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When you are in the presence of one who is displaying less than optimal behavior, how do you react?  Do you withdraw and seethe or squirm, or do you go on the attack, responding with aggression?  Within the body, cells do not see good or bad, they simply seek balance—homeostasis.  [...]

It is nigh unto impossible to remain in a spiritually-awakened state at all moments of the day.  This is because you have years and years of programming and habitual actions to overcome.  Once awakened, most choose not to go back to sleep, but it is part of life on earth [...]

She was such a bright light, and so was he.  And now it seems that light has gone out.  Certainly it is gone from your presence, but what remains?  A glow in your heart.  That is the part of your loved one that can never be extinguished.  While you remain [...]

Never question your worthiness.  You may have made mistakes.  All humans do.  You did not come here to be perfect, but to perfect your ability to make choices.  Any choice that brings more love into your world is the perfect one in the moment.  Any choice that engenders separation is [...]

When you least expect it.  Is this not when some of your greatest surprises occur?  Why else would you call them a surprise?  You may think you know what is best for you.  You may ask for certain things to happen, and yet they do not.  And then, when you [...]

Innocence.  Such a beautiful word, for it comes with an awareness of no push-back, no righteousness, no judgment.  Innocence comes before one learns to act in certain ways.  It comes prior to human conditioning.  It is your original state.  One speaks of lost innocence, but if it is a state [...]

To be, or not to be, that is the famous phrase you all know, but what does it mean?  Forget the bard who wrote it.  What do YOU put after the two words “I AM,”? for that is what “to be” really means to you, does it not?  And now [...]

So many friends!  No, you say?  Feeling alone?  Then you have walled yourself off energetically to what and who is already in your field of being.  A friend is one who cares about you, is interested in you, and wishes to be with you, to help you, to do things [...]

Are you in the flow?  How is your life flowing, in other words?  Do you experience frustration or wonder at how things come together?  It is not a case of some being more blessed than another.  All are blessed as unique expressions of one Light.  Perhaps some feel they are [...]

Bound by rules ... each human differs in this respect, but think about the many restrictions you accept based upon your culture, your religion, your politics, and even your language.  It is the way the human operates, but you are far more than human.  Yes, rules are necessary when so [...]

Flowers bloom as if by magic.  One by one the petals open, revealing colors that leave you in awe.  They were there in all their potential during the cold months.  They opened seemingly of their own accord as nature brought the perfect circumstances together.  What causes such displays of beauty [...]

Ego wants to keep you separate.  Like a spoiled child that grabs its toys, hugs them to itself, and cries, “Mine, mine, mine,” ego is actually quite frightened.  Someone needs to let ego know he is needed.  Someone needs to let her know she is loved.    Some One is [...]

There is a reason it is called “awakening.”  To slumber means to remain in a state of darkness regarding consciousness.  Upon hearing the wake-up call, you open the eyes, but perhaps you are quite sleepy.  You walk about with the eyes half open.  Little by little you take in more [...]

Prayer is powerful because you are asking for assistance from beyond the limited personal sense of self.  You are humbling this limited self enough to say, “There may be a better way.”  And there is.  Connecting in awareness with the flow of Life that connects all and sending out your [...]

You are never alone in the way you think you are.  That is because you are far more than human.  You as a soul agreed to come into this human experience in a body, but you did so with the full agreement that those still in spirit would watch over [...]

“Take me to your leader.”  Have you not heard this in your old movies?  There is an instinctive knowing that hierarchies exist ... that there is always one who has the ultimate decision-making authority.  Do not look outside of yourself for such a decision-maker.  Do not give up your innate [...]

You know wholeness.  It is your very essence, but not at the human level.  We are speaking of you as pure Awareness, before all that you know as the universe bubbled up into a story for you to enjoy.  And so, all that you see, all that you experience, is [...]

Subtle Energy flows continuously through your bodies.  Yes, plural, for you have layers of bodies.  Each of these is united by certain large nodes you know as chakras.  Aim to become sensitive enough to the body’s sensations that you can feel constriction in specific areas.  Once aware of this tightness, [...]

There are times when you cannot do everything by yourself.  What a blessing are these times!  To think you are independent is as close to a curse as the human can experience.  You are here for relationships ... to enjoy interaction, camaraderie, and the joy that results from these.  If [...]

Words hold the vibration of the one who speaks or pens them.  When spoken aloud, they can more easily convey emotion, yet, tune in to the mindset of the writer, and you can sense the level of his or her state of awareness at the time the words were written.  [...]

Why do you enjoy your movies and television shows so much?  For you can observe as a spectator without having to dive in and get dirty.  Life can be messy.  It is far easier to watch others’ struggles and joys with which you identify.  It is that identification that tugs [...]

How often are you aware of your body?  Quite often, if you suffer from aches and pains, but what of the minor tensions?  These add up to the major “ow’s.”  Pause regularly throughout your day and notice the tension you are holding in your face.  Is the jaw set tight?  [...]

Never stop learning.  Never stop growing.  Just try to remain the same and see what happens.  Now embrace change, embrace growth, and feel the difference.  Joy!  Joy!  It bubbles up as you stretch and grow, for that is why you exist.  What happens when you do not move for a [...]

All is interconnected.  When others around you are out of sorts, there is a reason you react in kind.  Go with the flow.  Trying to uplift those who do not want to be uplifted can be quite tiring.  Do not blame others for their ups and downs.  These go with [...]

Harmony is the natural state of being.  If you are out of balance, pause and sense.  When one rides a bicycle, there must be balance, yet even whilst in the seat, if one acknowledges that an even greater sense of harmony is available, the body will release even more and [...]

Homesickness.  Perhaps you have experienced this at some time ... the longing to be back in familiar territory with those you know and love.  What is it that causes this longing, this feeling of alienation?  It is experiential ... an “energy thing,” for if you remain in the new environment [...]

Can you admit to being wrong?  Why the need to be right?  Why the need to be heard?  It is the ego’s way of reinforcing your existence, of showing the world, “I am here.  I exist.  Value me.”  Why this need?  For at some time far in the past you [...]

This is a story that God is playingAnd all the actors are HeThis is a dream that God is dreamingAnd all the characters are She The actors and the charactersdance and flowNever knowingWhich way they will goAnd are content in ThisHappy to just beMoving from I to we Singing the one songOf [...]

It is when you resist Life that you suffer.  Yes, happiness feels good, but Life is also sadness.  Yes, pleasure is preferred by most, but pain is inherent in being.  All is temporary, which is why we so often speak of flow. It is when you try to control the Flow [...]

Watch a rose day by day.  At first the petals are wrapped tightly around the center.  Day by day they release and reveal more of the center.  Each day reveals a new appearance as the petals spread outward, changing the shape.  Does it reveal more of the rose or is [...]