Category: Personal Growth

Are You Following the Signs?

Last night, my yoga practice of heart-opening twists wrung some very heavy energy out of my being.  I could not connect to the reason why I felt such heaviness in my body, but I did recognize how important it was…

Helen Maupin

To Meditate is to Be

Just as we are moving from experiencing 3D to 4D in the movie theatre, our world seems to be moving from three levels of consciousness — waking, sleeping and dreaming — to accepting a fourth state — meditation. As early…

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Uncertainty’s Landing

One of my greatest challenges in living fully present is to stand confidently in the stillness of emergence.  You know that place . . . where nothing seems to be happening . . . where it feels as though nothing…

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A Time for Sharing

When the fruit is ripe, it drops from the tree by itself. . . . [I]t falls—not because it has been forced to fall, or has made the effort to jump, but because the tree has recognized its ripeness and…

Helen Maupin

Ideal or Shadow: Which Rebel are You?

  People who know themselves have the power and magnetism of confidence.  This charisma draws others seeking self-knowing.  Why?  Because an enlightened person cannot be enslaved or imprisoned. The enlightened [person] is the greatest stranger in the world; [s]he does…

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Wide Awake or Asleep? It’s Your Choice

Today, I am grateful to say ping-ponging between sadness and elation is a thing of the past.  This doesn’t mean I no longer feel sadness nor joy—rather I don’t slide from one extreme to the other nor do I need…

Helen Maupin

Transformation’s Hurdles: Judgment, Depression and Fear

“I think there are good reasons for suggesting that the modern age has ended.  Today, many things indicate that we are going through a transitional period, when it seems that something is on the way out and something else is…

Helen Maupin

Creative Collaboration: Feeding the Soul

Every week, I gather together a circle of meditators and writers for the purposes of personal transformation and creative expression.  Each person chooses an inspirational image (something that speaks to them).  We then meditate to connect to our creative voice,…

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Trust: Who or What?

First comes inspiration, a vision of possibility, then follows action.  I have been married to this practice since I dreamt about it in 1998—inspiration » internalization » integration—the transformation process.  Of course, inspiration seems easiest and most enjoyable.  Living through…

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New Directions Always Come with Stepping Stones

In December 2010, I chose new directions with the launch of a new website and a new way of being in the world.  With the appearance of these just-in-time stepping stones, I began the journey of tasting each step along…

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Emerging Dualities: Transparency vs Anonymity?

In an earlier blog,  I wrote about the shifting global paradigm reflecting how we think about and deal with information in our daily lives.  With the proliferation of digital technologies, we moved from out-right secrecy in the 70s into greater…

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Time Passages — The Still Points Between

Hear the echoes and feel yourself starting to turn Don’t know why you should feel That there’s something to learn These lines from Al Stewart’s 1978 platinum song and album, Time Passages, remind me to be patient during those in-between…

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