"Love is possible only when there is a deep acceptance of oneself, the other, the world.  Acceptance creates the milieu in which love grows, the soil in which love blooms.  When you stop improving upon yourself, life improves you.  In that relaxation, in that acceptance, life starts caressing you, life […]

What is Maya? Maya is an ancient Hindu term referring to the transitory, illusory appearance of the physical world that obscures the spiritual reality from which it originates.  Maya is created by the mind, an illusion by which we believe that we are separate, unworthy, unloved, and not consciously creating […]

Don’t Postpone EnlightenmentBy Jafree Ozwaldwww.EnlightenedBeings.com Many of us are very busy living life.  We have developed very busy minds that are occupied meeting the demands of our agenda.  Rushing here and there, we are trying to squeeze in as many things on our list as we possibly can.  We forget […]

"It is the light of awareness that makes things precious and extraordinary. Then small things are no longer small.  When a person with great alertness, sensitivity, love, touches an ordinary pebble on the seashore, that pebble becomes as precious as a diamond.  Your life will have as much depth and meaning […]

Being Centered in the Illusionary StormBy Margot Zaher & Jafree Ozwaldwww.EnlightenedBeings.com "Find the center of the cyclone of life and you’ll discover deep profound peace."  ~Unknown The mind often acts like a storm of energy and information spewing out all sorts of thoughts and ideas about what its world should […]

Discovering the Buddha of CompassionBy Jafree Ozwald & Margot Zaherwww.EnlightenedBeings.com Inside each of us is a light, loving, and truly forgiving energy that can transcend any burden or grudge that we may be holding onto.  We often aren’t aware that we are carrying a heavy load inside, yet when a […]

The Samadhi BreathBy Jafree Ozwald & Margot Zaherwww.EnlightenedBeings.com "There is one way of breathing that is shameful and constricted.  Then there’s another way; a breath of love that takes you all the way to infinity."  ~Rumi Samadhi is a state of complete relaxation about your life, where you become the living […]

How to Find the "I" in the HurricaneWritten by Jafree Ozwald & Margot Zaherwww.EnlightenedBeings.com "The miracle is that as you awaken, so too, does the whole Universe." ~Pir Vilayat Life is such a radical and transformational ride.  It can get sooo crazy that at times it may seem like we are […]

It All Works Out Perfectly in the EndWritten by Jafree Ozwald www.EnlightenedBeings.com It really doesn’t matter when something negative happens to you on any one specific day. It is all blessed fuel for your spiritual awakening. Your ego will of course be judging your experience as wrong, terrible or consider […]

How to Transcend The Roller Coaster Ride of Life By Jafree Ozwald www.EnlightenedBeings.com "The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who can not read or write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn." ~Alvin Toffler You are an eternal being who has come here to experience […]