by Joshua Benavides | Apr 24, 2017 | Uncategorized
Imagine for a moment that you are a lamp… And like all lamps in this world, you have one primary purpose in life: To shine your light upon the world. Now, like all lamps, to fulfill your primary purpose in life you’re going to need to be plugged into the right socket...
by Joshua Benavides | Apr 17, 2017 | Uncategorized
Years ago, while sitting in the pitch-black darkness and heat of a sweat lodge, a friend and teacher of mine said something that has stuck with me all these years. He said… “In life, if you don’t pay attention, you’ll pay with pain.” I didn’t fully understand it at...
by Joshua Benavides | Apr 3, 2017 | Uncategorized
It’s always fascinated me how when some people hear the news that they are going to die soon, their whole way of being up to that point undergoes a profound transformation. Suddenly, these people shift their focus to what’s most important to them....
by Joshua Benavides | Mar 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
A cluttered mind can’t see anything clearly. A mind cluttered with thoughts tends to feel stressed, insecure and tense. This tense feeling, however, can be seen as a gift. It can be seen as our innate wisdom letting us know that we’re nurturing our...
by Joshua Benavides | Mar 13, 2017 | Uncategorized
Consider this for a moment: We only seek to get from this world that which we haven’t yet realized we already have within us. It’s one thing to fulfill your soul’s potential, to express your latent talents, gifts and capacities, from a place of...
by Joshua Benavides | Mar 6, 2017 | Uncategorized |
One morning, as I sat down for my morning reading, I opened the book, A Course In Miracles, and I read a line that, first, stopped me in my tracks, and second, it seemed to dissolve some inner tension that I didn’t even realize I was holding in that moment. The line...