As we finally surrender to the breath, we surrender to the happening now. Surrender means to yield. So we yield to the breath, no longer yielding to the monkey mind. This is what is meant by detached mind. Yielding to the breath, as you yield to the breath, and hear it, you will be able to rest here. This is a practice. It is quite easy to tell others to listen to the heart, but here on WRESTLING WITH YOURSELF,... Read more
Years ago I found myself in a group of people, who I loved dearly, loved. The night before we met for dinner, a bottle of wine, and conversation, I had an experience. Now some people are blessed to have one big experience that opens them up, such is the case with Eckhart Tolle and others. I have had many experiences that have and continue to open me up to a bigger and bigger things. Leading up to the experience, I... Read more
The poem INVICTUS written by William Ernest Henley, inspired Nelson Mandela over the decades spent at Robben Island Jail, he would also read it to his fellow prisoners as well. Below is the poem read by Morgan Freeman. As we send love and prayers of peace to Nelson Mandela, his family, and South Africa. Knowing all is in accordance with the Great Will of God, and that life rests in God’s hands as well. The video is wonderful and you... Read more
And our mantra for our religion will be called: "Laughter is the best medicine"....I will leave you with my favorite Bob Newhart bit, watch this, it is about 5 minutes.....and yes stop taking yourself and others so seriously, you have a choice, so laugh, you can always start again. Read more
We have so many reasons to to be divisive and it doesn’t work, and hasn’t worked for thousands of years…we teach our children to play fair, nice, and share and us adults suck at it…So what do we share together? Well for starters we share this planet together, we share the air, we share the sun, we share the rain, snow, we share food, we share, clothes, we share good news, we share disappointments, we share, we share laughter, we... Read more
Is it possible to be free? Let us examine this from the question, and lets not jump ahead. Be with the question. Is it possible to be free? Freedom, complete freedom, freedom from the past, future, freedom from the mind, freedom from beliefs, freedom from religion, politics, judgments, freedom from our views of God, freedom from love, freedom from concepts, ideas, imaginings of freedom, so with all the nonsense we feed our story with, “Is it possible to be free?”... Read more
Yes this is a mystery, the mystery is infinite, and so enjoy the show. We all know the end, we die. Live here and find away to stop thinking that thinking is living. It's not. We are "beings" whether you call yourself human or spiritual. We are not here to master our thoughts, change them, but simply to recognize we are not them, and that the thoughts are not our identity. Enjoy the mystery! Every breath you breath is a page of the novel, no rush. You are there now. Reading this is part of the plot in your life....to be continued,,,:) Read more
If this country falls, or the world falls it will be because people shut up and did nothing. We are here as a big family. We will rise together or fall together. But if this world collapses, it will be because the people of the world did nothing, said nothing, and were to trapped by fear to speak the truth. Jesus spoke up, Buddha spoke up, Rumi spoke up, Martin Luther King spoke up, and they did it in a way that brought us together not separate us. Read more
I was sent this poem and thought to share with my readers…be blessed!! All good things need to be shared, and this is one of them! To Be Glorious Today, I choose myself. I choose to be the Queen of my own domain. To name myself as the one who governs my life. I shall not wait for the approval of others. I will act on my own behalf and inner knowing. I choose to listen to this great heart... Read more
Happy Father’s Day!!! To all you Dad’s and Grand fathers who bring a sense of compassion, love, playfulness, wisdom, and deep affection to your kids and grand kids, I thank you and pray for you! As a young father my self, I have learned quite a bit about myself from my daughter and everyday I feel such appreciation for all I have learned. My daughter has opened my heart, my life up, and has taught me how playfulness can help... Read more
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