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What do you do when you are afraid?  Step away from your fears.  How do you do this?  Become an impartial witness.  Take on a different role.  Step across from the role you are playing as the fearful one and see yourself in full costume. Observe every thought, every gesture, [...]

Do you notice the miracles around you?  They are everywhere.  Things for which there is no other explanation than the hand of a Force far greater than the human hand or mind at work—a Force that no computer could create.  Yes, man is intelligent, creative, kind and cruel.  Man has [...]

Yours is a story that began before time.  Yours is a story with no end.  Do not think in terms of beginnings and endings, but in terms of sheer existence … of being.  Of being what?  Awareness itself.  Before time begins each morning in your story, the very first thing [...]

You have a saying that is quite worthy of remembering: “If it were easy, then everyone would be doing it.”  Loving kindness in the face of anger.  Unconditional love in the face of hatred.  Why should you bother?  If it were easy, everyone would be doing it.  Do not allow [...]

Rage, rage, from where does it come?  The potential for this explosive anger lies in every human.  Blow up a balloon beyond its capacity to hold air and it will explode with a loud bang.  What are you holding inside?  What anger have you fueled but not released in a [...]

When is enough enough?  If you feel an urge for more, more, more, and that urge cannot be satisfied for long, then we urge you to stop and breathe.  Is that urge from ego or from the soul?  You need do or have nothing to be enough.  You are good [...]

You know that one you love is dying.  It is a challenging time, for you have spent a lifetime thinking that death is the end.  What if you knew your loved one would soon be more present than ever, as close as your breath any time you think of them?  [...]

Fear and doubt. Fear and doubt. When, oh when, Will you let them out? Now that we have your attention, notice how often these two elements run your life without your awareness.  What would you do if you knew you could not fail?  What is holding you back?  Fear and [...]

There is the story of John, and the story of Mary, and the story of Ruth, and the story of Bill, and the story of Jose, and the story of Maria, and the story of … We could go on and name one million names, but none would be anything [...]

You must live with your choices.  That is why you are here in the world of this or that, yes or no, do it or don’t.  “But I did something, and now everyone will …” Everyone will what?  Judge you?  Know that there is a human side to you as [...]

Love never dies.  It is created and created through experience, through feelings and emotions, through beauty, through the story of you.  A thing cannot be created from something it is not.  Do you understand this?  You cannot create a cake without its ingredients.  You cannot create something from nothing.  Love [...]

Like plugging a cord into a socket, you can energize and revitalize yourself.  Imagine a shaft of white light surrounding you from as far above as possible and anchoring you into the core of the earth.  Along this bright beam are nodes—points of light that connect you to the various [...]

Never forget who you are:  a soul playing a role.  When the world gets to be too much, remember it is not the only world.  When you don’t know which way to turn, do not turn, but rise above the swing of the pendulum to that fulcrum point of stillness [...]

Do you not feel mass outrage at mass murder?  How can one person inflict so much damage?  It is not just one person.  It is the mass consciousness of humans who believe that killing is justified.  One human becomes the instrument of many.  Be cautious now of pointing fingers at [...]

Not good enough.  This is one of the human’s most oft-said phrases to the self.  It comes from making comparisons.  It is learned from others.  Not good enough for what?  Do you know who you are?  A precious child of God.  If you do not believe in God or wish [...]

All thoughts are seeds. Which will you sow? Many, which come from observing human behavior, will be seeds of discontent. Will you water and fertilize these, or brush them away? You are the Gardener of the garden you are growing. What fruit it bears is up to you. Tend it [...]

Lessons can be learned the hard way or the less hard way, but pain serves a purpose.  It gets your attention, does it not?  Think of the child who feels no pain.  In rare circumstances, this does occur.  The parents are filled with fright, for without feeling pain, the child [...]

Picture a gathering of your dearest friends. You might call them your soul sisters and brothers. You are of like mind. There is only love amongst you. There is no judgment and no competition, only acceptance and understanding. Now imagine that for the group’s growth and learning you will put [...]

They have not left you; They are right here In a feeling you have … A whisper in your ear. Gone forever? Not at all! As close as your thoughts Or a whippoorwill’s call. Yes, birds carry messages. You call them “signs.” A penny stands out In a rug’s tight [...]

Trust your instincts. That is all you can do when you don’t know which way to turn.  Others will give you advice.  Yes, they know best from their point of view, but is it the best for you?  Are they in your heart?  They are, if you all have a [...]

It is a dance.  Never forget that you will not ever be the same as others or agree with what others do, and others will not always like or agree with what you do.  It can be no other way in a world of duality such as yours, nor should [...]