
Stepping Stones
The movement from Oz to Om is our spiritual movement from seeking God outside of ourselves to discovering God within ourselves. The ruby sli

Stepping Stones
The Ruby Slippers - Moving From Oz to Om The movement from Oz to Om is our spiritual movement from seeking God outside of ourselves to discovering God within ourselves. The ruby slippers symbolize this jewel of the hero's journey. They symbolize our discovery that we are one with God and with All That Is. They symbolize our awareness that there is nowhere in the universe we can walk where God does not walk with us. This awareness allows us to experience ourselves as always an

Stepping Stones
As Dorothy is reminded of the ruby slippers she symbolically connects with the power of her own soul, and in the process, she recognizes her

Stepping Stones
The Ruby Slippers - Connection v. Separation As Dorothy is reminded of the ruby slippers she symbolically connects with the power of her own soul, and in the process, she recognizes her own Buddha or Christ consciousness. Spiritually, the God transcendent—the God outside of us—is suddenly recognized as the God immanent—the God within—the God who lives and breathes and works through each of us as we find our way in the world. This jewel of the hero’s journey is connected to th

Stepping Stones
The Ruby Slippers - Moving to a Deeper Space Within We live in a world that seems increasingly in peril. Every day we are bombarded with fear-based messages that raise our anxiety and diminish our sense of peace and well-being. Whether its news about politics, parenting, the environment, climate change, crime or economics, it’s all supercharged with fear of the other, the uncontrollable, or the unimaginable. When these anxiety-based ruminations overtake our minds, creating pa

Stepping Stones
We live in a world that seems increasingly in peril. Every day we are bombarded with fear-based messages that raise our anxiety and diminish


Create the Life You Imagine~October 2018
The Ruby Slippers “The goal of the hero trip down to the jewel point is to find those levels in the psyche that open, open, open, and finally open to the mystery of your Self being Buddha, consciousness, or the Christ. That’s the journey.” ~ Joseph Campbell In the final scenes of the Oz tale Dorothy, disenchanted but not discouraged at the falling away of the illusion of the Great and Powerful Oz, prepares for a more ordinary passage home in the balloon of the magician. Just


Create the Life You Imagine~October 2018
The Ruby Slippers “The goal of the hero trip down to the jewel point is to find those levels in the psyche that open, open, open, and finally open to the mystery of your Self being Buddha, consciousness, or the Christ. That’s the journey.” ~ Joseph Campbell In the final scenes of the Oz tale Dorothy, disenchanted but not discouraged at the falling away of the illusion of the Great and Powerful Oz, prepares for a more ordinary passage home in the balloon of the magician. Just