With Focus
You say the mind wanders as if it is a thing. The brain is constantly processing sensations, thoughts, and feelings that arise from the One Field of Awareness. You are aware of these and put your attention on one after another without using your will to focus the attention on [...]
Just Breathe*
It is quite easy to get caught up in the story of your life. “What else is there?” you ask when trying to imagine life without the drama. There is simply being. This is a state you knew quite well when first you entered the body. You looked about you [...]
Adventuring
Here is a map. You can see the roads lined out quite clearly and you start down one with a known destination. And what if another destination has not yet been discovered? What if it is there but there is not yet a path? Could you not miss it? Might [...]
Connections
“But we have nothing in common!” you say when referring to another whose interests and beliefs may differ from yours, and there you err. You have humanity in common. You grieve, you cry, you hurt. You celebrate, you rejoice, you congratulate. The pains and pleasures of being human may at [...]
For the Connections
“But why would we come back for more?” you ask, and the answer is right before your eyes. When you enjoy a certain series of dramas on your television, do you not come to know the characters so well that they feel like family? Do you not want to know [...]
The Big Picture
Do your best not to catastrophize when unexpected news comes your way. When things seem to be going to Hell, you are in it in your thoughts. Pull yourself upward with a few deep breaths during which you are well advised to shift your attention to the heart. The head [...]
Shimmering
Love is the connective tissue that binds you all. Do not think of it as an emotion. The feeling you experience is the byproduct of the total connection. This is love. Could you see beneath the surface, so to speak, you would see that all of you exist in a [...]
In Here
You are all off-spring of one Mother-Father. You are imbued with the same qualities, which include intelligence, creativity, and awareness. You are out-here for the experiences, whatever they may be. Where do you find your Source? In-here. Love and compassion are in-herent. Kindness and service are in-herent. Doing the right [...]
The Bridge
When you are at a loss as to what to do, go within. The answers you seek are not “out there” as in the objective world you see with your eyes. Nor are they resident inside of you. As you shut out the outer world, a far greater world becomes [...]
Practicing
“What is your spiritual practice?” Perhaps you have been asked this. And perhaps you have answered that you meditate or do some other such activity that helps you feel closer to your Source. This is all well and good, but how about an idea? What if Life itself is [...]
By-Products
So many distractions. So many “others.” Or so it seems. It is the distractions that keep you in a state of other-dom. You choose your point of view from one moment to the next. Therefore, the next time you are feeling angry, frustrated, sad, bereft, or unfulfilled, choose to [...]
A New Focus
There comes a time when all that glitters loses its luster. You may still enjoy your comforts and pleasures, but life, itself, and its deeper meaning becomes the focus. Perhaps something has happened that has dropped you to your knees. Perhaps one you love has departed the physical and the [...]
Metaphysical
If you think this world is all there is, you will suffer more than you might if you expand your perspective. “Expand it where?” you might ask. Beyond the physical to the realm of the mind. And yet, if you think that the mind exists in some closed-in sphere around [...]
Riding it Out
There are times when you do not recognize yourself or your thoughts, so different are they from your accustomed state of being, What has happened? You have become caught up in a bit of a maelstrom—an electrical storm of thought-energy. Ride it out with the help of your unseen friends. [...]
Constructive
When things don’t go as planned, what is your reaction? Perhaps you grow easily frustrated. This is conditioning. There are certain emotions that are destructive and others that are constructive. You can feel the difference. Destructive of what? Peace and Joy. Constructive of what? Freedom from robotic reactions. What is [...]
With Curiosity
What is it you fear? Look at it closely. Envision a rattlesnake in an aquarium. With the threat of harm taken out of the equation, you can gaze upon the snake with curiosity and perhaps learn a thing or two. You might find out that the rattlesnake is not aggressive [...]