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Remembering the Ancestors
November 2017
By Aninha Esperanza Livingstone, Ph.D.
Common Ground ~ The 43rd Anniversary Gratitude Issue – November 2017

Remembering the Ancestors:

Widening our Circle of Gratitude

The practice of gratitude is one that changes our state. This shift in attention has the power to rearrange our hearts, broaden our thinking and expand our energy field. As we remember what we are grateful for, we weave ourselves more deeply into the fabric of life, disrupting habitual ways of thinking about ourselves, and the world. […]

The Ecology of Calling 
Tracking the Scent of our Soul
By Aninha Esperanza Livingstone, Ph.D.
Common Ground ~ The Green Issue ~ April 2013

Do you believe that you are on Earth for a reason, that you have a unique calling? Do you long to embody your innate gifts and to contribute to the world? Answers to these questions vary, depending upon our relationship […]

Woman’s Ancestral Roots
Moving Forward by Looking Back
By Aninha Esperanza Livingstone, Ph.D.
Our lives have invisible roots. We are all shaped by the experiences of our ancestors as they run through our blood and settle in our bones, below the level of our thinking mind. We humans carry the inherited wisdom and weight of those who came before, and it is up […]

A Feminine Approach to Calling
How the Underworld Can Support Purposeful Living
By Aninha Esperanza Livingstone, Ph.D.
Common Ground Oct. 2014
We are born of mystery, and to the mystery we will return. Our time in this world brings us face to face with the questions Who am I? and Why am I here? Our deeper identity and purpose can sometimes feel like cryptic hieroglyphics scratched into the walls of our life.
The masculine powers of logic, linearity, and productivity are essential to living our calling, yet they cannot decipher the message embedded in our souls. In order to access this level of clarity, we need the power the feminine, of She who oversees the dark mysteries of death and rebirth.
The story of Innana, the Mesopotamian goddess whose tale was discovered on ancient clay tablets, offers this wisdom. Her initiatory descent into the underworld reflects the archetypal journey we must each take in order to live our calling from the depths of our being. […]

By Aninha Livingstone, Ph.D.
Originally posted on RainbowLight.com Blog
There is a growing recognition that we are dependent upon our precious planet and her on-going generosity and health.

There is a burgeoning awareness that all of humanity is connected, as electronic wizardry breaks the spell of time and space, and we collectively face growing changes in weather patterns that do not discriminate.

 There is an awakening […]