a victim can be transformed into a new place of peace and understanding. Either process is largely non-verbal, preserving privacy and anonymity, quite likely to change your life—and will be decided upon by the number of participants. If you’re in the Seattle, WA area, make it a must for yourself and anyone you care for on June 27th from 2 – 4 PM. The fee is $30, and you’ll get more than your money’s worth!

The workshop is at East West Bookshop: 6500 Roosevelt Way NE Seattle, WA 98115. Call 206-523-3726 to register.

How to Change Your Beliefs

Brenda — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 18:17:49 +0000

“The thought that you think, you think, which attracts to it; so you think it some more, which attracts to it; so you think it some more. In other words, when you have an expectation, you’ve got a dominant thought going on, and Law of Attraction is going to deliver that to you again, and again and again. And you say “The reason that I believe this, is because it is true.” And we say, the reason that you believe it, is because you’ve practiced the thought. All that a belief is, is a thought that you keep practicing.” -Abraham

Wisdom Sits & Waits for Us

Brenda — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 20:12:38 +0000

One of my daughters, hassled, and harried from juggling her busy life, was questioning if she’s lost her ability ‘to keep it all together’, as she puts it. She wondered out loud to me, “where has my wisdom gone?” My response was that her wisdom never leaves her; however, she has to create some quiet time for herself in order to access it.

Inevitably when I discuss getting in touch with our wise selves, I call to mind The Secret Sits, by Robert Frost: “We dance around the ring and suppose, but the secret sits in the middle and knows.” I have never read or heard that Frost was referring to our wisdom when he wrote that poem; it’s merely what I make of it!

Voice Dialogue Session

Brenda — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:18:35 +0000

Voice Dialogue is a great tool for assisting us to bring balance and peace to our lives. View this clip in order to get a picture of what can happen in a session. It’s truly worth a thousand words!

Meditation Class: Week 4

Brenda — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:00:53 +0000

Metta, or Loving-kindness meditation was introduced into our practice last Monday. It’s about developing compassion, which is meant to bring balance to being mindful (aware). During my half hour of practice each day there’s no doubt that the time I spend with the Metta is my favorite. I like it because my mind gets to focus on words that have meaning instead of me just focusing on the rise and fall of my belly. Also, there’s the fact that compassion is a quality of life that brings me more in touch with my humanity and the humanness of others; I have room for more of that, for sure.

The best thing I can say about the rest of my practice time is that I’m able to relax, observe, and allow; these are the three parts of the intention I set each day before I begin. The allow part is my greatest accomplishment to date. I no longer beat myself up for not meditating right, or yap about how ineffective I think I‘m being.

As of now, I don’t look forward to meditating for any reason other than it’s on my checklist as something I’ve committed to, and it must be done. The good news is I have less doubt than before that a time will come when I look forward to meditation for the insight and peace it brings me.