Veils of illusion entrap us all. So much of the suffering of the world is unnecessary. It’s created by taking the false as the real and consequently, the real as the false. As we make progress on the inner path, we gain a deeper sense of love, wholeness, bliss, intuition, inspiration and peace. We begin [...]
Einstein once said that nothing happens until something moves. This is true in physics as well as in life. And as physics so well demonstrates, more energy is needed to move a stationary object than is required for one that is already moving. That is part of the law of inertia, which states that “A [...]
The other day I watched online the Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling give this year’s commencement address at Harvard. The title was “The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination.” Here is an excerpt that resonated with me: So why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failure meant a stripping [...]
It’s not often that I get into a discussion about reincarnation with other people, but last night the situation presented itself. My wife and I were relaxing with another couple (new friends of ours) after the four of us saw a movie (Iron Man), had dinner, and took a walk on the beach. We were [...]
My friend Carrie asked if I would write on the subject, “Don’t Wait until You’re Great.” It’s an intriguing subject. And though not everybody has designs on being great, I’m sure there are plenty of people who do. And many more who might have such an ambition later. There are millions of people who want [...]
The roles of the head and the heart in our lives are significant. For we live in a world that requires much of the head, but eventually we realize that though we live in the world, we are not of the world. We are of divine origin and we have a divine desination. To find [...]
Worry can take a perfectly wonderful day and make it a living hell. Why do we do that to ourselves? Worry cannot exist when we live completely in the present moment. In the present moment, we deal with “what is,” not with “what might happen.” In present moment living, our whole being becomes engaged with [...]
We all witness certain events in the course of our lives that stand out from others — events we won’t ever forget. Such an event I witnessed this past Friday night — the type of event that legends are made from. It wasn’t a tragedy like the assination of JFK, or the terrorism of 911, [...]
People who are attuned to higher vibrations can see deeper aspects of reality, aspects that most people cannot. They have what I call inner vision. Some of these people experience nothing but bliss. They see beyond the denseness of the material world, into the finer realms of the subtle. These types of people are rare, [...]
The great striving towards higher consciousness is different from other goals we set out to attain. It’s not like wanting to lose weight by going to the gym three or four times a week to burn calories. It’s not like setting aside a certain time each day like you would to pursue a skill in [...]
No matter what is being played out on the world stage, it is no excuse for losing hold on the primary reality of inner life. Yes, we have to live in the world, but while living in it, we need to remember what we are – spiritual beings. Every moment, if we allow it, is [...]
We all have within our being a sacred place where love is meant to flourish. It’s an inner garden. For some, because there is such a lack of love, the ground is dry and hard as rock. Love has no chance to even take root. It’s like a seed thrown on a rock. For others, [...]
Have you ever been happy for no reason at all? You don’t know why. But you are happy. That is causeless happiness.
When we withdraw our consciousness from the drama and stimulation of the mundane and illusory aspects of the world, we have the opportunity to enter into a world, that previously, we were unconscious of. It’s the world of the subtle. It is an inner garden of subtle lights, subtle sounds, and subtle scents. It is [...]
Disillusionment is the key to overcoming the most difficult addiction to overcome: the addiction to illusion. People don’t even realize the addiction exists. They don’t even know that what they take for reality is, in fact, illusion. And even when they do realize that what they take for reality, is in fact illusion, they don’t [...]
Anyone who has an experience of the Divine Presence, for however brief a moment it might be, longs to return to that experience. For in those sacred moments, we discover deep within that nothing else matters. Not politics, not the stock market, not the baseball standings. Not even illness or impending death. The world of [...]
There is a Divine Presence. It can be most intensely felt in the realm of existence beyond the level of the gross senses — the inner world. This is the realm of subtle energy, inspiration, and illumination. This inner world is the gateway to the final goal, the only Real Existence — the Infinite Knowledge, [...]
In my college days, I was in a band that played at small nightclubs. We had a trumpet player, who sometimes would start out on a solo sounding awful. He’d stop and turn to me, and ask, “Hey Man, what key are we in?” I’d tell him and then everything would be beautiful. In life, [...]
The universe is so miraculous that there can never be a moment when we don’t have the opportunity to be grateful. Right now I hear a bird singing, I see the sunlight shining through my window. And outside the window I see trees and flowers.
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If you want to know what it is like to experience presence with another person, just sit with an infant, face to face, for an extended period of time. There are no words to get in the way. There are no mental concepts. There is just the experience of being with another human being. The [...]
I got a call last night from my daughter, who is a student at the University of Maryland. She told me about a book that I might want to read, entitled, “The Last Lecture.” It’s a book by Dr. Randy Pausch, a 46-year-old Carnegie Mellon Professor of Computer Science, who is dying of pancreatic cancer. [...]
Last night I had a disconcerting dream. I was at a concert by The Who. (I have seen The Who a few times in years past.) They were playing “Won’t Be Fooled Again.” I’m enjoying the performance. And when they get to the end of the song, there is one last line: “Meet the new [...]
I read the news today and saw a picture being painted of a world teetering on the brink of disaster. A never-ending war, a possible new war, global warming, a possible world-wide financial collapse, rising oil prices, and plummeting food supplies. It has all the ingredients of a perfect storm which could reduce the world [...]
We live in a culture that that conditions our thinking that we don’t have enough. We are told over and over again in media messages and advertising that we need bigger, better, and faster things to be happy. I remember reading the words of poet, Francis Brabazon, who picked up on this theme by writing [...]
Presence alone can dissolve patterns of unconsciousness. Eckhart Tolle, in the 10 week web seminar being hosted by Oprah Winfrey, puts total emphasis on experiencing Presence. He says you can call it what you want – consciousness, awareness, God – but that it permeates the universe. And that it alone can dissolve the patterns of [...]