It is wonderful news and in fact rather good news for many people to read, “Are you a postal worker who likes to dress in drag? God doesn’t mind.” In a society were what you look like matters, in a society where God is judgmental, or even picks an chooses who are saints, sinners, mystics, and all the rest, from the experience of God it doesn’t matter. When you are able to quiet the chatter, and the chatter in the... Read more
There is a movement happening on this planet can you feel it? It is happening here in Los Angeles, to New York, to Turkey, Canada, Europe, China, and Belgium. It is a revolution. A revolution you say? Where? What? There are people who have decided because of circumstances, unhappiness, misery, struggle, pain that this conditioned way of living is no longer possible. There must be another way. This way only takes one thing, you to decide. You don’t need assurance,... Read more
As we continue down the path of self discovery, I remember the lyrics, “It’s the end of the world as we know it…” and we enter this inner revolution within and begin to see the world as we once have known it, end and crumble, this can put many of us in a place of great uncertainty. The death, the end of everything, the end of all attachments, everything gone, fallen away, and so here we are in the presence.... Read more
As we continue to speak on the topic of unconditional presence, we come across the great escape. The escape that each of us makes throughout the day, the escape that has us trying to leave the presence and go to an imaginary land filled with fantasy. In order to understand the escape we must look at the mind of the being. As we are beings, the only thing we have control over is now. So when you manage right now... Read more
You are significant. Each one of you. We can end all debate on this topic by listening with are whole being. I call this active presence. You don’t have to close your eyes but if it helps you, then do it. You don’t have to sit cross legged, but if you feel like it then do it. You don’t have to chant, affirm, negate, fight, resist, but if it helps you then by all means do it. All you have... Read more
I love this wonderful Zen Koan, please read it and sit with it’s meaning for your life. Is That So? The Zen master Hakuin was praised by his neighbours as one living a pure life. A beautiful Japanese girl whose parents owned a food store lived near him. Suddenly, without any warning, her parents discovered she was with child. This made her parents angry. She would not confess who the man was, but after much harassment at last named Hakuin.... Read more
What if right now you took complete responsibility for everything you have ever done? Everything up to now. You wrote a list of everyone you have hurt, harmed, and forgave them now. Repeating to each name, “I forgive you now and I forgive myself for my actions, words, and deeds. I release you from me now and take full responsibility for my part. As far as I am concerned this matter is over and done with. I wish you nothing... Read more
As you begin to connect to the unconditional presence of life, your seeing will be different, and your outlook will change. Life will lesson into much more of simplicity, and yes things will come up but the energy will lesson. The drama, chaos, and victim hood will be gone. What you may notice is when others seem to judge, condemn, or criticize you in some way, that it won’t matter. It’s not personal. Everyone is responsible for their words, actions,... Read more
Yesterday I was writing something and wrote “unison”, which means: complete agreement, harmonizing exactly. When I sat with it a little more, uni= one and son= son. One son, it reminded me of the stories of Buddha and Jesus, which is the story of our lives. To live in complete agreement with the laws of the universe and when we do that we become our true nature. We become the son and daughter of unconditional presence. The mantra may be... Read more
There is so much written on love, lost love, the love that didn’t work out, longing for love, in love, cheating on love, manipulating love, etc…and yet the love we are practicing is the love that never goes anywhere which is always present in every situation. That love is the love that literally moves mountains, adjusts life, is complete surrender to all that is, and is really the empowerment we are all longing for. It may look like we are... Read more
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