Coming to an End
Weekly Contemplations The weekly contemplation subjects will be coming to an end this year. I was going to continue until mid December, but I like… Read More »Coming to an End
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The Only Reality
This post is in response to this week’s Weekly Contemplation topic on my Instagram, The Mandela Effect. Do I believe in parallel realities? I think… Read More »The Only Reality
Connection vs Attachment ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2021 Week 35 Contemplation Thoughts If you feel as though you are lacking genuine connections in your life, attachment may feel like a good substitute… Read More »Connection vs Attachment ~ Contemplation Thoughts
The Earth ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2021 Week 34 Contemplation Thoughts (Updated throughout the week) Will we ever reach a point of not considering ourselves separate from Earth? If/when humanity does… Read More »The Earth ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Special ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2021 Week 32 & 33 Contemplation Thoughts I do have trouble with the idea of everyone being special. Strange, I don’t have a problem with… Read More »Special ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Fear ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2021 Week 31 Contemplation Thoughts Is fear necessary for survival? I think all of our emotions serve us, regardless of whether we find them unpleasant… Read More »Fear ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Worth ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2021 Week 30 Contemplation Thoughts Our consideration of worth is very much tied to money, even if in some instances at first glance it looks… Read More »Worth ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Connection ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2021 Week 29 Contemplation Thoughts What is it that we want when we seek out connection with others? Do we want a sense of belonging?… Read More »Connection ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Criticism ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2021 Week 28 Contemplation Thoughts Can there be criticism without judgment? Is there a non-judgemental form of criticism? Isn’t criticism focussed on what we deem… Read More »Criticism ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Roles ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2021 Week 27 Contemplation Thoughts (Updated throughout the week) We are all wearing various hats as we go through life. Sister, brother, boss, student, PTA… Read More »Roles ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Agree or Disagree ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2021 Week 25 Contemplation Thoughts Why is there this pressure to form an opinion and immediately share it with people? Not just to have an… Read More »Agree or Disagree ~ Contemplation Thoughts
I Am ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2021 Week 24 Contemplation Thoughts Does thinking of what I am not help me to find the elusive I Am that spirituality teachers speak of?… Read More »I Am ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Justice ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2021 Week 23 Contemplation Thoughts What is justice really? Is punishment an intrinsic part of justice? I would say no punishment but rather a consequence.… Read More »Justice ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Sadness ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2021 Week 22 Contemplation Thoughts Sadness can feel so many different ways in our body. Aching, crushing, bitter sweet Sadness can seemingly come out of… Read More »Sadness ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Getting Credit ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2021 Week 21 Contemplation Thoughts (Updated throughout the week) Not getting credit for something we’ve done feels like being unseen, unappreciated We take it so… Read More »Getting Credit ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Only Now ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2021 Week 20 Contemplation Thoughts There is only now. When we were experiencing yesterday it was now. When we experience tomorrow it will be now… Read More »Only Now ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Truth ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2021 Week 19 Contemplation Thoughts (Updated throughout the week) 2020 brought our definitions and understanding of what is truth into sharp focus Do we all… Read More »Truth ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Birth and Death ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2021 Week 18 Contemplation Thoughts Are birth and death just a repeating cycle as those who believe in reincarnation think or do we have one… Read More »Birth and Death ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Consensus ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2021 Week 17 Contemplation Thoughts (Updated throughout the week) The first feeling I associate with the word consensus is frustration. I think of the group… Read More »Consensus ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Choice ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2021 Week 16 Contemplation Thoughts Am I really making choices and exercising my free will when I think I am? Or is the choice I’m… Read More »Choice ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Continuity ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2021 Week 15 Contemplation Thouhts If time is an illusion, as some say, then what is the role of continuity within that illusion? I suppose… Read More »Continuity ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Helplessness ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2021 Week 14 Contemplation Thoughts Helplessness is one of the worst feelings But I once heard a spirituality teacher say that the worst something feels… Read More »Helplessness ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Character Flaws ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2021 Week 12 Contemplation Thoughts I view character flaws as intrinsic, negative traits. But is there another way to see them? Do I truly believe… Read More »Character Flaws ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Cause and Effect ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2021 Week 11 Contemplation Thoughts Just because we perceive time in a linear fashion doesn’t mean that time is linear We only believe that the… Read More »Cause and Effect ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Grievance ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2021 Week 10 Contemplation Thoughts So Far Protection is one of my reasons for grievance. Don’t forget what that person did in the past to… Read More »Grievance ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Discipline ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2021 Week 8 Contemplation Thoughts It didn’t take me any time to realize that I have a fairly negative feeling around this word Discipline feels… Read More »Discipline ~ Contemplation Thoughts
The Five Senses ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2021 Week 7 Contemplation Thoughts So Far (Updated throughout the week) Our senses have set the tone for what we are willing to believe If… Read More »The Five Senses ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Relationships ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2021 Week 6 Contemplation Thoughts So Far (Updated throughout the week) Are relationships distractions or enhancements? I think our relationships with other people reveal more… Read More »Relationships ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Winning & Losing ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2021 Week 5 Contemplation Thoughts So Far People often get so focussed on winning that they forget why they were trying to win in the… Read More »Winning & Losing ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Money ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2021 Week 3 Contemplation Thoughts So Far I realized that I was spending more time thinking about getting the means/money to do what I wanted… Read More »Money ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Time & Space ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2021 Week 2 Contemplation Thoughts One of my favourite quotes from Abraham Hicks is, “Time is what keeps everything from happening at once.” I think… Read More »Time & Space ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Regret ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2021 Week 1 Contemplation Thoughts Why do we hold on to versions of the past that never happened? Actually, I think regret is the result… Read More »Regret ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Uncertainty ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2020 Week 52 Contemplation Thoughts We so dislike the feeling of being uncertain that we’ll imagine that things that aren’t certain are Many of us… Read More »Uncertainty ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Giving & Receiving ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2020 Week 51 Contemplation Thougths I started off this week thinking of giving and receiving in terms of gifting things or consciously choosing to give… Read More »Giving & Receiving ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Anxiety ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2020 Week 50 Contemplation Thoughts So Far For me, anxiety is one of the hardest feelings to release. I even sometimes don’t even notice that… Read More »Anxiety ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Memories ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2020 Week 49 Contemplation Thoughts So Far (Updated throughout the week) Is a person simply a collection of memories? If there was technology that would… Read More »Memories ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Love ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2020 Week 48 Contemplation Thoughts So Far “Everything is physics.” I truly believe that. So then what is love through the lens of energy and… Read More »Love ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Meditation ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2020 Week 47 Contemplation Thoughts We are always submerged in our thoughts and mental patterns. Meditation gives us a chance to raise our heads above… Read More »Meditation ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Whales & Dolphins ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2020 Week 46 Contemplation Thoughts Air and water. Whales and Dolphins, like other aquatic mammals, live in one environment but need the other to survive… Read More »Whales & Dolphins ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Competition ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2020 Week 45 Contemplation Thoughts Is competition the basis of life? Is competition the natural consequence of limited resources? I don’t think so. There are… Read More »Competition ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Equanimity ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2020 Week 44 Contemplation Thoughts What would it be like to always be in a state of equanimity? Would it be boring? Would we seem… Read More »Equanimity ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Opinions ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2020 Week 42 & 43 Contemplation Thoughts Why is it so many people seem to have a hard time recognizing that their opinion is simply… Read More »Opinions ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Lies & Liars ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2020 Week 41 Contemplation Thoughts I think my reaction of anger towards liars is rooted in fear and powerlessness. The fear that I could be… Read More »Lies & Liars ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Community ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2020 Week 40 Contemplation Thoughts Being part of a group, a community, makes us feel part of something bigger than ourselves. An individual but part… Read More »Community ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Doubt ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2020 Week 39 Contemplation Thoughts Does doubt come back again and again or is it that it never really left in the first place? Self… Read More »Doubt ~ Contemplation Thoughts
The Past ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2020 Week 37 Contemplation Thoughts What value does the past hold in our present? We can’t be constantly looking back at days gone by, but… Read More »The Past ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Other ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2020 Week 36 Contemplation Thoughts You may be interested in my blog post History of Words ~ Other So much fear and hate around this… Read More »Other ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Hope ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2020 Week 35 Contemplation Thoughts Right away I’m realizing that I have some issues around this word. My initial feeling when I contemplate hope is… Read More »Hope ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Loneliness ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2020 Week 34 Contemplation Thoughts Feeling lonely is not merely the physical absence of other people. I remember that the time I felt most lonely… Read More »Loneliness ~ Contemplation Thoughts
The Sun ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Week 33 Contemplation Thoughts “The Sun’s colour is actually white when viewed from space or when it is high in the sky… Despite its typical… Read More »The Sun ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Convince Me ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2020 Week 32 Contemplation Thoughts Why do so many of us have an urge to try to change someone’s mind when we realize their position/belief… Read More »Convince Me ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Self ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2020 Week 31 Contemplation Thoughts Love thy self What is the Self? Consciousness? Awareness? Are we each a singular self or is self a collective… Read More »Self ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Doing ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2020 Week 30 ContemplationThoughts So Far… We certainly emphasize action and doing over being in our society Doing is downstream from Being Action is the… Read More »Doing ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Growth ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2020 Week 29 Contemplation Thoughts Michael Bernard Beckwith describes growth as the revelation of what is already within us. Can all that we can be… Read More »Growth ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Condemnation ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2020 Week 28 Contemplation Thoughts I think condemnation is about shaming, but not to control the actions of the person being condemned but rather others… Read More »Condemnation ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Mind: A Beautiful Servant A Dangerous Master ~ Contemplation Thoughts
“Mind: A beautiful servant, a dangerous master” ~~Osho 2020 Week 27 Contemplation Thoughts I used to be completely mind focus. I put a premium on… Read More »Mind: A Beautiful Servant A Dangerous Master ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Progress Not Perfection ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2020 Week 26 Contemplation Thoughts Isn’t my old idea of perfection, of being done and never changing, stagnation? I equated enlightenment with perfection. Attain enlightenment… Read More »Progress Not Perfection ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Forgiveness ~ Contemplation Thouhts
2020 Week 25 Contemplation Thoughts Forgiveness has an open feeling. Or maybe a better description would be to say it feels like a release the… Read More »Forgiveness ~ Contemplation Thouhts
I Am ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2020 Week 15 Contemplation Thoughts For me, one of the first feelings I get when focusing on this phrase is that of being firmly rooted… Read More »I Am ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Dreams ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2020 Week 14 Contemplation Thoughts For me, the feeling I have in a dream is the most important. The feeling corresponds to a feeling I… Read More »Dreams ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Change Is The Only Constant ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2020 Week 13 Contemplation Thoughts “Change is the only constant” has a sense of eternal that impermanence doesn’t have I feel like “Change the only… Read More »Change Is The Only Constant ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Truth ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2020 Week 12 Contemplation Thoughts There is so much opinion in what we so often consider to be truth When I declare one of my… Read More »Truth ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Impermanence ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2020 Week 11 Contemplation Thoughts So Far Letting go of attachment to the illusion of permanence is mentioned as being one of the most important… Read More »Impermanence ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Thinking ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2020 Week 10 Contemplation Thoughts Is it better to go from specifics to big picture when it comes to thinking? I used to think that… Read More »Thinking ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Beauty ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2020 Week 9 Contemplation Thoughts Can beauty be objective or is it always subjective? I suppose it depends on what your standards of beauty are.… Read More »Beauty ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Effort ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2020 Week 8 Contemplation Thoughts The word effort has a feeling of struggle and of trying to make things happen Are effort and struggle a… Read More »Effort ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Love ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2020 Week 7 Contemplation Thoughts I think I have my daily Hold With Love meditations to thank for my greater sensitivity to this energy. There… Read More »Love ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Reason ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2020 Week 6 Contemplation Thoughts Do I put far too much stock in my version of reason? I must remember, after all, that reason is… Read More »Reason ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Overwhelm ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2020 Week 5 Contemplation Thoughts I realized after I posted this weekly contemplation to Instagram that I think of the word overwhelm as a noun… Read More »Overwhelm ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Sacrifice ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2020 Week 4 Contemplation Thoughts For me, the word sacrifice is full of reluctance, loss, deprivation, and it implies something that you don’t truly want… Read More »Sacrifice ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Being of Service ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2020 Week 3 Contemplation Thoughts I think a lot of people have a strong element of sacrifice or doing without themselves in order to serve… Read More »Being of Service ~ Contemplation Thoughts
The Heart ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2020 Week 2 Contemplation Thoughts I learned an interesting tidbit this past week. The heart will keep the most highly oxygenated blood for itself and… Read More »The Heart ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Endings and Beginnings ~ Contemplation Thoughts
2020 Week 1 Contemplation Thoughts “Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” From the song Closing Time by Semisonic I must admit, I… Read More »Endings and Beginnings ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Love ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Week 50 Contemplation Thoughts The more I focus on love the more it feels like an energy, usually building in my chest But I do… Read More »Love ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Intention ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Week 49 Contemplation Thoughts Everything we say, do, or even think starts from an intention Intention is the seed to everything in Creation Who intends… Read More »Intention ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Justification ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Week 48 Contemplation Thoughts So Far Why do we even feel the need to justify and defend ourselves? Is it just a question of conditioning?… Read More »Justification ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Suffering 2 ~ Contemplation Thoughts
Week 47 Contemplation Thoughts What would be a heart-centred understanding of suffering, in myself or others? Do I want to be “comfortable” with suffering? How… Read More »Suffering 2 ~ Contemplation Thoughts