Author Archives: Diana Rankin
Are You Choosing Enlightenment or the Destruction of Happiness? The choice is yours.
Are you seeking enlightenment, or do you prefer to act and react only in human form? Are you growing into being a Bodhisattva or are you stuck in unhappiness? A Bodhisattva is one who is on the path to awakening … Continue reading
Thought Shapes Our Reality
Our realities are shaped by events we have already lived through. If we die in the illusion of war, we may need to experience war again in this life to change the thinking. It is the thinking that makes it … Continue reading
10 Ways to Help Stop Violence
As children we played outside, rode our bikes around the neighborhood without fear, played in the woods with safety, and spent hours in school studying instead of worrying about being shot by another student. As a young woman, I spend … Continue reading
14 Ways to Change Fear-Based Emotions to Love-Based Emotions
Depression is a serious problem in our world today. Fear and anger rule too many lives. But we don’t have to live in these fear-based emotions. We can live in love-based emotions. Following are 14 ways to change fear-based emotions … Continue reading
Best and Worst Food for Intuition
What we put into our bodies has an effect on our intuitive abilities. It makes sense, but not something we give much thought to. We should, however, because there is a direct link between the food and drink we take … Continue reading
Philomena and My Father
“I wonder if he ever thought of me.” These words spoken by Dame Judith Dench as Philomena in the film with the same name, grabbed at my heart and took me into my own question: I wonder if he ever … Continue reading
Transgender and the Evolutionary Shift of Humans
Maybe the journey isn’t so much about becoming anything. Maybe it’s about un-becoming everything that isn’t really you so you can be who you were meant to be in the first place. Paulo Coelho Scientists teach us that the male … Continue reading
On the Way to Grace . . . Living the Spiritual Path
Those of us who choose the spiritual path always think it’s going to make our lives easier, at least most of us think so when we start out, but too soon we get it that living our lives in a … Continue reading
Phillip’s Wisdom on The Shift
This following is from my You Tube message the first week of 2020. It’s an important message to remember as we continue in the turmoil of this election year 2024. Today, I remind you that out of chaos comes greatness. … Continue reading
Make God Bigger
“I’m frightened of you.” These were the words of one of the students in my course on Religious Studies. Other students nodded their heads making it known she was their spokesperson and they stood behind her. “That took a lot … Continue reading