Thought for the Day

​

The uncommon dialogue

continues...

 

me: I usually let you pick

the subject matter we

discuss, but I am asking

permission to do so for

today.

 

Soul: Go for it.

 

me: For those who read

these daily offerings and

are not familiar with a lot

of my back story, I would

like to set the tone for

today by describing an

experience I had which

occurred in 2010 when

I was in Indiana visiting

my family of origin for

the holidays.

 

I was staying at my sister's

home and following, to the

best of my ability, my

usual morning routine

which included (at that time)

getting up at 3:00 AM and

reading the daily workbook

lesson from ACIM and then

meditating on it.

 

I was in a deeply quiet and

peaceful state when all of

a sudden I came out of my

reverie because I smelled

cigarette smoke.

 

I was seated at the kitchen

table and as I looked up,

I saw that my sister was

seated at the opposite end

of the table smoking a cig-

arette while enjoying a

cup of coffee.

 

Further, she was also

staring me down.

 

But that was not what

captured my attention.

 

Pouring forth from her

every pore like Niagra

Falls, there was the most

amazing golden light

which was emanating 

from her.

 

While her hand was busy

going back and forth from

her mouth, busily puffing

on her cigarette, I was

dumbstruck by all the

golden light.

 

This was the moment that

I made a complete break

from every religion, every

teacher, gurus, etc., and

I surrendered to you as

my one-and-only teacher,

or inner guide.

 

For the first time in my

entire life, I placed more

value on what you had to

share with me than what

the world did or what any

other person thought for

that matter.

 

You were, and continue

to be, the lamp of truth

I trust.

​

Only You.

 

I took my sister and her

three daughters to a movie

that afternoon.

​

This was such a big deal for 

them because they had

never been taken to a

theater in their entire lives!

​

That is how poor they were.

​

She was a single mom trying

to raise three kids by herself.

 

The movie happened to be

Secretariat.

 

I sat in the very top row of

the theater while they sat

somewhere in the middle.

 

I did not really watch

the movie.

 

I was far too mesmerized by

the fact that I saw the same

golden light pouring forth

from each person who

happened to be seated

in the theater.

 

It was then that I knew,

through direct experience,

that we do not need saving,

we are not broken, we do

not need fixing, changing,

healing or upgrading.

 

We are, whether we know it

or not, always at home

in the very Being of God and

nothing can ever or has ever

changed that.

 

So why pursue liberation

at all?

 

And liberation from what,

pray tell?

 

It was clear to me then

and it is clear to me now

that the only reason to

pursue anything at all

is to bring forth the Truth

that is always true into our

Conscious Awareness.

​

And end the reign of

suffering.

 

Since that day I have

witnessed this light around

all things.

 

I was really shocked when

I saw it streaming from

a boom box that wasn't

even plugged into anything!

 

I saw it streaming from

every tree, every blade of

grass, the birds, cars, my

little dog, telephone poles

and even floating up from

the asphalt on the street!

 

In awe, a thought arose:

 

This truly is God's world.

 

Who am I to doubt what

happens or think I know

best?

 

So I am bringing this subject

up today because since we

began these dialogues with

one another, the feeling

tonality of that experience

is beginning to shift radically.

 

Back then and until recently,

it was a happy recognition, one

for which I felt gratitude and,

with time, became something

I felt deeply anchored in.

 

But the feeling was more

or less one of complete

acceptance and equanimity.

 

I bring it up today, because I

am experiencing a huge shift

in that experience.

 

There is a squeezing sen-

sation in my heart chakra

and it feels like I have caught

on fire as I observe this light

from everyone and everything.

 

And there is an outpouring

of the deepest love and

affection followed by a sense

that what I love and adore

about whomever or whatever

is standing before me is what

I love and adore within myself,

namely, the presence of YOU.

 

You are the only soulmate,

the twin flame of this heart

and every heart.

 

Who gets me like you get me?

 

Who knows what this heart

yearns for more than you?

 

Who is the unsung hero of my

very existence?

 

Who made sure I saw a different

way than the one my family of

origin had and is following,

and made certain I picked

another door to walk through...

​

When the deck was actually

stacked against me and it

would have been so much

easier (and predictable)

for me to follow the status

quo and do what I had

witnessed being lived by

those closest to me?

 

All of this is but to say,

thank you.

 

Thank you from the bottom

of my heart.

 

Forever and forever I will

sing your praises, shouting

it from the rooftops to my

very last breath.

 

I am so grateful we do not

need to be religious.

 

We do not need to find

a teacher.

 

We do not need to travel

anywhere in order to find

the clarity and peace we

seek.

 

We only need to watch

our breath, say yes to

exploring a conscious re-

lationship with you, and

commence upon the

greatest love affair of all

time... with the most mind

blowing and brainwash 

shattering union with

ourselves!

​

The Divine and the human

now one and the same;

realizing that they always

were.

 

If you want to share anything

with me, now would be

the time to do it because

I think this is more than

enough for today and

we can begin our regular

dialogue again tomorrow.

 

Soul: Our heart is indeed full.

 

I thank you. Yes, you have

been very very blessed in this

lifetime but let us not forget

that none of this would have

happened at this time had y

ou not been fully willing and

made yourself available.

 

May you go about your day

knowing the freedom and the

peace for which you have always

longed and which you both

value and cherish.

​

***

 

Prayer for the Day

 

Humbly and thankfully

I bow before the light

which we forever are.

 

Amen

​

***

Thought for the Day

​

The uncommon dialogue

continues...

 

Soul: We are ready to

begin a conversation on

the most difficult of all

stumbling blocks to

Clear Seeing.

 

You have already been

addressing the subject of

acceptance and loving

yourself.

 

And more than ever, I see

you relaxing and leaning

into all of your experiences

openheartedly, welcoming

the isness of all your

experiences without wanting

them to be different or

simply go away.

 

However, there is one

obstacle which stands

head and shoulders above

all the rest in terms of

difficulty.

 

Would you like to take

a guess at what that is?

 

me: I wouldn't begin

to know.

 

Soul: It is the idea of

control.

 

You really will not see

or experience any of

the peace or rest for

which the heart longs

until you allow the

belief that you have

control over anything

that happens in your

life, the lives of those

whom you love, the

decisions they make

or this world, to finally

die on the vine once

and for all.

 

Day in and day out, if

you are observant, you

see the suffering of human-

kind which is unleashed

because they actually

believe that if they try

hard enough, they can

influence, direct and

control the outcomes

of their lives.

 

They tilt at their windmills

while gnashing their teeth,

and if things go their way,

they strut around like

proud turkeys.

 

And if they do not go their

way, they wallow in fear

and self-pity, believing

they have somehow failed

because things did not go

right, rather, they went

all pear shaped and

suffering and hardship

ensued.

 

Success in your world is

defined by who is able to

take dominion over their

own world (and the world's

of those whom they love)

as well as that of the col-

lective human experience,

and by thus controlling

others.

 

Is that not the way of your

world?

 

me: You nailed it.

 

Good thing my Identity is

not mine to control, enhance

or diminish, let alone,

destroy.

 

However, as you have so

often reminded me, I am

quite capable of destroying

my awareness of it and

I have done so repeatedly

in the past.

 

Good thing time isn't real

either.

 

God...I wish I understood why

in the h-e-double toothpicks

we are having this human

experience in the first place.

​

We had it blissfully sublime

before all of the hullabaloo

when the cosmos formed

and we started this whole

thing of incarnating on the

hamster wheel of life as we

now know it.

 

I know...

 

I know...

 

You have told me that I am here

to usher in a new way of being

human.

 

But this does not explain things

for me in enough detail.

​

After all, if we had all stayed in

our own lane and rested in the

Divine where we were, no one

would have ever needed to know

a new way of being human.

​

And...no one know what suffering

and misery felt like.

 

What I am asking is why did

all of this unfold in the first place?

 

Why did the big bang happen,

setting all of these wheels into

motion?

 

Soul: You are very close to

knowing the answer to this

question in your direct

experience.

​

What would my telling you

the answer to this question

mean to you without a direct

experience of it?

 

Because when you experience

the answer, the question will

no longer matter to you.

 

Can you keep trusting me and

listening daily?

 

For I promise you that you

will know the answer as

decisively as you know that

when you sit down and listen

with an open heart each morn-

ing that it is "I" whom you 

encounter and we commune

with each another heart-to-heart.

 

me: I can do that.

 

My dad always said that I tried

to live life so fast, never pausing

to stop and smell the roses.

 

Soul: Well that is what these

dialogues have been all about.

 

Learning to be here now, not

missing a single instant, seeing

each moment as an opportunity

to love even more.

 

But for today, it is enough

for you to notice how often

you run away from the moment,

seeking a better one, a

different one, and, return to

the breath with an open heart

and loving what is as it is in

the sure and certain knowledge

that you have no control over

anything, nor does anyone else.

 

And, more importantly, you

do not have to waste time

trying to control because I've

got you and all of this.

​

You know this because you

trust me.

 

Can you see that the ability

to relinquish the idea that you

ever had any control over

anything in the first place

hinges on the degree to which

you have mastered the trust

lesson?

 

me: I do see that.

 

I will practice being here...really

and truly being here...for what

is here as it is...doing this for

myself...for others...loving myself

and what is without reservation

or fear with all of my heart.

 

Soul: Great. May LOVE light

your way, shining on everything

you experience today.

 

For I promise you, it always

does.

​

***

 

Prayer for the Day

 

Help me surrender in each

moment to being led, rather

than trying to be the first one

out of the gate, grabbing

that bull called life by the

horns in an effort to seize

control of what was never

mine to control in

the first place.

 

Amen

​

***

Thought for the Day

​

The uncommon dialogue

continues...

 

Soul: Yesterday I asked you

to reflect on what you feel

the trust lesson is all about.

 

Where do you feel trust is

not only an asset, but vital

to your freedom?

 

me: Well...I have given it

a lot of thought. Not just

since we talked yesterday,

but for the past 25 years

which is how long it has

been since you first brought

the subject up with me.

 

Soul: Have you come to

any conclusions or had

any big epiphanies?

 

me: Not really.

 

Soul: You can make the trust

lesson very simple or deeply

complex.

 

Because we need trust in

every moment of our lives.

 

That being said, you could

say that the answer is that

there are as many different

reasons to trust as there are

people and experiences to be

to be felt in this world.

 

But really we can simplify

this to a few key ideas.

 

First of all, it is important

to believe there is a God or

a Higher Power, some

Infinite Intelligence that

created everything that is

and that this Intelligence

is guiding its creation

toward a union or joining

of Itself with itself.

 

To believe that this Infinite

Universe is a completely

random event is like be-

lieving that the unabridged

dictionary was formed

from an explosion in a

printing press.

 

How likely is that?

 

And more than this, we need

to feel that this Power cares

for us and wants our happi-

ness, our joy and our com-

plete freedom.

 

So from the tiniest amoeba

to the grandest nebula, this

Intelligence lovingly watches

over each of us, showering

our lives with grace and

works with us in every single

moment of our lives.

 

Next, it is important to know,

in your heart of hearts, that

the truest part of you is One

with this Intelligence.

 

This has always been the case.

 

There has never been a single

instant when this was not

the truth.

 

Your humanity is never in

conflict with this part of you,

nor does it have the power

to impact it or change it

in any way.

 

So it is my humble request

that you reflect on these key

ideas today.

 

Do you believe in a Higher

Power that has created

this universe and is deeply

involved with its creation?

 

Do you know this Power

loves you completely and

unconditionally?

 

Do you believe this Power

is in control of everything,

and that your puny efforts

to control or mastermind

outcomes is nothing more

that you tilting at windmills?

 

Do you have faith that

you, your loved ones, every-

one and everything is on

the Soul's journey and you

cannot mess it up, nor can

they?

 

Because if you really do

feel this deeply inside, what

is there to stress or fret over?

 

me: You certainly have done

an excellent job of keeping

things simple.

 

Notice I said simple, not

easy.

 

But I am sure that as one's

trust grows, it becomes

increasingly more simple

and even natural.

 

You know that you know

that you know and you

have so much evidence

to support how loved and

cared for you actually are

and that your life is so

filled with the miraculous,

that faith is as effortless

and natural as is breathing.

 

After all, you have already

said that it is much easier to

accept that truth is true

than it is to keep trying to

prop up a lie, no matter

how valiant your efforts.

 

And let me just interject

here that if we are going to

keep asking ourselves, "how

does this feel?", then truth

feels wonderful, perhaps even

blissful and keeping that

house of cards that the lie

is built on up in the air on

a daily basis stresses me out

of my ever lovin' gourd.

 

Is this where we end for

today?

 

Soul: I would like you to

reflect today on what you

believe is true and see if

you can settle into that so

deeply that it anchors you

to your own True North

where you can readily feel

the truth of everything that

I have shared.

 

Me: Deal. Tomorrow then.

​

***

 

Prayer for the Day

 

It is such a relief that nothing

actually depends on me.

 

Thank you for always having

all of our six, both individually

and collectively.

 

Amen

​

***

Thought for the Day

​

The uncommon dialogue

continues...

 

Soul: Let's first clear the air

regarding language.

 

Words like God, Soul, Holy

Spirit, Christ, Absolute, Allah,

Infinite Intelligence and Divine

are synonyms for the same

ineffable presence.

 

Do you know why the Jewish

people were instructed not to

use the "God"?

 

me: No.

 

Soul: It was because once you

name something, once you

speak it, it is already not it.

 

You have reduced the Infinite

to the finite.

 

It is a bit like what the Buddha

(also a synonym) meant by

the phrase, "Finger pointing

at the moon."

 

What he was saying was,

do not mistake the finger

for the moon, look at

what the finger is

pointing to.

 

It was not just because the

word God was so holy that

you shouldn't even try to

think the word, let alone,

hold it unspoken in your

mouth.

​

The Jewish people wrote

the word for God this way:

​

G _ D.

​

See?  Finger pointing at

the moon.

 

My point being, you have

been listening to me for

a very long time.

 

Everyone who thinks they

are here has.

 

And one day you will stop

denying what you are and

you will know that you

are simply me in human

form.

 

We are one and the same.

 

Do you remember how

I have always told you to

trust yourself?

 

Oh how you would wrestle

with that and struggle so...

 

Invariably you would ask

me, "How do I trust myself

when I do not even have

a clue who I am?"

 

"I know what scriptures say

about who I am, and I know

what those whom we have

referred to as Masters have

told us, but I have no direct

experience of who I am."

 

"And I do not have any

memory of who or what

I am either."

 

me: Well you know that the

reason I did not know

who I was, was because I

spent my whole life being

a chameleon.

 

When you grow up in a

deeply dysfunctional

environment, you spend

your whole life trying to

figure out who others

want you to be and jump

through those hoops as

best you can.

 

(Getting along and a

peaceful environment

being the only things

that matter to you.)

 

And no matter how hard

you tried, it was never

enough.

 

Now I know that you cannot

expect someone to love,

cherish and respect you

when they do not love,

cherish and respect them-

selves.

 

That, and living life from

the outside in.

​

The people in my life

expected me to fill the

empty holes they felt

inside of themselves.

 

That never works out for

anyone.

 

The value or lack there of

that they place upon you

means more to you than

how you feel about

yourself...which is so sad...

 

Soul: Maybe we should save

our discussion on trust

for tomorrow.

​

This has been quite a lot

of ground that we have

covered already.

​

You have much to think

about.

 

Could you do a couple of

things for us today?

 

me: Of course.

 

Soul: The first is to reflect on

what you think I am asking

you to trust.

 

The second is the reflect on the

word Namaste.

 

Anyone who has attended a

new age church or a yoga class

is very familiar with the word

already.

 

It is a Sanskrit word meaning,

"The God in me bows before

(or recognizes and honors)

the God in you.

 

If you are still unable to accept

our Oneness, and therefore,

your Oneness with everyone

and everything that exists, can

you at the very least ask yourself

today these questions:

 

How does the God in me deserve

to be treated?

 

And then be mindful of your

every thought, word and deed

and treat yourself accordingly.

 

Then ask yourself the question

in every encounter.

 

Because every encounter is

a holy encounter.

 

How does the God in you or

the God in this deserve to be

treated?

 

If you practice with vigilance,

the direct experience of Oneness

will be its fruit.

 

me: Then I will practice with

all my heart.

​

***

 

Prayer for the Day

 

Is it not strange to feel

that the further I travel

this pathless path that

leads me to Who I am,

the less I seem to know

or understand about

anything?

 

Good thing my under-

standing is not a pre-

requisite.

 

Thank God for grace.

 

Without it, we would all

be like a one legged man

in an ass kicking contest.

 

Let me practice peace

in every step.

 

And help me keep it

as simple and straight-

forward as that.

 

Amen

​

***

Thought for the Day

​

The uncommon dialogue

continues...

 

Soul: You are incredibly

fortunate for so many

reasons.

 

One of the most important

things you have to be thankful

for is that your birthright gives

you permission to walk away

from anything which is not

harmonious, peaceful and calm.

 

Ask yourself often, "How does

this make me feel?"

 

If the answer is not peaceful

and calm, then it is not for you.

 

Could anything be simpler

than this?

 

me: You know... I am doing

this for the most part.

 

If something is not in alignment

with my heart, if it does not

enhance my awareness of peace,

then I leave it without a second

thought.

 

I spent far too many decades

being a people pleaser, caring

more about what others thought

than I did about how a thing

made me feel.

 

The world chases what it believes

will help it remain relevant and

hopefully, popular in the

mainstream.

 

No more.

 

I clearly recognize if something

is not for me, that I do not want

to participate in it because

I remain keenly aware of how

it feels in this body.

 

Living by this principle sure

has emptied out my dance card.

 

But do I care?

 

Less and less these days.

 

If being human was a popularity

contest, I would be the biggest

loser.

 

But in being the loser, I win.

 

There is a way of living in this

world that is oh-so-peaceful

because it has no strings

attached, no expectations

and absolutely no drama

associated with it.

 

As for me, I am so attached

to feeling good that I am

like the princess and the pea,

my tolerance for B.S. is

gone!

 

Peaceful, happy and free

feels so good, there is no

way I would go back to

trying to live the old way...

 

Soul: That is the music

of the spheres that

you are singing, beloved.

 

Can you do that more

and more?

 

Be completely in touch

with how something feels

and walk away if it is not

in harmony with your

heart?

 

me: Yes! You don't have

to ask me twice.

 

Soul: Tomorrow, then.

​

***

 

Prayer for the Day

 

With each peaceful

inhalation, I am Home.

 

With every exhalation,

I share this peace with

all the world.

 

Amen

 

***

Thought for the Day

​

The uncommon dialogue

continues...

 

me: I figured I would just

jump right on in and con-

tinue where we left off

yesterday.

 

I have been reflecting on

Wednesday's sharing in

which you said that

the whole point of being

human was to make

LOVE a realty in this

world.

 

So that is the singular purpose

of each and every one of us.

 

And whether we are a butcher,

a baker or a candlestick

maker....what we do in terms

of vocation is just a window

dressing.

 

It has nothing to do with

purpose.

 

It is the window dressing that

draws folks in through the

front door because the real

stuff is what is happening

inside of the store.

 

Therefore, the real work

is the same for each and

every one of us.

 

We are here to make LOVE

a reality in this world

by making it a conscious

reality in our experience.

 

In other words, throughout

all of our humanity.

 

And because LOVE cannot

limit itself, the totality of

what LOVE is is flowing

through all of us whether

we feel that effulgence

or not.

 

But when we do not have

a direct experience of it,

we experience suffering.

 

And I truly feel that I will

see the end of suffering

within my lifetime.

 

So our work is to bring

the conscious awareness

of LOVE's Presence to

the forefront of our

experience.

 

Can you imagine it?

 

Being able to consciously

imbue all of our thoughts,

words and deeds with

the reality of LOVE?

 

But my question is this...

 

How can one bring the

reality of LOVE to the world

if they know nothing

of it themselves?

​

They cannot. You have

already told me that the

world is as I am.

​

So if it's there, but I do

not experience it, can

the world experience it

either?

​

Isn't that more of a "do

as I say, not as I do" sort

of situation?

 

Soul: Good point.

 

me: I have seen, felt

and witnessed the power

of LOVE's Presence in my

life in ways too numerous

to count.

 

I think about the childhood

that I experienced and I

cannot help but marvel

in awe at how LOVE

redeemed me from a life

that was headed either

for suicide, going postal

or ending up committed

for life to a mental

institute.

 

That is a miracle that leaves

me speechless each and

every day!

 

And here I feel our mantra

from the other day is

very very important.

 

They are all the same.

 

This is the same.

 

That is the same.

 

All equal in beauty,

in value, in perfection

and Oneness, whether

they happen to know

it or not.

​

I so I extend gratitude,

honor and respect to it/them

no matter what.

 

Therefore, my humble

prayer is this:

 

May I be a conscious living

embodiment of a LOVE

that has neither limit

nor bounds.

 

Soul: And so it is.

 

me: Amen and Amen.

​

***

 

Prayer for the Day

 

I surrender all...

 

Amen

 

***

Thought for the Day

​​

The uncommon dialogue

continues...

 

Soul: Do you remember the

quote Pam had behind

her desk at Mobil Oil?

 

You saw it the very first

time you went to visit her

at work and commented

on it at the time because

it had affected you deeply.

 

me: I most certainly do.

 

I think of it often and it

continues to help me see

clearly, remain truly loving

and stay in my lane.

 

It was a quote by Harry

S. Truman.

 

"It is amazing what you can
accomplish if you do not care
who gets the credit."

 

I was gobsmacked by it, both

then and now.

 

And it facilitated a huge shift

for me because prior to reading

the quote and allowing it to sift

through my being, I had a huge

grievance against most of the

people in my life.

 

They would use my words

and I could see the measurable

difference that I had been for

them, yet they rarely, if ever,

said thank you or recognized

the role I had played in their

lives.

 

Pam had said that she had

learned it as a Vice President

at Mobil because she was

responsible for managing

a lot of people, the vast

majority of whom were men.

 

She saw her purpose as that of

succeeding by helping lift up

others to that they could be

successful.

 

She was such an amazing friend.

 

I also learned this when I read

the Bhagavad Gita for the first

time.

 

Krishna says to Arjuna in

chapter two that there are two

impediments to the path of

a seeker:

 

(a) attachment to the effort

and (b) attachment to the

fruits of the effort.

 

I had a lot to learn about the

true nature of LOVE and

giving.

 

And what I discovered is that

if it is not done with an open

hand and heart, it does not

count.

 

All it does is create further

division and separation.

 

And we are supposed to be

"in" the world. This means

involved, rubbing elbows,

caring and participating..

 

All while not being "of" it.

 

Soul: Well put.

 

Now lets look at what is

happening in your world

today.

 

It is more important than

ever that you know what

your role in this world

actually is and that you

keep that awarness clearly

in your sights at all times.

 

In other words, that you

stay on point with that

purpose consciously.

 

What do you feel your role

has been?

 

Because I can assure you,

you have been fulfilling it

since you were very small.

 

me: Let's see....

 

Mind of we leave it at this

for today and return to the

conversation tomorrow

when we talk?

 

Soul: Of course not.

 

I actually love it when you

give yourself time to reflect

and contemplate on what

is true for you and then put

your entire being into

your answer.

 

Tomorrow then.

 

me: And can I just quickly

say that I absolutely love

our daily chats?

 

Soul: Of course we LOVE

them!

 

Until the Dancer has become

consciously ONE with their

partner, it takes two to tango,

does it not?

 

***

 

Prayer for the Day

 

Wow. Not many things

leave me speechless

and dumbfounded.

 

Help me be a bringer

of peace in a world that

has yet to discover it

for themselves.

 

Amen

 

***

Thought for the Day

​

The uncommon dialogue

continues...

 

Soul: I want to remind you today

of something I whispered to

your heart when you were only

9 years old...sitting in a church

pew contemplating the meaning

of life.

 

There was a time when you thought

of it every day, but it has been a

long time since you have recalled

how powerful a message it actually

was and still is.

 

I came armed against argument.

I was ready for rhetoric.

But I had no defense against LOVE.

 

Remember how those words shook

the very ground beneath your feet? 

 

me: I do remember. And it hit

me that way because I recognized

the truth of it.

 

And I recognized the truth of it

because it was my truth...

The truth about my budding

relationship with you.

 

I never made it easy for anybody

to love me. But it was LOVE

that broke through my defenses.

 

Soul: This decade is very important.

 

The pandemic brought all the world

together like nothing else has

since the catastrophic events of

9/11/2001.

 

There has never been a more diverse

time in human history, yet look at

what these times have spawned?

 

You have all joined with one another

in spectacular ways because of it.

 

It's been a real defining moment

for humanity as a species.

 

This is because the return to LOVE

is not a solo sport.

 

You are experiencing being human

together. And it is not differences

which define you. It is sameness.

 

You are all in the same boat and

everyone intuitively knows that.

 

You have internalized the under-

standing that if God is Infinite,

then everyone happens to be right

for them.

 

And what is right for them does

not require your understanding,

it requires you respect and

acceptance.

 

So while some still are choosing,

seemingly more than ever, to tilt

at their particular windmills,

there are actually more people

than ever before who are choosing

respect, kindness and loving 

themselves.

 

How equalizing is that?

 

And if everyone is right, then no one

has to hose the deck with testosterone

in order to make a point or to prove

they are right, just as no one can be

more right than anyone else.

 

Here's the deal...

 

You cannot make sense of

the truth of LOVE.

 

You cannot label it or put it in

a box.

 

It belongs to everyone because

it is their birthright.

 

This means that you were born

qualified and ready for this.

 

Everyone was and is.

 

Therefore, it cannot be owned

by any particular person  or

group of people.

 

Love does not promote anything.

 

Not a particular religion, culture,

geographic location, quality or

characteristic of human being.

 

It collapses every paradigm and

it shifts the very ground beneath

one's feet, revealing Oneness.

 

And it systematically breaks down

all the barriers that each of you

have placed around the most

tender part of you; your heart.

 

LOVE magically and mysteriously

transcends every difference

and renders them meaningless.

 

So revel today that you are alive

at such an important time.

 

***

 

Prayer for the Day

 

Heart and eyes wide open,

I embrace you dear world...

 

Thank you thank you thank

you for the opportunity to

dance with you at this time.

 

Amen

 

***

Thought for the Day

​

The uncommon dialogue

continues...

 

Soul: Ready to jump right in

today, or would you like

to share first.

 

me: No. I'm cool with jumping

right on in.

 

Soul: A few days ago I gave you

an acronym for ego. I said that

ego stands for Edging God Out.

 

In truth, nothing is capable

of edging God out or God would

not be God.

 

What edged God out would now

be would have proved Iself to be

God and what we thought of

as God before, would have re-

vealed Itselv=f to be the lesser.

 

But there can be no lesser!

 

Remember the three O's you

learned in Sunday school?

 

me: Omnipotent, Omniscient

and Omnipresent.

 

Soul: In order to be posess

these three qualities, One

has to be these all the time

or God isn't God.

 

me: That is clear enough.

 

Soul: So what do you think

I was trying to express to you

when I used that particular

acronym?

 

me: Well... my heart tells me

that there is never anything

about me that is getting in the

way of grace being able to do

what grace does; pouring itself

through me perfectly so that

LOVE is expressed in every

single instant through the

totality of human vessel.

 

However, we, when operating

as ego and identifying solely

as ego, we edge God out

of the field of our awareness.

 

In other wordsl we do not get 

to have an experience of God

within our direct awareness.

 

And whenever we do not

experience God, we feel  alone

and we suffer.

 

So it is more of a clarion call

to be consciously aware and

present to our experience,

whatever it happens to be,

so that God is never edged

out of our conscious experi-

ence.

 

I think this is where the

new age folks get the phrase

they so often use of

"Being a co-creator with

God."

 

But whether conscious

or deeply unconscious,

there is nothing that we

can do to thwart the power

or expression of the Divine.

 

Soul: Nicely put. You're

really starting to get

the hang of all of this.

 

me: Thank you for saying

that. I seem to wake up with

more clarity and more peace

each and every day.

 

It is delightful to be alive.

 

Especially at this particular

time in human history. It

feels like people who see clearly

and live peacefully are more

needed than ever.

 

I am not saying for a moment

that LOVE does not reign supreme

at all times and in all ways.

 

But I am saying that not

everyone is experiencing

that LOVE.

 

In fact, the vast majority

are not.

 

And the goal is that we all

see and experience Divinity

all of the time.

 

Then time will have served

its singular purpose and the

Matrix. or maya, will be a one

and done.

 

You know...that whole thing

about all of the chess

pieces going back into the

game board at the end of

the game and put away..

the game now having

been completed...

 

It doesn't require saying us

to say anything to anyone.

 

It is about living it and

allowing our lives to be

a luminous message which

speaks volumes in silence.

 

Soul: So I am going to give

you a mantra to use today.

 

And you can reword it however

you like.

 

But the point is, to get you to

look at how much judgment

and seeing yourself and life

dualistically distract you from

experiencing the light that

you naturally and inherently

always are.

 

They are all the same.

 

This is the same.

 

Everything is equal in beauty,

value, prefection and Oneness.

 

You see, only equals are at

peace.

 

And until you and your world

recognize and feel that equality

consciously. and you appreciate

that equality that is flowing

through you, you will not

experience it directly,

nor will they.

 

It seems like a tall order.

 

But is it really?

 

Doesn't it take far mare

effort to pretend to be what

you are not and can naver be

than to be what you naturally

and inherently are already?

 

me: Amen! You are talking

to the choir on that one@

 

Soul: But you have to see that

no one is un-enlightening you.

 

You cannot even un-enlighten

yourself!

 

You are just not powerful

enough to change Infinity.

 

But you can believe that you

have. And if you believe that

you have, you will experience

that

 

But it does not make it

true, nor can it change the

truth.

 

It is a simply a belief acquired

through your empowerment

to deceive.

 

In other wordsl not seeing

and experiencing perfect

equality.

 

Are you up for it?

 

me: Yes!

 

Soul: Happy practicing.

 

And may the force be with you.

For indeed, it always is.

 

***

 

Prayer for the Day

 

Thank you that I was born

qualified to the LIGHT

of the world.

 

Amen

 

***

Thought for the Day

​

The uncommon dialog

continues...

 

Soul: Good morning.

 

I thought that today would

be a good day to discuss

how you remain rooted and

grounded within your own

True North.

 

me: Sounds like a plan.

 

Soul: You are effortlessly

grounded in True North

when you never ever forget

why you are here.

 

The whole point of being human

is to make LOVE a reality

in this world.

 

Remember that from

yesterday?

 

When these words are allowed

to walk in the space before you,

ever informing your thoughts,

words and deeds in this world,

there can be no moment of

confusion or delusion.

 

Make sense?

 

me: It truly does.

 

Soul: I am asking you to

never ever allow yourself

to forget why you are here.

 

This will bring both charity

and clarity to every moment

of your life.

 

Where you experience difficulty

is trying to make sense of loving,

especially when your knee-jerk

impulse is to go into your shell

like a turtle and shut down.

 

LOVE makes no sense.

 

LOVE never makes sense

from the human perspective.

 

But know this...

 

The world is a more loving,

dazzling and luminous place

because you are here, beloved.

 

It dazzles and shimmers in

golden light because of your

presence.

 

Does the world recognize

this?

 

No. It doesn't, more often

than not.

 

But does that matter?

 

No. It doesn't.

 

It matters to your amigo

ego, but not to me, your

Soul; your inner most

being.

 

This is the essence of living

life from the inside out:

 

You did not come to this

plane of consciousness to win

at the game of life.

 

You came here to LOVE.

​

Let us each be winners at that.

 

Because beloved...that is winning

in a way which makes the

whole Cosmos a more beautiful

and meaningful place to behold.

 

me: Perfect.

 

***

 

Prayer for the Day

 

Thanks for the opportunity

to let this light shine.

 

Amen

 

***

Thought for the Day​​​​​​​​

​​

The uncommon dialog

continues...

 

Soul: The one thing I would

like for you to get from these

daily chats we are having

if you get nothing else is this:

 

The whole point of being human

is to make LOVE a reality

in this world.

 

Love a reality in this world...

 

You grew up in an household

which was rife with violence,

unbounded cruelty and

with no sense of either

being wanted or belonging

by any family member,

especially your parents.

 

Can you not see that LOVE

is what every heart on this planet

cries out for and yearns for

the most?

 

You know, no matter what the

question is, every question that

has ever or could ever be asked

has but one answer: LOVE, LOVE

and more LOVE!

 

Ask yourself in moments which

challenge you beyond what you

think you can bare:

 

Is there anything that I could feel,

anything that I could experience,

anything that could happen... in

either my life or the lives of those

for whom I care most that would

diminish my capacity to be a

lighthouse, an embodiment of

the deepest unqualified LOVE?

 

Reflect on that question today.

 

What is your truth?

 

me: I want to say my answer

is that there truly is nothing,

but the reality is that I let

many things get under my

skin and use that as an excuse

to bypass or leave, get quiet &

say nothing, or go do something

spiritual to distract myself from

facing and feeling my upset.

 

But I have learned many things

from these chats we are having.

 

First of all, that I refuse to shame

or belittle myself for this or anything

else. I am the way I am and there

is nothing wrong with that.

​

God made me this way, after all!

 

That being said, it is not a permission

slip to be an asshole.

 

It is a sign that there is so much more

to love within myself.

 

But I also see that when the heart

has returned itself totally to love,

then I will be able to truthfully say

with all my heart that there is

nothing, absolutely nothing,

that could deter me from being

the LOVE that I came here to be.

 

A little over 12 years ago I had a

NDE.

 

And in that experience, I was issued

an invitation to either remain in

the realm of pure spirit where the

trials of being human are over, or to

come back and answer the invitation

that I received by whom I choose

to call 'God.'

 

The invitation was this...

 

In order to come back, my work

would be to reorient the whole

of my life around my Soul so

completely that there was

nothing left of the former 'me',

that only LOVE would remain.

 

I am so grateful I chose to stay.

 

What an incredible gift it has

been.

 

And you know?

 

I feel that I am closer each and

every day to embodying fully

the love of such life examples

as Rumi, Anandamayi Ma, Jesus,

Ammachi and Mother Mary.

 

I bow before the truth of LOVE.

 

May LOVE prevail in every

heart. This is my most fervent

prayer for our world.

 

Soul: We are covering quite a lot

of ground each day...diving

right in and going for it.

 

I love how willing you are to

always say "yes."

 

Most people doubt themselves

every single day.

 

You never do. You just keep

picking yourself up and beginning

again.

 

That is such a beautiful part of us,

is it not?

 

me: It is not that I do not ever doubt

myself. But it is to say that I do not

doubt the Hand which holds and

guides me.

 

There is nothing I could ever say

or do for that Hand to ever leave

me or fail to be my Guide

and strength in all times no

matter what my life holds or

what unfolds.

 

And for that I am exceedingly

grateful and say thank you.

​​​

***

 

Prayer for the Day

​​

Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you.

 

Amen

​

***

​

​

​​​

Thought for the Day​​​​​​​​

​

The uncommon dialogue

continues...

 

Soul: You seem to be champing

at the bit today. Would you like

to share first?

 

me: Thank you for asking.

 

You know...even though I can

recite all five facets of truth,

they all seem to be blended

into one unified experience

when it comes to practicing.

 

It is a way of living one's life

which provides a safe harbor

for the growth and expansion

of love and peace.

 

I have felt so happy since we

began these dialogues.

 

I have enjoyed companionship,

trust, comfort and partnership

with life...

 

I have been so steady and calm

in the midst of a world which

is in chaos, turmoil and

uncertainty.

 

And I can clearly see that

the reason the world is suffering

is because it is looking for

these things outside, from

the world... rather than from

within.

 

It is truly wonderful feeling so

happy and peaceful. I feel entirely

undisturbed by anything.

 

And if I were to feel disturbed,

I would not shame myself

or try to change what is felt.

 

I would soften, lean in and

embrace myself with kindness

so that the inner experience

could be fully integrated.

 

Life happens.

 

For instance, I have a plumber

here right now but I am deeply

at peace with what is. I feel

an undercurrent of joy that

is unchangeable, utterly

unflappable, no matter

what is happening in the

life situation or circumstances.

 

This is a real GIFT.

 

Soul: You have realized

all that I wanted you to

and this awareness will

continue to expand for you

with more practice and con-

scious awareness.

 

Truth has been explained

linearly, but it is lived

holographically.

 

In time, you will connect

to truth through fifth

dimensional awareness.

 

For the world is as you are.

 

This has been shared before.

 

When you expand in

awareness, the world expands

right along with you.

 

You are entering into

a period in your life where

there must be absolute

alignment and complete

integrity between your

inner and outer life.

 

Only this can open your

eyes and your mind to the

falsity of the long cherished

belief you cling to that tells

you that there is a difference

between you and I.

 

In Truth,  we are ONE and

the SAME.

 

You have no more time

to spare jumping through

hoops for anyone.

 

There is no talking to

someone who believes that

they have control over

what happens in either

their life or the world.

 

Let these relationships

go with your blessing

upon them and stay

in your lane.

 

You are the most holy

temple of the Absolute.

 

Be kind and respectful

of the temple you are

and cultivate friendships

that enhance this aware-

ness.

 

If someone is unwilling

to live this way, why

are you struggling to keep

them in your life?

​

Is this not living from the

outside in?

 

Self-sovereignty, when it is

operating at its zentih, 

cultivates relationships

which are mutually respectful,

loving, kind and accepting

of one another.

​

Practice with joy today

because you came to

this realm to be the

light of the world.

​

But first you must be

a light unto yourself.

 

We will continue our

dialogue tomorrow.

 

me: Thank you.

​​​

***

 

Prayer for the Day

​​

I am the HOME of

GOD.

 

Let me live this life

as though that actually

means something.

 

Because in truth, it is all

the purpose and meaning

there is.

 

Amen

​

***

​

​

​​​

Thought for the Day​​​​​​​​

​

The uncommon dialog

continues...

 

Soul: How was your day

yesterday?

 

Remember.. Although we

are in communion more

often than not these days,

it is still nice to hear your

thoughts and feelings

about your life.

 

And you know, God gets to

experience life in such a

unique and precious

way through you.

 

me: Well, I will tell you this...

It is a relief knowing I

cannot mess things up,

make a wrong turn, a bad

decision or choice.

 

I have stayed in my lane

and, more often than not,

I have trusted that everyone

is always on their own perfect

journey and that is none

of my business.

 

By loving myself more,

I have seen what is lovable,

worthy and beautiful in

others.

 

All of this is to say that

it has enhanced my

awareness of peace.

 

It is a relief knowing I

need do nothing.

 

It is shocking to see how

blissful life is when you

see that you can be still

and rest and let life

take care of itself.

 

Soul: What a great finale.

It segways into the fifth and

final facet of truth.

 

Ready?

 

me: You bet!

 

Soul:

 

The Fifth Facet of Truth

 

Radical Acceptance of

everything, as it is,

is the quickest path

to peace and, therefore,

liberation.

 

What could be better than

to be able to honestly say

the following and know,

all the way down to your

toes, that this is the truth

for me:

 

"I accept myself. Not just

some of myself, but all

of myself, exactly as I am."

 

"I accept my life."

 

"I accept others as they are.

I am done with complaining

about what I think is wrong

when I know that I know

nothing."

 

"I need do nothing other than

come to grips with the fact

that my life is the way it is

supposed to be and so am I."

 

Many times people say

that they accept themselves

and their lives, but they

are always trying to change

something, to fix something,

to improve something,

to make it bigger, brighter,

larger or shinier, after all,

the more the better.

 

Love is who and what you are,

beloved.

 

It's okay if no one else on

this planet gets that because

I get it. I see you. And I

thoroughly love what I see.

You do not need to change

a thing... So let up on the

self flagelation and

constant judgment of

yourself and others.

 

Whose approval do you

actually need anyway?

 

Is it not your own?

 

Living from the inside out

means you are free of victim

consciousness, free of suffering

and free of survival.

 

You accept yourself as you are.

 

You accept the world as it is.

 

And you accept others as

they are.

 

The Soul's journey is the Soul's

journey. You either trust that

or you don't.

 

And the best thing about

acceptance is that it is the key

which unlocks the door to

the Beloved, or Absolute.

 

And the Beloved is LOVE

as are you.

 

If FREEDOM is what your

heart has always yearned for,

then know this:

 

Radical acceptance is the

the only way you get

there.

 

me: I have lived such a shame

based life... Always feeling

that no matter what I did,

I was not good enough

and my efforts were not

enough either.

 

It has been a life dedicated

to trying my best to change me,

change others and change

my world.

 

Saddest of all, it never

worked anyway.

 

I am still me.

 

They are still the way they are.

 

And life is as it is.

 

So there you have it.

 

I have felt like Atlas,

with the whole planet

on my shoulders, try-

ing desperately to

hold the entire world

up.

 

Robbing Peter to pay Paul,

dancing as fast as I could,

always trying to make up for

not being good enough,

successful enough, smart

enough, thin enough, or

pretty enough... hoping 

that if I worked at it hard

enough, maybe people

would one day tell me

that I was "good enough,"

that they needed me.

 

And maybe...the world would

do it the right way because,

naturally, I know what is best.

 

When, if I am truly honest

with myself, I was always

trying to get them to do 

what I wanted them to do

in order to ease my dis-

comfort from and pain

from life.

 

I have finally laid those

burdens down, thanks

to these heart-to-hearts

we have benn having.

 

Thank you for this GIFT.

 

Soul: Would you like to

continue with these daily

exchanges?

 

me: Oh, my gosh...yes...

 

I feel like there has been

a huge shedding of old

programming and

conditioning.

 

You know what my Mother

used to say to me every day?

 

"God, better, best. Never let

it rest until your good

gets better and your better

gets best."

 

Talk about a path of never-

ending doing in a futile

effort to ahieve more,

better or different!

 

The tweeking and pushiing

and constant militant

relationship with life in

hopes of getting it all

the way I wanted it to be.

 

I accepted nothing!

 

Nothing was ever good

enough as it is.

 

If it wasn't for YOU, dear Soul,

we would all be doomed

to live bullshit lives, suffering

from near constant FOMO,

chasing the almighty carrot,

believing God hates every

one of us unless, of course,

you happen to be rich and

famous, an A list actor, or

Royalty.

 

Then you are in like Flynn.

 

Unless you get "cancelled,"

 

The torment we put ourselves

and the world through!

 

But what a great time of

discovery this has been

so far.

 

Thank you.

 

Soul: You are most welcome.

 

Tomorrow then.

 

me: Thank you.

​​​

***

 

Prayer for the Day

​​

Grant me the courage

and the willingness to

bow inwardly before

everything, accepting

that ALL is always well

no matter what and

life asks nothing of me

but to be deeply, proudly

and authentically "me".

and that is more than

​enough.

 

Amen

​

***

​

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​​​

Thought for the Day​​​​​​​​

​

The uncommon dialog

continues...

 

Soul: How was yesterday?

 

me: It was another great

day. I was noticing

the third facet of truth

everywhere.

 

And when I could not see

someone lovingly, i paused

to look for how I was not

being truly loving or honest

with myself.

 

It is so clear that if you are

really and truly watchful of

your inner experience of

life, you do not have a whole

lot of extra time to try to

mind other people's business

for them.

 

Want to hear something

scary?

 

I went to the CVS pharmacy

to pick up my heart meds

and there was a sign that

said you have to be kind,

respectul, no yelling or

behaving inappropriately

or violence.

 

It is so important that we

are living examples of all

that is true and loving

about ourselves, not just

for our peace of mind,

but for the sake of the

world.

 

Soul: It's pretty amazing,

isn't it? You can see why

the world has need of folks

who will live lovingly as

shining examples of

the light of truth.

 

Are you ready for the fourth

facet of truth?

 

me: I'm listening....

 

Soul:

 

The Fourth Facet of Truth

 

You are always on the soul's

perfect journey. You cannot

mess up. You have not done

anything wrong, You have

never and could never take

a misstep. You are always

worthy and beautiful and

loved as you are, beloved.

 

Can you see that how

you respond to yourself in

each moment is your demon-

stration of how clearly

you have integrated this

facet into your very being?

 

You do not need fixing

because you are not broken

now, nor have you ever been.

 

You do not need to do better

because there is nothing wrong

with how you are experiencing

your particular experience.

 

In other words, you do not need

to change yourself in any way.

 

What you do have need of

learning is to honestly work

with three important things

in every experience:

 

(1) Look and feel. How

attuned can I be

to the experience I am

having as it is?

​

(2) How loving, gentle,

respectful, kind and accepting

can I be toward myself in

the midst of experience

that I am having

in the exact way in which

I am experiencing it?

 

Can you dare to love yourself

without trying to run away,

distract or numb yourself?

​

Can you give me some examples

of running away, distracting and

numbing?

​

me: Sure I can. How about these?

 

*avoiding my feelings by getting

on with it and doing something

which is far more important than

feeling these silly feelings..

​

*go play with the kids or talk to

the wife/husband/partner.

​

*call someone and listen to them

and the stories they are telling

themselves instead of looking

at what you have a dire need

to face and embrace.

​

*eat something my body does not

need, engage in some retail therapy,

read something "spiritual."

​

*Pray.  Dump it all on the Divine

to deal with. The problem with this

is that this is your work and no one

elses.

​

How are these for examples?

​

Soul: Perfect.

 

(3) Recognize that the only

kind of experience you can

ever have is a personal

or inner one.

​

Just because you think your

reaction is a result of their

behavior, recognize this as

a brilliant example of living

from the outside in.

​

Further, it is chock full of 

judgments and a lack of

appreciation for one who

is a brother or sister eactly

as they are. They, like you,

do not need to change or

be fixed.

 

100% of all outward behavior is

a reflection of that individual's

inner experience of themselves.

 

In other words, this is

your experience, it is no one

else's. Stay in your own lane,

beloved.

 

Here are a few thoughts

you can take with you

as you go about your day

today.

 

Use them liberally or make

some up of your own.

 

"I am always on the soul's

journey."

 

"She/he is on their soul's

journey. I may not like this,

but they are following their

soul's plan just as much as

I am. How can I possibly

enter fear  (interfere)

with that?

​

*This is none of my business.

 

"I have every reason

to trust. Has the universe

ever let me down?"

 

"Everything is unfolding

exactly as it should."

 

"This is my experience

and I am experiencing it

the way that I am supposed

to be experiencing it."

 

"Relax....Take a chill pill.

And stay in your lane!"

 

"Let me be here NOW for

myself. I am the one in most

need of some unconditional

love and support at this

moment."

 

"This is just an experience.

It will pass like gas. Let me

leave my paws off of it and

just soften into loving

and supporting myself as

this is and as I am."

 

You get the picture.

 

me: Yes I do.

 

I predict another terrific day

today.

 

Let's do it.

 

Soul: It's a forever date

because we are stuck to

one another just like

Chuck, two peas in a pod

with each other, until you

recognize me as your

most beloved self.

​

But truth is that in all states

and stages, we are forever ONE

and the same.

 

Isn't this being human thing

grand?

​​​

***

 

Prayer for the Day

​​

How grand this journey

is knowing that I am

neither behind the point

of perfection, nor am I

advancing toward it.

 

I thank my lucky stars

for Clear Seeing...

 

...and feeling!

 

Amen

​

***

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Thought for the Day​​​​​​​​

​

The uncommon dialog

continues...

 

Soul: How was the birthday?

 

me: Christy and I had lunch.

Vegan Pho and it was yummy!

 

We also had a pedicure, went

window shopping at World

Market and the bonsai tree

store.

​

It's fun to look and oohh and

aahhh but not spend.

 

The only thing we didn't do

was get our sno cone. I was

tuckered out. Too much fun.

 

Soul: I am happy you shared

your day with someone who

is such a good friend.

 

Ready for the Third Facet

of Truth?

 

me: Absolutely!

 

Soul:

 

The Third Facet of Truth

 

It is embracing and loving

all of your humanity exactly

as it is that allows you

to embrace others

completely as they are.

 

So when people tell you

that it is easy for them to

love others, but you see

clearly that they struggle

with loving themselves,

you can be certain that they

are being dishonest with

themselves.

 

We really are not ready 

for anything if we still

cannot have a deeply

honest conversation 

with ourselves, or allow

others to be deeply

honest with us.

 

This is not a journey as such.

 

It is more of a opening up

of our eyes and our hearts

to what is true about our

experience.

​

It is about truly being

here now for ourselves.

 

Here we are brave and

we open our hearts rather

than reacting in the habitual

pattern acquired in

childhood of running away,

ghosting ourselves and

others while believing that

we are aligning with some self-

perceived sense of a truth

which is not really true

because we have not ever had

a direct experience of truth nor

any conscious memory of it.

 

We learn to be kind,

loving and patient with

ourselves, knowing we are

helping the whole earth

heal and be happy.

 

Oneness means the world

is as I am, afterall.

 

Again, this is not about

being abusive or shaming

with oneself.

 

It is about looking so lovingly

and so carefully within with

one goal: To see where we

are hiding from ourselves

because of old hurts and fears

we have not faced, felt and

integrated.

 

The highest form of deception

is self-deception.

 

After all, you have to first

betray yourself before

anyone can attempt to

take advantage of you by

relating unkindly.

 

Jesus was known to have

taught his world about

the two greatest

commandments.

 

He was actually sharing

teachings found originally

in the Torah.

 

me: Love the Lord thy God

with all thy heart, with all

they mind and all thy soul...

 

...and the second greatest

commandment is to love

thy neighbor as thyself.

 

Soul: What was he really saying?

 

me: That no one has the capacity

to love anyone any more

than they love themselves.

 

Soul: You got it.

 

me: I told my friend, Christy,

today that how she, or anyone

else for that matter, feels

about me is kind of meaningless

to me anymore.

 

That's  because I love myself 

so much...I am so sweet and

so very precious and dear...

​

I do not care if you can see

that or not. I see it. I feel it.

I know it...

 

And what I see in her and love 

so intensely is the same thing

that is in me.

 

Soul: You are understanding

so much about love...

 

me: I know. And it sure makes

it self-evident when someone

is saying something that isn't

true because they do not know

what they are talking about.

 

And equally so, it is clear

when someone knows their

soul...that is self-evident too.

 

We recognize our tribes;

those beings we incarnated

with from our branch of

the Tree of Life.

 

Soul: This is why the most

important work that anyone

will ever do in any lifetime is

to learn to genuinely love

all of themselves as they are.

 

To realize that I need do

nothing.

 

And that sometimes, doing

nothing is the hardest thing

thing of all to do!

 

If something enhances your

awareness of peace, go for it.

​

Go for it, love it and embrace

it with all of your heart.

 

And recognize when someone

is clearly trying to control

or manipulate you and call it

love. This is not love at all.

Steer clear of them.

You need do nothing because

you don't need anything from

anyone or anything.

 

Love and peace are qualities

of the soul and everything

else is ego.

 

ego = edging God out.

 

You are here to be happy.

 

You are here to know peace.

 

You are here to learn to

love yourself as no one else

ever has or will because

it is just not their job. It is

yours.

 

The love you feel is always

the love that has always been

and is inside of you.

 

You are always awakening

to more and more of your

own love.

 

To know thyself and honor

thyself in all moments.

 

This is the greatest gift you

can give the world.

 

Because if you have really

and truly found love and

peace within, it will in-

evitably spill out onto

all the world as well.

​

You live by an inner moto

which says, "How can I love

myself even more?"

 

I tell you this because

each of these things are

something the world knows

nothing of for the most

part.

 

However this is the new order

of being human you came

to introduce into the collective.

 

Have you had enough for

today?

 

me: Yes. I've hit my satuaration

point. Thank you.

 

Soul: It is time to leave worry

and fear behind you once and

for all.

 

What remains of your precious

human life will be filled to

overflowing with Joy.

 

How do I know this?

 

Because you have found

the source within and you

know it is always an inside

job.

 

And you know that it doesn't

have a single thing to do

with what happens or does

not happen in your life.

 

This is the essence of living

from the inside out.

​

***

 

Prayer for the Day

​​

Thank you for my wonderful

wonderful life.

 

Amen

​

***

​

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Thought for the Day​​​​​​​​

​

The uncommon dialog

continues...

 

me: Do you mind if I share

first today?

 

Soul: Go right ahead.

 

Me: I have so much on my

heart, and even though I

know you are aware of

everything I feel and ex-

perience in every moment,

that you are my loving

24/7/365 inner friend, there

is so much that I would like

to share with you today.

 

First of all, I am happy.

 

Happiness is a choice.

 

It is a result of choosing

alignment within with

our own True North and

remaining there.

 

I am happy and I am grateful.

 

Today is the anniversary of

my birth.

 

I am 72 years old and I am

so damn grateful to be alive,

for the life that is mine to live,

for the friends I have in my life,

for my health, for the fact that

everything in the body still works,

and that for some reason,  too

wonderful to comprehend and

for reasons I cannot begin to

fathom, you choose to give me

another day of life.

 

Life is not a guarantee for

any of us, yet we rarely pause

to take the time to think

about it.

 

Let me tell you about

yesterday... My friend Chantel

sent me money for my birthday

and my friends Christy, Paul

and Sharifa took me to see a

wonderful movie called,"Eleanor

the Great."

 

I wish everyone could see it.

It is such a great message for

our times.

 

We need to get our act together

and start seeing one another...

 

Really seeing...

 

Seeing and listening and loving

consciously because we are all

so so precious and dear.

 

Each and every one of us is

far too important to ever

be overlooked, unappreciated

or taken for granted.

 

I feel so rapturously in love

with life, in love with myself,

so grateful for the life which

has been my good fortune

to live and think of as mine,

in love with humanity as a 

whole, and yet on a micro

level, so tenderly in love with

the smallest, seemingly in-

significant of things...

​

Nothing is insignificant.

​

Absolutely nothing!

​

To notice it all, notice it all!

 

So very very grateful I see...

 

Mavis's smile yesterday

morning (Christy's puppy

and how proud she is of

her sweet little girly girl

necklace), the sweetness of

my posse, the hum of traffic,

the friends that I have had

to love and whom I miss

with all of my heart because

they are no longer alive,

my home, each moment

you give me, knowing that my

little life has mattered and that

I am loved and when I

die, I know that I have left

this world  a kinder and

more loving place than the

one I incarnated into.

​

(Even that one is better,

although none of them

realize it yet.)

 

Thank you for it all.

 

Thank you for my best friend,

Pam. What an incredible gift

that was and still is. You actually

saved me through her.

 

I was so lost and alone in this

life, trusting no one really and

truly...

 

You gave me someone who

actually really and truly saw me,

someone who could see

right through me, and

loved me anyway.

 

I knew how to share, how

to attract crowds, but I was

so barren and lost...talking

about things I had no real

relationship with back then.

 

And you know I put her to the

test.

 

I tried everything to get

her to fire me as a friend so

I could prove there really was

no such thing as a love so

huge and changeless, a love

that gets bigger even in death,

in order to prove that people

hurt and abandon you

and cannot be trusted...so

don't ever show your real

hand of cards...God forbid

you reveal your soft under-

belly so they can move in

for the kill!

 

And although she left this world

a little over a year ago now, she

is a bigger part of my life in each

passing day because my relationship

with her has shown me that LOVE

is the only thing that is forever...

 

Pam was true blue to her very

last breath...and she lives

with me each and every day

in my heart because she dared

to demonstrate to me daily 

for 26 years what LOVE is.

 

And since love can never leave me,

neither can Pam, because she was

love...she was and is love through

and through.

 

Thank you for teaching me that.

 

I know you gave her to me

and how can you ever say

thanks for something as life

changing and magnificent

as that?

 

I woke up this morning.

 

FIrst thought...

 

Happy birthday, dear Pelkyong.

 

And Sus sent me birthday $ too!

 

How fantastic is that?

 

Today, I am going to lunch

with Christy, having a pedicure

and getting a birthday sno

cone.

 

Sometimes I think that if life gets

any sweeter, I might just combust

all over the place!

 

This is all mine!

 

And yet, not a single thing

is mine...Life keeps passing

through and blessing me

and cares for me and nurtures

me and asks for nothing 

in return...

 

Can you believe it?

 

This is mine to love and enjoy,

to hold and appreciate 

and to just say thank you....

thank you for the Gift.

 

Soul: How about we leave it at

this for today?

 

We can pick up with the third

facet of truth tomorrow.

 

Your heart is so full. Run with

everything as it is today.

 

Share the wealth...

Spread it everywhere!

 

Remember...I am always with

you and just like I am the sweetest

part of you, you are the sweetest

part of me.

 

Isn't it fun?

 

Have a wonderful day today

and happy birthday...(Even

though you are birthless and

deathless!)

​

***

 

Prayer for the Day

​​

The voices of all the hosts of

heaven combined could

not express my gratitude....

 

Thank you for this precious

precious life I call mine.

 

Amen

​

***

​

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​​​

Thought for the Day​​​​​​​​

​

The uncommon dialog

continues...

 

Soul: I thought we could

move right into the second

facet of Truth but first, I

wanted to hear how things

are going from your per-

spective.

 

me: I'm glad you asked that

because there is something

I want to share. It feels

very important for me to

actually say it out loud.

 

Soul: I know what you

want to say and I know

that you know that I know,

but it is always lovely

to hear what you have

to share with Me from

your heart. So the floor

is yours, my dear...

 

me: Yesterday was very

powerful and lovely.

The heart was so filled

with joy and peace

and I felt such

transparency in my

relationship with you.

 

I seriously could not tell

where I end and you begin.

 

I felt heard and cherished,

loved and adored, treasured

and priceless all day long.

 

I knew I was not alone.

 

I experienced what it means

to have a friend with whom

I shared the deepest intimacy

and love.

 

I marveled at traffic lights,

shining faces, and kindness

everywhere...a kindness

which was flowing because

the flood gates of the heart

were wide open...

 

No one really said much of

anything.

 

We all seemed to communicate

with our eyes, our eyes and

our hearts.

 

All day long I experienced

a kindness so profound that it

constantly brought tears

to my eyes every time I paused

to reflect on what was

happening and how I felt.

 

I loved it. I loved every single

second of it. So much so, I

was sad to see the day end.

 

But even then, I felt like I

was being gently rocked to

sleep with the deepest

tenderness and affection

saturating me in such

unwavering devotion

and care...

 

So thank you... Thank you

so much for the sweetest

of days...

 

Soul: Want to try for another

day like that today?

 

me: Absolutely! I could get

used to living my life this

way.

 

Soul: That's the point,

precious...

 

I want you to feel attached

to living in complete union

and transparency with me.

 

Me living you and you living

as Me is what this being

human thing is all about,

after all.

 

Ready for #2?

 

me: Yes!

 

Soul: Let's go then.

 

The Second Facet of Truth

 

I am here to learn to love

myself so completely that my

presence is a living demonstration

of a love that absolutely takes

your breath away.

 

This is to be my demonstration

to the world.

 

Those feelings that you used to

describe our relationship with

one another is how you are

to feel toward yourself.

 

Because your life is always your

message, when the message that

gets transmitted through you is

one of genuine love and under-

standing, the whole Cosmos

is blessed to its very core.

 

So there are some thoughts

I would like for you to take

with you today.

 

Remind yourself of them often

as you go about the business

of life and living.

 

"I love all of myself the way

I am right now in this moment."

 

"I love my life the way that it is

right now in this very moment."

 

"I choose this."

 

"I chose it long ago and I still

choose it."

 

"This is just something I have to

go through and experience."

 

Remember, life is your laboratory

and you are the petri dish

in which both you and the world

gets to see what grows.

 

What happens when you remember

to take these thoughts

actively with you throughout

your day?

 

What grows in the petri dish

that you are when there is this

level of watchfulness and

care or presence that you are

bringing to all of the moments

of your life?

 

I wish you a blessed day of

loving practice that is filled

to overflowing with miracles.

 

me: Thank you.

 

I already can feel how the

day will go because my heart

is burning with love, burning

with compassion and kindness

right now.

 

What a wild and precious gift

this life actually is, regardless

what is happening in our world

these days.

​

***

 

Prayer for the Day

​​

Be Thou forever with me

through all the busy comings

and goings of my life today.

 

Amen

​

***

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Thought for the Day​​​​​​​​

​​

The uncommon dialog

continues...

 

Soul: Today we begin our

examination of the nature

of Truth.

 

Moses gave humanity Ten

Commandments. Truth

is actually much simpler

than that.

 

It has five salient features

to it, each of which is

lovingly, harmoneously

and inseparably mixed in

every single thing that is.

 

So much easier for

remembering, don't you 

feel?

 

The First Facet

 

There is an Absolute Reality

and that Absolute is Eternal,

Immortal and Infinite.

 

Most importantly, it is

Changelsss.

 

This Absolute Reality is

the same yesterday, today

and forever.

 

The Absolute abides in the

Eternal Now and although

it is everywhere, the mystery

of mysteries is that the sum

total of all that this Reality is,

abides within your heart,

much like a fractal.

 

This is because it is indivisible

 

You abide within the Absolute,

as does the Absolute abide

within you.

 

There has never been a moment

when this was not true..

 

The Ultimate Reality is not

an identity or persona as such,

but a Consciousness that is

both One and Many

simultaneously, for it is the

Eternal Substrate of all that is.

 

You are loved and adored by

this Consciousness, you are

treasured and held in the

highest regard. Much more so

than one could possibly

conceive of in every moment.

 

Words could never portray

how deeply and completely

you are loved.

 

In other words, this means

that no one can tell you,

not a teacher, a preacher,

a savior or guru what Truth

is. You must experience It

directly for yourself. 

​

And once you do, it does

not matter what others have

to say about It because you

know the Truth for yourself.

 

The meaning of Love must be

experienced directly in order

to be known and therefore

understood.

 

So when it is said that the

Absolute created you in It's

Image, it means that you are

composed of it. 

 

There is no atom, no molecule

or particle of you that is

not composed of it.

 

Therefore, you are Changeless

too.

 

You are not judged. It is not

unhappy with you, nor does

it consider you as having made

mistakes.

​

You have absolutely nothing

to atone for, dear child.

 

Religion has done much to

mar the understanding of

this Presence and therefore

limited humankind's desire

to experience It directly for

themselves.

 

Your will and It's Will are ONE.

 

So everything you have

experienced and how

you experienced it was and

is perfect, in the sense that

every experience you have

ever or could ever have

has unfolded according to

complete mutual agreement

and celestial design.

 

You do not need fixing, you are

never not enough exactly as

you are right now and in every

now, and there is absolutely

nothing for you to work on.

 

me: So why follow a spiritual

path at all? Isn't it a colossal

waste of time?

 

100% unnecessary?

​

Soul: Wouldn't you like to

have an experience that

would either confirm or

dismiss the existence of

this Consciousness for you

once and for all?

​

me: Of course I would.

 

Soul: Truth requires vigilance

on your part until vigilance

is no longer necessary.
 

me: How will I know when it

is no longer necessary?

 

Soul: You will recognize that

you have no need for vigilance

when you realize that you

have never left the Absolute

and it has never left you.

 

It is a felt Presence

within you at all times,

changing how you experience

yourself and your life,

ever reminding you that

you are never alone.

 

This felt Presence is Peace, 

no matter what is happening 

in your life or the world.

 

Sit with this today.

 

It is such an important reali-

zation.

 

Read it again and again

and again.

 

And we will continue tomorrow

with the second aspect

or quality of Truth.

 

It will be even more impactful

and meaningful to hear and

absorb.​​

​

***

 

Prayer for the Day

​​

The heart rejoices

because in the midst

of the calamity of life,

it knows it rests in God.

 

Amen

​

***

​

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​​​

Thought for the Day​​​​​​​​

​

The uncommon dialog

continues...

 

Soul: Since we popped the

BIG question yesterday,

this week I would begin

by giving you a brief

cosmological overview

and then in the days

following, we could talk

about the various elements

or aspects of truth.

 

Afterall, it is pretty hard

to give your allegiance

to something when you

do not know what that

something actually entails.

 

How does that sound?

 

me: That sounds perfect.

Just what my heart's

longs for.

 

I have always pondered

such questions as, "Why

am I here?" "What is the

meaning of life?" "Am I

fulfilling my purpose?"

and "What is truth?"

 

So thank you.

 

Soul: You are most welcome.

Although I need no thanks,

you have a great need to

notice how blessed you

are.

 

An attitude of gratitude

goes a long way in the

establishment and

maintenance of peace.

 

Why wouldn't the heart

feel blessed and express

gratitude?

 

Many eons ago, a very

specific group

consciousness of which

you are a part, had

a spiritual pow wow

on the causal plane

and decided that, since

they all occupied the

same branch of the

Tree of Life, they would

all incarnate at this time

in order to facilitate a

planetary shif that would

usher in a new way of

being human.

 

It was seen that human

beings had advanced

technologically at a pace

which was much faster than

they had developed

in terms of being able

to access their hearts.

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Without some help,

they might well blow

themselves to kingdom

come and destroy

the planet in the process.

 

Human beings were still

deeply mired in greed,

survival, suffering and fear.

 

It was time for a celestial

speed up that would

hasten a mass ascension

event rather than a 

global extinction.

 

Further, it was clear that

this was a job that was

much too big for one

person alone, acting

as a guru or Avatar, and

would therefore take

all of them working together

as a collective to pull this

off.

 

So the sum total of the

collective unconscious

(notice I am bringing your

focus to the unconscious

mind of the planet collectively)

was divided amongst

them and they each

agreed to live our on

the human plane a portion

of that unconsciousness,

the sum total of which

was everything that

humanity had not in-

tegrated.

 

This would be the key 

to assisting the planet

in shifting from a thought

system which was fear-based

to a thought system of LOVE.

 

You are not here to fix

or change yourself.

 

And you are not here

to fix or change the world.

 

You are here to feel.

 

There are ones among

you who have never felt

a single thing in their entire

life other than anger.

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And this they project onto

those around them, rather

than integrating it.

​

This is why things are the

way they are, beloved.

​

They have left many destiny points

in their lives by tossing a grenade

into the situation on their way

out the door.

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How does that help anyone?

 

To feel is to integrate...

 

When feeling what you

are experiencing is done

without shame, judgment,

projection or guilt of

any kind, and when one

begins to love all of them-

selves, especially the parts

that were formerly loathed

and shunned, one experi-

ences freedom from that

emotiional state. It is

mercifully integrated.

 

You are here to learn to

love and accept all of

yourself...exactly as it is.

 

This necessitates you

having each abd every one

of the experiences that

represent your portion of

the collective unconsciousness

that you agreed to integrate

for the sake of the whole.

 

It is very important at this

particular time to discuss

two terms which are widely

used by both psychologists

and the spiritual market

place these days, looking

carefully and lovingly at

how they specifically apply

to your purpose.

 

The first term is spiritual

bypassing.

 

Spiritual bypassiing refers

to you ignoring what you feel.

 

You are here to experience

what you agreed to integrate,

not to bypass it by pretending

that it is not happening or by

simply ignoring it.

 

Ever notice that the word

"ignore" is the root of the

word "Ignorance"?

 

Being allegiant to truth does

not mean to bypass your

experience in favor of honoring

what you believe the Ultimate

Reality or Truth to be.

 

It means the willingness to be

truthful with yourself

about what you are

experiencing while bringing

absolute love and acceptance

to the experience and teaching

others, through your example,

that peace is always possible

no matter what is happening

in our lives.

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Our words mean nothing.

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But our lives are our message.

 

What is stored in the cellular

memory of the collective

is not integrated when you

overlook or ignore the ex-

perience you are actually

having.

 

We look and we feel, not to

fix what is happening

because it is somehow

wrong and therefore needs

to stop, we look and we feel

so that all of humanity releases

the burden of guilt and emotional

entrapment in which they

have utterly lost themselves.

 

How do we know that it

is your work to experience

and integrate what is

happening?

 

Because you are the one, dear

heart, that is experiencing

it!

 

The second term we need

to have a firm grasp on

is gaslighting.

 

This refers to you abondoniing

yourself by not honoring the

truth of your experience and

supporting yourself.

 

Honoring, loving and supporting

yourself is how integration actually

occurs.

 

So what I am saying is that

it is vital to feel whatever you

are experiencing the way

that you are experiencing it

by loving and supporting

yourself in the midst of

it, without making yourself

wrong for the "how" or

by trying to change it.

 

This is how those fears and 

feelings are completed

for the sake of all of us.

 

Get it?

 

me: I think I do. But I think

I need to end here for today

and rest with it all for awhile.

 

It's a lot. But it is all starting

to make a whole lot of sense.

 

I have always wondered why

things had to happen the

way they did. Not just for me,

but for everyone in my life.

 

So tomorrow then?

 

Soul: Tomorrow we will

begin our point by point

discussion of Truth.

 

Always remember that

you are loved and cherished

exactly as you are and

you do not need to change

a thing.

 

And do remember to ask

yourself, "Is peace in my

awareness?"

 

Because you were born

to be happy.

 

And it is possible to be

both happy and peaceful

no matter what.

 

For this is the new way of

what it means to be

human that you came

to usher into the world through

your living demonstration.

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***

 

Prayer for the Day

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It is a great honor and a

privilege to be alive

at this particular time

in human history and

experience the oppor-

tunity to be a participant

in a mass global ascension.

 

Thank you for the GIFT.

 

Amen

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***

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Thought for the Day​​​​​​​​

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The uncommon dialog

continues...

 

Soul: Today we are going to

explore another question.

 

me: You lead, I follow.

 

Soul: It is the most important

question one can ask

oneself (and answer)

in their lifetime.

 

And we can tell whether or

not someone is likely to

embody the truth during

this particular lifetime or

not based on how they

have answered the question.

 

Because whether conscious

or unconscious, we are

all answering that question

in each and every moment

of our lives.

 

me: I'm listening.

 

Soul: It is vital that you listen,

not just with your ears,

but with your heart.

 

me: How do I do that?

 

Soul: Using the faculty of

imagination, can you sense

or feel yourself breathing

in and out from the midpoint

between your two breasts?

 

This is where the heart chakra

is located and experienced.

 

Your heart chakra is the abode

of the Divine.

 

Shall we practice together?

 

me: I am feeling the chest

expand and conrtract

with the inhalation and

the exhalation.

 

Soul: That's good. You

are doing it perfectly.

 

Ready for your question?

 

me: Yes.

 

Soul: Is truth true or is it

not?

 

Because there is either a

absolute truth that is true

and it is true for all of us,

or truth is either personal,

and therefore different for

everyone, or it is simply

non-existent.

 

The word truth is like the

word eternal.

 

Do you know what makes

Eternity eternal?

 

The fact that it is changeless.

 

It is the same yesterday,

today and tomorrow.

 

If something can change,

if it can be one thing and

then another, then it most

certainly is not eternal.

 

And it is also not the truth.

 

me: So I think what you

are saying to me is that if

truth is true, it is true 100%

of the time and therefore

it can be counted on and

deserves my allegiance

and devotion 100% of the

time as well.

 

Soul: Succinctly said.

 

What do you think would

happen in this world if

for just one day, everybody

gave their 100% allegiance

and devotion to the truth?

 

me: What seems clear to me

is that there would be peace

on earth and goodwill lovingly

practiced toward every

living thing.

 

Tolerance, patience and

dependability would be

every day norms.

 

And we would support

one another.

 

Greed and selfishness

would be impossible.

 

But that depends on all

of agreeing what the truth

is and seeing that truth

as our refuge in this world.

 

Soul: RIght again.

 

Each and every day, you

give mindless allegiance

to lies, worry and fear to

untruths, and you trust

no one, including your-

selves.

 

Trust is the fruit of a

relationship in which you

know you are loved.

 

You do not love yourself.

 

You do not believe you

are good and precious

and always worthy.

 

And you do not believe that

truth abides unceasingly

within you.

 

Something we will work on

together...

 

But let us begin by contem-

plaing, is truth true or

is it not?

 

Take time to reflect

upon the question sincerely

with a desire to be completely

honest with yourself.

 

Give it the airtime it

deserves and see what your

heart shares with you.

 

We will pick up here again

tomorrow.

 

But know this...

 

The only thing which can

ever be in danger or one

can ever lose, wasn't ever

real to begin with...

 

To lose the false is never

a loss... it's a gain.

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***

 

Prayer for the Day

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Dearest Truth:

 

Be the biggest and brightest

thing in my awareness

in every moment of my life.

 

Amen

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***

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Thought for the Day​​​​​​​​

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The uncommon dialog

continues...

 

Soul: How did it go yesterday?

 

me: Well, for one thing...maybe

for the first time in my life...

I was truly aware of the fact

that I could bite the hook

and lose myself on the horizontal

axis of life, or I could stay

aligned with True North on the

vertical, resting in the sublime

awareness of that mesmerizing

golden light.

 

It made for a spectacular day.

 

So where do we begin today?

 

I'm pumped and all in.

 

Soul: Sometimes two things

which are deeply interrelated

are not recognized as such

until you have worked with

them a bit.

 

Today's suggestion is precisely

like that.

 

As you go about your day today,

allow one question to walk

in the space before you...

ever allowing it to inform

and guide you.

 

me: What's the question?

Lay it on me.

 

Soul: Is peace in my awareness?

 

How do you think the day would

go for you and what would be

your inner experience of life

if you were to ask yourself this

question when dealing with

all of life's circumstances,

whether inner or outer?

 

me: Well...that's pretty clear,

even without practicing...

 

I would be keenly aware, in

each moment, whether I was

sitting in my prison cell feeling

sorry for myself or standing

in the light of pristine clarity

and charity of awareness.

 

How's that for understanding

the whole chocolate or

vanilla thingy?

 

Soul: Spot on. Want to give

it a whirl?

 

me: Absolutely!

 

Soul: We will meet again

tomorrow for our sixth day of

communing with one another.

 

me: I'm not anywhere

near ready for this to end.

 

Could we continue for awhile?

 

Soul: Absolutely!

 

Aterall, I am the most important

part of you. (the real part)

 

My thoughts are your thoughts.

 

My heart iis your heart.

 

And our Will is ONE and done.

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***

 

Prayer for the Day

​​

May I consciously share

in the awareness of our

ONE being today and

every day.

 

Amen

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***

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Thought for the Day​​​​​​​​

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The uncommon dialog

continues...

 

Soul: To begin to open

your understanding of how

one begins to live from

the inside out after a lifetime

of living from the outside in,

we first must look at a cross.

 

For so long, the cross has been

falsely interpreted to rep-

resent mankind's sinful

nature and abject failure to

live up to his Divine heritage,

thus exposing the deep need

for redemption-- obviously

from a Source not himself,,

a source deemed more holy

and thus worthy of the

role of savior.

 

This is as ignorant as it is

unfair, for you, my darling,

are perfect as you are.

 

me: If I am perfect the way

that I am, why does it matter

if I live from the inside out

or from the outside in?

 

Soul: And the simple truth is

that it does not.

 

Unless, of course, you do not

enjoy suffering and simple

survival is not enough for you.

 

Survival is the daily carrot

each of you must chase 

day after day when you

live from the outiside in.

 

This is the carrot everyone

chases from birth til death.

 

Pitted against one another,

each tries to better his lot

at the cost of someone

else's happiness, freedom

and security.

 

me: Okay then. I get it.

 

How then should I look at

the cross?

 

Soul: First, notice that

a cross has two axis; a

horizontal axis and

a vertical one.

 

The horizontal axis represents

all that your mind contains,

your conditioning and

programming, your beliefs,

goals. In other words, the body

and its life in this world.

 

While the vertical axis

is represents the soul

and it's identity

within God.

 

Let's not get too attached

to the word "God," for

it has a lot of negative

charge associated with

it, all of which is a gross

misunderstanding per=

petrated and perpetuated

by those who know nothing

of the relationship with

the Divine personally.

 

If you are not comfortable

with the word God, you

can substitute any word

you like--such as "Diivine"

or simply the word "Love"

or "Light" if you prefer.

 

The important thing is not

to throw the baby out

with the bath water.

 

Just because a particular

word does not work for you,

]does not mean you

should pack up your toys

while sucking your thumb

and go home; nor does it

mean to ghost those with whom

the ego does not agree and

therfore judge as a threat.

 

For if you really did know

your Self, what could

possibly threaten you?

 

me: Nothing, nada, zip.

 

Soul: The Absolute is not

at fault for what human beings

have done with the name.

 

...

 

On a cross, there is a very

important point where

the two axis' intersect with

one another.

 

The point of intersection

is where one can actually feel

the difference between living

from the inside out and that of

living from the outside in.

 

For here you are in the world

but not of it.

 

You are consciously aware of

your identity in the Divine

(represented by the vertical axis)

while being very much engaged

with your human life in this world
(the horizontal axis).

 

The vertical axis and your

connection with it is the source

of peace, Here you can use

the faculty of awareness

to see/feel/connect with

a column of golden light

streaming from Infinity

down through the crown

of your head and exiting

your feet.

 

The horizontal axis is the

home of restlessnness,

calamity, chaos and fear. 

 

In other words, your dog

eat dog life in this world.

 

The only moment in which

you can connect with

your own True North

is the present moment,

the singular point of

intersection between

the two axis'.

 

While life on the horizontal

axis is the world of time.

 

If life's meaning is revealed

when one is abiding on

the point of intersection,

what do you do when you find

yourself no longer on this

point?

 

me: Return to the point, of course!

 

Soul: Life is your laboratory

and your human self and

physical vehicle are your

petri dish.

 

See what happens today

when you place the focus

of your attention on the

point of intersection be-

tween these two axis'

while feeling into your

connection with your

own True North.

 

And when you fall in the

weeds, which you will inev-

itably do (when you notice

that you are no longer peaceful

and have not thought about

nor felt your connection

with True North for some time),

return to point immediately.

 

Your results will speak for

themselves.

 

Truth is self evident my

dear, and it thankfully

requires no dedense.

 

Until tomorrow then...

 

We will chat about what

you find.

 

Your Soul

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***

 

Prayer for the Day

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My Infinite, Eternal

and Immortal Soul

is found at the cross-

roads or intersection

between the vertaical

and horizontal axis.

 

May I peacefully abide

there.

 

This is my GIFT

to my Self.

 

This is my GIFT

to the world.

 

Amen

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***

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Thought for the Day​​​​​​​​

​

The uncommon dialog

continues...

 

Soul: Let us discuss what

the experience of living

from the inside out is like.

 

For surely one is not in-

vested in the notion of

devoting themselves

to the total embodiment

of such an awareness

unless they feel deeply

motivated to do so.

 

Wouldn't you agree?

 

me: Absolutely.

 

Soul: To live from the

inside out is to abide

unceasingly in the eye

of the storm.

 

One becomes the candle

which does not and cannot

flicker in the wind.

 

This is the peace which

passes all understanding,

a state described by one

who actually lived in

absolute union with

the Divine and had

complete mastery of 

the human vessel and its

world throughout the

entire course of his 

lifetime.

 

Life happens...

 

And destiny is something

immutable. It unfolds

for each and every one

of us in every single

moment of our lives

while here.

 

But no matter what

shakes out, one remains

established in the

changeless state of

inner calm and

equipoise.

 

Aligned with True North,

what could possibly be

felt to be missing?

 

Are you not tired of the

hamster wheel, the never

ending roller coaster ride

through the constant

unnerving uncertainty

of earthly life?

 

Is not the state of an

abiding peace and

tranquility, within a

love which knows neither

limitation nor bounds,

that for which your

heart has always

yearned since your

earliest memory?

 

Once again, we are

back to the same

question:

 

Chocolate or vanilla,

your choice.

 

No one holds you captive

in the prison cell in

which you live and die

but you, and no one

can set you free

but yourself.

 

Tomorrow we will

begin unraveling the

next steps in your

particular destiny.

 

For surely it has occurred

to you by now that

your destiny is that of

complete liberty in this

very lifetime, or we would

never have been engaged

in our present dialog.

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***

 

Prayer for the Day

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Gazing peacefully in

the mirror, I see only

my Self in both inner

and outer worlds.

 

For this I give thanks.

 

Amen

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***

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Thought for the Day​​​​​​​​

​

Our uncommon dialog

continues...

 

Soul: This one is short.

All that is asked of you is

that yiu answer one

question...

 

Who's your daddy?

 

me: Huh?

 

Soul: This isn't rocket science

you know....,you only get

one of two possible choices,

two possible answers to this

question, me or the ego,

which is just another way

of saying me or the world.

 

Because when you are

listening to the world, 

you are listening with your

mind, aka the voice 

between your ears...

 

You don't get both.

 

It should be as easy for you

as the question:

 

Chocolate or vanilla?

 

I will leave it at that and

we can pick this up again

tomorrow after you have

had sufficient time to

wrestle with the answer

you come up with a bit...

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***

 

Prayer for the Day

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I never really thought

much abou it, but I

am always choosing

between the false and

the true, the ego and

the soul in each and

every moment of the

Living Now.

 

Let me make the only

choice which is born

of love, rather than

the one that is always

bred in the fetid and

noisy hiding places

where fear abides

without questioning...

 

Amen

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***

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Thought for the Day​​​​​​​​

​

An uncommon dialog

continues...

 

Soul: Today we are going

to explore one of the most

powerful issues that all

human beings face each

and every moment of

their lives...

 

The issue/question is this:

 

Am I living my life from

the inside out or am I

living it from the out-

side in?

 

Are my thoughts and feelings

a byproduct of my experiences

in the world?

 

~A reactiion or response to

outside events?

 

Or am I the sole curator of

my inner experience of life

in every moment?

 

You see, if the world was

actually capable of invoking

a single emotion or could

generate a single thought,

then you would forever be

a victim of your circumstances

and hope truly would be

a colossal  waste of time.

 

The wish for a happier life

most surely would be

a pipe dream, would it not?

 

And then you truly would be

lost because freedom would

be a fantasy for those infected

with wishful thinking.

 

So I ask you again..

 

Which is an accurate estimation

of how you live your life?

 

Do you live from the inside out,

or from the outside in?

 

me: Clearly, I live from the

outside in. But let me make

this perfectly clear: I live

from the outside in because

I have been brainwashed

by my parents, sibling(s),

teachers,nclassmates,

friends & neighbors, TV,

media, both social and

otherwise, and the adver-

tising world into believing

that this is how the world

operates.

 

~Just like every other human

being on this planet!

 

Or at least the vast majority

of us.

 

Further, we have all drank

the kool aide which has

trained us to believe that

the only way to be truly

happyn and live a fulfilled

life is to change others,

change what's happening

or not happening in the

world.

 

This is the way that peace

prevails on earth and hall-

marks the end of suffering.

 

How freaking co-dependent

is that?

 

Soul: While we are at it,

there are a million other things

for you to consider that are

not only important to look

at but are also essential.

 

Why?

 

Because they are interrelated

to this discussion & issue.

 

me: Such as....?

 

Soul: Isn't it high time

you took your power back?

 

Not just some of it, but all

of it?

 

Or how about answering

the question, "do I want

to be peaceful and happy?"

 

For surely these sentiments

are born of having made

an innter decision, a commit-

ment to one's own well-being

and genuine desire to no

longer be controlled by

anyone or thing ever again.

 

For is it not vital to be a self-

sovereign human being

if happiness is your goal?

 

Me: So what can I do to begin

to turn this boat around?

 

For having so thoroughly

reversed cause and effect

all of my life, this is a BIG

BIG issue and Rome wasn't

built in a day...

 

Soul: Well, how about this.

 

You seem to be getting quite

a lot from these dialogs.

 

How about you reflect on

all of this today and we pick

up here tomorrow?

 

I promise you that as long

as you are willing to show

up each day and listen,

trying to incorporate all that

we talk about into your life

and living, I am willing to

be here for you.

 

For I am always with you,

closer to you than your very

heartbeat.

 

I am the Voice of your

inner most being, the only

part of you that is real

in truth.

 

And bit by bit, we will gently

restore your inner world

to peace and harmony,

and the days of feeling con-

flicted, afraid and out of sorts

will be in the rearview mirror.

 

And btw, earlier you brought

up the subject of suffeing.

 

The end of suffering is

not the result of changing the

world.

 

Suffering ends when there is

no more sufferer.

 

Until tomorrow then...

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***

 

Prayer for the Day

​​

.

My oh my... I feel over-

whelmed.

 

But I am also feeling

more powerful than I

ever have.

 

I am seeing how I have

sabotaged my happiness

and my peace by giving

all my power away.

 

It will take a lot of love

and support to extract me

from all the lies and bullshit

I have swallowed without

questioning.

 

Message to Soul:

 

Be Thou my only guide

from here on out.

​

Amen

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***

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Thought for the Day​​​​​​​​

​

An uncommon dialog...as

uncommon as it is aus-

picious.

 

Soul: Hello! Is it me you're looking

for?

 

you: Why, yes. It is!

 

Soul: Do you actully think you

will find it galavanting after

everything that captures the

ego's skittish attention and

furtive imagination in

this world?

 

you: No...

 

Soul: So why is this your go-to?

 

Like candy dangled in front of

a baby's face, the world is as

tantalizing to you as it is

addictive...wouldn't you say?

 

You might want to look at that

this week,

 

And oh, btw...would you like to

continue this conversation

throughout your week?

 

you: Yes, indeed.

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***

 

Prayer for the Day

​​

Why am I so mesmerized

and hypnotized by the world?

 

A very good question for some

serious contemplation this

week...

 

Let me reflect with honesty

of these things today...

 

Amen

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***

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Thought for the Day​​​​​​​​

​

How could anything be greater

or less than you when everything

has the same foundatuon of

light?

 

Everything is made from

you, my dear...

 

Recognizing sameness is the

end of judgment, for how

could anything be lacking

or amiss from your Self?

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***

 

Prayer for the Day

​​

I bow before the Light

that is.

 

Amen

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***

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Thought for the Day​​​​​​​​

​

You are Infinite in the midst of

all of it no matter what it is.

 

The End.

 

I get so tired watching the

gymnastics you go through,

poll vaulting over the mouse

turds in your human life, all

of which you make wrong.

 

Despite the fact that you

are always on the soul's

journey.

 

And this means that all

of your reaction is always

part of that journey

no matter what.

 

But only 100% of them...

 

Got it?

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Prayer for the Day

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I get it. It's not my fault

if you don't.

 

Poor you.

 

Poor poor you.

 

(Shall we get out our

teeny tiny violins and

play "Danny Boy" 

for you while you are

busy making yourself

wrong and not enough

the way you are

right now?)

 

But hey...

 

You are still infinite

in the midst of all of it

and so am I.

 

So you making yourself

wrong or me making

myself wrong is also

part of it

 

So there you have it.

 

We are screwed be-

cause we cannot mar

or change our Infinitude.

 

​Ever.

 

Amen

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Thought for the Day​​​​​​​​

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I have a very very dear friend

whom I love with all my heart,

but I am sick and tired of

how he uses what happens

in my life (or anyone else's

for that matter) as a measuring

stick for where I am at spiritually.

 

This is just plain ignorance,

 

Everyone is always infinite

and your physical circumstances

have absolutely no effect

upon the truth of who, what

or where you are.

 

He (precious friend), looks

to impermanence to somehow

validate his spiritual status

and relationship with the

Infinite (the Permanent).

 

How cra-cra is that?

 

I don't know about you, but

I came here to introduce a new

way into the collective

of what it means to be human.

 

And that has absolutely

nothing to do with what is

happening in my life.

 

That means that shit happens

and that's not gonna change.

 

It is, my dear, what we refer

to as destiny.

 

But how I choose to go through

what happens is my contribution

to this age that I have incarnated

into.

 

In other words, it is my chosen

means of being human.

 

And whether that is something

new or just more of the same-

ole-same-ole that plagues

this planet is my contribution.

 

Get it?

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Prayer for the Day

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I got it.

 

Amen

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Thought for the Day​​​​​​​​

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Listen carefuly because

it is very very important

that you get this...

 

If you feel dismayed and

discouraged because

the world seems so devoid

of light and bereft of hope,

don't you feel that it is

then up to you to embody

fully the very qualities

you feel the world most

needs?

 

...Unless, of course, you

feel bitching, complaining

and gossiping about it

is a more useful way to

be a harbinger of peace.

 

Question:

 

Has there ever been a more

important time in human

history for you to fully

embody the very light 

you can neither see or

feel in the world right

NOW?

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Prayer for the Day

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May I ever be a lighthouse

of possibility and peace

in a world which has

forgotten who they are.

 

Amen

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Thought for the Day​​​​​​​​

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You cannot wage war with life

and be brazen enough to

believe that this is how change

happens.

 

These are the actions of fear.

 

You have to be willing to

quietly embody all you hope

to see in the world in order

to introduce into the collective

unconsciousness the very

possibilities and potentials

you wish most to see.

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Prayer for the Day

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t is true for each and every

one of us that our lives

are our message.

 

May the silent message

of my life be one of hope,

courage, joy, peace and

a love which makes no

demands and has no

expectations for anyone

including me.

 

Amen

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