I want to be more loving in my heart! It is often easy to have the idea in mind, the plan to be more loving. To see it with my mind and give assent to the thought of being loving—this is crystal clear. But I want to be more loving in my heart! I must…
Our soul (true self) contains a spec of the big bang, the original stuff. The soul is endowed with a genius. This genius is what we uniquely have to offer the world. This genius gets obscured by our social conditioning, beginning with our parents or primary care givers. This conditioning continues with our schooling, peer…
Recently I said a prayer as I was starting my least favorite chore – mowing the lawn. I had always mowed in anger. I asked for the ability to do the job without anger and to let the self-propelled mower do the work (I find myself pushing when there’s no need). My work went smoothly…
More and more I’ve come to understand that I become confused when my Ego yells loudly to overcome my soul. My Ego is always afraid, suspicious, judgmental and overbearing. At its best it wants to protect me but when I attach myself too strongly to it I lose contact with my Soul. My Ego tries…
I’ve learned that I must carefully listen to stories – folk tales, fairy tales or even your story and notice what jumps out at me and takes me to another place. It’s often a place I’ve forgotten, sometimes intentionally. A story like this can point out unfinished business I still live with unconsciously.
It’s Spring according to the calendar and the position of the Earth. Oh wait! That’s just the Northern Hemisphere. It’s autumn in the Southern Hemisphere. Spring is a time of birth and rapid growth. It’s a time that shouts “youth.” Autumn is a time of approaching cold and darkness and it whispers and whines of…
I have issues with the word obedience when I hear or see it in relation to God and religion. When I’m told to obey, I rebel. What my difficulties and trials have taught me is to transform “obey” to “accept.” This works for me. I find it possible to accept the world as it is….
I was given this box labeled “God”. In the box were all the instructions I needed. Here was what to know, how to pray and how to behave. It was all based on the idea that if I didn’t go along I’d get burned forever. By naming the mystery, God, my concept of spirit was…
I may not recognize the Divine Voice by words. Most times that still, small voice comes across wordlessly into my consciousness. My practice is a morning meditation, with my wife and writing in my prayer journal after some readings. I avoid writing comments on each reading as that takes me into my head. I write…
