This story begins with a black woman in London, an essential worker, a mother, a wife, a friend, a sister… She’s one of the hundreds of thousands of people who have died of Covid-19. If it weren’t for this new disease, she would likely still be alive. And possibly, if she wasn’t a black woman, …
Five Steps for Dealing with the Fear and Uncertainty of Covid-19
It’s Wednesday August 12th. New Zealand just found four cases of community transmission after 100+ days with none. Auckland is going into Level 3 Lockdown. The rest of the country is in Level 2 Lockdown. Those four cases are all within one family, traced to a man in his fifties. But it’s not yet known …
Why Haven’t You Got The Thing Yet?
I got the thing. I found a teacher. After fifteen years of looking. Actually, two of them, at around the same time. Which intrigued me. None for fifteen years, and now two? How come? On reflection, I can see that the following conditions helped: I got clear on my path and lineage (Tantra, Non-Dual Shaivism) …
Nine Ways to Master Yourself, and Therefore Life
by Kara-Leah Grant There are two ways to live life. One is as a victim, getting upset and angry at what life throws at you, and trying to change the people and circumstances around you to make life easier. The second is as a Master, taking whatever life throws at you and using it to …
Your thoughts do not create your reality
By Kara-Leah Grant Let’s get one thing straight. You do not create your own reality. Your thoughts do not create your reality either. All the positive thinking and manifesting and vision boarding and dreaming is not going to get you what you want. What you do create is your experience of your reality. Your perception of reality. …
Getting Out of My Mind – Drugs, Yoga, Meditation and Me
by Kara-Leah Grant Our society is awash with drugs of all kinds – legal, illegal, prescribed and self-medicated. We (mostly) all do them (caffeine anyone?), but those who are caught doing illegal drugs are judged harshly in the media. If you take drugs you’re bad, or weak, and you certainly don’t want other people finding …