Author: nikkijoylee
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Bridge Over Troubled Waters
“It is quite clear that between love and understanding there is a very close link…He who loves understands, and he who understands loves. One who feels understood feels loved, and one who feels loved feels sure of being understood.” ― Paul Tournier The famous Rumi quote reads, “Out beyond ideas of rightdoing and wrongdoing there…
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The Art of Centering
It’s fun to look back on factors that influenced my decisions in my college days. I was in LOVE with the movie Ghost. Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore beautifully played out one of the most epic love scenes of the 90’s. It involved a grieving wife, her husband’s spirit and a pottery wheel, topped off…
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Fact Check!
I’m guessing by this title you thought I was going to talk about checking facts on the pandemic or politicians or anything else flying around media right now. However, I want to talk about the process of understanding “the truth”, beginning with ourselves. There is a popular meme floating around the internet that reads, Have…
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Take a Bow
“Here’s the deal. The human soul does not want to be advised or fixed or saved. It wants to be witnessed-to be seen, heard and companioned exactly as it is. When we make that kind of deep bow to the soul of a suffering person, our respect reinforces the soul’s healing resources, the only resources…
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Initiation
Letting go of something can sometimes initiate change easier than starting something new. Set something free, exhale. This makes room within your sacred self, allowing for inspiration; lungs can’t be re-filled unless first evacuated. So, trade something in; with a lion’s breath! And have faith that your exhale will be useful for some other purpose;…
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Peaks and valleys
Highs aren’t evident without the lows, at least in this domain of duality. Dark offers reprieve from the light. For instance, the night gives us the furthest views, out into the vast cosmos, which by turn offers perspective on our own being. Peak energy of noon’s sunlight is exhilarating and full of energetic renewal. But,…
Sacred Self Healing Arts 