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05/31/2026

Thought for the Day

It is such a remarkable thing

in this world to feel so

deeply peaceful and happy.

I cannot help but feel a certain

sadness as I walk through life,

experiencing what is mine to

experience, yet witnessing so

many people living their lives

in palpable despair because

they are so distanced from

themselves.

They do not feel their connection

with their own humanity and

through that connection, their

connection with all that is.

They look so sad, empty, forlorn...

Yet I am comforted by the knowledge

that they too are on the soul's

journey. They cannot consciously

feel their agony, being so distanced

from their own innermost being.

The only way to restore that

connection to one's humanity

is through knowing oneself as

soul.

Connection to soul means

connection to the realm of

the infinite.

Infinite Everything...

Infinite possibility...

Infinite potential...

The boundless domain of the

miraculous...

And connecting to one's identity

as soul rests on two factors:

(1) Connection to the breath.

(2) Connection to one's own

heart.

Today, let us make the focus

of our awareness be that

of three things.

The heart, the breath and the

conscious receiving of love

being returned to us from all

creation.

What you are actually receiving

is your own love being returned

to you.

Today you will have glimpses

of how giving and receiving

are one.

How is this possible?

Because you are creating a

continuous feedback loop

which has no beginning or

end.

Yesterday, you experienced

the first half of this loop

in sharing your love with your

world.

Today you complete it.

See if you cannot feel yourself

blooming like a beautiful rose

in this exchange.

How fortunate you are!

To be alive at this particular

time in human history, to be

aware of all that you are now

aware of, to be experiencing

yourself as you come alive.

For so long you also walked

this earth as one of the living

dead.

But no more.

Do you realize how blessed

you are?

The Matrix tells us, "I am the

only person I can count on."

The Matrix tells us, "I must

always be on guard. I must

protect myself. I may need

to defend myself, to fight or

flee in any instant. I must

always be prepared."

But it is never too late for

anyone.

You see it in the eyes of

infants and small children.

Why, I have even witnessed it

in the eyes of one on her

deathbed!

At any instant, LOVE can get

you and there is no escaping

her.

And the secret is that the love

which gets you is your own.

Happy receiving.

Oh...

You actually thought it was

someone else's love and

approval you were searching

for all along?

Listen beloved.

You have been waiting for

yourself.

It is the receiving of your own

love being returned to you

from all that is that not only

restores, but redeems.

***

Prayer for the Day

The love I send out and share

with the world is the very

love that life sends back to me.

In the presence of this LOVE

I am healed. I am whole. I am

transformed. I am restored.

I am renewed.

I am alive again.

Thank you for this life.

Amen

***

05/30/2026

Thought for the Day

You were created to be a love

delivery mechanism.

Not to some people, but to all

people.

And not just some of the time,

but all of the time.

So your assignment today is

to consciously extend your love

to every person, place or thing

which you encounter.

Everyone and everything deserves

your love, for each is another

version of yourself in disguise.

Differing in form only, but exactly

the same on the level of content.

Thus, your willingness as well as

your reluctance, your judgments

and your desire to pick and choose

based on your definition of worth

are a reflection of the deepest

feelings you have for yourself.

Can you not see that if everyone is

just another version of you, then

how you treat them is revealing

a whole lot more than you think?

For you are being shown how you

feel about yourself, not just in the

easy moments but the difficult ones

as well.

It is revealing how you treat yourself

when you feel most in need of being

heard and understood, when you

need unconditional kindness,

acceptance and love demonstrated

for you because you feel entirely

unworthy of it?

Are you only willing to share your

love with others and your world

when they meet your expectations?

Is your love selective?

Today's exercise is a necessary

and elementary practice to the

palpable experience of ONENESS.

Remember to ask for help.

You are never alone.

And you will get what you ask for.

You have not because you ask not.

What do you think you get when

you ask for nothing?

Ever think about that?

If LOVE is real, it is always

unconditional and it is always

pouring itself out unto all,

from the tiniest to the mightiest,

regardless the nature of their

contribution to the whole.

And speaking of contributions,

are you aware of what yours

has been?

If LOVE be love, it's expression

is both maximal and unconditional

across all times, in all spaces,

and unto all things.

LOVE cannot help but share itself

with all that is.

It cannot help but feel worth and

value from every living thing.

Today will be a very illuminating

day for you.

Let it be.

You will learn much about yourself.

You will learn much about love.

For in the end, both you and LOVE

are one and the same.

***

Prayer for the Day

Please teach me of the grandness

and magnitude of unconditional

LOVE.

For my most fervent prayer is

that the LOVE I share with my

world be as limitless as space.

Amen

***

05/29/2026

Thought for the Day

There is one very simple guideline

that never fails to work when

it comes to navigating life.

Not just the quiet and effortless

moments, but the sticky ones too.

It is this...

I know what to do because I know

how I want to feel.

Isn't that clean and simple?

I KNOW how I want to feel because

how I feel is my most precious

and valuable possession and the

only thing I truly own.

I WANT TO FEEL PEACEFUL.

If you know that you are always

on the soul's journey and you

cannot mess it up, and you

are always operating under the

sweet and simple guideline of

how you want to feel, then where

is there a problem?

How can there be a dilemma?

Where is uncertainty and doubt?

Is not the way for you abundantly

clear?

I cannot begin to tell you how

many things I have walked

away from because I choose

to feel peaceful.

And I do not know about you,

but I would rather be happy

and feel at home in my own

skin than I feel the need to be

right.

Screw it.

Is anything worth the price of

peace?

And have I ever lost anything

important?

Not once.

You cannot ever lose anything

that has any true value.

Every step I take in life...and

I do mean every single one...

makes me feel a little more

free than the step which I

took before it.

That's exhilarating my dear,

never discouraging, depressing

or frightening.

Because in the end, isn't that

what we all want?

Freedom from the tyranny of

inner turmoil and distress,

unequivocal liberty from

the dominion of inner states

which control you, rather than

you exercising your agency

and autonomy over them?

***

Prayer for the Day

Thank you for showing

me the path to true and

lasting freedom.

No self, no problem.

Amen

***

05/28/2026

Thought for the Day

An exercise is given you to work

with today which you, no doubt,

will find illuminating.

Make everything you do today

be a reflection of your love

for yourself.

Every feeling...

Every emotion...

Every thought...

Every action...

To do this, you will have to slow

your life down so completely,

that you are aware of what you

are up to in the little moments

and actions which fill your day,

regardless how small or seemingly

insignificant the act may seem.

The first thing you will notice is

how unkind and unloving you

actually are, not just with yourself,

but your world in its entirety.

Either you are harsh and critical,

judging yourself and others unfairly,

or you ignore yourself and your

world entirely, skimming your way

through your life like a mindless

automaton or drone.

Disregard is a silent means

of abject cruelty.

Silent, yet deadly in its effects.

This assignment is not about

changing what you feel, changing

what you think, changing what

you do.

It's about being able to bring

enough of a pause into your life

that you can consciously bring

comfort to yourself in the midst

of chaos.

You see, you think you are very

loving toward yourself, and kind

more often than not.

Poppycock.

It's not about being loving in the

moments which stand out in some

way to you, it's about how loving

can I be in all the moments which

compose a human life?

More conscious awareness means

that you are taking the time to

bring tenderness to yourself and

your life.

Are you not worth it?

It means that you are connecting

with your heart and your breath,

bringing your light to those parts

of you that have gone unnoticed

and unloved for far too long.

This is about you saying, "I deserve

to be peaceful, happy and loving."

"I deserve to be the conscious

architect of my own inner experience

of life."

"I choose to bring the state of presence

to all the moments which compose

my day."

Because every instant matters, beloved,

every single instant matters.

Each instant is a miracle of biblical

proportions, a one of one. It will never

again be seen or repeated.

So cherish them.

And cherish the one who is experiencing

them.

Nothing is insignificant.

You matter.

Your life matters.

You came to touch the heart of all

form and phenomena. But how can

you do that when you cannot even be

kind and gentle with yourself?

***

Prayer for the Day

Dear God:

Let's ravish our world today,

shall we?

Amen

***

05/27/2026

Thought for the Day

I was a very young child when

first I realized that other people

were not my problem, I was

my only problem.

The emotions and thoughts I

experienced on a daily basis

were like a never ending

roller coaster ride.

I hated that about myself.

That is where the phrase I use

so often came from. For indeed

I did want to be like a candle

that did not flicker in the wind.

Who I was and how I was kept

me up at night, haunting me

like my shadow, which was never

not there.

I could not get away from the

experience of being me.

And I despised myself.

Surely there must be some

way to find a changeless peace

which is unaffected by the

chaos and unpredictability

of life and my inner world!

This is where the quest for

freedom found its origin

within me.

And it would take another

half century of life before

the answers to my misery

came to me and they did so

in the form of a pandemic.

For though I had experienced

a ka-gillion beatific mountaintop

experiences over the course of

my life, some of which lasted

for months at a time, none were

sustainable. My inner world was

all the evidence I needed to

prove to myself that I had not

found what this heart had been

yearning for, for so very long.

What would a life experience

actually look like and feel like

if one were able to live peacefully

and lovingly in their own skin?

Little did I know how simple

the solution I had been

searching for actually was and

is.

I had to learn to love myself.

Not just the warm and fuzzy

parts which were easy to love,

but the messy shit too.

You know...all those things

which made me cringe and

loath myself, feeling I was

hopeless and beyond

redemption of any kind.

I had to make peace with all

of myself if I would know

the freedom I sought first

hand.

I had to know I was not wrong,

that I was not broken and I did

not need fixing.

There was nothing missing or

defective in me.

But at this point in my life,

I was entirely unable to begin

with acceptance.

I had to start with something

bite size. So in my case, this

began with non-resistance.

Inwardly I would feel myself

bowing and opening in a very

neutral way before the things

I did not like about myself,

the myriad of grievances to

which I clung, and the many,

many ways in which I found

myself and my world so deeply

flawed that there could be no

answers for anything.

This willingness to stop fighting

with myself and life proved itself

to be a great friend and ally.

As I began to accumulate data

in the form of evidence that

this was and is a path which

works, I began to trust myself.

I knew that this was to be my

journey for what remained

of this life.

If I were on a busy street

and I came across a child who

was lost, could I abandon

them?

Heavens no!

Would it matter to me what

this child had done before?

Would I refuse my assistance

if I did not approve?

No. It would not.

I would stop whatever I was

doing and provide this child

with comfort and a sense of

safety, giving him my heartfelt

support and steadfast assurance

that I would not leave him under

any circumstances,and I would

help him find his way back home

and would not rest until I did.

And this is how I began to treat

my inner world.

When I found that I could not, I

would take another inner step

back and offer reassurances and

empathy to the part of me that

struggled with accepting certain

aspects of myself.

Little by little I began to teach

myself that I was worthy and

entirely loveable.

And as I did, things began to

shift and change in my inner

world.

I had more peace.

When faced with a decision, I

would always ask myself, what

is the next most peaceful thing

for me to do?

And non-resistance became

acceptance.

And acceptance became

neutrality.

And neutrality became kindness.

And kindness became genuine

love, affection and tenderness.

Throughout all of this great

journey of being human I have

come to know one thing, and

this one thing has become the

foundation upon which I have

built my life.

What is that thing?

When I stopped trying to transcend

the ego or personal self, when I

stopped trying to fix or change me,

and just accept myself as I am, fully

and completely, I began to actually

embody the state of transcendence.

I became my own scripture, and

my life was my only message.

For when you make peace with all

that you are and all you are not,

the presence which you are and

have always been begins to pour

itself out, and from here, it begins

to radiate to all creation!

This is the Good News I share with

my world each and every day,

simply by being me, for I am that

word which was made flesh, and

darlin', so are you.

***

Prayer for the Day

Popeye said it best...

"I yam what I yam, and

that's all what I yam!"

I have received the blessing

of my own seal of approval.

Whose approval could mean

more to me than that?

Amen

***

05/26/2026

Thought for the Day

Yesterday was the kind of day

the former me would have

called straight out of hell's

playbook.

For starters, yesterday they

began the big plumbing project

where I live.

I knew that this was coming

for the past six months.

But it takes a bit to raise the

$80,000.00 that it was going

to take to redo 100% of the

duplex's plumbing.

Cast iron pipes, which were

decaying and crumbling,

had to be replaced with PVC.

So beginning at 8:00 AM, you

could not hear yourself think.

Three different jackhammers

and seven men began their

excavation beneath the

foundation of both sides of the

duplex to get to all the old

plumbing which had become

problematic.

And then at precisely 9:30 AM,

the electricity and internet went

out on my side.

They jackhammered their way

through an electrical power line.

Now I understand nothing about

electrical lines, but apparently

whoever did the electrical originally

didn’t trench the service conduit

to code, they just laid it on the

ground and poured concrete

over it.

So naturally, they jackhammered

their way right through the line!

Thus the day was spent without

electricity or internet, but they

were able to continue with the

excavation because they ran

extension cords from the other

half of the duplex, which still

had electricity.

Now...jump ahead to 5:15 PM

and the electrician arrives.

After sleuthing around for the

better part of an hour, he said

that 100% of all the electrical

work had to be redone because

none of it was up to code and

they also had to replace the

fuse boxes as well because they

were not code either.

The cost?

A whopping $14,000.00.

So Violet and I fumbled our

way through the dark yesterday

evening and then sweat bullets

when we went to bed because it

was very sticky and humid,

having had an hour of rain

between 3:00 & 4:00 PM.

I tell you all this because all of

the commitment, consistency

and repetition paid off in

dividends which were out of

this world.

I quote it all the time, but it

bears repeating now.

My favorite verse from the

Bodhicharyavatara by

Shantideva:

If there is something you can

do about it, why worry?

If there is nothing you can

do about it, why worry?

I remained 100% calm and

peaceful throughout all of it,

happy even...without a single

instant of worry or concern.

Life....

It still happens, enlightened or

not.

But how you navigate the churning

and entirely unpredictable waters

of life makes all the difference

in the world.

And you know what?

I wouldn't trade my life for anyone

else's on this planet.

I have become the candle which

does not flicker in the wind.

So how was your day?

If you happen to run across a money

tree today, will you please throw

a little my way?

Oh, and btw... If you find yourself near

the Starbucks at Preston and Royal,

I am over here using the free

internet.

***

Prayer for the Day

Thank you for the life which

is mine to live.

Amen

***

05/25/2026

Thought for the Day

NOTHING HAS THE POWER TO

AFFECT YOU DIRECTLY.

BUT YOU CAN ALLOW YOURSELF

TO GET SUCKED INTO DRAMA

AND CHAOS THROUGH

DISTRACTION.

All caps so you will hopefully commit

it to memory as a reminder.

Steps To Recovery

(1) Keep coming back to your breath.

(2) Soften. Lean into. And open your

heart to yourself and all parties

involved.

Remember, every upset is an initiation

and a doorway into the truth if

you allow it to be.

Thus, the solution is as simple

or difficult as you make it.

***

Prayer for the Day

Help me remember to keep it simple

today, for nothing is ever as difficult

as I try to make it.

Stories upon stories upon stories.

Am I reacting to what is happening,

or am I reacting to the story I am

telling myself about what is happening?

Because there's a difference, you know....

Let me notice what I am up to and

reflect on these things.

Amen

***

05/24/2026

Thought for the Day

You know and I know that you

have been and can be

a real holdout when it comes

to your commitment, consistency

and repetition.

Yet it still remains forever true

that commitment, consistency

and repetition will deliver

liberation as promised if,

and that's a big if, you make

them #1 in your life.

How willing are you to put it to

the test and let the results

speak for themselves?

***

Prayer for the Day

There is a beautiful passage in

ACIM which states that it is

not that you are to no longer

have any negative thoughts or

feelings. It is that there should

be none of them which are

willing to keep.

We hold onto the egoic identity

through grudges and the need

to be right.

I fall off the horse. And I do it

a million times a day.

So what do I do?

Get up and get back on.

Just keep coming back to my

breath with love, devotion and

sincerity.

I am worth that consistent

effort.

For commitment, consistency

and repetition are a demonstration

of my love for myself.

And my breath is the doorway

through which I enter into

the peace of God.

Amen

***

05/23/2026

Thought for the Day

Simple but not easy....

Have you ever heard a phrase

repeated so many times

that you felt if you heard it

one more time you would

completely lose it?

That is how I feel about this

one.

This path is both simple and

easy.

Every single breath you take is

an initiation into what is forever

true.

What could be easier or simpler

than that?

You tell me...

If everyone is always on their

soul's journey, then there is

no reason to squawk about

anyone or anything.

If God loves you and wants you

to be happy, then why worry that

pretty little head of yours about

anything?

If there is absolutely nothing

you have done or ever could do

to mess anything up, nor could

anyone else for that matter,

then why all the second guessing

and beating up on yourself, to

say nothing of all the character

assassination you engage in?

If your worth is not established

by you but by God and that is

forever immutable, how can

you feel anything but love for

yourself? How could you treat

yourself or your world with

anything other than kindness?

And if there is nothing you value

more than your peace, and you

are entirely unwilling to allow

anything to ever compromise

that, how could anything about

your life seem difficult to you

ever again?

Take the time to write down

these 5 points and carry them

with you in your pocket where

they are always there to remind

you of what is true whenever

you forget or have a few idle

moments.

Don't just repeat them, feel

them dissolve inside of you,

replacing old worn out beliefs

and ideas which you have held

onto and used as evidence that

you could not possibly be

perfect the way you are and

that you need do nothing

other than learn to truly love

yourself; hair, guts, feathers

and all.

When you are waiting in the

check out lane at the grocery

store, filling the tank up with gas,

why, even when using the bath-

room, take a few moments to

hit your pause button, close

your eyes, return to your breath

and remind yourself of what

you know....

Anytime is a good time to

repeat what is forever true

about yourself and your life.

Repeating these simple

statements will also aid you

in easing up on your world.

You are a beautiful treasure.

You matter.

You are loved.

And you are seen, beloved, seen

and held in the most sacred and

loving embrace by your Creator.

I wish you a lovely Memorial Day

weekend as we all reflect and

remember those whom we have

known and loved who are no longer

with us physically.

***

Prayer for the Day

Thank you for the GIFT of this

day and all that it will bring.

May all beings; past, present

and future, be happy and rest

in abiding and transcendent

peace.

Amen

***

05/22/2026

Thought for the Day

Day before yesterday it was suggested

that you have a codependent

relationship with life.

Codependency is a word that has

been tossed around quite a bit

in the world's conversation since

the eighties, yet few truly under-

stand it, and even fewer are willing

to admit that many if not most of

their relationships are based in

codependency.

Let us begin by establishing a

working definition for codependency.

A relationship can be said to be

codependent when your involvement

is based in the belief that the other

person has something which you

do not have.

It is therefore based in need.

But let me ask you a question, does

the soul need anything?

So there is a basic inequality in

the relationship. And the relationship

itself is built on a foundation of

confusion and illusion.

Both parties are using each other.

The relationship is more of a contractual

agreement based on expectations

than it is one of intimacy based on

wholeness and mutual completion.

Thus, it inevitably leads to resentment

and passive-aggressive behavior.

It is a decision made by both parties

is halt all genuine growth and

expansion in favor of seeking, but

never finding.

There is an essential tension which

is always there unless both parties

fill their lives with addiction and

distraction.

One participant is looking for

safety and security, while the other

maintains the illusion of generosity

and control over the other.

Perhaps it is even believed that you

too have what the other has, but you

have been unable to access it on

your own, so you believe that If you

enter into relationship with them,

your chances of attaining what you

believe they have for yourself are

much more probable because of

your participation and involvement.

One who is in a codependent

relationship can never truly know

if they sincerely love the other

when the very basis of the relationship

is rooted in using one another.

If we are always on the soul's journey,

one will inevitably ask oneself,

what does it matter if all my relationships

are codependent?

And in the end, it does not matter

a hill of beans.

But when one is truly living their lives

from soul, every aspect of one's life

comes into alignment with the soul

or heart.

Here, one cannot tolerate the discrepancy

between knowing the truth and livng

one's truth.

The ultimate codependent relationship

is that of the guru/disciple or teacher/

student relationship.

It is one of the most difficult and

painful lessons one can master.

Whether teacher or student, neither

participant is in the relationship for

honest reasons.

Beloved, no one has any power

that you do not have.

So look carefully and lovingly at

all your relationships today.

And do not confuse security

for love.

See if it does not become clear to

you that if you live from the outside

in, every relationship you have

is codependent by nature.

To be truly integrous may well

mean that you have to walk away

from many of the so-called

relationships in which you have

been participating.

To be truly integrous may well

mean that you have to learn how

to live with less.

To be truly integrous may well

mean that you have to learn

to trust yourself and trust the

universe.

To be truly integrous may well

mean that you have to discover

love from within rather than

trying to get it from other people,

places and things.

But you know what?

The stakes are too high to bullshit

yourself or another.

And I would rather die than live a

lie.

Wouldn't you?

***

Prayer for the Day

Help me begin to have some

very important conversations

with myself that have been

long overdue.

For I do not wish to leave this

earth without having mastered

the art of loving myself and being

my own source.

Can a relationship be said to be

a relationship if it is based on

anything else?

May the relationship I have with

me be true to my very last breath.

Amen

***

05/21/2026

Thought for the Day

It is quite vital that you understand

that no one here wants you to

feel badly about anything.

Ever watch a child who is learning

to walk?

When they fall, they get back up,

undaunted, and begin again.

Before you know it, your hands

are full because they are into

everything.

All of this is but to say that what

we do want to accomplish is to

empower you.

We want to place your firmly in charge

of your own inner experience of life.

For so very long you have given

your power away to so many

people, places and things.

And this is just not right.

No one deserves to have any power

over you but you, my dear.

You are a sovereign and autonomous

being and no one on this planet

deserves to have any agency over you

but you.

In every single instant of life, peace

is being delivered to you on a

silver platter.

It does not matter what the life

circumstances are that you are

going through.

There are no exceptions to this.

Here, in this moment, is peace.

Will you choose your peace over

everything?

The way you say yes to the universe,

the way that you connect with that

peace, is through the breath.

Like water mixed with water,

the breath and peace are inseparably

mixed.

Every conscious breath which you

take not only unlocks the door to

peace, it is a portal of initiation into

the realm of possibility, into the

domain of the miraculous.

It is an invitation which says, "I'm

done with playing small. I am ready

for the big leagues. I choose a totally

miraculous and awesome life."

And who can give you that life

but you?

***

Prayer for the Day

What could be more valuable

than peace?

I get it.

Connecting with peace in a world

gone mad is like choosing to

walk on water.

I deserve this. I deserve my peace.

And so it is.

Amen

***

05/20/2026

Thought for the Day

Perhaps the most difficult thing

for any human being to face,

let alone accept, is that no one

can fuck with your peace unless

you give them permission to

do so.

While you may well feel that you

are upset with others, who you

are really mad at, who you are

really disappointed with, is

yourself.

When you allow anything to disturb

your peace, be it within or without,

what you are essentially saying is,

"I am a victim. You can mess with

me all you want. I live my life from

the outside in. I am not worthy of

my peace and it really isn't some-

thing I value, nor is it anything I

am willing to protect at all costs."

You have a codependent relationship

with your world.

Beloved, you deserve your peace.

I know this because peace is your

natural state.

Confused, off-kilter, running around

like a chicken with yout head

chopped off, worried about the state

of the world, your finances, your

job, your kids, your dog, robbing

Peter to pay Paul while you live

paycheck to paycheck, may be normal

to you but it most certainly is not

natural.

Peace will be yours the instant that

you love yourself too much to ever

let anything disturb it again.

And not a moment sooner.

Remember, it is the ego that craves

complexity while the soul abides

undisturbed in perfect changeless

peace.

Peace is the ultimate demonstration

of one who abides as soul.

The cord that has kept you tethered

to misery and insanity has been

severed once and for all.

Where have you drawn your line

in the sand?

What do you deserve today?

***

Prayer for the Day

Nothing the world has to offer me

is worth my peace.

Hear me world?

From now on, can't touch this.

Amen

***

05/19/2026

Thought for the Day

Today is a really great day to take

a clear look at your relationship

with yourself.

Specifically, let us all look (myself

included), at every area in which

we still tell ourselves or feel that

we are incomplete, we are not

whole, not what we really should

be, as well as everything we do not

like about ourselves.

Beloved, you are the unborn,

uncreated, eternal and immortal

soul, the very God particle, God's

self-extension of Itself!

This cannot and does not change,

beloved.

Nor can it ever.

Yet you look upon yourself

every single day and find fault

with so many things.

You encounter experiences every day

which you feel should be different

as well as ones in which you feel

that you are unequal to the task.

All of this is poppycock and faulty

programming.

It is time to let go of every single

illusion you still have about yourself.

It does not matter how many you

have already relinquished.

If there is one still there, it is one

too many.

Instead of constantly working on

yourself, how about simply allowing

all of these false beliefs you have

held onto for so long to complete

themselves?

Despite your best thinking, you

have never ever for a single

instant actually been working on

yourself.

What you have been working on

is the illusions you have held about

yourself or the illusions that others

have had about themselves and

then have projected onto you and

you have willingly assimilated.

Let your inner delete button

become your new best friend.

The entire notion of incompletion

is an utter impossibility, not

just for you, for everyone.

It is time to update the contract

that you have with everyone else.

And it is time to update the contract

which you made with yourself.

A good mantra for today is thus:

I no longer need to hold onto

anything for anyone including

myself. I will accept no more

distortions about myself or

anyone else.

Feel yourself letting go of every

distorted and self-created image

of yourself which you have willingly

taken on, mistaking it for who

you are.

One by one, feel yourself hitting

your delete key every single

time a new ideation arises.

You do not need to analyze,

understand, figure out, forgive

or heal anything.

But you do have to be willing

to let it go of all the nonsense

you have been holding onto,

and this is something that

no one else can do for you.

Even you must be entirely

incapable of disturbing your

peace.

There is nothing to overcome.

But it is high time you cleared

all the rubble and debris that

you have been clinging to and

trying to fix, rather than kindly

sweeping it all away, revealing

what lies beneath.

For it is your destiny to behold

the face of God!

And it is for this you were born.

***

Prayer for the Day

Today I wll listen to myself

carefully and lovingly,

relinquishing every illusion

I still maintain about

myself.

May the freedom I find

today be shared with

every living being.

Amen

***

05/18/2026

Thought for the Day

Let's be willing to take an honest

look this week at all the relationships

in which you are still participating

that you know not only are no longer

reflections of who you are, but if

anything, they keep you both locked

into patterns of relating which not only

are not peaceful, they bring sorrow,

discomfort, distress and dis-ease

in their wake.

I don't care who they are.

They can be a spouse, a partner,

a child, a neighbor, a co-worker,

a boss or a so-called friend.

You know and I know that the time

to end it was clear to you long ago.

Any relationship which vexes you

so completely has seen its day.

Remind yourself often today that

loving yourself means giving

yourself the gift of your peace.

And when anything has the ability

to disturb your peace, what you are

really saying is that "there are still

parts of me that do not deserve

my peace."

That's not a commentary on the

relationship my dear, that is

a rather profound statement

about you.

No one and no thing is capable of

disturbing your peace unless you

give them permission to do so.

So guard your peace today.

Don't you believe that your

amygdala is worthy of your peace?

How about your mind and your

heart or your poor little body?

Are they not worthy too?

When you give yourself the gift

of your peace, what you are really

giving yourself is the gift of your

completion.

It is a proclamation of emancipation

in which you are silently shouting

from the rooftops, "I am a sovereign

being and irrevocably free. Harmony

and peace are my constant. This is

who I am and nothing can ever again

disturb that."

Anyone who has been around me

at all since 1999 knows that my

favorite movie of all time is

The Matrix.

It is such an amazing representation

of life in this decade.

And one of the most powerful

things about that movie was that

anyone who was still plugged into

the Matrix could still be used by

the Matrix.

In other words, they could be turned

into an agent and anyone who watched

the movie observed that whenever it

happened.

Because those who were still plugged

into the Matrix were often turned into

agents in an attempt to capture those

who had already been freed from the

Matrix.

And who could be captured by an agent?

Anyone who did not trust themselves

and was still so wishy washy and all

over the map that the agents saw their

freedom as something which was

not only not firmly established, it was

still very much up for grabs.

How susceptible are you to being

hooked by others?

By the world?

By yourself?

Either you are worthy of your peace

or you are not.

Today is the day to answer that

question for yourself once and for all,

don't you think?

***

Prayer for the Day

May I never forget this day and every

day that my breath is the path back

to peace whenever I have again lost

myself in the Matrix of life.

Amen

***

05/17/2026

Thought for the Day

The creation of a personal self

begins when one learns to answer

to the name it has been given

and is encouraged to refer to others

by name as well.

That sense of a separate and personal

sense of me, myself and I in a world of

other separate and personal people,

places and things is further reinforced

through history, conditioning, programming,

habits, behaviors, beliefs, meanings

and interpretations.

It is through the repetition of all of

these things that one becomes the center

of their own universe and everyone

else is thus a planet or other celestial

body which orbits oneself.

You, the barycenter, while others are

held in place through attachment

and aversion.

But here's the deal...

No personal self, no personalizing.

And no personalizing, no suffering.

There is no such thing as a truly

existent personal self, thus no

experience which can be claimed

to be personal.

So today we are going to try to feel

what life would be like without

a center, without this sense of me,

myself and I.

Even a single instant experienced

without an experiencer is enough

to provide a deeply compelling taste

of true authentic freedom.

What if experiences were just allowed

to be experiences?

Happening to no one, each having

a beginning, middle and an end?

And what if you were just to observe

what is palpably felt in response

to each experience and were to leave

it at that?

No need to name anything, just a

simple catch and release.

A series of experiences whose most

salient feature is their impermanence.

When you dig even deeper, you inevitably

find that all the personal self is, is whatever

has been repeated so many times that

one makes an individual entity out of it to

whom it all happens or happened.

And day by day and hour by hour this

sense of "i" is reinforced by you,

the reporter and experiencer.

Your assignment for today is to

observe every experience scrupulously,

yet let nothing land.

You are air through which everything

passes on through but never sticks.

What are the habits, patterns, behaviors,

lines of thinking, emotions, feelings

and storylines which you reinforce

through repetition?

When you notice something which

has been previously repeated again

and again, try shaking it up a bit.

Try something entirely different.

Be mindful of what you reinforce

through repetition.

You will inevitably find that the end

of personalization hallmarks the end

of all suffering.

Life still happens. That is never going

to change.

So it is not that suffering disappears,

it is the sufferer or personalizer

which disappears!

And you are always given the opportunity

to repeat new things such as peace,

contentment, gratitude, joy, happiness

and love.

And when these are reinforced through

repetition, they are found to be a point

of initiation.

For here there is a doorway through

which you gain access to the Infinite

and Changeless.

Here you encounter the Soul.

Here is the true "I," unchanged,

unchanging, unchangeable.

***

Prayer for the Day

Today may I be as translucent

and gossamer as clear light.

And may I walk this world wihout

leaving any footprints behind.

No reporter, nothing to report.

Only peace.

Amen

***

05/16/2026

Thought for the Day

If your potential is something

which exists beyond the experience

that you have of yourself, namely

that of your humanity, then there is

a whole lot more that is not only

available to you, but that you have

seriously not been tapping into.

Wouldn't you agree?

Another way of verbalizing this

is that you cannot transcend

the mind with the mind, you

cannot transcend emotions with

emotion, and you cannot

transcend your humanity with

your humanity.

So your assignment today is a

rather simple one.

It is both simple and easy, and

all it takes is a little willingness

on your part.

First, remember to watch your

breath.

Next, hit your pause button

frequently.

Lastly, feel your whole being opening,

wherein you feel as though you

have become a living invitation, like

a sunflower which turns, freely opening

itself before the sun.

You may feel warmth, energy or

a tingling sensation.

Be sensitive and open to your

experience whatever it is.

And if you feel nothing, that does

not mean that you are doing it all

wrong.

It means that your experience is

that of nothingness.

Your instruction is simply to open

your heart and your entire being

to that 'something more" which

you have been withholding from

yourself.

Here we are talking about the vast

and infinite unknown territory of

the Soul.

This is what you really are.

The body and all its accoutrements;

feelings, emotions, thoughts,

beliefs, habits, patterns, behaviors

and addictions are merely

distractions and delay mechanisms

which you use to keep yourself

separate and distanced from your

original face and your eternal good.

And why?

You have your reasons, and they are

aplenty, but when you catch your hand

in that cookie jar, just stop it.

You are not being asked to resist your

natural inclinations.

You are being asked to recognize what

is happening for what it is and to choose,

rather, to love yourself enough to stop

being so mean and chicken shit toward

yourself.

You deserve better than that from

yourself and you know it.

Love yourself enough to say,'no more.'

And do be open to the miraculous.

For this is what living as Soul is really

all about, living from miracle to

unfolding miracle, moment by moment.

***

Prayer for the Day

Talk about living a meaningful

and fulfilling life...

May today be a day of playing full out

and swinging for the fences, for I am

that, I am.

Amen

***

05/15/2026

Thought for the Day

One of the key premises from ACIM

is that you need do nothing.

I like that.

In fact, I like it a lot.

Take a few moments to reflect back

on your life, taking the time to

truly appreciate all the experiences

which you have had, both monumental

and small, as well as all the milestones

that you’ve experienced along the way.

How you go through each of these

is by living your life exactly as

you did and are.

You are never alone.

Harmony is your birthright.

Know yourself.

Love yourself.

Love other people.

It’s really pretty simple when you

think about it.

You came here to take your time

and go through what is yours to

experience as only you can every

single day, one day at a time.

Cherish the moments.

You are always living your potential

in every single moment, even when

you believe that you are not.

This is your design, and your design

never leaves you.

However you are, however you react,

however you happen to feel, take

the time to pause and bow before

your unique perfection.

You are living out your destiny as

only you can.

You have always been your cruelist

taskmaster. Let that part of you go.

In spite of how improbable it may

seem at times, I’ve seen how it all

ends and you are going to make it.

And the deepest truth is this.

if anyone on this planet were to

intervene in your life in any way, it

would be an entirely unacceptable

act of interference in your personal

agency and autonomy, your inalienable

right to live your life the way which

feels best to you.

You possess unconditional autonomy

and that is sacred.

You cannot fuck anything up.

Ever.

Have a wonderful weekend.

And no pole vaulting over mouse

turds!

Got it?

***

Prayer for the Day

Thank you for all the particulars

which have composed my

life this time around.

It’s been a masterpiece. And it

has been my masterpiece to live,

love and enjoy.

What a playground.

Gratitude feels woefully inadequate

a sentiment for so great a GIFT.

It may be a simple life, but it is my

life...every bit of it...and it is the

only life for me.

Amen

***

05/14/2026

Thought for the Day

We are going to make your message

for today as short and succinct as

we possibly can.

Although we have danced around

coming right out and saying this

in clear and unmistakable language

for the past two weeks, you are now

more than familiar with parts of it

and more than ready at this point

to hear the pure and unfiltered truth.

You have never been confined or

imprisoned by your humanity.

Only you were powerful enough a being

to take yourself out of your eternal abode

as the Infinite, placing yourself by choice

into a dualistic human experience, and you

are the only being who is powerful enough

to end this game once and for all, returning

to your natural state.

As we have said several times now,

it all ends when you finally love yourself

enough to end it.

Not a moment sooner, nor a moment

later.

So it is time to be done and over with

the endless self pity and and victim

consciousness.

No more undermining, self-sabotage,

whining and complaining.

It’s phony bologna and entirely

unseemly for one who formed

every photon, atom, subatomic

particle and molecule from Itself,

for goodness sakes!

Only you can give yourself permission

to reclaim the very freedom which

has always been yours.

The ball is in your court and it always

has been.

You have what it takes to be free,

so set yourself free and be free.

***

Prayer for the Day

Thank you for the sense of freedom,

connection and peace which are

always mine.

For I am that Force which animates

everything living thing, It a part of

me, and me a part of It.

Amen

***

05/13/2026

Thought for the Day

Perhaps it would help all of us

today to slow our roll each time

we noticed we were moving

too fast, that we were lost in

doing and drowning in time,

and take a mindful moment to

hit our pause button, returning

our awareness to our breath,

reverently recalling one simple

thought.

We are all in the same boat.

Take notice of those around you.

We tend to forget each other

hundreds of times a day, and the

pandemic made anonymity mistakenly

seem more desirable than actual

communion.

We have become a world where

our primary mode of contact is

that of social media. Gone are

the days of interacting one on one

and taking the time to look into

each other's eyes and hearts.

Truth has become an ever moving

target in our world, and being an

online bully and asshole is the new

norm.

There seems to be no limits to our

ability to be mean, uncaring and

uninvolved, forgetting about simple

things like unconditional positive

regard.

But this being human thing is a team

sport, not a solo one.

Whatever happened to living a life

we love and helping others do so

as well?

Can we not see that the foundational

essence or energy of everything is

exactly the same?

We are ONE but most would not

know it.

Life works in miraculous ways

when we remember harmony

and flow, rather than when we are

behaving like rocks in a tumbler.

All that bumping up against each

other, clashing, abrasiveness and

chaos is still going to produce a

beautiful and shiny stone in the

end, but cooperation and kindness

freely given to one another gets us

there quicker and makes for a much

more interesting and comfortable

ride.

***

Prayer for the Day

Meaning and fulfillment are a now or

never kind of thing.

Help me to remember to stop

and smell the roses along the way

today.

For I would be one with the moment,

not simply passing through it, settling

for mere existence, rather than truly

living.

For quantity will never be a legitimate

substitute for quality.

Amen

***

05/12/2026

Thought for the Day

So I went about the business of

living my life day by day.

And I began to notice how everything

about our world, everything about

how we were parented and taught

along the way was brainwashing us

into believing that we are not enough

so we would get out there and search

for more, better and different as we

painstakingly tried to fix what we felt

was broken about ourselves.

Entire industries were created in order

to try to magnify our emptiness and

sense of lack as they promised to satiate

our thirst for good, better and best...

We formed alliances, cliques, groups,

parties and sanghas in order to find other

like minded individuals such as our-

selves to align with, hoping that

support and comradery would somehow

make us feel better about ourselves.

Misery does love company, does it not?

But even these begin to disintegrate,

deteriorate and unwind as cliques

formed within them too. For where there

was once the appearance of unity, there

were now hurt feelings, more judgment,

disappointment and separation from

those from whom you least expected it.

We see it on every billboard we pass,

every song on the radio, the guy

who honks at you and flips you the bird

for going to slow as he passes you,

only to arrive at the same red traffic

light as you a few moments later.

And I began to feel pissed off.

Cheated.

And the more pissed I felt, the more

I saw and experienced it everywhere.

I felt duped, victimized and taken

for granted.

I walked around life for almost 4

full years with an angry chip on my

shoulder and did not hesitate to

lay someone's race out for them

when I caught them at it red handed.

But the day it all disappeared was

so amazing.

I realized that I had never ever

really been angry at anyone or

anything else.

They were just doing what they were

supposed to do.

We come here to temporarily forget

so we can undergo the legion of

experiences one has as they remember

again what can never be lost, changed

or destroyed.

Simply forgotten for a time, that we

might experience the incredible rapture

of remembering once again.

And I realized that I was the only

one I had really been mad at.

I hated that I was was so naive and

gullible.

That I did not think for myself, that I

was always second-guessing everything

I thought or did because I did not

trust myself.

And because I did not trust myself,

I placed more value on what other

people thought than how I thought

and felt.

In time, I began to feel a great love,

compassion and tenderness for the

character I had only thought that

I had become.

And the very instant that I did, things

began to shift and I felt peace, as

well as a tensile strength that had

heretofore been unfamiliar to me

in my experience of myself.

I have always said that if a single

thing about my human experience

could save another a single instant

of suffering, confusion and misery,

then I would count my life well

lived.

So thank you for listening to me

ramble on and on day after day.

Can you believe it?

January 1, 2027 marks 29 years

of the thought and prayer offerings!

So have a beautiful day today,

beloved.

This old woman's heart purrs like a

kitten whenever she thinks of

you as we travel this journey together

arm in arm, walking each other back

to the HOME we never left, nor could

we ever leave in truth.

You are a treasure....

***

Prayer for the Day

How could anything be more

beautiful or more fulfilling than

to be a humble human being on

planet earth who has been given

the opportunity to share this

incredible experience we are

each having in our own unique

way with each of you?

Thanks for the company.

You make one helluva travel

companion.

Amen

***

05/11/2026

Thought for the Day

Let's begin with a quick reminder

of the verse we have been unpacking

from A Course In Miracles:

“The secret of salvation is but this:

that I am doing this unto myself.”

T-27.VIII.10

To truly understand this verse, there

is yet one more puzzle piece for us

to look at and understand.

From the day you were born, the

world has brainwashed you and

meticulusly trained you to believe

that in order to get something,

you have to be willing to give

something of either equal or

great value in return.

This is how religions, spiritual teachings

and teachers, the self help industry,

our educational system, healthcare

system, social media and capitalism

all began.

It is the tangled and gnarly root

behind every expectation.

Take a few moments to think about

it.

What have you ever really gotten that

was truly free?

Has this world ever made you feel

equal to everyone else on this planet

and that you were perfect as you are

right now?

This is the how, when and where that

God became something or someone

outside of ourselves.

And that bar for reaching this so-called

Source of all things, this Creator of the

Universe, was an impossibly high goal

to achieve and few would ever be found

distinguished enough to attain It, let

alone deserve It, and 'It' was usually

addressed as a 'Him' because being

male is somehow the best thing to be.

Right?

It is how we all became unworthy or

not good enough.

And it is why we have all been searching

for good, better and best and trying

to beat the next guy in order to hold

onto it.

Happy moments, content moments,

are fleeting at best because we are

always waiting for the other shoe

to drop and it always does, doesn't

it?

Can you imagine a world of duality

or victim consciousness if we were

all equally worthy and already had

everything we needed, that all we

had to do was ask and the solution

or opportunity would always present

itself?

What's not to trust in a world that

is already and always perfect and

you rest securely because every-

thing unfolds in ways more fulfilling

than the mind could ever imagine?

Can you imagine growing up and

believing that you were not loved,

that you were not love itself, and

then spending your whole life

either looking for it, or trying to

hold onto it because you had been

hoodwinked into believing that

no matter what you did, no matter

how hard you tried, you would

never measure up, never be worthy,

that you had to work your ass off

to the bone every single day and

every minute of every day because

there would always be something

about you or your life which would

always be lacking, someway to make

it better, if only you hold on tighter,

try harder and never stop trying to

achieve some mythical idea of

perfection that was not only

unattainable, but would never, could

never be the version of you that you

are right now, in this very moment?

Beloved...

You are beautiful.

And right now, exactly as you are,

you are as God created you.

There is nothing for you to do,

nothing to become, no goal to achieve,

no pinnacle of success to search for

other than that you be happy, that you

go ahead and live you life as your heart

dictates and have experiences while

being the perfect you character that you

already are, never forgetting that you

are soul, experiencing a human life,

so get on out there and live it as only

you can because a human life is a

precious gift and even what is considered

a long and happy life is done and over

with in the blink of an eye.

Know that you are a treasure because

you are treasured by yourself.

You are complete.

You are whole.

And baby?

You are resplendent.

And nothing...

nothing...

...stands between you and the

Source of everything because

darlin', believe it or not, you

hung the stars!

***

Prayer for the Day

How could anything be more

perfect than what I already

am and have?

Thank you for every bit of it!

Amen

***

05/10/2026

Thought for the Day

Let's begin with a quick reminder

of the verse we are unpacking

from A Course In Miracles which

we began yesterday:

“The secret of salvation is but this:

that I am doing this unto myself.”

T-27.VIII.10

Let's dive deeper into what the verse

is telling us today.

First, let me remind you of an idea

which we have already covered on

two different occasions.

The experience of survival, separation

and suffering ends when we love

ourselves enough to end it.

This is a very important idea which

flew over most people's heads when

it was first shared, in spite of the fact

that it is probably the most profoundly

liberating statement which has ever

been uttered here.

It is important because it puts you

squarely back into the driver's

seat.

This means that it places the burden of

responsibility onto you, beloved,

which is precisely where it belongs.

Because if your emancipation depended

on anyone or anything outside of you,

you could rightfully claim victim

consciousness.

For how could anyone ever exercise any

consistent control over another

that actually works?

That's like playing a game of Russian

roulette with your life where your

happiness is in the hands of others

every single instant.

But because your freedom is your

responsibility, you can end it whenever

you decide you are worthy of your

freedom and release from all that

you only think you have made.

This is all about us recognizing that

we are the only one capable of creating

the illusion of separation, in our minds,

and we are the only one that is strong

enough and powerful enough to end it.

And that, dear one, hinges on your

taking your power back and deciding

that you are worthy of your own love

and respect.

And that begins by recognizing that

your worth is established by God

and is forever immutable.

And that is all about you allowing this

to be true for you.

LOVE must be free of expectations,

demands or requirements to be love.

For that is what unconditional actually

means.

God's LOVE is yours and it always has

been and always will be yours.

There is nothing you can do to lose it.

There is nothing that you can do to

earn it.

That is why grace means unmerited

favor.

It is not unmerited in the sense that

its yours, but you do not really

deserve it.

It means it is yours and you cannot earn

it because you do not need to.

NO REQUIREMENTS EVER!!!

So I will end today's thought this beautiful

Mother's Day with this...

Why not today?

Is not today a beautiful day for a prison

break?

***

Prayer for the Day

How could I break out of prison

when it is clear to me today

that I cannot be imprisoned?

That I never have been, nor could

I ever be.

My so-called capture was by

my own design.

Talented, eh?

Well it ends as of this moment.

The gig is up.

Today I accept that truth is true

and nothing else exists.

Amen

***

05/09/2026

Thought for the Day

There is a beautiful statement which

is made in A Course Of Miracles

that says the following:

“The secret of salvation is but this:

that I am doing this unto myself.”

T-27.VIII.10

This one sentence is saying so much

in so few words.

Shall we explore it together this

Mother's Day weekend?

Let us start with this.

On the most rudimentary level

it is telling us:

What we hold onto, the body

holds onto.

To this there are no exceptions.

You tell me, is it worth it?

I don't know about you, but

I would rather have a body that

works and serves me well

until my very last breath than

one that is broken down,

disease-ridden and in pain

all the time.

The relative well-being of the body

does not depend on pills, potions,

fasts, diets, or any other external

remedy or gimic the mind comes

up with.

It relies soul-fully on your own

inner experience of yourself and

your life.

Loving, open, receptive and empty

will always be the only thing which

opens the door to infinite possibility

and infinite potential.

***

Prayer for the Day

Inwardly I bow before every

experience with an open and

loving heart.

I cling to nothing, so nothing

clings to me.

Amen

***

05/08/2026

Thought for the Day

One day you will look upon all of this,

yourself, the Soul and the world

as one seamless whole of continuity

and perfection without flinching,

without contraction or judgment.

There will be no more compartmental-

ization, no either/or, just flawless flow.

This is the pinnacle of the embodied

realized state and thus the true meaning

of resurrection.

For resurrection is not the raising

of the dead, but bringing the vision of

wholeness to the once blind, & new life

to those walking the procession of

the living dead.

***

Prayer for the Day

No more judging anything.

May I behold naught but the face

of God in all I see and experience.

And may this vision be the only

thing I bear witness to within me.

And so it is.

Amen

***

05/07/2026

Thought for the Day

The last of our thoughts for review

are as follows:

"Being who I am and how I am

isn't getting in the way of

anything.

Ever.

(So I entirely lost the plot over

Donald Trump and his most recent

antics yesterday...)

When I recognize what I am doing,

the question I then ask myself is,

how quickly can I pick myself up

and climb back into the saddle?

Can I do so without lapsing into

self-abnegating inner chatter and

recrimination?

And can I do so with a quick 'bless

my heart,' loving and accepting

the oh-so-human part of the mind

that is quick to judge and be self-

righteous and extremely vocal

about it?

Can I also do so with the part

of the created self who is quick to

follow the negative partyline?

I do not have to make such a BFD

out of everything that I do not

approve of and wish were

different.

Can I be equally loving and accepting

of the judgy-preachy-things which

the mind goes on and on about as I am

of the shiny loving and gentle ones?

Can I see that everyone, no exceptions,

is a reflection of myself?

Because here is the honest-to-God

truth...

I walk this world in perfect Oneness

no matter how I happen to show up,

completely connected to God in

every possible way.

And so does everyone else."

***

Prayer for the Day

No more the unclaimed treasure, I

claim all of me right now!

Instead of "Can I embrace that?", my

new mantra is "Can I love this long

forgotten and abandoned part of

me that I find fault with because I

believed she should be different?"

If God approves of all of me as I am,

me being an extension of God Itself,

why can't I?

And is this not the truth for all of us?

We are all in the same boat.

Sometimes the water is choppy, and

sometimes it is smooth sails all the

way.

No matter.

Let this then be the awareness I

walk the world with today.

Amen

***

05/06/2026

Thought for the Day

Our next thoughts for review:

"Each day that I awaken is a gift that

the Universe has seen fit to grant me.

It was never and will never be a given

that I can take for granted.

As we discovered yesterday, I experience

tabula rasa, a blank slate, every new day

that I am given.

I get a Cosmic reset. A redo, if you will.

The past no longer applies to anything.

The slate is entirely wiped clean of all

imprints, unless I chose to keep them

so that I can cling to the attachment

I have to everything which would

strengthen and maintain my belief

that I am an individual, this separate

sense of self that I must keep alive

and real to me at all costs in my mind.

When the truth is, the only thing that

matters is today, this day that I have

been granted.

I am no longer available for other

people's bullshit. Nor can I hoodwink

myself into believing any narrative

or particular interpretation my mind

offers.

I am teflon, not velcro.

The world passes through me, but never

sticks to me.

Emotions, feelings, thoughts, beliefs,

judgments and experiences pass through

me but nothing clings.

No more holding onto anything.

I am in the world, but I am no longer of it.

Harmony, peace and equipoise are

my new norm."

***

Prayer for the Day

I am endlessly grateful for today.

I recognize that it is a gift, no matter what

it holds, a gift that I was never promised.

Let me remain lovingly aware, ever kind

to myself, ever kind and accepting of

my world.

Amen

***

05/05/2026

Thought for the Day

Our next thoughts for review:

"I am tabula rasa, a blank slate.

Rehashing the past is how I

keep the personal alive

in my mind.

Where else could the personal

actually live other than between

my two ears?

The world is my oyster.

Everything is available to me.

Everything is possible.

Right now. For me. In this very

moment.

My life is a living invitation which

says:

Miracles welcome here.

Why settle for the finite when

I was born from Magnitude

and made for the Infinite?

***

I challenge you to make a recording

of these words and listen to them

all day long.

Feel them as they are absorbed into

your cells, your heart, the very core

of your innermost being.

They were written for you, my dear.

I am not asking you to play your

recording out loud for all the world

to hear.

That's why we have these things

which we call earbuds and

headphones, silly.

At day's end report back to me,

sharing what kind of day you

experienced and the miracle

for which you were most fond.

May grace fill your cup to over-

flowing with hope and unity today,

this beautiful Cinco de Mayo.

***

Prayer for the Day

Thank you for all the GIFTS this

day will hold for all the earth

to bear witness to and receive.

Amen

***

05/04/2026

Thought for the Day

Our next point of review:

"I give myself permission to be

Infinite and free."

"Only I am clever enough to

design a foolproof plan to

leave Oneness and lose all

sense of reality to the Matrix."

"And only I am wise enough

and loving enough to give

myself permission to return

to that state which I never

left, which could never ever

leave me, being what I

changelessly am."

"Do I love myself enough to

give myself permission to be

free now?"

Allow it to flow wordlessly as

a soft and inviting invitation

in the background of the mind,

ever reminding you to relax,

accept, watch the breath and

lean into your experience with

an open and loving heart which

trusts that you are always

experiencing what you were

meant to experience and you

cannot mess it up.

Life is pretty simple as long as

we allow it to be.

horizontal axis = Matrix, lost in the

experience of humaning.

vertical axis = True North, the eternal

abode and home of the soul.

Have an elegantly simple and loving

day, for that too is by our design.

***

Prayer for the Day

Thank you for the sweet and simple

day that I am about to experience.

For I realize that all days are sweet

and simple unless I lose sight of

truth and complicate them.

May miracles of kindness fall like

healing rain on each and everyone

of us, as I give the whole of humanity

permission to be free and Infinite.

May all beings directly experience

their inherent freedom and know

peace.

Amen

***

05/03/2026

Thought for the Day

Our next point of review:

Life is all about....

*accepting...

*embracing....

*allowing...

Nothing more and nothing less.

Life is about being unequivocally freed

of the need to try to change anything.

Efforting over anything is a relic of

the past, a one and done.

So is struggle and suffering.

You are beautiful and perfect the way

you are right now, beloved, because

you are as God created you.

Unchanged. Unchanging. Unchangeable.

And so is everyone and everything

else.

This is and always has been all about

you giving yourself permission to be

free.

The nightmare phase of being human

ends when you finally love yourself

enough to end it.

The age of tenderness and completion

is upon us.

***

Prayer for the Day

Thank you for helping these eyes

and this heart to see clearly.

Amen

***

05/02/2026

Thought for the Day

Yesterday in the midst of our prayer,

we made one of the most sobering

statements that can ever be made

and it went in one ear and out the

05/01/2026

Thought for the Day

From time to time I find it helpful

to hit my pause button, relax

and breathe, as I review what has

become powerfully clear to me.

Doing so will also provide a huge

paradigm shift for anyone who

takes it to heart if they let it.

And what I like best about this kind

of a review is that it illuminates just

how far I've come.

For although I am the same basic

person that I have always been,

the difference in the quality of my

life is like the difference between

night and day.

Remember the spiritual paradox

that we covered in recent weeks?

Although our emphasis, from day one,

has always been on radical acceptance,

ever reminding us that we do not need

to fix or change anything because we

are not broken, we have each seen

through our own direct experience

that the more you can accept yourself

as you are, the more you can accept

what you have done and what has

been done to you, with open arms

and a loving and gentle heart, the

more we find our lives changing, and

always for the better.

We are happier.

We walk around with a smile on

our face more often than not.

We trust more.

And a genuine lightheartedness

begins to fill our days.

We know that we are always on

the soul's journey and that we

cannot mess it up.

We know that what happens as

well as how we experience what

happens was meant to happen

precisely as it did.

And if it is true about us, it is

equally true for every single one

of us.

God doesn't make mistakes,

which means that you do not

make mistakes either.

Ever.

You are as God created you, are

you not?

So our first point of review can be

simply stated as follows:

There is no determining factor

for anyone.

Everything is available equally to

all of us in every moment of our

lives.

This translates into this simple fact:

Everything is available to you and

everyone else right now, in this

very instant.

Nothing is or ever can get in the way

of anything.

Isn't that such magnificent news?

Remind yourself of this often today.

Especially when you are about to

judge and find fault with someone,

something or yourself.

Apply it generously to any situation

that happens to get under your skin

or ruffle your feathers.

See if you can open your heart and

your arms to what happens in your mind,

your emotions, your body and every

situation or circumstance you find

yourself in today with a smile rather than

a reproach, softness rather than spite,

and openness rather than contraction.

Whether you choose to participate in

this little experiment or not will not

change a single thing, so why bother?

How about this for a guarantee?

I promise you that your participation

in the experiment will not change

what is destined to happen, but it

will change the quality of your inner

experience if you do elect to participate

because that, beloved, always makes

for a much sweeter ride.

***

Prayer for the Day

What is there to get upset

and forlorn about when you

accept that there is no

determining factor for any-

thing?

I am already as free as I ever

will be. I always have been

and so is everyone else.

How about I lay aside all effort

and striving today and just

enjoy the life which is mine

to live?

Thank you ahead of time for

the miracles which will unfold

for each and every one of us

today.

Amen

***