Kalama Sutta
Kalama Sutta, a Buddhic Teaching on my string of pearls. May it serve you on your spiritual journey as it has mine. (It’s a discourse of the Buddha contained in the Anguttara Nikaya of the Tipitaka.) Melanie
Soul Dialogue
In September of 2019, I created this audio Soul Dialogue for those who were attending a Soul Retreat with me in December 2019. Since then, many have found it helpful for meditation and asked me to share it again… May the beauty within Soul Dialogue leave you inspired with its blessings. ?Melanie
Reiki – Working with a Positive Message to the Subconscious Mind
In the audio post below, I’ve taken the Nentatsu-ho technique on page 132 of Hiroshi Doi’s A Modern Reiki Method for Healing and expanded it.
Knowing the Source of Our Actions
Seek not the transcendent within one’s self. Seek the immanent presence of your divine self. An audio blog:
We’re Back
melaniechong.com has been resurrected, thanks to Thom! Thom Forbes was my partner in getting melaniechong.com visible. He set up the site in 2013, maintained it with generosity of spirit and the expertise of his profession as an editor and journalist. The date of the last blog post was August 2018. Here we are in June …
Chakras, Dantiens And The Link Between Them
Words like chakra and dantian can leave one mystified, especially if you are a newcomer to the world of energetics or subtle energy bodywork. As a Reiki practitioner and teacher for 27 years, I see the benefits of education and the sharing of different approaches to best equip the learner with some foundation into the …
On Meditation, Brainwaves and Hypnosis
In these times of demand and stress on body and mind, there is a natural medicine that one can take daily to restore an inner?experience of well-being. What?s the name of this natural medicine? Meditation.? Here are some benefits to meditation that may motivate you to try it out. It helps us release tension and …
Teach/Remind Me To Love ?
?What will it take to know??? was recently added as the tagline to melaniechong.com.?It serves as a companion to ?the healing energies of love? essay on the home page. I was reminded of the phrase, ?don?t put the cart before the horse? when I contemplated this pairing. How? Keeping it as simple imagery, the horse …
Enzymes?
I found myself contemplating how an understanding of the way that biological enzymes function in metabolism would shed light on Valentin Tomberg?s teaching on ?spiritual enzymes? in Meditations on the Tarot, A Journey into Christian Hermeticism. He also refers to them as spiritual exercises. Here is one definition of biological enzymes I found: ?They are …
Such Is the Way of Inspiration
Are you wasting or squandering your life force in unwholesome mental states? Recognize what it is, make the corrections or adjustments, and move on. Ask yourself the important question, ?Is this worth my life energy or is there something better?? Remember, what you resist persists.?So: Do the analysis; Make a decision; If you need help, …