THE TRAP OF THE ABSOLUTE MIND

I never, you should never, no one should ever . . .

I always, you should always, everyone should always . . .

I know, you should know, everyone should know . . .

Traps come in many different forms. Once our minds say ‘never!’ or “I know!̶...

5/11/15

I have journeyed to the depths of my heart and been called to the heights of the volcano. The hot lava of the volcano cleanses my heart and I let it. It burns away past pain and regret and I let it. The wind of my emotion blows the ash away and I let it. The hot red of the molten core of the earth lives in my heart and I let it. The volcano erupts and settles and I let it. The volcano is my heart, beautiful and fierce.

The news that as many as 900 people were drowned in a shipwreck Sunday 4/19 gave me a powerful motivation; to brighten the channel of light, add my voice to the call to home, so that the souls of the victims could find their way back to creation. I did my best through meditation, placing my beacon at the gateway and calling the lost home. We all have this ability; we are all connected to the source of creation by the energy of creation. Simple prayers for their safe passage to the 'other side...

Quote from 'The Way Of Life'

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Bountiful life, letting anyone attend,

Making no distinction between left or right,

Feeding everyone, refusing no one,

Has not provided this bounty to show how much it owns,

Has not fed and clad its guests with any thought of claim;

And, because it lacks the twist

Of mind or body in what it has done,

The guile of head or hands,

Is not always respected by a guest.

Others appreciate welcome from th...

I am. That is a complete sentence. But what am I? Am I the culmination of all the days of my life or am I the ideals I strive for? I think it’s something in between. At times I’m the bundle of character defects from my early training, at others I’m the person I strive to be. Uncertain in my skin, I keep trying to be someone better than I have been. Analyzing, always, my actions, my words, my thoughts. In the moments when I am, simply am, present and complete in the moment, I...