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, [...]
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.
April 22, 2008 – 10:17 am
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 [...]
January 16, 2008 – 6:10 pm
It is the ability to perceive wholeness that brings peace to the weary mind. With wholeness comes beauty, harmony, balance, knowledge and love. Without it, they are hidden. Our view of the world directly influences how the world responds to us just as how you view a person directly influences how that person responds to [...]
January 7, 2008 – 3:03 pm
The late physicist David Bohm believed that no single cause and effect relationship is ever really separate from the universe. In essence, everything interpenetrates everything else. To put it another way, we are all responsible for the well being of the planet. No one is to blame, for we are all co-creators of the world [...]
December 21, 2007 – 2:00 pm
The world is so out of balance. People, after all, are dying of starvation while others are dying of obesity. It seems to me that more people care about winning the lottery than finding inner peace. More people care about who wins the Super Bowl than how much of the polar ice caps melt. How [...]
December 10, 2007 – 5:50 pm
My wife and I experienced a synchronicity the other day. We were in Asheville, North Carolina walking to a restaurant when Maggie (my wife) remembered and started talking to me about an old boyfriend from her college days who grew up in Asheville. She remembered that once when she was visiting him in Asheville his [...]
November 29, 2007 – 10:05 pm
There is an ever-growing number of people who believe that a great change to the world will occur on December 21, 2012. Why this date? As David Icke wryly observed: The first mob to predict 2012 as the end of the world were the Mayans, a bloodthirsty race that were good at two things: Building [...]
November 22, 2007 – 8:00 am
No matter what happens in life, good or bad, we still have a choice to be grateful or not, and with that choice, the possibility to transform life. I know that sometimes, when we are suffering, it can seem difficult to find anything to be thankful for. That’s because unconsciousness has taken over and we [...]
November 18, 2007 – 4:35 pm
My friend and fellow blogger, Jenny Mannion (healpain.blogspot.com) tagged me for the Reveal Your Dream Challenge. One of the rules stated to aim high. You will see that I have. Since this post is in response to the Reveal Your Dream Challenge, I find it interesting that it was a literal dream that became my [...]
November 7, 2007 – 9:00 pm
Thinking differently about politics is my contribution to the Think Different Challenge. Politics used to take up a lot of my attention. In the past I would read something or hear something about a short-sighted politician and totally forget the purpose of my life. Instead of striving to be the best person I could be, [...]
October 18, 2007 – 10:48 pm
There is a goal in life that more people share than any other, and yet when they reach that goal, they complain and moan. The goal is living a long life. But how to be happy in old age? Everybody wants to have a long life but nobody wants to be old. I know there [...]
October 14, 2007 – 7:30 am
Nan-in, a Japanese master during the Meiji era (1868-1912), received a university professor who came to inquire about Zen. Nan-in served tea. He poured his visitor’s cup full, and then kept on pouring. The professor watched the overflow until he no longer could restrain himself. “It is overfull. No more will go in!” “Like this [...]
October 11, 2007 – 5:00 pm
The following post was excerpted from “The Science of Greatness” by Wallace D. Wattles. I am sharing it with my readers because of its holistic viewpoint of life, and because I see too many people lose their focus and their joy because of world problems. — G Butler Millions of years ago God worked with very low [...]
October 9, 2007 – 3:00 pm
I was struck by the following words of Epictitus the other night at a local bookstore so I jotted them down: “You are a primary existence. You are a distinct portion of the essence of God, and contain a certain part of Him in yourself. Why then are you ignorant of your noble birth? You [...]
October 7, 2007 – 6:00 am
For the last week I have been reading The Bourne Ultimatum. I finished it this morning after reading the gory details of over 100 killings by the ultimate antagonist. An interesting story but what an assault on my mind. Last night, for example, I had a dream that I was the owner of an AK-47 [...]
October 2, 2007 – 8:43 pm
I received an e-mail this morning that was sounding an alarm bell about the likely war between the United States and Iran, a war that seems to be on the agenda of the current White House administration. No one is to blame for this dark and ominous state of affairs and yet everyone is to [...]
September 30, 2007 – 5:30 pm
Today, September 30, 2007, is the 800th birthday of Rumi, the immortal poet and mystic, who realized in his lifetime the infinity of truth that he longed for. He is now the number one selling poet in the English language. He was born, as we all are, as a finite drop. But before he died, [...]
September 29, 2007 – 5:25 pm
When you follow the promptings of inspiration, life steps up to a new rate of energy. What business is it of mine if what I am inspired to do seems impossible? When the voice of inspiration speaks within me, my responsibility is in the action. The results are not my concern. Does a private in [...]
September 26, 2007 – 7:00 pm
I went to my library the other day and checked out three books that caught my eye. The books were Complete Works of St. Teresa, The Practice of Zen, and Tales from the Land of the Sufis. Why would I read these books, you might ask. They help keep my heart open and my mind [...]
September 25, 2007 – 7:00 pm
Is your life imprisoned by patterns? Patterns of thought are so pervasive that we can become blind to their impact on our lives. There are patterns of worry, of anxiety, of laziness, of shyness, of rashness, of anger, etc. The list is a long one. We become accustomed to these patterns and they become part [...]
September 20, 2007 – 4:30 pm
Yesterday I was asked in the comments section of my post, Habits — Acts of Unconsciousness, if habits can ever support inspiration. The answer is no. Habits are thoughtless and not based on awareness. They have nothing to do with inspiration and the source of inspiration — consciousness. However, a discipline that is born out [...]
September 19, 2007 – 9:03 pm
My title, Respond or React is a response to Steve Pavlina’s post today which contrasted the difference between reacting and responding. His analogy, using his martial arts class, is a good beginning. But I want to take this to a deeper dimension. Reactions are a product of the limited ego-mind. It has nothing to do [...]
September 18, 2007 – 9:00 pm
Habits are acts of unconsciousness. They might seem like second nature, but they are obstacles to conscious living. What is needed is awareness, perception, and consciousness; in short a connection to our source of being. This is the source of inspiration. And where inspiration flows, the habitual doesn’t exist. Some people take pride in cultivating [...]
September 17, 2007 – 11:21 pm
I am still feeling the reverberations from reading Zero Limits. I can’t get it out of my head, and that is a good thing. For the message of the book is one of love and peace. The book details a method of getting to the Zero State, a state of consciousness that is free of [...]