I’m finding there comes a time when a bridge is crossed. It’s one of many bridges, one of them being Ascension itself. (1) And, like so much else, for the experience to flower, I have to consciously recognize what’s happening. I have to move from unconscious awareness of the thing in question to conscious awareness. […]
Why is Awareness so Important?
Why is awareness so important? Why not love? Why not good works? Well, of course those are also very important. But awareness – which is also called discernment and discrimination in some religions – is of ultimate importance. Why? By now I should be able to ask “What is the purpose of life?” and a […]
Collectively I Refer to It as “I”
I walk around in a little bubble, a mini-environment, which consists of the range that my awareness takes in – my thoughts, my emotional states, the divine qualities, etc. Everything I can control from my mental laptop, complete with radar, heat sensors, attitude detectors, intuition, etc., is part of that “field of awareness.” Collectively I […]
The Self: Summer Salad or Crazy Salad?
Notice that one spiritual experience has a person talking about it for years. I used to say to myself that one spiritual experience a decade would keep me going. I found myself muttering to myself this morning: “The Self can be said to ‘reside’ at the far end of the cul de sac that the […]
What I Am Learning from the “Corona” Virus: Greater Love for Community Within/Without
www.voiceoffreedom.ca Did you know the botanical meaning of the word corona? It is the cup-shaped or trumpet-shaped outgrowth at the center of a daffodil or narcissus flower. And its origin, in mid 16th century from Latin, is ‘wreath, crown’. When I think of the word crown, I imagine leadership. And trumpet? A blast of sound […]
Cyndy Sheldon: On Telling Ourselves Our Truth….
Writer’s Corner Cyndy is a gestalt therapist living in Bellingham, WA and a member of the Bellingham Meet-up. She’s the author of two books that I know of! ON TELLING OURSELVES OUR TRUTH…. “When you live in complete acceptance of what is, that’s the end of all drama in your life.” Eckhart Tolle MANY ARE AFRAID, […]
I Choose to Remain Aware – Part 2/2
(Concluded from above.) Awareness is like a searchlight in a black night. Only, the minute something unseen comes into the light of awareness, something inexplicable happens. I think it was Archangel Michael who said that, if we transitioned before our assignments were done, we’d have a sudden explosion of awareness on the other side that […]