by Lawrence Cooper | Jun 14, 2021 | Newsletter, Poetry Presentations
Sometimes I may go beyond just emotional empathy, to actually share their hurt or pain in my body, my gut. This is a gift given to the empath to break through the walls of deep core hurt or trauma. In some cases the memories may be hidden from the mind but the pain is...
by Lawrence Cooper | Jun 14, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
The royal color indigo signifies spirituality and higher consciousness. It is located between the eyebrows which puts it in the same general region as the prefrontal cortex. When the two work together, they produce our seat of intuition and wisdom. It is associated...
by Lawrence Cooper | Jun 6, 2021 | Newsletter, Poetry Presentations
When I engage in emotional empathy, I listen for voice tone and I read body language. I absorb their negative emotion and reflect it back to them filtered through the positive love energy from my own heart. I lead them gently from feeling to feeling so they can be...
by Lawrence Cooper | Jun 6, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
We continue our journey into unlocking the mysteries of grounding by accepting the role of our mind in living a conscious life. In order to do that we have to make sure our mind is vibrant and healthy. So let’s take a look at the Throat Chakra, keeping in mind...
by Lawrence Cooper | Jun 6, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
Comox First Nations people called this area Tle-Tla-Tay. It was used to smoke herring and herring roe. William Roy and his family purchased the land from James Dunsmuir in 1890 and established the townsite that they named Royston. In case you think that this is rather...
by Lawrence Cooper | Jun 6, 2021 | Newsletter, Poetry Presentations
Self-acceptance is accepting my present position in life; the seat of the elder. I have entered into my 70’s, the age of wisdom. I have come to a place of peace with myself and with life, and I have discovered that it is okay to be 70. Aging does not have to be the...
by Lawrence Cooper | Jun 5, 2021 | Newsletter
(This is another poem from Neil’s new book Jigsaw. I have been in that chair a few times.) you enter a room with the same large table centred with a tray of glasses and pitcher of ice water you nod at the faces but being familiar with the routine...
by Lawrence Cooper | Jun 5, 2021 | Newsletter
Photo credit Kay H This one caught my eye. I have trouble with the spoken word but only because I can’t remember all the words in the poem, so I try to read with passion when I do readings. But I think I would like to attend this on, just for the interest....
by Lawrence Cooper | May 31, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
In 1889 Robert Dunsmuir’s Union Colliery Co. opened a railway link from the Cumberland coal deposits to Union Bay’s deep-water bay. The coal was converted to high quality coke in two rows of fifty beehive airless coke ovens. The 490-metre (1,600 ft) principal...
by Lawrence Cooper | May 30, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
Green: The Heart Chakra The heart chakra is located in the middle of the chest. It is the center of our physical and spiritual energy system. We are born with the innate ability to receive and give love. We receive love from our intimate family; then the heart begins...
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