The Daily Way

“Nine times out of ten” … yet another expression you have.  This one explains the certainty you have that a thing will occur.  You are predicting behavior or events based upon past history.  And what of the tenth event?  Why will it occur differently?  For there will be one brave [...]

“Never before have I …”  Ah, then you are in for a new experience.  Are you ready?  Why does the human often shrink from newness?  It is fear:  of the unknown, of being ridiculed, wrong, or any other host of very human reasons.  What if you knew you could not [...]

What is a dwelling?  A building, a home, an abode where you stay for a while.  It is a firm structure that houses you.  What does one do in a dwelling?  One dwells there.  Now, what happens when you have a painful experience or one that puffs you up?  Pain [...]

A warning to those on the spiritual path:  It may lead you away from life-long likes and past-times.  Television shows and books that you used to enjoy no longer appeal to you.  That which tickled your fancy now turns your stomach.  You no longer find delight in shoot-‘em-up scenes or [...]

Special surroundings … what makes them special?  They give you exactly what you need to find balance.  For some it is being in nature.  For others it is a room of your own where you find solitude and feel peace.  We dare say if you look around in that place, [...]

Wishes do not always come true. “Why not?” you ask with a bit of petulance like a child, and this is important. When you were a child, did you not at times wish for things that were not good for you? Did not some wiser being try to tell you [...]

Say yes. The initial response of the human when asked to do something that requires effort is to say no. Say yes when? After taking a moment to go within, shifting awareness away from your human concerns, and becoming aware of the part of you that is eternal. In this [...]

“What would others think?” you wonder, and this is how belief systems become ingrained.  What you experience as reality is held in place by consciousness, which is an energy of sorts.  Patterns of consciousness eventually create form and hold it in place.  All is energy.  Matter is energy held in [...]

And so, you hear of some who were killed in what seems a random fashion … an accident or so-called “act of God,” and this brings a bit of fright.  “That could have been me,” you think as you realize how quickly life can change and death can come.  Of [...]

An obituary – such a final thing … or so you think.  How to encapsulate a life in a few lines of space?  It is nearly impossible, for the real you cannot be confined to time and space.  The human you is a bit like a story, but there is [...]

“When you wish upon a star, dreams come true where’re you are.”  This is like a fairy tale to you, is it not?  A story learned in your childhood, which filled you with excitement.  And now, in your later years, all grown up, you smile wistfully—and some of you bitterly—and [...]

  “Oh, I shouldn’t be doing that,” you think.  And why does this occur to you?  It is your conscience speaking.  What is this thing called conscience?  It is the loving voice of your intuition guiding you when ego tries to steer you away from unity.  Unity with what?  The [...]

What is your motive?  This is the question to ask yourself whenever you doubt your actions.  “Should I be doing this?  Is this the right thing?”  It is an excellent question to ask when you are experiencing that oh so human emotion of guilt.  Are you motivated by love and [...]

“Am I doing okay?” you ask, and you are looking for encouragement … validation.  From whence springs this need to ask another what the soul knows?  You are fine.  You are valid.  You are fully loved.  Is that not what you wish to hear?  Only when you rise above the [...]

Have we told you lately how special you are?  Have we told you how unique?  There is no one else in the world like you, no one more loved or admired.  There … do you see how these words make you feel?  Better said, do you see how you allow [...]

Do you blindly believe what others tell you?  “My church says …”  “My teacher told me …”  “Did you hear that …?”  Have you not learned by now?  Humans love a story, and the more it is filled with fear or delight, the more the story gets around.  Humans are [...]

Clarity ... You call it shedding more light on a topic.  And what is light, but understanding.  Where there is understanding, you can see all sides of a thing or issue, and thus it is clear ... Transparent.  The opposite is cloudiness, darkness, obscurity.  Let there be Light, you say, [...]

Sometimes you must crawl through a dark tunnel not even knowing you are in a tunnel.  There is certainly no light visible while you work your way forward.  You cannot even tell if you are making progress, but you slog on.  Why?  Because you have no choice.  There you are [...]

“Love them anyway.”  Why is this so hard for you to do when one does not think or act or speak as you like?  Where there is dissonance, you bristle, and immediately you put up a wall.  Do you know that you have just isolated yourself and not the other?  [...]

There is often humor in what you consider the darkest moment.  You often laugh when you want to cry.  This is called grace.  The urge to giggle is a reminder that not all is darkness.  In that moment of Light, look around you and find the love as well.  That [...]

Scarves in a basket … pictures on a shelf … a scent that lingers in a closet.  It is as if they are still in the room with you, or are these just memories?  Yes and yes.  All is Consciousness, which is the same as Light, which is the same [...]

What does it mean to be a Light?  Sailors understand the power of a beacon guiding them home and keeping them from shoals and hazardous rocks.  A light serves many purposes:  It heals, it guides, it warms, it illuminates, it causes things to grow.  Is it any wonder you are [...]

Does your earth stop revolving?  Does the sun fail to shine?  Then why would you stop growing?  You are here for the endless experiences, one learning opportunity after another.  They may not all be pleasant and they may not all be painful.  In fact, if you are honest, you will [...]

Alcohol, drugs, and food—initially you use these in excess to feel better.  Eventually they make you feel worse.  The unconscious human is in an ongoing battle with the self, constantly seeking pleasure and pushing away pain.  You need not do anything to excess to realize that this constant seeking of [...]

“Follow me” … words said by a leader.  And what is it that causes others to do so?  It is magnetism—a confidence and inner light that says, “This one can be trusted.  I wish to do as they do and I feel safe in doing so.”  Is it your head [...]

“Am I worthy?” What a question … The fact that you feel the need to ask it shows how distanced you are from your True Self. All is Light. All is Love, and by “all” we do not mean that some are left out. “All” means all, which would include [...]

Service to others … the grandest of callings. Does this mean you give up your other work if service is not involved there? Not at all. We daresay that any job can contain great elements of service when you see it as a means to such. Did you know that [...]

Simplification. This is a good word and concept for you to keep in mind. Why do you rush about so, and why does the mind whirl? What are you trying to accomplish and why is this goal so important? Put yourself on a beach and stare at the water. That [...]

Stiff and unbending. Is this not what you call someone who must always go by the book? There is a time for rules, and there is a time for originality and creativity. Do you want to always follow the crowd, or do you want to flow with the creative juices [...]

Have we not told you that you are the Light? You may appear to yourselves to be solid, but we see you as individual lights. Some appear more bright than others. Imagine how you look to us when you band together to turn up the light. Can you picture the [...]