Posts from: Inner Peace
How to Support a Loved One with a Chronic Illness
Supporting someone with a chronic illness How to Support a Loved One with a Newly Diagnosed Chronic Illness By April Meyers Being diagnosed with an incurable chronic condition can be incredibly traumatic. If you have a loved one who has recently... (more...)
Meditation: Embracing the Void
— Sitting in Peaceful Meditation Meditation: Embracing the Void By Jerry Dorsman For this meditation, take a few moments to relax within yourself. This works best if you sit in a comfortable pose and close your eyes. Now meditate upon the void,... (more...)
Meditation: Eight Methods for Inner Peace
Sitting in Peaceful Meditation Meditation: Eight Methods for Inner Peace By Jerry Dorsman I started working with meditation and meditation techniques when I was 34. That’s also when I began taking yoga classes. I found that both of these helped to reduce... (more...)
How to Manage after the Loss of a Spouse
How to Deal with Depression and Anxiety Resulting from the Loss of a Spouse How to Deal with Depression and Anxiety Resulting from the Loss of a Spouse By Jennifer Woodson At some point in our lives we all will lose someone who is important in our lives... (more...)
Mind of a Flower
Can a Flower Have a Mind? The Mind of a Flower By Jerry Dorsman How can we make a better connection with the world around us? Let us first consider what we are. As Gretel Ehrlich revealed in her book The Solace of Open Spaces: “Everything in nature... (more...)
Just Like Children Playing
Children Playing Just Like Children Playing By Jerry Dorsman Consider the various symbols in our lives. They’re all around us. Throughout history, we humans have developed thousands of symbols. Admittedly, some of these hold special meaning for us.... (more...)
Dancing in the Universe
I come out dancing Dancing in the Universe By Jerry Dorsman Churned from swirling soot into this bright presence, I come out dancing. I pause momentarily and offer thanks to the universe itself. A part of all that’s gone before and forever a part of... (more...)
From Cosmic Dance to Inner Dance
Come and Enter the Cosmic Dance From Cosmic Dance to Inner Dance: A Celebration By Jerry Dorsman Bang that drum. The particles are dancing. This universe of ours keeps changing, whirring, spinning in non-stop motion. With each passing instant, our world... (more...)
Practicing Detachment
Finding inner peace through detachment Practicing Detachment by Jerry Dorsman (adapted from How to Achieve Peace of Mind) By letting go it all gets done The world is won by those who let it go But when you try and try The world is then beyond the swimming. —Lao... (more...)
Celebrating the Body
Celebrating as a Path to Inner Peace Celebrating the Body by Bob Davis (excerpted from How to Achieve Peace of Mind) We ought to dance with rapture that we should be alive, and in the flesh, and part of the living, incarnate cosmos. —D. H. Lawrence When... (more...)
