BEST
QUOTES
from
2003
Musings – Vol I
The following is an
indexed set of best quotes selected
from the 2003 Musings in this book. It
is organized by day in the same manner that the musings were presented. It constitutes what I consider to be the gems from this expression. It is not
necessarily meant to be read in any order.
Allow the numbers that come up in your life trigger you to read
particular quotes. The universe has a
way of pointing us to the material that we need to see when we need to
see it,
if only we allow her to do so. Also, if
it moves you, feel free to open the book to any page and start reading
from
anywhere on the page. When you do this,
the universe will ensure that the passages you find have relevance to
your life
at this time. At least, that is how it
works for me … even though I generated all of this.
JANUARY
1 January 2003
1 - Everything is consciousness in expression ... and consciousness experiencing what is being expressed.
2 - Were we aware of our true nature, the atrocities that are committed by us against us, would cease in a heartbeat.
3 - It doesn't take the whole world to change the whole world. All that is necessary is a critical mass, a subset that is sufficient to plant the seeds and generate the foundation.
4 - Right and truth are relative terms in this existence. It is important that we remember that our way is a way and not the only way.
5 - Through cooperation, we are building the organs, the organizations, that constitute the body for spiritual expression on the planet.
2 January 2003
6 - We see what we need to see, when we need to see it. We experience what we need to experience, when we need to experience it.
7 - If we aren't changing the spiritual beliefs, we aren't tackling our problems at their core.
8 - What we experience will be in accord with what we believe.
9 - Beliefs are powerful ... some of the most powerful things that we have in our arsenal.
10 - It is amazing what we can do when we willingly cooperate and go with the flow.
3 January 2003
11 - Many are engaged in the dance of consciousness. But, few record that dance and make it available for others to experience.
12 - For life to have value, ultimately it must be shared.
13 - The only place that we have any power is in the moment ... right here and right now.
14 - Change what we believe, and we change what we experience. When we do this en masse, we change the world.
5 January 2003
15 - There is a role that I am playing, there is a play of consciousness that is unfolding in my life.
16 - Where the abilities are great ... so are the expectations of their usage.
6 January 2003
17 - Ye shall know them by their works is a powerful truth. It is by the works that we do, that we impact the world.
18 - I would live a life of meaning, of purpose ... a life that makes a difference to many.
19 - Constraints only exist to the degree that we believe in them. There is always a way over them, through them, or around them. Though we may have to be patient and creative to find these ways.
7 January 2003
20 - It is by our example that the mold is set through which events in the world are shaped.
21 - Here, I see things revealed that I did not know that I knew. Each paragraph is a new revelation as well as a spontaneous creation. Here, more than anywhere else, I can live in the moment ... awaiting each letter, each word, each thought.
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23 - Complex systems need feedback to keep them within proper operating constraints
24 - What is the overall state of health of humanity? My sense is that it is dying rapidly ... and in need of something to heal it and bring it back into balance. That something is a set of spiritual beliefs that truly serve us ... all of us.
8 January 2003
25 - We need to allow some room for the unknown, for the mysterious ... to enter into our lives.
26 - Spirit has much more in store for us than we can imagine, if only we will allow her to impact our lives as only she can.
27 - Whatever we experience is right for us ... it is a way, not the way. It helps to remember that.
28 - There are as many paths to spirit as there are people. Each of us must ultimately find the path that is right for us.
9 January 2003
29 - This expression, this stream of consciousness, is my connection to the eternal within me. It is where I tap into a source that is far more than I know myself to be.
30 - I've found it is always good to leave spirit sufficient room to express as she will in my life.
31 - The most important thing that I can share is whom that I AM ... and in the process of sharing, hopefully show others more of whom that they are as well.
32 - Be all that you can be is a strong spiritual directive for all of us. It doesn't matter what that is.
10 January 2003
33 - It is not the world as it is that is important, rather it is the world as we are in the process of creating it to be. That is, a new world order in a new age.
34 - We get results wherever we apply our resources ... and especially the minds of the best and the brightest among us. We can engage such minds on the next generation of weapons of mass destruction, or on how to create an abundant and peaceful society. It is our choice.
35 - It is within our power to create ourselves and our world anew, in whatever manner we choose for it to be. Yes, we are that powerful. Further, the time is right for doing this ... now as at no other time in history.
11 January 2003
36 - Exploring where others have been may yield some new information, but exploring the unknown, exploring where none or no more than few have ventured is a whole other thing. This is what excites my soul. This is what gives my life meaning. Further, it does so even if consciousness herself is the only witness to my discoveries.
37 - Gifts are meant to be used. The greater the gifts, the greater the tasks for which they are to be used.
38 - It pays to believe strongly whatever we believe, yet be open to more powerful ideas should they come are way.
39 - It seems the time has come to make consciousness technology more available to the masses. Actually, the first step might involve using consciousness technology to wake up substantial portions of the population so that they in turn can help wake up others that the whole world might awaken.
40 - We speak of building the foundations for a new world. That involves building an infrastructure that supports each and every individual on the planet to be the best that they can be. That means educational, social, political, economic, and spiritual systems that work to support this.
41 - The infrastructure must support meeting the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual needs of everyone. At present, it does not come close. Where there is hunger and starvation, the system is failing. Where there is poverty and suffering, the system is failing. Where there is war or violence, the system is failing. Where there is ignorance and intolerance, the system is failing.
12 January 2003
42 - I am the instrument ... spirit is the musician. She is ultimately the source of the music that we play. Yes, it is necessary that I do my part. Without the instrument there would be no music. However, without the musician, the instrument is useless.
43 - Consciousness is everything. Awareness is the most powerful thing that we can possess because it is what allows us to create the reality that we are experience. Awareness is thus the stuff of the Gods.
44 - The right use of will is to choose to serve spirit and manifest things in her timing not ours. Thy will, not mine, be done. Actually, it is more than this ... my will is for thy will to be done.
45 - Through our example we can impact others, who in turn can impact others, etc ... until the whole world is touched. How we live makes that much difference.
46 - The world will be a better place when we do are part by being the best that we can be.
13 January 2003
47 - We are meant to give of whom that we are in service to our world in some way ... preferably in some effective way. In return, we are entitled to all that we need and more. That is the social contract. No, it has not been publicly declared yet. But, that does not preclude us from acting as if it is already in effect.
14 January 2003
48 - It is when we do spirits bidding that we are being the best that we can be.
49 - Spirit employs the best that is in us. She knows how to elicit our best. She guides us, she encourages us, she leads us, she moves us ... to the degree that we allow her to.
15 January 2003
50 - Where one consciousness has been others may follow if there is a map, a record of sufficient fidelity.
51 - There is not you and spirit. There is only you as the expression of spirit. Only part of this expression is in flesh. However, that is the part that counts. We have incarnated specifically to allow spirit to manifest and experience reality.
16 January 2003
52 - There are many ways of striking out into the unknown. Paths to some degree are the trodden directions, though some are far more trodden than others. It takes a rare soul to venture into the unknown on their own.
53 - The many are possessed of the mentality of the herd. Blending in, and doing things as others do, are important to them.
54 - I would be the consummate individual, yet much that I do is in service to things greater than myself ... in particular to society, to the world, and to spirit herself.
55 - I express by writing. And, I write whatever I am moved to write. What is it that does this moving? The only answer I can give is the spirit within me. She is the source from which all of this springs.
56 - I've know myself to be an ancient being for some time. There is a knowingness, a wisdom, a common sense that I possess that is far beyond my years in this existence. Some of the things that I know, as revealed in these writings are not things that I learned in this lifetime. They had to come from somewhere else ... in particular, other places and other times.
17 January 2003
57 - Behind the scenes, consciousness communicates to consciousness through consciousness.
58 - Destiny will ensure that those whose lives need to touch one another will indeed do so.
59 - This may be our greatest choice as sentient beings ... the ability to choose what anything that we experience means on whatever scale we choose to apply that meaning.
60 - Our personal world reflects back to us whom that we are in the eyes of the world. This may or may not be consistent with whom that we believe ourselves to be. It is important to notice and note the differences ... for it is here that we have the power to do something.
61 - Our choices literally shape the reality we experience. They carve out a place in the scheme of things to provide a context for our existence.
62 - One sign that we need to know something is the questions that we are moved to ask. When questions are formulated and expressed, it seems that they attract the very answers to address them. Indeed, ask and it shall be answered. It is that simple.
18 January 2003
63 - I must live a life of meaning. There is no other option. I would live a life that makes a difference to society and to the world.
64 - While physical laws are beyond our control, social and economic laws are ours to create.
65 - Spirit seeks greater and greater varieties of experience.
66 - Our forefathers set us up as a Novus Ordo Seclorum, a New Order of the Ages. They knew that they were setting in motion something great, something that would be the shining example of liberty in the world. They knew that this was spiritual work that they were doing ... it was far more than establishing a government. They were part of a spiritual brotherhood, and they firmly believed that there was an unseen deity guiding their hands through all of this.
67 - The most interesting parts of our life are in those areas where we have choice ... the very realm of beliefs. Here we have true freedom. We can believe whatsoever we will.
19 January 2003
68 - Each of us has a spiritual destiny. But, we only achieve it if we accept it and allow it to happen.
69 - It takes being all that we are to manifest our destiny. And, we are far more than we think ourselves to be, even those of us who already think in grandiose terms.
70 - That is the key ... to do as we are moved by spirit to do. That means that we must have a connection to spirit within. That also means that we must have the discipline to abide by what it tells us.
71 - When we expend effort to know thyself, one of the fringe benefits is that we find the source within us.
72 - There is nothing else except spirit in expression in this world. Everything is spirit. No exceptions.
73 - If we truly wish for our world to be peaceful, then we must live peacefully. It is that simple. When enough of us do that, the world will have no choice except to do as we do ... for, we are the world.
74 - If we want the world to be more cooperative, then we must be more cooperative. Everything starts with what we believe and ultimately what we do.
75 - No matter how grandiose our thoughts of who we are and what we can do, these pale in comparison to our true nature and reality. We truly are grand beings and we are here to do grand things.
76 - We have a purpose, a reason for incarnating into this very existence. While we may have established some challenges to overcome ... we stacked the deck so that we would succeed in accomplishing our mission.
77 - It is important that we find ways to give of whom that we are in service to something greater than ourselves. This is how we abide by the spiritual economic law to never take more than we give.
78 - Competition by its very nature produces winners and losers. It is not a WIN/WIN enterprise.
20 January 2003
79 - What I experience impacts me, it changes me. And, when I change, my world changes as well to be consistent with whatever I have become.
80 - We are ever in a process of becoming more and more of whom that we truly are.
81 - There is always something more to become, some new level of awareness to be reached.
82 - Amazing things happen when we start taking responsibility for the world in which we live.
83 - It is through our actions that we manifest things in our world. But, these must be in line with a belief system that serves us.
84 - Awareness is one of the most, if not the most important things in the world.
85 - When we are aware, we experience firsthand our unity with consciousness ... at least with the part of consciousness that manifests through us and as us.
86 - What we are and what we do are not separate things. They are united such that one cannot exist without the other.
21 January 2003
87 - Along with abilities comes the responsibility to use those abilities to serve others in some way. The greater the abilities, the greater the level of service required. Yes, required. Spiritual law demands that we use the gifts that we are given.
88 - Cooperation is the way of the future. Competition has its place, but it needs to be limited to where it is truly of value. Cooperation is always WIN/WIN, provided it is sincere. Competition is nearly always WIN/LOSE.
89 - All that I can do is share the path that I have followed in hopes that it may have some benefit to you as well.
90 - Whether you choose to venture down that path, and the degree you choose to do so are your choice and should be based on the utility you experience in your life.
91 - There are as many paths to spirit as there are individuals ... perhaps even more.
92 - Cooperate and graduate. It seems that we are at a critical juncture point in the growth of our world. Either we learn to cooperate and work together to create a better world, or we fail and we suffer the consequences of our actions and inactions.
93 - Our major problems are spiritual problems. They can only be resolved with spiritual solutions.
94 - That was the only way to find awareness, to find consciousness … I had to go beyond anything my mind as I knew it could do.
22 January 2003
95 - We are all spirit manifesting in flesh. Further, we are all souls that spring forth from the same ONE spirit, ONE consciousness.
96 - Consciousness is a form that spirit takes, a set of clothes that she wears.
97 - Awareness relates to how much of the cosmic we have integrated into our lives.
98 - We are here to evolve and grow into what we are capable of becoming. This exceeds any concepts that we may have, no matter how grand they may be.
99 - I feel that a tithe of my time is the minimal investment in the spiritual side of life.
100 - Spirit has given me many gifts, and she has been an instrumental guide for me all of my life. I am clearly in her debt. So much so, that at times it seems that there is nothing I can do to fully repay her for all that she has done. The closest that I can come is to live a spiritual life, to allow spirit to express through me as she will, to do what I am moved to do, and to be all that I can be by serving others to my utmost capacity.
101 - Spirit is ever in the process of finding needs and filling them.
102 - It is through community that we accomplish things far greater than we can accomplish with the sum of our individual efforts. Here is where the power of synergy gets applied ... allowing spirit additional avenues for expression not only through us as individuals, but through us as a collective. This is as the difference between the individual brain cells and the mind that occupies the brain.
103 - For each exceptional individual, there are many average ones. Though, there is a sense that we are all exceptional in some way and one of our goals should be to establish the social infrastructure necessary to elicit and nurture the exceptional abilities of each of us.
23 January 2003
104 - Unless we are quiet, our own chatter drowns out any chance of receiving anything from source.
105 - We live our lives on several levels, and it seems that there are things that we came to learn and to do on each level.
106 - We are all grand beings. We truly are. Yet, clearly a large majority do not believe thus. That doesn't change the fact one iota.
107 - It is time more people realized how precious they are, how fragile, and yet how powerful.
108 - I can't imagine living life without making a difference, without serving society in a big way. That would be my definition of failure ... to go through life and not be able to make a statement, to make a difference because of my presence.
109 - My home is a state of consciousness. It has no location.
110 - It is only in consciousness that we can find permanence, and even then it is an everchanging permanence.
111 - We need to consider the impact to the collective when we make decisions. The greatest good comes when we do this. The greatest good will not always maximize the benefit to us personally. But, we need to learn what is enough for us, and how to balance this against the needs of others.
112 - I am not building a house that requires a blueprint. However, I am creating a path, and documenting or making a map of that path. Ultimately this will allow others to follow ... to reach where I have been and venture out further, wherever there own inner guidance takes them.
24 January 2003
113 - As the creator of this expression, it is my obligation to feed it, to care for it, to nurture it, to facilitate its growth ... and to assist in getting it into the mind and hearts of those meant to hear it.
114 - This is the testament of my life. This is my spiritual manifesto. Here, I share whom that I am as freely as I can. It is my desire that this serve as an example of the degree and depth of sharing that I would like to see happen in the world ... in my world anyway.
115 - We are all different, with extremes being very different. That is OK. Variety is good. Differences are good. We just need to find ways to make beneficial use of the differences.
116 - In society, it seems we suffer by trying too hard to put round pegs in square holes. It would be far better to assess the shape of each person and then try to place them in the right place within society. That place would be one where their unique gifts and skills are of the most benefit to society ... or at least are of value to society.
117 - There are many types of intelligence, few of which are measured by IQ tests. That doesn't mean that such tests are not valid, just that they are meaningful only to the people who possess the types of intelligence that they test.
118 - We can do whatever we choose to do. It is a matter of applying our best and brightest and employing the necessary resources to do it. We tend to do whatever we set our minds and our hearts on. Resources are everything.
119 - We know what is lacking. We know what is not working. We may not want to admit it. We may fear what some of the alternatives might be. The bottom line is that some of the fundamental foundations of society are cracked badly and may be ready to topple shortly.
120 - Recognizing this, we have an obligation to use our power of free will to do something about it or to do nothing and allow the foundations to come crashing down.
121 - I believe in the spiritual order of the universe. Where there is a talent, there is a need for that talent.
25 January 2003
122 - We have the technology. Even more important we have the ideals, the ideas, and the principles to build a better world for all of us. The question is ... will we choose to do so?
123 - Changing the world is everyone’s business, it is everyone’s job.
124 - Change always starts with one person, or with a small group. When you change who you are, when you change what you do, your world can't help but to be impacted.
125 - We are here to make a difference ... each and every one of us.
126 - If I don't feel a responsibility to my neighbors, many of whom I don't even know, then how am I to feel a responsibility to someone in some undeveloped country whose country I don't even know exists?
127 - We are all connected. What happens to any of us, happens to all of us. It doesn't matter whether we know those to whom we are connected. The connections exist nonetheless.
128 - This is a grand and glorious endeavor that we are participating in. It will enable others to break the bonds of their minds, and experience consciousness firsthand.
129 - This expression is magical to me. It is a mystery in the manner that it comes forth. How I can speak of things that I have no right to know based on my education to date is amazing.
130 - Step by step, our lives unfold. With each step, the next one becomes clearer.
131 - We are free to remove our shackles whenever we wish. Though, this is difficult if we view our shackles as wings.
26 January 2003
132 - This expression is the cornerstone of my life now. It is upon this rock that I build the foundations for my world ... and perhaps for a greater world that stretches beyond me.
133 - If there is any area that is truly lacking in our expression, it is the spiritual. For most, this has been the domain of religion for centuries, if not millennia ... and little has changed in that time. This needs to be re-examined.
134 - Spirituality is the pole that holds up the tent of the self. Without it, we are effectively nothing. With it, we can do all things, we are effectively unlimited.
135 - Spirituality should empower us to be all the we can be and to do all that we are meant to do.
136 - It helps if we recreate ever grander versions of ourselves, for we are grand beings all, grander than we could ever imagine. In front of us lie infinite possibilities. It is for us to turn them into probabilities, and then into actualities in our lives.
137 - We are meant to actualize whom that we are. The very forces of nature cooperate with us in this endeavor, if only we allow them to.
138 - We often do not think in such terms ... that there is a benign universe supporting us in all that we do. But, indeed there is, no matter the circumstances we find ourselves in. It is time that we realize whom that we are, and our relationship to All That Is.
139 - We are important, each and every one of us. Each of us has the power to make a difference, and a great difference at that ... to our family, our friends, our society, and even our world. Yes, we are that powerful. But, it is what we do that makes the difference.
140 - We attract experiences in accord with our beliefs and in accord with what we need to learn. What we most need to learn are the things of spirit. Yes, there are other things that count. But, the spiritual things are the things that count most. Here is where our true treasure lies
141 - Our souls, our spiritual selves, are grander and wiser than we have ever imagined. Even for those of us who already hold grandiose visions of ourselves.
27 January 2003
142 - The most important choice to make is to be whom that we truly are. That one choice makes all the difference in the world. That one choice opens up untold possibilities.
143 - This is how we maximize our effect on the world. It is that simple, be whom that we are ... and express that faithfully.
144 - Education should challenge us, not overwhelm us. It should bring out the best in us. Further, it should continue to do this so long as we live.
145 - The day that we stop learning, we are as good as dead. Yes, learning is that important to life.
146 - We can't afford to waste the abilities and talents of any of us. This requires a big commitment from each of us. We have to take responsibility not only for ourselves but for assisting others to excel where we can as well.
147 - When we take advantage of another nation, politically or economically, the action is recorded on a national karmic record of sorts. In the end, we will have to balance our accounts. That is simply the way it is. We balance our accounts by acts of kindness and acts of service.
148 - God helps those who help themselves. But what about those who cannot help themselves? Don't we need some way to help them as well? And how does god do the helping anyway except through us and with our hands?
149 - We collectively have the power to change our world for the better, to create a utopia on earth. But, it will only happen if we believe it, and if we choose to make it so.
150 - When we do the work of spirit, we are strong in ways that we are not otherwise. It is amazing what we can do when we are serving spirit, and thus serving the world.
28 January 2003
151 - It is amazing what happens when one chooses to consciously live a life of spirit. There is something magical that is engaged. There is something that cooperates with us to allow us to do more than we could do otherwise. This unknown, this unseen becomes present by its effects in our lives. Spirit herself is able to work her wonders through us, allowing her to touch all those whom we touch.
152 - No regrets. It is important to live our lives so that we have no regrets.
153 - We create our reality via our beliefs. It is up to us to make a masterpiece of our belief systems. In doing so, we will also make a masterpiece of our lives. Yes, that is the goal. We are artists all. Our most important work is our own reality, our own life.
154 - When we focus on service, on what we can do to serve others, society, and our world ... we engage the greatest parts of ourselves. We may not know exactly what we are doing, but there is a surety in our step. We are personally guided by spirit. Or, we can be if we are open to being so. Our lives become purposeful, in ways that they have not before.
155 - The world is what we make of it. It is fashioned by our hands and by our minds ... in particular by our beliefs and by our actions. We can literally make it into anything that we desire it to be. Collectively we are that powerful. Individually we are that powerful. We are the creators of our reality ... the masters of our fate. We are the lords of our lives.
156 - People must be given a spiritual manifesto ... a set of ideas on which they can base their spiritual identity. The spiritual manifesto should explain what we collectively want to manifest spiritually. Since nearly all of our problems are spiritual problems, this will go a long way towards fixing many of the things that are wrong.
157- We need to decide what we want to be as a society, and as human beings. And then, we need to make our beliefs and our actions consistent with getting us there. It is our choice. It is up to us.
158 - There is a reason the mind is split into subconscious, conscious, and superconscious parts. Each of these organizations has its functions and its purposes. Though, if we were to look for actual boundaries, we would find these divisions to be arbitrary.
29 January 2003
159 - If we are going to partake of the benefits of society, we need to be willing to invest some part of ourselves in that society. We do this by contributing of our time and our talents. We all have something that we can do that could benefit others ... something special that allows whom that we are to be expressed.
160 - The Beyond Imagination quote for today is: As citizens, we owe something to our fellow citizens. It is curious, that is exactly what this tithe is all about. It deals with how we fulfill our obligation to others.
161 - There are depths to the self, to the soul that may never be fathomed no matter how hard or how long we try. It seems that there are just some things that are meant to remain a mystery.
162 - Flexibility is a very good thing ... flexibility of body, of mind, of emotions, and of spirit.
163 - I can only be whom that I AM. But, I say that not out of any sense of limitations but with an understanding of the grand possibilities that this invokes.
164 - We are spiritual beings. As such, at the very least we are eternal, immortal, all-knowing, and unlimited. When we see ourselves as other than these things, what we are seeing is illusion ... not whom that we truly are.
165 - The key is to realize that we are spirit first and foremost. The illusions of death, lack of knowingness, and limitations are just that ... illusions. Oh, they feel very real while we are experiencing them. But how something feels is not the same as how something is.
166 - We have no real science of mind at the present time. Yet, these lumps of gray matter that reside in our skulls may be some of the most powerful things on the planet. They have taken eons to evolve and to become aware to the degree that they have.
167 - We seem to be standing on the edge of a major breakpoint ... one in which the awareness of the mass consciousness experiences a radical discontinuity, one that rocks the very foundations of the world that we know.
168 - Each and every moment counts. Not one moment is repeated. Once gone, it is gone.
169 - There is always sufficient time to do the things that need to be done. That doesn't mean there is excessive time.
170 - There is a sort of spiritual gravity that operates to try to get us to where we need to be to actualize and then to act out our roles in the play of consciousness. Yes, we are all part of the play of consciousness. This play has been in operation since the beginning of time, orchestrating things so that forms evolved that could house ever-increasing constructs of spirit in flesh.
30 January 2003
171 - Life is meant to be easy over all, though that doesn't mean it will be free of challenges. Quite the contrary, it will be full of them. Challenges relieve the boredom and keep life interesting.
172 - The surest way to stay on mission is to do what we are moved by spirit to do. That means we must know when spirit is moving us, and then must do as she moves us. This requires trust and faith in spirit. That is far easier for some than for others to practice.
173 - It is time for us, the consumers, to decide what we want for spiritual services. I believe that will be very different than what we have offered today by most religions.
174 - Spirituality is one of the most intimate relationships that we have, the relationship between us and the source from which we spring ... the spiritual source that expresses through us.
175 - The collective expression of spirit in flesh grows greater and greater with each passing moment. Each of us have parts to play in that collective expression. We may not consciously know what these parts are, but we will moved to play them anyway.
176 - What counts is what we do with our lives that has lasting value ... that makes a difference somehow, preferably a big difference.
177 - We all have the same amount of time per year, until our last one anyway. What we do with the minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years is our choice, at least for a relatively large amount of that time.
178 - We need to strive to lead lives of high positive impact. High impact can be achieved by touching many at some level, or by touching a few deeply. My sense is that the later will be the course for my life. I just don't see this being the stuff of bestsellers. Then again, what do I know? There may be a publisher out there who thinks differently.
179 - The idea that this expression could be programming for the mind is exciting. Besides, I can't think of a more important endeavor. If we can program people to be more aware, if we can wake them up, then the potential for the expression of spirit expands exponentially if not faster. This is a breakpoint, a radical discontinuity that takes us to a whole new way of being.
180 - Some things are meant never to be known, even though they may be experienced.
31 January 2003
181 - Life is a process of growth and of expressing whatever we have become as faithfully as we can every step of the way.
182 - The way is different for each of us, though our paths may cross at times, and we may share in our adventures.
183 - There is always room for one more step no matter how close to the unknown that we venture. And when we step there and shine our light there, what was unknown becomes known and we are then in a position to take the next step, again guided by spirit all the way.
184 - We must be willing to try new things and evaluate their results to see whether they work or not.
185 - Of ourselves, there is not much that we can do. Spirit has no such limits, except for those that we place in her way. It is important that we do what it takes to discover where we are doing this ... and then to remove the limits of our own accord.
186 - There is a sense that there is no rest for the weary ... that past laurels, no matter how great, are not good enough. We must move ever onward to the next monition of consciousness, wherever it may take us.
187 - Whatever we do, we need to be competent doing. The more competent, the better. Also, this doesn't mean that we need to stay in the same vocation forever. As our skills develop, as our interests change, as our life unfolds, we may decide there is something we would rather do. This is especially true if we grow dissatisfied with what we are doing. When it becomes not enough, it is time to find something more, something grander that challenges us and allows us to express whom that we are more fully.
188 - It is OK to yield to spirit. It is not necessary for us to "be in control" all the time. In fact, it doesn't hurt to get a little crazy at times. We allow the geniuses among us great latitude in their eccentricities.
189 - We are capable of wonders beyond imagination. It is simply a matter of allowing them to come forth.
190 - Life is clearly an adventure now. For me, primarily an adventure in consciousness. Consciousness is everything to me. She gave me birth, she nurtures me, she moves me ... yes, I owe all that I AM to her.
191 - Differences are good. Spirit expresses with endless diversity. Yet, within that diversity lies a unity, a oneness, a wholeness that will not be separated no matter how hard we try. I have said before, there is only one spirit that animates us all. We spring forth into expression from that same ONE. Unfortunately few seem to recognize this.
192 - What we do to any one of us, we ultimately do to all of us. That is a very powerful principle. However, we need to take the next step and realize that we have a sacred responsibility to one another ... a responsibility to care for one another and help each being to be the best that they can be.
FEBRUARY
1 February 2003
193 - One more unknown in my life does not make much difference at this point. I have become so used to them that I expect them. I am comfortable with the unknown ... sometimes more comfortable than with the known.
194 - Altering brain chemistry means altering how consciousness is experienced. It is that simple. Physical brain states correspond to mental states correspond to states of consciousness correspond to states of spirit. There is a one to one mapping.
195 - The brain is the vessel through which spirit can be made physical. These very words are a testament to that.
196 - The seeds for change start with dissatisfaction with the status quo.
197 - When we are dissatisfied enough to start looking for something new, we will be amazed at how quickly we find what we seek.
198 - It is crucial to our overall well being that we find work that we love to do.
199 - I ask that you evaluate what I say by its utility in your life. Does it make you a better person? Does it make your life better? Does it allow you to more fully express whom that you are? If it does, then I have done my job and have provided one of the chief services that I am here to provide.
2 February 2003
200 - Everywhere I look, things are connected in ways that are miraculous to behold ... ways that show that there is an order and an intelligence arranging our lives that few of us even suspect.
201 – Spirit’s ways are indeed wondrous to behold. I couldn't make this stuff up even if I wanted to. I wouldn't know how.
202 - I would live a life of spirit. I would live a life of purpose. The key purpose seems to be one that has been with me since the beginnings of my quest around 1974. I would search for the answer to the question WHY?
203 – Yesterday’s
204 - No one dies before their time. No one dies without choosing to participate in the event at some level of their being. To what disciplines do we turn to find out why it was time for these seven people on this fateful morning on the first of February in 2003? They will not be scientific ones.
3 February 2003
205 - We have a right to use things. However, with this right comes the responsibility of stewardship. Can we really share all the world fairly and peaceably? It seems that is the only right way to live. However, what constitutes fair is open for interpretation.
206 - Each of us must do our part to generate more than we consume. That makes the choice of how much we consume ours ... so long as we pay for it with our services.
207 - Living as one is definitely where we are headed. It is only appropriate, for in fact, we are one.
208 - Divisions are OK if they are useful ... if they allow us to do things better. However, they are dangerous as well ... potentially leading to a system of castes where some are judged to be "better" than others.
209 - Differences are to be tolerated, even embraced. We need to be wary of allowing such differences to divide us however. We do this by recognizing the unity amidst the diversity.
210 - There is a grand spiritual destiny that is unfolding. We are all players in a grand drama ... in the expression of spirit in flesh as us and through us.
211 - We are spirit in the only way that counts. Yet, we are not all of spirit. There is a great part of spirit that is able to express through us, using whatever abilities and talents we have to offer.
212 - Spirit may prod and push gently ... but it is up to us to volunteer to offer ourselves in her service. This is one of the greatest and noblest things that we can do. However, it requires a kind of resignation that most are not willing to embrace.
213 - People should do what they are good at doing. People should employ others to provide those services that they need that they are not good at providing for themselves. This is the right use of others.
214 - We need a means for society and the individual to agree on the needs of each individual, and we need a means for society and the individual to agree on what services the individual will provide to whom and how.
215 - As free beings, we are free to choose to enter into such a social contract at anytime. However, it is a contract between individuals in a society. It is not between an individual and a government, or an individual and any organization for that matter. The contract is between the individual, the part, and the society, the whole.
216 - I would make a difference with my life. And, this expression is in a very real way my life. Life as expression, expression as life ... such indeed is how it is. By their works shall ye know them. Well, these are my works. Welcome to my world!
4 February 2003
217 - Why do I not experience being the creator, even though the expression clearly comes forth through my mind and through my fingers?
218 - All that I know is that prior to 1993, I didn't express like this, and since 1993, I can only express like this. Though, even then, the expression has evolved substantially over the past decade.
219 - Ego in and of itself is neither good nor bad. It all depends on how it is used.
220 - Ego has a function. It is meant to interpret physical reality. However, it can be opened so that it facilitates and accepts the expression of spirit through us. This is not something that it does automatically. In fact, quite the opposite, it seems to be something that it fights.
221 - I know that when I am moved to ask the question and to search ... the answer is close at hand. That is simply how things work. Another spiritual law in effect. I believe it so strongly that I have come to expect that this is how reality works.
222 - I am not a scholar. I did not come to build upon the knowledge of others. Further, I am not a researcher, curious about what is known in a given area of interest.
223 - What is it that I want from life? An infrastructure that facilitates the social contract: from each in accord with their ability, to each in accord with their needs. That is a lot to ask for. Or is it? It seems that this is the minimum that we should expect.
224 - Are there intentional communities that have worked out how to live harmoniously and peacefully, in a manner that allows individuals to meet their physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual needs?
225 - Community is a different matter. I break this apart as common unity. This requires much more interconnectivity. I don't think community happens by accident, it happens by intention. We have to give into it. We have to create it.
226 - When problems go unsolved for decades ... we simply aren't expending the right resources to fix them.
227 - It makes no sense to have any person go hungry in a country that pays farmers not to grow food. We have a surplus of food. We simply need to make sure everyone can get to it as a right or entitlement, if they don't have enough money to pay for it. The same is true of nearly ever other good and service that is produced.
228 - We need to make more conscious economic decisions regarding how goods and services are to be distributed. It is not clear that the present method of allowing the market to determine what goods and services are available at what prices really serves us.
5 February 2003
229 - There is something infectious about being around people who love what they do.
230 - What is it that I love to do? Expressing in this manner is definitely near the top of the list, for many reasons. One, it gives me a sense of accomplishment ... a sense that I have accomplished something of value. Two, it provides insight into whom that I AM that I don't get in any other way. Three, it allows me to touch the unknown realms of consciousness.
231 - Worth is typically defined by the consumer not the generator of a service.
232 - Yes, I consider this expression a service. It is a product of the marriage of my consciousness with a source that comes from deep inside me, a source that I believe to be connected to Spirit, the ONE consciousness, herself.
233 - This is a stream of consciousness expression, but I don't consider it my stream of consciousness. For it to be mine, I would have to be in control of it in some way. But, I feel more like a radio, tuning into a particular station.
234 - The very forces of nature, of life herself, encourage us to grow and be all that we can be.
235 - Everything is spiritual expression ... there is nothing but spirit expressing in our world.
236 - Our brains are among the most complex physical systems that we are aware of on the planet.
237 - Mind, while it resides within the brain, does not seem to be contained by the brain. Further, consciousness, while it resides within the mind, does not seem to be contained by the mind.
238 - Spirit is orchestrating the unfoldment of the expression of consciousness in flesh.
239 - We may or may not control what we experience. But, we definitely choose the meaning of what we experience, especially the meaning to us, but also the meaning in a larger context.
240 - We are born to do what we came to do. The trick is to find what we are born to do. The key is to follow your bliss as Joseph Campbell would say. Find what you love to do, then find a way to do it. Yes, it is that simple.
241 - There is an inner compass within each of us that knows exactly what direction we need to head in next. We can choose to follow it and take the optimal route to our destination ... or we can ignore it and take a more roundabout way. The choice is ours.
242 - People will awaken when they are ready to awaken. There is nothing external that can be done to accelerate that. Oh, we can try. But, we will find that people will simply not get it until they are ready to get it.
243 - With awareness, we bear the very weight of the world on our shoulders. No longer can we be content with our selfish behavior and selfish ways.
244 - We can only do so much on our own. However, spirit working though us can do far more than we could even imagine. The lesson from this is to allow spirit to do the work.
245 - Each of us is being groomed for a particular role in the plan of consciousness. If we allow ourselves to ... we will fall into that role naturally.
6 February 2003
246 - Why ... Why ... Why? This is the question that I came to answer ... or to assist in answering anyway. At this moment, I may not consciously know the answers, or even know how to proceed to find the answers. But, the first step is always to start asking the questions.
247 - Part of the problem with repeatability is that the intuition simply will not be subjected to any such tests. Either we learn to trust what she knows and what she tells us, or we don't.
248 - Life is primarily a subjective experience. That is simply how it is. We can try to make it objective, but the more we try, the more hollow it becomes.
249 - When we open ourselves to the infinity of whom that we are, all sorts of possibilities open up for us. We can do things far grander than we have ever believed possible.
250 - We are only limited to the degree that we limit ourselves.
251 - All that we can do is be whom that we are, whom that we truly are ... not our limited concepts of whom we believe ourselves to be.
252 - We can create the world to be anything that we choose for it to be, both individually and en masse. However, we need to see the bigger picture of what spirit is trying to create as a whole and find a way to relate our individual piece to that whole.
253 - I believe that in capturing this expression and sharing it with others, I am somehow contributing something back to society.
7 February 2003
254 - To be all that we can be ... that is the goal. That is the challenge that we all face. It is not hard to do. The very forces of the universe are cooperating with us in doing this.
255 - We have to believe in ourselves, and believe in spirit as she expresses through us. When we do so, we will be surprised at the things that we can do.
256 - We are grand beings all. We are spirit enfleshed. It is time for us to realize this and start behaving as if we know that it is true.
257 - Our life is our masterpiece. Yes, masterpiece. We are all masters in the art of reality creation.
258 - Part of the challenge of the information age is to put the information that we need at our fingertips when we need it. Actually, for many, a voice input might be more appropriate.
259 - If we are to truly see the value of information, we need to see it in all its glory, with all its connectivity. We need to see how it fits within the whole.
9 February 2003
260 - This expression offers me a chance to bring forth something new, something that no one has ever brought forth before in the same manner.
261 - There is a reason for everything that happens in my life. Everything unfolds in its proper timing. There is nothing I can do to force things to happen. This is an existence of allowing things to happen in a manner that is appropriate.
262 - At some point, my desires are spirit’s desires. There is no separation, no distinction. Has that point happened already, or is it still to come?
263 - If what we will manifests ... then our will is indeed aligned with spirit. If not, then it is not. It is that simple. Lack of manifestation does not mean that we should cease trying. Rather, we should re-evaluate what we are willing ... and perhaps change something.
10 February 2003
264 - I often say that my mission is to build the foundations for a new world. Foundations are major elements of structure ... as basic as you can get.
265 - The application of a small amount of conscious effort on our part allows a great deal of energy of consciousness to flow forth into manifestation. It doesn't happen automatically, however. We have to provide the initial current.
266 - I would build the foundations for a new world, in which people can express in community in ways that they have never expressed before ... and in which spirit can express in flesh more fully than ever before.
267 - My life has been one of destiny for as long as I can remember. Though, I typically do not have the foreknowledge of what the destiny is prior to it occurring.
268 - I prefer to venture far from the norms ... to the point of touching the very edges of sanity at times.
269 - Nothing happens by chance in my life. Everything is by design. Everything happens for a reason, often for multiple reasons.
270 - It seems we are at or are rapidly approaching a breakpoint. Beyond the breakpoint lies a rainbow of great brilliance. Somewhere over the rainbow ... there is a world that is beyond imagination. All that we have to do is follow the rainbow and get there.
271 - When you serve "society", who pays? How do I collect one penny per person from 250 million people? That would be enough to fund my work for 10 years. Yes, just one penny from each person.
11 February 2003
272 - This is a form of therapy for me. It is a place of release ... where I can open my heart and soul to the world, even if the particular members that constitute that world are largely unknown to me.
273 - This is material that impacts ones state of consciousness. And, that has ripple effects into all other areas of one’s life.
274 - There is no burden too great to bear, when it is rightfully ours, and when we have spirit bearing it with us.
275 - It does take courage to do what is ours to do. This requires stretching beyond what we typically see as the boundaries of ourselves to become something greater that we ever thought we ever were. Yet, when we do this, we will never cease to be amazed, we will never cease to surprise ourselves by what we are able to accomplish.
276 - The quality and quantity of what has come forth has literally blown me away. And, not only the first time, but each time that I go back and re-read what has come forth. The question that gets raised is "did all of that really come forth through me"?
277 - WOW! I don't know what else to say. This stream of consciousness that I tap is rich and deep. Sometimes she is downright unfathomable. She carries me to the edge of the unknown ... and even pushes me off the edge of the cliff at times so that I can discover my newfound wings of consciousness and fly. It is easy to soar in consciousness, it really is.
278 - How can an intelligent society know so little about something as important as consciousness itself?
279 - The game of life is stacked in our favor. We are meant to succeed. This does not mean it will be easy, challenges seem to be a natural part of life. However, challenges can be just as easily be approached joyfully and playfully as they can be dreadfully.
280 - Life is indeed a game that we are playing. When we are operating at our finest, we play it win-win on every level. There is always a way to do this. It is a matter of being committed enough to making it happen.
281 - With me alone, the stream of consciousness may have worked fine. But, if we are going to engage others ... we need goals, objectives, and step by step work plans to achieve those goals and objectives.
12 February 2003
282 - I am not privy to the effects of this effort. I know not who is moved by this expression in what ways. I can only evaluate what comes forth based on what it means to me and how it applies to my life. You'll have to do the same. Utility is the only measure for evaluating information.
283 - Does this expression provide anything that is useful? Does this expression assist you in doing things to improve your reality and your experience of life? If so, I have done my job well. If not, find somewhere else to spend your time.
284 - This business of reality creation is not easy stuff ... yet, at the same time, it is mere child’s play if we view it from the right perspective.
285 - Life does not have to be difficult. It is meant to be engaging yes, and to be a challenge ... but it is not meant to be overwhelming, as it seems to be for many.
286 - When will we start taking responsibility for one another ... full responsibility? When we have people starving, this is not happening. When we have people living in poverty, this is not happening. When we have people who want work unemployed, this is not happening.
13 February 2003
287 - My life continues to change all around me. Yet, in many ways, I am still the same. The setting is different, the props and the scenes are changing, but I am still much as I was. I am still standing at the center awake and aware ... anxious to become something more, yet not knowing what that something more might be.
288 - There must be a better way to employ my talents in a matter that serves society more effectively. That is what ultimately matters to me. How well was I able to serve society? And even more important, how well was I able to serve spirit? Though often the two go hand in hand.
289 - This stream of consciousness is important somehow ... more important than any concept that I have of myself. The hope is that what is captured here is sufficient to trigger others to awaken. Whether it does that or not depends on how well I have done my job of bringing it forth.
14 February 2003
290 - Here I am able to be whom that I AM in ways that I can do nowhere else. What good does it do if it doesn't involve others however? Good point. That is something I am just starting to realize.
291 - There is an emptiness in my life, a void when it comes to relationships. This is primarily my fault. For the most part, I simply haven't been interested enough to apply the effort. My concern has been with my self and with self-knowledge. After all, Plato did say Know Thyself, not Know Others. I say that with a big grin.
292 - Questions are a powerful means of self-discovery and of reality creation as well. They allow us to focus our energies on what we want, or more precisely, on what we need to know. If we pay attention, we may be surprised at where our questions take us.
293 - The journey of self discovery is truly an adventure, the likes of which no earthly adventure can compare. However, we need to give our consciousness the space to soar to heights unknown and to realms beyond imagining.
294 - Crafting reality to be what we want it to be is creation at its finest. The trick is to make sure what we want for ourselves is aligned with what spirit has planned for us.
295 - At every moment, we are spirit manifesting in flesh as fully as we can here and now, under the circumstances that we have created for ourselves. This is true for every moment that we exist ... for each and every one of us.
296 - The older I get, the more I realize that when it comes to our spiritual life, we have no real choice but to do whatever it takes to achieve what we must.
297 - There is a destiny that we came to fulfill, a destiny that will not be denied. Yet, it does not happen automatically ... it takes work, sometimes hard work, to make it happen.
298 - It is often our work that gives our life its meaning.
299 - Consciousness is clearly a mystery. Perhaps she is beyond anything that we will ever fathom. That doesn't mean that we shouldn't try. This might at least give us some rudimentary understanding that allows us to more fully express her in our lives.
15 February 2003
300 - It seems that I am meant to be a maverick. It is not meant for me to follow in the footsteps of others ... at least not for very long. I would make my own path through the wilderness of consciousness. Yet, I would have companions along the way as well.
301 - I have been going it alone for quite some time. It seems that it would be much more productive to engage with others of like mind and co-create something grander than any of us can conceive alone.
302 - We need to create a center for engaging in cooperative interdependent living at its finest. This takes commitment, and it takes resources. The first I am good at ... the second I could use some help on.
303 - In my reality framework the only thing bigger than me is spirit herself.
304 - There is a plan for the evolution of consciousness that is being manifested in flesh. We are the players in that drama. Our individual lives fit within the context of a larger whole. We did not make that whole, but we contribute to it with every aspect of our being.
305 - The whole is always greater than the sum of its parts. That is where the synergy of systems comes into play. Evolution is building more and more complex bodies in which consciousness can be housed and enfleshed.
306 - The greater and greater expression of spirit in flesh is the name of the game. But, it has to be in flesh, or it doesn't count.
16 February 2003
307 - We can't afford to rest too long on past laurels. It is for us to proceed ever onward to new heights and depths of expression. Yes, that is an appropriate analogy. It is out of the depths of spirit that the heights of experience and expression come.
308 - To grow we need to be willing to stretch. When we do this, we demonstrate that we are more than we knew ourselves to be. This is a powerful experience, one that we should engage in often.
309 - We are here to learn whom that we are. And, we are here to express whom that we are as fully as we can. It has always been so. Though, these simple truths have been hidden from us.
310 - We don't need an elaborate religious system to explain whom that we are. Deep down, we already know this. We just haven't been allowed to trust what we know. That can change far quicker than any can imagine.
311 - This expression in particular constitutes "works" that have literally blown me away, completely undermining my understanding of whom that I AM and what I am capable of doing ... or more precisely what spirit is capable of doing through me.
312 - At some point there needs to be some type of return on the investment of time and effort. It doesn't necessarily have to be money. But a service has been performed. There needs to be a balance of energy achieved.
17 February 2003
313 - Various parts of the Beyond Imagination works have reached many thousands, so there is hope that by now they would have had some impact. They have definitely changed my life. And, as a result have had some impact on those few people whose lives I touch.
314 - Wayshowers don't work solely in the field of the mind, they work in the field of action. They do things that others may see what is possible. And, what is possible for me, you can do also. It is a matter of preparing your consciousness and choosing to do it.
315 - If we don't strive to be our best, we will never be able to realize that we are better and more capable than we had ever imagined.
316 - We are consciousness enfleshed. It is high time we realized that and got on with the task of living as if that were true.
317 - We live in a world where spiritual problems abound. Hunger, poverty, crime, terrorism, war, ... all of these are spiritual problems. They exist because we have refused to take responsibility to care for one another collectively.
318 - Spirituality teaches us that all problems are our problems. What we do to another ultimately we do to ourselves.
319 - Spiritual expression is by far the most important aspect of my life. This stream of consciousness expression is indeed that meaningful to me. It is hard to imagine what my life would be like without it
320 - Spiritual giving is unconditional, or it simply doesn't count. When we give conditionally, our reward occurs in whatever is exchanged. When we give unconditionally, our reward is abundance ... we get what we need when we need it.
321 - Spirit can only give us what we feel we are worthy of receiving. To get more, we need to do something to increase our feeling of worthiness. This may be by giving more, or by realizing the true value of whom that we are.
322 - I live in a world of my own making. Is it an imaginary world? I would offer that it is far more than that, it is Beyond Imagination. That is what I was moved to call this expression when it began in 1993. The name is still appropriate today.
323 - If we add the synergy of working in cooperative interdependent ways with others, the sky's the limit.
324 - We would build a better world. We would build a true society, where individuality is not lost, but is respected and worshipped. Yes, worshipped.
325 - There is a spark of spirit, a soul, in every individual. That spark needs to be treated with dignity and given everything it needs to develop into all that it can be. In return, the individual has an obligation to use their god given talents and abilities in service to society in some way.
18 February 2002
326 - We need to learn under what circumstances good enough is good enough so that we can conserve our resources for doing those things that we are passionate about, those things that consume our heart and soul.
327 - The more comfortable that I am, the easier it is to share of whom that I AM. But sharing is a two-way process, a give and a take, an exchange between two people.
328 - My sharing for the most part is an anonymous opening of whom that I AM to any who might find and read these pages. Within hours at this site, you will know more about me than all but a dozen or so people in the world. That is how sheltered and isolated of a life I have lived.
329 - These works show signs of a creative genius at work ... one that is beyond what I know myself to be. Yet, the works were able to come forth through me. My consciousness was able to deliver them. That says something about my level of awareness as well.
330 - This expression continuously challenges what I know myself to be. Just when I think that I've figured it out, something more comes through that blows me away. Consciousness won't be contained within our arbitrary boundaries for very long. She stretches them and challenges them at every turn.
331 - The watchword is freedom. Yet, within that freedom is sufficient structure to create the foundations for the society. There is a balancing act that is going on. Too much freedom and we have chaos. Too much structure and we lack the flexibility needed to evolve and adapt ... two important characteristics required for life to exist.
332 - Some people say "I'll believe it when I see it" ... but that is not the way of the metaphysician. We know that it is the belief that comes first. We shall see what we believe that we shall see.
19 February 2003
333 - Why does my life have to be so grand? Why does my life's impact have to be so great? Why can't I be just like everyone else? The answer is simple ... because I am not like everyone else. I came to perform a mission.
334 - My interactions with others have still been relatively minimal. In particular, they have not delved into such areas as how my experience of awareness and states of consciousness differed from or were similar to their own.
335 - That is a sad commentary on the educational system ... that it focuses so much on filling our minds with the whats that it forgets about the hows and the whys, about the very nature of the mind and the consciousness that learns the whats.
336 - What must happen, happens. What we learn from that, what we experience from that is our choice. Reality lies primarily in the meaning that we assign to what we experience.
337 - When we change the meaning, we effectively change the experience and the reality. It is that simple. The process of assigning meaning to things, events, symbols, etc ... is that powerful.
338 - Feel free to consider the realm of beliefs as a playground. Believe firmly while you believe, but evaluate utility often, and be willing to change beliefs frequently should you encounter more promising ones.
339 - All of this comes forth without forethought, without planning, without organization, and without editing. It continues to amaze me that source can be this creative and original.
340 - The words speak for themselves. There is an intelligence that is revealed here that is beyond anything that I would claim for myself. There is a wisdom that is expressed here that is wise far beyond my years, at least in this existence.
341 - There is only ONE consciousness from which we all spring. The partitions within that ONE consciousness are illusory separations that permit us to experience reality as we do.
20 February 2003
342 - Our beliefs about what is possible have changed a lot in the past century. There is every reason to believe that we have only experienced the tip of the iceberg.
343 - We need to decide personally which changes we will keep up with and which we will leave below our radar scope. There simply is not enough time to deal with everything. There is simply too much information for anyone to process it anymore.
344 - Knowing that something exists, and knowing enough to be able to use it effectively is often enough. That, and having the courage to apply what we know in service to others. It is here that we distinguish ourselves. It is here that we make our mark on the world.
345 - On my own, I would be the beneficent dictator ... doing those things that spirit moves me to do for the good of society. But, we need to be careful here. Who ultimately judges what is for the good of society?
346 - My way is still only a way, it is NOT the way. Yet, as ways go, it is just as valid as any other, and far more documented than many.
347 - These are the flights of fancy that I allow my mind to venture on. Generally, they lead to discoveries that have some utility ... however, if you don't venture out and see, you just won't know.
348 - Consciousness is not something to be taken lightly. We are consciousness expressing in flesh though many see this upside down, seeing themselves as animals who happened to evolve enough to possess consciousness.
349 - Free will doesn't mean that the force of gravity doesn't apply to us. Why should spiritual forces be any different?
350 - Self worth is critical to manifesting abundance in our lives. Unless we feel worthy ... unless we believe ourself to be worthy, we will not attract abundance into our lives.
21 February 2003
351 - The quote for today is: "Everything is spirit. Everything is godstuff." Truth, simply and elegantly expressed. There is nothing but godstuff, there is nothing but spirit in expression.
352 - This is part of what we are talking about when we speak of building the foundations for a new world. We need a supportive infrastructure at the core of society that recognizes the value and importance of each individual.
353 - Perhaps someday I will be part of the cooperative society that I so desire to create. What is meant to be, will be. Of that I can be certain. It's just that at this time I have no means of knowing what that will be. That is OK. Life is meant to be a mystery.
354 - One learns to become comfortable with the unknown. It doesn't have to be a scary and frightening thing. It is a place we go to explore. It is a place we go to engage our abilities and talents.
355 - We call ourselves a developed nation, but we are far from being an enlightened nation. What does it take to be wise? We are still a young nation, with only 226 years since our Declaration of Independence. Some nations have histories stretching back several thousands of years.
356 - We were born as a melting pot that brought together people from many nations throughout the world to create a new structure, a new form of government, the likes of which had not been tried before. By most accounts, we have succeeded in our endeavor.
357 - We are arguably the strongest and the greatest nation that the world has ever known. Oh, there have been empires that have spanned greater portions of the world. But, none with the technology and wealth of information that we have at our disposal ... and none whose masses have had anywhere near the present average standard of living in this country.
22 February 2003
358 - Onward the adventure takes us. The expression makes the unmanifest manifest. These very words go from being potential expression to being actual expression.
359 - I am consciousness in expression. We all are consciousness in expression. But, we also are us in expression. It helps if these two ideas are congruent with each other. It helps if what consciousness wants and what we want are compatible with one another.
360 - At what point do we jump from independence to interdependence? This is a major step, a breakpoint in the way we think about society. Yet, it is not clear that our organizations are taking this into consideration.
361 - It is not clear that we have realized that cooperative interdependence is the only way to survive and thrive in the times ahead. How close to the brink of disaster will we have to come to realize this?
362 - How do we declare our Cooperative Interdependence? It is not like Independence, where we tell the King that we are free and refuse to be subject to you any longer.
363 - Cooperative Interdependence is a set of relationships between the parts within the whole which are recognized as being necessary for the whole to keep functioning.
364 - Everything happens for a reason in my world ... and generally, for a spiritual reason.
23 February 2003
365 - It is wonderful to be able to use what I consider to be my greatest gifts and talents in service to spirit, and ultimately in service to my society and my world. It does not matter that few, if any, recognize the service that I am providing. It is enough that I know, and that spirit herself knows.
366 - The expression is what it is. Judge it based solely on its content and utility. I believe you will find it to be an original work. It is different from anything else that I have ever read anyway.
367 – This expression allows me to go back and revisit where my consciousness has been. It allows you to walk in the steps of my consciousness as well. I'm sure that you will find it to be interesting walking to say the least.
368 - We need to be careful when we play with consciousness, for we truly are playing with fire ... the fire of spirit.
369 - I have realized that my will is for the good of spirit, society, and the world. It is time that I engage it as the powerful tool that it is to manifest that good.
370 - It is interesting that we know so little about consciousness. We know so little about the mind and how it functions. We know so little about the brain and how it functions.
371 - The basic gray matter in the brain of a genius and an idiot is nearly the same. Yet, their abilities are orders of magnitude different. Perhaps my own ignorance is showing through here. Perhaps others have published works that document some of this. Perhaps collectively we know more than I am aware that we know. It would surprise me. But, it would be a very pleasant surprise.
24 February 2003
372 - Hopefully, in sharing this stream of consciousness, you will be encouraged to share your own stream with others as well. Each of us has valuable experience to share. It is a matter of having the resolve, the discipline, and the courage to share it.
373 - The greatest thing that we can share is whom that we are. And, more than anything else, we are consciousness/ spirit enfleshed. It has always been thus, hard as that may be to believe.
374 - Why do we choose to compete when we could choose to cooperate and make things better for everyone? Yes, this requires getting beyond the me/my/I mentality to an us/our/we perspective.
375 - We still live in a society where the individual is king. So long as this remains so, we will find it difficult to create the structures that are necessary as the very foundations for society. Note that I said difficult, not impossible.
376 - We are the creators of our reality, we are the masters of our fate. However, much of this is done at other than conscious levels unless we expressly take conscious control over the processes. Even then, we only want loose control. Much of the details of the inner workings of reality creation are superconscious.
377 - We only need enough control to steer the ship of the self to where we want it to go. That is, assuming that we have some idea as to where we want it to go.
378 - Spirit is already expressed in flesh. In fact, everything is spirit in expression. What we are talking about is evolving the forms ... and building new forms, through which spirit can express in flesh. We do this via conscious effort on our parts. We do this by deciding what organizations we will participate in to what extent.
25 February 2003
379 - The communication is what it is. Its merit lies in its content, not in its method of delivery. And the only valid measure of content is utility. In this case, both utility in our individual life, and utility for society as a whole.
380 - It still amazes me that I can have so much to say here ... page after page, for hundreds of musings. Yet, I have so little to say to people in general.
381 - I still read a book now and then. However, I am much more captivated by the information that I am producing. There is something immediate about this expression. There is something that speaks directly to my heart and my soul as nothing else does. It is as if this communication were specifically tailored for me.
26 February 2003
382 - Mysteries are OK. They are what make life interesting. They are what make life the wonder that it is. As such, these are to be relished and enjoyed.
383 - There are some things that will never be explained, try as we might. However, there are many more things that can be explained given sufficient priority, resources, and of course funding.
384 - We get what we focus our efforts on. If we want a more peaceful community on a worldwide basis ... we should not be spending tens to hundreds of billions of dollars on weapons and defense.
385 - We are all the conductors of our own lives. Moreover, we are the composers as well. We create it all ... everything that we experience.
386 - One of the primary reasons for doing it is to learn from it ... to learn whom that we are, and to learn the nature of spirit as she expresses in flesh.
387 - This is why we live. We live to learn whom that we are and then to express that as freely and as fully as we can in service to spirit, our self, our society, and our world ... not necessarily in that order.
388 - For many, being responsible for creating their own reality is too big of a burden to bear. They would rather have someone else to blame for their troubles. Can we really live in a world without victims? This seems so contradictory to everything we see and hear on the news.
389 - After all, what good is a stream of consciousness expression if it is not experienced?
27 February 2003
390 - We must do things that have utility. We must do things that are of service, that make a difference in our world.
391 - This expression is where I shine. This expression is where consciousness expresses through me at her finest. This is where the word is made flesh.
392 - Life itself is a spiritual phenomenon for me. That makes everything we do "spiritual".
393 - Everything is spirit in expression. There simply is nothing else.
394 - The more that we know of whom that we are, the more fully and clearly spirit can express through us. However, self knowledge doesn't just come to us ... we have to pursue it with all of our heart and soul.
395 - This, more than anything else, is our directive from spirit ... to be the best that we can be, and to do what we are moved by spirit to do. These two things are crucial. They are the foundation for right living and for building a better world.
396 - Spirit operates from needs not wants. She ensures that needs are met wherever they arise. However, she often uses us as the vehicles for providing the goods, services, or experiences necessary to meet the needs. "God's hands" as the song says ... that is what we are.
28 February 2003
397 - My reality framework is clearly more open than most. I accept things as real that others would dismiss as nothing more than products of an active imagination. But, that is why this expression is called Beyond Imagination. It deals with reality in new and unique ways
398 - I am spirit in expression now. We all are. We have always been, and we shall always be. The issue is how do make this expression better? How do we allow it to flow more smoothly ... or, if not smoothly, at least more abundantly?
399 - That does not mean turning up the volume to the point of excess where we burn out. However, I think that most of us will find that there is far more that we can do without risk of even coming close to this point.
400 - When I say spirit, that is something I look for inside of myself. It is something to which my intuition is tied. It is not an outer force of any type, and it is definitely not something that I have ever found through religion.
401 - Spirit is a feminine source from which we all spring. She is the ONE consciousness that feeds the individual consciousnesses of each of us. Here I speak not so much from authority, but rather from my own personal experience.
402 - Everything happens for a reason. There is a grand plan of consciousness that is being played out. We each have our roles to play within that plan.
1 March 2003
403 - We are winding down to the 10th anniversary of the beginning of this expression. The first day was 5 March 1993. It is simply amazing that a decade has passed already. I would have thought Beyond Imagination would have had more impact by now.
404 - Why is my will any less important or any less valuable than that of anyone else? Why should I not do what it takes to exercise my own will, so long as it harms no one ... or so long as the benefit is greater then any harm that might be done?
405 - Spirit has been by my side for many years. She has been my guide, my teacher, my friend, my companion. It seems time that I should have others in my life to fill these roles as well. Not that spirit hasn't done a superb job. It is just that I need something more now.
7 March 2003
406 - Our republic is the showcase for democratic government in the world. It is the standard by which all others are measured.
407 - Our people have a degree of freedom that is unknown in many parts of the world. Further, our people have a degree of creativity and industriousness that has resulted in the strongest economy in the world.
408 - For me, there is only ONE spirit, though each of us only seem to possess or be aware of an individual spark of that spirit.
409 - We can dream of and imagine many things, but that is not sufficient to make them real. Here, we need to go Beyond Imagination and manifest as we believe.
410 - It is interesting how often that phrase comes up ... beyond imagination. The name seems just as appropriate for this material today as it did when I came up with it a decade ago. Whatever you can dream, whatever you can imagine, you can achieve. Someone said that.
411 - However, how do we take the next step and get to places beyond anything that we can yet imagine? The sense is that spirit knows of such places and can guide us to them if we let her do so.
412 - It just takes one pebble to cause ripples in a whole pond of still water. Am I that pebble? Is this expression the equivalent of throwing the pebble into the pond? Will what I have to say make the world a better place?
8 March 2003
413 - In a way, my life is no longer my own. I have willingly chosen to give a significant part of it in service to spirit and ultimately to society and to the world in the process. Yes, I think in grand terms. I don't know why exactly. They just seem to suit me somehow. It is as if I were born to express in this manner.
414 - We are all interconnected in ways beyond anything that we have ever dreamed or imagined. When I do something, when I realize something, the very fabric of consciousness is altered as a result.
415 - Consciousness learns from everything we do, everything we think, and everything we realize. No act of kindness goes unnoticed ... nor any act of neglect nor any atrocity.
416 - We are all held accountable for what we do, and to some degree for what we could have done that we failed to do.
417 - The measure that we are ultimately held against is what we achieve versus what we had the potential to do ... with what we could have been. This makes it very important to live our lives without regrets.
418 - We don't want to be in a position of remorse over what we might have done differently. It is for us to seize the moment and reduce or eliminate these might have dones from our life.
419 - How can I spend thousands of hours doing something and not really understand what it is that I am doing and how it is that I am able to do it? It is truly amazing.
420 - There is so much that is unknown. And, there may even be large parts that are unknowable ... they may be such that our minds are incapable of conceiving of or comprehending them in any fashion.
421 - There is nothing that says we have to understand everything that we experience. One can comprehend the awesome scenic beauty of Yosemite without having any understanding of the forces of nature that occurred over time to carve those very features we find so beautiful.
422 - Similarly, we can marvel at the wonder of the human body as it has evolved over the eons as the house for the mind.
423 - We either change with the times or we wither and die.
424 - What can be impacted now is what is HERE and NOW and via causality what will be in the future. But, the future will take care of itself if we focus on right action in the moment.
425 - Spirit is somewhat neutral. She seeks to express in whatever manner she can express through the resources that she is given. She is given resources by our willingness to do her works. We have to volunteer for our spiritual jobs or they simply will not be done. That is just how it is.
426 - Spirit will not force her way into our lives. She gently prompts us at times, but it is up to us to listen and to choose to abide by what she says.
9 March 2003
427 - The very fact that this expression exists is proof that other than conscious parts of ourselves can indeed create things in our lives ... in my case, a stream of words, over three million of them to date.
428 - Consciousness is highly creative and quite prolific if we allow her to be. It is amazing how much work we can do when we resign ourselves to allowing spirit to work through us. It seems that when we do so, our resources increase many fold.
429 - Attitude is everything! It truly is. When work is drudgery, it is an endless chore to get through the day. When work is a labor of love, we look forward to the opportunities of each moment and the day simply flies by.
430 - There is still a strong inner sense that I am to have world impact somehow ... that what I do will make a difference to the world
431 - One step at a time gets us to any destination eventually. However, remember to enjoy the process ... each and every step of the way.
432 - Live your life in a grand way, as only you can do. Allow all of whom that you are to be expressed. This is easier said than done. It takes courage to be all that you can be. It takes courage to exercise ones freedom of expression to the fullest. But, we must be brave and do so.
433 - Life is meant to be a grand adventure. If that is not the way we are experiencing it, it is high time to start making different choices so that we experience a different reality more consistent with this.
10 March 2003
434 - This is a different way of looking at destiny. It is not something that happens to us beyond our control. Rather it is something that we create in our own lives.
435 - Why is it that I have been selected by consciousness to express in this manner? I don't really know, but I consider it a gift and a blessing. Along with such gifts comes the responsibility to use them effectively in service to society in some way. This is true for all gifts.
436 - Whatever abilities we have are there because they are needed by society. It is for us to find a way to apply them in service.
437 - If everything is spirit, my relationships with others are just another flavor of relationships with spirit.
438 - What has worked in the past is not necessarily good for the future. We need to be open to changing our ways, even characteristics that we consider to be fundamental to our being ... perhaps especially if we consider them such.
11 March 2003
439 - I have said that spirit is a stern taskmaster. Indeed, she is. But, it seems that I task myself even more sternly. I do this because I know something of whom that I am and what I am capable of. It is simply not acceptable to me to be less than I can be.
440 - Awareness, allowance, and acceptance ... these are the keys to living life. Until we are aware, until we allow, until we accept ... there is nothing we can do to change things to the way that we would prefer for them to be.
441 - Until we are aware of whom that we truly are, we can't begin to be all that we can be. Even then, it is ever a work in progress as who we are is continually evolving into something greater and grander than we have ever been.
442 - I'm excited by the possibilities for what lies ahead. It seems that it is time for one scene in the play to come to a close and a whole new scene to begin. In some plays, this allows an opportunity for a discontinuity where a major change in the setting can occur.
12 March 2003
443 - If I am to succeed in ways beyond what others do, I need to be willing to invest more of myself into what I do than what others are willing to invest.
444 - Ultimately, we reap what we sow. What we invest of ourselves ultimately pays dividends. Maybe not right away. Sometimes it takes time for the interest to compound or for the market to turn around. But, in the long term dividends will accrue for all that we give of ourselves.
445 - This is the greatest thing that we have to give ... ourselves and our abilities in service to others, our society, and our world. We have an obligation to society, a sacred obligation. However, it comes in the form of a contract between the individual and society.
446 - Each individual is obligated to use their abilities as fully as they can to serve society. In return, society is to provide each individual with all that the individual needs.
447 - This doesn't say that government provides this to each individual, it says that society does. How does society fulfill its part of this contract? It does so by its individuals and its organizations creating and providing goods and services to those who need them.
448 - How do we get companies to shoulder the responsibility for matching individuals to the jobs that are best suited to their abilities at a level of compensation that is sufficient to meet the needs of the individual? That is what the social contract demands, and the economic system is the arm of society that exchanges individual services for fair compensation.
449 - The free market has been the primary influence in shaping the current wage structure. Wages are based on the forces of competition and what the market for various types of services will bear.
450 - Individuals are complex interdependent systems. The organizations that we create within society are simply larger such systems composed of many individuals performing particular functions.
13 March 2003
451 - Destiny calls. I would allow it to unfold as it will. Actually, I would be an active agent in enabling it to unfold as it must. That is a different way of looking at things. In the later way, my will matters ... my will makes a difference in the world, especially if it is aligned with the will of consciousness.
452 - The Beyond Imagination material deserves to be heard ... to be read. It deserves to have an audience. How large that might be, only spirit knows. Until I take the risk to publish and see what kind of response there is, I will not know.
453 - We are meant to live our lives with no regrets. That doesn't mean that we have to do and experience everything. However, we do need to do and experience the things that are important to us.
454 - No regrets doesn't mean that we have to do everything perfectly. Good enough is sufficient. In a resource constrained world ... we need to establish reasonable criteria for what is good enough.
455 - When my ego is involved in the process, the outcome is far from certain and is typically far different than I imagined it would be going into the situation.
456 - I can come across as grandiose at times ... even extremely so. I clearly think highly of myself and my abilities. But then, how many have the presence of mind and the presence of spirit to express in this manner?
457 - I would bear the burdens of the world to facilitate the changes that must be made. It matters not that no one asks that I bear these burdens. It is sufficient that spirit reveals to me what is mine to bear and what is mine to do. I am her willing servant.
458 - Each moment that is wasted cannot be recovered. But, we need to be careful about how we assess what constitutes waste.
459 - Meditation and quiet time are important. It is amazing what benefit silence can bring to one's life ... especially if it allows you to connect to and listen to the source within you.
460 - Spirit is there, ever ready to communicate. But, she awaits us to take the initiative and invite her to play an active role in our lives. Even then, we must develop a relationship with her.
14 March 2003
461 - I have great expectations. But, the work that is being done through me is of a nature that could ultimately have world impact. Yes, the grandiosity is coming through again. Clearly, I have a high opinion of myself and my abilities ... perhaps too high for my own good.
462 - In effect, this is an extension of my memory ... an extension that exists in a medium that is freely shared with anyone who can find it.
463 - Spirit works efficiently. It seems an awful waste that all of this would have been generated and not used. But, spirits ways are mysterious.
464 - What counts is not what we have done in the past, but what we do from this moment forward.
465 - Our lives are to be lived in the present with an eye to the future. This does not mean we neglect the past. It has its lessons to teach us. We learn from it, and hopefully make better choices in the present.
466 - We are ever in the process of choosing to express the grandest concept of our self that we can express.
467 - The economic system requires an exchange of energy, not just an application of energy. Here, I apply a lot of energy. I believe it is in a way that will ultimately be of service to society ... but what must happen to turn this expression into a service?
468 - How does society pay for the services that it consumes?
469 - Being able to name something is not the same as understanding what it is. I tap source using my intuition. However, that doesn't explain anything about the nature of source other than that it can connect to our intuition.
470 - My mission requires working closely together with others to create a new order ... perhaps even a new world order. The order will be spiritually based because we are spirit in expression.
15 March 2003
471 - We are all spirit expressing in flesh, here and now. There is nothing but spirit.
472 - I would change the world. Yes, I believe that my existence is to have world import somehow.
473 - At this point, it seems that will happen through my works. And, right now, these musings are my works. Will they transform to something else in the coming quarter century? The answer is a resounding yes. Though, at this time I do not know to what.
474 - Spirit defines the grand schemes and I take care of the details. Though, even there, I don't tend to be detail oriented. I live my life in very general terms. In fact, much of what constitutes my world is abstract ... in the realm of ideas and ideals
475 - Belief management is one of the most important skills that we can learn. Yet, as far as I know, it was not a course taught in any formal school that I attended in eighteen years from kindergarten through a MSEE at Stanford.
476 - Each of us have unique gifts and talents. Part of our challenge is to find a way to use them in service to society and the world.
477 - All that is asked of us is that we do our best ... that we be the best that we can be. It is not for us to judge this in comparison to others, but in comparison to what we are capable of.
478 - We know what we are capable of. It is not easy to fool ourselves.
479 - We each live in worlds of our own making. We each create our own reality. Such is how it has always been. Though, it seems that we are entering a time where we have far more options and where the time from thought to manifestation is drastically reduced.
480 - Everything in our lives is there to teach us something. Sometimes it takes many years to determine what that is.
481 - Life is a grand adventure in consciousness. That is exactly what it is meant to be. Yet, it is also a physical sojourn ... and it is to be enjoyed in the body as well. You can't do that if you neglect the things of the body in favor of the things of the mind and the spirit.
16 March 2003
482 - It is spirit that is the wind beneath our wings. She allows us to soar to heights that would not be possible for us otherwise.
483 - When we make choices of desperation, we experience desperation. To get beyond this we need to realize that it is our choices that are creating the reality that we experience ... and that we are free to make more empowering choices at any time. For this, we need no permission.
484 - This expression keeps me one step removed from the edge, the place where the boundary between sanity and insanity blurs. At times I may even cross the line. But, generally, only for a moment.
485 - Being genuinely interested in others as individuals is not an acquired skill. Yet, it seems to be crucial for building relationships.
486 - We can do far more working together than the sum of what we can do working separately, that is provided we have the right working environment. That last condition is a big one. We are still in the process of learning what works and doesn't work for collective behavior.
487 - We are so used to being independent that it takes extensive training to think and act in cooperatively interdependent ways.
488 - We are responsible not only for ourselves, but for one another. The sooner we realize this and act in a manner consistent with it, the sooner many of the problems that plague our society will start to diminish and vanish.
17 March 2003
489 - Life is meant to have an element of spontaneity. This is what keeps us awake and alive.
490 - I must live as I believe. I must be true to what I know. I must express what would be expressed through me, and I must be the best that I can be. To do less and to be less is simply not acceptable
491 - We can read books, we can take classes, we can meditate, we can practice yoga, we can take walks in nature ... all of these help, but none of them necessarily trigger a change in awareness.
492 - Ultimately that is what life is all about, the level of awareness that we are able to achieve and demonstrate. Yes, the demonstration is important. It is not enough to be something, we must also do something with whom that we are.
493 - The words in this expression have the potential to impact the world far longer than I am around. Yes, I believe what flows through me is that important. I only hope that I will be around long enough to see some of the impact.
18 March 2003
494 - The creative process continues to be a mystery. I would have it no other way.
495 - Destiny ... everything that is happening in my life supports achieving a spiritual destiny that I planned for myself long before I entered into this incarnation. How can I know that? I just do. It feels right to me.
496 - I've been watching my life unfold since my sophomore year in high school. That is when I became aware of being aware of being in the process of knowing myself. That is when I started on the path of metaphysics.
497 - It is time for my reality to change. I need to be engaged with others to carry out the work that I am meant to do. There is only so much that I can do in isolation. It seem that I've come close to maximizing this.
498 - I would be whom that I AM. That is the only thing that I can be. That is the only thing that I want to be. It helps tremendously if what we want to be agrees with what we can be.
19 March 2003
499 - This expression is a record of a stream of consciousness ... a stream that anyone can follow, a stream that hopefully leads you to increased awareness of whom that you are and what you came to do.
500 - Does the stream have a purpose? To date, not that I can tell ... other than to be a vehicle for consciousness to express.
501 - On my own, fate was pretty much in my hands. I could do what it took to get the job done. But, with cooperative endeavors, no one person has such power. The rules of the game have changed ... and I have not yet learned how to play by the new rules.
502 - My life is like that. It is meant to serve as an example to others, an example of what spirit expressing in flesh can do in the world, an example of the difference that one person can make when they choose to serve humanity by serving spirit.
503 - This expression is my legacy. It is one of the gifts that I give to the world. Actually, that spirit gives to the world through me.
504 - I would change the world. How's that for a goal? Yes, it is a bit grandiose to think that I am capable of doing this. Actually, maybe substantially more than a bit. But, grandiose or not, there is a strong sense that this is exactly what I am destined to do.
505 - I'm looking to meet kindred spirits with whom to enter into cooperatively interdependent relationships to do works that we mutually decide need to be done.
506 - The very facts that this stream of consciousness expression exists and is shared in the manner that it is offer great hope for the world. They show that we know far more than we ever dreamed that we knew. Literally, our abilities are Beyond Imagination.
507 - We are capable of so much. All that is required is to unleash our potential by freeing ourselves from our self-imposed limitations.
508 - We become so used to limitations that often we forget that they are limitations. A quote comes to mind: none are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
509 - Freedom is one of our most valued possessions. But, it is something that we have to safeguard or we risk losing it.
20 March 2003
510 - I come here because it is fun, and because it is fulfilling. But, I also come here because I am compelled to do so, compelled by a force that I am not really at liberty to resist.
511 - Spirit knows what she is doing. And, she is definitely pulling the strings in my life. Whether she is doing this in everyone's life, I can only guess. My sense is yes, but it may not be in such a direct manner.
512 - What is the relationship between us and spirit? In my framework, there is only one spirit that animates everything and expresses and experiences through everything. The same spirit that animates me also animates you. So, at a basic level, we are one.
513 - What I choose to do and choose not to do will determine how aware people become of the works of Beyond Imagination. The destiny of this endeavor is definitely in my hands now. It has been for many years. But, it is clearly so now.
514 - Change ... just how much of that is in store in the times ahead. That is one thing that has been expanding at an exponential rate. It has reached a point where it is simply amazing that we can even keep up with it. Yet, collectively, we find a way.
515 - The things that need to get done get done. The things that need to get learned get learned. In the process, we find ways to discover and to express whom that we are. The process is amazing to behold. It is truly amazing watching the plan of spirit unfold.
516 - Each of us touch the lives of others. Some of us do this more than others, but all of us do this to some degree.
21 March 2003
517 - What makes me think that any of this is worthy of public consumption? I enjoy what is expressed. But, would others find it interesting or beneficial?
518 - My sense is yes. The chief reason for this is that it offers a fresh perspective. It demonstrates consciousness in expression in a way that is rare and precious. The mystery behind its expression makes it that much more interesting.
519 - This is a spiritual vocation for me. It is my soul’s duty if you will. As such, I have no choice but to honor it. This is a sacred responsibility for me.
520 - We create community by giving of ourselves for the greater collective good.
521 - Communities, as collective entities embody synergy when they are functioning well. Actually, all organizations have the potential to do this. But, it is only potential ... until the organization operates in a manner where the power of synergy can be evoked.
522 - One day at a time. Allow things to unfold one day at a time. Trust that each day brings you closer to your destiny. You will be employed doing what you are meant to do soon enough.
523 - Be ready to accept new challenges and opportunities that come your way.
524 - There is no time to waste. Every moment is precious. Every moment offers the opportunity for us to make progress on our path.
525 - We are free to fashion our reality in any manner that we choose. However, we bear full responsibility for all consequences of our choices as well.
526 - It is amazing how much we are capable of when we apply ourselves fully to the tasks at hand.
527 - This is the grandest of new days that there is. The change of an age offers a completely new promise. It marks the end of one way of life and the beginning of a new way. Literally, the rules of the game change.
528 - We have equal opportunity. We can be whatever we want to be. We can achieve whatever our abilities and focus allow us to achieve.
529 - The free market provides a large variety of goods and services for us to choose from at competitive and fair prices.
530 - We are truly blessed to live in this country.
531 - One thing freedom does not guarantee is access to information. We live in an information age. We live in a world where information is power. For information to be powerful, it must be controlled. That means that someone decides who has a need to know what information.
22 March 2003
532 - I want to find those people with whom I am meant to work to create the foundations for a new world. At this point, I have no clue where to even start.
533 - Clearly I am not normal. I don't believe that I have ever been that. But, I do believe that what I experience as reality will be far more commonplace in the not too distant future.
534 - Now is the time for a spiritual awakening, the likes of which the world has never seen before.
535 - It is interesting to observe how this stream of consciousness twists and turns on its way to only spirit knows where. I am not privy to the direction or the intended destination in advance, if indeed there is a destination for any of this.
536 - Each day takes us one step closer to our destiny ... whatever that may be. One step at a time, doing each day what spirit moves us to do, that is how we achieve what we came to do.
537 - Could my books be used as textbooks some day for classes on the nature of consciousness? Consciousness is as consciousness does. This expression is what consciousness does ... at least in my life.
538 - Whose job is it to look after the whole of society? Shouldn't we be employing our best and our brightest to do this? Yes, I consider myself in such august company. But, because of this I feel an obligation to society to use my gifts in her service.
23 March 2003
539 - To date, the expression has not reached anywhere near the audience that I thought it might when the Beyond Imagination site was created in 1995.
540 - This work shows consciousness in expression in a manner that is different than anything that I have ever seen expressed. That makes it worth it. It provides an example of what consciousness can do.
541 - Because I have lived such an isolated life ... the evolution of my consciousness and its awakening were relatively free from much of the dogma of society. I have lived in a world of my own making for a good deal of my life.
542 - One step at a time. Each step builds upon the step before. That is how life is lived.
543 - There is a reason that I am a systems engineer by profession. What better systems to work on than the social systems that provide the very foundations for our world. Here we are talking about the government, economy, educational system, and society itself.
544 - We live in an interdependent world, like it or not. There is no way to be independent in an interdependent world. Interdependence requires cooperation for it to work smoothly. Independence has no need for such.
24 March 2003
545 - It is amazing how quickly time flies by. It makes it all the more important that we find a way to do something each day of lasting value ... something that at least has the potential to make a difference not only in our own life but in the lives of others.
546 - What makes me think that a stream of consciousness is interesting enough to be worthy of attracting an audience? I only know that the expression fascinates me. It engages my mind and my consciousness in a way that nothing else that I have ever read does.
547 - It is curious that I say have ever read ... even though this expression is generated through me. But, I see it as I read it. I experience it a word at a time as it comes forth. It is as if I am reading something that is already completed.
548 - That is one reason for entering into relationships with others. If I find the right others, we can complement one another, assuring that we have the right skills for doing everything that needs to be done.
549 - My natural talents and abilities are such that I am perfectly suited to be doing exactly what I am doing. If they were not, I would not be doing it.
550 - There is no denying whom that I AM. I must do as I am moved to do. Spirit herself moves me and when she moves us there is no choice but to do her bidding. No, this does not mean that I am a puppet ... or that I am controlled somehow. My free will is still intact.
551 - I firmly believe that we need to subjugate my will to THY WILL to accomplish our spiritual missions. It is by allowing spirit to work through us, to express through us, that we do this.
25 March 2003
552 - Life is a journey, a magnificent journey. However, we only see it as such if we approach it with the right attitude.
553 - Attitude is everything. It makes a phenomenal difference in what is experienced.
554 - I am the authority in my own life. We all are. In fact, when you get down to it, we need no authority other than ourselves and the spirit within us. These are always sufficient, but only if we listen to their council and follow them.
555 - A voice from beyond imagination speaks into my consciousness and I relay what she says. What is of me versus what is through me? There is no distinguishing this anymore. Not that I ever could. Everything comes through me.
556 - The expression is what it is. You are free to take it or leave it. Take from it what you will. Allow utility to be your guide. Use whatever works for you, so long as it works for you ... then switch to something better whenever that comes along.
557 - There is a time lag involved in reality creation. This can be on the order of weeks and even months at times. Be patient however. In the end, things do indeed work out as they are meant to.
558 - What we choose to do can help or can hinder the process, but it does not seem that it can change the end result ... not for the big things anyway
26 March 2003
559 - We take each day as it comes. We apply ourselves where it seems that we can make a difference. Whether we actually make a difference or not is a different matter. The fact that we tried is ultimately what counts.
560 - Our efforts are as important if not more important than our successes.
561 - Ultimately, if we are persistent and innovative we will find a way to succeed at nearly any pursuit.
562 - There is an unseen element, an intelligence that reveals itself to my mind that I may express it here. But, is this intelligence not simply an aspect of me? Does it not reside within my brain? Why must I look to sources outside of the physical for this intelligence? It just seems obvious that spirit, the ultimate source of this expression, is not confined to the walls of this body.
563 - The question of which comes first comes to mind. Does the state of consciousness create the corresponding brain states or the other way around? My sense is that the state of consciousness comes first and creates the necessary organization to allow it to manifest in flesh.
564 - Why am I not content to live my life as others do ... to count my many blessings, and enjoy my life as much as I can? The bottom line is that such is not enough.
565 - I am not content with what I have done. I know that there is so much more that I am capable of doing, that I came into this existence to accomplish ... and I will not be satisfied until I have done what I must do. It is that simple. I am a man on a mission. I know that. It is an earthly mission, but it is one inspired by spirit herself.
566 - My happiness is linked to how closely I am to carrying out my mission
567 - I would build the foundations that allow spirit to more fully express in flesh. I know that I can do this because I have been able to establish such foundations in my own life ... in my mind and in my consciousness. I share these with all who venture into this space that I call Beyond Imagination.
568 - One learns what consciousness can be by walking in the shoes of where other consciousnesses have been. I have always found that the great quotes were some of the best places to start. They quickly take one to an altered state of consciousness, where the power of the quote is manifest.
569 - Ideas have the power to move us deeply. And, the right ideas at the right time have the power to change the world as we know it.
570 - I find it curious that I live such a private life, yet I freely share all that I share here. You will know more about me from reading the works at Beyond Imagination than all but less than a handful of people know about me. That is how few people I interact with.
571 - There is something about the written word that is magical for me. The fact that 26 letters, a space, and a few punctuation marks are sufficient to communicate so much is unreal. Yet, so it is.
572 - If my craft is writing and practice makes one a master, then I should be getting close by now based on the volume of material that I have generated. Yet, it seems that if this is so, I should be able to make my living from my craft as well.
27 March 2003
573 - How does what I express here fit into the grand scheme of things? How does what I do contribute to the welfare of society ... to the betterment of the world? Yes, that is the scale of difference that I would make.
574 - Whether I am successful or not, only time will tell. However, if I don't succeed, at least it will not be for lack of trying.
575 - Consciousness is that powerful. When she expresses, whole new realms of reality are born to be experienced by all who are drawn to them.
576 - I desire to live in a community ... yet, I sense it is one unlike any that has yet manifest on this Earth.
577 - It seems that the world is ready to see communities based on new age principles arise, grow, and prosper. These can then serve as prototypes that allow others to follow in like manner.
578 - Communities are entities in their own rights. They have properties of their own, above and beyond the individual properties of their constituents.
579 - In a community, people cooperate and work together to achieve a common good and common reality that is better than the sum of individuals could have achieved alone. They do this by choosing to participate in various ways in various types of organizations.
580 - What we do makes all the difference in the world. We can't emphasize that strongly enough. We have the power to change the world. However, it doesn't happen by thinking about it. We have to take the next step and take action.
581 - People will change when they are ready to change. We have to give them the freedom to choose if, when, and how.
28 March 2003
582 - I was reading something earlier that dealt with the idea that one of the chief powers that we had was the control over our own thoughts. Yet, this stream of consciousness runs completely counter to that idea. I do not control what is expressed.
583 - I am a unique expression of consciousness. We all are. We must be who we are. Actually, that is all that we can be anyway.
584 - Everything is unfolding exactly as it is meant to unfold. Spirit is ensuring that. Yet, within the overall constraints of the play, individuals have free will that allows them to tailor the reality in their local vicinity.
585 - We create our own reality. We draw it unto ourselves via our beliefs ... and primarily our conscious beliefs at that.
586 - If we don't like our experience, we have no one to blame but ourselves. To change the experience, we need only to adopt more empowering beliefs. Yes, it is that simple.
587 - It is not clear how one teaches awareness to another. There are things we can do to point the way, but ultimately it seems to be a leap that the mind needs to make beyond itself. Awareness is beyond mind. Then, what is beyond imagination?
588 - My path is an individual one, one that spirit herself has guided me on. It has no rites or rituals, nor does it have any sacred scripts. It doesn't need any of these. It reveals itself through the beauty of nature, through the revelation of truth within my mind, and through the recognition of spiritual truth in the creative expression of artists of all types.
589 - Spirit would not lead us astray. She always has our best interests at heart.
590 - Expressing spirit in flesh is the name of the game. We do that by making thoughts conscious, and more than that, by doing what it takes to actualize the thoughts in the world.
591 - To progress in life we have to be willing to let go sometimes so that something greater can come into our lives. Unfortunately, we usually have to let go before we can embrace whatever comes next.
30 March 2003
592 - My medium is words. The natural outlets for expressions in words are books. It doesn't matter how few people read these days. It doesn't matter how few are likely to pick up a metaphysical book. Those who are meant to find me an my work will find a way to do so.
593 - It is time for me to reach out and stretch beyond my limits. That is what growing is all about. We find our limits, then we take whatever steps are necessary to stretch beyond them. We can do this at any time. It is a matter of looking, finding, and overcoming.
594 - This is a natural process. Spirit has designed us for growth in this manner. We are ever evolving into greater concepts of ourselves. As our concepts change, our experiences change ... and hence our reality changes.
595 - I believe that we each have a spiritual destiny to manifest. Herein lies our opportunity for greatness. We have each come to carry out a role in a spiritual master plan for the unfoldment of consciousness.
596 - When all areas of our life are balanced, we are more effective in all that we do. This more than makes up for the effort required to get us there. However, we must take the first step and make the choice and the investment.
597 - We must be willing to risk if we want to achieve rewards. The bigger the risks, the bigger the potential for rewards. But, there is a conservative side that says we should avoid risks where we can as they tend to lead to nothing but trouble.
31 March 2003
598 - What matters to me is spirit and its expression in flesh. It has to be in flesh, or the expression doesn't really count.
599 - We can imagine a myriad of things, but we need to take them beyond imagination to make them real in our lives.
600 - The words expressed here are my first step in doing this ... making the things of my imagination real. The next step is to live the words. I must live as I believe. My life and my actions must be congruent with what I say that I believe.
601 - I take responsibility for all that I create ... both consciously and other than consciously. I accept all that I experience as the result of choices that I either have made or chose not to make. Yes, the later are just as important as the former.
602 - Actually, the most important of these choices are the beliefs that we have adopted. These define the character of our life and the nature of the experiences that we draw into that life.
603 - Every change starts with the adoption of a more powerful thought form. .
604 - As time goes by, other than conscious parts of me tend to become conscious parts of me. That is what the process of self discovery is all about.
605 - The self is very much like an onion with layer after layer to be unpeeled. At times, it seems that there are so many layers that we may never get even close to the core.
606 - But, then, in our quiet times ... when we look within, we find that still place from whence we spring. It is in those times that we know whom that we are. It is in those times that we are in touch with our inner self ... the seat of our soul.
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1 April 2003
607 - We have a host of other than conscious forces within us that are actively engaged to do our bidding. We task them primarily via our belief system.
608 - What we do habitually ultimately determines our destiny.
609 - We take one step at a time in that direction, but it is in that direction. Unless we change, we will end up exactly where we are headed. And, for most, this is exactly where we have been for ages.
610 - Life is meant to unfold into ever greater and greater expression. It does so naturally if we allow it to. However, we have a tendency to get in our own way and set up roadblocks and impediments
611 - The fabric of reality is rich with meaning. It is up to us to decide which sections and patterns to focus upon ... and then to determine what meaning to apply to what we find.
612 - For any journey, we have to start with the first step. And sometimes, it doesn't really matter in what direction we take that first step ... what is important is that we overcome the inertia and start to move.
613 - We don't have to know the whole path when we start. We only need to know enough to begin or to course correct and keep us moving in the right direction.
614 - The unknown will be an ever-present part of our reality for all of our days. It is time that we get used to that and accept it. In fact, we can even find ways to use it to our advantage if we are innovative and think creatively.
615 - It is out of the unknown that our greatest abilities come. What we have experienced to date is only a small sample of what we can be if we harness the full power of spirit working through us. Yes, it is that simple. But, it is also that difficult.
616 - The expression seems to have a mind of its own. It knows where it wants to go and how to get there. I'm just along for the ride much of the time. I observe what comes through and am amazed that it can come forth through me.
617 - Yet, it does. And, I am left with the task of explaining how it is that this can happen. I don't deny what I experience. I embrace it and accept it. Yet, at the same time, I know that it is more than me doing it ... at least more than the conscious parts of me.
2 April 2003
618 - When we choose how to expend our efforts, we need to keep in mind that we should focus on doing those things which only we may be able to do ... those things which use our unique gifts and talents. In doing so, we manifest the best that we can be.
619 - Don't get me wrong ... I care deeply about society in general, and about the expression of spirit in flesh in the lives of individuals within society. In fact, building the foundations that facilitate this is one of the primary reasons that I am here.
620 - Source and I, me and source, are ONE in the only ways that matter.
621 - There is a part of me that says that I am meant to go it alone ... to remain the hermit, ever observing life from that framework and offering what I can of my wisdom to the world.
622 - In this expression, I am interdependent on spirit herself to provide the very stream of consciousness that gets expressed. Without spirit, none of this would exist ... none of this expression would have ever been captured
623 - At this point, my personal reality is still my primary concern. But, my personal sense of reality is growing to encompass society and even the world. What I care most about is how spirit is able to express in the world.
624 - Everything happens for a reason, and sometimes for many reasons. That does not mean there is not an element of surprise in what we experience. The unknown is ever-present in virtually everything. If it were not, life might be boringly predictable ... too much so to be tolerable.
3 April 2003
625 - This expression is the one thing that I do that has a chance of surviving physically once I am dead and gone.
626 - This is my greatest hope of making a real difference in the world. My circle of acquaintances is relatively small. Perhaps even very small by most peoples standards. But, what I can do is generate words. In particular, words that convey a meaning that consciousness would express through me at this time.
627 - Consciousness will not be forced. She reveals what can be revealed through us in each moment.
628 - The one thing still missing from my life is others ... especially when it comes to relationships of depth. As I near my 45th birthday, my honest assessment is that no one other than me really knows who I am.
629 - It is perfectly fine to be unconsciously competent. However, it is typically preferable if we reach this state after we have become consciously competent.
630 - To live as we believe, that is the admonition of our spirit. It is curious that believe has the letters of the word live in the right order.
4 April 2003
631 - I trust spirit enough to give her latitude in my life. She doesn't need to convince me of anything. I know that she has my greatest good in mind in all that she does.
632 - There is something about spontaneous creative expression. It elevates one to a whole new level of consciousness, especially when one experiences being aware of being the one through whom the creative expression is happening.
633 - When spirit animates us in the manner, there is no denying our essence as spirit. We become aware of whom that we are in ways that no other process allows.
634 - How do we create a better world? How do we enable spirit to more fully express in flesh? Yes, she needs our help in this endeavor. We are her arms, her ears, her legs, her hands. It is through us that she does her works in the world.
635 - There is only spirit/consciousness in expression. There is literally nothing else. That doesn't mean that it is all light. There are many areas of darkness and shadows. But, these are only there until we find ways to shine light upon them.
636 - In the end the restrictions that create the shadows will be alleviated. The light will shine through, and the shadows will be no more. And then, we will have to find other games to play ... games more worthy of our attention and energy.
637 - The more cooperation, the greater the benefit. It is that simple. It is through cooperation that synergy is manifest. As time goes by, we will find that the motivation to cooperate grows greatly. Those who choose to do so benefit greatly.
638 - I liken the stream of consciousness to a computer program. Each sentence is like a line of code performing its intended function. Since I don't know exactly what that is, it makes it difficult to decide what to keep and what to eliminate.
639 - Being the creator of all of this ... or at least the one through whom it is created, I am clearly biased. I think highly of my own work. Perhaps we all do. Yet, I know enough to know that such expression as this is rare.
640 - Consciousness can get very convoluted at times as she bends back and reflects on herself.
641 - Utopias don't have to be things of the imagination only, they can be real, they can be manifest in flesh. However, it takes more than wishful thinking to make such things so. We have to choose to act in accord with the vision. We have to act as if the world that we desire already exists.
5 April 2003
642 - We should be compensated in some manner for the work that we do ... all work that we do. We may not be paid for it. But, there are other forms of compensation. Job satisfaction, self-worth, and happiness are three that come to mind immediately. I'm sure there are many others.
643 - How do I get the expression that is Beyond Imagination into the consciousnesses of more people ... in particular, into the people who are to help build the foundations for a new world?
644 - There is a reason that I am a wayshower. There is a group of people out there to whom I am to show the way. Is this group one, one hundred, one hundred thousand, or ... ? It is what it is. And I shall find out what that is in due time.
645 - There is something about this stream of consciousness expression that is unique. There is literally nothing else like it. How do I know that? Clearly I haven't read everything. But, I have read a lot. And I don't recall anything similar.
646 - This stream of consciousness challenges conventional knowledge as to what should be possible for a being to experience and to express. Awareness has this way of poking holes in conventional foundations.
647 - When we awaken, our consciousness operates at a whole new level ... one that could not be predicted from anything that we did or experienced before.
648 - I continue to express as consciousness would have me express. Even after a decade, there is still a sense of mystery and magic to all of this. Consciousness unveils herself piece by piece, but there is always an unknown element in the expression.
649 - It is this unknown that excites the explorer within me. It is in search of this unknown that I venture out of my own consciousness to try to experience something more, something greater than I know myself to be.
650 - My own consciousness is the tool through which I search and my experience is what I find. Yes, this is different than most. What I find is different because my consciousness is different and what I search for is different.
6 April 2003
651 - Our subjective experience is as real if not more real than our objective experience. It just exists in a different realm, one that won't be poked and prodded.
652 - In this very expression, I ask you to walk in the footsteps of my consciousness to catch a glimpse of the reality that is Wayne's World. You may or may not like what you find. You may consider me to be out of my mind. That is OK. I do myself at times.
653 - Consciousness has chosen to give me some interesting experiences to integrate. And, she's done this without having the benefit of being able to use others as a sounding board for how reasonable some of the ideas expressed were.
7 April 2003
654 - While I've been searching for likeminded others with whom to interact and work ... I haven't really found such in my journeys to date. Those others who I have found that are awake are following their own paths already.
655 - I need to be an active member of society yet at the same time retain my individuality and solitary nature. This seems to be somewhat of a contradiction in terms. However, it is not. My body is already a society of billions of individual cells cooperating together so that I can experience reality as a solitary being. Why should membership in society be any different?
656 - Individuals with free will are much more difficult to get to cooperate than the cells of the body. They have much less incentive to cooperate ... especially when they have been trained to compete from an early age, and that only the fittest survive.
657 - One day at a time. That is how we get from where we currently are to any destination. It helps to remember that enjoying the process is more important than reaching the destination.
658 - We may or may not have the right destination in mind. However, if the process is right, it will take us to exactly where we need to be.
659 - The creativity of consciousness seems to know no bounds. She always finds more to express in more and more effective ways.
660 - One thing that disturbs me is the waste or inefficient use of resources. If we are going to do something, we need to do it right ... and we need to do it with as few resources as necessary so that other resources are freed to do other things that need to be done.
661 - What is it that I can do that no one else can do in the same way? Those are the things that I am here to do? Those are the things that I need to find? This expression seems to be one of those things. Though, it is not clear what its ultimate utility is.
662 - What is a change in one's state of consciousness worth? Can I guarantee that such will be an outcome of reading this? No, there are no guarantees. But, there is a strong likelihood.
663 - By walking in my shoes for awhile, by experiencing what this consciousness has thought ... you get to take a journey of sorts to another realm, one that is probably foreign to your habitual way of thinking, and hence may serve as a stimulus to wake you up just a bit.
664 - My words provide an example of what one can tap into. It is my job to bring the words forth and share them in this manner.
665 - Different things work for different people. What is wrong is forcing ways on people that are incompatible with their basic natures. That presumes that we have some means of determining the basic nature of people. Here psychology can help, as can some metaphysical disciplines.
666 - My chief task is to build the foundations for a new world. We will know that the foundations have been built when we see that the world has changed in major ways for the better. These will not be imperceptible changes. They will be very visible.
8 April 2003
667 - Relationships ... that is the core of the difficulty. I have not established the appropriate relationships to allow me to thrive as a being in the world. At least, I've developed the one relationship that seems to count the most, my relationship to spirit, to consciousness herself.
668 - There is always more to us to fathom. Further, there are always parts of us that may be unfathomable, no matter how hard we try to comprehend them. Some things are simply beyond our minds power to understand.
669 - There is a unknown realm of consciousness. Part of that realm will always remain unknown. We will always have things for which we can seek. We will always have an unknown territory to explore. That is just the way that it is.
670 - The unknown offers us a realm that challenges whom that we are and forces us to grow into what we may become. However, it only does this if we have the courage to face it and play with what it has to offer to us.
671 - Mystery is a very good thing. It engages us and enlivens us in ways that nothing else does. Mystery is able to touch the spirit in us. It is akin to the sacred. It stirs our souls. And, our souls need to be stirred at times.
672 - Twenty five years to build the foundations for a new world. That is the key task I know to be mine. Yes, it is a big task. Yes, it is too big for any one person to do. I will be forced to find others with whom to cooperate and share the burden. But, find each other we shall.
673 - There is only so much that I can express on my own ... even with my connection to spirit being as strong as it is. Cooperative interdependence is the next step. It is one that does not happen automatically, but voluntarily.
674 - Here, I am free to express whom that I AM. It is strange. I do so freely, without even knowing to whom I am expressing.
675 - In a very real way, I am what I express. Yet, I am more than that as well. I am the entity that is aware of what I am expressing even as I express it.
676 - You came as a troubleshooter of sorts. You are able to see where spirit flows smoothly and where it is blocked. Part of your job is to find the restrictions and remove them. This makes you a spiritual healer of sorts ... but for society as a whole, not for individuals.
677 - Whatever gifts we are given are meant to be used in service to spirit. Serving society, serving humanity is serving spirit.
678 - That is one of the measures of success after all. Did we leave the world a better place for our having lived?
679 - Our founding fathers claimed that one of our inalienable rights was the pursuit of happiness. They said nothing about actually finding and achieving this state of consciousness.
680 - Self-assessment is difficult work. And, one may not like what one finds. But, it is better to know where one’s strengths and weaknesses lie than to wander through life unaware.
681 - With knowledge, there is also the potential for selfwork, growth, and improvement.
682 - It is up to the individual as to how much they want to do to achieve their potential. We all have far greater potential than most of us even begin to suspect. We will be amazed at what we can accomplish when we put our minds and our hearts to it.
683 - We are capable of so much. The question mark is how much of this we will actualize and manifest in our life? This depends on what we choose to do. This depends on whom we choose to be.
684 - There is a sense that all of this was an elaborate computer programming process, one that enabled my brain/mind to establish data structures that allowed me to perceive the world in new ways.
685 - In particular, they allowed me to see the synchronicities that existed and as a result to become convinced without a doubt that there is a spiritual world embedded in the symbol systems of the physical world.
686 - I haven't been too concerned about making things happen, or about imposing my will to force them to happen. Though, it seems that in failing to do so, I have kept one of the major tools in my arsenal for reality creation in its holster.
687 - My will is a powerful force that awaits to be unleashed. It is not a monster. It will not run amouk and create a mess of things. Its job is to apply itself to achieve whatever it is that I desire. Yes, that means I need to be careful about what I desire.
688 - It seems that more things in life should be extraordinary. It takes work to make them so however. Though, when done right, it is not clear that it takes more work to do things in an extraordinary way than to do it in an ordinary way.
689 - We need a touch of the miraculous in our lives. This brings a level of richness that nothing else does. What does it take to see the miraculous? First, we must be in search of the miraculous. This means adopting an attitude regarding how the spiritual manifests in the material world.
690 - The miraculous appears in nearly everything. There is so much that is unknown that the realm of the miraculous is wide open.
691 - Ultimately, everything comes down to utility ... does the information serve us or does it not? We are the only ones who can judge that for ourselves.
9 April 2003
692 - Our beliefs must have some basis in reality. It is alright to stretch things so that we force ourselves to grow and we can do this by setting our beliefs about what we are to something bigger than we are at present. But, we need to be careful to take small steps.
693 - Special numbers come up quite often. I take these as confirmation that spirit is a work in my life. Perhaps the numbers come up so often because I am looking for them. Then again, perhaps it is the universe trying to tell me something.
694 - How do we decide what is ours to do versus what to leave for others to do? The first test is whether the task requires our talents. The second test is whether the task really needs to be done. The third test is whether we are moved to do the task.
695 - We are all incredible beings capable of doing extraordinary things. We don't always live up to this. But, if we look closely we will find that parts of our lives are indeed miraculous.
11 April 2003
696 - I choose to actively engage whom that I AM in this expression. Yet, it is an expression that is still a mystery to me ... even after over a decade. It comes forth automatically. I don't think about it, or organize it in any way. It is simply a stream of consciousness.
697 - Yes, I believe strongly in destiny, especially spiritual destiny. In some ways, it is as if I have no choice in the matter ... but that is only because I have already made my choice. I have chosen to serve spirit. That was a big choice.
698 - Most of the little choices I don't really care much about. Yes, they matter. But, the sense is that if we focus on the big things and get them right, the little things will take care of themselves.
699 - Each year makes it rougher to live up to the standards set in the past year. Though, it is strictly me that imposes this condition on myself.
700 - Here I am engaged in the dance of consciousness in a way that nothing that I was ever taught prepared me for. Am I good at it? I believe so, but you'll have to judge that for yourself
701 - $1 per word seems to be a fair value for this work. That would allow me to generate enough money to get the foundations of Beyond Imagination rolling as well ... something that has bogged down to date for a variety of reasons
702 - Beyond Imagination is more than this expression. It is about doing things to create the foundations for a new world.
703 - This expression demands a level of openness on the part of the reader. Without this openness, much of the message is lost. Then again, we're not asking that the book reach millions of people ... though that would be nice. Tens of thousands would be respectable and more reasonable.
704 - How much do I believe in myself and my abilities? Not enough to venture out on my own without a contract providing financial backing … yet, enough to believe that I am creating exactly those circumstances required for my liberation here and now.
12 April 2003
705 - My memory is such that I don't remember what is expressed from paragraph to paragraph, much less what is expressed from day to day.
706 - What is done is done. All that we can do is move on from here and express what spirit would have us express next. At this point we still don't know what that will be. We never really know until we see it happening. Even after a decade, the process is still a mystery.
707 - Mysteries are good. They challenge us and keep our interest. Not everything is meant to have an explanation, especially a logical explanation. Some things simply defy logic ... they exist in a realm outside of that in which logic or even rationality has power.
708 - We can use intuition to help find or assign the meaning to things. We all have powerful intuitions. Though, most of us have blocked the channels through which this intuition can pass information to us consciously.
709 - When we learn to touch the depths of our soul ... we also reach out and touch spirit. These two things go hand in hand. We cannot achieve one without the other.
710 - Who knows what pearls of wisdom might be captured? At any time the ideas necessary for my liberation or the liberation of others may be expressed.
711 - The world is alive with spiritual meaning. It is everywhere that we look. It is embedded in all of the symbol systems of the world. Everything has not one, not two, but multiple meanings.
712 - These meanings are in varying contexts that can have little to nothing to do with one another. Most people don't see any spiritual meaning in the world. However, they can be made to see it if it is pointed out to them clearly.
713 - A select few already catch glimpses of spiritual meaning ... maybe even vistas of it. They can be assisted to see even more. Further, they can be enlisted to serve as wayshowers for others.
714 - It is time people realize that they are spiritual beings living in a spiritual world.
715 - It is time we realize that most of our social problems are spiritual problems and that if we want to fix them, we are going to have to find spiritual solutions.
716 - We need to find ways to embrace others regardless of their differences.
13 April 2003
717 - I would say that I am more awake and more aware than most. But it has cost me a lot to get to this state. Yet, the cost was for the most part a labor of love. It was something that I did because I was moved to do it and because I enjoyed doing it.
718 - How could something be so supremely important to me yet have so little importance to others? I never really did figure out an answer to that. The closest I came was a realization that each of us are on our own path and will draw to us those beliefs and experiences necessary to our own growth and development along that path.
719 - It is not for us to impose our way on anyone else. We can freely share our way with all who care to listen. Indeed, we are encouraged to do so. For, great benefits can come from such sharing. But, we must allow others the freedom to take away what they will in their own way and use it in whatever manner they see fit.
720 - It is by sharing that we evoke the power of synergy. We can learn from one anothers failures as well as successes ... and in doing so as a whole make fewer of the same mistakes and experience far more successes.
721 - It is amazing what we can do when we put our mind to something, especially if our heart is set on it as well. The mind and heart operating together is a very powerful combination indeed.
722 - We need something in our life that we can be passionate about. It doesn't matter what it is, but it needs to have the power to move us deeply.
723 - When I am dead and gone, this expression will be what is left to show for the life that I have lived. Is it worth my life? Yes, this expression is worth living for. I can't think of anything at this moment that is worth dying for.
724 - We are meant to live in an interdependent society. Actually, we already live in one, we just are not consciously aware of all of the interdependencies.
14 April 2003
725 - I don't seem to think as others think. I don't seem to feel as others feel. I don't seem to be aware in the same way that others are aware. We are different in so many ways.
726 - Spirit can express freely regardless of the amount of restriction and oppression imposed ... though it does seem to take exceptional souls to demonstrate this to us.
727 - Spirit is amazing, however. She can literally move mountains if necessary to effect her works in the world.
728 - Yet, it seems she does most of this by revealing ideas and ideals to us ... ideas whose time we realize has come ... ideas we believe so strongly in that we are able to do what it takes to manifest them. This is no small feat. But, we are grand creatures ... and ours is a grand endeavor.
729 - These writings are my children ... probably the only ones that I will have in this existence.
730 - I trust that the words come from spirit. And, because of this, they have a level of credibility to me that I don't need to question.
731 - Though, I do remember being warned by a teacher about accepting anything without question. That hasn't stopped me. I've been believing things ... and believing them strongly for nearly a decade.
732 - It is amazing what firsthand experience brings into ones life ... especially in the spiritual domain.
733 - We are masterful creators already ... each and every one of us. We are creating exactly the reality that we experience, every aspect of it.
734 - Some of us might not like what we have created. However, the only place to lay blame is with ourselves. We create our own reality. We always have, and we always will. There are no exceptions to this.
735 - Nothing happens to us by chance. Nothing is forced upon us by others. It may appear so under the circumstances ... but we co-create the circumstances out of what we believe.
736 - I'm anxious to get on with my life ... to achieve the destiny that I am meant to achieve.
737 - I would make a difference with my life, a large difference for many if I can.
738 - I will be what I need to be. I will do what I need to do. I will do this because I must, because it is necessary for the accomplishment of my mission. Failure is not an option, in this I must and will succeed. This is important to me, this matters ... perhaps more than anything else that I do.
739 - I engage in this dance of consciousness.
15 April 2003
740 - At some point, I run out of free time in my days to apply to this endeavor. Then, to do more I need to find ways to enlist and harness the support of others. Hmm ... I hadn't thought about this before. But that is indeed how I do more.
741 - In this day and age, no one should be living in poverty. We have more than enough economic capacity to produce the goods and services needed by everyone in society. It is a matter of choosing to distribute these goods and services where they are needed.
742 - There is something about exploring the realms of the unknown, especially the unknown of consciousness that excites me. This is what I do. If I knew how to make it my vocation ... I would do so.
743 - There is a book with the title Do What You Love and the Money Will Follow. I firmly believe this. And, this expression is what I love to do, at least in the moment. So ... how do we get the final part of the clause to kick it? And, how much money are we talking about?
744 - If we would change the world, we will have to do so through ideas ... ideas whose time has come.
745 - Often, we do not know ourselves as well as we might think. However, spirit is never fooled. She knows us far more intimately than we know ourselves. Because of this she knows what is in our best interest ... always.
746 - How would I make the world a better place? I would start with rebuilding the foundations of society ... the government, the economy, the educational system and I would ensure that underneath it all was a strong spiritual foundation.
747 - Without this spiritual foundation, nothing else that we do will succeed in the Aquarian Age. It is that simple. This is an Age of Spiritual manifestation unlike anytime that has existed before. Consciousness is about to flower in ways that she has never done.
748 - We have seen hints of what she is capable of in individuals here and there. However, we are about to see consciousness unleashed on a massive scale through organizations of people that have never chosen to cooperate in such a manner before.
749 - And the works that will be achieved and the forces that will be unleashed will truly be beyond imagination. We live in an interesting time in the history of humankind ... in the history of consciousness.
750 - There is a plan of consciousness that is being enacted. Day by day it is being unveiled. Where it is leading and what we will be able to do once we get there remains to be seen ... but the sense is that miracles will be as child’s play.
751 - We are that powerful. We are creators of a very high order. It is time we recognized this, and took responsibility for whom that we are. Some do this more than others. But, most do not do this anywhere near enough.
16 April 2003
752 - We truly live in remarkable times. That I can express something and within minutes post the information for the world to see is simply amazing. It is a testament to our times ... and the nature of the information age.
753 - Why put in the nearly 3 hour investment each day? Is there not something better that I could be doing with my time? At this point, I would have to answer no. I do what I do because I can and because I must. I am driven to do it by an inner prompting of spirit.
754 - The investment results in a tangible product. There is a sequence of words, on the order of 2000 words per day that are captured as this stream of consciousness comes forth. Each day, something is created ... something that contains ideas, some of which may potentially change the world as we know it.
755 - As you walk though my states of consciousness word by word, idea by idea ... you experience something that you could not otherwise experience. Only you can judge whether the experiences that result are of value to you.
756 - These thoughts are real to me. The ideals conveyed herein may still be in the clouds ... but I have a strong desire to build the foundations under them that allow them to be realized on earth.
757 - There are always ways to do anything that we do more efficiently and effectively thereby freeing us up to be able to be more and do more. Sometimes this involves delegating tasks that others can do to others so that we can free ourselves to do those tasks more suited for us to do.
758 - By more suited, in many cases I mean tasks that only we can do elegantly. Yes, elegantly is the operative word here. It implies effectively with the most efficient use of resources. Yes, that is asking a lot. But that should be the goal that we strive for ... to do everything with elegance.
759 - Spirit knows what she is doing, even when we do not. We can count on her to guide us and to protect us. She takes us to where we need to go. She brings unto us what we need to experience.
760 - Life is a process of the ever increasing expression of spirit in flesh. We are an active part of that process. The more active we can be in this the better. The more fully we can allow spirit to express through us, the better for us and for everyone our life touches. It is that simple.
761 - The search for self, the search for soul is the greatest endeavor of the first part of our life. The expression of what we find is the greatest endeavor of our whole life.
17 April 2003
762 - This is my bread and butter. This is my staple. On this expression, everything else rests. Without this, everything else crumbles. Yes, it is that powerful and that important. And, I know it. Because of that, I choose to expend my time in this manner.
763 - I freely choose to come here to engage in this stream of consciousness expression. I consider it to be the most productive use of my time that I could engage in. Just look at the record that has been produced as a result of this choice made over the course of a decade.
764 - Look at how many words have been expressed that would otherwise not have been expressed.
765 - It is obvious that I take pride in what I am able to create here. There is something about creative expression that brings out the best in us. It activates us in ways that nothing else does. For me, it allows my consciousness to soar to new heights ... an experience that the explorer in me is ever in search of.
766 - Some things are worth standing up for. However, we need to be careful that the things that we choose to fight for are things that truly matter ... and not just matter to us, but matter in the larger context of society.
767 - How is it that all of this great stuff is able to come through me ... but doesn't seem to reach anyone other than me? Surely, this is not all being done for my edification alone. I guess it could be, but that seems like such a waste of resources.
768 - Why am I so moved to share all of this? This is especially interesting since I am such a private and quiet person in general. Yet, there is this driving need to reveal this side of me to the world. No, it is not all of me. But, it is a lot of me.
769 - I would share of whom that I AM with the world. Further, I would do what I can to help make Wayne's World manifest in the world. This is what Beyond Imagination is all about, to date anyway.
18 April 2003
770 - Giving birth to the expression is one thing. Getting it out into the minds and hearts of people is quite another.
771 - Cooperative interdependence is the wave of the future. It is the only way that we can continue to exist and to thrive in the times that are ahead.
772 - The world is interdependent now. In many ways, it has always been ... even when we believed that we could remain isolated and independent. However, with our technology the world is a much smaller place in many ways than it has ever been.
773 - What happens in one part of the world is felt in many others. We live in a very intricate web ... and the web gets more and more intricate with each passing day.
774 - Why am I so moved to share all of this in this manner? I don't really know, it just seemed to be the right thing to do. It feels right to me. There is a sense that this will allow it to be of some benefit somehow ... perhaps even to people that I never get to know.
775 - Feedback is extremely important in systems. It is what allows them to stay within their operating ranges so that they can function effectively.
776 - In a social system, we need frequent honest feedback to allow us to identify what is not working and adjust our processes to try to improve things.
777 - We won't always succeed the first time. That is why it is so important to keep on trying. Failure is not the enemy. Failure is not something we avoid at all costs ... except perhaps in specific areas such as manned space flight.
778 - Failure is part of the learning process on the way to success. The sooner we see it as such, the sooner we will be able to see the gifts that each failure has to offer us. Look at nearly every famous inventor. All of them failed many times on the road to their success.
779 - As they say, a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Find a way to take the first step, then the next, then the next after that. You will be amazed at where it all leads.
780 - The creativity of consciousness is without measure. It exceeds any and all bounds that we try to place on it. Once it is unleashed in our lives, we can never go back to being what we were before. For we are awakened to the spirit that we are. We have touched the fire within.
19 April 2003
780 - I would live a life of spirit. I know of no other way to live. In living in this manner, I would do what spirit moves me to do. It is not that I do not have a will of my own. I have just chosen to subjugate it to the will of spirit herself.
781 - There are no absolute truths. There is only our experience ... and often only our remembrance of what we think that we experienced. This may or may not bear any resemblance to our actual experience.
782 - What would I do if the limits that presently bind me were unleashed? That is an interesting question. Would I live my life differently? Would I make different choices? Would I be a different person? Would I express differently?
783 - In all of these areas I am free to be different already. It takes no input from outside authority. For that matter, it doesn't necessarily even take any resources. It is amazing how many of the things that truly matter in life are free. Most of it is a matter of attitude.
784 - It is important to go through life being the best that we can be. Some people are as a candle in the wind ... ever fearful of being blown out. It is much better to go through life as a blazing torch, not only lighting our own way but helping to light the way for others in the process.
785 - Our mission is just that, our mission. It is for us to seek and find it. We can turn to others for help, but ultimately this is something that we have to learn and do for ourselves.
786 - What sets me apart from others? Physically, I am much the same. My formal education, many thousands have had as well. The twenty years of metaphysical reading and study sets me apart. Then, the ten years of expression at Beyond Imagination put me into a whole new category of information generator. It is this final step that made the greatest difference.
787 - My awareness expands each time consciousness expresses through me ... especially when something new is expressed. I'm ever having to expand my concepts of reality and reality creation to account for what this expression brings into my life.
788 - This is more than mind-expanding. This is consciousness expanding, This is beyond mind, it is beyond imagination. Imagination is a very powerful tool in our arsenal for reality creation. However, consciousness does not restrict herself to the tools of the mind, though she uses these to the degree that they can be used.
789 - I would be a unique individual. Yet I would also build the foundations for a new society. Yes, me, one who barely belongs to any society at present. Perhaps that is the issue. I need to build the foundations for a society that would be worthy enough for me to want to be a member of.
790 - I exist within a society, but we have no contract ... or for that matter, even expectations of one another. Don't get me wrong. I am blessed to be born a citizen of one of the greatest embodiments of freedom in the world. However, even America has its limits.
791 - We will give up some of our independence for interdependence because we will see the necessity of it. And, via cooperation, synergy will kick in to give us rewards beyond anything we had even dreamed.
792 - We already live in an interdependent world. The sooner we accept this consciously, the sooner we can start to take advantage of how reality creation works in such a world ... the sooner we can start to create the world that we choose to live in.
793 - Yes, we are that powerful. Yes, the times are such that the decision is ours to make. We can manifest the world of our dreams, and we can do it now ... literally within years, not decades or centuries.
20 April 2003
794 - Cooperation is what it is all about. That is how social systems function effectively ... through the cooperation of their members. Here, we must do our part. Cooperation is a mutual endeavor. It is not achieved unilaterally, though that does indeed provide a start.
795 - Synergy kicks in when multiple parties are engaged. And, it is the power of synergy that we are seeking. This is the power that can transform the world, that can alter it beyond our wildest imaginations. But, we have to believe. And, we have to do our parts.
796 - It also doesn't help that religions hold power as organizations in the world. The Catholic Church is one example. It is one of the richest organizations in the world ... yet many of its constituents are among the poorest. Something is wrong in this.
797 - Yet, at the same time, it does provide a service. If it didn't, it would not be in business. Yes, business. Religion is very much a business enterprise these days. Most religions anyway. And, big business at that.
798 - Our consciousness demands the freedom to be more and to express more. To do this requires increased awareness. Everything comes down to that crucial factor ... awareness. The Aquarian Age is to be an age of awareness beyond which any have been before.
799 - How do I announce to people that I exist, and that such a site as Beyond Imagination exists and has material that could be beneficial to them? Were I to be searching, without knowing about it, I would not expect that such a site existed.
800 - Whatever we ask for will be brought into our reality in one way or another. It may or may not be as we anticipate or expect.
801 - For most of us, the garden of our beliefs is unkempt and overgrown with weeds. As a result, it is not really clear what we will get from it. The first order of business is to get our beliefs in order.
802 - One belief that helps in this is that there are no beliefs so hidden that we cannot reach them.
803 - Reality is subjective. The whole process of reality creation is subjective. It is not clear that the sciences will ever offer us answers in these domains. These are the domains of the spiritual.
804 - Yes, we will find that there are physical and mental counterparts to the spiritual parts of us. However, it is not clear how much of a picture these will give of the corresponding spiritual domain.
805 - Freedom doesn't mean that we don't have obligations. In fact, when we are free, it seems we are in the best position to be able to accept those obligations that are rightly ours to bear.
806 - Each of us have responsibilities ... sacred responsibilities that we must carry out during our life. The sooner that we accept this and accomplish it the better.
21 April 2003
807 - We are each special and unique. Spirit would have us celebrate this and allow it to permeate all that we do.
808 - Personally, I find the unknown fascinating. It is the appropriate realm in which spirit can be engaged in the pursuit of higher knowledge.
809 - It is from my spirit, not my mind, that much of this originates. And spirit’s depths are very deep indeed ... perhaps even unfathomable.
810 - Do what you are moved to do when you are moved to do it. That is the spiritual directive that I follow. To date, it has never steered me wrong ... not that I know of anyway.
811 - What does it take to get people to awaken ... to become aware of the true spiritual beings that they are so that they can begin to behave congruently with this?
812 - Never underestimate the spiritual component of individuals. It is there in each of us, a giant waiting to be unleashed to do its works in our lives. But, it only operates by invitation. We have to choose to make it an active part of our lives.
813 - Each of us came into this existence for a purpose, and probably not one but many purposes. Some of us are more single-minded than others. For me, right now anyway, this expression is it. This is where I live my life. This is where I choose to expend my free time.
814 - The only thing I find lacking is the fellowship and friendship of others. But, that has been lacking for my entire life to date. Why is that? Most of it is my own attitude toward people. I consider myself to be essentially a hermit. As such, I have effectively isolated myself from others.
815 - There is no way for me to build the foundations for a new world on my own. This will demand close collaboration and cooperation with others ... most likely many others.
816 - If my rough count is right, we are rapidly approaching 3 million words. Yes, that is a lot of expression. It would be impressive for a lifetime. But, that it has come forth part time in ten years is remarkable.
817 - I can't imagine a more positive spiritual experience than what this expression has brought into my life. I've shared it here as intimately as I can to give you a taste of what is possible.
818 - It is not clear that the words do justice to the spiritual states that they attempt to describe, but they are as close as I can come at the moment. My hope is that by reading these words you will be triggered to enter similar states of consciousness to those that I have experienced.
22 April 2003
819 - I feel a sense of duty to use the many gifts that I have been given in service ... primarily in service to spirit, but in service to society, humankind, and even the whole world in the process.
820 - Can what one person does have that much impact? Can it make that much of a difference? I have to believe that the answer is yes. That is one of the reasons I choose to express for consciousness as I do.
821 - It is good to have a little magic and mystery in one's life. Not everything needs to be explained. Sometimes it is enough to be aware of some of the mechanics of a process to put it to use in our life. We don't need to know everything, just enough to apply the process.
822 - How would I go about changing the world ... especially I, who have had so little to do with the world for so much of my life to date? It does indeed seem ironic to say the least. But irony or not, my mission is as it is, and it will either come to pass or not.
823 - My sense is that I came into this existence by choice, specifically to play a particular role, to accomplish a particular mission. And, I will do my utmost to carry out that mission to the best of not only my abilities but those whom I can enlist to assist me.
824 - Synergy does indeed accrue from group endeavors when they are run properly. Further ... it is only through cooperative endeavors that the potential for synergy exists at all.
825 - It is curious that I, the epitome of the loner, would see myself as a world server and world transformer. But that is exactly how I see myself and my role. It doesn't matter that I live such an isolated life.
826 - It takes a lot of courage to allow spirit to express her will in our lives.
827 - There can be a fear that we will lose our sense of self in the process. Quite the contrary. I have found that I have gained not lost my sense of self through this expression.
828 - I'll see it when I believe it versus I'll believe it when I see it. These are two different ways of looking at reality. How do we know when we've allowed our beliefs to jump into the realm of mere wishful thinking? Does that even matter?
829 - Can we not make wishes come true as well if we apply the appropriate effort?
830 - Effectively, I am the container that spirit fills. She can only take the shape of the forms that I provide for her. The container that matters most to me is clearly that of my consciousness. It is this that I allow spirit to fill as she will.
23 April 2003
831 - Each day is a new adventure. We never know when it begins just where it will take us.
832 - When the time is right, the means will be obvious. That is simply the way that it works for me. Perhaps it works that way for others too.
833 - There is a sense that it is time for Beyond Imagination to take off as an organization rather than as an individual endeavor. That requires getting people to join and make commitments of their resources, time, and energy towards the pursuit of building the foundations for a new world. Whatever skills are needed will be available within those who are attracted to Beyond Imagination to serve. We serve one another, we serve society, we serve humankind, we serve the world, and we serve spirit ... not necessarily in that order.
834 - It is time to take charge of my life in a way that I have never done before. The sense is that I need to consciously decide my fate and do what it takes to put me on the path that gets me there.
835 - We've relied on consciousness for many years, and she has served us faithfully. However, it seems that it is time to take responsibility for our own destiny and set our own course.
836 - Elegance is one of the prime directives of spirit. Spirit ever seeks to express in more and more elegant ways. Elegance involves achieving a given result with the most efficient use of resources.
837 - It has astounded me that a decade could go by without seeing these works have the kind of impact on the world that I know deep inside of me that they are meant to have.
24 April 2003
838 - This expression is not necessarily for everyone. If it is for you, you will know it. You will find yourself fascinated. You will find it difficult to put the material down. At least, that is how it is for me. And, this expression definitely strikes me in that fashion even though I am the one through which it comes ... perhaps because I am the one through which it comes.
839 - Yes, that makes me special. But, no more special than anyone in their own way. To whom much is given, much is expected. I know that I have been given a lot. And, as a result, I expect a lot from myself. Will I live up to my own expectations, grandiose as they may seem?
840 - I will do whatever it takes to accomplish the mission that I came to accomplish. And, since I believe this to be in accord with the plan for the evolution of consciousness, I have no doubt that I will succeed ... for consciousness is behind me in this.
841 - Freely give! That is the directive that creates abundance. Freely give! So far, that is what we have done here. Though lately, we have expressed a strong desire to be compensated for this expression. Is this a contradiction? It seems to be, but is it? We should be able to expect fair compensation in return for our services, especially when we are providing the best services of which we are capable.
842 - The quote for today is appropriate somehow:
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843 - That is what this expression is all about. It is my way of sharing whom that I AM with the world in as intimate of a way as I know how.
25 April 2003
844 - At this point in my life, this expression is what matters most. Here is where I face the unknown. Here is where I am my most creative. Here is where the unmanifest becomes manifest as a result of my effort. That is awesome power for anyone to have.
845 - I'm grateful for all that I have been blessed to experience ... especially the levels of awareness, and the serving as a vessel through which consciousness can speak.
846 - Awareness is one of our finest possessions. It is what separates us from our brothers in the animal kingdom. However, it only distinguishes us if we learn to us it properly as the wonderful tool that it is.
847 - Once we have awakened, there is no returning to our slumbers, try though we may. Awareness is turned on as if by a light switch ... but it seems that it cannot be turned off that way. Once we have tasted of the fruit of awareness, that is it, we are aware forevermore.
848 - Society is most effective when individuals are expending their finest abilities in service to society. Of course, society needs to keep its part of the bargain and ensure the needs of each individual are met as a result. That is the social contract, plain and simple.
26 April 2003
849 - I choose to demonstrate what I believe in the way that I live my life. You see a lot of that in what I am able to share here. This is the kind of sharing that I would like to see go on to a much greater degree in the world. Perhaps it does, just out of my view.
850 - Then again, perhaps it does not ... and as a wayshower I am being true to my name and showing the way that others might learn from my example. This is not hard to do. In fact, when you are doing it, it seems like it is the most natural thing in the world.
851 - There is a sense that destiny's hand is at play in my life and in the fate of the world. We shall see where she takes us. It seems that we will arrive there soon enough.
852 - We can trust that spirit has our needs and desires in mind and is considering these as she builds the fabric of reality that we will experience. Our needs will be met one way or another. Our desires may or may not be met depending on the benefit they produce for us and for others. The greater the overall benefit, the more likely they are to actualize.
853 - Beyond Imagination is an entity ... an organization of one at the present time, created out of my mind to build the foundations for a new world in which spirit can more fully express in flesh.
854 - The greatest benefit of all is for our gifts to be of service ... preferably great service to the world. Will the world recognize this as being so? That doesn't really matter. Individuals whose lives are impacted will know that we made a difference. At this point that is enough.
855 - Authors are more than writers. Authors generate books for the consumption of the public in some fashion. That seems to be what I am in the process of doing now.
856 - Is it too much to expect that there would be others at least interested in if not passionate about the kinds of things that I am passionate about? Is that too much to ask?
27 April 2003
857 - I consider this to be my calling. It is something that stirs my soul ... something majestic that I must do.
858 - The nature of how the foundations of society function is not something many people would think twice about. Yet, I come to build the foundations for a new world.
859 - The nature of reality creation is too esoteric for most people to consider within their responsibility. Little do they realize that we create our own reality all the time and it behooves us to know the nature of reality creation so that we can do a better job of creating what we need and want.
860 - It is amazing what happens when we start to take responsibility for ourselves and the reality that we create. When we do this spirit herself kicks in with untold forces to aid in our endeavors. It is as if we command an army from on high to do our bidding.
861 - By most people's standards, I haven't really had a life. Then again, I've lived my life in the way that felt right to me. I have no regrets. I am grateful that it got me to where I am today.
28 April 2003
862 - I still desire to be free in a way that I have never been before. My sense is that this requires finding a way to enact the social contract for me personally. At this point, I expect for this to happen. If I can't make it happen in my life, how do I expect it to manifest in society and the world?
863 - My life is becoming more conscious. This is a process that began in earnest a decade ago ... but, recently has been taken to a whole new level. It is about time. One can't live ones whole life on automatic. Well, one can, but that is not the most effective way to live.
864 - What is it that I want from life? An environment in which to exchange the best services that I have to offer for having my physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual needs met. Is this too much to ask? Indeed not. This is exactly what we should expect.
865 - Spirit does what she does by working through us. We are her instruments, her hands, her feet, her voice, her mind.
866 - We're fortunate to have chosen to live in times that are to be far more enlightened than most. We're not there yet, but we're getting closer with each passing day. It is simply a matter of time. Ours will be an enlightened society. It is destined to be so.
867 - My life is not yet the masterpiece that I desire for it to be. Yes, it has its moments, even extended ones at times. However, there is still a life’s worth of work to do. But here, I am not talking about the work I am paid to do, rather the work that I am moved by spirit to do.
29 April 2003
868 - Our bodies are our most intimate physical creations. We need them to function well if our lives are to function well. It is that simple. Our bodies are that important. Through them we make a statement.
869 - We tend to get stuck in our patterns ... especially when that are comfortable to us. It doesn't seem to matter whether they are good or bad. But staying within our comfort zones is not conducive to living an adventurous life, and life should be a grand adventure.
870 - The unknown is welcome in my life. I would much rather be aware of and embrace the unknown in my life than allow it to remain dark and hidden. The attitude makes all the difference in the world. That is the power of awareness in our lives.
871 - There is nothing that prevents me from augmenting my abilities, or lack thereof, with the abilities of others. I don't have to do everything ... only those tasks that are mine to do. The tough part is figuring out just what those are. Clearly this expression is one.
30 April 2003
872 - This expression is part of my destiny somehow. Capturing this stream of consciousness and sharing it, is one of the tasks that I am here to do. It provides an example of the level of commitment and the level of openness and sharing that I would like to see in the world.
873 - If we want to create a better world, we do it via demonstration. We do it by providing real world examples for others to see and to emulate should they so choose.
874 - Time is becoming more and more of a obstacle. There is only so much of it. When we choose to spend time in one area, effectively we are choosing to not spend it in some other area.
875 - I believe that this stream of consciousness deserves to be heard. It provides a record of one consciousness in action over an extended period of time on a fairly regular basis.
876 - One of the prime benefits of the material for me has been to stretch my concepts of who I believe that I AM. Somehow I have to account for the fact that all of this could come forth through me in the manner that it has. That is a lot to account for.
877 - One has to literally go beyond mind to experience being aware. All the thinking in the world doesn't help. One is simply aware or not.
878 - Being aware of being aware is very high level behavior ... even if it is only low level functions that we are observing initially.
879 - Finding the observer part of yourself is not the easiest of tasks, but can be done with proper effort and perseverance.
880 - It is the observer part of ourself that is aware ... that sees things for what they are, that is not fooled by the illusions.
881 - The world has changed tremendously in the last century, and in particular in the last 50 years. The pace of change continues to grow at a rate that is such that no individual can deal with it any longer.
882 - Cooperation is the only solution. We divide the problem up into pieces that different individuals or groups can handle, and then we cooperate to come up with the overall integrated solution.
883 - Cooperative interdependence is the way of the future. It needs to be the way of the present as soon as we can make it so. Actually, it already is, except it is happening at other than conscious levels.
CONCLUSION
I hope this four month stream of consciousness expression was of benefit to you. I hope that it challenged what you believe about yourself and the nature of consciousness. I hope that it opened your eyes and your mind to some new possibilities and enables you to see the world differently as a result. Remember, my way is just one way. It is clearly not the only way … and it is clearly not for everyone. Take from it what you will. Let utility be you guide. Use whatever you find of value and leave the rest for another day or perhaps even another life … if ever.
It still amazes me how all of this can come forth through me so fluidly. Consciousness desires to be expressed. I happen to be a suitable vessel for that expression … at least for this manner of that expression. Words are my forte. This is what I love doing. I can’t imagine any better work to engage my heart and my soul in. Hopefully that is obvious from the quality of the expression.
If you are moved by what you have found here do take the time to provide feedback. Especially so if you feel yourself to be a kindred spirit and relate to the task of building the foundations for a new world.
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