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By Mélanie Hendricks
(Version française: “On traite la merde comme du composte” (Robert Masters))
I burst out laughing reading this sentence from Robert Masters’ book “Transformation Through Intimacy – The Journey toward Awakened Monogamy”, as he spoke about dealing with the tortures and tidal waves we often go through in any kind of love relationship.
My laughter was initially from surprise, of course, and also because in all its simplicity, that’s exactly how we should go about differences and problems we encounter with our loved ones, and also how straight to the point it says: consider those problems as investments into a richer you.
Meaning: you want a better relationship? Face your own inner emotional troubles (also known as “shit”), go through the process of identifying them, as deep and uncomfortable as they might be, then purifying them, in order to open your own heart and life to a great awakened relationship. And by “shit” here, we are talking about your own, not anyone else’s. We all have our own compost to do.
For this type of compost, let’s be clear, it’s not about pilling it in the backyard, or your partner’s head…
Well said and well pictured Mr Masters! Just started reading this book, I can already highly recommend it!
By Melanie Hendricks
We often say or hear that it’s important to stop from time to time, quiet our thoughts, in order to live better and make better decisions. I am a strong believer in this theory because the goose chase from one thought to another, especially in the middle of a crisis, is purely [...]
By Mélanie Hendricks
(Version française: Être conscient de l’Égo, ou subir l’Égo)
Unless you are an animal or plant (therefore not reading these lines right now,) you have an ego. We all do, and surprisingly, the ego leads the vast majority of our lives by the nose without our knowledge. We live by the Ego’s [...]
By Melanie Hendricks
Having been one of the unprovoked recipients of such last minute notice as “give me your laptop, you are out of a job starting now”, I know how terrible it can feel, how degrading, insulting, traumatizing and scary it can be, and how we just instantly hate the company for doing such [...]
By Melanie Hendricks
No matter how hard we try to raise good caring kids, society will mold them just as much, if not more, on a daily basis. What they see, what they hear, what they go through, what they are influenced by, peer pressure. I will even leave television out of it, as we [...]
Wishing you all true happiness in this New Year, not the type that one can give to you or take away from you. Happiness deeply rooted into your heart and soul, allowing you to share that bright light with everyone around you.
2012 Blessings!
By Melanie Hendricks
(Version française: Harmonie: se trouve-t-elle seulement dans les monastères?)
Buddhism is not a religion for me, but something I look up to and get inspired by. Often times, I try to apply what I read to my regular, normal human life, in a crazy society filled with discord and disrespect for self [...]
By Melanie Hendricks
(Version française: 11.11.11 Ça Veut Dire Quoi?)
Eleven has always been a happy part of my life, maybe because it’s my birth month, or simply because that number has been very present and lucky for me throughout the years. But what does 11/11/11 mean exactly?
You can Google it and see how [...]
By Melanie Hendricks
(Version française: À Visionner Avec Vos Enfants)
“Where Children Sleep”, a book by James Mollison, touching, and heart wrenching to see, when you live in good conditions where the kids get their own rooms, toys, video games, etc. How does it feel to you, in your current living conditions, to watch these [...]
By Melanie Hendricks
(Version française: Entre Vous et la Paix)
“What stands between you and peace is the thought that life needs fixing.” (Frank J. Kinslow). Isn’t that the truth!! I had to share what I read with all of you, as it made me laugh at the struggles I was actively stuck in lately, [...]
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