While chanting today another brilliant petal of clarity unfolded. (LOVE it when that happens!!) Using a chant to Lakshmi…or anyone else (including chants or prayers to Jesus, Mary, Buddha, God, etc.) is simply (and amazingly) an empowering tool. The chant or prayer is an energy ignitor, a connector, a bridge between You and your most Tuned in You; the You that is Source itself.
The power of these chants is not in the chant alone. It’s in what you activate vibrationally within yourself and in turn in the world around you. That’s big. Did you get that?
25. March 2009
What is your unique voice? By this I mean, your essence, your spark, that which when ignited tells others without wonder who you are, who you’ve become or are yet becoming. Your voice is as unique to you as your fingerprint. Have you claimed your uniqueness? Finding the voice that is YOU alone will support you endlessly. When shared, this voice carries a quality of authenticity that builds trust amongst your tribe, your fans, your audience.
Continue reading...12. January 2009
Whew! Didn’t see that one coming. A couple days ago I had one of those days when I really had to consider if the best option would have been to stay in bed. Way, way under the covers. I haven’t had one of those in a long, long time. From the moment I woke up I knew something was off…
Continue reading...16. November 2008
This is my Sunday Sermon. This is my Everyday Sermon. Ever since I was a child, old enough to realize that people separated themselves by and through religion, I have questioned and wondered why something that seemed so counter-productive was so consistently happening in our own country and around the world.
As a child I didn’t [...]
Continue reading...24. September 2008
Patterns, forms, the essential building blocks of design, from a mouse’s brain to the entire universe. All of life, all the universe is related and so are we.
Microcosm, Macrocosm
This image comparison, first featured in The New York Times, definitely gives one something to think about. On the left is a microscopic image of a [...]
23. August 2007
Aug. 20-27, 2007 issue – In one of history’s more absurd acts of totalitarianism, China has banned Buddhist monks in Tibet from reincarnating without government permission. Link to the Article
Apparently people living in China will no longer be able to reincarnate. The government has decided it can regulate reincarnation to try to squash [...]
6. April 2007
Leilani Petranek continues to share her life story, richly steeped in Hawaiian tradition and culture as well as her passion for the Goddess Culture and Sacred Dance. Part 2 of 3
Episode Highlights:
The Alchemy of Sacred Dance
Painting with the body
5 levels of Hawaiian poetry
The body becomes the conduit
Acknowledging the alter of the 7 Directions
and [...]
3. June 2009
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