Since the writings have been so abundant since the beginning of the year, I thought it might be interesting to take some time and highlight some of the key quotes that have come through in March and April this year.  ENJOY!

People show as much concern and attention to me as I pay to them.  In my personal world, this has been highly limited to date.  The sense is that this definitely needs to change and soon.

To what degree does it matter what I personally desire to change?  It seems that my desire provides the impetus that allows the forces of change to manifest in my life.  However, there is a sense that I am not to dictate what this is to be ...

There is some reason that these communications, this expression of spirit comes under the umbrella of BEYOND IMAGINATION.  The sense is that this going beyond imagination is the process of making what was only imagined ... the ideal, manifest in the world.  Tall order?  You bet it is.  But what else is worthy of spiritual expression in flesh if not this.

The internet provides an effective medium through which such a society can interact, communicate, and share on a massive scale.  At no time in the history of the world has it been so easy to freely communicate.

My sense is that whatever skills are needed for any task ... we will find that somewhere within the population not only do they exist in potential, they have been developed in practice, awaiting the day when they could be harnessed for the good of society.

We have said before that service is the only thing that truly has value.  And, those services that we give freely to others, that employ our greatest skills and talents, are of the most value.  We have also said that our spiritual job is something that is not thrust upon us ... rather, it is something we must volunteer for based on a knowingness of our purpose that comes from deep within us.

Once again, a new day has come.  Interesting ... this happens everyday, but how many of us stop and experience the wonder of it all.  Life is a very precious gift bestowed on us each and every moment.  By whom you might ask ... but there is no entity, no whom sufficient to manifest this.  Rather, it is spirit herself, the ONE consciousness that animates us all.

Yes, spirit uses all of the avenues available to her to do her works.  It is amazing to see how many highly creative people are being moved to express spiritual themes and messages.

Jonathan Livingstone Seagull comes to mind.  While most gulls were consumed with eating and the mundane aspects of life in the society of gulls, Jonathan became obsessed with flying to the point where nothing else in his life mattered.  My obsession with metaphysics was very similar ... though I did have to do some of the normal things, in particular hold down a job and work for a living.  In a very real way, exploring states of consciousness is much like flying.  We soar to new levels of awareness ... and find ways to bring back what we learn and experience.

Being aware of being aware is powerful.  Being aware of being awareness itself is even more powerful.  It completely changes ones focus from the outer to the inner.

Seek awareness first and all else that you need will come unto you.  That is spiritual law ... except that seeking is not enough.  We must apply what we learn through our actions and share of whom that we are in service to spirit and to society in some way.

In the area of spiritual development, I haven't had any physical teachers in this existence.  For this, I have always had to rely on direct guidance from within.  This guidance has always been there as far back as I can remember, but the faucet was turned on in full force for the first time in 1993.  Don't get me wrong ... the words of many individuals in over 1000 metaphysical books were instrumental in my education.  They provided the programming necessary to create concepts and frameworks that would ultimately allow me to go beyond and leap off the edge of sanity into the unknown dimensions of consciousness (at least, unknown to me in terms of experience).  However, it is one thing to establish elaborate constructs in one's mind based on standing on the shoulders of others.  It is quite another thing to truly experience reality in a unique way ... as I believe that we are all meant to do.  This requires awareness, and awareness does not reside in the mind.  It has nothing to do with thinking.  It is beyond reason, beyond mind.  It simply is.  And, once the experience of awareness comes, it is as if there are invisible reigns on the mind.

There is something special about bringing forth these words out of the unknown.  Here is where we make the unmanifest manifest.  This is where the creative spark is fanned into a full blown fire.

Fire is spirit.  It is my home.  It is where I am most comfortable expressing.  In a very real way, it is through fire that I am able to live as I do.  It is through fire that my consciousness is able to soar.  What I feel most is not a physical, mental or an emotional high ... it is a spiritual high.

I trust spirit to guide me via my intuition to where I need to be, whom I need to meet, and what I need to do.  When the time to do something has arrived, it will be clear exactly what I am meant to do.

My experience is that there are no real choices.  The right choice is always obvious.  I simply have to allow it to happen, and allow my actions to be consistent with making it happen.

Trust, I cannot say that enough.  You must trust in the basic nature of spiritual expression and the integrity of your self / Self /
and SELF.  There is nothing that you will be forced to face that is beyond your ability to handle, nothing.

You are creating your own reality in each and every moment of each and every day.

I sit in amazement as I watch it unfold.  The light grows stronger and the shadows retreat into the nothingness from which they sprang.  There is no room for them when the light shines forth.  Spirit is that strong ... and shadows are but mere illusions.

My job is to express as best I can what spirit would express through me.  I trust that any who are meant to find and benefit from these writings will indeed find them and read them ... and thereby gain whatever is to be conveyed via these words.

Service involves giving of oneself to something greater than oneself.

As souls, we are ancient beings ... some would say eternal beings.  When we take on a new mortal form, we forget whom that we are for awhile, and go about the business of living in physical reality.  We develop our bodies, our emotions, and our minds; and we develop our natural talents and abilities.

Spirit shines its light and shares its love wherever it can and to whomever will ask and seek for it.

Our souls are powerful entities in their own right.  They are parts of the ONE consciousness.  They are sparks of spirit ... literally godstuff.  However, the expression may be far more blocked for some than for others.  It seems that we have to find our connection to source either inside or outside of us, depending on our nature and preferred method of observing the world.

My preferred mode of operating has been to seek within and then look for verification on the outside.  Even then, I look in strange places.  I don't look to others for verification.

There is some importance that this record has been created.  It is a marker left by consciousness of a continuing voyage into the far country and beyond.

By their works shall thou know them.  Yes, such is a great truth.  It is via our works that we share of whom that we are with the world.  This is not generally the works that we do to make a living, through it may include these.  Primarily, it is the works that we choose to do with our free time in service to others ... or in service to something greater than ourselves.

There is a sense that there is a part of me of which I am not consciously aware that is orchestrating all that I experience to the point of actually co-creating it.  Actually, I am consciously aware of the results of this part of me.  I just don't experience performing this function consciously.  My sense is that I will someday, but that day has not yet come.

Over the years I have expressed a deep concern for society, and , in particular, for the greater expression of spirit in flesh.  This is what I am here to help bring about.  It is why I exist in this incarnation at this time.

As always, I must find a way to be more so that I can do more ... remembering that it is spirit that is actually doing the work through me.  That is a key realization.

Awareness, allowance, and acceptance can go a long way in the world.  Spirit by its very nature seeks to express and unfold whom that it is in whatever way it can.  We are the limiting factors in this expression, by the restrictions that we place on our connection to source, and on how we allow that source to express and manifest in our lives.  Many go through their whole lifetime ... and perhaps many lifetimes, without realizing this connection on a firsthand basis.

In the only way that really matters, the expression of spirit is unfolding perfectly in accordance with a grand plan for the evolution of the expression of consciousness.

While much that is to happen is controlled by fate, how we experience it, what meaning we assign to it, and what we learn from it is all for us to decide.

My personal destiny seems to be intertwined with the destiny of the world and in very intricate ways.  I find this both curious and comforting.  Yes, this is grandiose thinking.  I know that.  However, that doesn't necessarily make it wrong.

The question of sanity deserves more attention.  How do I know that I have not gone over the edge?  When one is an explorer of the unknown realms of consciousness, this is a very real issue that one must deal with on a regular basis.  How far can we venture into the unknown, before we lose our way ... and potentially are unable to come back?

Without spirit, neither my experiences, nor my expression would be what they have been.  It is through my connection to source that I am able to exist as I do and express as I do.  This connection is something that is unique to all of us.  How we find this source, how we tap it, and how we fashion the channel through which it can flow into our lives and the lives of others are extremely important.

While we are on the path, it is not the destination that truly matters, it is the enjoyment of the journey.

Spirit ever seeks to be of service.  Her primary operating mode is to find needs and fill them, whatever they might be.

In a true society, no need is allowed to go unmet ... but desires and wishes may or may not come true.  When we allow needs to go unmet, we force people to live at a level of poverty in some area of their lives.  This may be in physical, emotional, mental, or spiritual areas.  My sense is that the society should have a collective responsibility to ensure that no one is forced to live in poverty by circumstances beyond their control.

The Lion King expresses the golden rule for the exchange of energy ... the secret to life, is to never take more than you give.  This principle, simply stated, assures abundance by ensuring that the supply always exceeds the demand.

This expression continues to roll on ... word after word, phrase after phrase, thought after thought, paragraph after paragraph, page after page, and musing after musing.  It still amazes me that creative expression can work in this manner, and be so effortless.  It simply flows as it will.  I tap a source inside that seems to have no end.

My mind has developed in a manner that gives it a utility that is different than most.  It allows me to naturally see things, realize things, and make connections between things in ways that are different than for others.  Different is not necessarily better ... it is just different.  It is the differences between us that make us the unique individuals that we are.

It takes extreme courage to be unique and authentic, and to live the life of spirit that we are meant to live.

We are God expressing and experiencing through us.  Without God, we would not exist.  But without the creation, without us, there would be no experience of limitation and the nature of the various parts.

I take pride in delivering more than anyone can rightfully expect.  This is not something that comes from outside.  It is something that I demand of myself.  I have said that spirit is a stern taskmaster.  But, it seems, even she pales in comparison with what I expect of myself.  There is a sense that one can never do too much.  However, this needs to be balanced by a sense that one has done ones fair share, which by definition is enough.

Being the very best needs to be qualified, it needs to be assessed not as a comparison of oneself to others, but of ones present performance against ones innate potential.

It seems that the only true freedom is spiritual freedom.  In all other forms we are simply unaware of our shackles.  Sometimes they are even looked upon as gifts or blessings.

We experience what we experience in whatever manner is appropriate to us.  This is not a game of trying to make ones experience similar to another.  It is for each of us to find the path and way that is right for us.  We can learn from one anothers methods and experiences, but ultimately we must evaluate, judge, and select what works best in our lives.

The subjective and the intuitive deserve their proper place as esteemed parts of our being, our expression, and our reality.  In a  very real way these are far more important to the meaning of our reality and the quality of our expression than logic and subjective knowledge. By its very nature, the I AM experience is subjective.  Awareness is subjective.  Creativity in general is far more intuitive than logical.

As Christ said, in my Father's house are many mansions, I go to prepare a way for you.  Hmm ... could each mansion be the framework in which an ideal social system is manifest?  My sense is that yes, this is the case.  Further, it seems that spirit has already brought forth many of the concepts and key beliefs necessary to create these foundations.  Each religion seems to have it's own.  Actually, perhaps several because of differences between sects.  However, there is a sense that religions are shackles in and of their own ... shackles we bear because it is more convenient to accept someone else as the authority in this area of our life than it is to discover and develop appropriate beliefs and constructs of our own.

The vibrations are different somehow, allowing and encouraging this expression to occur.  And here I sit, as the happy and proud father, observing what I am bringing forth into manifestation, and concerned that my offspring are given the chance they need to grow into whom that they are and have their impact, whatever that might be, on the world.  Yes, ultimately, some of the key concepts presented here will indeed have such an impact.  I know this from the depths of my being.

Creative expression is one of the highest, if not the highest endeavors of spirit.  It is here that we make the unknown known and the unmanifest manifest.

Sometimes it feels as if what is to be expressed is destined ... it already exists in finished form.  It is only the linear nature of experience in this world that causes it to come forth letter by letter, word by word, thought by thought, ...

If we had to rely on traditional approaches to bring about a New World in a New Age ... our hopes might be dim.  However, spirit does not accept such limitations.  And, it seems that more and more people are starting to realize that they are far more than they ever thought themselves to be.  With this realization, they will growingly become unwilling to tolerate the status quo and will seek to build the social foundations and infrastructure necessary for them to more fully express whom that they are.

I want to ensure via my actions that the world is a better place for my having lived.

There is something addicting about spiritual expression.  The more one does it, the more one longs to do it ... literally to the point where it becomes all-consuming.

In a very real way, increasing awareness is about increasing our concept of I to include more than we formerly knew ourselves to be.  This too is not something that is taught in our schools and universities.  How is it that some of the things most important to functioning as the spiritual being in flesh that we are ... are not taught to us.

The operative law has always been SEEK and ye shall FIND.  Yet, how few of us truly seek.  For many, this is understandable.  Living in the world is so consuming of ones time and energy that there is little left over to going within and seeking for something more ... in particular, for whom that we are.

We live in an information age ... but there is so much information that it is hard to find the few gems of wisdom amidst the mountains of garbage that are our there.  OK, garbage may have been a bit strong and judgmental.

Since there is only ONE consciousness, anything that anyone has ever realized and expressed in flesh is available to me to learn from, and to use and express in my life.  It is a matter of being open and establishing the appropriate resonance that will attract it into my life.  Of course, it will be colored by my individual consciousness ... but this adds to rather than diminishes it, since it adds a new viewpoint to the collective experience of the ONE consciousness.

Each of us is a unique spark of the one consciousness ... or more correctly, possess such a spark within us.  It is for us to seek and find it, and to develop our gifts and talents to the fullest so that this spark, this spirit may express more fully in our lives.  For then, we are truly living, and being the best that we can be.  That is all that can be asked of anyone.

How do we know when we are operating at our best?  One, we find a sense of true fulfillment, of a nature that cannot be found in any other way.  Two, we simply know that we are operating efficiently and effectively.  Three, we are happy with whom that we are and what we are expressing and experiencing.  Four, we experience new states of expanded consciousness.  No matter how far we go, or how good we get at something, there is always a next step in our unfoldment and evolution.

One of the best ways to learn anything is by doing it.

My experience continues to be that there are no real choices for me.  The right choice is always obvious and I am always moved from inside to make it ... as if it were an automatic process.  Clearly, not everyone sees things like this.  Free will is a very coveted form of freedom.

In a very real way, this expression is my way of sharing whom that I AM with the world in the most intimate way that I can in the moment.  Since I have no other examples to go by, I cannot tell how successful I am in doing this.

Remember that utility is the key for beliefs.  Most of what I share is in the area of beliefs ... here we are free to choose as we will.  Also, remember that the difference between an idea and a belief is the willingness to act in accord with.  It is not a belief until you back it with actions in your life.

It seems the more that I express, the more I am able to discover whom that I AM and how the world and consciousness seems to work.  This provides a springboard from which I can jump to new heights and dive into the depths of consciousness once again.  This is where I swim and where I soar.  This is where I am most at home.  Yes, home to me is indeed a state of consciousness.

Awareness makes all the difference in the world.  Yes, it is that powerful.  Further, it seems the level of awareness we reach is the only thing that we get to keep from one lifetime to the next.  This is what reality games are all about ... they are opportunities for becoming more aware of the I AM that we are.

And yes, we are playing in a reality game.  Remember, games are meant to be fun ... so do what it takes to make it so.  Games also have rules.  If we want to play the game, we need to learn the rules and abide by them.  The main rule of the reality game is that you create your own reality, no fine print, no exceptions; and you do it primarily through your belief system.  So, it makes sense to develop the skills needed to find out what your beliefs are, to evaluate whether they serve you or not, to prune those that result in experience you do not like, and plant new ones to attract the reality you desire.

It seems that it is time for the dawn to finally arise ... that the dark may be dispelled once and for all and that we may see the light in such an intensity as the world has never known before, not even during the Renaissance.

A new age calls for a new mode of expression, and an accompanying new mode of being.  It asks that we come to know ourselves to a greater degree than we thought possible so that we can more fully manifest whom that we truly are in flesh.  We are spiritual beings having a physical experience.  It is for us to know this, and live in accord with this knowingness.

Each of us has a part to play in the coming drama ... a part that we selected and auditioned for, a part that is specifically suited to whom that we are, a part that allows us to share whom that we are and learn what we came to this existence to learn.  There is a sense that we have no choice but to play these parts.  It is as if these are our jobs ... our means of earning our living; not necessary our means of earning our income, however.

In our lives, we have those things we owe to our government and society, and those things we owe to spirit.  We are not relieved from either.  Obligations are part of life.  They are necessary for society to function.  They ask that we act responsibly and take responsibility for our actions.  How many willingly choose to do this versus how many do this only to the degree that the laws require?  This seems to be one of the noticeable differences in the awakened ones.  There is an inner sense of obligation that extends beyond our self and a knowledge of what is right action under whatever circumstances one finds oneself in.  One is knowingly subject to a higher tribunal than mans, as Channing said.

I can see no more worthy endeavor than exploring its nature and allowing it to express in my life to the fullest degree possible.   Further, I hope that my actions and expression enables others to see both consciousness and themselves in a new light ... one that empowers them to be more of whom that they are, the I AM, part of the ONE consciousness.

My will is a tool, just as any other ability that I have ... a tool that can be used to serve spirit.  By not imposing my will, yes, I allow spirit to control the reigns of what is expressed.  However, there is a sense that I am limiting my utility somehow by not exercising my will in her service as well.

Yes, while much has been expressed, the sense is that there is far more from where that came from.  Further, there is an even greater abundance from other sources that I have not even begun to tap yet.  Hmm ... that one sent a shiver from my head through my body.  I have always considered there to be one source that is our direct connection to the one consciousness.  But, the preceeding sentence suggests that there are other sources (plural) that can be tapped.  Why does that not surprise me?  The analogy of oil wells comes to mind.  There are many deposits of oil that can be tapped and that have been tapped.

We collectively embody spirit.  What we are able to learn and express in our thoughts and actions, fills the wells so to speak ... providing a supply that any may tap who can resonate with the material.  However, the fundamental principle never take more than you give comes into play.  What we take must be replenished by what we generate and share so that the well does not run dry.

Abilities are the gifts that we give ourselves so that we can carry out our mission and destiny.

The creativity that we see expressed in the world is a mirror reflection of the creativity of spirit.

When we express spirit, we express whom that we are more clearly and more fully than we can in any other manner.  Whenever we fully engage our talents and abilities in service, we are being all that we can be.  This is all that can be asked of anyone.  Actually, given that we are human, perhaps it is more than we can ask of anyone.

It is important that we do a self-assessment on a regular basis.  Only we know what we can do and when we are fully engaged.  Others may see a part of this, but they are not truly in a position to judge what we do and how we do it.

If we allow "free will" to operate ... and allow individuals to do what they are moved by spirit to do, then everything that needs to happen will indeed occur and in a manner that is elegant.  Such is the nature of spirit.  She makes the most of each resource.

At some point, we must realize that we are ONE consciousness expressed through ONE people occupying ONE world, this blue-green jewel that we call Earth.  Yes, that means that collectively we are responsible for all of us.  The heart does not say that I am not going to pump blood to the foot ... it freely pumps blood to all the parts of the body that need it.  Similarly, the brain does not think for itself alone, but for the whole self.  Every system within the body support the collective.  However, as the body of humankind on this planet, we have not established such relationships.

There is a sense that this expression is changing somehow ... that I have tapped deeper into the bedrock and found a much larger reserve of source than I had known before.

Is it possible that there is a discontinuity in the play ... where one scene comes to a close, and a whole new scene begins, potentially with a whole new setting and set of characters?  What makes us believe in the strict continuity of time?  What prevents major change in the period of one breath or one heartbeat?  The inner answer is nothing.

Is the change of an Age such an event.  Or, is it simply that the vibrations express differently.  Those vibrations that resonate with the character of the new age reach fruition and are able to manifest.  Those that do not resonate, whither and die from lack of the energy needed to sustain them.  Hmm ... this results in a fairly simple control mechanism.  It doesn't force change, it simply sets up the vibrations that control what expressions are able to yield fruit in the new age.

I desire friendships, partnerships, and cooperatively interdependent relationships with strong spiritual counterparts.  In particular, I seek ways to work closely with others to co-create things that we cannot create alone.  The primary things that I desire to create are new foundations that permit greater expression of spirit in flesh.

I am a unique expression of consciousness.  What I experience and how I experience it are peculiar to me, and me alone ... though they may bear some similarity to others.  My sense is that the varieties of spiritual experience are numbered in some way.  Yes, there are nuances that make each path unique, but overall there are only so many roads and trails that lead to the top of the mountain.  Actually, this assumes there is only one mountain, which may not be the case at all.  Perhaps each religion and spiritual path has its own.  What is common is that all lead to the high country of spirit.  I like that analogy.  One must have the equivalent of spiritual stamina to reach the high country and live in the rarefied atmosphere.  This is obtained by intense training over many years.  It is not something to be taken lightly.

However, in this world of duality ... it is up to us to stretch ourselves, to tackle challenges, so that we can become more than we knew ourselves to be.

When I operate in the service of spirit, what I desire is what she desires to manifest through me.  There is no separation.

We need to know when there is a purpose for having the information in our life that is tied to carrying out our mission.

My sense is that we all have missions in this existence, often multiple missions that operate on many levels.  One key mission is know thyself.   Another is to be whom that you are.  There are others that involve family, work, neighborhood, society, country, and world.

In the very process of discovering whom that we are, we learn that to know whom that we are, we must be whom that we are.  This is in line with something recently expressed to the effect that the best way to learn something is simply to do it.

Nothing happens by chance.  We and everyone around us are where we are by mutual choice.

I've said before that there should be a labor tax ... a tithe of 10 percent equals four hours per week that should be used in providing ones services in some way that benefits society.  Such a tax would unleash 200 million people x 10 percent = 20 million person years of effort each year in the United States alone.  When you think about what could be accomplished by such an organization, it is simply staggering.  The amount of good that could be done, the amount of help that could be provided, the amount of creative works that could be generated and made available publicly ... just think of it.  One problem is how do we collect such a tithe, and what kind of infrastructure is needed to effectively organize all of this effort?

Yet, how do we empower the collective to take responsibility?  The collective is an organization.  For the organization to do anything ... individuals within the organization must do something.

The change of an age is a radical discontinuity.  Any plans that use the precedent of history as a basis for future activity will be sorely lacking.  A new age requires new thinking, new ways of organizing, new ways of expressing, new responsibilities, and completely new services.  Further, it requires rethinking how we function as an individual and a collective.  We need to shift the focus from the individual to the collective.  However, in a way that that promotes greater individual expression and greater fulfillment of individual needs.

I don't want to walk in anyones shadow ... because the greatest love of all, is happening to me.  I found the greatest love of all, inside of me.  Thee greatest love of all, it's easy to achieve ... learning to love yourself is the greatest love of all.

The song I started with above begs the question that once one has achieved this realization ... how does one share this greatest love, that one has found inside, with others?  Yes, that is the question of the day.  No, that is the question of the age!

One shares by being whom that one is with others to the greatest degree possible.  This requires a high degree of trust, and a no holding back attitude.  We place our trust in others ... but more importantly, we place our trust in the highest expression of our authentic self, as spirit in flesh.  There is nothing to fear.  There is no judgment from the outside that matters.

We are spiritual beings having a physical experience.  It has always been thus though it seems that we have related far more to our physical and animal nature than our true spiritual nature.  This does not affect the validity of the truth of the situation.  It simply shows that we have chosen to live under some pretty severe limitations.  As with all limitations, these too are self imposed either on an individual or a collective level.

One must allow people to be whom they are, and express appropriately for their level and circumstances.  One expects different things from people at different levels.  Per Michael, there are seven levels of expression for each of the soul levels as well.  At each level, the nature of expression and need for experiences is different.  It has been awhile, so I don't recall what these are at present.  I was only interested enough to identify where I was in the scheme of things and where I might be headed.  My investigations confirmed what I already knew, that I was an old soul, near the end of the path to the transcendental.  Money and possessions don't mean much to me, they are necessary and helpful props in the play; however the real meaning is found in spiritual expression.

In a very real way, the works at Beyond Imagination are an extension of me.  They are a part of my memory, a part that I make freely available to any who find it and care to share it.

The WWW is an extension of me.  It is where a part of my memory is housed.  In particular, the part that has been expressed in these writings.  Without these web pages, I would have virtually no recollection of what has been expressed through me.

At no time in history have people had such free access to information and the ability to interact with and interchange information with one another so quickly and on such a global scale.  Ideas can literally be shared within minutes with no filters, barriers, or censors.  Along with this information freedom, however, there needs to be information responsibility.  As a society, it is not clear we have reached a point where individuals realize their responsibilities in this area.  We are still in a let the reader beware mode of operating.

The idea that the WWW is a collective extension of our brains into silicon and light is fascinating.  I had not thought of it in this way before.  But, this expression is me, or a part of me.  I revisit it often to keep it in mind so to speak.  I've chosen to freely share this material since I first started posting things at the Beyond Imagination site in 1995.  In fact, in 1997, I was moved to declare that everything at the site was a Gift from Spirit to the World.

I know that there is nothing that reality can throw at me that I am not capable of handling and learning from.  After all, I am pulling this reality to me as a magnet ... I am creating everything that I experience, without exception.  Not just me, we all are.

It is clear to me that my destiny is extraordinary ... it must be, for spirit to have graced me with the gifts I possess and the awareness that I have reached to date.  I know that such gifts are only given to be of service.  I've already realized that service is the only thing that truly has value, especially those services we perform out of love.

My destiny will unfold, one way or another.  My sense is that my awareness is the very key that allows it to unfold one way versus another.  In a very real way, it is as if I have no choice in the matter.  I must be whom that I AM and express as fully as I can what would be expressed through me.  That is all that spirit asks of anyone.

Yes, I am the writer and director of my life even as I am the actor and observer.  We all are, though it seems there are different levels of conscious awareness and competance in each of these aspects.  That's OK.  As individual expressions of the ONE consciousness, we each see things through unique eyes.  The reality we experience is different.  That doesn't make it right or wrong.  That doesn't make it better or worse.  That simply makes it different, unique for each of us.

What makes freedom work is an openness that allows individuals and groups to be and do as they will so long as it hurts no one.  At least this should be the key condition imposed.  We also need to ensure our animal friends and the environment are safeguarded as well.

For your eyes only ... comes to mind again.  Perhaps that is indeed what this expression is ... something that only I am meant to see.  Then, why am I so moved to share it with others?  Primarily, because I am moved to share myself with others ... and this is the most intimate expression of whom that I AM that I have.

Words are the song that spirit sings through me, the thoughtforms that spirit weaves through me.  It is through words that what I AM can be expressed.  In the beginning was the word.  All forms are manifestions of the word ... thoughts congealed into physical form.

Limitation enables us to focus in a particular way so that we can experience life as we do.  Without the limitations, none of what we call reality could exist as it does.  This is an important realization.  There is purpose to everything.  There is an underlying meaning to everything.  It is but for us to see it and experience it.  This is not difficult to do ... but we need to step back and experience life as the observer to truly see it.

We create out own reality, every bit of it.  I guess this could be good news or bad news depending on how you like what you experience.  The bottom line is that there is no one else to blame if we don't like our experience.  There is nothing left to chance, and nothing imposed on us by others.

Our belief systems are the key sieve through which we draw experience to us.  If we want to change our experience, that is the place to work, with our beliefs.  These beliefs are all accessible to us consciously, if we desire to do the self work to find them.  We are free to change them in anyway we choose.  The key is utility.  Choose beliefs that empower you to be all that you can be, and that attract the experiences, people, and things into your life that you desire.

Remember, in the end, our level of consciousness ... our level of awareness, is the only thing that we take with us from one lifetime to the next.  So, it helps to spend some amount of time in this pursuit.  Knowing thyself is where the spiral of evolution starts.  This is what propels us to ever greater expression of spirit in flesh.  And, that after all, is what the reality game is all about.

Symbol systems and intuition play a big role in how spirit expresses.  I've revealed much of that here at this site many times.  At times, I am blown away by the nature of what I am able to find in seemingly ordinary things.  There is a spiritual world embedded in the physical one, primarily in the symbol systems.  It is right there, before our eyes.  All we have to do is awaken to see it. Yet, it seems that this is easier said than done.  Awakening still seems to be a relative rare occurence.

At no time in history has the potential for the collective creativity of us all to be expressed and applied to the benefit of all been so great.  The information age gives us freedom in ways that we have never known before.  In particular, freedom of association; and freedom to access, generate, and share information.  This is a monumental change in the way people throughout the world are able to communicate.  It will take some time to get used to the benefits and the challenges of this newfound freedom.  Though many of us are already hooked ... there is no going back.

One thing that seems to be missing overall is meaningful organization of information.  How do we tell what is true?  How do we determine what is connected to what?  How do we find what we are looking for with a reasonable amount of time and energy?  There are people good at organizing things, we should be employing there skills to do some of this for us all.  At present, some volunteer there time and services to catalog various specific areas.  Others apply their skills in a manner that allows them to sell information services and reports to their clients.  It is amazing how much information is out there, and who is in a position to benefit from the use of that information.

What do I ask of the world ... nothing.  Hmm, I didn't really expect that answer, and definitely not that quickly.  I ask a lot of myself, but the world I allow to be as it will.

The bottom line is that the world will be as it is, a mirror reflection of the collective state of consciousness.  It can be no more or no less.  For, this is exactly how it is created, as the manifestation of the collective consciousness, or more correctly unconsciousness in most cases.

It seems that much of what is changing is occurring at spiritual frequencies, and deals with our ability to express whom that we are as spirit in flesh more fully.  As with a radio or TV, it takes a certain ability to tune into these frequencies, pull in the messages being broadcast, and apply these in our lives.  The spiritual programming is there, it is all around us, and it will have a profound impact on how society is structured, as well as on our individual freedoms and responsibilities to society and to one another.  It is for each of us to find our role in the new order that is being established.  It seems this will come from the inside out.  Though , there are already signs that it is affecting many from the outside in ... 9/11 being a case in point.

I express what can be expressed through me, based on what I observe and how this connects to a world view that has been developed over 30 years of metaphysical study.  Actually, this also included extensive training in mathematics and engineering, and many years of work in systems engineering.  Through this, I have come to know that there is a spiritual reality, and a spiritual destiny that is unfolding.

Making what is not I, me is a big part of getting to know myself.  This is how we expand our concept of self, we incorporate more and more what is outside of us into what is inside of us.  This is a never ending process.  There is always more of whom that we are to find.  No matter how aware we become, there is always a next step, always another degree of realization that we can reach.  So long as we remain individuals, this is true.  I don't know when this ends ... so I can't even speak of what will be when we finally join into the ONE in an undifferentiated manner.  My sense is that such is where we are headed eventually, but that may be a very long while away ... actually, it may occur when not I me = no time is reached.

The expansion of consciousness within us and through us is a hallmark of this existence.  It is what we are here for, in a very real way, it is why we exist.

The evolution of lifeforms happens according to natural laws ... both physical and spiritual.  Life as we know it is encoded in our DNA.  These hold the key to physical expression.  As humans, we employ reason and imagination to find and create tools that allow us to extend what we are capable of doing.  All of our electronic equipment, including computers and there associated software are tools that extend out ability to do things.  Radios, stereos and CD's, TV, DVDs and VCRs, video games and computers all convey information to us or allow us to observe and interact with information.  When you think about it, much of our lives center around the many types of information that we consume, play, and interact with.

Do what comes natural to you.  Do what you are moved to do by the spirit within you.  The expression of spirit in flesh is not difficult.  In fact, it is the most easy and natural thing in the world if we simply allow it to flow as it will.  That requires holding back any judgments we may have over what is expressed or how it is expressed.

Not everyone is ready to be aware.  This is OK.  There is no set agenda or set of goals that we all must follow or reach.  We each tailor our existence to be the showcase for our unique abilities.

Time represents the state of consciousness and the level of spiritual expression in the world.

The unknown offers a tremendous challenge to use all of whom that I AM to explore and make more of the unknown known.  After all, this is what explorers do, they boldly go where no man or at least few men have gone before.

It is through the sharing of ourselves in ways that benefit others, that we create a society among us.

If we are to grow into greater collective creative expression we have to find ways to interact with each other in cooperatively interdependent ways.  This requires working together in ways that facilitate greater expression of spirit than can occur from individuals acting alone.

In the Aquarian Age, service to ones fellow beings is a key characteristic.  This doesn't have to be service to humankind.  Service to animals, and to the environment are valued endeavors as well.  The greatest service seems to be service to spirit herself.  This seems to be the service that allows us to maximize the benefit of our endeavors to all concerned.

How do we know that our illusion is not much the same as depicted in The Matrix?  After all, our senses are quite restricted.  Our eyes see only a small part of the spectrum. Our ears hear only a small part of the frequency spectrum.  Actually, everything is vibration, is numbers.  Understanding how these vibrations interplay in our lives is a big part of understanding reality and reality creation.  How do we tell what is real versus what is illusion?  How do we tell what rules can be bent and which can be broken?  One way is by testing them to determine how valid they are.

I am choosing to expend my time on this endeavor, each and every day.  I am moved to bring up the blank screen and allow consciousness to pour herself onto it as she will clothed in whatever words I am able to supply and convey.  This expression has a very high priority in my life.  It is how I learn of what I have become as a result of my experiences.  It is where I come into contact with the unknown.  It is my way of allowing spirit to flow through me to do her works.  It is my way of giving back some of what spirit has been so kind to give to me.

I have limited experience listening to and interacting with others verbally.  Yes, I know that communications classes teach that over 75 percent of the meaning of verbal communications is not in the words themselves.  Yet here, I must rely on everything to be conveyed in the words.  They are the only thing that I can record for you to see.  How well I do this can only be determined by you.

There are many paths to the ONE.  Each of us must ultimately find the path that is right for us, and follow it to where it leads.  This may be a freeway that many travel, or a winding trail into the unknown that few have ventured, or even a completely new trail that you cut through the wilderness.

As words and pages at a web site, this expression only has the potential to change the way people think and express, and thus change the world.  It is when the words are read, studied, and applied in ones life that the true impact occurs.

Yes, this is what I need to do ... follow the leads that I am given to wherever they take me.  If my reality is to change, my methods of being and my beliefs must change.  This requires doing things that are new to me, things that may even be uncomfortable at first.

We are the players in the drama of life, in the drama of spirit expressing in flesh on this planet at this time.  Each of us chose to be here.  Each of us chose what talents to be born with.  It is up to us to find out what these are, to develop them, and to find a way to use them for the benefit of not only ourselves but for the good of society.

The greatest collective good is not achieved when each individual acts selfishly for their own benefit, but when the individuals consider the collective good as well in their decisions.

One sure way of getting something is to create a vacuum for it in your life.  As in the physical world, natural law will do everything it can to fill it.  You may say, easier said than done ... and if that is what you believe, so it will be for you.  One area to focus on is beliefs of worthiness.  If you don't feel worthy of receiving something, in all likelihood you won't pull it into your life no matter what you do or try.

We are all worthy of the unlimited abundance that spirit would bestow on us.  However, there is a catch, we must contribute and do our part to create the abundance.

Everyone deserves to have their physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual needs met in exchange for applying themselves in service to society.

Something comes to mind ... many lead lives of quiet desperation.  My sense is that this may indeed be true.  There seems to be much more hardship, sorrow, and pain than there really needs to be.  Many seem to be stuck in a grind with no way out.  Yet, each has created the circumstances of their own life.  And, each chooses how to feel about what they experience.  However, these choices are made within an overall social fabric that we create collectively.  Change this fabric, and we free people to make entire new ranges of choices that simply did not exist before.  We will be amazed at the collective creative freedom that will be unleashed as we do this.

We are not aware of how this communication occurs.  We only knows that it comes forth from a place inside that I call source.  There seems to be some type of a resonance process that allows me to reach across the void from the unconscious to the conscious, and from the unknown to the known.  My state of consciousness seems to be the key factor in tuning the receiver and bringing in the channel from source.

Einstein worked on a unified field theory sufficient to account for the disparate viewpoints of different branches of science for a good portion of his life.  Similarly, I am working on a unified spiritual theory or unified metaphysical theory to account for how spirit expresses in flesh, and the spiritual destiny that seems to be unfolding before our very eyes.  I have no formal language or set of notations with which to work in this area.  I have only words, and whatever meaning they can convey.

As a spiritual warrior, my battle is of the Self with the self.  It is primarily conducted in the world of ideas.  Yes, I have my share of them and I am moved to freely and regularly share them.  As a voice for the ONE consciousness ... I speak with a knowingness that is beyond my Earthly years.  Yet, there is a strong sense that what I speak is true.  At least, it resonates deeply within me - one of the sure signs that I have found to indicate that something is close to truth.

As I loner, my choice has always been never to walk in anyone's shadow.  I would be whom that I AM, all by myself ... though I do walk on the shoulders of giants who have come before, and in particular on the words that they were able to express.

I am ever amazed that this expression proceeds as it does, and ever grateful that spirit engages directly in my life in this manner.

To the degree that I can, I've lived my life in accordance with a higher set of standards than that of man.  I've done this because I have known inside what is right for me ... as far back as I can remember.  I do not have a personal relationship with any God.  My inner relationship is with source, spirit herself, as she is able to express in my life.

My direct experience is that spirit is found within and reflected in the manifested world.  The correct way to live ones life is from the inside out.  Then again ... this may be appropriate for introverts.  I'm sure extroverts see things quite differently, but I have no firsthand experience of this.

The clash between religion and science is one of domain and worldview.  There is a sense that we need to see things from a higher spiritual point of view that embraces the best of what both of these have to offer.  There is an objective world and there is a subjective world.  Both should be the domain of both religion and science.  We need spirituality to guide science into doing the things that are right for individuals, society, and the world.  We need science to apply discipline to our pursuits into metaphysical domains.

The objective remains objective only for so long until we reach a point where our very observation impacts what we are observing in unpredictable ways.  Similarly, the subjective can easily take us into never never land if we don't test the utility of what we are exploring and discovering.

In every endeavor, we make great progress when we apply our best and brightest to the task.  To do this, we need to apply resources ... we need to be willing to make this exploration a worthy occupation for those with the right skills.  This means establishing jobs and paying people to work in this area, towards the advancement of metaphysical knowledge, towards finding ways for spirit to be more fully expressed in flesh.  This is, after all, what life is all about.  It is only appropriate that this pursuit would be worthy of our time, effort, and resources.

Weave me a peaceful world is the message of the spider card in the Animal Cards deck.  Indeed, it seems that this is exactly what I am here to weave ... or at least help to weave since this is an endeavor that it seems will take many.  Of course, I weave my web of words.  You see the threads here on these pages.

We are the vehicles through which spirit does her works in the world.  As such, we are literally god incarnate ... or spirit incarnate if like me you find it difficult to relate to a concept of god.

We each do what we can with what we are given and with the circumstances that we find ourselves in.  However, there is a wrinkle ... the circumstances we find ourselves in are there precisely because we create them.

Within us lie all the answers to any questions we might ask.

Seek within and ye shall find all that ye need to know and more.

It is the awakened ones that will lead the way in the times ahead to a whole new way of being.  They do this by demonstrating what any may do -  if they apply suitable effort to knowing themselves.

Each of us have within us great gifts that are meant to be applied in service to others.  It matters not what these talents are ... whatever they are they can be developed and used to serve.  This takes a broadened sense of what it means to serve.  Scientists serve by using their skills to pursue scientific truth and apply this for the good of mankind and the Earth.  Artists serve by applying there creative skills to generate works that move people and stir their souls.  Farmers serve by producing food to feed the multitudes. Craftsmen serve by creating things that people need and value:  homes, furniture, cars, appliances, etc ...  Health care professional serve by healing the ailments and diseases of people.

Yes, there is always a way to use ones talents to serve others.  We just have to be open to what spirit moves us to do, and be creative and flexible in finding the appropriate ways.  Yet it is worth the effort.  There is a powerful spiritual law at work.  What you give is returned unto you manyfold.  It is the very act of giving that primes the pump for abundance to enter our lives.

Yes, service is the only thing that ultimately has value.  This is what the expression of spirit is all about.  It serves by seeing where there is need and then finding a way to fill the need.  It does this everywhere at once.  And it uses us as its instruments for filling the needs that it finds.

Something from the movie Contact comes to mind.  Something to the effect, that in all of our journeys the only thing that we have found to combat the emptyness is one another.

"You are God's torch, that lights the way to freedom" ... hmm, that is an interesting line near the end of The Ten Commandments.

That was Moses final line in the movie.  The sense was that both of these lines were speaking directly to me personally.  This brings up the issue of whether and to what degree we as individuals within society are enslaved by the institutions within society.  My sense is that we are far more enslaved than we know ourselves to be.  For one thing, we are slaves to habits ... many of which we perform without even questioning why.  Further, in many respects, we are slaves to an economic system that consumes much of our time and energy without really satisfying our needs in return.  Something comes to mind, none are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.  How true this is.  If we don't even know that there are chains that bind us, we don't see any need to take action to remove the chains, even if it is within our power to do ... which indeed it is in this case.  We blindly go through life unaware of what could be, accepting life for what it is, not even thinking about challenging the status quo.   Am I indeed a torch for spirit, that lights the way to freedom?  That is indeed a fitting image for one who would show the way to the expression of spirit in a new age.

I am compelled to come here to write by a force that I simply cannot resist ... or more precisely, choose not to resist.  And, while here, it is simply a matter of going with the flow and following consciousness wheresoever she would take me.  This is clearly the most important endeavor of my life.  It is my path and my journey.  I can't imagine what life would be like without it.

Consciousness ever grows and evolves and we ever become more than we thought ourselves to be.  This makes for a constant challenge.  Being all that we can be requires effort on our part.  Yet, when we are in the groove and doing it, it is the most natural thing in the world.

It is amazing how fluidly are lives flow when we are doing what we are meant to do.  It is as if all of nature conspires to help us achieve what must be done.  Of course this would be the case ... for it is spirit herself expressing through us that is resulting in the manifestation.  There is nothing too great for her, nor anything too small.  It is but for us to follow the dictates of or souls to express whom that we are in a way that is of service not only to ourselves but to others.

What always matters is here and now, doing in the moment what can be done in the moment, and making each day count as much as we can.  If we focus on taking care of the moments, one after another, the end will take care of itself, and will be far better than we have ever dreamed or imagined.

I have always been partial to great thoughts ... the greatest thoughts that have been able to come forth.  My hope is that my works and the thoughts that I capture may someday be considered in this light.  Probably not within my lifetime, but then again, we are living in a new age where the time delay between thought and manifestation is greatly accelerated.

Make each and every day count to its fullest.  We never know how many days we are granted in this existence.  They are always sufficient to do what needs to be done, but are not necessarily excessive.  The bottom line is that we can't afford to waste the time we are given.

Life is a very precious gift.  The most important thing we can do in our life is to find a way to be whom we truly are and give of ourselves and our abilities to the greatest degree that we can.

I expect much of myself, primarily because I know what I am capable of, and I know great gifts and talents are only given in order to be of use.  I feel a deep obligation to serve my fellow man and my world.

Spirit expressing in flesh ... we are spiritual beings having a physical experience.

We can experience the creative sparks of spirit that we are and even light flames with these sparks that serve as guideposts and shining examples for others.  In a very real way, this is what we are meant to do with our lives, first find that spark within, then allow it to shine its light and do its work in service to others and the world.

Life is meant to be an adventure, at least in some aspects of our lives.  Life is also meant to be a challenge, one that forces us to find ways to go beyond our concepts of ourselves.

Our minds are capable of some incredible things, if we free them from the shackles that bind them.

We must learn to harness our minds or the power is wasted on endless diversions

We must realize that our minds are far more than the conscious parts that engage in reason.  Equally important, if not more important, is intuition.  Reason and intuition are dual sides of the same coin.  To operate from one without the other is to go through life with heavy blinders on.  Without intuition, we have no compass and vehicle for creative expression.  Without reason, we have no follow through and means for evaluating the relative utility of things.  However, even then reason has its components.  There is an objective reasoning and there is a subjective reasoning.  In my experience the later is the more important of the two ... even in my position as an engineer.

Everything that happens is meant to happen; and happens by choice not by chance.  Yes, the choices are made at other than conscious levels for the most part.  However, they are choices nonetheless.

We get what we focus upon.  In many ways, we get what we believe that we will get ... what we expect that we will get ... what we believe that we deserve to get.  It is very important to feel worthy of the best that life has to offer.  In particular, abundant things, relationships, challenges, and experiences.

Our responsibility is simple, to be whom that we are, and to express that as fully as we can.

Why is it that violence and war are considered to be acceptable behavior for nations of for groups of people.  The whole issue of terrorism is one that throws a major wrench in the workings of international relations.  When a group of people choose not to play by "the rules", what recourse does a country, society, or even the world have.  What does it say about our world that fear has such power to move and affect us?

Taking a more spiritual point of view, mass reality is created by the collective beliefs of societies in the world.  We are in the midst of playing out some power games that point to the need to re-evaluate how we view power in the world, and what we do to prevent the abuse of power.  Terrorists do just this, they abuse power to make their point and to cause harm to their enemies or targets.  They do this because they see it to be right, and feel justified in their cause.  How do we change this?  How do we demonstrate that such behavior is unacceptable and will not be tolerated in our world?  One way, is to declare war on terrorism and all terrorists.  This seems to be the choice we are making.  However, is it a good choice in the long term?  It seems that it only treats the symptoms ... particular terrorists committing their acts.  It doesn't fix the conditions that allow people to reach the extremes of belief where such behavior becomes an acceptable option.  This requires dealing with more deep routed issues.

The very nature of the Aquarian Age demands more acceptance of differences and allowing of people to be whom they are.

The bottom line is that no terrorist can commit any act without an accompanying cast who agree to create and play their parts in the event.  Nothing happens to any of us without an inner agreement on our part to participate.  Yes, I mean nothing, no exceptions.  We either create our reality or we don't.  It is that black and white.  My knowingness is that we co-create everything that we experience. Yes, everything.

There are no victims.  At some level, we choose everything.  This is extremely empowering.  However, we only benefit consciously if we truly believe it.  Regardless of what we believe, this is indeed how reality creation works.  When it comes down to it, something Seth said comes to mind, something to the effect:  it helps if your beliefs are aligned with truth, but that in no way impacts the veracity of what is true.

Our belief system is very much a garden.  Some people have a lot of weeds in their garden, so many that the desired plants are choked out and have no way to grow.  Other people fail to plant seeds at all, so their gardens contain no useful plants.  Still others plant seeds but forget to water them.  Then others fail to apply fertilizer and appropriate nutrients.  If we want to live a rich and full life, we must tend to our belief garden and make sure the beliefs therein are empowering ones that truly are of service in our lives and the lives of all those whom we touch.

Abundance is our birthright.  But, it does not come by itself.  We have to earn it or enable it by what we believe and by how we use the gifts and talents that we have been blessed to receive.  Actually, more than receive ... we chose these gifts and talents - so in a very real way, we gave them to ourselves.

The bottom line is that we are responsible for what we do and for what we experience.  Further, we are responsible whether we believe that we are or not.  It helps to make this responsibility conscious ... for then it gives us the opportunity to make better choices not only for the benefit of ourselves, but for the greater good of all concerned.

While I am aware that many dramas are being played out, they are not being manifest in a way that directly touches my life.  In many ways, I lead a very sheltered life.  As a result, many areas of the illusion we call reality simply aren't contained in my world.  They are as childrens toys that I have outgrown as an adult.  I have no use for them anymore.

I can only assess things based on what I have experienced and based on how this expression compares with the expression of others.  I compare not from a standpoint of judging whether something is better or worse, rather from whether there is a similarity or a resonance.

We truly live in an information age.  At no time in history have we had such ready access to so much information.  The challenge becomes how to filter the information into a manageable set that is directly relevent and important to our lives.  If we don't filter enough ... we become subject to information overload.  If we filter too much, we base our decisions on less than a full deck, so to speak.

Information processing is a major activity in our lives.  The more skills we develop in this area, the more powerful we are in the information age and the more useful we are to ourselves, our society, and our world.  Some of us are information generators.  Others categorize and classify information to make it more readily available.  Still others analyze information to find the depths of its meaning.

Spirit is ever present in my expression.  She guides all that I do.  She leads me to exactly where I need to be, and moves me to do what it is that she needs done.  In a manner, I am her servant.  I speak of being the her-mit, the mit of her, the glove that she wears.  I am the means through which she can do her works in the world.  These very pages are part of her works.  It is a mystery to me as to how they are generated.

What you see here is consciousness expressing through me to whatever degree that she can based on my ability to serve as a conduit for her energy.  That is not to say that I don't have a life of my own.  However, this expression is a major part of that life by conscious choice.  I choose to make myself available for this communication, one because it brings me great joy and I feel fulfilled in doing it, and two because I feel that it will ultimately make a difference in the world.  And, for life to have real meaning, it must make a statement or make a difference.

I must lead a life of purpose ... in fact, of great purpose.  There I go again, grandiosity rearing its head.  But, what and how am I supposed to think given what I know of whom that I AM?  How can I be other than grandiose?  At least I am not selfish about it, and have a strong desire to use my gifts to serve society and the world as best I can.

Each of us have our unique gifts and talents, and a purpose that makes use of these in some way that serves.  It matters not how many we serve.  It only matters that we serve to the best of our abilities.  In return, we should live an abundant life in which all of our needs are met.  This does not mean there won't be dramas and challenges to overcome.  In all likelihood, there will.  However, when we maintain a spiritual focus, all such challenges bring their own gifts.  There is always something to learn from every experience.  It is for us to choose to learn our lesson in joy.

The more aware we become, the more we are able to behave as the true spiritual beings that we are.

There are hard rules and soft rules.  Hard rules apply to everyone incarnate and simply cannot be broken while we are in flesh.  Soft rules, however, can be bent and even broken if necessary.  It is for us to discover what the rules are, and which are hard versus which are soft.  Further, it may take a good deal of training to develop the abilities necessary to allow us to break the soft rules.

In a very real way, all of existence is played out as dreams in the mind of God.

We spend our time in the dream world of daily reality.  We spend our no time, in the realm of sleep ... and the unconscious frontier of spirit.  This communication is my bridge between the two, between an inner world that simply knows, and this outer dream, this illusion we call reality.  Perhaps that is why I find this communication so fascinating.  It offers a glimpse of the real that lies in the heart of the unknown.

I've said before that I come to create community ... common unity within society.

Spirit is all around us at all times.  There is nothing private, or secret, or hidden.  She knows our every thought and action.  She moves us and inspires us ... or can do so, if we are open to allowing her active presence in our lives.

I can not imagine living anything but a live of spirit, a life of service to consciousness and ultimately to the society in which I live.  However, the service needs to be on my terms, or more precisely on spirits terms, since she is crucial to this expression that I AM.

There is a natural progression from unconscious incompetence to conscious incompetence to conscious competence to unconscious competence.  Though, it seems the first step may be far more competent than we know.  Our souls know exactly what they are doing.  However, what counts in this existence is making it physical.  We are here to express spirit in flesh to the degree that we can, but it has to be in flesh.

Some of us lose sight of that fact and become far too engrossed in our mental creations.  However, these too are in flesh.  Ideas are physical, they have their counterparts in brain cells and neural firings.  Yet, if that is all they do ... they are not having the world impact that they could.  Ideas should ultimately excite us to action, to building the foundations necessary for the greater expression of spirit both individual and collectively, and to moving us to more fully express whom that we are.  Society always benefits from such expression.  It seems crucial that we do what it takes to encourage and facilitate such expression.

The greatest gift we can give to the world is to fully share whom that we are in whatever manner we find appropriate for us.

 I still firmly believe that the basic principle of communism,

is the most succinct statement of spiritual economics ever pronounced.  The fact that the infrastructure has never been established that permits this social contract to be realized does not deter from its power and its validity.  What this does suggest is that perhaps it is time to turn the tides and make spirituality an integral component of every aspect of our lives including the state and the economy.  No, I am not arguing for a state religion.  In fact, I am not arguing for religion at all.  From what I have seen, most religions are too exclusive to embrace our individual liberties and freedoms.  Spirituality has nothing to do with religion ... though when operating at their finest, religions do facilitate the individual and collective expression of spirit.

My hope is that the world will be a better place because I have lived.  A noble hope, and yes an audacious one.  However, what is life if not a place to realize dreams.  The bigger the dream the better.

Someone once told me, if you see a task that need to be done, and you have the skills to do it, then it is yours to do.  However, this is not quite right, since the task may not fully engage us, and there may be others with the necessary skills as well.  Buckminster Fuller said something to the effect that the tasks that are yours to do are the ones that you see need to be done that noone else seems to see need doing.  What an interesting challenge.

It seems that no matter how big I make my concept of self, it is not sufficient to contain what is able to be expressed next.  However, it is the very process of coming to know myself that allows this expression to occur.  My hope is that this record will light the way for others as well.  But, even if it is only for me ... for my eyes only ... how wonderful and personal spiritual expression can be.

I am whom that I AM for a purpose.  I have a destiny to fulfill.  My works to date are simply the starting point, a mere sample of what is to come.  There is a sense that I am entering an outward cycle of expression.  This started when the writings began.  That was the beginning of the outward flow.  Actually, it may have been two years later when the Beyond Imagination web site was created and the works were made available to others.

There is something to learn from all that the empirical sciences have given us ... especially over the past century.  There is nothing to stop us from applying the techniques that work in this domain to the occult sciences and the study of the mind and spirit.  It doesn't take long to reach the unknowns in the occult sciences.

I explore what I am moved to explore.  Spirit guides me every step of the way.  I believe that I am finding things that no one has found before.  I am definitely experiencing and expressing consciousness in a bold new way.  I do it because I enjoy it and find it fascinating.  What value it will have in the long run remains to be seen.  My hope is that I have done my part to make the world a better place because I have lived.  My life will run its course as it will.  My destiny will be manifest.

The purpose of life is to live a life of purpose.  That came from The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari.  Indeed, it speaks a very profound truth.  However, it is up to us to find that purpose.  It is unique for each one of us.  Further, it requires that we use the unique gifts and talents that we have in the service of others.

What good is it to be free if you don't explore what could be.  The status quo may be good enough for the masses.  But, it is not good enough for me.  I know there is a better way to live, a way imbued with spirit.

As a nation, we have accomplished a lot in the 226 years since we declared our independence.  However, we have yet to take the next step and declare our cooperative interdependence.  This is just as revolutionary of a step ... though it will not take a war to get us there.  It takes an awakening, a collective realization that in a complex world, the only way we can truly thrive is to choose to cooperate fully with one another and to recognize just how interdependent that we are on one another and on the collective whole.

Society is an entity, one that is just as real as any individual; one that is born, learns, grows, experiences, and creates.  We need to start seeing ourselves in the context of how we fit into that society, that larger whole of which we are part.  Our actions need to consider not only our own interests but the interest of others and the common good.

This is not meant to be oppressive to individual freedom, it is merely to ensure that we act in a manner that fulfills our obligation.  By being born into a society, and being entitled to the blessing that society offers ... we also inherit a spiritual obligation to apply ourselves in service to that society in some manner that uses our special abilities and talents.  Many people don't recognize that there is a spiritual component to our existence hence do not see that such an obligation exists.  However, this does not matter.  It exists whether we believe that it does or not.

Knowing thyself involves being able to explain whom and what I AM.  The best place to start on this path is through metaphysical books.  They point to the answers that have been found by all those who have walked before us.  They are the physical, written record, of where some of the greatest beings that have expressed in flesh have ventured. I consider my works in this august company ... though I am still young by Earth standards.  Yes, the egotism pops through again, but how else do I account for what has been able to be expressed through me in the past 9 years?

When the Beyond Imagination writings started in 1993, the experience was Beyond Mind ... beyond any part of my mind that I was conscious of anyway.  I don't know how else I can explain it.  In the course of several months, I awoke as if from a deep sleep and was suddenly aware in a way that I had never been before.  That awareness has remained with me ever since.  It allows me to experience consciousness, above and beyond what the mind itself knows.  Now, this awareness is integrated into nearly every aspect of my life.  It is as if a light has been turned on, allowing me to see things that were formerly in the darkness or in the shadows.  The light came from deep within ... not from any outside source.  I realized it to be my connection to the ONEconsciousness that animates us all.

There is a collective consciousness that is the source of all the sparks of consciousness that are expressing in the world. The sparks see themselves as separated and isolated from one another.  Most don't realize the source from which they spring ... the source which sustains them at all times.  However, lack of knowledge of the truth, does not change the nature of the truth one iota.  It helps if our beliefs are aligned with spiritual truth, but that is not a necessity for living ... it is a necessity for right living in which we strive to fulfill the purposes for which we came.

Living is a process, a journey, not a destination.  It is good to remember that and to find ways to smell the roses and enjoy the journey.  Further, it helps to make it an adventure.  Your life after all is your most important masterpiece.  Yes, masterpiece ... you are creating every aspect of it.  If you don't like what you are experiencing, then claim your responsibility and do what it takes to change it.

You may argue that you don't have time ... that your days and weeks are far too busy already.  However, take a hard look at how you expend the 24 hours per day and 168 hours per week that you are allotted.  No one gets any more or any less than anyone else when it comes to time.  To begin with, start to treat every moment as precious.  One never knows when that moment will be ones last.  Make every moment of every day count.  Examine where you are spending your time.  In many ways this is more important than how you are spending your money.  Are you doing things that you love to do?  Are you making a difference in your world via your actions.  Are you happy and fulfilled and enjoying the journey.  If not, then step back and take a look from a higher perspective.  What are the things that truly matter in your life?  How can you find way to engage in them more, or in a better, more productive way?  This does not mean spend every free moment working.  It does mean be aware of what you are doing and not doing, and the consequences of both your action and inaction.  Yes, your reality is shaped as much by what you choose not to do as by what you do.

Information is that way.  Sometimes it is correct, sometimes it is wrong, sometimes it is simply unknown as to whether it is correct or wrong.  Hmm ... yes, no, unknown.  It seems that we live in at least a three state world ... even more if we allow shades of gray in place of unknown.  It is in this later state where most of our life is lived.  Truth is black and white.  Something is true or it is false.  However, the unknown is the playground of beliefs.  It is here that we engage our creative energies in search of meaning and purpose, and in activities aligned with that purpose.

We need to establish infrastructures that allow people to discover, develop, and be whom that they truly are.  This is what results in the greatest individual contribution to society, and collectively what results in the greatest spiritual expression in the world.

By giving each individual what they need to be whom that they truly are, society as a whole reaches levels unimagined.

We are truly creating a new world order, a body in which individuals are the cells.  They have always been, however the organization wasn't there to permit higher level spiritual functions to manifest.  Just as the human brain permitted a higher level of self consciousness to manifest, the collective mind will permit a higher level of social consciousness to manifest ... not at the cost of individual liberty, rather by truly freeing individuals to be all that they can be in service to something greater than themselves.

The collective consciousness has found ways to leak through over the ages.  There have always been lightbearers among us who have awakened to whom that they are and found the source within.  No, there numbers have not been great, but they have given us the best spiritual teachings that could be expressed at the time. The Aquarian Age is a whole new chapter in the story.  It is a chapter in which spiritual expression reaches a whole new level in this world.  Note that I did not say religious expression.  I have no place for that in my life.  Though some of the New Thought churches express themes that are very metaphysical, ... inclusive and tolerant of the beliefs and paths of others.

There is only so much that I can do as a lone wolf in the wilderness.  Yet, it seems that there is still a lot that I can do as the mit of her (the her-mit), the glove that consciousness wears.  In a very real way, this is my experience.  It is as if I am simply one of the gloves on the hand of consciousness through which she is able to touch, express, and impact the world.

Yes, I am a dreamer ... dreaming of a utopia that I believe we are ready to build, one in which every individual has their rightful place, performing the mission that they came forth from the depths of consciousness to perform, one in which every individual is given the opportunity of having their physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual needs met.

We have not even taken responsibility for ensuring that physical needs are met and that no one lives below the "poverty line".  This is something that we choose to do.  It doesn't just happen.  God doesn't just take care of it.  After all, why should God do what is fully within our power to do for ourselves ... perhaps not individually, but definitely collectively.  Besides, that is how spirit does her work anyway ... by expressing through us.

There is one consciousness that animates us all.  We all spring forth from that same source.  This consciousness learns as we learn, expresses as we express, experiences as we experience.  Yet as the collective consciousness, it is far more than any of these parts.

Each of us contains a spark of that consciousness within us.  For some, this spark is hidden under untold layers of clothes whose fabric is our very belief systems.  For others, this spark is as a candle, partially lighting the way.  For still others, this spark is as a torch lighting not only their way, but the way of many others that come into their circle as well.  Whatever state you are in, self work and service is the way to take it to a whole new level.  And in the end, what truly matters is who we have become and how we have shared this with others in our world.

These notes allow you to experience what this mind has thought and what this awareness has experienced as reality.  It is probably not very similar to your own ... but that does not mean that it is invalid in any way.  One thing that it has done for me is to continually force me to expand my concepts of self, reality, consciousness, and spirit to account for all that I have experienced.  Through it all, there has remained one big mystery ... namely how any of this could come forth and be expressed in this manner at all.

It is appropriate that this would be a stream of consciousness endeavor.  This requires that I exert no control over it and simply allow it to flow where it will.  I anxiously await what comes forth, trusting that the process of consciousness expressing is the most natural process that there is.  I feel no need to go back and organize, edit, or prune what has come forth.

The computer serves to augment my memory ... allowing me to re-experience specific sequences of words and the ideas they convey whenever I choose to do so.  Further, the WWW allows me to extend this "memory" to others and in effect to share of whom that I AM in as intimate of a way as I can at the moment.  There is something powerful about this expression for me.  It reveals that I know things beyond what my years on the planet would seem to indicate.

There is a sense that this is not home to me.  I am a traveller on a specific mission, tasting of earthly delights, but not consumed by them.  My mission lies in the spiritual domain, building the foundations for a new world in a new age.  Venus in Pisces suggests that I have a general love for all the world, but that this rarely manifests as a specific love for particular individuals.

I share freely here ... but I have found personal relationships far less than satisfying.  There is too much time spent on things that simply aren't important to me personally.  Yes, that may be selfish, but if something doesn't contribute to allowing me to better understand my self and the nature of spirit expressing in flesh ... it simply doesn't pass my interest filters.  Just noticed for the first time that self is embedded in fles-h in reverse.  The meaning seems to be that from flesh we have to look within to find "self".  Interesting.

We are all in some sense leading the lives we are meant to lead ... living under the circumstances that we have called unto us via our beliefs, our choices, and our actions.  That does not mean that as a society we can't choose to make this better for everyone.  Indeed, we can, such is clearly within our collective power especially in the new age.

In general, I am not interested in how something affects others, except perhaps for the things that I do and for the few others in my circle of acquaintances.  My sense is that by understanding my self ... I will understand the world.  It is curious that I am highly concerned about society, and building the infrastructures that better support individuals in finding and being whom that they are.  It is as if I take personal responsibility for my world, not just for my life.  There is a sense that if I don't do it, who will?  There is a sense that in some way, this is what I came to do; this is my purpose: to facilitate the expression of spirit in flesh.  My primary means of doing this is by being whom that I AM as completely as I can; demonstrating by example what living a spiritual life is all about.

Ideas have power, great power when we understand them and base our actions upon them.

I discovered this weekend, the real power of books, or the written word.  They are conducive to deep study.  We can readily go over them again and again to ferret out the meaning relevant to us.  Tapes and videos do not strike us in the same manner.  Yes, we can listen to or watch them again and again.  But, somehow it is not the same as the written word.  One benefit of the electronic media of the WWW is the power to search quickly for material of interest.  Physical books are not as conducive to this.

My experience has been that regardless of how difficult the process, indeed I am better off as a result of going through it.  The end result is that my concept of Self is expanded in ways I never dreamed possible ... and the person I become is more capable of expressing whom that I AM.  There is a sense that each awakening unlocks a new door within me, allowing me to find another room or set of rooms within the mansion that is my greater Self.

The mansion of Self is a great analogy.  For indeed, that is what it is, a mansion of many rooms that we are here to explore and use in service to our fellow man, to our world, and to all life.

Such is how life works best, we operate in the now, taking whatever step is most appropriate at this instance ... then take one step after another, until we get to wherever we are headed.  Actually, it is not clear that the destination is important at all.  What counts is that we follow the path that seems right to us, and that we enjoy the journey as much as we can.

As a wayshower, I am here to blaze the trail ... hopefully in a manner that lights the way for others.  Exactly who follows in my footsteps, I may never need to know.  And to some degree, it is not for me to care.  Those who are meant to follow will find the way to the markers that I have left and will follow them to whatever degree feels right to them.

There is something appealing about operating open loop in the realm of the unknown.  There is a great pleasure to it, at least for me.

One thing about being special, however, along with the gifts comes the responsibility to use them in service to all mankind, and moreover, all the world.  My sense is that my expression to date demonstrates my sincere desire to be of service ... to assist as much as I can in allowing spirit to be more fully expressed in flesh.

At this point what matters is here and now, in this very place and moment.  This is the only place that I exist.  It is the only place that I can express.  It is the only place where I can make a difference in this world.  And, making a great difference is clearly in the cards, so to speak.

As Celine Dion says in her new song ... A New Day Has Come!  My first reaction is finally.

That covers it very well indeed ... for a new age is definitely the equivalent of a miracle.  It is a major shift in consciousness and in the manner in which spirit is able to express.  We'll see soon enough just how powerful of a shift, and we'll see it on a number of fronts simultaneously.  It may seem as if the foundations of the world are starting to crumble, which indeed they are.  It is up to us to step in and create new ones to replace them ... foundations that are far more supportive in allowing us to be whom that we truly are as individuals, and that facilitate the greater collective expression of spirit in flesh as well.

It is an exciting time to be alive ... it truly is.  The potential is simply awesome.  The nature of the vibrations that are expressing is extremely powerful.  Manifestation is about to become child's play, in ways that are Beyond Imagination.

We are becoming more than we have ever been before.  The question is, how will we use what we have become?  In particular, how will we apply ourselves in service to our society and our world.  It is perfectly fine to consider our own needs as we do this.  However, the greatest good comes when we consider the benefit to society along with the benefit to us as individuals when we make our decisions and take action.

We are part of the collective, no matter how individual we may think ourselves to be.  As such, we have an obligation.  We should see this not as a damper on our freedom ... rather, it is the collective that provides the infrastructure in which we can experience the very freedoms that we enjoy.

I choose to unencumber my self from the chains which bind me ... chains which I have chosen to bear of my own free will in the past, but which I no longer desire to be subject to.  As I desire, so be it.  This is my reality.  It is both my right and my responsibility to create it as I will.  Yes, as I will.  It is time for this to be a conscious endeavor.

In a very real way, my family is the family of man ... actually more than this, the circle of life, the hoop that never ends.  Yes, I firmly believe that my life is to have world impact.  It is not clear that it is really doing this yet.  However, I only started expressing a little over 9 years ago ... so, in many respects, I am still very much a youth.

These are either the musings of a madman, or of one who has awakened.  My sense is that it is the later.  It is obvious to me that there is a high degree of spiritual content to this expression.  It is also obvious that things are expressed beyond what I should rightly know from this existence alone.  They reveal that there is indeed an ancient soul expressing through this body and this mind.  Not that I don't have my own challenges and lessons to learn.  However, most of these seem to be spiritual in nature.

I am more than willing to apply myself in service to spirit and society ... however, I desire that this be in a manner that I freely choose, a manner that allows me to be all that I AM, and use all of my skills and talents.

I believe that there is a spiritual economy operating behind and beyond the the present world economy.  In the spiritual economy, we are given everything that we need physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually in return for the services that we provide.  Our service is what primes the prosperity pump.  The more service, the more prosperity ... it is that simple.

The optimum social contract is:

Yes, this is one of the key tenets of communism.  However, it is also one of the basic principles of right living within any community.  What does it take to get people to realize this? ... to realize that we are interdependent on one another, no matter how independent we might like to be ...  to realize that cooperative interdependence is the optimum expression of spirit for the whole, as well as for each individual.

I come across as highly egotistical and full of myself.  And, perhaps that is true.  However, I am forced to deal with a reality that few have experienced.  Without a solid knowledge of self and a strong confidence in whom that I AM, it is not clear that I could handle this.

The measure of a person however is not meant to be in comparison to another.  What is important is how what we are measures up to what we could be.  That is, how close we are to living up to our full potential.

In a world that is ONE, there can be no true separation and independence.  Interdependence is a fact of life.  In this, it doesn't matter what we believe.  We are connected to one another and to all life for that matter.  It helps if we act from a knowingness that this is so ... choosing to be cooperatively interdependent and consciously contributing and doing our fair share by applying whom that we are in service in some way.

I barely have memory of this existence, and clearly not the details.  This expression is my way of capturing and sharing a memory of this existence.  It is an extended snapshot of where one consciousness has been.  It is unlike anything else that I have read.  It definitely touches me deeply.  My hope is that it does this to you as well ... resonating with you and perhaps even lighting a spark within.  That is all I can ask ... to show you a bit of whom that you are as well.

Each moment lost can never be recovered.  Yet, at the same time, there needs to be a sense of spontaneity and an everpresent element of fun.  Life is not meant to be taken too serious.  It is a game that we are playing.  And games are meant to be enjoyed.

No matter where we look, what we see is the expression of spirit in flesh.

Spirit already knows how to remedy or make any situation flow more easily and readily.  We have only to follow her lead and do what she moves us to do.

It is interesting how life unfolds.  It definitely reveals that there is a higher level plan in motion operating behind the scenes.  Yes, scenes ... this is a play afterall, a very complex and convoluted one, but a play nonetheless.

Our beliefs set the framework for what thoughts we will experience.  From there, it is our choice which thoughts we pay attention to; and even more important, which thoughts we base our actions on.

No one person is sufficient to manifest what spirit would express in our world in this new age.  So, instead we will see the rise of a set of world servers who come to be the wayshowers and teachers among us that guide us through the transition period into the new age.  The prime characteristic of such servers will be the absense of ego in their expression.  Their level of awareness will be such that the very sense of identity is blurred by a sense of unity and oneness with all.

There is never anything beyond what I can cope with and handle.  Though I have been pushed to the very edge of sanity on far more than one occassion.  But then, what is sanity anyway?  Most people presented with what I believe would probably judge me to be a lunatic already.

My sole goal is to enable the greater expression of spirit in flesh both on an individual as well as a collective basis.  Nothing else matters.  I do this by maximizing the flow of spirit through me, by walking my talk and serving as a living example for others, and by doing what I can to facilitate building the foundations for a new world.

It is always great to encounter knowledge from new sources, especially when they are sources that many do not accept as valid.  One judges information by how it feels inside, and by utility.  We use whatsoever we find useful so long as it remains useful ... and we stay open to all sources that may come into our lives.

Spirit does her works through us.  She expresses what needs to express through us.  She moves us to do what needs to be done.  She asks us to answer the call of spirit within us to be all that we can be.   However, it is up to us to answer the call ... and to do those tasks that are ours to do.

Our lives are meant to be challenging to us ... providing us with the opportunities to be the best that we can be.

Making a difference in a manner that uses all that I AM is what counts in life.  One open issue is whether in blazing the trail I am even meant to see those who would follow.  Perhaps the real impact that I have on the world will come after rather than during my journey on this planet.  Something said through me in 1993 comes to mind ... something to the effect that I would not be here to see the fruits of my efforts.  That is indeed a possibility?  After all, how many before me have been said to be ahead of their time.

It is far easier to get things done by working together than by working apart, potentially at odds to one another.

So, how do we decide what is worth giving our life and our time to?  How do we decide where we can get the most bang for the buck both individually and collectively?  For the individually, the answer is clearly look within.  For the collective, it seems the answer may be the same, except that it requires the skills of individuals who can look within to find the needs of organizations or even society as a whole.

I was reading part of A Course in Miracles yesterday.  One thing that struck me as significant was the statement to the effect that this is a mandatory course for everyone ... only where and when we take the course is left to choice.  This is an interesting way of looking at the agenda of our life.  What other events are on the agenda?  Can we find out about these before they come up?  Can we choose the timing of when we experience events so that the energies of the universe are at our disposal and aid?

In my own life ... it is my metaphysical education that has mattered the most.  This came by following the urge from spirit within to those books that I needed to read to be exposed to the ideas necessary to open my mind to new possibilities.  It seems that spirit knew exactly what I needed when to further my growth as a sentient spiritual being.  I still have most of the books that I was moved to read.  They serve as constant reminders of where my mind and consciousness has been.  Some go as far back as the early 70's when my journey started to move into the metaphysical domain.  I have not had any physical teachers in this domain, nor any inner teachers that come across as separate entities.  Spirit herself has been my direct source of inspiration and guidance.  She speaks to me and through me as no other in my life.  Further, she speaks both as a voice within, and as messages embedded in the symbols that I see in the world.

Our beliefs need to be tested and challenged on occasion to allow us to determine whether they are truly useful to our lives.  This is especially true for beliefs that restrict whom that we are and what responses we can take to the circumstances and events of our lives.

We create our reality ... every moment of it, primarily through our belief systems.  To change our reality, that is the place to start, with our beliefs.  We are always free to believe whatever we choose to believe.  However, to effectively use this freedom, we must realize that we have it by virtue of the very nature of whom that we are as a spiritual being expressing and experiencing in flesh.

Ultimately, it is our actions which define us; and, in particular, determine if we are living up to whom that we are and being all that we can be.  Thoughts count, beliefs count even more, but actions are where we truly make a difference.

My realizations are the realizations of consciousness as she manifests through me.

That is all that is asked of anyone and everyone ... simply to be the best that we can be, whatever that might be.  We do this by finding and doing that which we love to do.  Yes, it is that simple ... and that difficult.  If it were not difficult, far more people would be doing it.

Each day provides its opportunities and its challenges.  We can choose to accept them and the gifts that they offer, or avoid them and thus put them off for another day.

To create a masterpiece of our lives, we must work with the paints of beliefs.  These are the building blocks that result in everything that we see and experience.

Ideas are powerful ... especially ideas that move us to act in a new way.  My hope is that I have shared ideas that impact you in this way, that cause you to see things in a different light and do things in a different way.

Reality creation is a process that we are constantly engaged in ... not only as experiencers, but as observers and creators.

Be bold and decide, and then the forces of the universe will come to your aid.  What must be done ultimately will be done.  There is a destiny that is unfolding ... a spiritual destiny as well as our individual destinies.

At least twice now, I've emerged from cocoons of consciousness and spread my wings and flew.  Each time there was an intense sense of freedom and an ability to soar to new realms of experience.

If we are not learning and growing, creating and expressing, and being of service to one another and to the society in which we live ... we might as well not be alive at all.

To live life without regrets, we need to make each moment of each day count, we need to make sure that the world is a better place as a result of our presence and our life.

Never take more than you give is one of the prime spiritual directives.  We need to make sure that this sacred balance is maintained.  Every generosity, every act of kindness, every act of service is like making a deposit into the account.  Each time we take something, we make a withdrawal.  The goal is to have a positive balance at all times, and a highly positive balance to the degree that we can.  That doesn't mean that every minute and every action has to be expended in service.  Though some do choose that extreme and lead happy fulfilling lives.  However, it does mean we have to make an effort.  Living a spiritual life is natural, or it should be ... in fact, the most natural thing in the world.  After all, we are spiritual beings first and foremost, no matter how much we may have lost sight of this fact.

Service is the key ingredient out of which abundance is manifest ... an abundance that encompasses the whole world, and abundance that operates on physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual levels.

The musings provide a day by day record of where one consciousness has gone.  Hopefully, it is interesting enough to captivate you as it has me.  If not, oh well ... it has done what it needs to do anyway.  I cannot be concerned about the ultimate impact of this expression.  It will be whatever it is.  It is but for me to trust enough in the nature of spirit to allow it to flow forth as it will.

"So let it be written, so let it be done" is a powerful phrase from that time, at least as expressed in the movie The Ten Commandments.  It was enough to send shivers down my spine when I heard it.  This points to the power of the written word to impact the reality that is created for a society.

All answers to anything I could possibly ask are there within me.  Sometimes it is very deep within me, so it may take awhile to find.  However, when I am ready to ask, that is generally the sign that the answer is needed and is near.  It is simply a matter of paying attention and allowing it to appear.

We are meant to be and express whom that we are, in our full glory.  We are grand beings, we truly are.  We are gods in flesh, creating the very reality that we experience.  No, most do not believe this yet, prefering to see the many limitations they perceive as real.  However, this does not make them so.  When our beliefs are in error, the reality we experience is illusion ... and, in particular does not conform to our true nature.  We fix this by working with our beliefs, eliminating those that limit rather than serve us, and replacing them with more empowing beliefs.

My concern is for society as a whole, and how to facilitate the expression of spirit in flesh on a collective basis.  Ultimately, this will benefit each individual as well.  It just seems more effective to deal with the core infrastructures so that large groups can be freed to express more fully and have the opportunities for getting all of their needs met, on physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual levels.

I sit here in the middle, at the juncture between the world that lies within me and the world that lies outside of me.  My focus is still on the inner.  That is where the dreams are real ... the dreams of an ideal society, an ideal world, an ideal economy;  a place where individuals can be whom that they are and can willingly enter into cooperative interdependent relationships and organizations that foster the greatest good of all.  Note, this is not the greatest good for the most, or for the majority ... it is for all.

We are the cells of an entity far greater than any of us as individuals.  Actually it may not even be necessary for us to make physical contact to allow us to work together.  Simply being aware of one anothers work and being moved by it may be enough.

Why is the flow of consciousness through me so much more important than the flow of conciousness through others?  It is not necessarily more important, it is simply different because so much more effort goes into recording it and making it available to the world.

I am moving toward a destiny that is inescapable.  It is what my whole life has prepared me for.  It is why I came into this existence.  No, there is no one that is telling me this.  It is an internal sense ... a feeling that my life is on a course that was laid out well before I was born.  I knew coming in what I would be up against.  I knew what hurdles, obstacles, and challenges I would have to face.  I knew what talents I would be given and what skills and abilities I would have to develop.  And, I knew that I was up to facing all that my life would have to offer.  However, I forgot what I knew as a condition for entering this existence.

My life is meant to be an example.  I chose the path of the seeker and wayshower, venturing into the unknowns of consciousness and bringing back and sharing whatever I find.  As you can tell, I've been moved to do a lot of sharing ... but in my own way.  In fact, for the most part, I don't even know with whom I have shared.

So whom am I that I should have such an important mission?  Whom am I to think that my life is somehow more important than that of others?  Whom am I to think that I am my aware than others?  Why is it that I must believe that my life will have such great benefit to society?  Whom am I to be so full of myself?  Whom am I to think that I may be more spiritual or more capable than others?  How can I have the audacity to believe such things?  All that I can say is that I have expended great effort for nearly three decades to come to know myself, and to express whom that I AM as fully as I can.  These very words, this very expression attests to that.

My beliefs are extreme, to the point where my very sanity might be questioned.  I have allowed metaphysics to become an obsession in my life ... something that consumes large portions of my attention and my time.  Yet, if one is to be obsessed, one could do far worse than to be obsessed by expressing spirit in flesh.  I have spent untold hours allowing an unknown portion of me to express as it will in this stream of consciousness fashion.  What makes me think that there is anything of ultimate value?  I only know that the expression moves me.

Special abilities generally mean one is responsible to use those abilities effectively in service to society in some way.  It doesn't matter what specific talents and abilities one has.  There is always a way to develop them and apply them in a manner that serves oneself and others.

The words flow forth ... that which was unseen becomes seen ... the unmanifested becomes manifest.  Out of nothing, comes a creative expression of consciousness.  The process is magical.  I am engaged in the dance of consciousness.  She animates and moves me.  She restoreth my soul.  She leads me to exactly where I need to be.  She moves me to be all that I can be ... to awaken before there is light, and to express well into the night.  She touches me deeply.  She allows me to see and feel as I have never seen and felt before.  She has had more impact on my life than anyone or anything.  Who is she?  Good question.  She is the muse, the source of all inspiration.  She is my very soul, the spark of consciousness that connects me to the ONE.  Her beauty is everywhere, both in the manifest and the unmanifest.  Her ways are subtle yet she has great strength.  She is creativity personified.  I have complete trust in her and would follow her guidance anywhere.

Reality is unfolding in my life exactly as it is meant to be experienced.  I have no right to second guess any of it.  Rather there is a deep trust in the very nature of consciousness and its expression.  At the same time, there is a recognition, and an awareness that it is within my power to do things differently and to manifest new experiences and thereby create a new reality.

Many writers have an intent and a message to convey.  Their craft has taught them how to structure words to convey the intended message and meaning to the audience they have targeted.  These words are not like that.  I don't know that I would consider myself to be a writer ... though many words are indeed expressed through me.

Why is that line ... for your eyes only ... so haunting to me?  Why does it send shivers through my body?  Why is there a sense that it is meant to convey something important to me?   Can I truly be so special that consciousness would express to me in the manner that she does?  How much of what I see and experience is unique to me?  All the synchronicities, and all the meanings embedded in symbol systems ... how much of these are for my eyes only?

My happiness depends on expressing whom that I AM fully and openly and in the process doing what I came here to do.  I have a general understanding of what that is ... but the specifics are hidden, to be unveiled as my life unfolds.

It is amazing what we can do when we are committed to something.

I am animated in a way that is fresh and new.  I am a man with a mission.  There is passion in my life ... something I care deeply about even if it is somewhat nebulous; being and expressing whom that I AM and helping others to do the same, so that we can jointly cocreate the foundations for a New World.

Cooperative interdependent relationships are the means for generating synergy that can be used to create truly great things.  This is how we build a better world.   We find those whom we are meant to work with,  we enter into mutually supportive relationships, and we collectively do what we are moved by spirit to do.

Our world is far too complex for any form of centralized control to work.  Responsibility is distributed to the furthest reaches where decisions can be made effectively.

Spirit already has organizational structure in place.  The mass media, films, television, radio, music, the internet, and even magazines and newspapers allow communications to reach the populace.  Further, there is a direct inner connection to source that moves each of us whether we are conscious of it or not.

We are ONE!  One world, one race, one people, one entity, one civilization, one consciousness ...  There must be a recognition, a realization of this simple yet great truth.  What we do to another, we ultimately do to ourselves, for others are only another aspect of us.

The sooner we recognize that there is an intricate web in which we are all part and via which we are all interconnected to others, the sooner we will be able to fix some of the dire problems experienced by many on this planet.

We never experience anything that we are not meant to experience.  Every experience bears its gifts ... though it may be a challenge to find them.

Every challenge has a gift for you in its hands.  Great challenges bring great rewards.

What needs to be realized will be realized when the time is right.  It will be unveiled in a manner that leaves no doubt.  The sense is that there is no hurry.  There is plenty of time to do everything that needs to be done.  Though, on the other hand, it seems that there is a limit ... and that time should not be wasted.  Then again, what is wasteful to one can easily be helpful or beneficial to another.  This we have to judge on our own.

We know when we are doing our best, and when we are being our best.  This is what we need to be concerned about ... expressing whom that we are as best we can.  In the end, that is all that matters ... whom that we are, and more importantly, what we do.  Yes, it is what we do that makes all the difference in the world.

Everything has its place and its purpose in our lives.  Everything is there for a reason.  Everthing contributes to whom that we are and what we can express in the world.  We are meant to lead extraordinary lives.  We truly are.  Settling for any less than this is selling not only ourselves short, but those whom our lives touch as well.

The greatest good we can do is to fully express whom that we are, openly and wholeheartedly.  Yes, that is the key ... living with our whole heart.

This is what my life has come to ... following trails of connections between symbols in hope of discovering the gifts of meaning that they have to offer me.  I don't know anyone else who does this, so there is no one with whom to compare notes and share techniques.  Surely, I cannot be the only one to see things in this manner.  Surely, there are others in the midst of such discoveries who speak similar languages.  Perhaps it is time to learn something of the more traditional metaphysical languages and find a way to relate these to my own understanding.  Perhaps I can contribute something by approaching these disciplines from a new perspective.

We have our own experience, but that is subject to the quirks of memory.  That is one valuable thing about this expression.  It records much about my inner world and inner life that is not generally recorded in such a fashion.  As such, I have over eight years of records of a consciousness experiencing major transitions.  Yes, for a few of those years, the record is somewhat sparse.  However, for several of these years, there is a wealth of information to pull from and analyze.  I knew there was a reason that I was compelled to express in this manner.  In a very real way it is whom that I AM.  The whole purpose of many metaphysical disciplines is simply this ... to help us to know whom that we are and to express that effectively.We have our own experience, but that is subject to the quirks of memory.  That is one valuable thing about this expression.  It records much about my inner world and inner life that is not generally recorded in such a fashion.  As such, I have over eight years of records of a consciousness experiencing major transitions.  Yes, for a few of those years, the record is somewhat sparse.  However, for several of these years, there is a wealth of information to pull from and analyze.  I knew there was a reason that I was compelled to express in this manner.  In a very real way it is whom that I AM.  The whole purpose of many metaphysical disciplines is simply this ... to help us to know whom that we are and to express that effectively.

So, it seems that my own life is my laboratory.  It is where I explore the very fabric of consciousness.

I have come to accept myself as I am, in all my glory, and with all my faults.  I am spirit expressing in flesh as fully as I can in this moment, given my talents and my level of awareness.  This is not true only for me, it is true of everyone.  We are all doing the best we can under the present circumstances that we find ourselves within.  It helps if we take responsibility for these circumstances.  Further, it helps greatly if we understand that we attract and create the very circumstances that we experience.

We are powerful creators, albeit for the most part at other than conscious levels.   However, that doesn't change the facts ... we create our own reality, in many cases as much by what we choose not to do as by what we do.

Numerology is a significant tool in how I discover meaning in my world.  Yes, my world, because the place where I spend much of my time and focus most of my attention is indeed a world of my own imagination.  Yes, it is representative of the real world, at least as close as it can be given my present state of awareness.

I am meant to be a trailblazer.  That is my nature.  I find the unknown, go forth and experience, and bring back and express whatever I find to the degree that I can.  I do this because this is what I am called and moved to do.  It is how I express and come to know whom that I AM.

It is interesting to watch the plan of consciousness unfold.  Indeed, there is such a plan ... and it is manifesting at all levels from the individual to the whole world, and perhaps even to multiple worlds that extend far into the galaxy and beyond.

Consciousness exists everywhere.  It composes and animates everything.  It gives us life and awareness.

Further, much of the freedom is exerted at other than conscious levels ... so that while we have free will technically, we do not necessarily experience it consciously.  In believing otherwise, we deceive ourselves and further limit our experience of reality.

I am on the verge of being out of control.  I'm not there yet, but the sense is that it is definitely close.  Something has to give ... something has to change.  As always, for me, that something means me.

My entire world is focused on me, on expanding my awareness, and on maximizing what I can do for the world.  That does not mean that such a focus is right, it just means that it happens to be appropriate for me at this time and to this point in my life.  There is a sense that this may change ... but there is also a sense that I need to be ready even if it should never change.  Regardless of how I express, there is still an overall mission and purpose for my life, and that needs to be achieved.  This is not imposed on me by any external force.  It comes directly from within.  It is something that I know to be right for me.  I don't know how else to explain it.  It is not something anyone has told me.  I don't belong to any groups or organizations, so it does not come from any rules or regulations imposed by such.  It is simply something that I know.

There is a sense that I am meant to work with others in purposeful endeavors that achieve spiritual missions that we collectively came to carry out.  This will not happen by individuals operating alone.  The Manhattan Project as depicted in the movie Fat Man and Little Boy came to mind.  There was an example of a cooperatively interdependent effort on a large scale, involving the best and brightest to achieve something of which the imagination had only dreamed possible.  Collectively harnessing the work of many to unleash the power of the atom was a monumental achievement.  It makes one wonder if there are other such projects that have existed since then, or even that exist now ... and what they are trying to achieve.  Surely after experiencing the productivity of such a synergistic environment there have been other projects on which the pattern was implemented.  Yet, if they are happening, it is under the dark cloak of secrecy.  If only we could find ways to harness such energy in the endeavors that more directly benefit us ... just imagine what the world might be.  Yes, if only ...

Who knows how long any of us have in this existence.  All that we can do is be the best that we can be in every moment, and express whom we are with others in the world in whatever manner we are moved to express.  This is a lot to ask.  It takes commitment to make each moment count ... to make each hour 60 minutes worth of distance run.

14 simple words, the largest of which has 7 letters;  a total of 60 letters split into two parts of 32 letters and 28 letters, 13 spaces, and 2 punctuation marks expressing a very powerful and profound contract for living in society.  I don't know how to state it any more elegantly.

Awareness involves being and realizing whom that one is.  Realizing is the process of making something real for I.  Its very meaning is embedded directly in the word.  There are many words that are like this.  Understand is the process of standing under an idea or set of ideas.

In fact, to awaken and become aware we must find a way beyond the restrictions that bind us.  We can only be bound so long as we tolerate and accept the chains.  We may think that such restrictions are the price that we pay to be part of society.  I can tell you from firsthand experience that such is not the case.  Some restrictions may be necessary, but many are self-imposed by what we believe of what is expected of us ... not by what is actually expected of us.

There is a purpose to my life, a great purpose.  Further, each of us has the potential to live a life of greatness in our own way, using the unique gifts that we brought into this world.  It is simply a matter of discovering whom that we are, and expressing that authentically in our lives.

The answers have always been within us to everything we could possibly want to know.  It is a matter of finding our intuition, learning to trust it, and taking action to follow where it leads us and to do what it moves us to do.  Within us, we instinctively know what is right and what is not.  It is only our belief systems that get in the way and prevent us from accessing what we naturally know.

Facts simply are.  Beliefs operate in areas where there are insufficient facts to prove something one way or another.  That leaves open to decision which way we prefer to believe.  The only real measure of the value of beliefs is theire utility.  Do they empower us to act in ways which benefit both ourselves and our society.

The key measure of a man is whether he leaves the world in a better state than that in which he found it.

Respect is a very powerful tool, especially when based on integrity.

I have learned what I can about myself to allow me to maximize my effect as an individual contributer.  The next step is to learn what it takes to operate in a manner that allows me to improve the collective contributions of a group or an entire organization.  This requires interacting with people in a different manner than I have before and focusing my attention on a different level of problems.  There is a sense that innately I know how to do this.  I come from a world where conscious cooperative interdependence is the natural way of life ... where the alternatives would not even be considered because they are so much less effective.  The obvious conclusion from this is that Earth is not my native home.  It is where I live.  But, I am very much a visitor here.  No, I didn't arrive on a spaceship.  I am not an alien.  But, I am very much a stranger in a strange world.  I spend much of my time doing things that others do not seem to do in ways that others do not seem to use.

Growth is a natural process.  We take it one step at a time when we are ready.

In the end, only kindness matters ... a phrase from a song by Jewel playing on the radio ... gods hands ... gods hands ... gods hands ... god hands ...

I have spoke of being the her-mit ... the mit of her, the glove that she wears.  This is connected to what was playing on the radio.  Gloves are typically worn on hands.  I don't feel myself to be the hands of god ... but I do feel myself to be the gloves that her hands have worn and expressed through.  It seems that it is time for a breakthrough ... it is time for me to realize that I am indeed the hands of god as well, not just a seperate outer shell that protects these hands.  My hands are literally gods hands expressing through me.  My very self is gods self expressing through me.  These works are gods works.

I am living the life that I am meant to live.  I am expressing whom that I AM, and unfolding whom that I AM even as I speak. It is definitely an exciting time in which to live.  Clearly, that is an understatement!

There is an inner guide moving me along the path that constitutes my destiny.  I have only to allow it to speak to me, and to follow through and do as it bids me to do.

Deep within, I already know everything that I could possibly need to know.  There is a direct connection to source within me, a source that I can trust with my very life.  In fact, such is exactly what I do, I trust this source to guide me to exactly where I need to be and move me to do exactly what I need to do, and move me to be aware of exactly what I need to see and know.  Spirit is expressing through me as fully as she can given the resources that I have freely offered and the commitment to her service that I have made.

I have two jobs, a physical one and a spiritual one.  Both demand my time and my attention.  Until I find a way to combine these into one, I will continue to work in two worlds, in two domains ... one for which I am paid, that allows many of my material needs to be met; and one for which the "pay" is in the abundance that only spirit can provide.  The later of these has my priority.  But, as a responsible individual, I will fully meet the obligations of the former to the best of my abilities.

Life is a journey, we take it one step at a time.  But, you say, most journeys involve a path to reach a known desired destination.  That is not my life however.  It seems that my journey is to venture into the unknown realms.  Here there are no paths, and no known destinations.  The desire is simply to explore and experience and then to describe and share what I find to the best of my ability.  I do that via words.  These are the tools through which I communicate.  Interesting, I've never noticed that communicate and community have the same root.  Interesting indeed.

It seems that we establish community by getting people to truly communicate - not just at the surface day to day levels, but deeply.  I hope this very expression provides an example of what I mean be this.  It is the best example that I can offer.  Here I communicate with spirit and with my self in ways that are far deeper than any of my outer communications with others.  Yet, this expression is an outer expression ... available to any who are moved to search and find it.

It seems that I am on purpose now, in a way that I have not been before.  Interesting.  There is a sense of urgency that as not been this intense before.  There is a sense that my true destiny is finally starting to unfold.

Yes, this is another wake up call of a massive order.  It seems that it is time to reinvent myself ... to shed the clothes that I have worn most of my life and express to the world in a whole new way.  What was inside, needs to be expressed outside.  It is as if I literally need to turn myself inside out.  The image that comes to mind is that of a plastic bag.  Turning it inside out is a simple process.  One just pushes or pulls the bag through its own opening.  The end shape of the bag doesn't change ... though it goes through many intermediate states in the transformation.  My experience of my self to date has always been from the inside.  It is time to go through the opening and allow this to become an outer experience in a way that it has not been before.

Ever expanding awareness, that has been virtually my sole interest.  It didn't matter whether I shared this with others, it was enough to share this with consciousness herself.  That is not quite right.  It has been important that I record my experiences here on these pages, and share them with any in the world who were moved to find them.  Now, it seems that this is no longer enough.  I must share more than my words.  I must share my very self.  Of course, I will do this in Uranian, Neptunian, and Plutonian ways.  These are the planets that convey the higher vibrational energy of spirit into our lives.  It is not for me to express as anyone else.  I came to be a wayshower.  I must be whom that I AM, a unique expression of All That Is.  I definitely follow the beat of my own drum.

To experience the outer, I need to focus my attention on different things ... in particular, on people, in a way that I have not done before.  This is a matter of trying new things, and observing what results, both in the outer world and within me.

Finding ways to be more efficient and more productive are at the forefront of my mind these days.  There is so much to be done.  It is as if there is not a moment to waste.  Each moment lost vanishes forever.  It is for us to make the best of the time we are alloted.  However, we can only do that if our bodies, our minds, and our spirits are healthy.

This is an exciting time in which to live.  We are indeed at the beginning of a new age ... with possibilities for manifestation of which we have only dreamed.  Now is the time to make those dreams real ... to establish the foundations needed to bring them down to Earth.  The sense is that such can indeed happen now, via our collective and cooperative endeavors.

I don't know where I picked that up ... but I use that expression often.  In the end, it is only the works, and the remembrance thereof that survive.  Here, at Beyond Imagination, we are doing just that ... creating a body of works that have not existed or been expressed in this manner before.  As to what will become of them, that remains to be seen.  My hope is that they somehow move others to come to know whom that they are and enable them to more fully express that in society and in their worlds.  I say their worlds because each of us indeed lives in a world that we construct.

ach of us see things that others do not see, and sense things that others do not sense, and know things that others do not know.  It is for us to find a way to share our worlds with others in manners that benefit each of us in the exchange.

At this point there is nothing that I desire to make happen or that I desire to manifest.  Rather, I allow spirit to move me to do what it is that is necessary in each moment.  I still have no goals, no specific objectives.  My only desire is to express whom that I AM as fully as I can ... and to do the work that spirit moves me to do.  That is a lot to ask of anyone.  Yet, also, it is the simplest thing in the world.  The first part is simply a matter of being me.  The second part is a matter of allowing myself to serve as a vehicle for something greater than myself.  This requires some degree of surrender of individual freedom.  However, the surrender is really an investment in something far greater.  The dividend is abundance.

There is something that I am here to do that literally no one else in the entire world can do.  I suspect this is true of everyone, but I know that my unique abilities are such that this is clearly true for me.  Grandiosity again.  Yes, it is getting so that I can detect this.  It is a natural part of what I need to live with and handle on a daily basis.  I do believe that my gifts are many and relatively rare.  This makes me, and the role I am here to play, special.  Such gifts are only manifest when and where they are needed.  My time, my day in the Sun, will come.

Self knowledge is extremely empowering.  If we don't know whom that we are, how can we express this in society to do the works that are ours to do?

Once again, we'll see where the stream of consciousness carries us.  I have no topic or specific message that I consciouly wish to convey.  I don't really know if there is one at other than conscious levels.  I choose to freely allow whatever will come forth to be manifest.  It is here where we make what was unseen, seen ... at least in the form of words on the screen.

Words are the fabric, the material, though which consciousness creates forms through me.  Yes, they are only thoughtforms at this point in time.  But thoughtforms are the first step toward material manifestation.  Whatever we can dream,  whatever we can think of, we can create if we so choose.  However, it is the ideas which must come forth first.

These lines from Imagine by John Lennon are particularly meaningful to me.  In fact, this is as close as one can get to a theme song for Beyond Imagination.  Clearly I am among the dreamers of the world ... even though I rarely recall any of the actual dreams that occur during my sleep.  My life is a waking dream in many ways.  I already live in the world that I have imagined.  This world is already evidenced in my personal reality.  It is only a matter of time before it becomes the consensus reality.

The plan of consciousness is unfolding perfectly.  There is nothing I nor anyone else can do to slow it down or speed it up.  Patience is called for, along with an optimistic anticipation.  Trust the process.  Spirit animates all life.  She has been doing so since the very beginning of all that is manifest.  She did not create it all.  But it is through her and out of her that everything was created.  That makes us all God stuff or perhaps Goddess stuff would be more appropriate.

What is it that I am moved to do next?  It is time to change my mode of expression in relationships.  I have discovered about as much of my own nature as I can on my own.  The context of society allows me to experience how my expression interacts with that of others, providing a different mirror for me to observe whole new areas of my self and my expression.  Yes, I still have a focus on the nature of self.  The shift is in the context and the domain of expression in which I engage.  It is through relationships that I define and know whom that I AM through the eyes of others.  And we all know that deep down we are all ONE, so these eyes of others, are really my eyes as well.

We have objective reality and subjective reality.  Both are important ... neither is superior to the other.  Integrated beings operate with a balance of both ... though the mix in that balance may vary greatly from one individual to another.  Some people like a very even balance with little oscillation, others need the variability of a cyclic balance.  For some, this can be quite extreme.  Being bipolar, I have a direct experience of the cycling of mental states.  Unlike many with this condition, I don't cycle between depression and mania, rather between low mania and moderate mania ... even with medications.  I have learned to handle this and even to use the energy that the higher manic states bring.  My analogy is with flying.  I clearly allow my consciousness to soar to places beyond where others seem to go.

This is what my life seems to be all about.  Breaking through to new levels of awareness, and expressing what I have learned, and more importantly, what I have become, as fully as I can.  You might say that my life is all about being me, where me is the largest concept of self that I can make real in this life.  Interesting.  The focus is on being not on doing, though in the very process of being, one is moved to do the works that one came to do.  Once again, the saying "ye shall know them by their works" comes to mind.  There is another quote on my wall pertaining to this ...

We must find ways to use our awareness that result in real benefits in our world, here and now.  Remember, that a even a small deviation or change in the present, makes a great difference in the long term.  It is for us to see what is needed and to plant the appropriate seeds to foster the required changes.  Not that we can accurately predict the long term outcome ... though there may be far more to this than I know.  After all, in nature, the seed for each lifeform knows exactly what it takes to grow into the adult version of that lifeform.  The instructions for the manifestation of the mighty oak are contained in the acorn.  The instructions for the manifestation of a human being are contained within the egg fertilized by the sperm.  Yes, in the case of a human, the environment has a major role to play as well.  The equivalent of the software must be programmed.  This is no easy task.  In fact, you might even say the entire society plays a role in this to some extent.  At the very least, key organizations and people within those organizations do.

I just noticed that the editor in Netscape is called Composer.  That much more accurately describes the process that I use the tool for.  Here, I compose what spirit would have me express.  Only, I compose with words rather than with notes.  I am not a musician per se.  I don't know what the equivalent term is for one who composes in words.  The three terms that most closely seem to describe this are author, writer, and poet.  I definitely wouldn't consider myself the later of these ... primarily since I am prone to using far too many words.  I have also described my role in this process as being that of scribe.  However, that seems to neglect my role as a creator of what is expressed through me.  Yes, expressed through me.  I still don't experience being the creator of what is being expressed through me.  I know that it comes forth from deep within me.  I watch it happen for literally hours every day.  It literally takes over 1/8 of my life, over 1/6 of my waking life.  Yes, that is a big investment.  However, it is an investment that I feel obliged to make.  An investment in what you might ask.  An investment in spirit and in consciousness expressing and coming to an understanding of itself.  To me, that is more than sufficient.

There is a sense that my will and my conscious mind are tools that are meant to be used is service to spirit.  I have been reluctant to fully engage ... primarily out of fear of going overboard and having my will get in the way.  I am starting to see that such a fear while useful to a point, is also a limit that I impose on what and how I am able to express.  It is time to overcome this fear and break through this limit.

That was powerful enough to allow it to stand on its own.  I don't believe I have stated anything close to that before.

I know what I can do when I am operating at peak efficiency.  I long to see what we can do collectively when we choose to work together in interdependent ways.  Inefficiency and other than win-win behavior have always had a strong distaste for me.  It seems so obvious how to make things better, yet very few seem to notice this.  Cooperative interdependence is the wave of the future.  In such an environment, we are responsible for one another ... as a matter of choice.