Meditation Poetry: Able is Our Nature

Scott Robinson // September 30th, 2025

 

 

Able is our Nature

 

 

The struggle becomes the opportunity

The suffering becomes the learning

The pain becomes the gift

 

We always create what we need

Seeing the creation
is the opening

Finding the gift within
is the journey

 

As Spirit we are already Free

 

We are already connected to the Divine

 

Bringing our consciousness along is the task

 

We must transcend the Ego
that clings to the limiting pathways

 

We must use the challenges

 

And realize
Able is our Nature

And realize
Transformation is The Way

And realize
Freedom is our Destiny

 

 

Neutrality with the Growth Process

Scott Robinson // September 30th, 2025

A close up view of a sunflower

 

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

 

One of Lightwork’s spiritual principles is, ‘The moment is all there is and all moments are equal.’ It is only your programming that causes you to perceive that one moment is better than another. It is only your perception.

This applies to the spiritual journey. First you find your path. Then you walk it, fine-tuning all the pieces of your life along the way. You shift to a state of non-resistance. You begin to see that even though you will always encounter obstacles, you can just keep moving forward.

 
 

The Reality of Spirit

Scott Robinson // August 31st, 2025

 

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

I began my conscious spiritual journey in 1985, when I first started to meditate, I have been teaching meditation since 1995.  One cannot discuss the benefits of meditation without first talking about Spirit.  They are intimately connected and cannot be separated.  When a person turns inward to meditate, one changes his or her reality on many levels.  One quite literally enters another reality.  This is the reality of Spirit.

 

Meditation Poetry: Embody Compassion

Scott Robinson // August 31st, 2025

Embody Compassion

 

The Spiritual Warrior
walks the path

 

Beings of Light
show us the way

 

To see judgment
and embody compassion

 

To see hatred
and generate love

 

To see violence
and give healing

 

To see ignorance
and have understanding

 

To see darkness
and radiate Light

 

To see ownership
and choose freedom

 

Compassion
Love
Healing
Understanding
Light
Freedom

 

…This is the way of the Beings of Light
…This is the path of the Spiritual Warrior

Be a Healing Force

Scott Robinson // July 30th, 2025

 

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

Think of something you currently do that is supportive to the world. Let it be something you really enjoy about your life. Notice that by doing this, you are a healing force.

Now, notice what’s being generated in return. What are you receiving back? Validate this aspect of your reality.

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: Light Beyond Light

Scott Robinson // July 30th, 2025

 

Walking the path out of darkness
 


Stepping into the Light
 


Like the sun,
orange and gentle,
coming up over the mountain
 


Generate the Light…
Let it shine bright
 


… Let it illuminate the darkness
 


Inspire a higher way of being
 


Liberation is the intent
 


Familiar darkness fall away
as the Light
gets brighter and brighter
 


With this Light
we transform this fragile world
 


We heal it
We are tender and loving
with the Earth again
 


And as Light and love
continue to grow
 


Soon one sees
The possibility of Light beyond Light
 


And in the end
one realizes
the Light is just part of the journey
 


As the path leads
beyond the brightest Light
 


Ultimately beyond Light and dark itself
 


It leads directly home
 


Back to where we began
 


With Source
 

Meditation Poetry: It Is That Simple

Scott Robinson // June 30th, 2025

Blue envelops me

Gold saturates my existence

The endless, timeless sea

Reaches out and cradles me in its nurturing wash

Time is just an idea

We play in it like a child

Creating realities in the sand on a beach

That’s all there is

It is that simple

 

 

Remembering Your True Self

Scott Robinson // June 30th, 2025

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

A spiritually senior state is a reality wherein you can tune into yourself as a spiritual being. This reality is much, much bigger than the material world. All the worries and stress become significantly smaller, or disappear all together, when you are in a state of spiritual seniority because you know that ultimately they do not matter. The events in your life are simply opportunities for you to learn, to grow, to evolve spiritually, and to become
conscious.

 

 

Meditation Poem: No Strings Attached

Scott Robinson // May 31st, 2025

Clouds give earth rain

 

No limits

 

Plants give energy

 

Flow
Power
Free and clear

 

The sun gives existence itself

 

Burns from within

 

I am humbled by this giving
Could I ever be that abundant?

 

Giving always with grace
Always with freedom and faith

 

The balance is beyond understanding
And I revel in its sheer magnificence

 

With every breath I give thanks
For the gift of life

 

No strings attached

 

The Gift of Service

Scott Robinson // May 31st, 2025

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

To be of clean service, you must first own your personal space, just like securing your own oxygen mask on an airplane before helping someone else.

I’ve watched clean service awaken within many spiritual warriors. As people begin to own their personal space, they naturally start to ask the question, ‘How can I help?’ It’s part of the spiritual journey.

But it is important to be aware that the dark version of service may still have some influence over you. This is service that feeds the ego. You can call it greed.

Greed is the unconscious belief you can take without giving back. Everyone is in process with healing this unhealthy aspect of the human journey.  Greed comes from programming that says material gain creates fulfillment. Ironically, at the core of this myth is a desire for true fulfillment – spiritual fulfillment. But of course this can’t be achieved through greed.

To overcome greed, it helps to increase your awareness that when you give cleanly to others, you are giving to yourself. There’s no need to seek gratitude, attention or material gain. By being of service to others, you are giving to yourself, valuing yourself and loving yourself.

As a spiritual warrior, you want to constantly create opportunities to be of clean service, uplifting yourself and others. And you want to steer clear of acts that are not of integrity.

Meditation Poetry: A World of Spirit

Scott Robinson // April 30th, 2025

Where do you want to live?

 

In a world of fear?

or

In a world of love?

 

In a world of dichotomies?

or

In a world of transcendence?

 

In a world of judgement?

or

In a world of miracles?

 

In the world of competition?

or

In a world of compassion?

 

In a world of unconsciousness?

or

In a world of awareness?

 

In a world of limitations?

or

In a world of freedom?

 

In a world of body?

or

In a world of Spirit?

 

… The choice is yours

 

 

Experiencing Yourself

Scott Robinson // April 30th, 2025

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

You have probably had the sensation of experiencing yourself as Spirit in many ways. Perhaps it was as simple as experiencing being outside of time or feeling timeless. Perhaps when you are waking up in the morning, you have that moment, that experience of having to remember where you are, what your name is, what your life is like, what the current role you are playing on planet Earth is. These are little moments when you are touching into being outside of linear time.

 

Creating with Intention

Scott Robinson // March 31st, 2025

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

Perhaps, at a core level, you believe, “I’m not good enough to truly be loved”, or “there is just not enough in the world”. Through meditation you can remove the old messages and allow yourself more abundance. Stay clear with your intent to let the old programming go. We create this world, this reality and it can be whatever we want. We exist in a universe of free will and unlimited energy, and anything can be created.
 
 

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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.