Meditation Poetry: Yet it Does

Scott Robinson // January 31st, 2024

 

The wake-up
step-by-step

 

The journey
step-by-step

 

The healing
step-by-step

 

The transcendence
step-by-step

 

I cannot see
the tree grow
and yet it does

 

I cannot see
the mountain rise
and yet it does

 

I cannot see
the planet spin
and yet it does

 

I cannot see
the sun shine at night
and yet it does

 

I cannot see
Source creating the multiverse
and yet it does

 

I cannot see
my faith guiding my steps
and yet it does

 

Ease Creates Ease

Scott Robinson // January 31st, 2024

An edited excerpt from the book, ‘The Journey is the Goal’, by Scott Robinson

Spirit exists in a state of ease. It is the body that does effort. In order to create consciously and live from a place of Spirit, it helps greatly if you are in a state of ease. Ease is also very helpful in being in the state of spiritual seniority, working from a place of Spirit. Effort limits spiritual awareness. It is difficult to create consciously if you are in a state of effort because effort will limit your energy flow and power. Working through a body that is in effort is not much fun and at times can be brutal. Spiritual beings do ease very well. It is your nature. It is the true nature of each of us. Creating from ease is amazingly unlimited.

 

Embracing With Love & Clarity

Scott Robinson // December 31st, 2023

An excerpt from the book, ‘The Journey is the Goal’, by Scott Robinson

You have to embrace your biggest dragons. Battling your issues will not work. We must embrace them with love, but with the fierceness of seeing them clearly for what they are. It is essential to stay neutral; not judging your process. Maintain the intention to continue the healing. You will become more spiritually free with every step on the path. Freedom is unlimited.

 

 

Meditation Poetry: You

Scott Robinson // December 30th, 2023

 

Dappled light

Shimmering seas

Orange moon rises from behind mountain

Your creations sparkle all around me
And ripple through my body

It is all one

The dark the light balance each other in a uncomfortable dance

But you are beyond this dichotomy

You appear as light
But you are Beyond light

You are all things

Light and dark are simply two aspects of you

A framework for consciousness to arise

What is brighter than the brightest light?

How do you describe the indescribable?

I know you so well

You are everything, out of nothing

You are every pine needle
You are every sunset
You flow as rivers
You lay as endless oceans

There is nothing that is not you

It is all just consciousness as creation

Creation as consciousness

I sigh, look to your sky
And breathe you in

You are me
And I am you

Both creating the one

 

Creating Healing & Awareness

Scott Robinson // November 30th, 2023

 

An excerpt from the book, ‘The Journey is the Goal’, by Scott Robinson
Always notice the supportive aspects of your life that you want to maintain. You’ve created these. They’ve arisen from what you’re doing right now and what you’ve done in the past. But of course, it’s important to notice all of your creations, even those that aren’t supportive to the world, and validate yourself. Spiritual practice is about letting go of judgment. You’re working on changing your reality not because it’s a bad reality, but because you choose to change. You choose to heal. You choose to have awareness.

Meditation Poem: Gifts Abound

Scott Robinson // November 30th, 2023

To touch to hold
To cherish truth

Light revealed in every moment of time
Sparks of glimmering clarity
Open the skies
Open the heart
Open the Spirit
The mists lift
The clouds part
And what is, lays before you with simplicity and grace
It is always there
Yet with ego, with right and wrong, one cannot see
Gifts abound in every moment
But one needs to be humble and brave to see them
One must be quiet to hear
The messages of wisdom
The signs designed for you

The internal you
The timeless you

 

 

Meditation Poem: Song of a Life

Scott Robinson // October 31st, 2023

Look at the winter’s truth, it’s alive

Look at the summer’s bounty, it thrives

Look at your heart as it touches a moment in spring

Look at the abundance of autumn, it soars to the sky to sing

In your garden

On your beach

In your soul

It’s the light you reach

You look for the beauty in this fragile world

Seeing the sacred as it is unfurled

It is a song of a life intimate with nature

It is a song of life, bright and mature

 

Savouring Abundance

Scott Robinson // October 30th, 2023

An excerpt from the book, ‘Navigation,’ by Scott Robinson

Abundance is the ability to create something and fully have the experience of it.

It is the ability to share your reality with something – to really soak it in. It is also known as high-havingness, and it can apply to anything.

It can be as simple as noticing the heartbeats in your chest and truly savouring the experience. Whether you are asleep or going about your daily life, your heart always beats for you. It goes on, steadily and faithfully, until you are complete with manifestation this lifetime. This is abundance.

Abundance can be a glass of water. First you are aware of the liquid. Then you become deeply present with it. As you drink it, you notice its sacredness. Perhaps you even tune into the entire Universe through the experience.

Abundance is a state of being. It is a way of living, without limits. It is love, ease and relaxation. If you choose it as your set point in life, you see abundance everywhere you look.

 

Meditation Poetry: Flowing Wonder

Scott Robinson // September 30th, 2023

02 Winter Water 2, Chesterman Beach BC Canada 2010

 

Light caught in the flowing wonder

Blue green turns white with life-force release

To tumble and glide in dangerous ecstasy is the desire of the wholly living soul

 

Every being on the way with staggering diversity

This moment in time opens up to my wishes with power so great it numbs the lies

and only allows truth to reign

 

Today I watch from a distance as life’s simple dramas are performed

What is my next entrance, my next exit?

All will be revealed, my intent is clear

 

It’s Already Here

Scott Robinson // September 30th, 2023

An excerpt from the book, ‘Navigation’, by Scott Robinson

Yes, there is healing to do as you create freedom for yourself, but at the same time, there is only now. The present moment. So if you’re waiting for a different reality to show up, you are missing your life.

You may have been sold the idea that there’s a better way to live than your current life. This better life comes with a better relationship, which is found in a better community with nicer people. There you have a better home, a better car, and a better job with a bigger salary. This allows you to save money, so one day you can really live a better life when you retire. Then you will finally be happy.

It’s not true. Your life is not out there. It’s here.

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Scott Robinson

Scott Robinson is the founder and spiritual director of Lightwork Spiritual Development, based on Gambier Island, B.C. For more than 30 years, Scott’s spiritual evolution has been his life focus, along with helping others discover themselves as spiritual beings.

Even in earlier stages of his life Scott lived outside the confines of mainstream society as a hippie kid, musician, video artist, photographer, poet and world traveller. Spiritually aware from childhood, he could see energy, and he knew there was a bigger picture than the material pursuits of life.

His spiritual purpose took shape in his early twenties when he discovered a meditation style that was an immediate fit. He dove deeply into spiritual studies, deepening his clairvoyant abilities and learning the art of self-healing.

Scott is constantly pushing the boundaries of spiritual knowledge. Through teaching, writing and photography, he empowers others to become conscious, bright spiritual beings on the path to freedom.

Scott is also Chair of the Board, chief visionary, and manager of the Lightwork Ecovillage, the Gambier Island sacred site that is home to the Lightwork practice.

Alison Cretney

Alison has been practicing Lightwork meditation since 2007. As a certified Lightwork teacher, she offers classes suitable to first-time meditators or anyone who has practiced other meditation styles. You can attend her classes in beautiful Nelson, BC, or by phone or Skype.

Alison has found Lightwork's clarity, ease and potency to be transformative in all aspects of her life including parenting, work, relationships and stress.

She has a Masters in Strategic Leadership Toward Sustainability which she applies in collaborative projects seeking solutions for climate change.

Julia Watson

Julia offers meditation and consulting services for organizations and individuals.

She started her conscious spiritual journey in her mid-twenties but it wasn’t until she came across Lightwork in 2002 that she found a meditation practice that really worked for her.

Julia completed Lightwork’s seven levels of training in 2010. She has been joyfully teaching meditation classes and offering private energy readings since then.

She was previously the Program Director at Hollyhock (Canada’s leading educational retreat centre) and is now a self-employed bookkeeper.

Julia received a Bachelor of Business Administration from Simon Fraser University in 1994. She received a permaculture design certificate in 2000.

Julia Thiessen

Julia started taking Lightwork classes by phone from Winnipeg in 2004. The classes rocked her world so thoroughly she moved to Vancouver to continue her meditation studies, eventually graduating from Lightwork's most advanced program, 'Level 7: The Apprenticeship' in 2012.

Her move to the West Coast allowed her to become involved in the Lightwork Ecovillage, where she continues to deepen her meditation practice and learn life lessons (like...you really can grow kale year round!).

Julia is a certified Lightwork Teacher. She offers Lightwork Level 1 and Level 2 classes for beginners, as well as private energy reading sessions.

She brings creativity to the Lightwork administration team, and manages two annual meditation retreats: the summer '9-Day Dharma Healing', and 'Winter Light Week'.

She has an intuitive and studied understanding of all things green, arising from her work in therapeutic gardening at BC Children's Hospital and other locations around Vancouver.

Cathy Belgrave

When Cathy signed up for her first Lightwork class, she entered brand new territory. Coming from a scientific background, meditation was well outside her normal repertoire but she felt compelled to try it.

Without even being able to describe how, she shifted perceptions in all parts of her life and began making decisions that decreased stress. Encouraged, she thought she would keep meditating until it no longer felt like a fit. That day never came. She’s now a committed Lightwork practitioner and teacher.

Cathy offers Lightwork Level 1, Level 2, private classes and energy reading-healings. She blends her passions for writing, teaching and meditation by offering creative writing workshops for children and adults.

Darci Rosalie

Darci discovered Lightwork meditation in her last month of nursing school. She realized she wanted a totally new way of coping with stress.

So she turned down a fancy job in California with a big signing bonus and season’s tickets to her favourite football team. Instead she registered for Lightwork's beginners class and never looked back.

Throughout her healing journey Darci has witnessed how meditation has the power to shift tough situations and heal what needs healing.

Her favorite thing about being a Lightwork teacher is the simplicity and presence of being in the moment. The big and small of the universe come into focus and make room for significant awareness and healing.

Darci graduated from the Lightwork Apprenticeship program in March 2014. She offers energy reading sessions and meditation classes in a loving, supportive environment.

Tiffany Robinson

Tiffany Robinson has 18 years of experience in the social services sector, a B.A. in psychology, and over 15 years experience developing and facilitating dynamic wellness programs for youth and adults. She is a full-time instructor of Lightwork’s Level 1 – 3 meditation courses and Teacher Training program, and has been studying meditation for over 15 years, completing Lightwork’s two-year meditation teacher training in 2012, and a three-year apprenticeship in 2015. She is also Lightwork's Director of Operations.

As the Wellness Programs Specialist for the Crisis Centre of B.C., Tiffany co-developed and facilitated hundreds of workshops, webinars and wellness programs designed to enhance well-being, resilience and mental health. Over 13 years, she championed the centre’s first mindfulness training programs and was instrumental in establishing key contracts to deliver large-scale mindfulness programs to 1,500+ employee organizations, such as the Vancouver School Board.

Tiffany lives at the Lightwork Ecovillage on Gambier Island, an off-grid permaculture farm-meets-meditation-centre set on 80 acres overlooking Howe Sound.

Jacqueline Voci

Jacqueline first learned to meditate as an antidote to stress and a crazy-busy lifestyle in the tech and PR industries. As she gradually made it part of her daily routine, an entirely new way of experiencing life emerged.

In March 2014, she completed Lightwork’s two-year meditation teacher program and began its most immersive course, a three-year apprenticeship to founder, Scott Robinson.

Jacqueline teaches Lightwork's beginner classes (Levels 1 & 2) and offers meditation workshops for companies and organizations. She has hosted workshops for the Dalai Lama Center for Peace & Education, UBC Faculty of Medicine, BC Cancer Research Centre and BCIT Student Association.

She is also a writer and communications consultant.

Elizabeth Stevenson

Elizabeth decided to give Lightwork a try in 2010, after observing a friend's Lightwork journey. Deciding it was a fit, she took classes from her hometown of Victoria by phone for six years. She then packed up and moved to Vancouver to continue her studies, completing Lightwork's Level 6 Teacher Training Program in 2017.

Meditation has helped Elizabeth let go of fears and embrace all aspects of herself. She's excited that teaching now gives her the chance to offer the Lightwork techniques to other people.

Prior to Lightwork, Elizabeth completed a B.A. in anthropology, and certifications in community counselling and permaculture. Music has always been an important part of her life. She enjoys singing opera and jazz, and offering vocal improv classes.

Leslie Dickout

Leslie took her first Lightwork meditation class by phone in 2012 while living in the busy city of New York. She was awestruck by the simplicity of the tools she learned, and how they helped her let go of old patterns. She knew she wanted to learn more.

Now settled in Vancouver and enjoying a much simpler life, Leslie offers Lightwork Level 1 and Level 2 classes, as well as private energy reading-healings. She completed the Level 7 Apprenticeship program at Lightwork in 2021.

She also works in communications at BC Recreation & Parks Association.

Zhenya Andriyash

Zhenya started taking Lightwork meditation classes in the fall of 2012 while living in New York City and working for a bank. Meditation was his way of dealing with stress-filled workplace and hectic city life.

While taking Lightwork's Next Step program, he moved to Vancouver to lead a quieter, healthier life with a focus on his spiritual development.

Zhenya completed the Apprenticeship program at Lightwork in 2021 and now he offers beginner Lightwork classes (Level 1 and 2), as well as reading-healing sessions.

Having a job in the tech sector, Zhenya finds his meditation practice to be essential for having wellness and balance in his life.

Bogdan Serban

Bogdan Serban is a certified Lightwork teacher and a soccer-playing dad of two boys.

He started studying Lightwork in 2015 after many years of interest in spirituality and energy work. He considers the Lightwork practice to be life-changing, improving his relationships at home and work, and instilling a deeper self-confidence. He uses the Lightwork techniques every day to support his parenting, marriage and work life.

Bogdan originally hails from the picturesque, mountainside city of Brasov, Romania. He’s lived in Vancouver since 2005 and works in the telecom sector. In his down time, you’ll usually find Bogdan hanging out with his family or on a soccer pitch.

Bogdan completed his Lightwork teaching certificate in 2020. He also holds a degree in business management.