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 [...]
Gratitude is a gift you give yourself. Each time you are aware that an experience or a possession brings you joy or more love into your life, you benefit. How often do you experience gratitude? If not at regular moments throughout your day, then you are cheating yourself, depriving yourself of [...]
When one you love dies, you feel so helpless. There is such a sense of finality. And the greatest question you can ask yourself in this dire situation is: “Who is the one feeling helpless and hopeless?” Ah, as the transition you call death propels you to find your loved [...]
You clean and clean and clean, and do you realize that in order to clean a thing, something else must get dirty? It is the law of balance. What goes up, does come down. There will be moments of pleasure and moments of pain. What if you simply accept this [...]
If you saw an animal injured at the side of the road, you would wish to help it. This is the heart. Call it the soul, call it what you want. This is Love ... the innate connection you share at your deepest level that calls you to aid those [...]
Do not be alarmed when something goes awry. Yes, in the instant that something out of the ordinary happens, the body reacts instinctively. Chemicals flow and you leap into action, often experiencing fear. Being aware of this automatic response can be quite freeing. In that brief moment of awareness, you [...]
Sanaya ... if you were to look up this name we have asked to be called, you would find that one of its meanings is “One Worth Knowing.” In this case, it is a most fitting name for all of you. Whether you accept this truth in your heart or [...]
You become habituated to react in a certain way with certain people. Think about two acquaintances approaching you at separate times. You may open up your energy field to one and close it down to the other depending upon past interactions. Oh my, how the human side limits new experiences. [...]
Cherubs appear on an airport wall in three dimensions.* They look so real. How do you know they are not? Who created these holographic images of loving beings? A being with intelligence and a desire to create. And who created this intelligent being called a human? A being with intelligence [...]
Why do you at times feel a sudden burst of love for another, even for one you may have never met? It is because something within you desires to express its true nature, which is love. Something within you senses in that seemingly separate other a chance to reflect this [...]
You can read all you want, or you can allow Wisdom to arise in awareness. You can study all you want, or you can observe and ask, “What do I need to know?” We are not speaking of your text books for material matters. Yes, study well to live your [...]
There is quite a difference between doing and being. With being, you flow. Picture a leaf in a stream. There is no effort. It is moving effortlessly with the current. In doing there is effort. Oh, how much easier your life would be if you would learn to find that [...]
Rocks in a stream. They impede the flow, but what does the stream do? It does not stop. It flows over and around, caressing the rock. It does not complain, “Oh, you are in my way!” No, onward it flows, ever so slowly wearing away at this obstacle without any [...]
You spray perfume to clear the air of unwanted scents, but what do you do with unwanted thoughts? They do not disappear so easily, especially if you simply mask them. Why, you look them straight in the eye, so to speak. You acknowledge that they have arisen, for this is [...]
What is the first thing you think when you look at another? How do you judge that book by its cover? Do you notice the size, the shape, the gender, the race? Do you notice the smile, the frown, the lines on the face? This is pure training. You learned to see in this way. It [...]
Interpretations. You read words passed down through the ages. What do they mean? Will you trust the interpretation of someone other than yourself, who may have been told what to believe by others as well? Or will you move awareness to the heart, where dwells pure Awareness, your very Source, [...]
Swirling lights. Bouncing orbs. Flashes of insight. Visions of beings now passed. What to make of all of this? You are not alone. You are limited for a while in your sight and hearing and touch, but you are never out of touch with Divine Presence. At times there is [...]
Fairy tales have happy endings, and yet you look around you and you see some stories in your life that do not. An ending is not always an ending. Life goes in cycles. Death leads to rebirth. Life can be a page-turner. You don’t know what’s coming in the next [...]
What are miracles, but signs that reflect back to us in undeniable ways the power of our True Nature. This past Saturday I gave a charity workshop called "Shedding Your Skin" to help you move beyond your fears (shedding your human "skin"/the ego) to freedom (the soul's innate state). We [...]
You view the eyes as your blindfold to the non-physical world, and it is an apt analogy, but it is not only the eyes which keep you blinded to the eternal presence of Spirit within and without. The entire body is a mask of sorts. What you put into it [...]
