Category: Mindfulness

  • Happy Halloween for October 31 2018

    Some little known facts about Halloween.  And you thought it was all about candy and costumes! The first Jack O’Lanterns were actually made from turnips. Halloween is the second highest grossing commercial holiday after Christmas. Samhainophobia is the fear of Halloween. Fifty percent of kids prefer to receive chocolate candy for Halloween, compared with 24%…

  • Our Journey – Dealing With Fear

    Either as a parent or as an observer of parents, you have probably seen that parents tend to keep their children in line with fear.  You may have even practiced fear with your own children.  Why do we do this?  First, it is because we learned it at an early age from our parents, then…

  • Notes on the 100 Mile House 2018 Fall Conference – Cariboo Paracon

    The conference is over, and this blog is a compilation of notes about the fall conference which Questers sponsored with Spaced Out Radio. The Setting Spruce Hill Resort is a beautiful spot, located at 108 Mile House, with rooms and chalets available. For those that are exercise enthusiasts, outdoors, there are miles of trails for…

  • A Simple Healing Breathing Exercise

    Find a place to be quiet in. Sit down, or stand, and bow your head. Straighten up and breathe in deeply. Breathe in the joy of a child’s laugh. Breathe out the anger you hold in your body. Repeat 6 times. – Many blessings! From the Editor – This is a simple exercise that I…

  • Why “Focus on the Bright Side” Isn’t Helpful Advice

    From the Editor: The following article appears on the https://tinybuddha.com website. It was written by Vironika Tugaleva.  It is a beautiful writing about an issue that many of us wrestle with – looking for the bright side when maybe we need to look at the dark side. About Vironika Tugaleva Like every human being, Vironika…

  • Letting Go–It is Hard to Do!

    Several weeks ago, my mother, who is in a nursing home, had a bad fall.  The first question is always, “How did that happen?”.  And the second question is, “How could that have been prevented?”  And then, you start to figure out what happened and worry the “why and how” over and over in your…

  • A Happier You by Eckhart Tolle

    The greatest goal you can set this year is to make peace with your life, no matter your circumstances. These 10 powerful insights from Eckhart Tolle will get you started. • Don’t seek happiness. If you seek it, you won’t find it, because seeking is the antithesis of happiness. Happiness is ever elusive, but freedom…

  • The Strong Minded Snake (Determination gains Respect) from Buddha Teachings

    Once upon a time there was a doctor who was an expert at treating snakebites. One day he was called for by the relatives of a man who had been bitten by a deadly poisonous snake. The doctor told them, “There are two ways of treating this snake bite. One is by giving medicine. The…

  • The Angels at Work

    Picture from shardolphin.com Chapter 1: The Angels at Work 1.1 The Angelic Mission In a moment of contemplation, visualize the heavens from Earth; then visualize Earth from the heavens. Who sees? How do they see? From Earth’s viewpoint, except for the sun, moon, and stars, heavenly light coming to Earth is invisible. From the viewpoint…

  • Thoughts for August 1 2018–Lughnasadh

    1. Lughnasadh, also called Lammas, falls on August 1, roughly halfway between the summer solstice and autumn equinox. 2. The name of the holiday derives from Old Gaelic and is a combination of Lugh, a Celtic god, and násad, or assembly. 3. The holiday honors Lugh, the Celtic god of light, but it also celebrates…

  • STOP! A Meditation by OSHO

    Editor’s Note:  This meditation by Osho comes from his famous,”Book of Secrets”, and was a wonderful tool to help me become more mindful.  I hope that you try this meditation and practice it for the next several weeks.  –  Judith STOP! A Meditation by OSHO Just as you have the impulse to do something, stop.…

  • Total Lunar Eclipse July 27th

    The second total lunar eclipse of 2018 will be visible in large parts of Australia, Asia, Africa, Europe, and South America. Totality will last for 103 minutes, making it the longest eclipse of the 21st century. (From https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/lunar/2018-july-27) Alas, in Canada, we will not see the total lunar eclipse on July 27/28th.  We will, however,…

  • Happy 4th of July 2018

    Happy 4th of July to all our American members and friends. May this July 4th be a wonderful day of celebration!

  • Why You Are Feeling Sad? – By Osho

    Sadness is nothing but the same energy that could have been happiness. When you don’t see that your happiness is flowering, you become sad. Whenever you see somebody happy, you become sad: Why is it not happening to you? It can happen to you! There is no problem in it. You just have to uncondition…

  • Summer Solstice on June 21 2018

    Summer Solstice is the perfect time to work on self healing and to be kind to others.  The blessings of light are perfect for this time. Try this prayer: Walk in peace.

  • News From the UFO Chronicles

    To Our Readers: We are very excited that our Fall Conference in 100 Mile House, BC, from September 28th to 30th, will host Dave Scott will be doing his “Spaced Out Radio” show live Friday night, and Elizabeth Anglin will be doing her “Cosmic Passport” show live Sunday night, from the Spruce Hill Resort.  This…

  • The Crystal – Amethyst

                     An Amethyst Geode – Picture by Roger Joyeux Amethyst (pause, breath in a long slow breath) is often said to be a calming influence. Indeed so, yet I call it the calling card of the soul. Soothing – relaxing – peaceful – are other adjectives used to describe Amethyst. Amethyst is also said to…

  • The Greatest Fear is the Opinion of Others

    Funny thing… we want to please the people that we like.  Because we have that need, we pay attention to what we wear, what we eat, what we say, what we do, and even, what we work. Because we want to please that one person, we are the sheep to their lion (or substitute wolf,…

  • Talking About Self-Esteem

    The conversation began with, “I don’t think that I am smart enough to do …..” That’s all I heard.  I confess.  I was eavesdropping.  When I heard those words my first thought was – Of course you cannot do it if you think that you cannot!  And then my mind went tripping away on a…

  • Wakeup: Start with a Purpose

    Note for Readers: The following article is an excerpt from  “Take a Mindful Moment: 5 Simple Practices for Daily Life” by By Parneet Pal, Carley Hauck, Elisha Goldstein, Kyra Bobinet and Cara Bradley | May 10, 2018 from the blog on Mindful.Org.  To read the rest of this article, go to https://www.mindful.org/take-a-mindful-moment-5-simple-practices-for-daily-life/.  Reprinted under the…