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mastering energy is madness

The journey of mastering energy management is madness… and walking between two worlds. It’s oh so challenging. It’s exquisite, it’s painful, it’s shadow. It’s Light. #life #journeying A post shared by Omehra Sigahne (@mabuhay_lifelightlove) on Nov 12, 2016 at 5:27am PST

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Playfulness when unencumbered…

To the fun people… who do hefty, serious things in life but are usually ready to have a laugh, add energy and see things in a different light… #Playful: Happy and full of energy; eager to play; having fun; lighthearted; being unencumbered by your […]

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Power of Love

    Our world will know the blessings of peace when the power of love replaces the love of power.    

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Patriarchy versus Pakikipagkapwa

Pakikipagkapwa is a worldview that within one’s loob or deepest inner being, there is not just a shared humanity but also a shared inner life that connects us with each other and with all cosmic existence. 11 years later, how would I rewrite what I wrote for the […]

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Navigate by the stars

There are times we must journey through darkness… and like our ancestors who looked to the stars in the velvety night sky, we can navigate ourselves by the pinpoints of Light from without—and our inner glow from within.

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Wicked distractions…

Divisiveness is a wicked distraction. What really matters is… Who really benefits from a divided people? #distractions #weareallconnected #sacredinterconnection #kapwa #pakikipagkapwa #loveconquersall #peace #thepointreallyis #whatreallymatters @omehra_sigahne lifelightlove.com #meditation #meditate #love #innerpeace #innerwarrior #fearnothing #courage #fear #fearmongering #watchout #watchoutworld #beware #propoganda #news #divideandconquer

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13 Indigenous Grandmother’s Council

The Babaylan Mandala has been adapted by the Thirteen Indigenous Grandmother’s Council retreat event. With this new rendering, through symbolic art and soul, our Philippine Lolas and the Babaylan are joined with The International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers. I have given SPECIAL permission […]

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Stand in your sacred center and shine…

We must remember to shine the brightest we can when we are in the darkest times, the darkest places. It can be hard. So very hard when your heart is heavy. And that is when most you are called to lighten up, stand in […]

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Awake, raise your frequency…

AWAKE. Raise your frequency to that of Love. And to whatever is not-love send a beam of light and love. #awakening #awake #wakeup #love #kapwa #pakikipagkapwa #magandakayamoyan #beautifulyoucandohardthings #bestrong #shine #shinementality #sparkle @omehra_sigahne #lifecoach #1to1lifecoach #lifelightlove.com #meditate #contemplate #innerpeace #innerwarrior #lightwork #light #lightinthedarkness

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The missing stapler

When I was a little girl, my mom was looking for her stapler. She found me using it with a mess of scrap fabric all around me. When I saw her standing in the doorway while I was stapling a miniature skirt together, I […]

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Be your best you for you

  Love yourself. Become the best you for you… for those you love… be a gift for the world.

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The book that healed a thousand filipino identities.

This post title might sound like a presumptuous, tall order, but really, this book has had a profound impact on hundreds, and I don’t doubt at all, thousands of Filipino-American psyches, including my own. Leny Strobel’s Coming Full Circle, the book that started my […]

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Letting go of the old…

I know now that moving AND getting rid of unnecessary things is the physical act of dismantling my world and re-assemblying it to align with my spiritual life and my mission. It’s been so hard to let go of beloved furniture and decorations. It was […]

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Yoga, Sanskrit, and waking up to Philippine indigenous spirituality

In the early 90s, I quit my job as an art director to become a full time mom. To prevent boredom, I began a quest to be Martha Stewart. Or some imitation of her. This created silly notions of Super Mom for me and […]

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On Hate, Racism and the Opening of Hearts

What will end the cause of racism? My friend Iraya​’s FB post gave me pause for thinking. And I commented this: “I just want to share about my own experience of prejudice and hate and why i think that fear is hate, and hate […]

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The past nourishes the present and future.

This guy makes me think about Filipinos today who look to ancient Philippine symbolism in baybayin and tattoos for inspiration. Saki Mafundikwa urges African graphic designers to draw on ancient writing symbolism of Africa for fresh inspiration. It’s summed up in his favorite Ghanaian […]

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Prejudice is a symptom of small hearts and minds

I live in Texas. My two older sons, who are distinctly hapa (mixed asian and white) have experienced racism from all colors—mexicans, blacks AND whites. My two older children are still processing the racism and bullying they experienced in Texas middle school and high […]

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Empowering “Bahala Na” and our filipino selves into the 21st century.

Please comment or share a story on how you say “bahala na” or or hear it said. Please share how you can use it as an empowering phrase or affirmation now. This was initially published at Pinay.com and BahalaNaMeditations.com. 

Lifestyle

Juggling life’s bowling balls…

Life can be like juggling. Juggling bowling balls. And bocce balls. The heavy dense balls we play with. A few weeks ago, in April I was juggling three heavy bowling balls of a corporate job, my family/home, and publishing Pinay.com. I spent my free, […]

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Baybayin Name Mandalas

Would you like a custom Baybáyin name mandala? Each one is special for each person it is made for. Up until the end of  May, I’ll take your order for one if you make a donation to Pinay.com and mention this code KALULUWA (is visayan for “soul”). […]

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Philippine every-day phrases that acknowledge the beauty within others.

  The following exploration is just me finding new meaning in old ways. Here are: Philippine every-day phrases that acknowledge the beauty within others. Po and opo are tagalog words and mostly spoken by younger folk to elders or superiors. Po is used to […]

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My art on someone else’s body

“My art on someone else’s body.” It’s a strange thing to say. I never thought that the babaylan mandala would become a tatak, so meaningful that others would want it tattooed on their own skin. (In the Philippines tattoo is “tatak.”) I observe. I […]

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Thousand of lights on the oak tree

The old oak tree in the center of town is lit up for the holidays. I could just sit there and stare at the lights for hours… When you let your gaze soften it’s like being in a swirl of stars captured in a […]