Mandalas Last month, I created the “Cultivating Peace” mandala. The results from Random.org drew the following three names: Pallavi Shigh Lisa This means that I’m shipping the “Cultivating Peace” mandala painting to one of those three...
Friends! As you may know, I’m creating a mandala once a month to give away. Last month, I created the “Spreading Joy” mandala. Yesterday afternoon, as I completed the “Cultivating Peace” mandala, I compiled my email list, as well as my...
What’s Happened With My “Death” Meditation Since November 5, I have been waking up each morning and for one hour, doing a guided meditation on death. I wasn’t sure what to expect. I can tell you this: I did not expect it to be relaxing and...
Drawing and Painting a Mandala Once a month – at least for now – I’m going to create something that resonates with what I’m feeling and will subsequently give away. I’m doing this to spread joy. Yes, the name of the mandala I’m...
I thought I’d have a little fun this week with a flash fiction story. Little by little, I’m working on “my game” for good, inspirational stories that aren’t cheesy. I’m so grateful to explore stories, poetry, and even artwork in the...
Spirituality as Creative Expression Is a person spiritual because they are creative? Or is a person creative because they are spiritual? But then again, I don’t think these two questions are mutually exclusive. Exploring spirituality and the idea of creativity...
Friends, September ended and I successfully completed a month of eating a vegan diet. I slipped up once: on 30 September: I bought a bag of Funyuns (you know, those onion-ring-flavored things) and started devouring them because I needed some carbs – stat. Looked...
The other day, I was visiting with a family member from out of town. We were catching up and I invariably started talking about the LIFE Project, which takes up a significant part of my life now – at least 3 hours per day. I relayed my forays into meditation,...
Welcome to the August edition of the LIFE Project. If you’re new or want to know what the LIFE Project is, just click here. For the rest of you wonderful souls, I’ll do a quick recap of July’s LIFE Project before delving into August. July The month...
