Thought for the Day

​

What you cannot see is that

every single instant of your life,

24/7/365, is a desperate attempt

to avoid intimacy with yourself,

beloved.

 

This is why you make your lists,

plans and agendas each day.

 

Ego may want you to believe

that it is about being productive,

but the real truth is that you 

are afraid to know yourself

deeply because you are terrified

of what you will find.

 

Endless distractions, sun up

to sun down, trying to outrun

the inevitable; union

you will find between

you and You.

 

To slow your life down

to such an extent that

in each instant of life

you are deeply & lovingly

connecting with the whole of you,

oh no, we can't have that!

 

Be brave. I know you can do it!

 

Because when you find

this connection with yourself,

you will find that

this same connection exists

between you and everyone,

between you and every thing.

 

No more judgments, no exclusions,

and no more divisions because

there are no exceptions.

 

Everything

is included in this love

that you are.

 

Here you recognize

that you have touched

the very essence of life,

you have embraced

the purpose and meaning

of all existence.

 

The prodigal has returned

HOME, the prodigal

has returned to

the sanctum sanctorum.

 

This is the heartbeat

of the divine----

you have consciously

merged with the Absolute,

the Mystery of Mysteries,

the lover of your soul.

 

Now...there is nothing left

to do other than live your life

and just authentically be you.

 

The light will do all the rest.

​

***

 

Prayer for the Day

​

Today is the day I begin

this exploration

of the final frontier.

 

Today, I begin the journey

of self-discovery.

 

Today I explore

through direct experience

the idea that there is no world

which exists outside of me.

 

Grace shine upon me

and bless all my steps

as I come Home

to myself.

 

For this longing to know my Self

can no longer be denied

or ignored.

 

Amen

​

***

Thought for the Day

​

No matter what is happening

in your life or the lives of 

your family or with those for whom

you love and care, and no matter

what is happening in the world,

you still remain the sole creator

of your reality.

 

No one controls your inner world

but you. No one.

 

And it will be what you want it

to be. No more and no less.

 

You are so much greater than

the sum total of all the challenges

which you will ever face

in this life, my dear.

 

And no one can limit you, ruffle

your feathers or disturb

your peace unless you give

them the power to do so.

 

And there you have it.

 

To whom or what have you

given your power away to?

​

***

 

Prayer for the Day

​

I have spent my whole life

trying to change myself

into the person that

others wanted to be,

giving them the power

which the Creator of all

had given me to wield

in this lifetime.

 

No more.

 

Help me be pristinely aware

of what I am doing, moment

by moment, for I choose

to live as peace.

 

Amen

​

***

Thought for the Day

​

The only reason you search

for God and feel there is

a difference between

yourself and the Divine,

is because you think that

"God" is something

other than the experience

which you are having

right now.

 

But what if it isn't?

 

What if it's all God

and has been

all along?

 

The sum total of everything

everywhere, without limts

or bounds?

​

***

 

Prayer for the Day

​

Stunned into silent

humility, today I walk

in shock and awe

with eyes wide open

and heart as broad

and deep as the world.

 

The God in me greets

​the God in you.

 

Amen

​

***

Thought for the Day

​

You say that you want

peace on earth. and some of you

actually pray for it.

 

But you know what?

 

In the absence of safety,

self-actualization is impossible.

 

Give a man a fish

and he will eat for a meal.

 

But what have you actually

accomplished?

 

Help that same man find peace

within his own beating heart,

to know beyond all shadow

of doubt that peace is

his very nature, and his world

will literally change in

an instant.

​

***

 

Prayer for the Day

​

Am I part of the problem

or is my life a living example

of the solution?

 

Help me reflect honestly

on this question today.

 

Amen

​

***

Thought for the Day

​

In this world of turmoil,

conflict, chaos and confusion

I would sincerely like

to get some honest feedback.

 

What could possibly be

more important to you

than your peace?

 

Whose life do you think

is a living scripture

which all the world

cannot help but read

when in their presence?

 

One who creates divisons,

schisms and dominates

by usurping power

over others?

 

Or one whose very presence

exudes a peace which is not

of this world, who walks

in peace with every step

they take?

​

***

 

Prayer for the Day

​

May I not limit my activity

in this world by being one

who simply talks the talk,

but by being one who

walks the talk.

 

Amen

​

***

Thought for the Day

​

Get this through that noggin'

of yours once and for all:

 

You have been swimming around

(since your very first breath)

in the very thing

you have been looking for

your entire life.

 

This has been my singular message

for the past 30+ years.

 

Every experience you have

ever had or ever will have

has been nothing more than

(and certainly not less)

God experiencing

what it feels like to be God.

 

Who could pretend to be

a spiritual seeker unless

he did not really

want to see?

 

Being human is about

experiencing experiences,

it's not about changing

what you are experiencing

or trying to change

who you are.

 

And it's all Divine, baby,

every single bit of it.

 

Q: What would happen

in the world today if everyone

where to actually allow

themselves to experience

this directly for one 24 hour

period?

​

***

 

Prayer for the Day

​

Everyone and every thing

is an embodiment

of the Divine, an embodiment

of God.

 

Imagine that today,

just imagine that.

 

May my life

be a conscious

expression of this

living awareness.

 

Amen

​

***

Thought for the Day

​

All that you are is useful.

 

All that you are is useful.

 

All that you are is useful.

 

All that you are is useful.

 

All that you are is useful.

 

All that you are is useful.

 

Did you get that?

 

Hit your pause button

and let it penetrate

every part of you.

 

Because if you can accept this,

can actually allow it

to sink deeply into 

the very core of your being,

it will provide comfort

to your heart.

 

For you will real eyes that

all is always well

no matter what

because you are always

on your soul's journey.

 

And the soul, Beloved,

is who and what you really are,

the soul is your true identity.

​

***

 

Prayer for the Day

​

Lead me

from untruth to truth,

from darkness to light,

and from death

to immortality.

 

Amen

​

***

Thought for the Day

​

Free will is a pleasant

illusion.

 

You are on your soul's

journrey and you

always have been.

 

It's just that when things

went the way that

you wanted them to,

you either took credit for it

or you gave credit to

a power you perceived

to be greater than

yourself.

 

And if they did not go

your way, there was always

someone or something

to blame, even if

it was only yourself

that you felt had failed you,

you felt somehow

let you down.

 

The thing to realize

is that it is the soul

which has always been

pulling your strings.

 

There is no will but God's.

 

After all, what do you think

Omnipotent means?

 

So you can trust the path

that is yours to live

or you can choose

to not trust it.

 

It will not change the outcome,

ir will not change that which

is your destiny to experience,

but it most surely can change

how comfortable the ride.

​

***

 

Prayer for the Day

​

in me, through me,

as me.

 

It always has been,

now let me accept this truth

consciously with grace.

 

Amen

​

***

Thought for the Day

​

We never ever stop learning.

 

We never stop growing.

 

Life provides you endless

opportunities to uncover

more and more of

the boundless nature

of your own inner being.

 

Two months ago I asked

the question, "How deeply

do you inhabit your life?"

 

And I asked this because

the only finish line

you will ever cross is

when you drop the body

and move on to what is

next. after this life

is complete.

 

And anyone who tries

to tell you differently

is resting on their laurels

which is not only ignorant

of the nature of their own

inner being, but a waste

of a precious human life.

 

The only question that

then remains is, "How gorgeous,

how radiant, how glorious,

how fulfilled...

...will the unfolding

of your soul be

by the time you are complete

with this life?"

 

For the only one

who can determine

the answer to this question

is you.

​

***

 

Prayer for the Day

​

May the epitaph read,

"Her journey continues

as well as the GIFT

she reminded us that

we all had within."

 

Amen

​

***

Thought for the Day

​

You are responsible

for no one in this world

other than yourself.

 

You are not responsible

for your children,

and this is perhaps

the most difficult thing

for any parent to accept.

 

But it is 100% true.

 

You are not responsible

for what your children do

or do not do.

 

They are on their own path,

living the life they chose

to experience before they

were born.

 

Get out of the way

and let them experience it.

 

You are not responsible

for your spouse or life partner.

 

You are not responsible

for your friends and family.

 

We are each on our soul's journey,

and what that journey looks like

for another is none of your business.

 

That is between them 

and their Higher Power.

 

Remember that they are 

always on their sou's journey

no matter what.

 

They cannot mess it up 

any more than you can mess

up yours.

 

It's between them

and the God of their understanding.

 

It's not your fault, Beloved,

It's not your fault.

 

And it's certainly not

your responsibility.

 

Isn't your own life more

than enough for you

to deal with on a daily basis?

 

Don't you have enough

​on your hands?

​

***

 

Prayer for the Day

​

Help me stick to my own lane

from here on out and trust

in the Divine Plan.

 

Amen

​

***

Thought for the Day

​

Love that is not freely given

with any empty hand,

which expects absolutely

nothing in return

is not love, its quid pro quo.

 

And quid pro quo is not love,

its a social contract.

 

Love has no expectations

or needs of its own.

 

It is complete unto itself.

 

Because love is whole

and indivisible,

​

it doesn't lord anything

over anyone or anything.

 

Ever.

 

It can only be shared

by one who has found

love's immaculate presence

within themselves.

 

To know that love

is what you are,

you must deeply accept

that love is what you are.

 

Why?

 

Because love only reveals herself

to one who is ready

to embrace their innocence

and their own completion,

to know beyond

all shadow of doubt that

they really and truly

are in need of nothing.

 

And this, my dear,

is what it means to be

liberated.

 

This is what it means

to be unequivocally free.

 

And this is why to teach

will always mean

to demonstrate.

 

Your life is your message,

and your contribution

to life is your peace.

 

Your peace is the clarion call

which awakens the frequency

of love within all hearts,

reminding everyone that

we are one, that we belong

to each other.

 

One God.

 

One family.

 

One love.

​

***

 

Prayer for the Day

​

Let my life

as it is

be my GIFT

to the world.

 

Amen

​

***

Thought for the Day

​

I am that.

 

I am.

 

I am that.

 

Of course I am.

 

Aren't we all?

​

***

 

Prayer for the Day

​

What would today be like

if I practiced this level

of acceptance?

 

Not just for myself,

but for everyone

and everything?

 

Why not give it a whirl?

 

What have I got to lose

other than a boat load

of suffering?

 

Amen

​

***

Thought for the Day

​

Your life could be simple and sweet,

gentle and kind, loving and happy,

if you were to let it be.

 

So why aren't you allowing it to be?

 

Huh?

 

Inquiring minds want to know.

​

***

 

Prayer for the Day

​

Let it be.

 

I will step back

and let the light lead the way.

 

Amen

​

***

Thought for the Day

​

Self-betrayal is the most bitter

of all pills to swallow.

​

***

 

Prayer for the Day

​

May every instant of my life

moving forward be one of

self-respect, self-love

and genuine self-care.

 

It is high time

I started to deeply honor

the precious being

I am.

 

Amen

​

***

Thought for the Day

​

What are you still holding onto

that is not serving you?

 

You know it's there.

 

You know there's something

that you are still hanging onto

or you would already

be experiencing the perfect

FREEDOM which is your natural

state.

 

Be willing to ask yourself this

question with great honesty

and the heartfelt desire

to see yourself clearly.

 

This is not about making

yourself wrong, it is about

seeing the way(s) 

in which you sabotage

yourself.

 

Earnestness and sincerity

always beging clarity

with charity.

​

***

 

Prayer for the Day

​

The acronym for denial is

"don't even notice I am lying."

 

Help me see clearly

what I have been denying

because it was a truth

I did not wish to see.

 

Amen

​

***

Thought for the Day

​

You are good.

You are beautiful.

You are precious.

You are adored.

 

You are holiness incarnate.

 

No one will ever get you

like I get you because

you are the way

I made you.

 

I made every single stitch

of you exactly as you are.

 

I am your Creator, and you

are perfectly perfect

in my eyes.

 

I want nothing of you

other than your love,

and that is only if

it is offered to me as freely

and unconditionally

as is the LOVE I bundle

you within every single day.

 

Everlastingly, you are

a part of me as I am

part of you.

 

Come home to me.

 

For I am your heart's Beloved

and you are my child.

​

***

 

Prayer for the Day

​

The sleeper has awakened

and is ready to leap once again

in the arms which they never left.

 

Here is my heart.

 

Please take all of me.

 

Amen

​

***

Thought for the Day

​

Suffering is the inevitable

experience of one who

cannot accept the life

which they, themselves

designed, before they

were born.

 

At some point, when

you have finally reached

the end of suffering,

wisdom begins to kick in

and you get it.

 

You begin to wonder,

"why did I design my life

this way, what did I hope

to get from this experience?"

 

This moment can have

the grandeur of fireworks

on the fourth of July

or the subtlety of water

pouring over the surface

of an ancient stone.

 

No matter.

 

A shift happens.

 

You realize that you

do not need to change

anything, you do not need

anything to be different,

and you go through the isness

of your life, not like a victim

but like a superhero.

 

Because that is what you are,

after all.

 

A real life superhero

24/7/365.

 

***

 

Prayer for the Day

​

Help me be brave

and open hearted today

as I face the music

of my life.

 

May I dance to its rhythm

and cadence with wild

abandon!

 

Amen

​

***

Thought for the Day

​

The past no longer lingers

to haunt your inner world,

nor to pollute your life

or sabotage your relationships

when you are no longer addicted

to certain emotional and

hormonal states which keep

the past in place.

 

You are not stuck like Chuck.

 

You never have been.

 

You will be free of it all

when you want to be free

of it all.

 

And not a moment sooner.

 

***

 

Prayer for the Day

​

Let me not condemn

the hand which is clearly

offering me freedom.

 

Amen

​

***

Thought for the Day

​

It's the story which triggers

100% of all afflictive emotions.

 

The only thing which is

actually authentic to you

is LOVE.

 

Who would you be without

your guilt, shame, self-pity,

fear and anger?

 

Ever consider that?

 

For most it is a case of

"better the devil I know

than the one I don't."

 

But is that enough?

 

Is it enough for you,

Beloved?

 

Is it enough for you?

 

***

 

Prayer for the Day

​

The only candle

which does not flicker

in the wind, the candle

which never can burn out

is LOVE.

 

May I live this life

as the heart and soul

of LOVE---with no edges

or boundaries to my loving.

 

Amen

​

***

Thought for the Day

​

Nothing you experience longs

to be annihilated or pushed away.

 

Everything longs to be

included.

 

Suffering is about trying

to push our experience away.

 

The ways in which we push

our feelings away

are as legion as the stars

in the night sky.

 

We medicate them, we use

distraction and excessive

busyness, we blame, we project,

we repress and suppress

so we may claim we feel

nothing,

 

But here's the thing...

 

You are always having

the right experience.

 

So give yourself permission

to have it fully.

 

For it's in permission to feel

that true healing begins.

 

***

 

Prayer for the Day

​

Today I give myself permission

to have whatever experience

I am having.

 

From this day forward,

I am ending the violence

I have directed toward

myself by pushing

my experience away

so I can pretnd that

I am not having them.

 

Amen

​

***

Thought for the Day

​

No one keeps you tethered

to the past but you.

 

Suffering is a choice.

 

It is always optional.

 

Sooner or later you real eyes

that you just don't have to

hold onto that pain anymore----

you take your power back

and gratefully let it all go.

 

This is the greatest single act

of self-love one can offer

themselves in their lifetime.

 

***

 

Prayer for the Day

​

Letting go of nothing short

of everything, I step empty

and free into this moment

and humbly let go.

 

Amen

​

***

Thought for the Day

​

t is the fear of acknowledging

and feeling your feelings,

which keeps them

in place.

 

***

 

Prayer for the Day

​

All is welcome here.

 

Amen

​

***

Thought for the Day

​

Today I ask that you do

a bit of a life review.

 

Think back on every life

situation or experience

in which you suffered

or someone whom

you loved dearly suffered,

which undoubtedly

brought the experience

of suffering to you, too.

 

And when suffering

introduces itself in your day

today, be willing to look

at that as well.

 

After you have held

the felt experience of pain,

of disappointment, of

suffering, I ask you to also

become aware of this:

 

Has not every situation

you have ever encountered

in which suffering ensued,

be it past of present,

lead you to some form

of surrender?

 

***

 

Prayer for the Day

​

Grace be with me today

in my life review.

 

Help me not shirk from

the experience of suffering,

but humbly recognize

that it has served

a noble function in my life.

 

Suffering serves a noble

purpose in everyone's

life.

 

Could it be that

the experience of suffering

is life's little trail of

bread crumbs, ever pointing us

in the direction of our real home?​

 

Amen

​

***

Thought for the Day

 

Your role in this life, and I am

speaking of your own life

as well as others, is not to

control, direct, micromanage,

manipulate or interfere.

 

Your role is to simply love;

without conditions, demands,

expectations, agendas or

predetermined assumptions.

 

You do not have the power

to make someone happy.

 

You do not have the power

to make someone make

better life choices.

 

You do not have the power

to create peace and harmony

in the life of another.

 

So the question I ask you

to allow to walk in the space

before you today is simply this:

 

Can I just embrace you

and love you as you are?

 

Can I trust that this, too,

is a part of your soul's journey?

 

Ask the question of yourself

as well as every person, place

or thing your encounter,

including any person or situation

which crosses your mind,

 

Then at day's end,

when you are lying in bed

preparing to sleep, you

decide how the day

actually went for you.

 

Can you see the value

of letting go and letting God,

of keeping your role simple

by loving---never less

but always more?

 

***

 

Prayer for the Day

​

Today I walk in trust.

 

All is unfolding by design.

 

Let me trust more,

never less, and let me love

with all my heart.

 

Amen

 

***

Thought for the Day

 

Listen, my dear.

 

You cannot save people

from themselves.

 

It's not your job.

 

It's theirs.

 

It is their destiny

which is unfolding

and it is your destiny

to leave them to it.

 

Realizing this,

coming to a place

of deep peaceful acceptance,

and letting the people

in your life go

to work it out

(or not work it out

as the case may be)

for themselves

is FREEDOM.

 

Your job is to simply LOVE

them no matter what,

to love without conditions

or expectations with an open hand

and the tenderest of hearts.

 

***

 

Prayer for the Day

​

To want freedom

and to give freedom

is to love without demand,

expectations or wants

for the people in your life.

 

I cannot make someone

want to be happy.

 

I cannot make someone

want to be free.

 

But I can really and truly love

them, and that is what

FREEDOm is all about.

 

Amen

 

***

Thought for the Day

 

What is true meditation?

 

Meditation is allowing

the nervous system

to relax deeply as you settle

deeply into what is present

​in this moment, giving

everything that is unfolding

your loving welcome.

 

Here the realization is that

through your conscious direct

experience the trinity of

love, light and presence

make themselves known

and available in this world.

 

It may be practiced

with eyes open

or eyes shut and happens

in any instant in which

you end any and all

resistance to what is.

 

***

 

Prayer for the Day

​

May every instant

of my life

be the most loving act

of true meditation.

 

Amen

 

***

Thought for the Day

 

It cannot be emphasized too much

or too often that only what you

have failed to give yourself,

can be said to be lacking

in any situation.

 

What inner storm, what perception

of wrong doing, or what conflict

will not simply resolve itself

by you turning to meet yourself,

support yourself and love yourself

even more, in the humblest of

recognitions that, like it or not,

this too is a part of the soul's

perfect journey for you.

 

You might just want to hit

your pause button long enough

to ask yourself:

 

"What did you

want me to get from this?"

 

"How can I best serve you?"

 

"How can I allow more light,

more love, more presence to flow

through me to this?"

 

***

 

Prayer for the Day

​

t's my side of the sidewalk

today and hopefully

more and more days

from here on out.

 

Amen

 

***

Thought for the Day

 

Ahimsa, which is a Sanskrit word

which means to do no harm,

has to begin with you.

 

Have you ever considered

for a single instant

how incredibly harmful

and abusive the endless onslaught

of emotional, mental and

hormonal states actually are

on the brain, the nervous system,

your cells, your bones, your blood,

to your very DNA ?

 

Why do you think we experience

unnatural aging, sickness

and death in the first place?

 

What are you doing with

your precious human life?

 

How are you spending it?

 

***

 

Prayer for the Day

​

Dear body:

 

You have been so kind to me

in this life, much kinder

than I have been to you.

 

I appreciate you giving me

such a sweet ride in this life.

 

For the most part, it hasn't been

that difficult for me.

 

I make this humble promise

to you today:

 

I will be kinder and gentler

to you from here on out.

 

Amen

 

***

Thought for the Day

 

How much, being completely

honest with yourself,

has your soul, your conscious

inner connection to the Divine,

been your #1 priority today?

 

What percentage do you think

that would actually be

on a daily basis?

 

A rough guesstimate will do.

 

Or is the issue that

you are you just too busy

living your life?

 

I have a question for you,

why do you think you

are here in the first place?

 

To make money you will

never spend, to acquires things

others will just sell or dispose of,

to live an entirely significance

driven life at mach 12

with your hair on fire?

 

Please don't wait until

the curtains fall and you

are taking your final bow

to try to find a meaningful

and fulfilling spiritual life.

 

Allow the miraculous

and the mysterious to

reveal itself NOW.

 

For living this, my dear friends,

is the very definition of

Heaven on earth.

 

***

 

Prayer for the Day

 

This day I take refuge

in the sanctity within.

 

Amen

 

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Thought for the Day

 

God is with you

and flowing through you

24/7/365.

 

The only question is whether

this is unfolding consciously

or unconsciously.

 

Thus the courage to love,

to be the living presence

of God in this world,

is all about having the courage

to be in your light consciously,

completely and unceasingly

and by thus fulfill the purpose

of your precious human life.

 

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Prayer for the Day

 

May each and every moment

of my life add value

to the human condition

and may I leave this world

a better place for

my having been here.

 

Amen

 

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Thought for the Day

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When difficulties arise today,

when you feel overwhelmed

by what is happening, or you

feel discordant, upset, confused,

hit your pause button for just

a moment and remind yourself

of the following:

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I could accept this.

​

I could make peace with it.

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You could accept your past,

remembering that you are

always on your soul's journey,

that on the deepest of levels

you actually chose this.

 

You could accept all of what

is happening NOW, knowing

that you were perfectly designed

to be able to navigate this

experience successfully.

 

And you could fully accept

your future, trusting that

whatever happens, you will

get through it, you will be okay.

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Your future, like the whole of 

your life, was perfectly designed

for you.

 

What else could true acceptance

look like?

 

What else could freedom be?

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Prayer for the Day

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God, help me run full tilt

into my life today

with an open heart,

arms outstretched, and

with absolutely no fear,

knowing that I, like

no one else on this planet

am fully capable of living

my life with utter trust

and deep surrender.

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Amen

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