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 November and December of last year.  ENJOY!

I put many hours in on developing a Beyond Imagination product, in particular a Quote per Day calendar based on a selection of 365 quotes from the musings between January and early May of 2002.  There were alot of worthy expressions of consciousness to choose from.  Overall the project took much longer to do than I thought that it would, but once I set my mind on something, I am compelled to get it done.  It is not clear that there is a significant market for the kinds of things expressed here, so I cannot take advantage of the benefits of mass production.  That is OK.  The initial run is strictly for Christmas gifts for family, friends, and coworkers.  At least it provides a sample of what I can do ... or, more correctly, what can be done through me.

It is strange expressing in this manner again.  Yet, it is also so familiar.  This is a state of consciousness that I am accustomed to having spent many hundreds of hours here in this year alone.  I am curious about where the coming year will take us.  There is a sense that massive changes are in the works once again.  Of what nature remains to be seen.  However, there is a strong feeling that it is time to do something new, or at least to do something in a new way.  In particular, this very expression seems to be in the process of changing.

 There is something about the immediacy of this expression that is addicting for me.  It is here that I confront parts of myself that I know exist only by the works they co-create in my life.

Here is where I encounter source.  Here is where I allow a stream of consciousness to flow forth from within.

How do I know that I am not consciously creating this?  Simply, because while I observe it happening, I have no direct sense of being the source.  I have no sense of how it is organized.  I have no foreknowledge of what is to come next.  I watch it unfold moment by moment and am both surprised and pleased by what is expressed.

Yes, in a way, I am a proud father of this material.  But the children, the works, while they came forth through me, have taken on an existence of their own that is distinct from whom that I AM.

Our works ... in the end, that is what truly matters.

What did we do with our lives that was worthy of our having lived?  That question needs to be on our minds incessantly, propelling us to be that best we can be and in the process do what is ours to do.

If we are open to the source within, what this is will be obvious.  The very forces of the universe will move us to do those things that we are meant to do.  That does not mean it will be easy going all of the time.  After all, life is meant to be interesting, to be challenging, to have obstacles for us to overcome.  That is how we find out whom that we are.  It is through what we do that we ultimately discover whom that we are.  And when we do so, we will be amazed by what we are capable of.

We are meant to live lives of greatness, to be extraordinary in some manner.  Yes, each and every one of us.  However, it doesn't happen automatically; at least, not for most of us.  We have to do what it takes to make it happen.  Sometimes that involves throwing caution to the wind.  However, we need to be careful when we choose to do this.  The trick is not to allow fear to overly constrain our expression.

There is a sense that we live in an age that should be Beyond War.  Yet, there are so many weapons of mass destruction and the very real threat of terrorism throughout the world.  How do we focus on peace, when fear drives us to prepare for and to conduct war?  The war on terrorism is just the latest of a nearly endless progression of wars that have plagued the planet and the human race for over two millennia.

Life should be free from boredom.  Boredom is a sure sign that we are not living up to our potential.

 It is important to take the time to sit back and observe what is happening and how we feel about it even in the midst of doing it.  To some degree that is what I do here.  Though, this stream of consciousness goes far beyond anything that happens in my typical days.  Here, I allow something special to flow forth ... from somewhere within me that I know only by the works that it produces in my life.  Each day of expression is a mystery.  It forces me to confront things that I cannot explain ... not only that, but things that I think that no one may be able to explain.  That is OK.  The unknown is a place that I venture often.  That is what explorers do.  And, I consider myself to be an explorer of consciousness.

What constitutes value is highly subjective.  The criteria I use is whether a service or product has been generated that is beneficial in some way.

I have no purpose in mind for this expression, other than to serve spirit by allowing it to flow.

I do it because I can, and because I am compelled.  This is part of my fate, my destiny.  I am a vessel through which spirit expresses in flesh.  Further, I do this voluntarily, of my own free will.  Yet, at the same time, I do this because I must ... because, in a very real way, this is whom that I AM.

I've found out more about myself from this expression than I have in any other way in my life.  It is one thing to read and study the works of others.  It is quite another to generate, read and study works of your own.

How many information generators are there that are creating works such as this.  I have counted myself in the 1 in a million category before.  And, I still think that is of the right order of magnitude.  That makes whom that I am and what I do quite rare.

How do I posture myself so that my services most benefit the society and world in which I live?  How many even ask such questions?

Many seem to be content with their lives and their opportunities and experiences.  It is not clear that I will ever be such.  There is always an inner sense that there is more that I could do, there is more that I could express ... and most important, there is more that spirit could do through me.

As to a job, Master Builder is appropriate.  But, who employs the Master Builders of the world?  In particular, who employs the Master Builders of the structures that serve as the foundations for society?  Who even recognizes that such jobs need to be done?  Hmm ... in the current economic system, it is not clear that anyone does.  However, my contacts are so limited that I simply do not know for sure.

What do I want?  I have been so focused on the question who am I, that I have all but neglected this issue of what I want.  Yet, it seems that this is the very question that drives the reality that I would create for myself.

Our economic freedom has been a shining example of one of the fruits of political freedom.  But, what has been the cost of all of this.  Have we sold our souls in the process.  Are we ultimately better off that our parents or their parents, etc ...  Sure, many of us are, but it seems that many are not.  We have many problems that plague our society.  And others on the immediate horizon.  We live in a world that is so complex that it is difficult to find our place and find satisfaction.  Many things seem to be beyond our control, not only individually but collectively.  Our organizations are getting larger and more complicated, but it is not clear that they are getting more efficient or that they are developing at a pace to match the incessant change that we are subject to.  It seems that we need to find ways to simplify rather than complicate our lives.
 

I would be whom that I AM.  That is always enough.  I would do what I am moved to do.  That too, is enough.  Yet, why do I feel that something major is missing.  There is something more that I could be doing.  There is something that I could be doing differently.  I wouldn't regard my life as my masterpiece yet.

I must live congruently with what I believe.  I am a wayshower.  As such, my life must be a shining example of what can be.  Yes, that makes me special ... however, only in that I am able to reach states sooner and light the way for others.  We do this by sharing whom that we are, and whom that we have become ... even as we are in the process of becoming.  For me, this sharing occurs via this expressing.  My modality is the written word.  Here is where I am most comfortable.  Here is where I can relate things to others that I cannot relate in any other way.

We have to go beyond mind to get to spirit.

I have no basis for comparing my experience of reality to that of others.  All that I have is a body of works that document where my consciousness has ventured for nearly a decade.  This is what distinguishes me.  This is what I have done that is of the most importance and hopefully of lasting value.  Clearly, it has value for me.  My hope is that others are moved by it as well.  All expression has a purpose.  While we may not know what that is at the time of expression, its ultimate purpose will be revealed over time.

How are we to do our work?  How is this message to reach those whom it is meant to reach?  Is this even something that I need to be concerned with?  Or, is it sufficient to express in whatever manner I am moved to express ... as spirit moves me?  Then why is there such a strong feeling that something is missing in my life.  I'm not quite where I need to be.  I am not satisfied with my life as it is at the present time.  At the same time, it is not clear what I would change.

Everything happens when it needs to happen.  There is a grand plan of consciousness that is unfolding ... in particular, the expression of spirit in flesh.  We are all part of that plan.  Each of us have a particular role to play ... a role for which we were designed, a role for which we came into this existence.  Can this be true for all of us?  I have to believe that the answer is indeed yes.

What about "evil" and the negative roles that are played out?  These are manifestations of spirit operating in the midst of darkness as well as light.  Where free will reigns along with shadows, we get every manner of expression ... every kindness and generosity, but also every meanness and atrocity.

The web of consciousness in which we are enmeshed is incredibly rich with interconnectivity.  Through this web, we are related to everyone and everything.

We are always the embodiment of consciousness, of spirit, in one form or another ... and we are always connected to other forms within the game.  The game is to be played with gusto.  It is for us to give it all that we've got and more.  Yes, and more.  We need to stretch beyond our limits, known and unknown, to be all that we can be.

The world of the 5 senses and world of the 3 minds are not sufficient for me.  I know that there must be more, and it is this that I seek.  I know not what it is, other than the unknown.  But, that is what fascinates me.  The unknown is what draws my attention.  It is the wilderness of consciousness where I can be whom that I truly am.

It is time for a change again.  It is time for me to be in a position wherein my greatest abilities and talents can be used in service of the highest order possible here and now.  It is this that I ask ... it is this that I wish for.  I typically do not ask for much.  But, this I ask with all my heart and soul.

I am ready to do what it takes to facilitate building the foundations for a new world.  This dream of nearly a decade needs to be brought to Earth somehow.  The foundations need to be established.  I need to be doing those things that make my heart sing and my spirit soar.  More so now than at any time before.

How do I make things happen?  Actually, do I even want to do that?  It seems that it is far more prudent to allow spirit to do as she will with my life.  It is her that I serve, to the degree that I can.  And in doing so, I serve my self, my society, and my world.

 It is for you to show the world a different way, ultimately a way that is far more direct and more powerful.  It is the way of spirit, in particular of service to spirit.  It is for you to bow to a force greater than yourself ... the very force which animates you and gives you life.  Unlike in many of your religions, this force is feminine to you, and rightly so.  It is time for this aspect of source to be recognized and expressed.

In a very real way there is only ONE source, one consciousness from which we all spring.  No, I can't prove that such is the case.  It comes from a direct knowingness.  It just feels right.  In the end there can be only ONE!  In the beginning there was only ONE.  In the middle there can be only ONE, though it be expressed and experienced as a multitude.  The bottom line is that all limitation, all separation, is illusion.  Deep down at its core, it is not real ... yet, it is the reality we experience.

Such is the mystery of life, or one of the mysteries anyway.  How do we find meaning and truth amidst all the illusion?  I don't use illusion in any negative sense.  A movie is entirely illusion, yet there are many wonderful movies ... some that are even able to stir our souls.  Books are composed of pages that include linear sequences of letters, spaces, and a few punctuation marks.  These too have the ability to move us deeply when composed by the appropriate artist.

This is one of the things which distinguish masters ... they move us.  In particular, they stir our souls and move us to do more than we knew we could do and be more than we thought that we were.

Each of us possess greatness inside of us.  One of our challenges is to find a way to apply that greatness and share it with the world.

Ultimately, what we hoard, we eventually lose.  What we give freely comes back to us manyfold, though not necessarily in the ways we might expect.  There are powerful spiritual laws at work, laws that apply regardless of whether we believe in them or not ... laws just as real as the physical laws deemed inviolable by science.  If fact, as spiritual beings, it is the spiritual laws that are of greater importance in how we live our lives, and in the reality that we create and experience.

Know thyself.  We create our own reality.  We are spirit expressing in flesh.  We shall reap whatsoever we so.  Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.  Never take more than you give.  Seek consciousness and awareness first, and all else will come to you.  We will experience what we believe.  Form follows thought.  These are some of the spiritual laws of which I speak.  They are not new.  They are known to most religions ... and have been expressed by some of the most brilliant minds throughout history.  However, we need to make them personal.  We need to make them ours.  We need to apply them daily in the choices that we make for them to be real in our lives.

Consciousness is my home.  This stream of consciousness is the most natural way to use my talents.  It doesn't matter where it leads in the long run.  The journey is everything, and on the journey there is always room for one more step.

I have a predisposition to grandiosity ... yes, I'm the first to admit that.  But, I believe that I have the abilities to back it up.  Further, at least it is a benign grandiosity manifesting as a desire to serve in a manner that has world import.  In the end, time will tell.  I'll either achieve something spectacular or I won't.  My bet is on the former ... and I will do all that I can to win that bet.  This expression is a grand start.  Here there is a record of a decade of the wanderings of an aware consciousness.

It is extremely important to me that I live in a manner that makes a difference ... a big difference in my world.  Why should this matter so?  Is it not enough to be whom that I am and live an exemplary life?  No, for me that is not enough.  I came to play a grand role, one for which I was designed and for which I have been programmed my entire life.  This existence is one of destiny for me.  It may be enough for others to play the game and enjoy their lives.  However, I am driven to achieve more than this.  I came to serve as an example of what can be.  I came to help build the foundations for a new world.

How many are even aware that a new world is required ... and more important, about to be born?  We are definitely at a crossroads.  The Piscean Age is in its final days, and the Aquarian Age is in the process of superceding it.  Changes in ages are major breakpoints for the world.  It will be interesting to see how the shift in the character of the ages manifests.

This expression is the record of a stream of consciousness.  As such, it captures snapshots of consciousness in action in ways that few other records do.  This is not about consciousness trying to do something.  Rather, it is about a consciousness coming to grips with whom that it is and the reality that it experiences.

What is to be cannot and will not be rushed.  Its timing is set by spirit herself.

For the most part, this expression is an island unto its own ... the island that is beyond imagination.  That seems appropriate somehow.  This is not the stuff of bestsellers.  This is not meant to hold the attention of the masses.  Then, what is it meant to do?  It is meant to show what one consciousness connected to source can do.  It is meant to provide an example of what can be expressed when we allow spirit room to express in our lives.

What we need is a new and better consensus world,  a world that supports us as the individuals that we are while facilitating cooperative interdependent relationships.  It is through such relationships that we enable spirit to more fully express in flesh.  There is only so much that can be done through individuals acting alone.  It is time to start realizing how much more can be done when we cooperate.

I am still amazed that this expression can occur in this manner at all.  The words just continue to flow forth.  Nothing in my training prepared me for this.  Yes, I had read channeled material for many years ... but I don't experience this as channeled.  It comes from an other than conscious part of myself, but the sense is that whatever it is, is still a part of me somehow.  It is not distinct and separate.  It has no other name, as an entity might.  Though, I do refer to it as coming from source ... a feminine energy to which I am connected.  This has been true for nearly a decade.

I would be happy to engage in this expression on a full time basis.  I can't imagine a better job than that, being free to express and do whatever I am moved to do to get the message out to whom it is intended.  This needs to evolve to the practical tasks of building the foundations through which spirit can more fully express in flesh.  How do I get the society in which I live to manifest the to each part of this contract.  In many ways, I am already getting what I need.  I have been for all of my life.  But, here we are talking about more.  We are talking about abundance of a whole new order made available to far more of the individuals in society.  It all starts with giving.  To receive, we must give of ourselves in such a way as to create abundance.  Further, we must give unconditionally ... without consideration of return.  When we get something for what we give, the transaction is complete, the debt is paid.  When we simply give, especially of whom that we are, we invoke spiritual law which assures that whatever we give will return unto us manifold.  However, it will return per spirits timing in accord with what we need.

Am I employed in a manner that allows me to serve others optimally?  The immediate answer is no.  The reason being that I do not feel that the work that I do has a net beneficial impact.  It is not of a nature to have the world import that I know that I came to have.  So, how do I change this.  Awareness, allowance, acceptance come to mind.  The first step is easy, I am aware that I am operating at far less than peak efficiency and effectiveness much of the time.  Allowance is a different matter.  How do I allow new circumstances in to change this?  The desire for change is a start.  But, it seems that action is in order as well.  Finally, acceptance is an acknowledgement that the desired changes are OK, and that I am worthy of receiving them.  Worthiness is a big deal.  Unless we feel worthy of something, there is no way to attract it into our reality.  It is that simple.  Perhaps that is the place to start.  What am I worthy of?  What level of abundance am I comfortable with?  What level of abundance do I deserve?  Here we speak of abundance on physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual levels.  All are important, some more than others depending on our unique predispositions.

I can only speak for myself.  My knowledge of others and what they experience is sketchy at best.  Nor does it interest me very much.  My nature is that of an explorer and wayshower.  In particular, an explorer of consciousness.  This indeed is one frontier that is wide open.  Further, its depths are so great that we may never be able to fathom them.  This makes for a fascinating life.

Spirit plays an active role in my life.  She is ever expressing through me, not by force but by my allowance and active participation.  I would do as she moves me to do.  I would be what she moves me to be.

All of my life, I have had this innate ability to know what was true and right for me.  This is a very special gift ... one that forced me to look inward for the answers that I needed to find.

There is much to do in the world.  There are a myriad of jobs requiring a corresponding myriad of abilities.  It is for us to find the jobs that are right for us.  These would be the jobs that fully employ what we do best.  Typically, this will allow us to do those things that we love to do.  Something special, something magical happens when love enters the picture.

Imagine what the world would be like if everyone were doing the things they love to do.  What a difference this would make.  Though, caution is in order.  We must ensure that society is served by what we do in some way.  That is the challenge ... to do what we love to do in a manner that serves, in a manner that makes a difference to society and to the world.  There is always a way.  It is simply a matter of being open and finding it.

How do we create the infrastructure that facilitates people being the best that they can be?  It seems that the place to start is with the children.  Those being born at this time and throughout the past several decades are meant to live in Aquarian times.  They are predisposed to this.  In fact, they chose this time because of the characteristics of the age.  As such, they have something to contribute ... they have a statement to make with their lives.  And, it will be a different statement than what has come forth before.  For one thing, increased cooperation is needed.  This, along with a realization that we are all intricately interconnected in a web of life.  What we do to any part of the web comes back to us, one way or another.  It is time we were more careful about how we impact the web ... or, we just may not like the consequences.

The future looks bright, glorious beyond imagination ... but only if we do our parts to manifest it.  This means taking responsibility ... not only for ourselves, but for our society and our world.  This may not come easy for many.  But, it is the only way.  We must recognize our collective responsibility, and our collective ability to bear that responsibility.  We must think in terms of how what we do affects WE, in addition to affecting me.  This doesn't mean that we shouldn't look after our own welfare.  It just means we should consider how our choices affect the society at large and the world as well.  The greatest good for all should be our motto.  This does not occur when we pursue our needs selfishly.

How do we better engage the talents and abilities of each of us?  How do we collectively band together to create a better world?  For, it seems that this is not something that will just happen ... it seems that it is up to us to do something to make it happen.  To create a better world, we must desire a better world and then imagine what could be.  Out of this imagining will come the directives to action that enable what we imagine to be created first conceptually, and then physically.

Note that it takes the visionaries among us to do their job to dream of what could be so that we have a blueprint by which to build the foundations.  Yes, I consider myself to be among these visionaries.  But, for me, this occurs in words and concepts rather than in pictures.  I would paint the blank canvas with words ... trusting that the expression will ultimately reach those who are meant to be served by it.

Spirit's agenda cannot be forced.  It is a matter of simply allowing it to flow forth and manifest.  That doesn't mean that we don't have our parts to play.  It simply means that we should not struggle so much in playing our roles.  So, what do we do to facilitate this expression?  We stay open and allow it to do as it will.  Further, we do as we are moved to do, when we are moved to do it.  I cannot emphasize this enough.  We need to find a way to recognize when spirit moves us, and then we need to choose to do as she so moves.  This is always in the best interest of all concerned ... even though it may not seem that way at the time it occurs.

 I still spend the vast majority of my time alone, both during the week and on weekends.  Why should that be?  What do I fear about interacting with others?  Or, why do I value my solitude so highly that it has effectively become a prison?  That is an interesting way of looking at it, but it seems, an accurate one.  Will it always be thus?  Is this part of what it takes to be able to see the world as I do ... and to express what I see as I do?

My work will ultimately require the establishment of cooperative interdependent endeavors with others.  These come from close relationships ... far closer than I have experienced to date with the exception of with spirit herself and with myself.

The plan of consciousness is unfolding in our lives.  It impacts every one of us in whatever way is right for us.  What makes me believe this?  The very fact that life must have purpose.  There is more to our life than the struggle for existence ... though many seem to expend a great deal of their time and effort in this endeavor.  We are spiritual beings at our core, having a physical experience.  It matters not how many times this is refuted by science.  We need no proof that we are spirit enfleshed, that is simply fact ... not subject to any argument.  That is how life works.  It is spirit that animates us, that gives us life far beyond the breath ... that gives us soul.  And ultimately, it is this soul that makes us whom that we are.

It helps if we take actions to get acquainted with this intimate part of us (soul).  Though, it seems some never do.  In fact, some spend their whole lives denying its existence.  That doesn't change its nature one iota.  It will return, time after time, into incarnation until the self learns what it needs to learn, and more importantly, does what it needs to do.

That is what life is all about ... learning whom that we are and expressing that as much as we can in the way that we live.  We are meant to do grand things.  We are masters all, at least in some area of endeavor.  It is for us to find what we are great at and do that, in particular, in a manner that serves others.

We are meant to be of service ... to ourselves, to our families, to our friends, to our society, and to our world.

How does one live ones life amidst all the uncertainty?  It seems that this is just the way life is.  It is for us to become comfortable with the uncertainty ... and with the fact that there may even be things that are unknowable.

We are living in a new and better world in a brand new age.  It is for us to take hold and do with that what we will to manifest as we desire.  For indeed, as we desire, so shall it be ... so long as we desire in the right way for the right reasons.  It helps greatly if this includes consideration of the needs of others.  This is natural to do, despite what many might think.

Is it not our job to make a statement of our lives via determined effort on our parts?  Yes, that is true.  But at this time, my determined effort is applied here ... not necessarily to meet any desires of my own, but rather to serve in the best manner that I know how.  Serve whom?  Now that is an interesting question.  My only response is that I serve spirit herself, and by doing so hopefully serve the world as well.  That may or may not be, yet anyway.  However, I have no way of knowing how these works will stand the test of time.  Nor, does it really matter.

There is something about experiencing the expression that is doing something to me, that is changing whom that I know myself to be, that is awakening my consciousness in ways that I did not know were even possible.  This alone is worthy of the time and effort expended.

This is one of my prime pleasures in life.  That consciousness would choose me for this role ... or that I would volunteer and come into this existence precisely for this is fascinating to me.

I still have no way to explain how this expression actually happens.  I simply accept that it does, and that I can trust the inner source to continue to reveal to me what needs to be expressed in each moment.  The expression needs no purpose.  It is not written for anyone in particular, except perhaps for me.  There is no audience of whom I am aware, either intended or actual.  Yet, here I am engaged with consciousness allowing this stream of words to flow forth.  In doing so, the words become real, they are physically manifest, not only in my mind, but electronically as symbols and files in a computer, and as web pages that are posted to where any with a computer and WWW access may reach them.

If we continue making the same old choices, we will continue to get the same results.  If we want a different outcome we need to have the courage to try something new ... and keep trying and evaluating until we find what works for us.

But what do we do about more general feelings of dissatisfaction, where nothing specific seems to be the cause?  We need to use the dissatisfaction to drive us to find choices that alleviate it.  This is a general presciption for change ... use whatever states or feelings that we have to propel us into new endeavors.  The bottom line is to not accept the status quo and do whatever we are moved to do to change it.

Perhaps if you swim in this stream of consciousness for awhile you will be taken to places and states of mind that empower you and that enable you to serve in ways that have escaped you to date.  Whether it actually does this is for you alone to know.

This expression allows me to touch the mysterious, the magical realm of consciousness in a very direct way ... and further, to do this on a regular basis.  What is expressed is beyond what I consciously know.  And, how it is created is well beyond anything that I fathom.  The flow of consciousness is there.  I didn't create the flow, I simply tap into it and express in words what I can from the experience.

I came as an explorer and a wayshower.  It is not for me to walk in anyones shadows.  I would step out on my own path or I would not venture forth at all.  Strong words.  Words that say a lot about whom that I am as an individual.  Yet, somehow, they are words that are right for me.  I know, I feel the truth deep inside of me.  So, how an I to carry out my mission?  How am I to build the foundations for a new world?  This is a huge task ... clearly one that requires many working together to accomplish.  Yet, how do I, as the hermit, fit into the larger scheme of things.  What is mine to do?  What relationships do I need to establish with others?  How am I to find the audience with whom I am to communicate?

It is enough to live my life in each moment.  Some people plan out their lives and live by clocks and schedules.  That has not been my way, to date anyway.  Yes, I tolerate some of this, living and working in the world.  But, I try to minimize how much of this I experience in my reality ... especially when I am on my own time.

Many seeing how I live my life would probably conclude that I am clearly not of this world.  Perhaps they do not know how right they are.  This place, this Earth, does not seem to be home to me.  It's natural beauty is breathtaking ... but my realm, my home, lies elsewhere.  I am a man on a mission here.  No more and no less.  That does not mean that I cannot take time to enjoy the journey.  After all, that is what life is all about.  We are meant to find the path that is right for us, and then enjoy the journey, wherever it may take us.  It is always possible to do this.  Though we might have to seek for awhile to find the way.

Why me?  Simply because this is the role that I came to play.  When I am engaged in this expression, I am excited and happy.  I know that this is why I am here.  I know that this is what I am meant to do.  It doesn't matter what becomes of it.  What matters is that the expression is made manifest and that I give it the best that I have, the best that I AM.  There is to be no holding back here.  It is not for me to censor what is expressed.  It is not for me to limit the expression in any way.  It is to be disseminated widely to any who care to find it.  Because it comes from spirit, it will indeed reach its intended audience.  Perhaps, it already has.  Perhaps, I was the intended audience.  I have to allow for that.  Though, that would seem to be an incredible waste of a whole lot of words.

There is only so much that I can do with all of this.  Ultimately, we need to build the foundations for a new world.  Those foundations will be built on the ideals, the dreams, the works, and the words of all those who have come to participate in this grand endeavor.  A new age has come.  A new age has come, indeed.  It is for the wayshowers among us to demonstrate what works and what can be in this new age.

I continue to express in whatever manner consciousness chooses to express through me.  I have no clue as to what is coming next.  Yet, something comes forth nearly every day ... at least since the beginning of the year.  Yes, this has been a special year, one in which the expression stepped up by several levels.  Yes, this consumes a lot of my free time.  However, I can think of no more worthy way to expend my time.  There is something addicting about working with consciousness in this manner.  There are no books and no directions.  More often than not, there are no trails that I follow.  Here is where I touch the unknown.  Here is where the unmanifest becomes manifest ... at least in terms of a stream of consciousness expressed in words.

So, what is it that I am missing?  It is as if it is right there, right before my eyes, but I am not seeing it.  Step back and see things from a higher perspective.  The individual musings for the year are the trees.  The sum of the musings for 2002 are the forest.  Take some time to really see the forest.  What happened this year?  How did that prepare you for what lies ahead in the coming year?  You are indeed ready to build and ready to teach.  You know that.  In fact, you've know that for some time.  So, what does it take to do it?  Simply imagine what is required, and be that.  You will be moved to do exactly what needs to be done.

Clearly, I am more than I have ever been ... primarily as a result of this expression.  Now, what would I do with that.  How would I express more of whom that I AM?

There is still a sense that I am missing something.  Curious, the 44 card in the Tarot is the meditating youth with three full cups unaware of a fourth being offered by the Hand of God.  That is where I stand right now, at 44 years old, unaware of something that spirit is offering to me.  Perhaps I need to wait for my 45th birthday to see the light.  Though, it seems there is something more to it than that.  There is something that I am meant to realize ... to actualize ... to manifest this year.  I've expressed a lot already.  But it seems one final burst is in order.

Here, I use my abilities in ways that I cannot do elsewhere.  Here, I engage whom that I AM with the unknown realms of consciousness and bring back and share of what I find.  I consider this to be by far the most important thing that I do in my life.  It is enough to take priority.  It is enough to bring me here, day after day ... for untold hours of time.  Why is it so important?  Good question.  I don't really know the answer.  I simply know that this is what I am meant to be doing ... in a very real way, this is why I am here.  Much of my life, I tolerate and accept as the overhead associated with existence.  However, this expression is not like that at all.  Here, I am engaged in something far greater and grander than me.  Here, I am playing the role that I am meant to play.  This is where my destiny unfolds.  Here is where my attention is fixated.  Here is where I am free to be whom that I AM, and to express that to the degree that I am able.  Here is where my heart and spirit soar!

This expression is one of my means for discovering what is within.  That is the source of this stream of consciousness.  Though, I am not aware of how the source within receives this stream from the ONE consciousness.  That is one thing that has remained a mystery.

It is curious that my path is such an individual one, while my strongest desire is to create community, greater and grander than has ever been expressed before.  Yes, I recognize the dichotomy.  However, it is not something that I can resolve ... it is something that I must live with, and do what I must do anyway.  So long as we live within the realm of duality, there will be contradictions that we must live with.  Such is life.  However, we don't have to focus on them.  And, further, we don't want them to keep us from living and from taken action in accord with our beliefs.

We have the power to create a world grander than any we can even imagine.  But, do we have the courage to trust ourselves and to trust spirit enough to actually do it?  My sense is yes, because such is ultimately the spiritual destiny that is unfolding.  But, we have to take responsibility and do our parts.

Each day the expression is fresh and new.  Each day I enter the stream of consciousness at a new place ... one that is different than I have ever experienced before.  Yet, the process remains the same.  Only the content changes.  But, here, the content is everything.  How is it that all of this can happen as it does?  Do others experience consciousness in this manner?

One of the things that I've had to learn is to have patience.  That, and to take baby steps at times ... trusting that spirits timing is right and will be revealed in time.

Spirits plan for the evolution of consciousness and its expression will be unveiled one step at a time as the world is ready for it to manifest.

As individuals, we each have our parts to play in the plan that is unfolding.  It is up to us to find out what that is and then to do it to the best of our abilities.

We live in a magical place ... one where cause and effect have a place, but also where there is an equally important unseen which has an important role.  Yes, by now you can tell that my world is animated by spirit.  We are all spirit expressing in flesh.  As such, we are all spirit first, and expressing in flesh second.  It is important to keep this in mind and to pay at least a modest amount of attention to the fact that we are indeed spirit.

I invest my time and effort as I do because I believe this communication to be worth it, and because I believe that at some level this is part of the work that I agreed to do when I chose to come here.  Yes, chose to come.  This is not a mandatory incarnation for me, it is a voluntary one.  I would not have come except to play an important role for the unfoldment of plan of spirit.  In particular, I came to help Build the Foundations for a New World.  Yes, that is a lofty task.  Yet, every fiber within me tells me that this is indeed my task.  Further, it is only my task to some degree.  It is really the task that spirit would do through me.

There is something about this space that is special.  There is something about operating beyond the fringes of what most take to be the norm.  Here, we find that consciousness has such variety and a wealth of wisdom that is ready for expression if only we will allow ourself to tap into this source.

If I want my world to change, then I must change.  I must do things differently.  Some of these things may involve taking risks.  But, for nearly every reward there are risks involved.  The rewards of spirit are far grander than any earthly rewards ... making them worth any risks that we could encounter.  Though, there is nothing wrong with earthly rewards as well.  Abundance is our birthright.  But, it only comes when we are living up to our potential and doing what we are meant to do.

There is a sense that I have not yet found my rightful place in the world.  What I love to do and what I do for a living are not in synchrony yet.  Yes, they coexist.  And yes, there is some bleedthrough from each realm to the other.  However, the two realms are not one and the same.  It seems that they should be.  Perhaps in a perfect world, you may say.  But, what is to prevent us from creating our reality as if we did indeed live in a perfect world?  After all, the world is what we make of it ... both individually and en masse.

My forte is in bringing forth new expression, in making the unmanifest, manifest if only in words.  Words and the thoughts they convey have great power.

We set our priorities, and then we apply our time, our attention, and our resources per those priorities.  Spiritual expression is at the top of my list by far.  Capturing this stream of consciousness is very important to me.  That should be obvious by now from the myriad of works that have come through me over the past decade.

Here I do not make any arguments.  There is no case that I present.  There is nothing that I am attempting to get you to believe or to do ... other than to become more aware of whom that you are and to express that in all that you do.

I believe that I walk my talk pretty faithfully.  But then, I can be blind to where I am not living up to my potential just as anyone can.  It is curious that I continue to walk this path alone.  Then again, with spirit always at my side, I am never really alone.  Actually, it is not so curious.  For most of my life, I haven't really invited others in ... not deeply anyway.

There is something about consciousness that is mysterious and unfathomable.

That we can effectively turn off a part of our consciousness each night and awaken again the next morning is miraculous.  Yet, how many think of it in this manner?  The very process of thought is magical as well.  Where do thoughts come from?  Where do they go?  These are not easy questions to answer.  Philosophers have been attempting to answer them for many centuries, if not millenia.  Consciousness is even more evasive than thought.  Awareness seems to be a collective phenomena of life ... all life, and perhaps all matter for that matter.

There is a sense that each awakening process allows me to experience more of whom that I am and discover more of what I already know.  The process is one of remembering ... re-membering, putting all the members back together again.

Ye shall know them by their works.  This implies that we must generate works to be known.  At this point in my life, this expression is my chief work.  It is the one thing that I am most proud of.  It is the one thing that I have engaged in that seems like it will live on long after my work on the planet is done.

This expression provides a record of where one consciousness has ventured.  As such, it is meant to show others realms that they did not know even existed ... just as the descriptions of explorers did for the unknown territories and wildernesses of the country, and the planet.  Here, you can follow in my mindsteps ... experiencing this communication just as it came forth, just as I experienced it.

I have no basis to know what reading this expression does to others.  It literally blows me away when I read it and think of how all of this has come forth through me.  This expression forces me to extend the limits of what I know to be self and reality to account for this experience.  This is my reality.  It doesn't matter whether others experience it.  It is sufficient that I experience it.

I very much live in Wayne's World.  Perhaps I always will.  Though, I am at least attempting to try to share that world.  And, there is a sense that I will succeed ... primarily because the time is right.  I seem to have gone about as far as I can on my own (that is, with spirits loving guidance).  My path seems destined to cross the paths of others in whole new ways now.  What this will bring, I can only imagine ... but the sense is that it will be far beyond anything that I can imagine.  This expression is called Beyond Imagination for a reason.  It is a constant reminder that there is an unknown out there beyond anything that we might ever dream.  Spirit herself lives in that unknown.  We can learn to touch the unknown and express what it has to offer through us, but we cannot contain it or fathom its depths.

I stand at a crossroads, at a threshold to a new life.  More than at any time before, I am in a position to design my life as I would have it be.  That is an awesome power.  Yet, with it comes an awesome responsibility.  I came to serve society in a big way.  I know that.  The question is how do I create the infrastructure around me that permits me to do this effectively.

We are powerful creators, we truly are.  It is time for us to know this.  It is time for us to realize our true nature.  In doing so, we allow spirit a more active role in our lives.  We allow ourselves to be the best that we can be.  We become aware of our mission and our destiny and begin to play the role that we came to play.  Exactly what this role is matters not.  It will be different for each of us.  What does matter is that we give it our all, that we play the role to the best of our abilities.

The days of 2002 are rapidly drawing to a close.  It will be interesting to see what the new year brings.  This will definitely be hard to top in terms of quantity of musings, quantity of words expressed, and quality of expression.  Yet, I know this is only a sample of what I can do ... of what spirit can bring forth through me.  Clearly I was more in tune with source this year than at any time before.  But, it does not seem to be because of anything that I did.  The vibrations were right for the floodgates to open.  And I simply went along for the ride, doing what I was moved to do ... which was to spend countless hours tied to this keyboard and screen.  That is OK.  I loved every minute of it.  I would not choose to spend my time in any other way.

My consciousness has soared often in the past decade, but it was always with spirit generating the wind beneath my wings.  It was as if I had training wheels of a sort ... and the time has come to remove the aids and soar of my own accord to whatever heights my abilities can take me.  No, that does not mean divorcing myself from spirit.  Rather, it is a kind of graduation and an assumption of the spiritual work that is mine to do.  I am responsible to something that goes beyond any institution that mankind has yet created.  And, I will honor these responsibilities.  To do otherwise would be to waste this precious gift, this life, that was given unto me.  I did not create this life.  I entered into it ... fully aware at some level of what I was doing.  That does not mean I am fully aware consciously yet.  Though, I sense that I am far more aware than most.  Yes, that distinguishes me ... but I am an ancient soul, so this is to be expected.

We don't expect 6th graders to do calculus.  Each person does what they can given whom that they are and where they are in the overall scheme of things.

I have read many books over the past 28 years, primarily in metaphysics.  And, in all that time, I have never encountered anything similar to what is expressed here.  That doesn't mean that such expression does not exist.  I simply have not come across it.  I read these words as they are generated, and then again and again when I want to remember what came forth.  They always come across as fresh and new.  There is something about stream of consciousness writing that is different, that is addicting.  It activates something in the mind.

The very fact that all of this could come forth through me blows me away.  As little as a decade ago, I would have not believed this was possible ... definitely not for me anyway.  Yet, on that fateful day on 5 Mar 93, the writings began.  And, while they have been slow and even absent for extended periods, the bottom line is that nearly 4000 pages have been expressed since then ... fully a third of which have come forth in 2002.  That is quite an accomplishment, one that I am definitely proud of.  But, I am only an active participant in this expression.  The source comes from within at a place where I am able to tap something that translates into this stream of consciousness.  Without that unknown source, none of this would exist.

Manifesting 4000 pages might be a lifetime of endeavor for some.  But, for me, the sense is that this has been a training ground ... someplace for me to cut the teeth of my consciousness.

We are all symbolic processing machines.  This is what our minds do with the information presented to them.  Actually, it is not clear that it is really information until we apply meaning to it.

We grow in awareness by coming to know ourselves.  That is the key that unlocks the secrets of the workings of consciousness through us.  This requires that we accept that there is much that we do not know, and make the pursuit of self-knowledge an important activity in our lives.  The mainstream education system, as far as I can tell, doesn't really teach this.  Yet, sure enough, when we desire and need to know something, we will find the experiences necessary to teach us what we need to know will be attracted into our reality.  They will appear because they have been summoned from on high, by our very souls.

We know far more than we can ever imagine.  Life is a process of relearning what we need to know so that we can carry out our obligations and do what we came to do.

There is a sense that it is time for radical change once again ... for a major discontinuity in my life.  At this point, I'm sure it will happen, I just await when.  The time seems close at hand somehow.  It is time to jump from the cliff again and soar.  To where remains to be seen.  But, I anxiously await whatever is to come.  There is a sense that it is time to open and share of myself more than I have ever done before.  This requires courage, and the overcoming of some deep-seated fear involving interacting with others that has been there since my childhood, and possibly before.

Here, I share, but in a manner that is not really interactive.  There is virtually no feedback.  From one perspective, that is good, because it frees me to share in a matter that is open.  However, the lack of feedback doesn't allow me to know how others are being impacted by what is expressed.  This, in turn, doesn't allow the communication to be fine-tuned to better apply to the recipients.  That is OK.  The expression is what it is.  There is no second guessing what might come through if.

I am amused and surprised by what is able to be expressed ... especially since on nearly all other accounts, I am a very private person.  But this, somehow is beyond me.  As such, it belongs to the world.  But, is it worth the time to read it?  That, you'll have to judge for yourself.  I can only say that for me, without any doubt, this is the most important communication to enter my awareness.  It has been since it began nearly a decade ago.  Somehow, something clicked, and I became a metaphysical information generator.

For one thing, it becomes very important to give ... especially to give of whom that we are in service in some way.  Sharing of this communication is my present way of meeting this urging from within.  Whether that truly serves others only time will tell.  Further, I may never know.  It may be my lot to serve without seeing the ultimate effect of that service.  I can live with that.  It is enough that I know the importance of what is being expressed.  How this impacts others is beside the point.  I am different as a result of this expression.  I am more aware and less afraid.  No, I haven't eliminated all of the fear.  But, it seems far more manageable now.  I am willing to go out on a limb to express more and share more with more people.  Where that will lead, only consciousness knows.  It is enough that I continue to do as she moves me to do.

I just started reading the latest book by Neale Donald Walsch.  If you haven't read his Conversations with God books, I would suggest that is the place to start.  His latest book clearly states that the problems that we currently face are spiritual ones ... and no amount of effort on physical, economic, and political levels is going to solve these problems.  The most that they can do is to treat some of the symptoms.

He doesn't stop there, the book is A New Revelation regarding what we can do to change our beliefs to more empowering ones especially in the spiritual domain.  Change the beliefs and we change the behavior.  Too much wasted effort has already been expended trying to change and control behavior without working on beliefs.  If the book is correct, the required changes to beliefs need to be chosen within years, not decades ... so, we are living in some very exciting times.

As to what you can do personally ...

(1)  Continue the effort to know thyself.  Awareness is the key to everything.
(2)  Develop your intuition and learn to trust what it tells you.
(3)  Demonstrate that trust be acting in accord with what it tells you.
(4)  At some level, you know exactly what you can to do ... and you will gravitate to it naturally if you allow yourself to do so.
(5)  Be careful not to force your way on the world.  Most people don't take kindly to preaching.
(6)  Continue to demonstrate by example and walk your talk.
(7)  Be wary of judging others.  Until you walk in their shoes, you have no basis for judgement.  Most people don't lead "trivial" lives.  Then again, few people seem to live extraordinary lives.
(8)  Be sympathetic of others.  People are doing the best they can with what they know and whom that they have realized that they are.  That doesn't mean getting dragged into their problems.
(9)  Do what you are moved to do, when you are moved to do it, and not until spirit moves you.

Interesting, that is how I try to live my life.  Though, lately, I have been moved to introduce others to this aspect of my reality.  I have no clue as to whether they will understand it, or how they will react for that matter.  What is important is that I took the step away from my center to share in a new way.  That is how we change the world ... we share beliefs and the basis for those beliefs.  The hope is that the sharing will trigger something in those with whom the beliefs are shared.  In particular, the hope is that a new level of awareness will be reached.  However, often, we do this in the blind ... not knowing whom we reach nor how we impact them.

Knowing and doing are two different things.  We have to follow up our knowingness with action.  That is the ultimate test of whether we truly believe something.  Are we willing to take action in accord with what we say that we believe?

This expression continues to be my way of sharing whom that I am with the world.  It feels right to be sharing in this manner.  At the same time, there is still a sense that something is missing.  It is as if I am hiding something from myself in some way.  There is something that I know, that I don't fully want to admit to yet.

What is important is for me to be whom that I AM.  By doing that, here and now, I will naturally evolve to what I need to be ... and thus will be ready for whatever spirit places on my plate.  To date, she has always prepared me for what I would experience, enough to get through it and learn from it anyway.  Yes, twice I have needed help to readjust my reality to something that was acceptable to the consensus world.  But even then, I operate as a maverick ... believing and experiencing reality in ways that are my own.  It is not for me to be like others ... though I still desire to be liked by some others.  For much of my life it is enough that I like myself.  This is the hermit nature expressing.  But even there, I wouldn't work solely in isolation.  It is important that I come down from the mountains and share of what I have found with others.  The million dollar question is how do I do this.

This is how we keep knowledge alive.  We share it with others, so that it is always in living minds.  I hope that these words convey sufficient information to generate meaning within you that is somewhat the same as what it is in my mind.  And, hopefully, this faithfully expresses what spirit would have me express.  I have to believe that it does.  I have to believe that all of this effort is expended for a purpose, hence is not in vain.  Though, I already know there is at least one who benefits greatly from all of this, namely me.  Yet, that does not seem to be enough.  There is a strong longing to find and work with others of like mind, kindred spirits.  I know that they are out there.  Further, it seems that if I am being moved to connect, they probably are as well.  There is a sense that I have a spiritual family that is largely unknown to me.  There have only been a handful of people with whom I have really connected in my entire life of over 44 years to date.  There are none close enough that I would call friends.  But then, I have a pretty high standard in that area.

I don't really need to know things in advance.  I would just forget them anyway.  That is, unless I wrote them down, and even then I'd have to be able to find them to rediscover what came forth.  Interesting.  But, I do live my life very much in the moment.

It is curious that this expression would come forth as a stream of consciousness.  I am not a talker, or a speaker.  I have little to say to anyone.  Yet here, in the course of a decade, we have in excess of one million words.  Consciousness is definitely prolific!

Time is a precious resource.  We are each alloted a finite amount with which to live our lives.  How we spend this time is a choice that we make.  Yes, the necessities of living force us to exchange some of this time to do the labors defined by others.  But even then, how we choose to apply our labors and how we choose to feel about our jobs are up to us.  We can see our jobs as prisons or we can see them as playgrounds that provide us grand opportunities to learn and to grow.  What we make of our lives is literally up to us.

We have free will ... regardless of how enchained and enslaved we seem to be.  At any time we can regain our sacred freedom.  But, that is the key, it is sacred freedom we are looking for.  This deals with the spiritual inside of us.

So long as we look to the world for validation, we remain stuck within the chains imposed by others.  It is only by going within that we ultimately find ourself.  Once we have found it, we are free to express in the world.  At least, as free as we will allow ourselves to be.

Just think of the grand things that could be created with a society that was fully aware and awake.  The difference would literally be as night and day.  The light of spirit will have illuminated the darkness and caused it to flee.  There can only be shadows where there is a sufficient lack of light.  Where spirit shines brightly, there is no lack of light.

We have held erroneous views about God for over two millenia.  It is time to right the situation and change what we believe.  This means changing what religions teach which ultimately means changing what religions do and how they do it.  This is not such an easy task.  Most religions are very set in their ways and believe they have the answers that no other religion has.  That is a sure sign that something is wrong.  The day that we stop being open to new revelation from spirit is the day that we should die.  This applies to organizations as well as individuals.

Spirituality is a firsthand experience.  It is a means of confronting whom that we truly are.  I can't imagine needing anyone between me and source.  This is an inner connection that I have, that we all have.  We are all spiritual beings, first and foremost.  We are all spirit expressing in flesh.  It is high time that we realized this and behaved as if it were really so.  That does not have to be a difficult thing to do.  It is simply a matter of allowing whom that we are to come through.

Be open to light from whencesoever it may come.  Further, expect it to come into your life on a daily basis ... yes, each and every day.  Spirit is always there.  The spiritual is always present in our lives.  However, much of the time it is hidden, on the sidelines, operating in other than conscious ways.  The desire to make this more conscious is the starting point.  However, it will not happen unless we are open to it and choose for it to become more conscious.  This is the choice of becoming open to awakening.

Awareness is a very precious gift, one that needs to be cared for and nurtured.  Even before that, we need to prepare for it.  Here, I'm at a loss as to what to advise.  For me, the preparation was 20+ years of metaphysical study.  And, even then, the experience caught me with enough of a surprise to require professional help and a stay in the mental hospital.  I wouldn't wish that on anyone.  Though, it seems that as more and more people undergo the spiritual awakening experience, the collective expertise is such that we will see the equivalent of spiritual midwives come to the aid of those facing these experiences.

Find a need and fill it.  That is how the spiritual economy works.  Though it may take awhile for the services to develop to fill the need.  In fact, first we must recognize that there is a need to begin with.

You may not know where you are headed when you are confronted with a choice ... but it will be up to you to choose anyway.  Choose well, no regrets.  Yes, you will be asked to express your will in several areas of your life.  You will be asked what it is that you would create.  That is to be expected.  You have grown enough to demonstrate that you are a force for good in the world.  Continue to do as you are moved to do.  Allow your expression to expand in ways that go beyond anything that you have expressed before.  This is a year of major transformation for both you and the world.  Accept the changes gracefully.  We're sure that you will enjoy them and find them amusing.

We need to live congruent with what is expressed through us and be the wayshowers that we were meant to be.  This requires demonstrating what we know in our interactions with others.  This is not meant to be done by pushing our beliefs onto others, nor by preaching in any way; rather it is for us to offer another way ... another way of believing and another way of being.  It is by our examples and by our works that others know who we are and who we have become.

To change the world, we start in the only place that we truly have influence ... on ourselves.  When we change, all those whom we touch will reflect this change back to us.  They, in turn, having changed by the interaction will impact all those whom they touch and so on and so on.  In this manner, the world will change, one person at a time.  All that it takes is for people to have the courage to be authentic and to express to the highest ideal that they have of themselves.

When you trust the natural expression of life through you, your obligations will be obvious.  They are not something that you think about ... they are something you just do.  We are all ONE, in the only way that truly matters.  What befalls the individual befalls the collective.

All have their roles to play.  All are at different levels of awareness in the game that is life.  Because of this, their circumstances are different ... their challenges are different.  The goal is to allow each individual to be the best that they can be and to express that in their actions in the world.  However, being the best that we can be requires that we have a belief system that supports this.

Everything is animate.  Everything is in motion.  Everything is made of the same basic stuff.  There is no boundary to the self.  Its energy extends out indefinitely through time and interacts and intermingles with all the energy it touches.

All that I can do is what I am moved by spirit to do when I am moved to do it.  Yes, this requires having a strong faith in this thing that I call spirit.  Yet, if one is to believe in something, one could do far worse than set ones sights on the grandest expression in all existence ... the very thing that is all existence, and that moves all existence.  Yes, this is a faith in the unseen, however one only needs to visit Yosemite, the Grand Canyon, or Bryce Canyon among others to experience this grandeur.  And going within, one only has to read the passages that come forth when one is connected to source.  The greatest sculpture, the greatest art, the greatest architecture, the greatest music, the greatest literature, the greatest poetry, the greatest quotes ... all of these come from the grandest expression of spirit through humankind that the world has yet seen.

How does this expression rank in the grander scheme of things?  The bottom line is that it doesn't matter.  The expression is what it is.  It will serve whatever purpose it is meant to serve.

The expression is starting to take a radical turn however.  There is a sense that it is meant to be made more public.  That means finding ways to share what I know and why I know it with others.  The why is just as important as the what.  Further, it often involves intuition and senses beyond the standard five that most people limit themselves to.  I speak of an unseen, an unknown, and even an unknowable.  For many, these are scary concepts.  However, this expression deals with this directly.  It is the manifestation of an unknown and perhaps unknowable source ... except in terms of the works that she does.

I know that source exists because I experience this stream of consciousness expression.  This is not something to be questioned.  It is like asking me if I am alive.  Clearly I am, it is something obvious, one just knows.  Yet, source has not always been prolific in my life.  In fact, it was as if she were awakened that fateful day on 5 March 1993.  Oh, there were times when my intuition knew things, and times when it guided me to do things.  However, until that day, it did not really speak through me.  All of a sudden, it was not my thoughts coming forth, it was something greater than anything that I knew myself to be.  Now, we speak as one.  Source is me, and I am source.  Yet, I am still limited by my concepts of self, where source knows no such limitation except as I experience it.

Consciousness could indeed be expressing in this manner solely for me to see and experience.  Yet, there is something inside of me that says no ... that says that what comes forth is to be shared and shared freely.  It is not mine to hoard.  And, it is of a nature that is worthy of being shared.  That doesn't mean I have an open license to push it onto others.  However, it does mean that I am free to express in a manner consistent with what has come forth and that I am to share with any who inquire.

When you interact with me, you interact with my belief system ... in particular, you interact with what I believe about consciousness and spirit expressing through me in my world.  This is true for everyone, though many may not be aware of what they believe.

Note, I said "my world".  This is to emphasize that there is not a world that is the same for all.  My world is the one that I choose to create.  I invite you to visit, and to interact as you will.  The way in which I choose to believe and choose to live is a way.  It is clearly not the only way.  Adapt whatsoever parts of it as you will.  However, in doing so, use utility as your criteria for accepting or rejecting these parts.  If you like what they produce, by all means use them.  Feel free to adapt them and make them your own.

One of my jobs is to be a wayshower.  As such, my task is to explore the unknown realm of consciousness and bring back something of what I find that I may light the way for others to follow.  I don't ask for anyone to follow me.  While I consider myself a leader, it is more in terms of one who leads the way.  I guess that means that others might be in a position to follow where I have gone.  Hmm ...  My preference is to lead by example, to do things that others do not seem to be doing in ways that others do not seem to be using.

Consciousness plays a major role in my life.  She guides me, she moves me, she even expresses through me.  Those things that are most precious in my reality are the things that she has put there.  This expression is one of those things.

There is a spiritual hierarchy to which we belong, and to which we are indebted.  It matters not whether we are aware of this hierarchy.  It is there nonetheless.  Each of us have our roles to play.  Each of us is learning and working our way up the hierarchy.  At some point, we will all graduate and be lifted to another level of awareness.

It is time for us to decide what kind of world we want ... to decide what kinds of behavior we will accept and will not accept.  It is our world.  If we want it to change, we have to change.  Change starts with belief systems and then flows naturally into behavior.  The beliefs that seem to be causing us the most difficulty at this time seem to be spiritual beliefs.

Who says that spiritual revelation stopped hundreds to thousands of years ago?  Spirit is just as actively expressing today as she has at any time.

Each of us is a concentrated point of awareness experiencing life in a fresh, new, and unique way.  There may be others with similar experiences, but the meaning that gets applied to the experience is ours to choose.

There is a sense that we are entering an era in which the things that have worked in the past will no longer work.  Things that we have counted on to serve us will no longer do so.  This requires being flexible and adaptable ... being open to exploring new modes of expression and finding out what works ... what serves us both as individuals and as a society.

Many fear what they don't know.  Yet, the unknown can be a source of great adventure and great excitement.  It helps if one has a deep and abiding faith in the beneficial nature of spirit and of life.  Of course, not everyone has this.

We are spiritual beings.  It is time that we realized the full measure of this and acted from the souls that we are, expressing spirit as fully as we can.

It is time for the rules by which society lives to change.  One important construct is a social contract.  Communism expresses it most simply and succinctly:

Just 14 words, stated as a conditional sum up what the individual owes to society and what the society owes back in return.  This is enlightened spiritual law.  No, the attempts to fulfill this contract have not succeeded to date.  But that does not mean the principle is wrong, only that the implementation was flawed.  We can fix the implementation.  It is a matter of believing in the true spiritual nature of all of us.  Many see human nature itself as too flawed for such a utopian ideal of community to ever work.  I say hogwash.  It is time to do what is necessary to demonstrate that not only can it work ... it can work beyond our wildest hopes and dreams.

We are all ONE!  There is only one consciousness, one spirit, one Goddess, one God, one All That Is ... or whatever other name you choose to call it.

Separation is not real ... it is illusion.  It is like the fingers of one hand believing they are separate from each other, or two hands, or two legs, or any body parts being separate from the body.  We are all cells of this ONE!  Yes, we are different points of view.  Yes, we have different abilities and perform different functions.  But, the separations are arbitrary.  We, humans, just happen to overemphasize them to the point of losing touch with how interconnected we all are, not only with one another ... but with all life, and all matter for that matter.

If we truly believed that we were one, we would not choose to do many of the things that we do to one another.  What we do to another, we ultimately do to ourselves.

Most people would agree with the fact that "I am".  This is obvious.  It requires no proof.  One just knows.  However, where we get into difficulty is when we add a third word and a question mark.  Who I am?  What I am?  How I am?  Why I am?  The questions we leave to our philosophers and our religions.  Yet, it is not clear that they have really served us in providing useful answers.

Some of us have ventured off to find answers of our own.  We are not content with what our society and our world has offered.  We know there are better answers.  We know there are better ways to believe and to live ... ways that result in a kind, peaceful, loving, and abundant world.  Further, we will not cease in our explorations and our efforts until we achieve the world that we so desire to create.

My control is over how I live my life.  This will impact the lives of those that I touch.  They, in turn will impact others.  Through this means the world is transformed.  It all starts with individuals choosing to change and choosing to be wayshowers to the others in their lives.  If we change but keep the change inside of us, hidden from others, we neglect doing our part.  It is time for us to be the change that we want to see in the world.  By our example, others will be motivated to follow suit.  We may not even see who is impacted from our demonstration.  That is OK.  It is enough that we be whom that we truly are, and express this as faithfully as we can in our world.

Be whom that you are!  A simple directive of five simple words.  Be all that you can be!  Another directive of six simple words.  Yet, abiding by these two directives seems to be one of the most difficult challenges that we face.

We have a right to demand conditions conducive to our highest expression as individuals and as a collective.  Further, we have the right to overthrow those institutions that don't serve us and institute new ones that do.  We start by overthrowing or adapting those beliefs that don't serve us and replacing them with new ones.  This is something that we can choose to do at any time.  It is a matter of examining what our beliefs are and determining what impact these are having on the reality that we experience.

If we are going to make progress, however, we have to accept the mantle of being the authority in our own life.  We have to be able to objectively look at our belief system and pull out the weeds, the beliefs that result in reality that we don't prefer.  It is not enough to pull the weeds.  We need to replace the beliefs that are removed with more empowering ones.  Use utility as the guide.  Empowering beliefs produce useful results in our lives and the lives or all those we touch.

At times, I feel as if I am a fish out of water.  My nature is out of sorts with the consensus world in which I live.  I do not believe as others do, I do not see as others do, I do not act as others do.  It is as if I am a stranger in a strange world.  I am here, but I am not of here.  I am here because there is a role that I came to play.  There is a mission that I came to perform.  It is OK to taste of the things of life ... but not to be overly concerned with them to the point of losing track of whom I am and why I am here.  I do not expect others to live in this manner.  They have their own agendas and missions.  However, I expect a lot of myself.

I expect a lot of myself.  I always have.  But, since this expression began, that has increased manyfold.  The sad part is that looking back over nearly a decade of expression, I'm not sure whom I've truly impacted other than me.  Perhaps that is enough.  Perhaps this is primarily a wake up call for me to prepare me for what is to come ... a time in which the expression will be much more public than it has been to date.  If such be the will of spirit, so be it.  It is not of my own that I do these things ... it is through her expressing through me.

Every aspect of our world, of our lives, is imbued with spirit ... and is created by spirit.  Everything.  Not one exception.  Spirit manifests it all, spirit is it all.  Further, there is only ONE spirit, though there are many souls that are aspects of that spirit experiencing life from their unique perspective.  Every perspective is valid.  Every perspective is important.

People are doing the best they can given their understanding and the circumstances that they have drawn unto themselves.  Things will change when beliefs change, when people have a new understanding of whom that they are and how spirit works.

The biggest promulgators of spiritual beliefs are the organized religions.  They set themselves up as the authorities in spiritual matters.  Their exclusionary frameworks ... my way is the only right way, have led to countless wars and acts of violence.  It is time we learn to practice tolerance.  Each way is just that, a way.  There are as many spiritual paths as there are people.  It is up to us to find (or to create) the way the is right for us.  And, once we do that, to be open to adapt that way in a moment should we find a way more suited to us.  Utility as always is the only measure in matters of beliefs.

I've wondered several times this year whether parts of this expression are worthy of formal publishing.  Would enough people by the material to justify the publishing cost?  Would any publisher even be interested?  What would I have to do to get the material ready for publishing?

 The material this year is packed full of quotable expressions.  However, it does not read as a normal book.  There is no organization that I am aware of.  It is simply a stream of consciousness expressing as it will.  This is enough to keep me captivated.  But, would it provide a good read for others?  How will I know if I don't give it a chance?

You said "simply a stream of consciousness expressing as it will".  That is correct.  And, it is indeed simple.  Yet the simplest of things can sometimes be very difficult, and even rare.  It is that special quality of the expression that will allow it to succeed where others have failed.  It speaks to the spirit within us, the ONE spirit that animates us all.  That makes the expression universal.  It engages our souls.  It shows us that there is more to life than reason would allow ... a whole world to be revealed through our intuition.

But what is a book without a purpose?  What is a book without a story?  What is a book without a message?  Is it not sufficient to show consciousness in expression in a way that is not shown elsewhere.  This is truly beyond imagination.  Most works are just that, works of the imagination.  Occasionally, we see works that go beyond that, works that come straight from the heart and soul ... the very works of spirit.  These are not to be taken lightly.  They assist individuals in going beyond themselves and finding the source of spirit within them.  It doesn't happen often, and generally only comes in brief glimpses, but we have to start somewhere.  What better place than here, what better time than now?

That old saying comes to mind ... today is the first day of the rest of your life.  There is a strong sense that my life can be anything that I choose now.  However, along with that comes a realization that there are only so many things that are right for me ... that are in line with accomplishing the mission that I came to accomplish, and playing out the role I came to play.  Then again, I may be overly limiting my options by too narrow of an understanding of my role.  The trick is to stay open to the admonitions of spirit, and to be willing to choose to do what she moves us to do.  This is always within our realm of choice.  Always!

I'm not a planner.  I don't set goals or envision ends that I want to achieve and then sit down and plan the series of steps necessary to achieve or reach them.  That is just not my way.  I have a strong general goal, to express spirit in flesh as fully as I can.  But, effectively I fly by the seat of my pants ... or rather on the wings of my intuition to get me there.  I trust that there is always room for one more step.  And, further, I trust that spirit will point me in the right direction when it is time to take that step.

This stream of consciousness is my masterpiece ... or, more correctly, spirits masterpiece expressed through me.  It is my legacy to the world, from this period in my life anyway.  The sense is that there will be much more to come in the years ahead.  The format may change.  The nature of the expression may change.  But, words are the domain in which I excel.  No, not the words of the poet ... or of the fiction writer.  I am not dreaming all of this up in my imagination.  It simply comes through, automatically if you will.  I don't know how else to describe it.  I step aside consciously and enter a space where these words can come forth.

This is just the proverbial tip of the iceberg.  Consciousness is that great, that deep, that all-encompassing that there is no end to her.  No matter how much is expressed, there is always more.  I haven't figured out how to turn this into my full time job, though that is indeed what I wish for now.  It will happen when it happens.  However, it will not happen until I've learned what I need to learn from my present job.

Yes, jobs are environments for learning, places where we expend our energies on pursuits that ultimately have results.  Hopefully, the results are worthy of the efforts being expended.  But, this is not always the case.  In fact, it seems that most often this is not the case.  But, the world goes on anyway, despite the inefficiencies and wasteful practices.

Here is a case where the rules are not the right rules for getting what we want out of the economic system.  What we want is an infrastructure for allowing people to exchange their best services for the goods and services that they need.  Until we believe that we can have it and we demand it and we do what it takes to create it ... it will remain an ideal, beyond our experience.

How do we build a world where every life is a masterpiece, where everyone is engaged in creative expression?  One, we have to know that it is possible.  Two, we have to expect it to manifest.  Three, we have to believe.  Four, we have to act as if it is already so.  When we do this, we will have created the very world we imagined.

Life simply unfolds as it will ... even as it must.  At times, it seems that I am just along for a ride.  I definitely do not feel as if I am consciously directing the show that is my life.  Yet, there are parts of it that I am aware of creating.  And further, I believe that at some level I am creating it all ... and hence, am responsible for everything that I experience.  In most areas, I am fairly abundant; so the status quo is OK.  However, in some areas I am not as satisfied.

There is a song that says something to the effect of happiness coming not from having the things you want but from wanting the things you have.  That is a very enlightened perspective to be coming from anyway ... especially from a young pop singer.

We have chosen to experience an incarnation at the turn of an Age.  It is one thing to experience the turning of a millennia.  However, the turning of an Age is far more special than that.  It involves the transformation of consciousness on a collective scale and the resulting transformation in how spirit is able to express in the world.  This is a big deal.  And, the dawning has been occuring for some time.  However, as Celine Dion's song so aptly said A New Day Has Come.  No, there was no fanfare.  Nor were there any sudden changes that came to pass.  Yet, there is a feeling that the long awaiting time has come.  We had a sample of the character of this age with the Flower Children of the 1960s.  Love, Peace, and a degree of individual freedom of expression that challenged the authority of the day.  That was only a taste of what is to come.  Here, we are talking of that being the "normal" mode of expression rather than the fringe ... some might even say lunatic fringe.  Yet, is it so wrong to believe that the world can be a better place, and that we have the power to make it so via our choices here and now?  That puts a lot of power in our hands.  But, that is where it should rightly be, in our hands ... not in the governments hands, nor in corporate hands ... in our hands, individually and collectively.

To solve problems we have to go to the cause, we have to get beyond the level in which the problem manifests.  Einstein said something like that.  The causes of problems, especially big problems, are nearly always spiritual.  Yet, there are never any problems beyond our ability to address.  We may not like the measures we have to take.  And, we may not like some of the short term side effects.  But, the long term survival of life as we know it is at stake.  The world will survive one way or another.  Evolution will continue.  However, what we call human civilization, may or may not continue depending on our choices.

We can create the world of our dreams or the world of our nightmares.  The choice is ours.  It always has been ... even when it seemed that it was not.  There is no one more powerful than us, especially if we act collectively.  There is no one more powerful that spirit.  We simply need to open the consciousness so that spirit can flow forth more easily in our lives.  We start by opening our own consciousness, igniting the spark of spirit within us.  Then we fan this spark into a flame, feeding it kindling, and the small pieces of wood, and finally large logs until it is an inferno.  Finally, we share this spark, and this flame with others.  At first we attract kindred spirits ... but eventually, we find that all souls are kindred spirits because there is only ONE spirit, and we all spring forth from that ONE.

You can only do so much.  Spirit working through you can do so much more.  Be ever watchful that you don't get in spirits way.  That is the key to effective exertion ... allow spirit to do the work.

I am richer in ways that I could never have imagined as a result of this expression.  I have a deep personal connection to spirit, expressed through my intuition.  I am aware in ways beyond my wildest imaginings of what was possible in existence.  However, all is not as bright and rosy as it might appear.  Relationships, especially deep ones are nearly absent from my life.

Why can we not see that all the violence in video games, movies, and TV begets violence in society?  It seems such a simple connection to make.  If we want a kinder, gentler, peaceful world ... we need to fix this, and fix it fast.  What about the right to freedom of expression?  The bottom line is that rights come with responsibilities.  And, it is time we held people accountable for what they believe ... and ultimately what they do.  That would require that people have some conscious idea of what they believe, and that they communicate it in some fashion to at least some part of society.  It seems that this violates the right to freedom of belief.  However, freedom of belief is only valid so long as the beliefs are such that you harm no one.  With every freedom, there is a limit ... an operating range in which it applies.  If we carry any freedom too far, ultimately people get hurt.

It is curious that the foundational document for this country is the Declaration of Independence.  Yet, this violates the precept that we discussed earlier ... we are all connected, we are all ONE!  Yet, is there anyone advocating that we need a Declaration of Interdependence?  And, not only for this country but for the world.  Isn't it obvious that what happens in any part of the world affects is all?  So, what are we going to do to deal with this great truth?

One of the tasks for America = "I AM race" is indeed to be the example and foundation for establishing a new world order.  However, it is not to be one based on what we have been ... rather it is to be based on the best that we can be.  There are many who are not convinced that the current order is not working.  They are blind to the many problems that exist in nearly every direction that you look.  And, these are not minor problems ... these are core problems, foundational problems.  They exist in education, government, defense, economy, religions, society ...  you name it, in virtually every aspect of life.  And, they are getting worse not better because we haven't yet realized that all problems are spiritual problems.

I am not aware of how the process works which brings forth these words.  I know that I somehow tap a source inside of me ... but I am not aware of that source being a part of me.  In fact, it is beyond what I know to be self.  Further, it has a knowingness that I do not yet possess.  That is OK.  I can accept the source of such wisdom and creativity being more than I know myself to be.  This doesn't mean that it is more than I AM, only that it is more than I presently know myself to be.  There is a lot that I don't know ... at least not consciously.  Though, I am ever seeking to learn more, especially of whom that I AM.

What I have discovered is that we are spiritual beings first and foremost, who happen to be having a physical experience.  The bodies that we occupy are the vessels for this experience.  They are not us, they are not our essence.  Our existence as souls transcends the lives of the bodies that we occupy.  Surely, this is a matter open for speculation ... a matter open for belief.  But is it?  Either it is the truth or it isn't.  Everything within me says that it is.  Hence, for me anyway, this has gone beyond being a matter of belief to being a matter of fact.  I accept that I am a spiritual being first and foremost, and that I am a soul, an individuated piece of consciousness experiencing reality as I do.  However, I have the challenging task of needing to account for the states of consciousness that I experience, and for this very expression of consciousness.

This expression has a way of extending beyond all of the boundaries that I have placed on my self.   That is good.  We should all have such challenges.  In fact, if we look carefully, we all do have such challenges.

Spirit ever seeks to expand itself and its expression in flesh.  We are spirit expressing in flesh ... yes, everyone of us ... yes, every moment of time.  There is nothing else to express except spirit.  Further, there is nothing else to do the experiencing except spirit.  That doesn't relieve us of responsibility ... as it it through us that spirit does this expressing and experiencing.

Creative expression is the primary way in which spirit manifests.  The more of this in our lives the better.  It doesn't matter in what area this expression occurs ... be it writing, speaking, acting, art, sculpture, music, dance, sport, science, technology, business, etc ...  All creative expression is highly valued.  It is the very lifeblood of spirit.

There are always ways to express that are of value to others.  That is one of our chief tasks, to find a way to apply ourselves and our talents in a manner that serves not only ourselves but others.  This is how we do our part.  This is how we obey the spiritual law to never take more than you give.  What this is will be different for each of us because we are each unique souls, unique points of view of the ONE consciousness.

It seems time to start working with others to accomplish things far greater than any of us can accomplish alone.  That is how this country was "founded" was it not?  Here, we simply talking about building a new set of foundations that extend beyond anything previously established.  It is not that the old needs to be destroyed.  Rather, it needs to be expanded so that we can build a bigger mansion in which spirit can more fully express.  Our Constitution has served us well for over two centuries during a time when the world changed dramatically.  However, is that Constitution still able to serve us in a world where major change is rampant especially in areas of technology?  It is not clear that it is.  Yet, it is not clear what changes to propose either.

What is one person to do?  When spirit is allowed to express through us, this can be a great deal, far more than we may have dreamed possible.  What difference have I made?  It is not clear that it is for me to know this.  I can express as I am moved to express ... trusting that whoever this message is intended for will indeed receive it ... and better still act upon it.   I may never see any such outcomes, not directly anyway.  It is my job to continue venturing into the unknown realms of consciousness and bring back what I find.  This very expression is justification itself.  It is the confirmation that spirit made it through one consciousness in a manner to be shared with the world.  It is this intense desire to share of whom that we are, what we have learned, and what we know that distinguishes us.  We do this because we must.  It is as if there is an irresistible force that drives us.  Though, such is not the case.  We have free will, we simply choose to employ ourselves in service to spirit.  Further, we don't even decide what this service will be.  We allow that to be revealed by spirit as well, moment by moment.

There is something wonderful about living life in the moment.  Ultimately, that is the point of power, the only point in which we can take action and choose a different reality.  We choose our reality by choosing our beliefs.  It is that simple and that complex.  Many of us are not really acquainted with what we believe.  We've allowed ourselves to be programmed from the outside for so long, that we've never really taken responsibility to review the programming to see if it served us, and then do the necessary reprogramming to get our beliefs in order ... to increase their utility so that we start creating the reality that we would prefer.