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Surrender

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April 3, 2012

Spiritual surrender is essential, whether on a religious or non-religious path. This kind of surrender is a joyous submission…to something greater than yourself. It comes with a conscious connection to your source…within. You trade external, intellectual, egoistic control for internal spiritual control.

Acknowledging your connection to your “greater” self is a willing servitude. Humility, gratitude and compassion replace money, status and material success as life’s main goals.

This new mindset transcends all beliefs and faiths with a deep knowing down to your bones. Desire and attachment fall by the wayside. Life as it presents itself, in the moment, becomes the preferred lifestyle. Stress and suffering disappear. All is calm and as it should be.

As your life becomes your (ongoing) meditation, your awareness of yourself and your surroundings grows. The school of hard knocks is open 24/7. For those open to it; learning abounds. To study and become aware of yourself is to, eventually, forget yourself. You lose your (smaller) self to find your (greater) self. To forget yourself is to become enlightened.

Energy, cosmic consciousness, universal force, It, God, source, The one, are some of the names we give to a ubiquitous force. This force is all there is…to be seen everywhere.

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Aphorisms

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April 2, 2012

Spirituality is nonsectarian.

Enlightenment is everybody’s birthright

When you’ve got it all and it’s still not enough, you’re ready for spirituality.

Except for now, all is change.

Desire and attachment cause suffering. Acceptance and forgiveness transcend suffering.

Being 100% in the moment and 0% attached brings enlightenment.

We are not only enough…We are all there is.

All behaviors come from either love or fear.

It’s easy to be your self when you’re not self-conscious.

Your true nature; who you truly are, is waiting to be uncovered.

Through us the universe becomes conscious of itself.

We have seen our creator and it is us.

Enlightenment is awakening to the divine within you…which is your true self.

Lose your ego and you lose yourself…only to gain the world.

Trust your heart and intuition.

The world isn’t so much how we find it but as we make it.

Your destiny is to awaken to a direct, non-intellectual, experience of reality…something greater than yourself.

God is love and love is God.

Choose to have choices.

This world of duality is ruled by change…Trust in that which does not change.

Learn from your past, plan for your future but live in the present.

Love isn’t blind, it’s forgiving.

Ignorance is not bliss…Ignorance is pain…Innocense is bliss.

God is the One pretending to be the many.

You’re a self in search of itself…You are God.

The traditional answer to the age-old question-Is there a God? is: “Yes. No. or I don’t know.”  The awakened answer is: “Yes we are.”

The death of your ego and your transcendence of ALL belief and ALL faith comes with your enlightenment.

Be still and let your gifts emerge and blossom for your benefit and for the world’s benefit.

Enlightenment not only fulfills your destiny to make conscious contact with your Source (within), it also resolves old psychological issues.

When your search for the meaning of life can no longer be handled by your intellect, you’re ready for spirituality; something best handled by your intuition.

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The School of Hard Knocks

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February 25, 2012

It’s been said, over and over, that we are physical beings who live in a world where a very few of us might get lucky and have a mystical (spiritual) experience. Actually, we are spirit (spiritual) beings who are temporarily having a physical experience.

As spirit, we are immortal (eternal) and aware of our connection to all life -  something greater than ourselves. We are also formless. However, to grow, spiritually, we must take human (physical) form. When we do this, we temporarily give up our awareness of our connection to all life, our knowledge of our immortality and of  the unconditional love of which we art part. We also forget that our non-physical being is perfect.

Why would we do this? Why pretend to give up a perfect life for one of imperfection? The reason is to grow; spiritually – We can only become enlightened when in the physical form. Imperfect? Yes. But necessary and worth the effort. This is how we answer our eternal question to ourself: “Who Am I?”

For the first six months of our lives we are more in touch with our spirit nature than our physical world. From this early age we begin to have an ego. Through the ego we begin to feel a separation from our spiritual life and begin to get attached to our physical world. We are becoming an “I”, no longer an “us”.

None of this would work without the element of forgetfulness. To get lost in our world of form we must forget our true, formless, world of spirit. And, we do. We do it so well that most of us believe, for the rest of our physical lives, that the physical world, the world of form, is all there is.

When we experience something abnormal; like déjà vu or an out-of-body event, we either discount it as an aberration to be ignored or something to be frightened of. We are trained to be stressed if we ever hear inner voices that others do not hear. Either way, anything that threatens our “normal”, physical existence, is to be denied.

This is not a bad state of affairs. This is necessary. As the song “Amazing Grace” says: “I was lost but now I’m found.” – To be found one must first get lost. Our school of hard knocks is designed to help us get lost. We inhabit a world of duality – up/down, in/out, black/white, yin/yang, old/young, hot/cold, up/down, male/female, etc. Everything in this world is dual and subject to the law of change.

So, here we are; a perfect being in an imperfect form, in a world of duality subject to the law of change. We have forgotten our true, eternal origin of unconditional love and are becoming more and more attached to this three-dimensional, mortal, physical world of form. All is working as it should.

To know yourself you must know others (“separate” from you). To know what it means to have more you must know what it means to have less. To know ease you must learn struggle and so on with peace/war, pleasure/pain, strength/weakness, inclusiveness/exclusiveness, tranquility/anger, adequate food/hunger, gain/loss, success/failure and so on. No coin has only one side. To know life you must have an understanding of both sides.

If there were no up, where would down begin? No hot, where would cold begin? These are not opposites, they are complements. They are each part of the other. It’s a package deal. To have one you must have the other.

Hear the funniest joke ever and you can laugh just so long…change rules. Experience a sadness beyond belief and you must eventually stop crying…change rules. Just like the weather and the seasons, whatever is happening now will change. As you read this, you are changing whether you want to or not. You are immersed in a world of change (desperately) searching for that which does not change…for that which has no beginning and, therefore, no end…that which, being eternal, has no birth and so has no death.

In a relatively short time we become attached to this world of duality. It may be frightening, tough and painful at times but, due to the law of change, these lead us to happy and joyful times, too. All is temporary. Once we realize that change rules we can adjust our sails and weather all storms of dismay as they happen. When we decide that this game of pretend has gone on for long enough we begin to wonder – “Is this all there is?” At this point the conscious, earnest search for our true self begins.

Our journey (imagined) is not from point A to point B. It is from point A to point A only, with learning, we get back to point A and know it for the first time. We never really go anywhere but we do get to learn. This is the school of hard knocks. We learn and, due to “free will”, we learn in our own time.

We go from being (unknowingly) part of the problem (operating from a position of fear) to being part of the solution (operating from a position of love). Just as darkness is the absence of light, fear is the absence of love…Not real absence, only perceived absence. We can never really be separate from our source of unconditional love…but we can think we are. We can perceive ourselves as being separate blades of grass but we are, inextricably, all part of the lawn.

My “Six-Step Path” is designed to take you from stress to enlightenment. briefly, this guide is: Step 1.  OBSERVE yourself without judgment. Step 2. FORGIVE yourself and others. Step 3. ACCEPT what you observe. Step 4. LOVE yourself unconditionally. Step 5. AWAKEN from your dream. Step 6. CELEBRATE life forever.

Now, part of the solution, we work to help others to learn what we have learned. Why? Because now we know that they are us. We are all connected and part of the same thing greater than ourselves. We know that we are the light we go towards. With this remembering; that our true self is eternal, we lose our fear of death…What has a beginning must have an end…That which has a birth must have a death. We are eternal.

Having come full circle, from point A to point A, we have fulfilled our destiny as a human being; of going from being everything to thinking we were less than everything to knowing, down to our bones, that we are everything. Our forgetfulness gone, although still in human form, we are awareness of spirit in a physical body. We have made conscious contact with our divinity within. This is what we call enlightenment, epiphany, satori, spiritual awakening.

We are now free from suffering, off the wheel of karmic debt, able to live a spontaneous life, in the moment…awake, alert and thoughtless. When awake, alert and thoughtless…not thinking, we are in meditation. When in meditation we are no longer self-directed. When not self-directed, we are source-directed…What we call God takes over. We are one with the universe. We do what we love and we love what we do. Life becomes effortless. Sad things still happen, but suffering ends. You become the best you you can be. …from moment to moment. We embrace all of our life, as it happens, now. We lose track of (linear) time. We embrace all (our) life, as it happens, now. As such, we become a living message of how to live…simply, true to ourselves. We are living messengers, in human, physical form, who have transcended our physical state. We are ready, willing and anxious to serve others.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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A Lifelong Craving

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February 20, 2012

A Lifelong Craving

Have you noticed that no matter how much external success people have, they may still not be happy. They can have everything going for them – youth, looks, good physical health, connections, power, talent, money and fame. Still, they squander all this on booze, drugs and suicide.

We’re perplexed. We wonder how they can do this? Why throw all these gifts and good fortunes away? Will they ever be content? Will they ever be happy and at peace? What do they really want? What do they need?

It must be something that can’t be satisfied by more…more money, more fame, more career success. They are on an opulent merry-go-round of more. More of the same just will not do. They are living proof that no amount of material success will bring inner peace. No matter how much external success possessed, it cannot be a substitute for inner peace. When you’re thirsty, food will not do…You need water. When you’re tired, a new car will not do. You need rest.

So, what they’re craving must be something different from these obvious attainments…When hungry for love, a new house or big business deal will not do. Unconditional love is what we crave from birth and, when recognized as eternally present within us, we can relax and enjoy whatever level of external success we have.

And, the good news is that unconditional love is not something you attain. It is not something you work for. It is a given…from birth. It is already within. It is something you uncover/discover. It is already there.

 

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Apples & Oranges

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December 26, 2011

People throughout the world and throughout history are given a choice of religion or atheism. There is a third choice…spirituality. Most people think religion when they hear the word spirituality. Religion and spirituality are not the same. Most, if not all, religions are created around an individual’s spiritual awakening…a mystical experience. Without spirituality there would be no religion.

Yet, even though religion starts with an epiphany, it quickly loses sight of its origins and overshadows the spiritual awakening. Spirituality goes beyond blind faith in a power (source) greater than one’s self. It is direct, personal knowledge of such a force. Spirituality is not only a third choice of paths, it is the most important of all choices. It is the reason why we are here. it is our destiny.

APPLES & ORANGES

Religion and spirituality are like apples and oranges. They each have a different area of interest; a different area of expertise.

Religion is exclusive – It creates an “us” and a “them”. Spirituality says that all life is precious and equal.

Religion is filled with ritual and ceremony. Spirituality is spontaneous.

Religion makes you dependent, upon it – for comfort, for information, for salvation and more. Spirituality makes you independent – of everything.

Religion has a hierarchy; from the most important and most revered to the least important and least revered. Spirituality has no hierarchy…all are equal.

Religion is taught. No one knows about religion from birth. Religions can be very different so anything can be taught. Spirituality is known; intuitively. It cannot be taught…it must be felt.

Religion is about God. Spirituality is a direct, personal relationship with God.

Religion can be a comfort or a cause of discomfort in this three-dimensional, physical world of duality. Spirituality offers a way to transcend this world.

Religion can be a support system and a social and moral guidepost for the physical body and all external to it. Spirituality is the path to the inner world.

Religion is concerned with the divinity without. Spirituality is concerned with the divinity within.

Religion puts information in you. Spirituality helps you uncover what is already within you.

Religion needs followers. Spirituality needs nothing more than for you to lead yourself.

Choose carefully – From each according to its design; its purpose. Render unto religion that which belongs to religion. Render unto spirituality that which belongs to spirituality. They need not be adversaries. Let apples be apples and oranges be oranges.

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Dialogue 2011

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December 15, 2011

Dialogue – 2011

Q. Does life have a purpose?

A. Yes.

Q. What is that purpose?

A. The purpose of life is to make conscious contact with our source while still in our physical body. The word source can be substituted for with labels such as: universal force, God, Allah, Jehovah, nature, energy, cosmic consciousness, etc.

Q. What happens if we don’t make this contact?

A. We will never know complete peace until we make this contact.

Q. What if I want to devote my life to the pursuit of material things, instead?

A. This isn’t an either/or situation. We can make conscious contact with our source and pursue success on the material plane, too.

Q. What do I have to do?

A. Be the best you you can be, 24/7…Not THE best, just your best.

Q. How do I do that?

A. Let’s work backwards – To become enlightened…conscious realization that you are loved, unconditionally and are part of something greater than yourself. Successful meditation leads to a state where you are awake, alert and thoughtless…You are conscious without thought.

Q. What if I don’t do formal meditation?

A. Informal meditation arises, effortlessly, when you get lost in a “natural activity”, for you.

Q. What does that mean? What is informal meditation and what is a “natural activity

A. A “natural activity” for you is one where you are so engaged, so involved, that you lose track of (linear) time. – reading a book, watching a movie, playing a sport, gardening, cooking, socializing are a few natural activities.

Q. Does everyone have the same “natural activities”?

A. No.

Q. Does a “natural activity” last a lifetime?

A. It can. Some of our natural likes are from childhood and some come later in life. Some can last a few months and some can last for your entire life. Get lost in your life as often as possible.

Q. What happens if I live like this?

A. This lifestyle puts you on a direct, personal, path to being awake, alert and thoughtless: a meditative state that leads to enlightenment.

Q. What is enlightenment?

A. Enlightenment, satori, epiphany, spiritual awakening, etc. happens when you become aware of the divinity within.

Q. What does that mean?

A. We all have a touch of the divine within. We pretend to be unaware of this. But, it always there…always has been.

Q. What happens with this awakening?

A. We open to our eternal connection to all life. We no longer see ourselves as separate individuals (like blades of grass), to realizing that we are more, much, more –We are part of something greater than ourselves (part of the lawn).

Q. Is that it? Is there more?

A. Yes. We not only awaken to our being part of something greater than ourselves. We also realize that we ARE that thing greater than ourselves. We awaken to our true self. We ARE the light we go towards.

Q. How long does it take for this awakening to happen?

A. It can happen rather quickly – months or even weeks.

Q. How do I begin?

A. Following my “Six-Step Path” is one way. In weeks or even days, your awareness and your life will start changing for the better. In fact, once you do Step 1, the other five steps will fall into place rapidly and effortlessly.

Q. What is your “Six-Step Path”?

A. My “Six-Step Path” is as follows:

Step 1. Observe yourself without judgment
Step 2. Forgive yourself and others.
Step 3. Accept what you observe.
Step 4. Love yourself unconditionally.
Step 5. Awaken from your dream.
Step 6. Celebrate life forever.

As Siddartha and many others have made clear for the past 2,500 years—“All life is suffering”. Fortunately, he and others offer ways to transcend this suffering. The way is meditation…not necessarily formal meditation. The form of meditation I endorse is informal…It is your daily life…”as it is”.

At first, the Six-Step Path may seem simplistic. Actually, it is—we are complex. Aristotle was so right when he said—“The unexamined life is not worth living”.

My Six-Step Path begins with Observation…not just any observation. This most difficult of all six steps is non-judgmental observation. With non-judgmental observation you witness your own behavior with all its flaws and weaknesses that all humans possess.

For example, when you get angry, observe that anger. Focus your attention on it. Don’t judge it as either justified or wrong or any other qualifier. Simply see it as a behavior of you, a human being. The more intense and often you focus your attention on your behavior…all your behaviors, without judgment, the more you will see these behaviors begin to wane. The more you see the less they will be. As you get more familiar with your imperfect self, you will become, little-by-little, more forgiving of your real self.

This brings us to the second step in the Six-Step Path…That of
Forgiveness. The degree to which you judge yourself is the degree
to which you judge others. As you begin to lighten up and be more
forgiving of yourself…your own flaws and weaknesses, your judg-
ment of others will also become less frequent and less harsh. In
time, this forgiveness of your self and others leads to step three
of the Six-Step Path—Acceptance.

Once you can observe without judgment and forgive imperfections you naturally adopt an attitude of acceptance. To forgive and accept what you observe, in yourself and others, is the beginning of true spirituality…and, ultimately, enlightenment.

Living a non-judgmental life of observation, forgiveness and ac-
ceptance brings you to the fourth step in the Six-Step Path—Love.
Unconditional love; love without conditions; for your self and oth-
ers. This is the true, and only, love that comes from our source,
through us, to all life. This love IS our source (and us). At this point
you are in sync with your source…no longer trying to control the
world, just letting it be. In Zen this is “life as it is”.

Living in this manner you will surely Awaken from your dream-your dream of separation from your source into a separate, ego-centered identity. Your awakening; also called: satori, enlightenment, epiphany, etc. is two-fold—First you know, down to your bones, that you are part of something greater than yourself. Next, you realize that you ARE that thing greater than yourself.

When this happens, you can’t help but want to Celebrate every
moment of life for the miracle it is. The way to express this under-
standing is to serve others; for they are you…All life is one. Cele-
brate life forever.

As you progress (imagined) from being a fear-based, ego-centric
part of the universal problem, you become an accepting, loving,
part of the solution. Your self in search of itself has found itself in
six steps. You are now back where you started but with the under-
standing of what it means to be…where you are…in the now.

Q. This seems rather simplistic. Can it be this simple?

A. Absolutely. Universal truths are simple. It is we who are complex.

Q. Will following your “Six-Step Path” bring me peace, love and joy?

A. Yes.

Q. Is this something new?

A. No and yes. Meditation of various kinds has been around for thousands of years. My “Six-Step Path” has been around since 1981.

Q. So, to know real peace is to go beyond the five senses…to something within; not external.

A. Yes. Exactly. Our five senses put us in contact with our external world; a world of three dimensions and dual elements. This world is ruled by the law of change.

Q. Which sense puts us in touch with our interior world?

A. Our sixth sense; our intuition, is designed to deal with things spiritual. This sixth sense is ruled by feelings.

Q. Is this sixth sense as important as the other five?

A. Our sixth sense is our most important sense. Yet, it is often treated as less important as the other senses…or even unimportant.

Q. What’s so special about our sixth sense.

A. Using our sixth sense properly puts us in touch with that which does not change…that which is eternal. It connects us to a part of us not detectable by our five senses. Our external world has a beginning and an end. Anything that has a birth has a death. That is the nature of our external, 3-D world of duality.

Q. Is there anything that has neither beginning nor birth and therefore no end or death?

A. Yes. The force within us is eternal. It was here before our universe and even before (linear) time itself. It will be here after the end of time itself.

Q. Wow!

A. Wow, indeed. Our external, 3-D world of duality has much to be explored; all of a dual nature – hot/cold, yin/yang, up/down, male/female, good/bad, war/peace, etc. Just as you can’t have a one-sided coin, you need to know both sides of a situation to fully understand it…in/out, old/young, smooth/rough.

Q. Once we have a grasp of our external, physical world, are we then ready to explore our internal, non-physical world?

A. Yes, and the sooner the better. In much of the world, when your first grandchild is born you are expected to begin your search for your spiritual roots. This can be something as mild as reading a few books to entering a monastery.

Q. When is a good time to begin our spiritual search?

A. ASAP. We all come with expiration dates, so there’s no time to waste.

Q.
Am I too old to do this?

A. No. As long as you are alive, it is the right time to begin your spiritual search.

Q. To review what we’ve discussed here –

* We all have the same purpose; the same destiny…to make conscious contact with our source.

* We do this by becoming silent; through some form of meditation.

* Living our lives, 100% involved, with “right activities”; allows our life to become our meditation.

* Not thinking, jus being, makes us awake, alert and thoughtless.

* In this state we transcend the 3-D, physical world of duality.

* We then become aware of an interior force that has always been with us.

* Recognizing (remembering) this force as our true self, we awaken from our dream and begin to live a life of peace. Love and joy.

* We go from being a fear-based part of the human problem to a love-based part of the human solution.

* It is at this point that we have fulfilled our destiny as a human being.

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CREATIVITY

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August 31, 2011

Creativity
By
Don Lubov

Creativity is the nectar of the gods. When it flows, it’s the adrenalin in your veins. When bathed in it’s all-consuming fragrance, you know down to your bones that you’re part of something greater than yourself. You lose all track of time. Your need for rest, for food, for sleep and especially, for thought, vanish.

The artist, graced with creative inspiration, makes paintings, writes music, choreographs dance, produces new shapes and writes books, because of this inner force. The inspiration (to be in spirit) needs a creative outlet on the physical plane, to express itself – The inspirational force is formless and so needs people to give it form. Without creative inspiration, nothing happens. Without the artist, nothing happens. Without the witness to the creation; the audience, there’s no point in creating. All three are necessary in the creative process.

Whether you paint, sculpt, write books, make music, dance, make crafts, design buildings, take photographs, write poems, act, cook, garden, make films or are active in science, you relish the moment when inspiration strikes. You can feel it. It’s time to move, to make, to do. You will not be distracted. When your muse calls, the physical world disappears and your focus narrows to the task at hand. Words and forms and sounds and design elements must all be assembled in balanced harmony so that beauty can be born.

All thought vanishes in an energetic frenzy that will not rest until all creative efforts are resolved into a wholly satisfying result. This is not the time for critique. Not the time for thought. This is the time to surrender, totally, to the direction from within. Like a cork in a swift-moving stream, you are willingly tossed this way and that, at the whim of the work. And, never forget that this is work…glorious work, all encompassing work, welcome work. Work that lets you know what it means to be fully alive, in the moment…100% involved and 0% attached to the results.

The thinking artist puts pencil to paper and makes marks. The inspired artist caresses the paper with graphite, lovingly and maneuvers the material to create genius on the two-dimensional level. Whether words or paint strokes or sounds, when the work is done, if only for that day, you are drained, but grateful to have been part of the creative equation. Exhausted, now comes pleasurable rest.

The truth and beauty of great art can be felt by all who witness it. People are moved by the legitimate expression of inner forces. That sharing of honest form can lead to tears of joy or tears of sadness…whichever the artist conveyed.

The harmonious combination of just the right measured elements and a regularly practiced technique – the proper balance of parts, the just right scale of proportion, the perfect word or sound or movement at just the right moment is beauty of the first order.

No need for instruction on how to react. When in the presence of honest, true creation, of any media, the heart knows how to feel. The pulse races in harmony with the creation. The appropriate applause comes naturally. The viewer and the viewed, or read, or sung merge in a willing dance of appreciation. Smiles spread and beam, bursting with feeling.

The artist creates from an inner urge to express. The force within gets to channel itself, through the artist, to become a physical creation. This formless power has been given form. The viewer is pleased to share in this creation. Force, artist, audience – a win, win, win situation of the first magnitude. All are satisfied.

The writer, the content and the reader are all necessary in this celebration of creative activity. All have a part to play. Each must be open to receive its offering. The force is grateful for a path to follow. The artist is grateful for the inspiration and the chance to use his/her talents. The audience is grateful to bear witness to truth and beauty.

Creativity is a fundamental human expression. It puts the civil in civilization. It is, ultimately, why we are here. Without us, the sound of the tree falling in the forest is lost. It is our destiny as a species to listen to our inner voices. We are obliged to receive what is offered in the loving spirit in which it is offered. We are grateful to be a channel for our inner force and to allow it to flow through us to others.

Inspiration, creator, audience. Sometimes we are one, sometimes another, but we’re all part of the creative equation. Creativity is the breath of life. We couldn’t live without it.

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Introduction to Life’s Purpose

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August 18, 2011

Introduction to Life’s Purpose

 

Life has a purpose – to make conscious contact with your Source (God, Energy, Universal Force, Cosmic Consciousness, Nature, etc.) while still in your physical body. This force is not detectable by the five senses…only the sixth (intuition). It is  love, and love must be felt to be experienced.

You can find your spiritual roots and uncover the divinity within you. You are programmed for success. You accomplish this by living in the present, 100% involved and 0% attached  to the results of your efforts…(see desire and attachment). You can do this. In fact, you do this all the time – books, films, gardening, etc. You must live the life you are meant to live the life you were born to live. This life, your life, focuses on your special gifts and talents; past and present and encourages it to blossom. This can be your work or your hobby.

Living this way not only fulfills your destiny as a human being and brings satisfaction, peace, love and joy. It also eliminates stress and anger and all suffering.

My “Six-Step Path” shows you how to live this way…how to see, and be, the real, beautiful you, just beneath the surface. You are destined for two births – The first is physical and the second is spiritual.

This transformation from the fear-based, externally-manufactured you, to the love-based, internally-created, real you can happen surprisingly quickly. It can begin today. I’ll give you the tools. You just have to choose to use them.

Believe in your ability to change for the better. Change is the operant force in this 3-D, physical world of duality – up/down, in/out, not/cold, male/female, ying/yang, etc. Change rules, so flow with it.

Baggage is the training wheels on your first two-wheeler. Baggage helps you get to be lost. You can’t be found until you are lost (Amazing Grace). You need to get lost…in your life so that you can be awake, alert and thoughtless in the present. This (spiritually) receptive state is usually achieved by (formal) meditation. You can achieve the same level of focused attention (informally) by getting lost in the moment. Which moment? Your moment.

The most common situations for easily getting lost are: watching a movie, reading a book, listening to music, playing or watching a sports event, dancing and socializing.

So, you see, you get lost in your own life on a regular basis. Next, just expand on these popular activities to the rest of your life – the activities you are naturally attracted to – gardening, golf, cooking, painting a picture. It can be things you loved to do as a child: singing, finger-painting, legos, running, etc., and still do. It can be things you that you didn’t previously care for but do now: dancing, jewelry–making, hiking, writing, etc.

Get totally involved in your own life; activities you are drawn to, activities that bring you happiness; things you enjoy even when you’re not paid to do them…or forced to do them. Things that allow you to immerse yourself in the moment Getting involved to the point where you lose track of time. Being lost in the moment, without thought, is called meditation. And, meditation leads to enlightenment.

It’s time to become your own science project…Aristotle: “The unexamined life is not worth living.” Does your past rule your present? Is your present spent in fear of the future? Are following your heart, your bliss? Or, are you living for others, past and present?

The 3-D, physical world of duality is impermanent, temporary, short-lived; subject to change. The force within you is the only part of you that is permanent and eternal. It was there before you were born and will be there after you die. This Source within you is love…unconditional love. Unconditional love is a synonym for God. God is love and love is God…nameless and formless.

You are not only God, you are the light you go towards. The world is not so much “how you find it as it is how you make it.” The world is only a mirror of how you feel at the moment – happy or sad. How you feel influences your world. Embrace your world “as it happens” – good or bad. My “Six-Step Path” shows you how to do this.

All of history is about love lost and love regained. Love, or the perceived lack of it, rules the world. All behaviors come from a position of love or a position of fear…fear comes from the perceived lack of love. All else is learned.

With love lost, the landscape is cold, competitive and bleak. With love regained, the landscape is, once again, a place of joy, peace and happiness. In Either case, the landscape is neutral; a mirror of our selves and our attitudes.

Those who bask in the warm glow of love regained are, themselves, a mission of love and their actions are directed by love – think Mother Theresa. Those who suffer in the wake of love lost, spread fear, anger and violence in their desperate search that lost love. We are what we seek. We are the question and the answer. We are the light we go towards on our (imagined) journey home to our true, eternal, temporarily lost, loving selves.

 

 

 

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July 18, 2011

The world is not so much “out there” as it is “in here; in you”. You and your outer world are interdependent. How the world is, is not how you see it…How you see it (create it) is how the world is.

Mindfulness helps you understand this. Mindfulness is nonjudgmental awareness, which leads to self-knowing. It helps you to be present and awake in the here and now. You have to pay attention to your life as if it mattered. Then, you awaken to your own divinity and beauty within…This is the beginning of true wisdom. Knowledge comes from without. Wisdom comes from within.

Turn within and get to know yourself. As Aristotle said: “The unexamined life is not worth living.” You become intimately familiar with yourself. Learn to accept yourself with kindness and compassion. With this new awareness you can change your karma; your fate. The more you know yourself, the more you are capable of healing yourself and, ultimately, of loving yourself. Follow the path of peace, love and silence; within.

The “best” meditation is no meditation…when you life becomes your meditation; 24/7. Meditation leads to liberation from suffering. Being totally merged in the present moment, free of expectations. This is Zen’s “original mind.

Awareness of life leads to pure awareness; being life itself. “What you are looking for is who is looking.” – St. Francis. That who is me, is you, is us. We, collectively are the IT we look for. The answer to the question: “Is there a God?” is: “Yes we are.”

Be present without attachment. Don’t be this or that or something else…just be…you now, in this moment, with neither desire nor attachment. Be who and where you are. Trust your heart and intuition…and your nonjudgmental mind. Be awake, alert and thoughtless. This is liberation from suffering.

Your journey is from point A to point A…from here to here. But, with a new understand of here…totally here, now.

Instead of suffering with sensory impotence – to look without seeing, to listen without hearing and , ultimately, to touch without feeling; a learned dis-ease, of isolation and pain, you can go on to a life of unity, peace, happiness, health, goodness and beauty and, above all, love. This comes with a conscious awareness of your connection to something greater than yourself, and to others.

Two Wolves

One evening and old Cherokee told his grandson of a battle that goes on inside people. He said: “My son, the battle is between two wolves inside all of us. One is evil. It is anger, jealousy, regret, sorrow, self-pity, greed, arrogance, guilt, resentment, lies, inferiority, false pride, superiority and ego. The other is good. It is love, hope, peace, joy, serenity, kindness, humility, faith, empathy, benevolence, generosity and compassion. The grandson thought about this and then asked his grandfather: “Which wolf wins?” The old Cherokee replied: “The one you feed.”

Some native-American quotes from Guy A. Zona might be appropriate here:

All religions are but stepping stones back to God – Pawnee
With all things and in all things, we are relatives. – Sioux
There is no death, only a change of worlds. – Duwamish Indians
Who serves his fellows is of all the greatest. – Dakota
It makes no difference as to the name of God, since love is the real God… – Apache
Wisdom comes only when you stop looking for it and start living the life the Creator intended for you. – Hopi
God gives each of us a song. – Ute
We’re all leaves on the same tree. – tribe unknown
Sharing and giving are the ways of God. – Sauk
When you have learned about love, you have learned about God. – Fox
There are many ways to God. – Arapaho
There are many paths to a meaningful sense of the natural world. – Blackfoot
Sharing and giving are the ways of God. – Sauk
When you have learned about love, you have learned about God. – Fox
There are many ways to God. – Arapaho

If your life feels superficial and unsatisfying and you feel there must be something more; something peaceful and satisfying, you are right. Stop resisting change and begin to flow with it. By accepting change, as it happens, you will transcend suffering and replace it with wisdom, peace, healing, forgiveness and love.

Stress is caused by not being content with who and where you are in the present…by not accepting your nows as they are. Be totally when and where you are…without judgment. All situations are subject to the law of impermanence. All is change. Accept and be comfortable with how things are, now…They won’t be that way for long.

Our true nature is pure awareness itself…open and nonjudgmental. Thinking turns situations into problems. Problems and obstacles are actually opportunities…for positive, spiritual growth.

All meditation is about liberation and freedom. Grow into your true self and uncover and let blossom your gifts and talents…for your benefit and for the world’s.

More Aphorisms

All is impermanent…Everything changes.
Become consciously aware and be free.
Nothing in the universe stands still.
You are the question and the answer.
You are the light you go towards.
Knowledge is to be found outside us…Wisdom and love are to be found within.
Trust your heart and intuition.
Trust in that which does not change.
Trust in that which has no beginning and no end.
Trust in that which has no birth and no death.
Trust in that which is eternal.
Now, this moment, is all there is. Live it, embrace it, accept it and be free.
Past and future are illusion.
A separate self is illusion.
God is love and love is God.
You are part of something greater than yourself.
You are that thing greater than yourself.
Make conscious contact with your Source while still in your physical body.
Intuition transcends reason.
“The ego builds walls. Love builds bridges.”
You don’t have to prove a truth, only reveal it.

“There was something formless and perfect
before the universe was born.
It is serene. Empty.
Solitary. Unchanging.
Infinite. Eternally present.
It is the mother of the universe.
For lack of a better name,
I call it the Tao.”
Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

Due to “free-will”, we are responsible for all our suffering in our 3-D, physical world of duality. As long as we ignore our inner craving for unity with our Source, we will continue our painful existence. What we believe, we create. We are responsible for the world we create. We decide whether or not to live our true inner selves, our unique, gifted, self…for our sake and for the sake of others.

To change a stressful situation you must become aware of it. We learn by facing up to conflict. Simple but effective. As Aristotle said: “The unexamined life is not worth living.” So, get to know yourself, intimately…Observe and learn. Wisdom and happiness lie within. To be healthy we all need a sense of purpose. We find our purpose by looking within. Do something you love regularly…as you get to know yourself.

Tao

“Something infinite,
Older than heaven and earth,
Silent, solitary and vast,
Eternal, unchanging,
Yet, ever evolving,
Throughout ten thousand things.
Not knowing its name,
I call it Tao.
A mystery beyond words,
I call it great.”
Lao Tzu

The battle of “us against them” is duality’s illusion. The Hippocratic Oath: “Above all, do no harm.” is a better approach. “Life is an echo – what you send out comes back.” – Chinese proverb. So, be the best you you can be, from moment to moment, and love yourself unconditionally.

“Thou shalt have no other God before me.” We are me. Me is us. There is no God but us. God is love is life. God is. Love is. Life is. You are all. You are God. You are life. You are love. You may not be able to explain God…However, you can experience God. God is always changing and expanding…through us…changing and becoming. God is love, freedom, joy, peace, unity. God is us. Change yourself and you change the world. “Be the change (world) you wish to see.” – Gandhi. God’s purpose is to know itself…by experiencing itself…to evolve.

You can find a new, peaceful, better world, not by looking for it, but by creating it. The creator and the created are the same…are One, not separate. You plus creator and all creation are One. Your task is to wake up to this. Life is a process of waking up. You can do this by acting enlightened…By living your life as an enlightened being…being totally involved, consciously, in the moment. This will help in your enlightenment.

“Namaste” – the God in me sees and honors the God in you. Serve all (life) for the betterment of all.

The more aware you get the more aware you want to be. First, become externally aware. Second, become internally aware. Become self-aware…self conscious. Become conscious of your consciousness. Become aware of your awareness. This will lead to consciousness expansion.

We are not created in God’s image. We created God in our image. We are the ultimate creators. We are not only part of something greater than ourselves, we are that thing greater than ourselves. That thing that is eternal. Life, God, us – truly divine.

Re-create yourself anew. Transform yourself, now. Be the best, most unique, gifted you you can be, now. Be love, Be life. Be God. – all same. We are all One. So, serving others is serving yourself. Your connection to the divine is eternal and fixed. It’s in your DNA. And, you are programmed for success in your spiritual pursuits.

Enlightenment is knowing that there is nothing you have to do to be enlightened. All you have to do to find peace, love and joy in every moment is to be 100% involved in each moment; which means without judgment. Just live your life, 100% involved and 0% attached, without thought and be the the best you you can be…at the moment – not the best in the world, or the best in your neighborhood…just your best in this very moment. Love all, especially yourself, unconditionally and follow your path of joy.

Discover your own divinity within. Love yourself as you would have others love you…and as you would love others. By your (enlightened) behavior you can cause others to be enlightened. This is good for you and for the world.

 

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July 3, 2011

Random Notes

Real spiritual growth is always an isolated, individualistic pursuit. You discover life’s meaning by looking within.

Without God, life has no purpose. Finding your relationship to something greater than yourself, God, is your purpose and your destiny.

God is the real creator…including us and our ability to create. We are not only part of God’s plan; we ARE God’s plan.

Learn to love and you will learn about God and vice versa.

All is here and now. Transcendence of suffering is here and now.

Troubles, problems, challenges, obstacles are all opportunities for spiritual growth. There are no coincidences.

Being fully alive, 100 % in the moment, being the best you you can be is fulfilling your destiny which then grants you your birthright of enlightenment…peace, joy and unconditional love.

Your unique combination of gifts, talents and abilities are there to flow freely in service to others. You are you, specifically, to be you wholeheartedly, in synce with your creator, to serve all and so, serve yourself (God).

Observe, Forgive, Accept, Love, Awaken and Celebrate and your life becomes your meditation 24/7. Thy will becomes my will and life is infused with sincere passion, whatever you are doing.

Pain, suffering and problems lead to love (God) and transcendence of suffering. They are opportunities for growth.

Your spirit must be where your body is. Love yourself (as God does) and love others as you love yourself. Love God and love people. Life without love is worthless. The
purpose of life is to learn to love.

Being in love is being in the moment, lost in time, focused.

Be connected and be dependent on each other. Share without judgment and never hold grudges. Our ability to get along with others is a sign of our spiritual maturity.

Work for peace. Be mindful. Let cooperation triumph over competition. Be patient and be kind.

Only human beings are made in God’s image. We can think and we know right from wrong. You were created to be like God. Is there a God…Yes we are! As we let God into our life we are transformed from within. Your life is shaped by your thoughts. Your trial and tribulations build character. There is a purpose behind every hardship. There are no coincidences.

Once born again you start becoming like the One who made you and your life becomes more beautiful. Change means fear and loss and pain. But, it also means growth.

You’re here on earth to make a contribution. You’re part of a mighty plan. You were created to contribute to life on earth. When you do that, you serve others. When ;you serve others you serve (God) yourself. Service and awakening go hand in hand.
Once awakened you want to serve.

You were given abilities, interests, talents, gifts to develop and use…in service to others. Not using what you’ve been given is cheating the world of your gifts. Your heart tells you what you really care about, what you are passionate about, what you are enthusiastic about. Be mindful of what you love to do. Follow your passion and you will excel. The more you excel the better to serve while loving what you are doing.

Serving by doing what you love you experience fulfillment and satisfaction. Focus on your natural abilities and loves…the things you do when you lose track of time. You lose track of time and you feel fully alive.

It’s not what happens to you that’s important. It’s what you do with what happens to you that’s important; how you deal with what life hands you.

God wants to speak to the world through you!

Practice and develop your gifts and talents. Get lost in your life serving others. Learn from your life’s lessons. Fix your gaze on that which is unseen…the eternal.

The search for the true self beneath the surface begins with forgiveness; first to the self and then to others. This leads to self-love which leads to love for others. This encourages service to others. Forgiveness and judgment form the basis for opening the path to enlightenment.

Zen is a clean, unencumbered, non-ceremonial, non-religious, direct path to enlightenment. Everything that has happened to you since birth has led to the you you are now.

Intuition alerts you to that “something”, neither seen nor heard, lying just below the surface…something different, something important, something satisfying.

The birth of the search for spirituality marks the beginning of the end for the ego. The ego, since maybe six months of age, has led you to this point…where it cannot go. It had a beginning and now must die.

Aristotle said: “The unexamined life is not worth living.” Through a thorough examination of your life comes the awakening to God’s love and to the realization that God IS love.

When you can accept your difficult situations and problems as opportunities for spiritual growth you will be ready for accepting life AS IT IS…life on its own terms.

We are the question and we are the answer to: “Who Am I?” Finding the answer to this universal question leads to a transformation and transcendence of all suffering and ultimately to a lasting peace, love and joy.

Spirituality is the answer to the question: “Is that all there is?”

Who Am I? Why am I here? What is my purpose? What is my destiny? Why don’t I feel completely satisfied? Why am I not 100% content? Why am I anxious? Is there a God? If so, what is God? What is real?

Observe without judgment. Be open to whatever comes your way. Life is mysterious. Be open to mystical experiences.

As with quantum physics, we influence and are a part of what we observe. We are important in the moment, the now, the present.

Find the unity in duality.

Ego doesn’t want to wake up. Ego is the part of us that wants to feel separate, self-important, isolated and lives in fear. It wants to be unique. It is against your search for reality. As ego goes, so goes attachment and desire…the roots of suffering.

There is nothing to grasp and no one to grasp it. You are the question and you are the answer. Enlightenment is your birthright and union with your source (God) is your destiny. The search for your self and the search for God are one and the same.

All life is interconnected and interdependent so service to others IS service to self.

Buddha said: “Life is suffering.” Accept life AS IT IS and life becomes easy and flowing. You give up your need to control life. Just accept life on ITS terms. There will still be pain but not suffering. Your reward is a life that’s more alive, more connected, more content, more joyful, peaceful and loving.

As Huxley said: “Be kinder.” This means to yourself and to others.

Meditation is focus on the present…to be alert, awake and thoughtless…directs you to a direct, personal experience…of Source, Nature, God, Consciousness, IT, Cosmic Consciousness…your true self.

Be aware, awake and open to reality; fully in the moment. Zen’s beginner’s mind is your original mind…without thought or judgment.

Non-grasping, non-struggling, non-desire leads to enlightenment. You receive it when you stop desiring it.

In the world of duality all is change. Accept change and end suffering.

Observe, Forgive, Accept, Love, Awaken and Celebrate.

You have to become somebody before you can be a nobody. You have to lose yourself to find yourself. We go from (egoless) nobody to (ego driven) somebody to egoless nobody again.

Lose your ego (small self) and gain unity with your larger self…(God). Mindfulness is being aware without judging…being aware, alert and thoughtless.There is no original sin. There’s no need to blame yourself and others for the world’s problems. Unconditional love transcends all judging. Judging keeps you from enlightenment.

Accept all, AS IT IS and stop judging and you earn a life of peace, love and joy. Your daily life becomes your meditation, 24/7.

Your journey from suffering to satori is from point A to point A. You only wake up to where you’ve always been. Your blinders gone, the veil of delusion lifted, you see clearly that you’ve always been enlightened – in touch with your Source…always been who you are – your Source…a self seeking itself.

Now a part of all life, fearless, with no need to control anything…a part of something greater than yourself…rooted in the moment; the now. Ready to accept all that life has to offer – good, bad, happy, sad, easy, difficult. You are now ready to give form to the formless (your Source).

As the Buddha said: “Accept pain and end suffering.” Meet life as it comes. This reduces and even eliminates stress. Experience life to its fullest.

Instead of hardening the heart to life’s misfortunes; thereby hardening it to all feeling, open your heart to all life has to offer, even the painful and sad and be open to all life AS IT IS.

Be as a child again. Regain your innocence and wonder. Love freely, openly and unconditionally. Know everlasting peace, love and joy.

Be the change you want in the world…a non-judgmental, joyous, loving, peaceful world. Be born again. No need for perfection. Just be grateful to be.

“Follow your bliss.”—Joseph Campbell. Follow your heart and intuition. Let your real self out. Fulfill your destiny…spiritually and otherwise. You and the rest of the world will be better for it.

“True mind is no mind.”

?The more open and responsible you are for your own behavior the less you need to blame others for your unhappiness. Good or bad, right or wrong, you stand for you now.

Being responsible for yourself encourages your true self to emerge. All internal exploration leads to the same conclusion – the less you judge yourself the less you need to judge others. The more you love yourself the more you are able to love others.

The dual world of loss and gain
Where change is king and ruled by pain.
Pleasures short controlled from without
Isolated, ego’s about.

Unconditional love rules all.
Innocence lost is now regained.
No longer ruled by suffering and fear
Life with wonder and self not blamed.

The self and others free from blame.
Compassion and love’s the name of the game.
No longer separate, fear is tamed.
Cooperation – we’re all the same.

When involved in “right” activity for you, you lose yourself in it. (Linear) time doesn’t exist. You and your activity are one. You do this thing even if not paid to do it, even if not encouraged. You and this (these) activities are made for each other.

Enlightenment is your birthright and to live a life of loving service is your destiny. This is your life’s meaning and purpose. As you become more innocent you will awaken to this .And, never forget, you are programmed for success.

My aphorisms will help you wake up. They will help you say: “Aha!” They will help you trust in reality and not worry about success or enlightenment.

Trust your own instincts (heart & intuition) to guide you to find out what yu really want…What makes you feel fully alive…your destiny.

Stop running away from and stop judging yourself and be alert and patient and accepting and forgiving. Allow yourself to find out who you are and to embrace that “you”.

Rough times, painful events, scary situations are all opportunities for growth…positive growth towards what truly makes you happy. These difficult times help with your spiritual growth…towards awakening.

Forgive and love yourself and forgive and love others. Love is your birthright. Love is real. Instead of blame and guilt, take responsibility for yourself; warts and all. Do the same towards others and your life (love) will blossom…for the benefit of all.

We are spirit having a physical experience not the other way around. We get to experience the physical world of duality through our physical, mortal forms. With these physical bodies we give form to the formless (God).

Give up control and stop trying to be perfect…in a perfect body. Now you can heal, body and soul, and live. Most illness comes from stress – disease, not at ease. So, base your relationships on love, acceptance and compassion, not anger, hostility and spite.

Believe in a power greater than yourself…a wise and loving power. Let this power control your life. Welcome your good-byes as you welcome your hellos. Stop trying to control the uncontrollable. Just be in the moment. Accept your lack of control and mortality and get on with life. Be open to change – the ruling principle in the world of duality. Be open to life.

Surrender your smaller self (ego) to your larger self (God). Do this while in your physical form and live a life of peace, love and joy. Live here now but be rooted in your original place of birth. Travel with physical world while being anchored at home (God).

Release yourself from the clutches of desire and attachment. Die (ego) while you’re still alive and be reborn (spiritually) forever.

As has been said: “Sing as if no one were listening. Dance as though no one were watching.” Live as if today was the last day of your life.

As far as suicide goes – there’s no need to rush death. It’s not as if you don’t do it right away you’ll miss out and live forever. When it’s time to die, you will. We all come with expiration dates. When it’s time to die, you will. So, ready or not, live now, awaken now, be reborn now.

God is love.
God is all there is.
You and your creator are one.
To be enlightened is to realize that you are part of something greater than yourself and, you ARE that thing greater than yourself.
Ultimately, there is no enlightenment and no one to get enlightened.
Your Buddha nature is God. Your original mind is thoughtless and non-judgmental. We are temporarily and imaginatively separate and at the same time one with God.
To awaken to this reality is to fulfill your destiny, now, here on earth.
You are the light you go towards.

Evolution is part of Intelligent Design (ID) which includes creation.

Pursue the mystical experience. It is your birthright. Read, meditate, trust your intuition and, in silence, here the word of God.

The physical world of duality is ruled by change and fraught with suffering. Our feeling of separation from source keeps us off balance and anxious. This world of opposites (really, complements) – up & down, hot & cold, war & peace, right & wrong is a constant struggle. Tired of competing in such a world, we crave union with our larger self and the opportunity to live in a world of complements. We are determined to re-connect with our godhood.

A life between self-indulgence and self-denial is the way. Buddha’s “middle way”…freedom from all duality…and a path to enlightenment. Become the best you you can be but no longer bound by the world of duality…by attachment and desire.

Not learning from our mistakes, struggles and obstacles is wasting them. Learning and growing from them makes them worthwhile.

The “Butterfly Effect” is an example of karma…cause and effect. “As ye sow so shall ye reap.” We cause karma and so are responsible for our lives. As we think so go our lives. Act responsibly with the benefit of others of great importance and not selfishly and karma will not be a problem.

Being responsible and compassionate leads to choosing behaviors that promote happiness…and not suffering. It’s the opposite of “shadenfreud”. No need to feel the victim any more. No need for anger, resentment or guilt and blame.

We cease being a part of the problem and become part of the solution. “If you want to change the world, change yourself.” Charity begins at home. Become the type of person you’d like to meet. You can change your future through your current choices. Bring happiness by entering a room, not by leaving it.

“When you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.” Don’t shirk your responsibility…choose to have choices. You can’t control the behavior of others but you can control yours. After that, you can relinquish control to your larger self.

Practice forgiveness…to yourself and to others. This will end the need to blame and guilt…to self and others. Do it now. Get on with waking up from your dream ASAP.

The only obstacle between you and your enlightenment is you. Learn to accept and forgive, and you’re home free. This is the most important journey (search) of your life. The Buddha is within not without. Read. Go to class. Meditate. Remember that your path begins within.

Every satori, big or small, is of benefit to you and to the world. Be patient. Be kind. We bruise easily (ego) but we’re resilient.

Your search for your true self ends when you realize that you were never lost. There is no separate you to be enlightened and no enlightenment to attain. Your search is from point A to point A. Embrace yourself. Accept yourself. Love yourself. All else is incidental.

We search without to find within. We awaken to our true self and celebrate forever in gratitude. We long for a connection to ourselves.

Ask your questions in prayer and receive your answers in silence. Grow spiritually. It is the destiny of all sentient beings. That time is always now. When you’re tired of suffering, anger and fear…of change…When you no longer wish to compete…at all levels…When you want to be at peace with yourself and others…It’s time to awaken. When you prefer to share and cooperate…When you are ready for acceptance over denial…And love over blame. Ready to live openly, honestly and responsibly. We all come with expiration dates so there’s no time to waste.

Welcome change. Welcome conflict. Welcome obstacles and difficulties. These are your opportunities for growth.

The more loving you are, the less conflict you will encounter. The more forgiving and compassionate you are, the more love will permeate your life. Like attracts like. And, as Aldous Huxley said: “Be kinder.”

Just as Jesus died (on the cross) only to be born again (resurrected), we have to suffer the death of the ego to be reborn, egoless, to love unconditionally and to serve.

Source lives through you until there’s no you left.

Zen is truth without symbolism.

The divine within us is us.

“Be the change you want to see.” – Ghandi

Become part of the solution and no longer part of the problem.

Your source is not a thing. It is an energy; a power.

Atoms are not things.

Everything is subject to change. Suffering and discontentment result from attachment to circumstances and things…which are impermanent. Let go of attachment and ego and be free of suffering. Trust your intuition.

Our awakening is beyond words.

The goal: to become one with the universe…to wake up.

Now that you’re an adult, it is time to stop blaming others for who you are and time to decide who you want to be now.

Accept the impermanence of life and who you are. Forgive all and focus on the present…and awaken.

May your peace with the fact that you cannot be anything other than who you are. Just be the best you you can be…from moment to moment.

We do not live for ourselves, alone. We all have gifts and talents to share. With this sharing we make the world a better place for us having been here.

You have the right; the obligation to live and to write your story. So, take the time and make the effort to “grow into yourself.” Don’t die before you have begun to live.

Real beauty is not what we’re born with. Real beauty is what we become.

“If you are restless, something spiritual needs attention. Something in all of us strains for fulfillment.” If you want to know peace, contentment, joy and love, you must nourish your soul.

We manufacture our own suffering and we must learn to transcend this suffering. All things are impermanent. Clinging, desire, attachment and…resisting change cause suffering. Everything changes. Live in the present.

“Life is what you make it – always has been, always will be.” – Grandma Moses

Religion makes us aware of God. Spirituality allows us to transform our lives and give it purpose. It puts us in touch with God. Religion gives a guide…spirituality makes you your own guide. Religion is a bridge to God…spirituality is union with God. “With spirituality you embrace the world, melt into God and become the love that is God.” Spirituality takes us beyond religion to awareness of the sacredness in all…here and now, always. Religion is about God. Spirituality is a personal connection to God. Our essence, Source, etc. is the subject of religion. This essence leads us to the sacredness of all life. The sacred, the secular, the material, the spiritual are all part of the One. Religion itself is not sacred…It is a path to the sacred…a path, not the destination.

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