Category: New Moon

For the past few months I’ve been working on different areas of self-improvement. First was self-awareness, then self-discovery, and right now I’m in the middle of exercises in self-forgiveness. That can take on many forms, but it begins with understanding one’s need for forgiveness in the first place.

With time to reflect today, I returned to the Buddhist concept of Shenpa and decided I wanted to see what more I could read about it – because that Shenpa, or attachment, seems like it sits at the heart of my being too hard on myself. When I did a search today, I found an article published just this past Friday from Pema Chödrön – a Buddhist voice I respect very much. The timing and synergy suggested it was important to share this.… More...

During the past lunar cycle I focused on self-acceptance. Three days after the last new moon I was in the accident and spent the rest of the lunar cycle forced to do little else but accept each moment as it came. It was interesting to “watch” my brain recover from the concussion and accept that each moment was as it should be.

I ended that period of acceptance by acknowledging that I had a role to play in affecting change and spent the last few minutes of the cycle, combined with the solar eclipse, focusing on letting go of that which does not serve me. Part of this references the “thermal exhaust port” post from the Friday.

With the new moon I start a new cycle, and this time I’m choosing to move from self-acceptance to self-discovery.… More...

“Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more…”

I’m back online now.

There are battles to be fought, and wars to be won.

This past Friday’s New Moon brought a vow to focus on the work of self-acceptance – both personally and professionally. This follows the teachings of Sun Tzu who said “So it is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be put at risk even in a hundred battles.” – it must begin with self-acceptance.