Cultivating Essence from the Matrix of Soul http://cultivatingessence.org Inside-Out Solutions and Sustainable Systems for Flourishing Humanity One Choice at a Time Sat, 08 Jun 2013 04:32:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Being a Channel of Blessing, Becoming More of Me http://cultivatingessence.org/a-channel-of-blessing/ http://cultivatingessence.org/a-channel-of-blessing/#comments Sun, 14 Apr 2013 19:43:22 +0000 Dawn http://cultivatingessence.org/?p=3107 If you’ve followed my essential journey with Cultivating Essence, from finally coming to the place where I said yes to writing down the message planted within me right up to now, then you likely know about my distaste for the word “channeling” and the associations that has had. I didn’t accept that I was simply [...]

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]]> http://cultivatingessence.org/choosing-your-reality/feed/ 0 Be the Only One: thoughts on mental illness http://cultivatingessence.org/be-the-only-one-thoughts-on-mental-illness/ http://cultivatingessence.org/be-the-only-one-thoughts-on-mental-illness/#comments Sun, 07 Apr 2013 05:28:34 +0000 Dawn http://cultivatingessence.org/?p=3073 Thoughts on Mental Illness, Light, Love and Legacy Tonight I stand with Rick Warren, author of The Purpose-Driven Life, and his wife, Kay, and their family in their loss of their son, Matthew, a light. My heart breaks for them. And for the depth of pain Matthew must have felt. And for the world that [...]

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]]> http://cultivatingessence.org/stop-violence-against-women/feed/ 0 Walking in the Way of Love: Thoughts on the Sandy Hook Shooting http://cultivatingessence.org/the-way-of-peace/ http://cultivatingessence.org/the-way-of-peace/#comments Mon, 17 Dec 2012 19:54:02 +0000 Dawn http://cultivatingessence.org/?p=2583 How does one walk in the way of peace, in this season of peace, when so much has been shattered?   This is the question I have been asking of myself.   NOTE: If you don’t have time to read this, please scroll down to the end for some suggestions for allowing ourselves to be [...]

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]]> http://cultivatingessence.org/the-way-of-peace/feed/ 2 What Kind of Life Do You Want? http://cultivatingessence.org/what-kind-of-life-do-you-want/ http://cultivatingessence.org/what-kind-of-life-do-you-want/#comments Fri, 30 Nov 2012 18:43:02 +0000 Dawn http://cultivatingessence.org/?p=2571 Do you know what kind of life you want? Have you even considered the question? These are the questions I was asking when I set out on my month of Extravagance & Essence, now available to you for a nominal donation. I considered Essential Thoughts, Practices, Directions and Desires. A sustainable future begins here. Watch [...]

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]]> http://cultivatingessence.org/soul-essence-peace-circles/feed/ 0 Shenanigans and the Call of the Soul http://cultivatingessence.org/shenanigans-and-the-call-of-the-soul/ http://cultivatingessence.org/shenanigans-and-the-call-of-the-soul/#comments Fri, 12 Oct 2012 13:56:27 +0000 Dawn http://cultivatingessence.org/?p=1923 A few months ago, I had the opportunity to speak with someone I have long admired. In the course of our rich conversation, he used the word “shenanigans” to describe the inexplicable allowance of crazy games that unfold within society and its systems. It sounded a little lightweight for the steep price so many pay [...]

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