Toward a World that Works for Everyone
In my opinion, our history doesn’t demonstrate that democracy has failed or that mob rule always threatens below our unruly surface. Nothing of the sort. What it’s shown, it seems to me, and I speak as a former cultural historian, is that we as a world have to avoid extremism. Extremism of the right and […]
Imagine you’re a sculptor. Are you carving a form out of marble? Or are you releasing a form from the marble that obscures it? If we were talking about spiritual unfoldment, would it not be the latter? The spirit is already in form. The spirit is “driving” the body, looking out through the eyes, operating […]
Anger is up for me right now, anger that has been suppressed for decades, that my Universal Self and Michael, I imagine, feel it’s now time for me to tackle. I can’t take this anger with me into the work I’ll be doing. And if I don’t get to the bottom of it now and […]
Let me continue with this line of speculation. (1) In the game of life that the Creator set up, (2) it doesn’t seem to be enough to change our vote (3) at the intellectual level. It may or may not be enough to change it at the experiential level. It may await realization. (4) I […]
My deficiencies appear to be arising as the love energies also rise. At the moment, I’m comparing myself (unfavorably) to sociable people and, the grass being always greener on the other side, bemoaning my lack of skills in the area. If I’d chosen to be more socially inclined, my career path would have been a […]
I’ve pestered Wes Annac to start channeling again. He says he’s considering it and, in the meantime, sends us a welcome article from his blog, Openhearted Rebellion. Beautifully said, Wes. How Can We Become More Emotionally Mature? Wes Annac, Openhearted Rebellion, January 3, 2023 https://openheartedrebellion.com/2023/01/03/how-can-we-become-more-emotionally-mature/ I consider emotional maturity to be a cornerstone of openhearted […]
For whatever reason I now experience there being space between something happening and my response. I’m no longer automatically reacting. I seem to have more room in myself, less craziness. That could be because I’m more at peace and so not as much driven by vasanas (core issues) and the automatic response patterns they give […]
We’re on a journey of Ascension at this moment and the last thing I personally want to do is to make that journey outside conscious awareness – “in a fit of unconsciousness,” as some wag put it. No, I may not run a spaceship. But I run the good ship I Am. I’m monarch over […]
A vasana or core issue is like an endless hunger. No matter how much we feed it, it persists and wants more of our energy. I get weary just thinking about it. Nonetheless, it’s also true to say that every vasana has a silver lining. When we get over a vasana, we may find that […]
I’d like to take a very simple example of dawning awareness and use it to illustrate the levels of knowledge (intellectual – experiential – realizational). I had the awareness dawn earlier today that I can’t change a person’s behavior; the most I can do is model the alternative. No big deal unto itself, but it’s […]
Our loving thoughts are with the victims of the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. Further to our conversation in “Past-Life Connection,” (1) I took another step today in what I call “emergence.” (2) Emergence for me means to step forth or stand forth from our limitations, our vasanas as a class of phenomena, our feelings […]
When I was dissociated, from age 7 to 58, I was … how can I describe it? … hardly a person. Or maybe barely a person is more accurate. I barely held it together. I barely passed. I’d metaphorically catch my breath, panting, after a social engagement because I was so self-conscious and working so […]
We probably could not be heard above the din of clashing ideologies and other forces happening around us and in distant places. I’m not sure about you, but it’s like an open invitation to me to grow quiet, turn inward, and listen. And here’s what I hear. Who was the sage who said “I have […]
I just had a friend write me and say how do you remain so positive? It’s a good question. I have a great deal of lower-back pain that makes movement difficult. I’m not doing so well myself. Consequently, I’m not sure what I can tell you! But let me explore it with you. [Flash of […]
I’m about to lay down Theorem No. 10. How should I phrase it? Confidence varies directly proportional to forgiveness. (1) I say that after enjoying a reading from Kathleen in which she made available to me a second opportunity to forgive my father for domestic violence. (2) I took it and enjoyed the release it […]
