by Stephanie Benedetto | Feb 19, 2017 | Awakened Thoughts
Imagine yourself in a windowless white room. The walls are white, the floor beneath you white, as is the ceiling. It’s so white that you can scarcely tell where the floor ends and the wall begins. But somehow it’s not frightening. You’re comforted as the room holds...
by Stephanie Benedetto | Feb 4, 2017 | Awakened Thoughts
Disclaimer: the ugly details of this dream did not actually happen to me in real life. I’m sitting beside someone that I can’t see. He tells me: “Now I’m going to show you the source of all your problems.” It’s as if we’re watching my past on a movie screen. It’s...
by Stephanie Benedetto | Jan 22, 2017 | Awakened Thoughts
When I was a little girl, I wanted to be a writer. (And a vet and a teacher and a psychologist.) The writing thing stayed with me. At 13 years old, I saw an ad for the Institute of Children’s Literature. It was a sign! It was my ticket to becoming a real writer. Only...
by Stephanie Benedetto | Jan 15, 2017 | Awakened Thoughts
The following is a message from my invisible friend, Jonathan, whom I imagine as an angel. I don’t have any particular beliefs over whether he is “real” or made up. It doesn’t matter because his message speaks to my soul. And he said it’s okay for me to share it with...
by Stephanie Benedetto | Jan 1, 2017 | Awakened Thoughts
There’s a scene from the movie Dead Again that’s haunted me since I was a teenager. Robin Williams plays the disgraced psychiatrist who now works in a supermarket, and Kenneth Branagh is in love with a woman who turns out to be his reincarnated lover. (Awful cliche,...
by Stephanie Benedetto | Dec 25, 2016 | Awakened Thoughts
I’ve been reading a lot of books lately — The Untethered Soul, The Presence Process, The Surrender Experiment — all about the spiritual journey and enlightenment. They’re great reads with lots of provocative questions about how to relieve suffering and...
