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  • My Main Site : www.malaynadawn.com
    Links to many of my published articles, especially for DailyOM and Daily Mantra, plus information about my novel and links to projects I'm working on.
  • My SelfGrowth.com Expert Page
    I'm making myself available as a Symbolism, Metaphor and Stories Expert to help people find new ways of thinking about life and spirituality. It's what I do!
  • My Spiritual Vocabulary Glossary
    When I use terms in my blogs that I think might need some clarification, I add it to this glossary. Maybe one day when it grows up, it will be really useful!
  • My YouTube Channel, MalaynaTravels
    Here you can see video clips as well as musical photo montages of some of my travels.
  • Order my books from Lulu.com
    My novel, Echoes Across Time can be ordered directly from the publisher, Lulu.com. There's an e-book version here too! And more to come.
  • The Garments Without Guilt blog for all
    Promoting ethical and environmental issues since that's what the Sri Lankan garment industry is all about. A great source for anyone who wants to be guilt-free and wear feel-good fashions.
  • The Garments Without Guilt business blog
    For any company who is seeking ways to do business more ethically and environmentally.

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April 09, 2009

Spiritual Metaphors 4 Life ~ Hero's Journey

Life is like a heroic journey. You are the hero of your own life story. There are always challenges and monsters, but there are helpers and guides too. After we cross into the unknown, we find that we have more inside us then we realized. Then we return home from our spiritual adventure to find that we have changed and we bring something new to old circumstances. Herosjourney 


The heroic life is living the individual adventure.
~ Joseph Campbell

April 06, 2009

Spiritual Metaphors 4 Life ~ Power Strip

PowerstripLife is like a power strip. (Different from a power trip...)

We only have so many spaces to plug stuff in, so we might as well make sure it’s the stuff we like. If we start plugging in stuff that we don’t like—whether that means complaining or doing something that goes against who we really are—we don’t have space left for the good stuff. We might even overload and blow a circuit. We choose what to plug in to our power strip. Choose wisely!

April 02, 2009

Spiritual Metaphors 4 Life ~ Mirror

Mirror Life is like a mirror. Because we attract what we are thinking about into our lives, we can look at the people and the circumstances around us to see what we’ve been thinking.

We might point a finger at someone to blame them, but there are still 3 fingers pointing back at us.

When we change our thinking, we change our circumstances, and the mirror of life will reflect it back to us.

(What song is stuck in your head right now? "Man in the Mirror"? "Reflection"?)

March 31, 2009

Spiritual Metaphors 4 Life ~ Comedy

ComedyjesterLife is like a comedy. Don’t take anything too seriously or too personally, learn to laugh. Lighten up!

Light is energy and energy is life, therefore enlightenment must be when we’ve lightened up. Think about it. Life is pretty funny.

 

Read Malayna's Article about Comedy and Spirituality on Self Growth.com!

Written by Malayna Dawn for SymbolicThemes.com

March 29, 2009

Spiritual Metaphors 4 Life ~ Musical Instruments

Life is like a musical instrument. All the potential is in the instrument to make incredible music, but for us to play the music, we have to practice. We have to make sure our thoughts instruct our actions and become habit so that our inspiration can come through. Instruments

March 27, 2009

Spiritual Metaphors 4 Life ~ Magnet

Life is like a magnet.Magnet2  We all attract and repel all the time. We attract the things that are most like us and our thoughts, and we repel things that aren’t like us. Once we know what we love and what isn’t important to us, we attract more of what we love to us—from all sides.

 

 

Read Malayna's articles for DailyOM about the Law of Attraction, the Power of our Thoughts and Goal Setting.

Written by Malayna Dawn for Symbolic Themes.com.

March 25, 2009

Spiritual Metaphors 4 Life ~ Mission

Life is like a mission. When we have big dreams of what we’d like our lives to be, we are receiving our mission from headquarters. It is meant for us, or we wouldn’t have even had the idea. We are worthy. We deserve it. It is meant for us. And once we get it, we’ll receive a new mission.   Missionpossible

March 23, 2009

Spiritual Metaphors 4 Life ~ Gadgets

 Gadgets Life is like choosing the latest gadget. Look for the real value—a brand name isn’t as important as knowing that the product delivers on its promises. Knowing what’s really important to us, we can always attract the people and circumstances into our lives that really enrich our experience.

Read my DailyOM article, Technology as Distraction--Choosing True Connections for more.

Written by Malayna Dawn for SymbolicThemes.com

 

March 22, 2009

Spiritual Metaphors 4 Life ~ TV

Tv Life is like TV. We can change the channel, but it’ll take a lot more energy to change what shows are made. For that we’d have to co-create by working with producers, directors, film, actors, etc. We are co-creators. We don’t have total control, we just work with the energy already set into motion in the universe (or the industry!)

March 21, 2009

Spiritual Metaphors 4 Life ~ Pets

Life is like our favorite pet. When we focus our time and attention on loving our pets, they return love to us. When we focus our attention on what we love about life, those things will be attracted to come into our world.   Pets

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