Inherent Wisdom

Inherent Wisdom: Remembering Who We Are Recognize and reach out to the inherent great power within you. Lailah Gifty Inherent wisdom is our innate ability to know and embrace our True Divine Nature, which is the intrinsic, fundamental foundation of our spiritual and emotional well being. It’s who we are at the core of our… Continue reading Inherent Wisdom

Stop Your Boo-hooing!

Actually, grief hurts and boo-hooing helps ease that pain. Grief is our emotional response to loss. It is generally associated with the loss of a loved one but also arises with any loss such as a terminal medical diagnosis, or the loss of a job, marriage, or home. Grief is often extremely intense and overwhelming… Continue reading Stop Your Boo-hooing!

Emotions

Emotions, like our breath, come and go. Certain circumstances trigger cellular memories and our emotional body goes into reactivity, which is normal. This response happens to absolutely everyone. All the great spiritual teachers throughout millennia have spoken this truth: reactivity naturally arises, freedom comes when we don’t attached. And that is the secret in a… Continue reading Emotions

Surrender to Oneness

There was another senseless mass shooting in my community recently. Six people plus the shooter died. First I railed, crying, screaming, begging the Divine for answers. Why did this happen and when will it end? I did not want to hear that this was the victims’ and the perpetrator’s destiny. I did not want to… Continue reading Surrender to Oneness

Oneness

One spring morning, more than 50 years ago, I was sitting on the living room floor of the small 3-bedroom ranch home shared by my first husband, his business partner and I. On this day, for no particular reason, the three of us decided to drop acid (LSD), like we’d done so many times before. … Continue reading Oneness