Toward a World that Works for Everyone
I was lying in bed, writing an article in my head on confidence. That’s a subject I’ve studied for most of my life because the one thing I lost for fifty years of it was my self-confidence. I lost it after my Dad shouted at me from a few inches in front of my face […]
There’s so much we … OK, OK, I … don’t understand. For instance, take awareness. Awareness transforms. It does so, first of all, in ways I don’t understand or even suspect. Put those aside for the moment with a simple acknowledgment. Second of all, it transforms by allowing the unpleasant sensation or emotion to […]
I often hear folks debating free will vs determinism, as if, if the one exists, the other cannot. Do we have free will? Or are the events of our lives pre-determined by “karma”? Both. Any seeming contradiction disappears when we make a distinction between action and reaction. Let me back up a moment, to explain. […]
Back in March, we posted an article from Judith Kusel* about the Diamond and Platinum Sun Children coming on to the planet now. The child in this wonderful video shows us the divine qualities they are carrying. Notes “Canadian momma Jonisa recently went viral on TikTok for a surprisingly insightful conversation she had with […]
Ibn Arabi: “To know God is not an easy matter, until one becomes a knower of one’s self.” (1) Al-Ghazzali: “He who knows himself knows God.” (2) The illusory, apparently-individuated entity known as the “Self” is like a Babushka doll. Whatever its original form might have been, that’s the largest of the dolls. And we […]
As a result of writing a previous article, I saw that I was creating my joy in a moment of realization. I wondered if I couldn’t create happiness as well. So I called up happiness from my heart on the inbreath and sent it out to the world on my outbreath. And, yes, I could […]
Long and reflective. A lot of interesting conversations going on backstage, stirred up by Matthew’s last message. One piece of feedback that arose was that I’m being too intellectual in trying to understand spiritual states. While we’re all recovering from the holidays, maybe it’s a good time to push back the chair and reflect. And […]
(Concluded from Part 1, above.) A word about awareness and “getting in touch with” something. In a three-month residential encounter group I did in 1975-6, even critics who were habitually driven to point out blemishes “got in touch with” what was driving them And it turned out they were just like everyone else except starved […]
In “Karma,” Swift sings, “Ask me what I learned from all those years / Ask me what I earned from all those tears.” Imprisoned for life, Joe Garcia finds solace and meaning in Taylor Swift’s music. Listening to Taylor Swift in Prison By Joe Garcia, The New Yorker, September 2, 2023 https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/listening-to-taylor-swift-in-prison The first time […]
The best representation of my Higher Self as he appeared to me (1) The degree of influence of the Higher (Seventh-Dimensional) Self, the Oversoul, on us seems to determine the degree to which we can be stalwart, valiant, determined. The extent of courage of the Higher Self is such that we can “import it” or […]
I’m more and more realizing the idiocy of claiming to be an “expert.” I’m left musing after reading Marilyn’s thought-provoking history of the Council of Nicea. The only historical connection I have – even to the Christian Church broadly at that time, save a lifelong fascination with the desert fathers – is with St. Nonnus […]
I’m a 102-year-old doctor. Here’s the No. 1 thing the healthiest and happiest people I know never do By Gladys McGarey, May 8th, CNBC Make It https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/08/i-am-a-102-year-old-doctor-heres-the-no-1-thing-the-happiest-and-healthiest-people-i-know-never-do.html I turned 102 years old this year, and my decades of experience in holistic medicine has taught me a lot about how to live a long, happy and […]
I’ve done a major revision and expansion of Vasanas: Preparing for Ascension by Clearing Old Issues. It’s about doubled in size. Practicing the upset clearing process is one way to rid yourself of your burden of resentment and similar negative feelings. (Invoking the universal laws is another.) Download it here: https://goldenageofgaia.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Vasanas-Preparing-for-Ascension-R2.pdf This book, and all […]
I was asked what keeps me going, moving forward, especially in crazy times. There are so many answers to that question. I’d like to select from among them and mention something I discussed once before: The notion of pushing my edge. It was a 1970s growth movement notion that deserves to be remembered. What kept […]
Download On Transformative Awareness here: https://goldenageofgaia.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Transformative-Awareness-9.pdf I was in the course of updating, expanding, and polishing Transformative Awareness when I came across a reference to “going above the line.” I made a footnote in the text and the footnote rapidly became an article. Let me explain the term and, in the course of doing so, […]
