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14 Days of Summer, a Meditation: Day 10

14 Days of Summer, a Meditation:
Day 10

River: Surrender My favorite mental image from reading about Tantra is that the secret to happiness is floating as if you’re in a river. We are all travelling together in a river of time, and you can fight it or try to swim upstream or you can just surrender and float in the current, letting […]

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14 Days of Summer, a Meditation: Day Nine

14 Days of Summer, a Meditation:
Day Nine

Ponds: Reflection Ponds are mysterious. They mostly reflect the sky rather than reveal what is below. Some people are ocean people, others are pond and lake people, but the mystery of the pond is about delving deeper. Life is often like the surface of the pond, a visual illusion. It’s nothing, really, but water reflecting […]

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14 Days of Summer, A Meditation: Day Eight

14 Days of Summer, A Meditation:
Day Eight

Ocean: Rhythms This photo is a shot of the ocean between Bronte and Bondi Beaches in Australia. The whole world has beaches because land around the world is surrounded by oceans, which connect us all through tides, waves, currents, and the sea life within. The ocean can be wonderful or deadly, but that in itself […]

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14 Days of Summer, a Meditation: Day Seven

14 Days of Summer, a Meditation:
Day Seven

The Forest: Intuition A forest can be both a frightening and a magical place. Why is that magic so frightening to people? Because there is power in it, the power to understand nature at its deepest. Spending time in a forest in summer reminds us that everything is a cycle of birth, life, and death. […]

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14 Days of Summer, a Meditation: Day Six

14 Days of Summer, a Meditation:
Day Six

Rainbows: Healing Often after a rain in the summer comes a rainbow. The rainbow is a reminder that there is hope and healing after a storm and also a reminder that sometimes you need a storm before you can have a rainbow. The rainbow contains the entire spectrum of light, colors that also mirror the […]

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14 Days of Summer, a Meditation: Day Four

14 Days of Summer, a Meditation:
Day Four

Clouds: Dreaming You can lie on the ground and look at the clouds at any time of year, but there is something about summertime—the warmth, the leisure—that makes it perfect. Clouds are like dreams, fleeting, changing, hard to hold onto but beautiful and fascinating. I’ve been told on good authority that the Aborigines call their […]

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14 Days of Summer, a Meditation: Day Three

14 Days of Summer, a Meditation:
Day Three

Sunshine: Unconditional Love For some people, summer is a chance to complain about the heat or lock themselves into air-conditioned habitats. But our bodies need sunshine to survive and be healthy—in fact we wouldn’t exist without the sun! The sun shines on everyone with no regard for race, wealth, fashion sense, or religion. The sun […]

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14 Days of Summer, A Meditation: Day One

14 Days of Summer, A Meditation:
Day One

Flowers: Desire Summer is the season of flowers. We enjoy them for their outrageous beauty. We give them as gifts to show gratitude, love, and appreciation. But why do flowers exist? Why do they bloom in summer? Flowers are nature’s way of expressing desire—the desire to attract pollinators, the desire to reproduce, the desire to […]

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