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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 [...]

Go with the flow ... very wise advice.  How long can you swim against the current and keep doing it “my way” until you become frustrated, angry, or exhausted?  You see it all around you—humans displaying these traits.  What is the flow?  Your very Source!  It is when you think [...]

Death comes suddenly for some.  Such a shock.  It is so easy to live in denial that life changes.  Preparations go unmade, words are left unsaid.  This is the human way.  Do not berate yourself for not allowing the truth of being to come to the surface.  Missed opportunities are [...]

How could they be farWhen they are the same as you are?A thought, an image, a tingling sensation,Not dead and gone, but away on a vacation.All is not as it may seem,But more like when you dream.In an instant they are hereFor there is no far and nearIn a world [...]

Observe the flow and you will find greater peace.  Why is this so?  Because life is naught but flow.  Do more than observe and that’s when things get interesting.  Observe the flow often enough between the moments of doing, and you will come to know there is nothing but flow [...]

When one expresses a different opinion than your own, one way of reacting is to get your back up, as you say it ... to put up your defenses.  Do you know what this does?  It backs up the other’s sense of separation and reinforces your own.  What if you [...]

“I love you” … three simple words that when bestowed upon another bring joy. Is this not the definition of a gift? How much does this gift cost you to give? How much time does it take to prepare and present? How many of this gift of saying “I love [...]