Why is it so important for us to listen to what inspires us? When we do something that we are passionate about, we are vastly more likely to be present in its doing. A lot of people get hung up on the idea: “I don’t know what my passion is, …
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This coming Labor Day Weekend, August 29 – 31, 2024, I’ll be teaching the annual Introductory Not So Big Life Workshop online via Zoom. The online format makes it possible for anyone who is interested to participate without having to travel beyond their own workspace (register here, if interested). Each …
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Whatever you do for the sake of truth, will take you to truth. Only be earnest and honest. —Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, from I Am That, p.172 If you’re engaged in any sort of a spiritual journey, you may have started to glimpse the importance of really taking the process …
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“There’s no time like the present,” my new student says to me as she rushes off to pack her car after meditation on the last day of our retreat. She’s joined by a couple of other super-achievers who are intent on taking advantage of the few minutes before breakfast to …
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What DOES really matter? The subtitle of The Not So Big Life suggests that the book might provide an answer to this question. Indeed, the whole book is a blueprint for a personal journey to discover what blocks us from finding and engaging what really matters. But even if you’ve …
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The next Not So Big Life Workshop will take place August 29 – 31, 2024, online via Zoom. This workshop is open to everyone, and will be an introduction to what Not So Big Living is all about. By the end, participants will be newly equipped with a set of …
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As we cautiously re-emerge from the pandemic, after a year of social distancing and associated dramatic shifts in our everyday patterns of living, we are being given an unusual perspective on how our lives are constructed. Things that we didn’t even think about pre-pandemic—like going out to eat inside a …
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If you’ve read The Not So Big Life, you’ll know the influence that Normandi Ellis, author of Awakening Osiris and Dreams of Isis, has had upon my life. Twenty-four years ago, Normandi introduced me to the Year End Review process. I wrote about the transformative nature of first meeting her, …
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