Gaia: Connect. Grow. Inspire. Empower.
Not only is Susie Q "real".....she's amazing!
Centria
OK, let's be perfectly honest. I probably wouldn't have invited Ms. Susie Q to be friends here on Gaia in the beginning. As I tried to navigate the Gaian waters and determine who to invite... More »
"You are an ass, stupid, dumb, ridiculous, mean and petty"
Centria
OK, does anyone else here have a secret dread that someday someone on Gaia (or in the "real" world, whatever that means!) is going to say those words in response to something you've said or... More »
Ordinary Summer Day
Centria
This is just one of those day-in-the-life entries. An ordinary day here in my life in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. It felt like the first day of summer. Most of June felt so crazy between both... More »
Dialogue with Silence
Centria
Me: Hi Silence, how are you doing? I'm really missing all the intimate time we used to spend together. Do you think we could do some of that quality time again? It was so wonderful.... More »
The gift of negativity & defensiveness
Centria
Last night I posted my status: having an egoic moment after one of her off-line friends said, "your new friends are not REAL." :( Immediately a grapevine of dear friends responded from the realness of... More »
How old are you REALLY?
Centria
Are you older than the primordial sea or younger than a budding sprout? Here's an experiment. Twirl around in complete abandon for at least two minutes. Then close your eyes. Think: "How old am I?" and don't... More »
How do you respond to being alone?
Centria
Aloneness is my dancing partner. She is a shadow dancing in the moonlight. She feels like a breeze on a hot summer night.....a heartache.....a subtle joy......and sometimes closer than a best friend. She is the... More »
Blissed Out Traveling
Centria
Not sure how easy it is to be on Gaia and vacation simultaneously. First of all, there was the withdrawal during the car ride the past 24 hours. Now there's all the activity at my... More »
Meditating with a Monkey Mind
Centria
Since discovering Gaia my meditations have become much noisier. Here is an example of a recent session: Breathing, breathing, watching the breath. (I wonder why my computer isn’t working tonight.) Witnessing thinking about the computer.... More »
A Gaia Story
Centria
What is Gaia? Gaia is a fireball of consciousness, extending out in all directions beyond time, a pulsating beating awareness of what is . Everything in the universe is Gaia. We are. It is. The... More »
awareness
August 2008 