Speaking with a friend recently, he shared about the Shambala Buddhist concept of the Rising Sun. The sun rising in the East symbolizes goodness coming into being, light overtaking the dark. I particularly like this imagery when I think of the sun as our inner being, the inner light, presence, or true nature. We know that the sun doesn’t really rise or set, it is the earth that spins around the sun, so that we do not see the light during the night. In the same way, our inner light is always present – it is our thoughts that spin us around and around, causing us to lose awareness of that light, our true nature, and we experience confusion and darkness. From my own experience with divorcing, and as a divorce life coach helping people move through divorce and beyond, I have witnessed my own and my clients’ times of feeling lost and in the dark. The light at the center of our being always glows warmth and goodness, but sadly, we don’t always feel it. In times of divorce, there can be so much mental agitation and upset that it seems the mind might not ever stop spinning, and […]
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