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Did you know the muscles in the face are the strongest muscles in the entire body?  I just made that up.  But it sounds good doesn’t it?  You may not be able to pick up a heavy object with your cheeks, but you sure can pick up a heavy spirit that way (which is often times much heavier).  It’s pretty amazing really.  The muscles in your face responsible for lifting the corners of your mouth to form a smile :-) actually have a psychological affect on you and the people around…

© 2012 Howard McQueen

We are always full,

however, not always full of life-sustaining beliefs.

What we are filled with   

determines whether life bounces off  us

or penetrates deeply,

infusing us,  

radically altering us.

It may be a mid-life crisis,

or a broken partnership,

or a loss of income,

or the ending of a career,

or the untimely death of someone snatched away from…

HI All,  I am hoping this reaches Leah Song, either directly, or if someone can send me her email address or forward my email to her  howard@mcq.com.

Thank you very much.

Howard

As you may already know, my wife Shelby is pregnant again.  Needless to say, there is a new air of excitement going around as this new addition grows in her mother’s warm and loving belly Yes, that’s right, it’s a girl :-).  So far, the baby seems to be doing well with no noticeable health issues.  She’s very active in there, too.  Every time Shelby feels kicks and flips I can’t help but think about how crazy that must be.  There’s a little human being in there flailing about, learning how…

I knew I wanted to compile a book out of my past writings a year or two ago, but felt like I really wasn’t quite qualified enough.  I’m not some enlightened spiritual teacher, so I had to wonder if my words were really worthy enough to be contained in a book to be read by people who might be looking for the secret to inner peace, etc.  Isn’t that like the blind leading the blind?



These limiting thoughts were delaying my decision to complete the book, in the hopes that one day I…

I have included a list of some of the most helpful and influential spiritual teachers I’ve encountered below.  They aren’t really in any particular order, and it is by all means not inclusive.  There are many more teachers that I have encountered only briefly, but whose words have been helpful.

Byron Katie - What can you say about Katie?  All I can say is read one of her books and see for yourself.  Some may call her a self help guru, but she is just a beacon in the night…

© 2011 Howard McQueen

REPEATING PATTERNS

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My behavior is disrespectful to myself when I:

- contribute to and sustain a relationship where mutual respect

  is out-of-balance, and is not recognized consciously by all parties, as the

  most important thing to strive for.

- believe that I can nuture a loving relationship with anything less than

  honesty.

-…

Draft Version 1.1 | December 22, 2011

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I’ve struggled with three bouts of anxiety this past week, after having a relatively anxiety free three months.

When I speak of bouts-of-anxiety, I mean that I feel dramatically depressed. 

I withdraw.

I want to go hide.

I don’t want to be bothered.

I don’t feel like I have any confidence to face the world.

I am learning that the prelude to anxiety,…

In preparing for the holidays, we’ve been putting up decorations, lights, a tree, etc.  We didn’t do much of this last year because of my wife’s health and the pregnancy related complications leading up to Christmas, so it was important for us to get some of this done early this year.  Shelby decided she wanted some outdoor ornaments (some lighted balls), which proved to be hard to find.  We went to half a dozen stores looking for just the right thing, but we never found what she wanted and…

(c) 2011 Howard McQueen

May you be blessed with the ability to breathe it all in:

(c) 2011 Howard McQueen

Version 2.0

(c) 2011 Howard McQueen

We carry the burdens of experiences

where we had expectations for unconditional love.

Instead, and to our surprise,

what we received and internalized

were infectious conditions,

the self-inflictions of others mixed in with their attempts to love.

As beings conceived to thrive on unconditional love,

these infections, conveyed to another open to…

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Silver Thread Dialoges

 © 2011 Howard McQueen

These are clarifying times.

These are times to "step up" or "step out".

These are times for many of us to step off the fence

of confusion and uncertainty and respond to our deeper callings.

This is especially true for those of us stepping up to a leadership

calling within our communities.

Let this time of contraction not become hijacked

by the overwhelming fears of…

© 2011 Howard McQueen

Idle conversation,

Just speaking to throw in your own ideas,

and not really listening to content and following a thread,

can lead to confusion,

can lead to others not feeling heard.

And folks either need to risk repeating themselves,

or they decide to risk asking you “are you not listening?”.

When we really listen,

when something of real value is needing to be conveyed,

let…

(C) 2011 Howard McQueen

Every thought deemed disagreeable,

every thought deemed desirable

emanates from the inner, mental judge.

Installed very early in life,

the judge is conditioned to expect drama,

expects to have the courtroom schedule fully booked.

To sustain this virtual courtroom,

a host of other internal mental characters are empowered: detectives, witnesses - and an extensive lexicon of injustices is…