Tag: peace
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Your Peace Makes a Difference
“We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.” – Dalai Lama When you are peaceful in your heart and mind, you have a peaceful influence in the world. It’s true! Have you ever noticed that when you’re around someone who exudes peace and calm, they have a calming…
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Peace in my Heart
“Today I envision a peaceful world. I imagine harmony and cooperation inspiring the minds and hearts of all people. Like a lake that has been disturbed momentarily by movement, I see fear and anger dissipating, ripples fading into the distance as the surface of the water becomes still. Clam engenders calm, and peace grows. Compassion…
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Words to Live by: Desiderata
This has been a favourite piece since I first read it as a young teen. Later, hearing it as the classic 70’s song “Child of the Universe” made it even more special. Today I see its alignment with the Shin Dao – The Way of the Heart. I am sharing this piece with you today…
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Embrace Healing Harmony: The Transformative Power of Shin Dao Energy Sessions
In the constant whirlwind of life, it’s easy to overlook the incredible healing potential residing within our own bodies. As we get caught up in today’s go-go-go lifestyle, more wound up in the stress, we pull further and further away from robust health and vitality, often without even realizing it. Every little ache and pain…
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Last wishes for the holidays
Last message of the year from Tina and Neil Happy Boxing Day! The holiday season isn’t over (in our books!) until the New Year has been greeted and we begin afresh. Therefore, we offer you one last Holiday Season blessing: May you have much to celebrate this holiday season and in this New Year. May…
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Life is like a puzzle…
Reflections from Tina Thrussell Actually, life can be more like an open puzzle box dropped on the floor – with pieces scattered everywhere! It can take awhile to put all the pieces together so that you can see the full picture… and sometimes missing pieces show up in the most unexpected ways. In this case,…
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At-One-ment with Love-Beauty
Our blogs have been a bit heady lately, so I feel it’s time to step away from matters of the head and slip into matters of the heart. I recently picked up our copy of Michael Bernard Beckwith’s book, “Spiritual Liberation – Fulfilling Your Soul’s Potential”. In his first chapter, he talks about the Source…
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Living an Extraordinary Life
Living an extraordinary life is a goal that many people aspire to achieve, yet few people know how to go about doing. We’d like to take you on a brief journey of exploring the 12 tenets of Shin Dao and how they can help you live a life of purpose, meaning, and fulfillment. What the…
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Naval Meditation
Recently, the topic of mindfulness and meditation has been showing up in nearly every arena of my life; the Universe works in wonderous ways. Last Monday morning, the ‘day after’ the Peace Weekend (for which the preparations had occupied much of my time throughout the month of March) I realized it was time to get…
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Rooted in Peace
I love the phrase, ‘Rooted in Peace’, which describes how we live the Shin Dao – the Way of the Heart. As we walk the path of the Shin Dao, we lead the way with peaceful hearts and minds. We do our best to be at peace with ourselves, be at peace with our environment,…