Tag: Awakenings
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The Poet’s Gift
Deep inside our lives, the Poet continually shapes our thoughts, words, and actions. Each person is gifted with an ongoing life poem that begins at birth and continues until their last breath.
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Cleaning Up
Until we make the needed repairs, our lives will be no more presentable than before our awakening and will be little less than a phase we went through. When I was a young man I didn’t have a lot of money for a new home. No problem, my agent found me a “fixer-upper”. It seemed…
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What is the best way to wake up?
One never travels the path alone nor discovers they have been the first to arrive at the peaks along the way. For seekers wanting to wake up–the big question is, “How do I do that?” For those who have awakened there is great discussion about the best way of teaching others how to reach this…
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Go for expansion
The business of consciousness is growth and expansion–not maintaining a fixed point of view. What if everything you thought was true wasn’t–would you want to awaken? Would you rather be asleep and comfortable in your own cozy world as you think it is or kicked to the curb when you discover the amazing disconnect between…
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It Matters Not
Whether your awakening occurred with a dove descending from heaven or nothing at all doesn’t matter. –What matters is that you are awake! Stories of awakening are beautiful to me. They represent the life journeys and momentous events of the searching and struggling. I am especially fascinated to read stories of awakening where, in the…
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The Four Steps
Waking up is the series of events where a person comes to realize the inter relatedness and oneness of all things. Ken Wilber, noted psychoanalyst, mystic, and philosopher, says that the awakened life has four steps: waking up, cleaning up, growing up, and showing up.
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Becoming Fully Human
When one is directed by Source, the sole determination of any action is whether or not one remains aligned with Source—based upon feedback the body provides. In 1997 both Princess Diana and Mother Theresa died within a week of the other. Both were amazing people who were mourned by millions internationally. One person represented ultimate worldly…
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The Secret Knowledge of Thought
You are Source and the only thinker there is. You are it! Several years ago I had the wonderful experience of living in Florence, Italy for the summer. It was an absolutely glorious place to live. My life was filled with beauty, culture and amazing food. I count it as one of the great adventures…
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When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
When the time is right, the Timeless One reveals the truth about the illusion of self, matter, time and space. In short order we learn that the self we thought was us never existed at all. When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. Lao Tzu In the movie…