Recently, a friend of mine was struggling with something he called “the pain of elevation” — that frustration (sometimes manifesting itself as disgust) some of us feel for those who have yet to adopt the ideals or behaviors that we perceive to be “better” or “higher”. As far as this “pain of elevation” is concerned, […]
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“The influence of a vital person vitalizes, there’s no doubt about it. The world without spirit is a wasteland.” ~ Joseph Campbell Of course, this is not to say that all those without a conscious appreciation of Spirit are unhappy or always suffer. And yet, it has been my experience that the droning life of […]
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Amen to this … EnjOy the read … and enJOY the Awakening! “Our Actions will determine whether or not time will keep on slippin’ into the future or we will fly like an eagle letting our Spirit carry us. To choose to slip is to choose to procrastinate and concentrate on what is going to […]
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“Your vision will become clear only when you decide to look with your Heart. Who looks with the eyes, dreams … Who looks with Love, awakens.” ~ inspired by Carl Jung
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“Conventionality is has nothing to do with morality, just as self-righteousness has little to do with any worthy religion. As such, to attack those former is not to assail those latter. To pluck the mask from the face of the Pharisee, is not to lift a heretical hand to the Crown of Christ. Indeed these […]
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This is indeed a big & beautiful world we live in — that ALL of us live in … together … as one big & Beauty-full sentient family … together … as one global community … together … as ONE. And even though we may not be able to do much about what is happening […]
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One day, a devout man prayed to God to show him the nature of Heaven & Hell … Seeing as how the man had been living a humble & generous life, God decided that such a request could be granted, and led the man to two doors. As the man looked on, the first door […]
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You have a saying about life that is “one foot before the other.” Let us change this now to “one wave of Love after the other,” and let this be how you go forth into your days – an adventure for God, allowing each pulse to assist in every way it can … All the […]
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Antoine de Saint-Exupery once said: If you want to build a ship, then don’t drum up men to gather wood, give orders and divide the work. Rather, teach them to yearn for the far and endless sea. So what is the “ship” we are building? A new world order of Peace — Peace amongst nations, […]
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So often we look for “miracle-workers” to amaze us — to somehow bulwark our hope for God’s existence; to support the comforting belief that even if we can’t save ourselves, God just might do our saving for us. Of course, we know on a deeper level that this “faith” is both tenuous and brittle. After […]
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