Always Be for Something (OM)

Putting Power in Perspective

by Madisyn Taylor

It takes much less energy to be FOR something rather than against something.

As human beings, we cannot help but be subject to our preferences. However, we do have control over the manner in which these manifest themselves in our lives. Every value we hold dear is an expression of either support or opposition, and it is our perspective that determines whether we are for something or against it. As an example of a situation we are all familiar with at this time: We can direct our energy and intentions into activities that promote peace rather than using our resources to speak out in opposition of war. On the surface, these appear to be two interchangeable methods of expressing one virtue, yet being for something is a vastly more potent means of inspiring change because it carries with it the power of constructive intent.

When you support a cause, whether your support is active or passive, you contribute to the optimism that fuels all affirmative change. Optimistic thoughts energize people, giving them hope and inspiring them to work diligently on behalf of what they believe in. Being for something creates a positive shift in the universe, which means that neither you nor those who share your vision will have any trouble believing that transformation on a grand scale is indeed possible. To be against something is typically easy, as you need only speak out in opposition to it. Standing up for something is often more challenging, because you may be introducing an idea to people that may scare them on a soul level.

Throughout your life, you have likely been told that the actions of one person will seldom have a measurable impact on the world. Yet your willingness to stand up for what you believe in instead of decrying what you oppose can turn the tides of fate. The thoughts you project when you choose to adopt a positive perspective will provide you with a means to actively promote your values and, eventually, foster lasting change.

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Beauty In The World (S)

I know you're fed up 
Like a lead up for us 
All they talk about is 
What is going down? 
What's been messed up for us? 
When I look around I see blue skies 
I see butterflies for us 

Listen to the sound and lose it 
Its sweet music and dance with me 
There is beauty in the world 
So much beauty in the world 
Always beauty in the world 
So much beauty in the world 
Shake your booty boys and girls for the beauty in the world 
Pick your diamond pick your pearl there is beauty in the world 
All together now 

We need more lovin' 
We need more money, they say 
Change is gonna come 
Like the weather 
They say forever 
They say 
When they're in between 
Notice the blue skies 
Notice the butterflies 
Notice me 

Stop and smell the flowers 
And lose it the sweet music and dance with me 
There is beauty in the world 
So much beauty in the world 
Always beauty in the world 
There is beauty in the world 
Shake your booty boys and girls for the beauty in the world 
Pick your diamond pick your pearl there is beauty in the world 
All together now 

Heya throw your hands up and holla 
Throw your hands up and holla 
When you don't know what to do 
Don't know if you'll make it through 
Remember god is giving you beauty in the world 
So love (Beauty in the world) 
Yeah love (Beauty in the world) 

There is beauty in the world (Beauty in the world) 
Beauty in the world (Beauty in the world) 
Shake your booty boys and girls (Boys and Girls) 
All the beauty in the world (Beauty in the world) 
Pick your diamond pick your pearl (Pick your pearl) 
There is beauty in the world (Beauty in the world) 
All together now 
Yeah love 
Yeah love 
Oh love 
All together now 

Hey baby when I'm looking at you 
I know it's fact is true 
There is hope for love 
There is beauty in the world 
Hey baby 
Hey baby when I'm looking at you 
I know this vibe is true 
There's love 
There's hope for love 
There's beauty in the world

The Power of Friendship (KB)

Every successful marriage, partnership, or relationship of any kind is based on friendship. Two people might live together as a married couple but have nothing in common. Physical intimacy can keep them together for only so long before they need something more. Common interests and goals are what bind a couple together as friends so that their relationship can grow and thrive. But what is friendship? I’ve always said that a friend is someone who knows all about you and still likes you. In other words, friends accept each other for who they are. Friendship means we can be a part of someone else’s life without judging that person or ourselves. Overall, we need to remember to knock gently at another’s heart and be grateful for the chance to look inside.

Peace

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without. - Gautama Buddha

There have been times in my life when I've felt so ashamed about what I have said or done: times when I didn't like myself . . . and I'm not at peace. What can I do when I feel like this? Well, I feel the feelings. I look at what I am doing that needs radical change. And I try to stay in the now-living one day at a time. St. John of the Cross called it "the dark night of the soul." It eventually passes; the day follows the night. It's life, and it's part of the spiritual life. Everyone has such times, but my experience teaches me that such times eventually pass. Then, yes, we're able to dance again.

I'm doing all that I can to maintain peace in my life.

Go Inside (KB)

You don’t have to go looking for the Divine because that Infinite Energy is always within you—yours to tap into anytime you wish. You need only go inside yourself and connect to it draw it out. When you shine with the Light of the Creator, your life and relationships will shine as well.

We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off (S)

Not a word, from your lips
You just took for granted that I want to skinny dip
A quick hit, that's your game
But I'm not a piece of meat, simulate my brain
The night is young, so are we
Let's just get to know each other, slow & easily, ohh oh
Take my hand, let's hit the floor
Shake our bodies to the music
Maybe then you'll score, ohh oh

So come on baby, won't you show some class
Why'd you have to move so fast?
We don't have to take our clothes off
To have a good time
Oh no
We could dance & party all night
And drink some cherry wine, ohh oh

Just slow down if you want me
A man wants to be approached cool & romantically, ohh oh
I've got needs
Just like you
And if the conversations good
Vibrations through & through, ohh oh

So come on baby, won't you show some class
Why'd you have to move so fast?
We don't have to take our clothes off
To have a good time, ohh oh
We could dance & party all night
And drink some cherry wine, ohh oh

[x3:]
We don't have to take our clothes off
To have a good time, ohh oh
We could dance & party all night
And drink some cherry wine

Facts

"To treat your facts with imagination is one thing, but to imagine your facts is another." John Burroughs

When I was drinking, I always confused fantasy with reality. Lies got mingled with facts, and facts became exaggerated. It was almost impossible for me to distinguish between reality and fantasy, imagination and fact. My life was a complicated lie. Today I have a program of rigorous honesty. I must be rigorous and stop the game before it starts. I practice the principles of recovery in every area of my life.The spiritual road involves a comprehensive journey, and nothing need be left out.

God,who created the mountains, help me take responsibility for the grit between my toes.

Foot Cleansing Rituals (OM)

Staying Grounded

by Madisyn Taylor

Our feet walk the earth but are usually not attended to in reverence to their work.

In most contemporary cultures, where there aren’t many opportunities to go barefoot, few acts are as intimate as touching the feet of another person. Our feet are our primary means of connecting with the earth, yet they usually remain confined in shoes or sandals. Cleansing the feet of a friend or loved one is a sign of trust, closeness, and openness. Cleansing your own feet can be a relaxing interlude that can help you feel refreshed. Foot cleansing also has become a popular stress reliever and beautification ritual.

Ritual foot cleansing has a long and intricate history involving many methods and motivations. It has been used as an initiation, a welcoming gesture, a purification ceremony, and as a means to demonstrate humbleness. Cleansing ceremonies involving the feet are performed in many different parts of the world. In many cases, the meaning of the ritual was twofold. It was a way of cleaning a guest’s feet before entering a home and a sign of hospitality. In Buddhism, clean water mixed with sandalwood to clean the feet is one of the eight typical offerings. By cleansing the feet of an enlightened being, it is possible to cleanse one’s own karma.

You can perform a foot washing ritual on yourself or a companion as a ceremonial activity or as a way to unwind. You may want to start by trying a traditional ritual, or you might feel comfortable inventing your own. Try mixing elements like traditional flower infused water with something more modern like a sugar scrub. Take the time to set your intention for the foot washing ritual. Perhaps you would like to cleanse away old energies in your life so you may step freely toward your future. Or, maybe soaking your feet in warm water will help you relax after a long day at work. Remember to thank your feet for their support. Whether done with pleasure or as an offering, a foot cleansing ritual is a sacred act that honors the divine in you and others. 

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My Immortal (S)

It’s Enough (KB)

During the time of the Holy Temple, the city of Jerusalem was small, and many people lived outside the city walls. Each day, a bullock would be delivered from outside the city to inside where it would be used for the sacrifice in the Temple. One day, the people living outside the walls said, “We who are outside the walls don’t understand why only those inside Jerusalem should receive the energy from these sacrifices.” So instead of sending a bullock, they sent a pig so that those inside would be deprived of energy. The motivation behind this act came from the thought that “if I don’t have something, then the next guy shouldn’t either.” Sometimes our actions, too, are based on such a belief. This is because we don’t really understand that there is an infinite amount of the Creator’s Light—enough for everyone.

With Me All Things Are Possible (EC)

Guidance from Eileen Caddy

Strain and stress comes when you are trying to hide something or are ashamed
 of something or some part of your lives. When you learn to put everything in
 My hands and to hold nothing back, when you are willing to share all your faults 
and failings with Me knowing that I AM your ever present help, I will enable you
to overcome all the things of this world, for with Me all things are possible. But always remember the choice lies in your hands, you have to take the first step you have to ask for My help. I never push Myself upon you, but when you seek
 My help I withhold nothing from you, the floodgates are flung wide-open and every problem, every difficulty will be overcome with the least delay.Learn your lessons quickly so not a moment is wasted. There is so much to be done on all levels, from the lowest to the highest. Let us do it together so all is done in true perfection. Spend more and more time with Me, doing all to My honour and glory. See the perfection of My ways and the wonders that
come about when you walk in My ways doing My will.

On this day of your life

On this day of your life,

Neytiri & Jake, I believe God wants you to know...

...that home really is where the heart is. And if your heart
is centered on God, you are 'safe at home' everywhere.

In this day and time of continuing change, many people
find themselves moving a great deal, and constantly
having to try to make yet one more place "like home."

Yet home is a quality you bring to a place, not a quality
that a place brings to you. Let yourself feel at home
anywhere and people everywhere will welcome you
always. And isn't a place where you are always
welcome...'home'?

So feel good where you are right now. That's mastery.

Beauty

"Beauty is not caused. It is." Emily Dickinson

So many people think beauty is what we do to ourselves: makeup, clothes, hairstyles, or jewelry. It is so easy to get caught up in conditions. Reality is not about what we do but who we are. The beauty God created comes from within: the twinkle in someone's eyes that says "Hello," the hug that says "I love you," the gentle embrace and smile that say "I forgive you," or the tear that cries "I understand." When God said to the world, "It is good, and very good," beauty was born. Drugs, alcohol, or crazy relationships only get in the way of my being what I was intended to be-beautiful for God.

Today I seek to put Your beauty in my actions,words, and attitudes.

Fog (OM)

Coming out of a Haze

by Madisyn Taylor

We can all fall into a fog once in while, but know it will soon lift and the sun will shine upon you again.

When we feel muddled and unfocused, unsure of which way to turn, we say we are in a fog. Similar to when we are in a fog in nature, we may feel like we can’t see where we’re going or where we’ve come from, and we’re afraid if we move too quickly we might run into something hidden in the mists that seem to surround us. Being in a fog necessarily slows us down by limiting our visibility. The best choice may be to pull over and wait for the murkiness to clear. If we move at all, we must go slowly, feeling our way and keeping our eyes open for shapes emerging from the haze, perhaps relying on the taillights of someone in front of us as we make our way along the road.

By and large, most of us prefer to be able to see where we are going and move steadfastly in that direction, but there are gifts that come from being in a fog. Sometimes it takes an obstacle like fog to get us to stop and be still in the moment, doing nothing. In this moment of involuntary inactivity, we may look within and find that the source of our fogginess is inside us; it could be some emotional issue that needs tending before we can safely go full steam ahead. Being in a fog reminds us that when we cannot see outside ourselves, we can always make progress by looking within. Then again, the fog may simply be teaching us important lessons about how to continue moving forward with extreme caution, harnessing our attention, watching closely for new information, and being ready to stop on a dime.

We cannot predict when a fog will come, nor can we know for certain when it will lift, but we can center ourselves in the haze and wait for guidance. We may find it inside ourselves or in a pair of barely visible taillights just ahead. Whether we follow the lights out of the fog, wait for a gentle breeze to lift it, or allow the sun to burn it away, we can rest certain that one way or another, we will move forward with clarity once again. 

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Noticing the Gaps: The Fourth State of Consciousness

As Eckhart teaches us, in the ancient spiritual philosophy of India, there’s a term called ‘turiya’ which refers to the fourth state of consciousness. The first state of consciousness is the waking state we all know, while the second and third are the dream state and dreamless sleep. The fourth state of consciousness is thoughtless awareness. You can bring true perspective and balance into your life by moving towards this fourth state.

When you think, feel, perceive, and experience, consciousness is born into form. It is reincarnating—into a thought, a feeling, a sense perception, an experience. The cycle of rebirths that Buddhists hope to get out of eventually is happening continuously, and it is only at this moment—through the power of Now—that you can get out of it.

Through complete acceptance of the form of the Now, you become internally aligned with space, which is the essence of Now. Through acceptance, you become spacious inside. Aligned with space instead of form: That brings true perspective and balance into your life.

Throughout the day, there is a continuously changing succession of things that you see and hear. In the first moment of seeing something or hearing a sound—and more so if it is unfamiliar—before the mind names or interprets what you see or hear, there is usually a gap of alert attention in which the perception occurs. That is the inner space.

Its duration differs from person to person. It is easy to miss because in many people those spaces are extremely short, perhaps only a second or less.

This is what happens: A new sight or sound arises, and in the first moment of perception, there is a brief cessation in the habitual stream of thinking. Consciousness is diverted away from thought because it is required for sense perception. A very unusual sight or sound may leave you “speechless”— even inside, that is to say, bring about a longer gap.

The frequency and duration of those spaces determine your ability to enjoy life, to feel an inner connectedness with other human beings as well as nature. It also determines the degree to which you are free of ego because ego implies complete unawareness of the dimension of space.

When you become conscious of these brief spaces as they happen naturally, they will lengthen, and as they do, you will experience with increasing frequency the joy of perceiving with little or no interference of thinking. The world around you then feels fresh, new, and alive. The more you perceive life through a mental screen of abstraction and conceptualization, the more lifeless and flat the world around you becomes.

Excerpted from Eckhart Tolle’s A New Earth, pages 252-253.

I'll Be Missing You (S)

Wise Words (KB)

Kabbalah teaches that each of us has been granted a predetermined amount of time here on Earth along with a predetermined number of words and actions to use in our lifetime. Positive acts such as studying spirituality and helping others, speaking positive words, and giving encouragement are not charged against our “account”; in fact, they add to it. But when we speak negatively about or against others, those words are counted against us. Today use your words wisely. They are much more powerful than we think.

On this day of your life

On this day of your life,

Neytiri & Jake, I believe God wants you to know...

...that it is not necessary for you to report everyone's
mistakes to them, much less to give them corrections.

It can be difficult, when you think you know a better way
to say something, to keep that to yourself.  But try.
Unless someone's life or safety depends on it, do try.

You would not welcome someone else pointing out
your own misstep, or less-than-totally-efficient approach
to something. Why point it out to them? Do you see it as
your duty in life to make sure that all goes the way you
think it 'should'?

That would be an inaccurate assessment of your soul's
grander purpose. 

Reality

"It is the chiefest point of happiness that humankind is willing to be what it is." - Desiderius Erasmus

I am an alcoholic. Today I am able to love myself because I am able to accept myself. Because I am able to accept myself, I am able to be myself. The acceptance of my disease of alcoholism has taught me that I am not perfect and I do not live in a perfect world.This leads to an acceptance of others. My pain around alcohol has given me an insight into the sufferings of others, and this has produced spiritual growth in me. I am happy not because I am an alcoholic but because I know that I am an alcoholic. Today I can be what I was meant to be, rather than the fake I was becoming.

In the spiritual journey to You is my happiness.

Kim in Practice: Healing

By Kim Eng

Many of us want to find a path to healing our bodies and our emotions. This month, Kim teaches us how to observe our own behaviours and practices so that we can learn how to begin the healing process.

Question: I’m a yoga instructor and I’m really into healing. And yet my knees have been really sore over the past two years and I don’t want to accept the idea that I have arthritis. Sometimes, however, I practice bringing healing energy to my knees, either through my own words or through those of healers, and it works. Other times it doesn’t.

Why is this?

Kim’s Response: We cannot be completely healed until we heal that which is causing us pain so the body, whatever it is. This can be the emotional pain-body, or something physical that’s happened in the past: it’s an energy. If we hold onto that energy, that past experience, it gets stored in our bodies. It’s almost like we’re a computer, in that we store everything in our bodies unless we allow that experience to fully work through and pass. The longer that it remains there, it causes physical ailments such as pain, illness, and disease.

Even if we receive a healing – from ourselves or from others – if we don’t change our behaviours, then, even when we are healed in that moment, eventually it will come back to us. It’s similar to choosing the same relationships over and over again: we may be with different people, but we often repeat our patterns in our emotional bodies. If we don’t recognize what it is that is causing us that pain, then it will keep coming back again and again.

So we can do the healing, and we can open up our qi channels, and we can go to healers, but if we don’t know what it is that’s keeping us on that same path, then it’ll just keep returning.

The best way to find the way out of that path is to be able to observe the patterns in yourself. Allow it to organically arise in you: find out which behavior or emotion or past experience is emerging in your own consciousness. Healers may be able to assist, but, until you recognize it yourself, you’ll keep doing the same thing over and over and over again.

Observe what is happening in your body. Recognize your patterns. One day, your body will tell you what you need to know; your insights will come

Growing Your Own Food (OM)

Flavors of Life

by Madisyn Taylor

When we grow our food, we participate more fully in nature’s cycles and form a closer bond with Mother Earth.

Growing a garden of food at home is an experience anyone can enjoy. Even a hanging basket of rosemary or a cherry tomato plant in a pot on the windowsill can enhance your connection with the cycle of life. If you have space outdoors, the green and blooming colors of the edible delights you are growing will decorate any view while tempting you to enjoy the outdoors. The edible plants we nurture allow us to literally taste the fruits (or vegetables or herbs) of our labor while helping us more consciously participate in the circulating energy of nature. 

Allow yourself to begin slowly and simply, so that you can learn to dance with nature’s intricate orchestrations. There are many experienced gardeners out there to assist you as you choose seeds or small plants to start your garden. As you learn to heed the seasons, soil, sun, frost, and shade, you become more than a mere spectator of life’s cycle. Instead, you step into the role of co creator and enhance what you nurture. No matter how large or small the size of your garden, you can benefit from growing your own organic, fresh, and nutritious food while also reveling in the depth of flavor and texture that comes from plants that have been well-tended, nurtured, and loved. As we appreciate the food we’ve grown, we can recognize the care that farmers put into the produce most of us buy at the supermarket. With this new understanding, we can acknowledge the roles other living creatures fill as participants in cultivating the cycle of life. We may even learn to peacefully coexist with the animals and insects that share perhaps too great an interest in our garden. 

When we grow our food, we participate more fully in nature’s cycles and form a closer bond with Mother Earth. Knowing how to grow your own food allows for a sense of freedom and pride that you can feed and provide for yourself, one of the most basic necessities. Gratitude may fill us as we marvel at the beauty of nature and the majesty of the universe that orchestrates such natural wonders. When we allow our appreciation of life to expand, we harvest so much more than food and the taste is that much sweeter.

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Wasn't Expecting That (S)

It was only a smile
But my heart it went wild
I wasn't expecting that 
Just a delicate kiss
Anyone could've missed 
I wasn't expecting that 

Did I misread the sign?
Your hand slipped into mine 
I wasn't expecting that 
You spent the night in my bed
You woke up and you said 
"Well, I wasn't expecting that!" 

I thought love wasn't meant to last
I thought you were just passing through 
If I ever get the nerve to ask 
What did I get right to deserve somebody like you? 
I wasn't expecting that 

It was only a word
It was almost misheard 
I wasn't expecting that 
But it came without fear
A month turned into a year 
I wasn't expecting that 

I thought love wasn't meant to last
Honey, I thought you were just passing through 
If I ever get the nerve to ask 
What did I get right to deserve somebody like you? 
I wasn't expecting that 

Oh and isn't it strange
How a life can be changed
In the flicker of the sweetest smile
We were married in spring
You know I wouldn't change a thing
Without that innocent kiss
What a life I'd have missed

If you'd not took a chance
On a little romance
When I wasn't expecting that
Time doesn't take long
Three kids up and gone
I wasn't expecting that

When the nurses they came
Said, "It's come back again"
I wasn't expecting that
Then you closed your eyes
You took my heart by surprise 
I wasn't expecting that

The Gate of Tears (KB)

The Zohar refers to the Gates of Mercy that open and close depending on the time of the year, but there is one gate that can always be opened—the Gate of Tears. When we cry out to God and ask for His help to be more spiritual and sharing, to rid us of those things that keep us locked into ourselves, the Gate of Tears swings wide open. A single minuscule tear is potentially the drop of Light needed to take us through this gate and up to our next spiritual level, allowing us to climb up to a place where we can see that we are constantly surrounded by opportunities to grow and improve ourselves. Tears rooted in selfishness, tears we cry to get more for ourselves alone, won’t unlock this gate. Only when we cry out to God with the desire to become more than we are today, does the Gate of Tears open, welcoming our requests.

On this day of your life

On this day of your life,

Neytiri & Jake, I believe God wants you to know...

...that arguments get you nowhere, and being 'right' is
rarely helpful.

What works when there is a disagreement is love. That
may sound simplistic, but it is true -- and very sound.
Ask yourself, What do I want here?
What is really important?

Look to see if there is a difference between being 'right'
and being 'accurate.' Accuracy can be very helpful, and
therefore welcome. Righteousness rarely is either. 

Ambition

"The child without ambition is like a watch with a broken spring." R. W. Stockman

It is not wrong to have ambition. It is not wrong to want to be somebody. The tragedy is that this has to be said! For too long, I played the tapes in my head that discouraged ambition and creative pride. I confused humility with timidity and self-abuse. I waited for things to happen, rather than making them happen for myself. Today I know I am a creature of God, created to create. God is at work in my life. I am part of God's miracle for the world.

God,may I always have ambition for those things that are good and true.

Sometimes I Just Need To Keep My Mouth Shut

Sometimes I just need to keep my mouth shut. I grew up believing that I had to save the world. Everything was crashing around me, my father’s drinking, my mother’s silence and denial. I had to keep myself distracted from the painful reality by keeping myself distracted. As I strip away my addictions the pain comes back and I can discover the core reason why I deny myself peace, joy and love in my life. Many of my addictions are easy to recognize because they are material, but sometimes it’s hard to notice the seemingly immaterial ones like words.

I was blessed with a great intelligence and with my codependence I developed a way of clearly seeing what was going on around me to protect myself from the inevitable chaos. One way I protect myself and deaden my internal pain is by telling everyone around me what to do in their personal and business lives. Somehow if I could make sense of the world I felt I had a responsibility to fix it or make sure that those around me understood how to fix it. And of course, my way was the right way.

I have to be gentle with myself today and know that I develop this habit of putting in my two cents and making other people take it, as a way to distract myself from my own pain. Today I can check in with myself before I open my mouth and see if there’s internal business that I need to take care of, before I start giving someone else a suggestion. I can check my reasons for wanting to give them a suggestion. Is the silence painful? Does this situation remind me of a chaotic childhood moment? I can also let go of what they do with my suggestion, knowing that their higher power can take care of them, and knowing that there are more solutions in God’s imagination than mine.

Today’s suggestion: Because I deserve the fruits of my intuition as much as others do, I take more time to make suggestions to myself about what to do, than I open my mouth to give suggestions to others.


K.S.

Focusing Our Energy (OM)

Fulfilling Energetic Investments

by Madisyn Taylor

Focused attention on one thing at a time can make the most of our life-force energy and bring about the change we want.

As modern life makes a wealth of information and opportunities available to us, we may find ourselves torn between a wide variety of interests and projects. Our excitement may entice us to try all of them at once, but doing so only diffuses our energy, leaving us unable to fully experience any of them. Like an electrical socket with too many things plugged into it, we may be in danger of overheating and burning out. But if we can choose one thing at a time to focus all of our attention upon, we can make the most of our life-force energy, engaging ourselves fully in the moment so that it can nurture us in return.

Our attention can be pulled in many directions, not only in our own lives, but by advertising, media, and the hustle and bustle of our surroundings. But when we take the time to listen to our inner guidance and focus our thoughts on the goals that resonate the most strongly within us, the rest of the world will fade away. This may mean focusing the spotlight of our attention upon developing one aspect of our work, one course of study, or one hobby to pursue in our free time, but it doesn’t mean that we have to stay focused on only one thing forever. We may never know which of our interests is best suited to our abilities and heart’s desires unless we give it a proper chance. By being fully present with all that we are and all that we have, we can experience each choice fully and make the most fulfilling choices for our energetic investments.

Because we are multi-faceted beings, we are perpetually involved in many aspects of life in every moment. Our work in the world is necessary to attend to our physical needs, and our relationships are important for our emotional needs, but when we engage our spirit as well, we can choose the area that will nurture body, mind and soul. Staying focused in each moment allows us move with the rhythmic flow of the universe and harmonize all aspects of our being into balanced whole.

Anyone Who Had a Heart (S)

One Transformative Moment (KB)

It’s not up to us to decide what a person’s spiritual level is or what they can or cannot do. Any one of us can potentially transform all our negativity and lack of spirituality into pure and lasting Light with just one small act of kindness. The most powerful thing a person can do in this world is to transform their Desire to Receive for the Self Alone into a Desire to Receive for the Sake of Sharing, and each and every one of us has this capability. In a single transformative moment, perhaps with a single generous word or action, we can turn everything around and change darkness and despair to Light and joy.

On this day of your life

On this day of your life,

Neytiri & Jake, I believe God wants you to know...

...that fears are nothing more than states of  mind.

Napoleon Hill said that, and he was right. The moment
you move into fear over something ask yourself, "Why
am I making this real? What is there inside of me that
drives me to do this?"

There is a huge difference between fear and caution.
Caution moves forward with care, fear stands still,
paralyzed. Avoid paralysis at all cost. It is not good
for the soul -- and it gets you nowhere.

You know exactly why you just read this.

Solitude

"People who take time to be alone usually have depth, originality, and quiet reserve." John Miller

Sometimes, I need to be alone. I need time to listen to my thoughts, consider my opinions, and strengthen my body. I need to pull away from my hectic life to be alone with me. As a drinking alcoholic, I hated to be alone. I became paranoid about "leaving the fort." Today I accept that nobody is indispensable, and the world will still be there when I return from the desert! I grow in the stillness of solitude. I can rest in that "still" part of me that is my essential self. God is very close to me in the silence.

God, in the stillness of Your life, I am healed and rejuvenated.