Brighthill Healing Center: Articles by Asha Hawkesworth

Articles by Asha Hawkesworth

Asha Hawkesworth

Although I've written about a variety of topics, the central theme is always one of healing and spiritual awakening. I've grouped them according to theme. Enjoy!

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Healing and spiritual topics

Abundance & the economy

Expand and accept your abundance
Is our economy failing, or is it healing?
Redefining employment
Take back your power
Things to be thankful for
When less is more
Why integrity matters

Ascension, Earth, & the environment

Are you a Long-suffering Victim or a Powerful Creator?
Gaia's healing process
Opening the heart
What is God?

Challenges

Are convictions courageous?
Finding peace in an uncertain world
Lighting everyone else's candle
Out of control
Returning to Light: What happens when we cross over
Saviors and fallen angels
Take back your power
The end never justifies the means
When less is more

Christ / Unity consciousness

Are you a Long-suffering Victim or a Powerful Creator?
Are you ready for what peace looks like?
A world without antagonists
Do we like chocolate cake or just the memory of it?
Letting go of violence
Light and dark: The spectrum of God
Lighting everyone else's candle
Losing sight of Christ by losing sight of Love
Making exceptions to Love
Martyrdom and the ego
Moving toward heart-centered political discourse
Players on the holographic stage
The end never justifies the means
We are One: The myth of our shadow side
We are One: The world is a reflection of you
We are One: We are the things we do not like
Who is right?

Community

All our children: Why they need the village
Glorious food
Honoring the living as well as the dead
Losing sight of Christ by losing sight of Love
Moving beyond ourselves and creating community
Science and spirituality: Why we need both
We are One: 6.8 billion musketeers
You are a guardian angel

Emotions

Humor's healing connection
The illusion of rationality
Irreverence as a path to God
Is it love or attachment?
Opening the heart
To heal, feel
We are One: We are the things we do not like
We have two choices: love and fear
When Love is really Lack
Your head is a liar, but your feelings tell the truth

Fears

2012: Look forward with joy, not fear
Are you ready for what peace looks like?
Fearing the worst
Fearsome freedom
Freedom of conformity
The illusion of strength through fear
Moving toward heart-centered political discourse
The voices of fear
We are never alone
We have two choices: love and fear
When God is a toxic parent

Food & diet

Glorious food
Moving beyond ourselves and creating community
The pleasures of less-than-perfect fruitcake

Holidays

Honoring the living as well as the dead
The pleasures of less-than-perfect fruitcake
Things to be thankful for

Healing

Coming out of our closets
Does telling your story heal you or hold you back?
Guilt, a viral disease
Healing our perception of masculine energy
Humor's healing connection
The illusion of rationality
Is it love or attachment?
Letting go of violence
Limiting God: Where faith healing goes wrong
Martyrdom and the ego
To heal, feel
What is healing?
What it means to speak your truth
Why integrity matters
Why we choose adversity
Your head is a liar, but your feelings tell the truth

Healing the inner child

Judgments

Are convictions courageous?
Do we like chocolate cake or just the memory of it?
Judging other people's truth
Judging Robert McNamara
Judgments and addictions
Making exceptions to Love
Moving toward heart-centered political discourse
Sarah Palin: The most powerful person in America?
Stuck in judgment ruts
The end never justifies the means
We are One—But our opinions divide us
We are One: The myth of our shadow side
We are One: The world is a reflection of you
We are One: We are the things we do not like
Who is right?
Your body, the car

Loving yourself

Be thankful for your imperfections
Living as though you matter
What it means to speak your truth
When Love is really Lack

Metaphysics

Media & art

2012: Look forward with joy, not fear
Art and its messengers
Avatar: A great movie with a nearly perfect spiritual premise
Choosing music of a higher vibration
Harry Potter's choices
Healing Scrooge's inner child: The gift of joy

Oneness

Light and dark: The spectrum of God
Players on the holographic stage
We are never alone
We are One: 6.8 billion musketeers
We are One: All of our past lives
We are One—But our opinions divide us
We are One: The myth of our shadow side
We are One: The world is a reflection of you
We are One: We are the things we do not like
What is God?
Who is right?
You are One with your body, but you are not your body

People

Edward M. Kennedy: The brother who lived
Judging Robert McNamara
Michael Jackson: The man and the mirror
Sarah Palin: The most powerful person in America?

Spiritual connection & being present

Are you a Long-suffering Victim or a Powerful Creator?
Be happy now
Don't worry; be happy
Do we like chocolate cake or just the memory of it?
Finding peace in an uncertain world
The illusion of rationality
Irreverence as a path to God
Lighting everyone else's candle
Living as though you matter
Opening the heart
Perfection is now
What is God?
What it means to speak your truth
When God is a toxic parent
Why integrity matters
You are a guardian angel
Your body, the car
You are One with your body, but you are not your body

Additional topics

Gay, lesbian, & transgender

A(nother) modest proposal (satire)
Boxes of fear
How to repress gays and lesbians (and how to overcome it)
Take back your power: Get married
The hidden homosexuals
Your body, the car

This 'n that

One hundred years of baby names