In freeing ourselves from any addiction, the first step is admitting that we have one. The even bigger step is for that person to then recognize that the addiction is not something to fight, but something to employ. And while only experiencing this first-hand will enable you to truly understand it, remember while you do […]
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“Has it ever occurred to you that the reason everything you touch goes wrong is because you insist on touching the wrong things? … You’ve got to stop beating your head against a wall. All you’re doing is giving yourself a headache.” ~ Uncle Cullen (from “Uncorked”) . “There is no need for self-improvement. All […]
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Wanting to hide what others might find out about you is normal … and yet hiding who you are choosing to be is impossible. So quit worrying about who’s watching, … and just let your True Self shine! “Heroes don’t leap tall buildings or stop bullets with an outstretched hand; they don’t wear boots and […]
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“We are made up of consciousness, so we are one. Not that we are THE One, but we exist completely within The One.” ~ Shoshanna Feist I don’t really write or speak too much with folks about the “Big Mystery Themes” (e.g. God, Heaven and consciousness) if for no other reason than 1) I don’t […]
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“The only way to get where you want to be, is to choose to really BE where you already are … Great Joy comes from nowhere (now here).” ~ Nanja Naisah Before we can re-member to BE who we truly Are (and actually, who we have always been), we must first have the Courage to […]
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More than few folks have asked me what I am doing for my vacation this year — what I am going to do to “enjoy myself”. And they have invariably expressed some degree of shock — if not a touch of downright dismay — when I tell them that I am using this time as […]
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“So many conditions intertwined in the mind. One must unravel thousands of knots and at times when we unravel one we accidentally create a new one. The labor is great and can only be accomplished with love; love of the labor first and then love of the individuals who knotted us to begin with. Once […]
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“The Sand People are easily startled, but they’ll soon be back … and in greater numbers.” ~ Obi-Wan Kenobi That’s the way it is with ALL of our lives’ “Sand People” — all those “enemies” who bother us or bug us or bash us or brutalize us … We can scare them, insult them, yell […]
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“What is not sought in the right way, will not be found.” ~ I Ching If you are looking for your True Self — the part of you that is Peace-full & Loving & Kind, you won’t find it by surrounding yourself with “good people” or “taking care of yourself”. You will only find your […]
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“President William McKinley, the third American president to be assassinated, lived for several days after he was shot, and towards the end, his wife started crying and screaming, “I want to go too! I want to go too!” … And with his last measure of strength, McKinley turned, smiled gently up at her, and spoke […]
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