Best Quotes from 2005 Musings

Our brains are truly amazing.  They take in energy as relayed by an enormous array of sensors and somehow combine this fabric of energy into something that we can experience. 

We are energy enfleshed.  What we experience is another aspect of energy. 

Everything is energy, everything is spirit.  What forms of energy do I wish to express, and what forms of energy do I wish to perceive?  Once again, many questions.  But, do I even begin to understand the impact of the answers?

It seems time for me to be part of a society of greater than one.  I don't mean at a surface level.  Here, we are speaking of an intentional society, one that we create for our mutual enjoyment, expression, and interaction. 

No one said understanding ourselves would be an easy process.  That is OK, it is worth doing anyway.  It is worth doing whatever it takes. 

It is only through self-awareness that we become all that we can be.  And this is one of the strongest dictates of spirit.

A year is a long time for doing something, especially if we make the most of each moment. 

We get what we focus upon.  However, we also experience who we are as we do this.

3 January 2005

Each day is fresh and new.  Each day provides another opportunity for consciousness to speak.  And, speak she does, through my fingers and onto this screen. 

This expression needs my consciousness to be able to manifest as it does.  Yet, my consciousness while necessary, is clearly not sufficient. 

But, what will become of all of this work?  Will it find and move the people that it is meant to move?  My sense is yes, it will because this has already been worked out in the Plan.  Consciousness has already decided who is to be touched and how.  It is only a matter of allowing things to unfold as they will. 

What you experience allows you to express in the ways that you do.  You can change this experience if you so choose, and you will see the nature of the expression change as well.  There is nothing wrong with this. 

Change can be a good thing, a very good thing. 

It is time to do what you truly want to do.  You already know what that is.  You've just been reluctant to manifest it. 

Focus on the spiritual tasks first.  Focus on your mission.  Its accomplishment is crucial, but is ultimately assured as well.  All manner of forces will come to your aid once you decide what it is that you want and what you wish to do.  It is that simple. 

Trust that spirit knows exactly what she is doing and is there to assist and guide you at all time.  The more you trust, the more that you allow spirit to manifest in your life.  And, the more that spirit manifests in your life, the better things are for everyone.

It seems that the world works best when each person is using their self-given talents to the best of their ability.  That is how we maximize the effectiveness of what we do.  When we do this on a collective basis, we generate abundance. 

Indeed, awareness is required to live the life that you are meant to live.  It is only through awareness that you can get in touch with and express all that you can be. 

There is such great potential in each and every individual ... and even more so when we consider the collective.  The trick comes in realizing this potential.  When we do so, our individual and collective achievements will truly be beyond imagination.

I would live a life of spirit.  I would serve as a vehicle through which spirit expresses in flesh.  Actually, more than that, I am spirit expressed in flesh.  We all are. 

There is only spirit, there is only consciousness, and all consciousness is one.

Even with spirits guidance, there are still limits to what I can do alone. 

We need interaction to enable us to be the best that we can be.

4 January 2005 

It is time to start creating the world that we would prefer to live in.  This is within our power to do both individually and collectively.  We just have to decide to do it and be willing to follow through and do what it takes.  That does not mean sacrificing what we have or who we are.  But, it does mean sharing the abundance of the world more fairly. 

Social systems should serve us, not control us.  However, we must realize that such systems do not exist separate from us.  Social systems can adapt and change to meet our needs, whatever we decide those needs to be.

Take each day as it comes.  Fill each day as much as you can.  Do what you are obligated to do, yes.  But also do what your spirit moves you to do. 

Each day, do something that has lasting value.  Each day, do something that serves others or your world. 

Make each and every day count.  By doing so, you maximize the positive impact that you have on the world. 

Share whom that you are with others as intimately as you can.  You will not lose yourself in doing so, you will find yourself. 

Don't allow arbitrary limits to constrain you ... whether self-chosen or not. 

It is your openness that ultimately determines what will happen when. 

You don't have to change who you are to make things happen in your life, but you may need to change the things that you do.  Here again, trust the source within.  It will guide you to where you need to be and what you need to do. 

Be not concerned with outcomes.  These ultimately are in spirits hands.  That does not mean that you can't learn from outcomes.  Notice them and adapt your behavior accordingly to accomplish what you desire to accomplish. 

Be observant.  Notice the signs that come to you from spirit, from consciousness. 

The spiritual world is all around you, but it is also within you.  As without, so within, and vice-versa. 

The world is a mirrored reflection of your self.  What you find in the world has its corresponding reality within you.  What you find inside of you has its corresponding reality in your world. 

Your world is unique, it is different from the world of anyone who ever has or ever will live. 

The combination of DNA that forms the pattern for your current existence has never been expressed in flesh before and will never be expressed again.  It is for you to make the most of it.  It is for you to carve the landscape of your life. 

You are the artist of your life.  You are the master of your destiny. 

You came into this world as a capable being full of potential.  It is simply a matter of realizing who you truly are and expressing that.

We must do what we were designed to do.  We must live the life that we were born to live. 

When you truly live in the moment, it seems that time is endless.  It is only when you step back to try to see things from a higher perspective that the days and weeks and months and years blur into nothingness. 

It is amazing what we can do with the time that we have when we make the most of each moment.  And, after all, what more can we do than that?

By living in isolation, I enable consciousness to be a more active force in my life.  I see that as a good thing overall.  Yet, we need to be wary of too much of a good thing. 

At some point, we need to reach a balance in our lives.  In this case, a balance between individuality and society.  It is not a matter of choosing one or the other.  We are both at the same time.  Even as an individual, we are a society of countless numbers of cells cooperating to create whom that we are.

My nature is to look within as much as I can.  That is what interests me.  Fortunately, I have been able to find great things within me. 

I expect a lot of myself.  I try not to place expectations on others.  I would rather allow them to be who they would be of their own accord. 

6 January 2005

We all need the comfort and physical proximity of others in our lives to some degree, some much more than others. 

Spirit finds a way to ensure that I get exactly what I need, no more and no less.  To what degree does this apply to others?  Does spiritual law not ensure that all get what they need?

I am comfortable with unknowns in my life.  There are so many that I have no choice but to be comfortable with them. 

I trust that consciousness will inform me of what I need to know when I need to know it. 

There is a difference between want to know and need to know, a big difference. 

Everything that we experience is drawn into our lives by us.  We literally create our own reality. 

Metaphysics offers some powerful concepts on which to base our beliefs about the nature of reality.  However, most of these concepts cannot be proven.  They must be accepted on faith to allow them to operate in our lives. 

The fact is that we create our own reality ... regardless of whether we believe this or not. 

Truth is what it is, regardless of what we believe about it.  However, when our beliefs are aligned with truth, the very forces of the universe come to our assistance.

There is a place inside that knows everything that we would ever need to know.  We can trust that the answers will come when the time is right.  Hmm ... just in time answers.  That is a lot like just in time manufacturing.  There is an inherent efficiency in doing things that way.

How do we evolve the world economic system to assure abundance for everyone?  How do we evolve the various governments of the world to create a unified whole?. 

We are one world composed of hundreds of nations, much as we are one country composed of 50 states.  It is about time that we recognized this and acted in accord with it.  It is easy to see our differences.  It can be much more difficult to see our similarities.  Yet, as human beings, we have a great deal in common. 

It is time that we stood united, as the body of humankind on this spaceship earth that is our home.  Actually, it is not only our home.  We also need to be concerned about all lifeforms on the planet ... and the natural resources of the planet itself. 

There are abundant resources for us to live productive and happy lives.  But, the resources have their limits and we need to conserve what we can to ensure that the generations after us can live well and prosper too.

If we are going to get anything substantial done, we need to find ways to make the most of each moment.  It is in how we spend our moments that the works of our lives are manifest. 

Our focus needs to be in the present, on what we can do here and now to impact our lives and the lives of others. 

The past is gone.  The future will take care of itself based on what we choose to do in the present. 

7 January 2005

Take each opportunity as it comes and evaluate if that is what you truly want to do. 

Be flexible.  Evaluate the opportunities that come your way.  You don't have to accept them all ... but they are coming into your life because you need them at this time. 

Trust that spirit knows exactly what you need and is arranging the circumstances to be what they need to be to realize this. 

I live my private life on the very edge of what most people would consider to be sane.  The unknown realm of consciousness is where I spend a good deal of my free time. 

I will be safe and secure wherever I am moved to go, for it is consciousness herself that moves me. 

Trust the process of life.  Trust that you are being led to exactly where you need to be, for indeed you are.  But, you already know that.  You are creating the details of your reality.  

What responsibilities do I really have ... to my family ... to myself ... to the world ... to consciousness ... to spirit herself?  How many people ask such questions? 

Openness is the key to allowing more to unfold in your life. 

Be willing to risk more and give more ... that is the only way to get more. 

What we give comes back to us manyfold.  Such is spiritual law.  Though, the form of what returns may be different than we might expect ... often quite different. 

Live the life that only you can live.  It takes courage to do this.  Yet, in other respects, it is the most natural thing for you to do. 

Allow yourself to be whom that you are.  Let your light shine forth to others, and see the light that comes forth through them. 

Allowing life to unfold as it will is a powerful way to live life. 

One step at a time.  Allow things to unfold as they will.  You don't have to make anything happen.  If it is right, it will indeed manifest. 

Consciousness knows exactly what you need and will ensure that you get it.  It is simply a matter of allowing what will be to be.

How much of our life is destined?  My sense is that it is far more than most of us may believe.  That doesn't make life any less mysterious. 

Since we are not generally aware of our destiny before it happens, from all appearances we seem to choose what we experience in our lives.  So, it really doesn't matter. 

10 January 2005

If we do those things that we are moved by consciousness to do, we will find that our lives work out magically.  The very forces of the universe cooperate to do our bidding. 

With knowingness comes a new kind of awareness.  And, it is awareness that we must seek above all else. 

The more aware that we become, the more potential that we have for making a difference in the world.  It is not that we choose to force the conditions of the world to be different.  They are already the best they can be for the levels of consciousness that are manifest. 

It is through expanded consciousness that we make the world a better place for all.  But, how do we expand the collective consciousness?  We realize that each individual consciousness contributes to the collective consciousness.  And, we do what it takes to foster our own growth and then to share who we have become with others. 

Yes, the key is to find ways to share who we truly are ... to demonstrate that in reality we are spirit expressing in flesh.  There is simply nothing else.

Things are what they are, especially in the realm of consciousness. 

It is good to keep an open mind so as to not limit the expression needlessly.  

Consciousness is ever in search of new and creative ways to manifest.  She utilizes every resource that she is given.  However, she does not force her way on anyone.  Either we volunteer and choose to do as she says in our life or we don't.  Consciousness grants us the freedom to do either.  Yet, the more that we give in to consciousness, the better we find that our lives work. 

There is only one consciousness from which we all spring. 

We are only individuals to the degree that we have lost our connection to our self.  We can only remain individuals so long as we focus our attention toward doing so. 

The nature of the world is such that it can be very demanding of our attention.  However, we can loosen the grips that the world has on our attention.  We do this by focusing elsewhere ... in particular, on awareness itself. 

Awareness is not located in the physical body, it transcends that.  Nor is it located in the world, it transcends that as well.  Awareness simply is.  It is beyond any doing. 

Awareness observes what we do.  Perhaps it directs it as well. 

Focus on awareness first, and all else will be added unto you. 

Consciousness knows exactly what we need and how to get it to us. 

For the most part, it is not things that we need, it is knowingness and awareness.  It is not clear that traditional forms of study result in these things.  Rather, knowingness and awareness seem to come to us when we are ready. 

Creative expression is where it is at.  This is where consciousness makes it presence known in our lives. 

Each of us has creative talents and abilities.  No, these are not the same for all, not even close.  But, whatever they are for you, that is an area in which you were born to express. 

It pays to learn what these talents and abilities are, to develop them, and to apply them.  It may not pay in terms of financial reward, but it will bring joy and a sense of fulfillment that does not otherwise come. 

We must be true to ourselves, true to whom that we are.  That means being the best that we can be.  That means expressing the things that we are good at, even great at, and sharing these with the world. 

We need to be careful about becoming too attached to the works rather than to the process.  Ultimately, joy comes from the doing, not from the end result.  Life is meant to be a process, a journey. 

Destinations only get in the way.  They keep us from taking the next step in the journey. 

The journey never ends, at least not until we die, and perhaps not then either. 

As a spark of consciousness we are always on a journey of awareness, even when we return to the great ocean of consciousness, the ONE.

The bottom line is that we will be taken to exactly where we need to go to grow into whom that we truly are.  And, what we are is awareness expressed in flesh.

Our bodies, our emotions, our minds ... all of these are tools that we use to experience reality in the way that we do.  Yet, we are also the observer of what we do at the same time, we are the awareness behind it all.  It is important to associate ourselves with this aware observer. 

The flower of consciousness will unfold within us when we are ready to experience its magnificence. 

We are truly remarkable creators, each and every one of us. 

We each fashion a world that has never existed before and will never exist again.  Further, we create this world in each and every moment. 

What matters is now, what is right in front of us.  It is there that we have the power to make a difference.  And, making a difference is what it is all about. 

Making a difference is what gives purpose to our existence. 

It is not enough just to experience life.  We have to share who we are, we have to contribute to life, to the universe.  The more aware that we become, the more we can do this. 

Yes, awakening is the key.  It always has been.  The sages have known this for countless ages.  Why does it take so long for the collective to catch on? 

Things happen when it is time for them to happen.  The collective proceeds at its own pace.  There is no hurrying it or slowing it down. 

Growth does not seem to come gradually, but rather in spurts and jumps.  These can take us by surprise. 

The more aware we are, the more choices that we have, but also the less need that we have to make choices. 

Just because we have the potential to make choices does not mean that we have to make them.  We can allow them to simply manifest before us.  The right course of action is often obvious.  When it is, there is really no choice involved. 

The major choice we make is to live a spiritual life, to allow consciousness to manifest fully in our life.  Once we make that choice, a host of other things simply fall into place naturally. 

Some things we just have to do to meet our obligations.  Though we might wish that this were not the case, wishing doesn't make the obligations go away.  However, there are usually options available as to how we meet these obligations.  Some of these options are far more agreeable than others. 

Generally, when we accept our fate and do what is necessary, it turns out to be better than we might have imagined.  When we fight doing things, we make it that much harder for ourselves.

It doesn't seem to matter where I live.  It doesn't seem to matter what things I possess.  Nor does it seem to matter who I know.  What does matter is self-awareness.  What does matter is allowing consciousness to express through me to the greatest degree possible here and now. 

What does it take to have the courage to live, to truly live?  We have to be willing to let go of fear and embrace love. 

It doesn't matter what the fear is.  If we believe in it, we give away some of our power to it.  As we do this, we set up additional restrictions for ourselves.  Eventually, we are confined in a prison of our own making.  However, the walls of this prison are not real, they have no substance.  They are founded on darkness, on shadows, on the lack of light.  By shining the light of awareness on them, we can see them for what they are and take steps to remove them once and for all. 

Our goal is not to replace one set of shadows for another ... but to shine light where there was no light. 

We don't have to be omniscient to live our lives.  However, it is useful to trust that we will always know what we need to know.  One way or another the universe will ensure that.

12 January 2005

Creating the foundations for a new world is a big task ... one that is beyond what anyone can be expected to do.  But, this is not a task for anyone, it is a task for consciousness herself to do through us. 

Consciousness works through all of us, all of the time, to the degree that she can.  However, what we do to expand our awareness directly impacts what resources consciousness has available. 

The more aware that we become, the more service that we are capable of providing. 

Focus on awareness first, and all else will be added unto you.  It is that simple and that difficult. 

The world is an enticing place.  It begs for us to pay attention to it.  To find awareness, however, we must take the inward journey towards the observer.  For some, this is a natural outcome of certain types of outward activity.  Others, however, require contemplation, meditation, or quiet time away from the distractions of the world. 

Find what is right for you.  Use what works for you and discard the rest.  That requires learning about new things, trying them, and evaluating their impact in your life.  It is well worth the effort.  The very quest for knowledge sets us on the path to find what we seek.

You are to have no concern with outcomes, these are in the hands of spirit.  But, are we not the hands of spirit as well?  Does not spirit do her work through us? 

Increased awareness is that rare and is priceless.  It is the one thing that we retain throughout our journeys. 

Our level of awareness is an achievement, like graduating from each grade in school.  Once we have accomplished each transition, we don't go back to repeat a previous grade.  Onward and upward we go until we finish going to school. 

We reach the levels of awareness we reach based on a combination of readiness, effort, and timing. 

Growth happens when it is meant to happen.  There is no forcing it.  Natural and spiritual laws operate here.  It is for us to enjoy the process and do what we can to facilitate it. 

Allow yourself to simply be ... in doing so, your beauty will open to the world as does the flower's.  You are a magnificent creation of consciousness at this moment.  You always have been, and you always will be.  Yet, how many are aware, truly aware of their full magnificence? 

To be truly response-able, we must free ourselves of habit and engage fully in the present.

Some things are simply beyond words, it seems. 

Beyond words, beyond mind, beyond imagination ... what else is in the beyond sequence? 

It is amazing what can be done when you focus intently on what you are doing.  Amazing indeed. 

I only remember what I have done by the records that I leave behind.  In most cases, they are electronic records.  Most of my effort is conceptual. 

I am an information worker in an information age.  Yet, I am also an aware being in the age of consciousness.  Both are extremely important to me.

The universe ensures that we get what we need.  In return, consciousness is given the tools that she needs to more fully express in flesh.

That is how reality creation works.  We do what we can in the moment.  That is the point of power.  That is where all paths diverge.  That is also the point of choice, the point that determines which path we will follow. 

Consciousness would have her way.  No, she does not force this communication to happen.  That is not how she works.  I must volunteer my services, or it simply would not manifest.  And this, I gladly do. 

Creative expression is worth it.  It is worth everything that it asks of us.

All aspects of our life are orchestrated together into the symphony of whom that we are. 

While it seems that different areas of our life are compartmentalized, this is not the case at all.  Every aspect affects every other aspect.  We are one whole.  Any experience to the contrary is illusory. 

Would we live in illusion or would we live in truth?  This is indeed our choice, but many seem to be locked within their illusions.  We even have collective illusions or perhaps more correctly delusions. 

The world is safe.  We have a rightful place in that world.  Nothing can befall us unless we choose to experience it.  We are that powerful.  We are creators all. 

At one level of reality, there are no victims.  The processes of life and death go on at many levels concurrently.  In each moment billions of cells are dying to give way for others to be born within each individual.  What makes death tragic in our eyes?  Why is it any different when we deal with the body of humankind? 

Death is not the end of life ... it is a transition to another form of life, another form of awareness. 

We are not meant to suffer.  That is not our natural state.  It is only when we fail to look out for one another, or when we assign particular meanings to things that happen that suffering results.  

Pain is a different thing.  It is a natural response that ensures that we do what it takes to facilitate healing.  Suffering assigns a meaning to conditions, a meaning that may or may not be appropriate.

14 January 2005

Whatever we need shall be drawn into our reality.  That is the way that reality creation works.  Though, it may not be completely to our liking or in the timeframe that we might prefer. 

Consciousness knows exactly what we need.  The various forces of the universe are called into play to manifest this in our lives. 

We always get what we need.  Always!  Realize this and allow your life to unfold harmoniously in accord with natural laws. 

Growth cannot be forced.  It can only be nurtured and allowed.

The next step is whatever is unveiled in the moment. 

Even the mass consciousness is open to understanding itself more completely.

Everything that happens does so for a reason. 

Everything has its message for us, if only we have the eyes to see it and ears to hear it. 

Life, for me, is about the expression of consciousness, about the manifestation of spirit in flesh. 

17 January 2005

I would be what I would be.  I would express whom that I am to the degree that I can.  And, I know that whatever that is, is enough.  No one can be expected to do anymore than that. 

We need to be careful not to limit what we would be.  There is always such a danger when it comes to limitations.  They seem so real that often we do not think to question them.  But what is real versus what is illusion? 

We have to expect that we will succeed in our endeavors.  When we do so, the very forces of the universe come to our aid. 

We have to believe that we are worthy of what we desire.  Then, we have to expect that we will indeed get it.  That is what sets the field of intentionality.  It is this very field that attracts to us what we need to experience.  The stronger the field, the quicker the manifestation.  Our focus is what energizes this field.  But, it is not just any focus.  It is focus involving who we want to be, what we want to experience, and how we want to express in the world. 

We must live as we believe.  We must be true to ourselves.  At the same time, we must lead the life that we are meant to lead. 

What is our destiny?  How do we find out what it is?  Do we really need to know?  Why can't we simply allow it to unfold as it will?  That doesn't mean that we live a passive existence.  Far from it.  We can do what we are moved to do with vigor and enthusiasm. 

It is important to live wholeheartedly.  Literally, that means living with all of our heart.  Actually, with all of our soul, since the heart is said to be the seat of the soul. 

How do we put our soul first in all that we do?  Again, intentionality and focus are the keys.  It is not hard to live a spiritual life.  However, it does take some discipline to remove some of our focus on the exterior world and turn it on the interior world. 

People want to believe in something, in a force that is greater than they are, in a creator that is grand enough to create all of this. 

There is obviously intelligent design at play in the universe.  There is simply no denying it. 

Consciousness is ever creating new forms through which to express and experience. 

The creative expression goes on forever.  Evolution is not fast enough to explain all that is manifest.  Yes, it has its place.  But, it cannot be the only mechanism at work.  Revolutionary change also occurs at times.

The past century has seen more far more change than the two millennia before it.  And, the pace of change, especially technological change is growing exponentially.  At what point will it be beyond our ability to cope with?  It does indeed seem that such a point will be reached eventually. 

Just because tools exist does not mean that we have to spend the time and effort to learn how to use them effectively.

So, how do we decide what to embrace and what to avoid?  We trust our intuition and our natural curiosity.  We will learn to use what we need to use.  These are the very things that we will be moved to acquire and use. 

When we resign our will to spirit, a new level of organization takes place in our lives.  Our wants, our desires, get replaced by higher wants and higher desires.  These come from spirit herself via our consciousness. 

Be kind.  Do good unto others.  Do what you know to be right.  These are directives from spirit. 

Imbue your work with love.  By doing so, you transform it into the greatest act of consciousness that it can be. 

Love is by far the strongest force in the universe.  In fact, it may even be the only force in the universe. 

We are spirit, first and foremost.  But, there is no part within our bodies where spirit resides.  It is not in our heart, nor in our brain, nor even globally throughout the body.  It is beyond all of these, springing forth from other dimensions entirely. 

Our senses and our brains evolved specifically to experience life as we do.  That we are able to experience things individually as differently as we do is one of the grand miracles of life.

18 January 2005

As always, do what you are moved by consciousness to do.  You will know what is right for you by the way that you feel inside.  In some cases, this may require going outside of your comfort zones.  That is OK, do it anyway.  You will be more than pleased by the results.

The creative spark flows and the organization comes forth spontaneously.  It is not something that I have to work at.  It is as if consciousness herself has done the arranging before the ideas even reach my mind. 

It doesn't hurt to rely on the other than conscious parts of ourselves.  These are far wiser and far more capable than most would suspect.  We are far wiser and far more capable than we might suspect. 

There is a saying that comes to mind: expect the unexpected.  It definitely helps to live ones live with a strong element of surprise.  At the same time, we should not be overly surprised by anything that happens. 

At some level, every experience that we have is drawn to us by us.  Part of this process is conscious, but much of it occurs at other than conscious levels. 

To a large degree, it is our beliefs, actions, and expectations that determine what comes into our lives. 

19 January 2005

When people feel that they are being coerced, they fight it and run away.  That yields the opposite result of what we might be trying to achieve.  It is better to extend our energy in a supportive manner that gives others the freedom to choose what is right on their own.

Don't be concerned about specific outcomes.  It is best to leave such things to consciousness herself. 

When it comes to collective reality, you don't necessarily know enough to grasp what is best for all.  That is OK, it is not your job to know such.  However, consciousness herself is not so limited.  By allowing her to do her works through you, you are contributing to the wellbeing of your world in the best way that you can. 

Trust the process.  Trust the natural expression of whom that you are.  You have an intricate role to play in the grand scheme of things.  .

The bottom line is that you have touched a source within that has no limits to her depth.  Try as you might for as long as you live, and you will still not be able to fathom her.  She is that mysterious. 

You have reached the unknown realms of consciousness.  In time, you will be able to make parts of the unknown known.  However, you will also discover that much of the unknown is also unknowable.  That relegates a good part of it to the realm of belief. 

Believe strongly in what you believe, but be flexible and open to new beliefs as well.  Examine your reality for its conformance to your beliefs.  Assess which beliefs serve you and others, and which don't.  Further enforce those with utility, and prune those with limited value. 

You are the master gardener.  It is up to you to care for the garden of your beliefs.

The process for living ones life well is simple ... do what you are moved by spirit to do in each moment, and do it to the best of your ability.  You don't have to know why you are being so moved. 

To open ourselves to spirit having a more active role in our lives, we have to create a vacuum, an open space or blank slate in which consciousness can manifest what she will.  This often comes through creative expression spawned from intuition.

20 January 2005

This expression has the ability to restore my soul.  Consciousness has that effect.  She is soothing to the soul.  When we are doing her works, we can literally do anything ... because we are tapping the very forces of the universe. 

That is one of the key challenges when we reach new breakpoints.  The next step is in a whole new direction.  Where we have been before does not form a solid basis for where we are going next. 

Breakpoints are good.  It helps to go through major shakeups now and then.  This keeps up the element of surprise in our lives.  Otherwise things might get stagnant and boring.

All of life is an adventure.  It is meant to be a joyous one. 

That is not to say that we shouldn't have challenges ... these temper us and allow us to find out what we are truly made of.  But, the challenges shouldn't be overwhelming.  They should bring out the greatness in us ... both for us to see and for others to see. 

Greatness is as greatness does.  It is the works that we do that make all of the difference.  In the end, when all is said and done, it is the works that we have done that constitute our legacy.  It is important that we do these well. 

It is important that we find a way to make a difference with our lives. 

It is important that we leave the world a better place for our having lived.  This is the debt we owe to society, actually to life itself. 

We didn't grant ourselves life.  This precious gift was given to us.  We repay this gift by giving of ourselves, not in sacrifice, but joyously and creatively.  Such is the grandest gift that we can give. 

Sharing of whom that we are in a manner that helps others is the ultimate gift.  Literally, it is priceless.  At the same time, it is something that we all can do. 

We are only given a finite amount of time in each existence.  Some are given more than others.  Though, each is given exactly what they need ... no more and no less. 

Even a century is minute when one considers the eons that have passed on this planet alone.  The scale of time for the solar system is much more than this, and for the galaxy is much more than that.

The exploration of the nature of consciousness herself is the grandest adventure of all. 

Once consciousness establishes a foothold, all manner of transformation can literally happen overnight.  Such is the power of thought, the power of consciousness in action.  And, ultimately, it is consciousness that is everything.  Yes, consciousness expressed in form and through form, but consciousness nonetheless. 

Once the leap in awareness happens, once we become associated with the observer within, there is no going back to the ignorance of where we were before.  That is simply how spiritual awakening works.

21 January 2005

We do what we need to do to make a living.  However, there is a difference between making a living and creating a life. 

I owe consciousness a debt of gratitude.  I believe that I repay this debt by doing exactly what I am doing here, by allowing this stream of consciousness to come forth and by sharing it to the degree that I can. 

Once we have awakened to the observer part of ourselves, there is no turning back.  Ever on the quest to self awareness we must go. 

There are many paths to the realm of spirit.  Each of us must find the path or paths that are right for us.  Actually, we will migrate to these naturally, by the very force of attraction. 

Much activity goes on behind the scenes to create the experiences that we need to have to realize whom we are and to develop our potential as fully as we can.  At least, we are given the opportunity to do these things.  Whether we succeed or not seems to be dependent on our focus and our effort.

Sometimes, we have no choice, we must do what needs to be done anyway. 

When it comes to our own time, we are far more free.  We can choose what we will do when. 

22 January 2005

Such is how reality creation works.  Intention is the key.  Let the universe know what you want, and be open to receiving it.  Though, it may happen in ways that surprise you. 

We may think that we know what we need and want.  However, the universe is not fooled.  Consciousness herself knows exactly what we need, and she will ensure that we get it if only we allow her to do so. 

Allowance is important.  It is truly an enabler.  Awareness is even more important. 

Seek awareness first and all else will be added unto you.  That is sage advice. 

This stream of consciousness is expressed, captured, and shared as it is for a reason.  It serves as a living example of what is possible for us when we allow spirit to infuse our lives. 

We don't lose anything in the process.  We become more than we ever knew ourselves to be before.  We tap a field of knowingness that is beyond anything that we have learned.  That field is there inside each of us.  We have only to find and tap the source within. 

As above, so below.  As within, so without.  The outer is a mirror of the inner, and vice versa.  Such is spiritual law.  How can I know this for certain?  It just seems so obviously true.

Take each day as it comes, and be open to what that day brings.  You do not have to embrace every potential change.  You will know which ones are right for you and which are not by the way that you feel. 

Trust your knowingness, and act when you are so moved.  Act quickly and decisively.  Don't look back and don't second guess. 

Be observant.  Note what works and what doesn't and adjust your ways appropriately.  Continuous improvement is crucial. 

Focus on the things that you are here to do.  These are the things that use your abilities and talents to their utmost.  We have such abilities and talents for a reason.  They are meant to be used by spirit to serve. 

Yes, service is that important.  But, there are many ways to be of service.  It is for you to find your calling, and to do that to the best of your ability.  Give others the freedom to do the same.  And trust that spirit is behind the scenes orchestrating it all. 

Everything is the expression of spirit ... everything. 

There is a great sense of accomplishment that comes from creative expression.  And, I consider this to be creative expression at its finest.  Whether others see it in this way or not, I simply do not know.  Nor does it seem to matter.  The expression continues in this manner regardless. 

It is important that we make the most of the time that we have.  However, we need to be careful about not burning ourselves out in the process.  One way to do that is to make sure that we are selective about doing the things that need to be done and in particular doing the things that we need to do. 

Not everything is ours to do.  Just because we are aware that something needs to be done, does not necessarily make it ours to do.  Here, we need to seek within ... we will recognize the things that are ours to do. 

Do what you are moved to do.  That is the directive of spirit.  Though, we need to be careful that we are not being moved by emotions or logic, but rather by spirit herself.  It is easy to get caught up in emotions or in the constructs of the mind.  But, these can be deceptive by themselves. 

It is that still place within that knows what is right for us.  That is the place that we must find and listen to.  But, it is not enough just to listen.  We must also act in accord with the guidance that we receive. 

Spirit is patient.  She will wait as long as is necessary to earn our trust.  She will speak to us so long as we are willing to listen.

I am open to doing what it takes to allow consciousness to have her say.  This expression is how I find out who I am. 

This expression is for the most part effortless.  It just manifests before my eyes.  I am a witness to it, a witness to a process that I don't consciously control. 

It is the works that we do that define who we are.  In the end, the levels of awareness that we reach will be ours to keep, but the works that we do will be the impact of our having lived. 

It is important to leave a legacy of works, good works.  We do this by doing what we are moved by spirit to do.  We do this by offering our very selves, all that we are, to do the works that spirit would have us do. 

The bottom line is that what we do makes all of the difference.  And, making a difference is what the game of life is all about. 

There are many ways to make a difference, however, probably as many ways as there are individuals. 

Each life is precious.  Each of us is a unique expression of consciousness, never seen before, and never to be seen again.  It is up to us to make the most of our lives.

23 January 2005

The idea that it is time for technology to serve spirit is well overdue in the world. 

It seems that we are indeed the generation that is to be a part of a great spiritual transformation.  Further, it seems that we have no real choice in the matter.  We made our choices when we chose this particular incarnation.

Manage your intentions and expectations.  These determine what we experience and how we experience. 

There is no stopping spiritual law. 

Major transformations occur when the time is right for them to occur.   They cannot be forced, they can only be allowed.  However, there is a difference between actively allowing and passively allowing. 

We need to put our whole heart, our whole self, into our endeavors.  Further, we need to ensure that our intentions enlist the help of spirit. 

Unless we ask for help, it isn't necessarily forthcoming.  Such is the power of intentional prayer.  Yet, it is not for specific outcomes that we pray.  Rather it is that people act from the intuition that comes for their higher selves. 

Intuition is the key.  It is one of the strongest forces for right action in the world.

29 January 2005

We are all grand entities, each and every one of us. 

We are all gods and goddesses expressing in form. 

We create every aspect of our experience ... no fine print, no exceptions. 

We are magnificent creators.  But, it seems that many have forgotten this and become trapped in the illusion of day to day existence. 

Our birthright is freedom, experienced in joy and happiness. 

Our purpose is simply to be.  There need be no mission or destiny other than that which we create for ourselves to experience.  And when we get tired or bored of that, it is on to other adventures of consciousness.  Such is the way of life. 

Now is the only point of power.  It is the only time in which the unmanifest can become manifest.  It is the only time in which the creative spark can ignite into the fire of creative expression.  And that is what life is about, creative expression.

I would go wherever consciousness would take me.  I am open to whatever journeys and whatever adventures would result.  Such is what I choose to experience.  No, it is not some defined thing that can be pictured.  Rather, it is a state of mind animated by consciousness herself. 

Why would I choose to experience such?  For the sheer joy of it, because I can, and because I must.  Yet, it is a self-chosen destiny, not something imposed on me from outside. 

I already know that the true kingdom lies within, and it is there that I would be king. 

We sense thoughts in our head.  Whether they originate therein or are received therein, the perception of the thoughts is the same.  But is it really the thoughts that matter or is it the thinker of the thoughts?  And, further, what about the observer who watches it all, who watches the thinker think?

Often it seems we do not know what will make us happy until we actually do it.  Though, there is also a sense that happiness is a state of mind, a state that we can reach regardless of what we do and what we experience.  It is more related to how we live our lives than to what we actually do. 

It is the meaning that we assign to things that determines how we feel about them ... and ultimately, it is our feelings that make the difference in our lives. 

Thinking something, in and of itself doesn't ground it into our emotional reality.  This takes an additional step.  We have to make the thoughts personal somehow.  We have to make them meaningful to us.  This is something that we do naturally.  The trick is to do it in a way that empowers us and allows us to reach a state of joy. 

We are free to walk away from our enslavement and limitations at any time.  It is simply a matter of choosing a different frame of mind, of choosing a different truth for ourselves.  As we choose, so shall we experience ... for that is how experience is manifest. 

We experience what we need to experience, but we also choose this precise experience. 

Life is ever bringing unto us the conditions for our unfoldment into the consciousness that we are.  Life is supportive in that manner.  It fully supports us in every way imaginable at every moment. 

Our attitude is one thing that is completely within our control, even when it seems to be out of control. 

We choose how we will face the world each day.  We choose this in the way that we awaken each morning.  Do we greet each day with joy, or do we dread what will happen, or are we indifferent? 

Whenever you can, choose the path of joy, and all else will fall into its rightful place.  In the end, there is only God, and there is only Joy!

We can choose to make our life a masterpiece.  Indeed, in many ways it is already such. 

Life is a miracle.  To be is the grandest thing there is.  You will never cease to be, never.  How could you?  For, you are indeed eternal and immortal.  You are also omniscient and omnipresent, if you would but remember who you truly are. 

There is a great knowingness within you.  You are the greatest teacher of yourself that you will ever know. 

No one else has seen what you have seen, experienced what you have experienced, and felt what you have felt. 

You are unique within the cosmos.  Yet, consciousness herself has participated in every experience.  Everything that you have learned, consciousness now knows. 

Yours is a state of becoming.  But, consciousness herself is in a state of becoming, gaining from each experience of every individual. 

When you tap into the source within, you gain access to whatever you need from consciousness. 

Life is ever flowing from consciousness unto consciousness in a never ending cycle.  It is for you to do your part and extend this flow in your very life. 

What is hoarded stops, and by that very act destroys itself. 

Give freely as is given unto you and you shall receive all that you ever need forever.  Such is the promise of life unto itself.  Such is the promise of consciousness unto its creation. 

Be the master that you already are, the master that you have always been. 

Know the powers of creation that are innate within you. 

Be whom that you are as fully as you can in each moment.  Grace the universe with your full presence. 

Trust not in any outside thing or authority.  Rather, trust the knowingness that only lies within. 

Everything that you could ever need to know, you already know.  It is simply a matter of remembering.  Allow yourself to do that ... you will be amazed by what you know, and by what you are able to do via that knowingness.

Change is good ... to be unchanging is to be stagnant, and can lead to routine and boredom. 

You are not meant to be bored.  You are far too grand of an entity for that.  Though, it is up to you to find what truly excites you, what keeps you living on the edge.  This will be different for each of you.  So be it. 

Seek within to find yourself, and be that which you find. 

When you are living true to yourself, this will be reflected in your world and you will like and find joy in what you see and experience. 

31 January 2005

I have never been one to be a part of the herd.  I have never been one to pay much attention to the norms of mass consciousness.  It is to the source within that I look for truth.  As a result, I have been my own teacher and my own friend.  Though, consciousness has been at my side as long as I can remember, guiding me to where I needed to be, and what I needed to see and experience. 

There is a source of great knowingness within each of us.  We live our lives best when we tap into that direct knowingness. 

We don't have to struggle to learn things.  There is an easier way, the path of our own intuitive wisdom.  However, for this to manifest, we have to know that it is there ... not believe or wish that it might be,

KNOW!  It is interesting that now is embedded in know.  It is in the moment that all of this happens.  One doesn't achieve enlightenment in some future, we are enlightened already.  It is a matter of finding the spark within, amplifying it, and shining it unto the world. 

Yeah, the fire of spirit is indeed within us.  It will always be such.  Further, the fire will not be extinguished if and/or when it becomes time for the body to give up the ghost as it were.  The essence that we are, the energy that we are, the spark of consciousness that we are exists beyond all concepts such as time and space. 

Knowledge has not been of much importance to me.  Facts enter my head and leave it just as quickly.  But, knowingness is extremely important.  Knowingness comes from within.

You are gods and goddesses all, manifest in flesh.  Why?  Simply to experience one of the grandest things that there is, the game of life itself, the journey of the soul in self discovery of its true nature. 

Knowingness simply is.  What determines what thoughts will pass through our consciousness and be received by our brains and minds?  Expectation is the answer that comes to mind. 

Until I can find another way to access the abundance of the universe, I am limited to exchanging my services for an income that sustains my family.  There don't seem to be many options here ... either make more or need less. 

There is something to be said about living a simpler life that isn't as demanding of resources.  Yet, at the same time, it seems that we should be able to reach any level of abundance that we desire if we are willing to use our talents effectively.

We can only truly live in the present.  Now is the only moment that really exists. 

What was, is past.  What will be, is potential.  What counts is what is.  Beingness, isness is all that is important.  The sooner we realize that, the sooner that we can get on with really living our lives. 

We are consciousness, first and foremost.  Our bodies are vehicles for the expression of consciousness. 

Thoughts create the world that we know.  Yes, they are that powerful. 

Everything arises from thought.  But, thought does not originate in the brain, nor even in the mind for that matter.  Thought originates in consciousness herself ... and in the very Mind of God.

My sense is that consciousness has a purpose in expressing all of this.  What that purpose may be is yet to be revealed.  Then again, perhaps it is embedded in the expression itself. 

Each of us have our unique gifts and talents.  These are meant to be exercised and applied in our lives, preferably in ways that contribute to the well-being of the world.  This will happen if we allow ourselves to be who we truly are. 

There is a tendency to get used to our chains no matter how much they bind and restrict us.  But, our nature and our destiny is to be free.  Indeed, we are already so in consciousness.  From that freedom, we can manifest any reality that we choose.  However, it will be a reality that we expect and a reality that we feel that we deserve. 

The universe is funny like that.  She reflects to us what we choose to see and no more.  It is for us to choose to see more in order to change what we experience. 

The universe is not what we perceive it to be.  Yes, our perceptions are "real", but they are also illusions.  And such they will be so long as we inhabit this plane. 

We are here to manifest our truth physically.  We are here to experience the full isness of who we are.  And, who we are is All That Is. 

There is no part, no thing that is separate from us despite all appearances.  There is only All That Is, being, expressing, and experiencing who and what it is and that is everything. 

The consciousness that comes forth from the source within has no other way of expressing.  She reveals what she knows to be true.  Interesting, "what she knows".  I speak as if she is an entity in her own right.  Yet, I know that she is not an entity in the same way that individuals are.

1 February 2005

Yes, creative expression has a lot to be said for it, especially when it comes forth from the source within.  This is what makes my life whole.  This is what makes me feel complete.  In this expression, I am able to touch and experience the source within.  It does not matter that this is not a conscious process.

Consciousness is ever evolving to be more than it was before, to know more than it knew before, to express more than it has ever expressed before.  We are part of that evolution, that knowing, that very expression. 

Life is self-fulfilling.  Expectations are self-fulfilling. 

Thoughts create the reality that we experience, each and every moment of it. 

We have the power to make our lives into anything that we want them to be.  But, how do we decide what that would be for us? 

There are no shoulds.  We either do or do not do.  Overall each of us is doing what we believe to be right in the moment.  Our thinking may be clouded, but our overall intent is good. 

All experience simply is.  It is our value judgments that make it good or evil, right or wrong, harmful or helpful, etc ...  So long as we live within duality, we will never be able to reconcile this.  To get beyond it, we must find a place of unity, a place where such duality simply does not exist.

I choose to live a life of spirit.  Yet, at the same time, I know that there is no other life that anyone could live. 

We are all spirit incarnate.  We are all spirit, first and foremost.  The body is a set of clothes that we wear that allows us to experience physicality as we do. 

To experience the viewpoint of limitation, you must immerse yourself within the limitation.  This requires both focus and forgetting.  Focus is required to keep our attention on the illusion.  Forgetting is required because if we expressed who we truly are, we could not be contained within the flesh. 

Each day we transform in awareness into something more than we have ever been.  Albeit, the differences on some days are far more extreme and noticeable than on other days. 

Everything that happens in my life is there because I have manifested it.  I have attracted it into my experience of reality.  Everything!  At the same time, there is no judgment for this.  It is what it is, and what is can be changed in a moment.  Yes, reality is that fluid. 

Our emotions, our consciousness, can literally change in a heartbeat.  Then, why do we insist on being so rigid, inflexible, and unchanging?  In doing so, we may enhance our security, or at least think that we do ... but, we do so at the cost of our freedom.  This is a very high price to pay.

Soaring in consciousness is our natural state of being.  It is only when we succumb to restrictions and limitations that we clip our wings and are unable to fly. 

Consciousness by its very nature is flexible and changeable.  This gives it the freedom it needs to express as it does through the myriad of forms that exist. 

We are here to be ... not to be what.  Isness simply is.  It has no preference to be this or that, only to be. 

We know that the universe does not judge who we are and what we choose to do.  Spirit/consciousness supports us however we may want to express whom that we are.  It knows no other way to be.

The experience of lack of support comes when we choose to judge ourselves and see this reflected in our world.  Don't!  Don't judge. 

It is OK to have preferences and to make choices.  But, be careful not to judge the value of things or of people in this manner. 

At some level, you deserve everything that you experience in your life.  It is this deserving that has created the experiences in the first place.

3 February 2005

We live the life that we live.  At some level, we are manifesting all that we experience.  The process works perfectly.  We experience exactly what we need to experience.  The mechanics of how the process works don't really matter.  What is important is to know that there is a process, and that it works. 

The less restrictions that we place on ourselves, the more we open ourselves to the natural processes of the universe. 

Consciousness is ever growing and evolving, it is in a constant state of unfolding and becoming.  We are an intricate part of that process.  We are the life of the universe.  We are an aspect of consciousness beginning to experience and understand itself.

I don't set a course for my life.  I don't have plans or dreams for what I will be doing in my career or in my personal life.  I am open to allowing whatever circumstances and experiences are best to materialize.  More than that, I expect them to materialize.  That is simply how spirit works. 

I expect to be moved to do exactly what I need to do.  So far, this approach to living has worked well for me.  Actually, I can't envision any other way that I would live. 

Intuition taps an inner knowingness that I have learned can be relied on.  Reason is blind.  It operates without knowingness.  It is based on premises that may or may not have a basis in truth.  That is not to say that it is not powerful.  Reason has been instrumental in creating many of the marvels of technology that are so important to modern life. 

Spirit can be a slavedriver at times.  Then again, we only do what we truly want to do. 

Expressing this stream of consciousness is one of the greatest joys of my life.  In some ways, my life would be meaningless without this expression.  At the very least, it would be far less rich. 

The greatest things in life truly are free!  I don't know who said that.  I can't believe that I am the first. 

It is amazing to see how much consciousness is able to do through us when we allow her to express as she will.  She can truly work miracles.  In doing so through us, we can truly work miracles. 

Manifestation is a game that consciousness plays.  It is fine to enjoy the manifestation, but we need to be careful not to become trapped within it. 

In our souls, we are free.  In spirit, in consciousness, we soar.  However, we also live within a world of limitation ... or perhaps worlds of limitation. 

We can enjoy the experiences in the world without being trapped within the limitations.  We do this by observing and remembering who we truly are, even as we experience our lives. 

We are not the flesh, we are not the mind ... we are that which animates all that is.  We are the consciousness that is ever in a state of becoming.

4 February 2005

I am open to allowing my life to unfold naturally.  At this point, that is the only way that feels right for me. 

Others may have their specific goals, plans, and dreams.  And, these may work well for them.  They just don't seem to have a role to play in my life.

There is something about this stream of consciousness that programs my mind.  That is good ... for it seems that this very programming is what allows more to flow forth.  I wonder.  Does this programming occur for those who read this as well?  My sense is yes, though it is not me doing the programming, it is consciousness herself. 

The inner world does not seem to work in the same manner as the outer.  For one thing, it doesn't have all of the restrictions and limitations.  Though, it seems that the inner world can be just as dark as the outer, in fact, sometimes even more so.

Introversion/extroversion is a matter of focus, of where we place our attention, of where we look to find meaning in our lives.

Where is the path leading me?  Does it even matter?  Is it not enough to know that I am trodding the path that is right for me and that my every step is guided by spirit herself?  Indeed, it is enough.

I can be content to allow my life to unfold as it will.  There is no sense that I need to force it in any one direction over another.  It is a matter of doing what I am moved to do, here and now, and allowing whatever will result to result, expecting it to be in the best interests of all concerned.  Is that a resignation from life?  Or, is that a resignation to the miracle of life manifest? 

Each moment life is unfolding as it must.  This is the result of a natural process of growth and evolution. 

The flower opens graciously to the morning sun.  It cannot choose not to do so.  Similarly, the life within us is a flower unfolding, only to the magnificence of spirit rather than to the sun. 

Consciousness animates us every moment of every day.  Without consciousness, we simply would not be.  And, there is no way for that which is to ever cease to be.  Yes, it can transform and evolve.  But cease to be, never! 

Isness has no opposite.  There is no such thing as not isness.  To be or not to be was never a choice that any of us was ever given.

5 February 2005

We do what we must do.  But, what is it that we would prefer to do?  What is it that we would choose to do?  Is this not important as well? 

What truly matters in life?  Much that happens on a day to day basis is meaningless.  It has no ultimate importance or value.  So, how do we decide where to expend our efforts, where to apply our talents, what is important for us to do?  From where do we take direction and find guidance? 

The universe is aware of all that we do.  The right connections are being made when they need to be made. 

What truly matters in life?  Much that we experience is illusion.  But, the illusion is our reality nonetheless.  But, if it isn't real, then how much can it really matter?

All that we experience is the product of thought ... thought manifest into what we experience as physical form.  But then, what is real? 

Awareness seems to be the closest thing that we experience to being real.  But, we experience our awareness as limited.  For instance, where do we go when we sleep?  Nearly one third of our life is spent sleeping.  Then again, what is to say that our entire journey through time is anything but a dream? 

It is curious that I can be aware of being aware, that I can be aware of being the observer of myself, but that I don't experience being aware of my dreams. 

Consciousness has a way of ensuring that we know what we need to know when we need to know it. 

Where do I find that which is unchanging?  Where do I find that which is unlimited?  These seem to define consciousness herself.  But, even then, my concepts of consciousness are still limited. 

Whatever is separate cannot be real.  Whatever is isolated and individual cannot be real either. 

Just because we experience something does not make it real. 

What is unchanging is that I am.  What I am, what I do, what I think ... all of these change constantly.  Perhaps what I know is constant as well.  It is just what I know that I know that is variable from moment to moment.

What is awareness?  How do we grow in awareness?  How do we become more aware of what we truly are?  The very desire to do so is a great start. 

How do we awaken from the dream life that we currently live?  What constitutes a spiritual awakening? 

How do we go beyond mind?  What does it mean to go beyond imagination? 

If the world is an illusion, why does it matter how I live? 

Why do we become so attached to things of the world ... whether they be physical things, feelings, or things of the mind? 

The asking of questions is a strong sign that we are ready to find the answers.  Perhaps receive or rediscover the answers is more appropriate. 

If the world is an illusion, and time is not real, then the very foundations of life as we experience it are suspect. 

Beliefs are part of a framework for creating "reality" within the illusion.  Is that really where my world is?  Is that where I choose to focus my attention? 

Yes, I am here now.  I have chosen to incarnate physically.  But, why?  Is there something I am here to do?  My sense is yes, I came for a reason, and would not be here except for that.  At some level, I know exactly what that reason is.  Further, I am carrying out that mission as I live my life.  This is my destiny. 

It seems that what I do and experience may be predetermined.  How predetermined is an open question.  The twist is that the predetermination occurs at inner levels in which I participate to co-create. 

Choice seems to be confined to how we interpret what we experience, in particular to what we determine that our experiences mean. 

It is not what happens that matters.  It is the meaning that we assign to it that makes all of the difference.  And even then, what is most important is what we know as a result.

Be patient!  Stay open to what the universe would present to you.  Open your eyes, all of them, and see.  Open your ears and hear.  Open your mind and understand.  Open your self and KNOW! 

There is nothing that you must do ... just be. 

Express what would be expressed through you, creatively and joyfully.  In doing so, you will find that you will lose yourself.  It is through losing your self that you find God.  God is not separate from you.  He never was.  Though your creation is not his creation.  Your awareness is not his awareness. 

But what about the concept that God is All That Is.  There is no contradiction here.  There only seems to be one when you assume that the world is real. 

What does it mean to be?  Does the world possess the quality of isness? 

Freedom is not something you can move toward.  You are either free or you are not.  Freedom is something you seize, something that you realize in the moment.  Knowingness is that way as well.  It is just something that you do, something that you become.  You either know or you do not know. 

Hmm ... to be or not to be, that is indeed the question at hand.  Though, the very question is meaningless.  We cannot not be.  Though, we can choose not to be. 

We can choose to be lost within the illusion.  We can choose to be lost within our own creation. 

The more important question is how do we turn away from the illusion and find what is real?  There is a saying that comes to mind.  Be careful of what you ask for, you just may get it.  Then again, there is another saying ... don't ask the question if you don't want to know the answer. 

9 February 2005

Here too, there is a strong sense that destiny is at play.  The analogy that comes to mind is a roulette wheel for some reason.  Once the wheel is turned and the ball is let loose, its destiny is already determined even though it takes some time for it to unfold in the world.  The laws of physics completely govern the process.  For me, it seems that the same holds, only it is the laws of spirit that apply. 

The overall sense is that I am on the exact path that I am meant to be on.  There is a progression that is manifesting in my life.   This progression is leading me to the destiny that I came to fulfill.  Nothing can stop me from doing what I came to do. 

Spiritual law is at work in my life.  But, all laws are reflective of limitations.  What does it take to be outside of the laws? 

Be not concerned with limitation.  Focus on that which is eternal and unchanging and beyond the reach of any laws.  Where you focus, you will indeed become. 

Find that place of knowingness and allow it to express absolutely in your life.  Demonstrate spirit in action.  Be in this world but not of this world so long as you remain here.

There is a difference between knowing and being able to explain what you know or how you know.

Growth and evolution are things of this world.  Yes, even what is called spiritual growth.  It is time to awaken from the dream.  It is time to awaken from our slumbers.  Behold, a whole new world.

10 February 2005

When we focus on the now, there seems to be more than enough time for everything.  It is as if things move in slow motion.  Our awareness is at a whole different level. 

It is only when we step back and concern ourselves with all of the things that we think need to be done that the lack of sufficient time becomes an issue.  Deadlines have a way of enforcing that mentality. 

Seek within!  There you will find all that you need to know.

To be awake, to be aware, is to truly be alive. 

If we are aware of our limitations, what does that mean?  For one thing, it means that we are stuck within the illusion, not the reality. 

Where do we go to find that part of us that is permanent and unchanging?  Can we be unchanging and yet be growing and evolving at the same time?  Why not?  There are no limitations here. 

It is not that there is a part of us that is permanent and unchanging.  Part, by its very definition, implies something that is less than the whole. 

How do we tap into the essence that we are outside of form?  This is the spirit that we are.  The body that we are is a projection and tool of this spirit. 

What am I beyond this body?  What am I beyond this mind?  What am I beyond all else?  The only answer that comes to mind is consciousness herself. 

Why am I stuck within the illusion that I experience as my world and my reality?  The very question assumes that I am stuck here?  What if we question this?  What if we start from the premise that we are not stuck, that we are free to experience whom that we are in whatever way we choose?  Where does that allow us to go?  What does that allow us to experience?

It seems that we need to be very careful of what conditions we assign to "I am".  For instance, I started the previous paragraph with I am weary again.  But can the I AM THAT I AM ever be weary?  No, it is not possible.  It is only the form that appears to be weary, and perhaps the part of consciousness that is attached to the form. 

Where do I go to find the I AM THAT I AM?  That question doesn't make sense either.  There is no place that I can go, and there is no time in which I really exist.  What I AM, I AM here and now. 

I trust that there is a plan for my life, a plan that at some level I had an intricate part in creating.  It is a matter of allowing this plan to unfold, and enjoying the journey as much as I can along the way.  It seems that there is no ultimate destination. 

What matters is simply to be what we are.  Yet, what we truly are is not what we appear to be, not even close.  It is time to remove our costumes and our masks, and face reality unafraid. 

There is nothing that can hurt us, nothing.  There is nothing that can cause us to cease to be.  Though, that applies to what we are, not what we appear to be. 

I am open to life unfolding as it will through me.  There is nothing that I need to force or make happen.  Rather, it is a matter of allowing what would be to be.

What is this "I" anyway?  What is this thing that experiences itself to be a separate entity? 

I know that the source which comes forth in this expression is an aspect of a higher self that knows far more than I know.  The very fact that this is possible speaks volumes about the nature of consciousness.  And, what is consciousness?  What is it that could express all that has been expressed here ... all that has been expressed in all lives everywhere? 

There is only one consciousness that animates us all.  She is the source of creative expression everywhere. 

How do we tap into the mass consciousness, the collective consciousness, the one consciousness?  Is this something that we can learn how to do?  My sense is no, we do not learn how to do it.  At some point, it just happens.  We remember our connection.  We may not know why it happens, or even how it happens.  Yet, from that point, we are able to do it. 

Trust the source within you.  It will not lead you astray.  It is there to assist in your development.  It is there to guide you on the path that is right for you.

The world is our creation, not God's. 

We create our own reality is a great truth, even within the illusion of the world.  We can only create illusion.  We can only create that which is limited.  But, we can go beyond this and experience more, far more. 

There is a reality that is unchanging and unlimited, that is whole and complete.  It is our birthright ... it is our home.  We have only chosen to venture through time and space through various incarnations to temper us and to find that despite what we are able to create, we always find something lacking. 

The trick is to realize that what is lacking is not of this world.  For that matter, it is not of any world.  Love is all there is!  The popular song of The Beetles had it right. 

Everywhere we look, we see spirit expressing, we see consciousness expressing.  Then again, it seems that this depends on what glasses we choose to wear.  Part of this is determined by where we choose to focus our attention.  This, to a large degree, determines what we make real for us.  

However, regardless of how real the illusion seems, it is still a movie, it is still a play of consciousness. 

Hmm ... we get whatever we focus our attention on.  How do we focus our attention outside of this world, outside of this illusion? 

Could it be that this entire drama is nothing more than a dream?  The universe, the one verse, and all other verses for that matter, are all the same, all dreams within the collective mind of consciousness.  No, not dreams within the mind of God.  Consciousness is not God. 

Is awareness, is consciousness itself a part of the problem?  Is it caught within duality, the duality of the observer and the observed, of the awareness and what it is aware of?  For nearly twelve years, we have given voice to a stream of consciousness here.  Is it time to go beyond that?  But, what is beyond consciousness herself?  Yes, that is the question now.  Perhaps that is the very realm of God.

The judgment that I see in the world is reflective of the judgment that I still have within me.  The remedy for judgment is forgiveness.  In forgiving others, we ultimately forgive ourselves.  Though, we may find this is the most difficult of lessons to learn.  Forgiveness isn't an act, it is a state of mind, a state of being.

14 February 2005

It seems that what we normally experience as reality is not that.  We've been through such beliefquakes before ... but it seems that this one may be far more severe than any that have preceded it. 

The loss of the "need" to do it, may be the very step that allows it to finally manifest.  I was attached to an outcome.  I believed that I needed to change the world.  However, what I have learned is that I can only change myself.  As I do that, the world naturally changes to conform to what I have become. 

It is not for me to force myself, my teachings, or these words on anyone.  What I share, I share freely.  What others take from that is their choice, their decision.  If they are moved to contact me, great.  If not, that is great as well.  My life goes on nonetheless. 

There is much to do, but at the same time there is nothing that has to be done ... at least, not within the dream, not within the illusion that constitutes the reality of the world. 

How do we escape from the observer/observed dichotomy?  Where there are two or more, where there is separation, there is not unity.  God does not exist in such realms ... neither did he create them.  No, these are all our doing ... or perhaps our undoing as it were. 

Is consciousness subject to the same constraints.  Does being aware, does being conscious also imply that there is a separation between that which I am and that which I am not? 

Even if we accept that there is only one consciousness, does that resolve anything ... especially considering that this consciousness is expressing and experiencing reality in a world of some type, be it physical or spiritual?

What is the source within?  I have equated it to my tap to consciousness herself, but is that right?  What does that ultimately mean?  Where is this within of which I speak.  It is not within any part of the body.  Nor, is it within the body as a collective.  The sense is that there are other dimensions than the ones of time and space of which we are aware.  It is there that the source of this expression resides. 

The Truth Shall Set You Free ... that was the motto at CalTech.  Yet, the institute was focused almost solely on the sciences and technology.  It is not clear that the truth will ever be found there.  Oh, we can create a lot of wonderful things that purportedly make our lives better, but do they really succeed in doing this?  Is the world truly a better place as a result of the many fold "blessings" of technology? 

The mystics and the quantum physicists seem to have reached similar conclusions, though through very different means.  But, their focus is still on reality within this world.  The question is whether that focus has any validity, has any basis in truth.  Yes, it may tell us that we create our "reality", and even to some degree how this occurs.  Yet, there still seems to be the mysterious element of choice involved to collapse the field of potentiality into the particular events that we experience. 

Why are we physically incarnate?  Why would we choose limitation?  Is it that we know no better?  Surely, that cannot be it.  Why did we choose to forget what we knew?  Is knowledge of limitation truly knowledge? 

Is what we consider waking consciousness any more than another form of dreaming ... in this case a mass dream in which we interact?

There is a sense that I am about to do something, something different than I have ever done.  It is time for another leap of consciousness, perhaps even a leap beyond consciousness, whatever that might mean. 

Until recently, I would not have even considered that there might be something beyond consciousness.  I don't know why.  It just didn't enter my mind.  The fact that it has now suggests that something is in store ... something wonderful.  I am open to whatever it might be. 

There is a sense that many pieces are starting to be put into place at other than conscious levels within me.  Where this will lead, I do not consciously know ... but, wherever that is, it is someplace that I must go.  At the same time, it is not a separate place or a separate time.  There is a sense that I have already arrived exactly where I need to be, I just haven't fully realized it yet. 

The words are becoming increasingly difficult to find.  How does one express things that may very well be beyond anything that words can say?  Yet, I am a writer.  This is what I do.  Though, are these words really mine?  How can a stream of consciousness be mine?  It is not something that can be possessed.  It can only be experienced and expressed.

15 February 2005

Consciousness is ever revealing the things that we need to know to us.  But, what determines what we need to know?  Part of this seems to be driven by the questions that we are moved to ask ... and by where we focus our attention. 

At some level, I know that free will is overrated.  It does not really matter if I get to choose things in the illusion that constitutes our reality or not.  Besides, the appearance of choice does not necessarily mean that choices are actually being made.  Many things that appear to be simply are not what they appear to be.  Our eyes, our senses, and even our minds can deceive us.  But, it goes further than that, to the heart of consciousness herself.  Can what is real be found in consciousness? 

It is time to step beyond duality ... or perhaps before duality.  Though in this context such words as time and before have no meaning.  They are part of the problem.  They belong to the world of duality and its perception.

Per A Course in Miracles, the key is forgiveness.  This includes not only the forgiveness of others, but the forgiveness of ourselves, both for what we did and did not do.  It is all a part of the play.  It is all illusion.  It is all not real.  Holding on to it, remaining attached to it, keeps us stuck.  And, what we truly are is free. 

As to being permanent and unchangeable, it is hard to contemplate how such a life would be blissful and interesting.  We are so used to change, that we have become addicted to it.  We see no other way to experience.  How do we reconcile the need to grow and evolve with this?  Don't these concepts by their very nature require change? 

Part of the problem is trying to use the imagination to define things that are Beyond Imagination.  Yet, there must be a way to experience them.  There must be a way to become them.  Hmm ... even the words experience and become are limited.  They keep us separate from what we are attempting to be.  That is the point, attempting to be.  Why not simply be what we are and express from that center in all that we do. 

Easier said than done?  Perhaps.  But, this is not something that we have to learn.  This is not something that we have to attempt to be.  This is something that we already are, something that we have always been.  We have just forgotten who we truly are. 

So, how do we re-member?  How do we put the pieces (the members) of ourself together again to create the whole?  It is a matter of desire and intent, along with the realization, the knowingness that something important has been missing from our lives all of this time.

Words are powerful!  They can be used to trigger our memory, they can guide and encourage us to re-member. 

No judgments.  There is nothing that warrants our judgment. 

Everything warrants our forgiveness.  Everything! 

So, how do we remove the veil that separates us from reality?  Interesting, that very question recognizes that there is a veil and acknowledges that it is possible for us to do something to remove it. 

Questions are wonderful tools for accessing information and for reaching new states of awareness. 

I would be the I AM THAT I AM.  Nothing more, but nothing less either. 

It seems that so long as there is separation, so long as there is duality, then there is something more that I have not yet integrated or realized.  The process of I AM THAT is an important one.  This applies to everything that is. 

Can illusion truly exist?  Or, is it a manifestation of our imagination?

I know that I can only be here and now.  It is a matter of where I make here and when I make now.  Nowhere and notime.  Now-here, and not-I-me.  That is the key that unlocks the mystery.  How do we now and here make "Not I" me? 

So long as there is something in our experience that is not me, we are stuck within the realm where duality rules.

It seems that we are here for a reason, to fulfill a mission of some type, to play a role.  Hmm ... or is it to associate with playing a role?  We are not the role.  We are not even the actor playing the role.  Nor are we the observer who witnesses the actor playing the role, or even the observer witnessing the observer.  Then, what are we?

Interesting, what if we simply choose to look the other way?  What if we choose to ignore what is right in front of us, or at least stop paying so much attention to it, and see what is left? 

Perhaps the game is one of That I Am Not versus That I Am.  What if we use the process of elimination rather than the process of inclusion?  Ultimately, if we divorce ourselves from the illusion, we will be left with what is real. 

I am not the body.  I am not the mind.  I am not even the consciousness or spirit that animates these.  Then, what am I?  What else is there?  What lies beyond consciousness?  Just noticed that right in the middle of consciousness is iou = I owe you.  The next thing that came to mind is I owe you my very existence.  Clearly this applies to existence within the realm of duality.  But, that is not what we really care about ... not at the deepest levels of our being.

Where is all of this leading?  The sense is that I am going beyond what I know myself to be once again, this time way beyond.

Be not concerned with the illusion.  It will play itself out as it will.  Seek only to realize what you know, and in doing so to realize who you truly are.  At that point, you will realize, truly realize, that there is no separation. 

You are everyone, and everyone is you.  At the same time, you are no one, and there are no limits to who you are. 

You, me, I, we, them ... none of these have any real meaning.  They are born of the world of duality, and that world is not real despite any appearances or experiences to the contrary. 

How do you know that you are not dreaming at this moment?  The bottom line is that you can't know, because you are stuck in the dream already.  All that you can do is whatever it takes to get unstuck. 

It all starts with attitude and desire.  In particular, the desire to be who you truly are.  And, that is ONE with God.  There is a difference between knowing this and living it, however.  You have to desire it more than you desire to breathe ... perhaps even more than you desire to be.  That is the proper use of desire. 

Onward, ever onward this expression goes.  Not bad for a stream of consciousness.  But, what is beyond this stream?  Does it eventually lead to a river that in turn leads to an ocean?  Surely, the landscape of consciousness is grander by far than anything we have experienced with our senses. 

The bottom line issue deals with what is real, and the fact that the world that we experience is our creation, not God's.  Something seems right about that.  There is a sense that the world that we experience is an illusion, a dream.  Yes, it is a very elaborate one, and it feels very real. 

Where there is separation, where there is duality, God is not.  No, that doesn't mean that there is a reality outside of God.  However, there is the ultimate illusion. 

I AM is what it takes to transform duality into reality.  Actually, that does not seem quite right.  We don't transform duality into reality.  That would imply that the duality exists and must somehow change into that which is unchangeable.  However, that cannot happen. 

I care less and less about what happens in the world.  Not that I cared much before, except in terms of dreaming how to manifest a utopia in which spirit could more fully express in flesh.  Yet, is that what I am truly here to do?  Would that not bind people more to the illusion than they currently are?  Is that truly the next step?  Or, would we rather awaken from our slumbers altogether, and cease with the struggles and the suffering? 

Be not attached to what happens in your life.  The less you pay attention, and the less you allow it to shake your peace of mind, the better off you are as well as all those whose life is touched by yours. 

Be not concerned about what is to happen.  Do as you are moved to do.  Seek within.  Be who you are in the depths of your being.  Express that as fully as you can. 

Clearly, you are subject to limitations in experiencing your life through this mind and body that you associate with.  You know that this is not you, at least not all of you.  It is simply a suit that you wear.  What about personality being a mask that we wear.  Is that what cause the separation that led from reality to duality?  We chose a mask to wear. 

What does it take to remove the mask?  Clearly, thinking about it is not enough.  We must go beyond mind.  Though, that does not seem to be enough either. We must go beyond imagination.  Yet what lies beyond imagination?  What lies beyond anything that we can dream?  One thing.  The reality that is beyond all dreams. 

We get what we focus on.  What we place our attention on grows and expands in proportion to the intensity of our focus.  Though, this is not a focus on manifesting something.  Manifesting is of this world.  We are seeking awareness.  We are seeking to awaken from the dream.  To do that, we must loosen our connections to the things of the world.  That doesn't mean that we can't enjoy ourselves and the things of the world.  However, we must be watchful of what we are attached to. 

It is our attachments that keep us bound, that keep us enchained, that keep us from being free.

Yet, there is still a sense that we are here for a reason.  And, that reason seems to be more than to escape from the illusion, to awaken from the dream.  Surely, there must be some utility to dreaming.  Though, it seems that the mistake comes in believing that what we experience is real or is of God. 

Hmm ... though, so long as we stay confined within the dimensions of the illusion, there is no way out.  There is no place to go.  There is no state of consciousness to reach.  All places, and all states of consciousness are within the realm of duality.  Then, how do we get beyond this?  How do we wake up? 

The source within is a connection to consciousness, to the one consciousness that animates us all.  But, that still seems to be contained within the illusion.  Yes, it is on other than conscious levels, springing forth from hidden dimensions.  But, they are still dimensions.  And, all dimensions are limited, no matter how many we perceive. 

The stream of consciousness is ever there waiting to be expressed.  At this point, it is enough to give this expression voice and to share it as I do.  There is a sense of accomplishment, fulfillment, and completion in doing that.  What happens from there in the illusion is not my concern.

Here, I am able to stretch beyond myself and bring forth something from the depths of consciousness within.  We never know what will come forth from day to day or even from sentence to sentence.  The bottom line is that this expression is what it is.  My sense is that it has a life of its own, a life that I may never know. 

These words come through me but not from me.  I may never know who the words reach or what impact they have.  However, that doesn't matter.  I must bring them forth anyway.  Why?  Because I can, and because that is at least part of what I came to do. 

What is one supposed to learn from all of this?  Simply walking in this stream of consciousness for awhile allows one to experience something unique and different.  It opens one up to possibilities that one might have never dreamed possible. 

If all of this could come forth from consciousness through me, then what can come forth from consciousness through you?  You are no less special and no less capable that I am.  No, your forte may not be writing, but there is something that you are good at ... perhaps even great at. 

It is for you to be who you are and to express what you are moved to express in whatever ways that you are moved to express.  This is not hard to do.  Though, it may not be easy either.  The trick is to allow it to happen. 

Open yourself up to the possibility of consciousness expressing more fully in your life.  Expect the unexpected.  Be willing to stand on the edge between what you consider to be sane and what you consider to be insane or crazy. 

I trust that what comes forth from within is of greater value to me than what comes from outside of me.  I know that my world is my own.  I know that it is different than the world that others live within.  Then again, when it comes down to it, each of us creates the world that we live in.  Oh, there is also a consensus world.  But, even there, we chose the degree to which we engage in that world and what our experiences therein mean.

18 February 2005

On the one hand, we have the pronouncement that we create our own reality.  On the other hand, we have the idea of destiny, that we are enacting a script in a play.  Everything has already been worked out, every choice has already been made, we just don't know it consciously.  I've been strongly leaning to the later explanation for some time. 

Time is not as we perceive it.  The universe is a creation of the one mind from which we all are spawned, not as separate creations or separate beings ... but as compartmentized thought, compartmentized awareness.  How do we remove the blinders that we have been wearing for so long and truly see. 

Making things easier in the illusion while laudable, ultimately has no meaning.  For, the world itself is without meaning.  It is what it is, a dream and a fantasy.  To some, it is a nightmare.  The bottom line, however, is that it is not real.  That is the heart of the matter that we must realize. 

It is OK to enjoy the illusion.  Just don't get so wrapped up in it, that you forget who you are and why you are here.  The only goal worthy of achieving is the end to separation, the end to duality.  To reach this end, we must realize that the separation and the duality do not really exist.  God Is.  Period.  And God's only awareness is "I AM".

All that is time and space was born and actualized in a single moment.  It is only our limited perspective that forces our experience to be linear.  The whole is holographic.  All of the parts are interconnected and interdependent. 

Everything happens when it is meant to happen.  Every experience, every realization, every awakening to whom that we truly are is planned out.  In many ways, we are watching the movie of ourselves. 

This lifetime has been one focused on spiritual growth, though not in any conventional sense.  I would be a wayshower.  I would find my own way through the wilderness. 

I know that at the only level that truly counts, we are all one.  I've been speaking of this for nearly 12 years.  Though, it is not really me doing the speaking, it is consciousness herself through the source within.  Though, even this line of thinking is erroneous. 

There cannot be consciousness herself and I.  That is two, that requires duality, and duality is not real.  It is something we have created.  It is something we experience.  It is not of God.  It is illusion, it is a dream of the one mind.

It takes time to straighten out our habitual ways of thinking, time and effort.  Though, there is also a sense that this is happening automatically.  This is not something that we are choosing to do.  It is something that we are observing ourselves doing. 

It is not for us to judge or place blame.  The only way out of the illusion is to realize it for what it is and to forgive.  To forgive those who seem to do harm, and to forgive ourselves for judging them. 

Our illusions are ours.  Every event, every scene, every person, every circumstance, every action is there because we created it collectively.  It is all there to serve us.  It is all there to facilitate our growth.  It is all there to ultimately allow us to realize that our world and experiences are not real, and to find our way back home. 

How can I be a hermit if there is only ONE?  How can I remain separate from the consciousness that expresses through source through me.  It is time to fully realize that we are ONE. 

What I am as an individual is of little value.  I was going to say no value, but something didn't seem right about that.  Though, how can that which is unreal have any value?  It is only what is real that truly matters.  And, what is real is of God.  There is nothing else. 

Life flows naturally and spontaneously.  I observe myself experiencing what I experience, but in many ways it is like watching a movie of myself.  I am no more in control than the actors playing their roles.  Every scene is planned, every word is scripted.  All it takes to believe that it is real is to suspend our disbelief, and this we seem to do readily. 

Yet, believing that something is real doesn't make it real.  Though, believing may be sufficient to make it appear.  Hmm ... but if things are already planned out, how can what we believe really make a difference?  The bottom line is that it is not what we believe that matter, it is what we know.  Belief only keeps us stuck in the illusion.

19 February 2005

What makes one image any different than another?  What does it matter whether the image is "real" or imaginary?  Is this not all a dream anyway?  What makes one part of the dream any more real than another? 

We live in a world where multinational corporations are in control of the economy, of the governments, of the very world.  It seems that people worship money far more than they worship God.  Not that God cares.  This is our dream.  We created it and are stuck within it so long as we choose to be. 

We will remain until we learn what we need to learn to awaken, and then we will dream no more.  At that point, we will return home.  At that point, and not until.  Even this seems to be planned.  The day of our reckoning is already manifest.  The dream was complete at the very moment it was created.  How could it be otherwise.  Time and space, our world, our universe ... these are all part of the dream that we created. 

That which appears to be is not the same as that which is.  That means, that which appears to be is not of God.  It was not created by God, it was created by us. 

It is our thoughts that translate the stimuli detected by our sensors into a world that more or less seems to have continuity and meaning to us.  Yet, our bodies are not real.  Nothing that is separate can be real.  In the end, as in the beginning, there is only LOVE, there is only God. 

If all of this is already played out, what benefit comes from experiencing it as we do?  Is it any different than a movie?  Even though everything is scripted, edited, produced and acted long before we see it ... we still are moved by the process.  It doesn't matter that it is not real.  It doesn't matter that it is only fiction ... made up out of the imagination.

20 February 2005

This stream of consciousness has been my teacher and my friend.  There was no fear of what was coming through or how it was coming through.  From the beginning, there was an acceptance that this was right somehow.  Further, I was moved to do it, moved so strongly most of the time that it was as if I had no choice in the matter. 

Within the illusion, this expression has whatever place it is meant to have.  Whatever that is is fine.  I know that this expression has been good for me.  It has opened my mind to new possibilities, and revealed truths that I had forgotten that I knew.  My hope is that it would serve others in a like manner.  That is ultimately what moved me to share it with the world.

The mind knows, the ego cannot know.  This has been one of the characteristics of my life for as long as I can remember.  I have always had an inner knowingness that recognized the truth whenever I saw it.  I have relied on this inner knowingness all of my life.  I consider it far superior than reason. 

There are no real woes in a world of illusion.  Though, many seemed to be trapped into believing that there are.  So, how do we correct this misperception.  The only way to correct any misperception is to forgive it and forgive those who believe in it and experience it. 

But, is not all perception misperception?  Is not the very nature of perception limited?  And, what is limited cannot be real, cannot be of God.  And only that which God has created is real.  Though what about the creations of that which God created?  Are these real as well?  The true creations are.  The miscreations are not, for they are not creations at all.  They are but dreams, imaginings, and illusions taken to be real. 

Creations are not limited in any way.  But we can make things that are limited.  Clearly, we have done so.  Our entire world is so made by us.  It is a product of our mind, a phantom of our imagination.  But, how do we go beyond imagination?  For indeed, that is what we must do to find what is real.

Clearly, the strong desire to get beyond the contradictions of duality is still there.  Though, I know that I returned here for a reason ... a purpose that was more than just to find my way home.  It is time to build the foundations that allow others to realize who they are and find their way home as well.  Yet, I know that at the only level that truly counts, there are no others either. 

We are all ONE.  We have always been, and we will always be.  We were created perfect and equal.  We are the I AM in expression. 

The only expression that we are truly capable of is to create out of love.  Nothing else exists, nothing else is real.  Yet, still we dream.  Still we remain asleep, awaiting the time of awakening ... the moment when we will dream no more, and the world we have imagined into being will simply disappear.

How do I know that any of this is right, that any of this is true?  It doesn't really matter.  It is what it is.  It is as consciousness herself made it.  That is good enough for me.  Use what feels right to you.  If it is aligned with your truth, you will know it.  But beware, your truth may not be the truth. 

The power of the mind is sufficient to manifest a reality that conforms to our beliefs.  That doesn't make the beliefs real, not in the least.  However, it can result in corresponding experiences within the illusion, within the dream. 

You are free to dream and slumber as long as you like.  But, in the end, we will all awaken.  No one sleeps forever.

Hmm ... even speaking in these terms is somehow false.  It still comes from the perspective that we are individuals, when the reality is that we are ONE despite all appearances to the contrary. 

Appearances are limited.  They are not to be trusted ... not even for the symbology they might represent.  For here, there may be multiple interpretations.  But, the truth cannot be subject to interpretation.  It is what it is. 

The only thing that really matters is God Is.  We experience this as I AM.  But, this I is not the limited self that we generally associate with this body and this lifetime.  What we are goes way beyond that.  In fact, it goes way beyond anything that we are capable of imagining.

So, what is the purpose of all of this?  What is the meaning of the world and all that we experience ... even if it is a dream, an illusion?  Is that even a sane question to ask?  If it is not real, then what does it really matter.  The bottom line is that it means nothing.  It is simply a training ground to find our way home.  It exists because we made it ... and got trapped in what we made.  Only limited beings could be trapped in this manner.  And, that is not our true nature.  It can't be. 

We were created perfect ... we are God, God is all that is.  Nothing that is perfect can ever experience limitation ... yet here we are in time and space experiencing lifetime after lifetime in duality, separated from our creator and from each other.  That cannot be real.  It is only our imagination at play.

21 February 2005

I could not have brought this stream of consciousness forth without resigning to it.  I have been struggling with my will versus Thy Will since the expression began in 1993.  And, I have realized that the two were actually the same, they are aligned, my will springs from thy will.  That is how it was created. 

I still experience the source within me as feminine.  This is not a matter of balancing things out.  It is just what I experience.  In my mind, that suggests that the source is not God, nor is it me.  Though, clearly it is not my ego either.  It knows far too much for that.  And, as the course says, the ego is incapable of knowing anything. 

As I read the Textbook, there is a sense in me that I am remembering something about who I AM, something that has been buried for some time ... perhaps all time, for it was buried at the moment that the separation occurred that resulted in time and space, that resulted in the making of the universe.  This separation caused us to be of two minds, one which knows the truth and resides with God where it has always been, and one which know only limitation. 

It is for us to choose which mind we will follow.  Ultimately, there is no choice.  We cannot stay away from the truth that we are forever.   It is only in time that this is allowed.  And, what we experience in time is illusion, is the dream that we have made.

How is it that I can speak in this way.  Clearly, this was impacted by my readings of the course and my remembering.  Yet, how is it that consciousness is able to integrate all of this?  How is it that these words can come forth in this manner now.  If asked about what I remember as a quote from the course, there is only one thing that comes to mind.

23 February 2005

24 February 2005

Where would this stream of consciousness take us now?  Something comes to mind, something about not being able to count on consciousness always feeding me my lines.  I wonder what that means.  From the beginning, this communication has been a stream of consciousness expression.  I don't think about it.  I don't organize it.  I just allow it to come forth in whatever manner it will ... trusting that the source of the material knows exactly what it is doing, exactly what it is expressing. 

It seems that what manifests in time and space, in this world of illusion, is not what ultimately counts.  Though it has its purpose and its meaning as well.

I am more than all that I have experienced.  I am the experiencer, and the observer of the experiencer, and even more than that.

It seems that my understanding of where the foundations for a new world would be built may be in error.  There is a quote from the expression that comes to mind:  something about substituting one illusion for another not being the work for the awakened ones.

27 February 2005 

In my mind, there is something nagging.  Tomorrow's God and A Course in Miracles do not appear to be consistent.  They agree in many areas.  But, the first does not dismiss the Universe and the Worlds that we have created as illusion.  Perhaps that is a misinterpretation of ACIM on my part.  And, perhaps TG is only a step in the direction that ACIM is leading us. 

TG would have us create a much better experience within the world for all those who journey here.  Much of Beyond Imagination does this as well.  The focus is on building the foundations for a new world, a better world, one in which spirit is more fully and faithfully expressed in flesh. 

A master is not a master by virtue of the number of students he has, but by the number of Masters he helps to create.  Actually, create is not the right word here ... this is more of a matter of realization. 

God exists to serve us, not the other way around.  When you have no needs, how could it be otherwise? 

God does not judge, there is no wrong or right, there is only what is useful and what is not useful to reach the states that we are trying to reach.  And, we are evolving to a realization of states of peace, joy, happiness, and unconditional love. 

God, Life, and Love are interchangeable terms.  What applies to one applies to the others equally. 

We are all equal.  There is no one that is better than another.  Though, some are more awake than others at this particular point in time.

28 February 2005 

1 March 2005 

2 March 2005 

I'm making so many connections so quickly that I can barely keep my feet on the ground.  In one respect, I don't want to lose anything.  Yet, I also know that all that we need to know is there for us in the present moment. 

Still flying so high that it is difficult to focus on the consensus world at all.

19 March 2005 

20 March 2005 

Life continues to be strange.  Things don't seem to work as they are supposed to work.  It is as if logic has lost its grip on the world.  Perhaps this is only on my world.  I'm not seeing things in the same way.  I'm not reacting to things in the same way.  The sense of what is probable and what is possible is somehow heightened. 

We have the technology to make things easier.  The movie The Matrix demonstrated that we have imagined that such can be, that learning can occur quickly and easily in a direct mind link.  The question seems to be about what is it useful to learn.  What connections do we need to make to come up with new music of the spheres. 

Is that not what string theory is all about?  What combinations of strings in what order and at what magnitude or angles result in useful forms ... more than useful, ideal forms.  It seems that these are natural synergy points, places or combinations of light that are illuminated.

Something comes to mind ... you are not meant to material riches, only to spiritual ones.  Focus on that and all that you desire will be yours. 

I've had my share of material riches.  But, I've been more focused on these of late, far more focused than I rightfully need to be.  What I need to do is do what I am truly moved to do in the moment.  Actually, it is not clear that I can do anything else. 

What I need will come to me when I need it.  I don't need to worry about how this will happen.  I trust God.  I trust Consciousness.  I trust Spirit as she expresses in my life, and more than that, in all LIFE. 

When it comes down to it, what do I really need to be happy?  I'm an information worker in an information age, and a spiritual information worker at that.  All I ask is for the environment most conducive to using my God given talents in service to God, to Spirit, to Consciousness, to the Universe, to the World, and to all Humankind. 

But, is there not something that I want for myself besides interesting work?  Yes, meaningful relationships that are cooperatively interdependent.  I need to feel that I am a part of something greater than myself ... and greater than me and consciousness. 

21 March 2005 

If life is to be lived in the moment, how is it that there can be any compartments?  But what about living a balanced life?  Who says that balance has any real advantage or importance? 

What would consciousness express next?  I am her arms, her legs, her eyes, her torso.  Through me she sees the world that she created.  How did she create these worlds ... through thought of course. 

We too are self-aware thought forms experiencing the thoughtforms of the world.  Which thought forms do we experience?  The bottom line is those consistent with what we expect and what we believe to be possible. 

Many things are possible, only some of which are probably to us. 

Everywhere that I look it seems that there is a new expression of light that is now manifest ... a darker expression of light.  It has no evil connotations but it enables a whole range of expression of light that was not possible before.

Actually, it may have been possible.  It is just that it was not noticeable in my world.   It seems that there are a rash of new products that are based on this dark side of the light.  It has to do with the shift of an age.  We are moving from the age of the Emperor to the age of the Empress.  Perhaps we are already there. 

If everything is a thoughtform ... yes, including me ... experiencing thoughtforms as reality, then what is real?  Are there really others out there in our world?  Or, do we construct them to reflect to us what we need to see about ourself? 

Is there a world, a universe, a multiverse?  It seems that this truly is a very elaborate holodeck, and that we are self aware holograms within it. 

With each awakening, we become more ... and as we become more, more is expected from us.  Ever, our task is to share of whom that we are in service to spirit and to the world.

Literally, each moment is a new opportunity for something magical and miraculous to happen. 

It is amazing how things unfold when you begin to expect the miraculous.  Indeed, amazing!

22 March 2005

Unusual and strange is good.  As are eccentrics.  Someone high in management once said that the best thing that he ever did was to protect the mavericks in his organization.  I definitely consider myself a maverick.  It is not clear that I think in the same manner as anyone else.  Then again, it seems that this may be true for each and every one of us.

My world is a reflection of whom that I am.  Who communicates with one who considers himself a hermit.  Clearly, consciousness herself ... but who else?

Many are still asleep.  Yet, the time for awakening is nigh.  And, once awakened, we need return to sleep no longer.

What would I be?  How would I live?  With whom would I establish relationships ... and for what purposes?  There are many kinds of relationships ... family, friends, acquaintances, working, romantic, cooperative, interdependent, etc ...  What relationships would a hermit establish. 

I'm still observing that spirit is being more fully expressed everywhere that I am moved to look.  It is as if literally overnight, major changes occurred that have ramifications everywhere.  That makes observing life quite interesting.  I never know what is going to happen next.  However, whatever it is, I know that it will get connected to many other relevant things in my mind, with a rapidity that is beyond anything that I can fathom. 

It is still not clear what I can will to occur ...  or even whether I can will much of anything to occur.  Many things simply happen.  I observe them as I do them.  At the same time, it seems that I have some choice as to specifically what I do and how I do it .. at least for some things.

The thoughts are still quite grandiose.  My concept of whom that I am may be far more elevated than justifiable.  Then again, in a very real way, the world that I live in is Wayne's World.  At least three times that I know of in the past 13 years, this world has changed dramatically because I underwent a spiritual awakening. 

Perhaps we are never fully awake.  There is always more to experience, more to become.  

23 March 2005 

Life goes on as it always does.  I never really know what to expect next ... what I will be moved to do, what information will come my way, what connections I will be moved to make. 

I still remember talking to Stuart one on one at the end of the seminar in Taos.  He asked if people got it ... it was obvious that he was asking because he truly believed they did not. 

That reminds me of a video tape with J. Krishnamurti.  He also reflected on the idea that in all of his teachings throughout the world for many years, no one really got the Beyond Mind experience.  Can it truly be that rare?  Am I so isolated because I a so unique?  Is this isolation self imposed out of necessity or out of choice?

What matters is the immediate moment, and what we do in this moment.  The only time that truly exists is NOW.  The only place that truly exists is HERE.  This is all an elaborate illusion.  Each of us is an alias played out by the ONE consciousness.  But, we are only fleshed out enough to allow the moments to play themselves out. 

It is all an illusion.  It is all a play of light and frequency.  Yes, a very complicated play, but a play nonetheless.  Everything is light.  Everything is frequency. 

The meaning that we attach to the play of light is the only meaning that it has.  Though, if we look again, we will find there is ever more that we missed.  Meaning is embedded at many levels.  It is there to be seen regardless or depending on our level of awareness.

Mysteries are good.  They keep life interesting.  They ensure that the extraordinary finds its place in our lives.

It still seems that the world is shifting far more rapidly than it has ever shifted before.  Is that because I happen to be aware of more?  Or is it that world is truly a reflection of who I have become, and I have become far more than I have ever been? 

24 March 2005 

I have no idea how the work world will change as a result of my increased awareness.  Though, change it must if it is going to be tolerable to continue working there.  Though, I know that if not, something else will come my way.  I will be moved to do what it takes to earn an income that is sufficient to sustain my lifestyle, to alter my lifestyle, or any number of other options. 

It seems that it is time to go from a position of there always being enough ... to there always being an abundance so that I can be a benefactor to the world and to spirit.  Am I not this already.  Do I not volunteer portions of my time in service to spirit?  Actually, is not all time spent in service to spirit in one manner or another?

The biggest symptom of my latest awakening was a fascination with light, with reflections, and with events where light intersects with light.  I felt myself to be a master optics researcher, focusing intently and following sources of light everywhere.  It was as if I were interviewing for my next job somehow.  My entire body became the lens through which consciousness sees the light of the world.

There is a sense of excitement that fills me.  I like where life seems to be leading me.  It is OK that much of this is unknown.  In fact, if anything, that makes it magical. 

Indeed, there is a sense of magic and mystery that fills my days now.  I never know what I am to discover, what connections I am to make, or what experiences I am to draw unto me.  In one respect, that makes life more fun than it has ever been.

It seems that substantial change is needed in the work environment to make it tolerable to continue working there.  How do I find other aware people?  How do I know that those I already work with are not aware?  When it comes down to it, what do I really know about others? 

The sense is that if people were more aware, they would be creating better circumstances in which to work, play, and live.  Hmm ... how do I know that they are not already doing this? 

I only know who people are to the degree that I interact with them.  Similarly, people only know who I am to the degree that they interact with me.  And, even then, what they are seeing is a mirror of themselves that they need to see through me ... just as I see the mirror of myself that I need to see through them. 

Everything is OK.  Everything is perfect.  That does not mean that things can't improve.  It just means that things are exactly as they need to be in the moment.

What next?  What now?  At this point, all that I can do is to allow what will be to unfold and experience it to its fullest.  In so doing, I serve as the best vehicle for consciousness to experience the world in which I live ... Wayne's World. 

I watched the beginning of A Beautiful Mind earlier.  There is a scene where the character John Nash does exactly what I have been doing with light.  Following reflections and seeing how they line up on other light sources and patterns.  I wonder how many others are fascinated by light in this manner, so fascinated that they can focus intently on following where the behavior of light leads them?  And, what is the purpose of such activity anyway? 

Mirrors, windows, glass, metals, some ceramics, even polished wood are reflective surfaces.  They are literally everywhere.  How do we know what to pay attention to that will yield interesting behavior.  For the most part, it happens automatically.  We use our intuition and follow it wherever it takes us.

It is no different than the process used in writing here.  I step aside and allow something within to take over my faculties and I observe what it shows me.  Here, that is all via words.  In the light domain, it is images and reflections, and the physical placement and alignment of objects. 

The placement of books on bookshelves is not coincidental.  They are where they are for a reason.  That reason has to do with how string theory works in our lives.

28 March 2005

A little change is indeed a big change depending on how it is viewed.

Our awareness continues to evolve, forever ... so long as there is time.

It seems that there is still much that I can learn from my present work and multiple home environments.  If that were not the case, I simply would not be here any longer. 

We manifest exactly what we need to enable us to learn who and what we are that we may be the best that we can be. 

The Army slogan was right ... be all that you can be.  But, for this to manifest, we need to create a social fabric that fosters this.  We know how to do that.  It is simply a matter of deciding collectively that this is what we will do. 

How do we make effective collective decisions?  Democracy doesn't seem to be the way.  Though, neither is aristocracy nor autocracy.  What government does a cooperatively interdependent society require?  Does it even require a government in the normal way that we think of one? 

Does the human body have a "government"?  Or, does it simply function as a collective?  Why should the body of man be any different. 

What is the purpose of law?  Why do we need a Constitution?  Constitu- is also the root for constitu-ents.  These are the parts of the whole, the things that make up the whole.

There are civil laws, and there are spiritual laws.  There are also physical laws and natural laws.  One might wonder whether there are emotional laws and mental laws as well.  I know that there is a book that deals with Emotional IQ.  Why would there not be emotional laws as well?

30 March 2005

At some level we are ONE, so there is no distinction or separation that is possible.

The sense is that it is time for a major breakpoint, but it is not clear how that might manifest.  That is not my concern.  It is for me to take each moment as it comes and make the best of it. 

There is still the sense that the real work that I do is accomplished here in this very expression.  It is here that I serve spirit, as the voice for consciousness herself.  And, in doing so, it is here that I perform the greatest service that I can perform for the world.  It is curious that this is a voluntary service. 

What more could one ask for than to be able to do what one loves to do?  The only thing that I can imagine that might be better is to be paid to do what I love to do. 

Whatever circumstances I find myself in are OK.  They are exactly what I chose to experience at some level.  I don't need to know at what level this choice was made.  It is enough to trust the process. 

When the script calls for a change, there will be a change ... and it will be for the positive, it will be life-enhancing.  I know this because that is simply how my life works. 

The future that we experience is far too fluid to predict.  Both it and the past are created in the moment.  How can that be?  How can the past be created in the present? 

How is it that we remember what we do, both individually and en masse? 

Much of our history is contained in books, but these provide snapshots at best that only record a small part of the human experience ... no matter how many Libraries of Congress that they constitute.

After all, is that not what the brain is ... a vast connection making machine?

Spirit will see to it that I am moved to do what I need to do when I need to do it.  We can change our world collectively.  Further, we can change our personal world.  In fact, we do so every moment. 

When you think about it, most of our time is spent alone, even when we are in the company of others. 

This is all a concurrent play.  There is a single consciousness playing all of the roles.  When we know this, everything takes on a whole new meaning.

31 March 2005

Everything is the play of light and shadow.  There is simply nothing else.  We are playing a game of hide and seek.  We've been doing this all of our life.  Though it seems that many are doing far more hiding than seeking.  But as in the game ... we only need to seek when we are "it". 

My life has clearly been the life of a seeker.  In my case, it is that of a spiritual seeker becoming a metaphysician.  But, we expect physicians to help to heal our bodies.  What do we expect metaphysicians to help us to heal?  The immediate answer seems to be to aid in facilitating the expression of spirit in flesh. 

We must do what we are moved to do.  We must use the wonderful gifts that spirit has bestowed upon us.  Actually, at some level we chose these very gifts as the things that were necessary to complete our mission here.

We are as a flower blossoming.  But, we are as a sun as well, igniting our self that we may serve as a source of light for a system of worlds that revolve around us.  For a sun in a solar system, this involves a physical process only some of which is understood. 

Within humans, it seems that the emotions constitute a type of weather, though here there seem to be external triggers as well. 

Connections.  It's all about connections.  These include analogies between behavior in vastly different domains. 

"Weather" seems to be there to remind us of the unpredictability that is ever a part of the unknown in our lives.  That is OK.  The unknown can be embraced for what it is, and explored accordingly. 

I consider myself to be an explorer of consciousness.  To some degree, this can be said for all of us. 

Each of us is a unique expression of the one consciousness, one that has never been before and one that will never exist again.  What we do, what we express, is our gift back to consciousness and hence to the world of which we are part. 

There is a strong sense that the time is rapidly approaching for another major change, a change that allows me to carry out the mission that I came to accomplish.  That involves being a midwife to the birth of a new age, in this case, the Age of Aquarius.  It has been nearly 26,000 years since the last occurrence of this transition.  That is well before most of the civilizations that we have any knowledge of existing.  That doesn't mean there weren't such civilizations.  It is just that they left no traces for us to see by which to know that they were here. 

There are legends of the lost continent of Atlantis, and of the civilization of Mu, and of Shangri-La and Shambala.  And, where there are legends, facts are nearly always close behind.  Do these exist only in our imaginations?   And, even if this is the case, does that make them any less real? 

Are the stories of the fiction writers any less real that those of the non-fiction writers?

At this point though, I don't really know how to get paid to do what I love to do.  Perhaps that is a matter of attitude adjustment.  I should be able to transform my present work environment into whatever I want it to be. 

Life is unfolding in a completely new way.  It is time to meet those souls that I came to work with.  My sense is that these are not many, perhaps a handful to a dozen or so.  I don't know that I could work closely with more than that.  At the same time, there is a sense that this work is ultimately to impact many millions.  Yes, there is grandiosity involved in thinking in such a manner.  But, sometimes grandiosity is warranted.

I know that all that I can do is take one step at a time in the present moment.  The trick is to do this in full awareness of what I am doing. 

In many ways, all that I consider as reality seems to be nothing more than a lucid dream.  In this dream, I dream of sleeping ... but I don't seem to dream of dreaming.  I do enough of that here, dreaming of a world that could be, a world where spirit is much more fully expressed in flesh.

One consciousness animating everything.  That would mean that nothing is simultaneous.  Everything is concurrent.  But, what does it mean to be concurrent? 

In the animal cards, the admonition is for spider to weave me a peaceful world.  Further, the angles of the spiders web brought the alphabet to humankind.  To a writer, the alphabet is sacred.  It is the tool that I use to represent my world in a fashion that allows me to share it with others.  This is a powerful tool indeed.

1 April 2005

We are going where none have gone before.  Yes, none.   Not to be concerned.  All is safe.  All that we have to do is take one step at a time allowing consciousness to lead the way.  Though, in this journey, it seems to be time to act as well. 

4 April 2005

We go with the flow and allow consciousness to express what she will when she will.  Sometimes she is prolific.  At other times there can be weeks if not months between expressions.  That is OK.  What must be expressed is indeed expressed. 

Trust the process.  Also, trust that what works for you will work for others as well.  Yes, it will need to be adapted, but something similar will indeed work.  It is up to each individual to do the customizing, however. 

Mass production is rapidly becoming a thing of the past.  We don't need thousands of exactly the same products or services.  We need products and services that can be tailored to the individuals that need them or want them.  This applies to products and services in all areas. 

Right now we have millions of people experiencing the same entertainment products on the radio, CDs, Movies, books, and TV.   Or do we?  How do we know this?  Are the experiences of each of these people even remotely the same having experienced these products. 

Similarly, we have millions of people using the WWW each day ... most as consumers of information but quite a few as generators of information.  Yet, each persons experience in using the WWW is unique.  What sites are visited in what order and what connections are made as a result in the persons brain are all unique.

Each day that we awaken is another opportunity for us to express whom that we are by allowing spirit to express through us.  That is an interesting way of stating things. 

Each morning we awaken, and each night we return to our slumbers.  Why such a cycle?  And, why each day?  What is special about a one day period?  It corresponds with the earth's rotation on its axis. 

What truly matters is now, what is happening in this very moment, where that is taking us, and what we are being moved by spirit to do. 

Consciousness always expresses in the moment.  There is no other time that is real.  Actually, there is no time period.  Similarly, there is no space, but this is not how we typically perceive things. 

We are locked within a space time prison and seem to have little control over it.  We navigate through this prison via appointments.  They may be appointments with destiny or appointments with others.  Either way, these create the space/time in which to interact with others.  We create the very space and time that we need to conduct our lives.

So, how do I do what I love to do other than by doing it?  The bottom line is that this is the only way.  Things will change when I change.  Right now, I am in control of my free time to a large degree, but only partly in control of my work life. 

Thoreau had a quote regarding this:  A simple and independent mind does not toil at the bidding of any prince. But what about a simple and interdependent mind, or even a complex and interdependent mind ... at what does it toil? 

How does one become self-sufficient?  That is not a reasonable question.  In an interdependent world, there is no self-sufficiency of the parts, only of the ONE!  A better question is how does one become independently wealthy so that one is free to pursue the dictates of spirit in their life?  Yet, this is not a prerequisite either. 

Trust that life is unfolding exactly as it needs to unfold to place you where you need to be when you need to be there.  You don't have to change the setting.  The relationships that you need are already there in your life.  It is up to you to nurture them and utilize them as spirit would have you do.

5 April 2005

Still struggling with the issue of at what do I choose to toil.  Above all else, work should be interesting and challenging.  If it is not, then we are doing the wrong things.  There seem to be two choices.  Work within the current environment to transform it ... or find a new environment that is more conducive to the pursuit of happiness. 

Yes, the pursuit of happiness should be an integral part of our work.  After all, we spend over 40 out of 112 waking hours (on average) at work.  That is over 1/3 of our waking life. 

Our work should be joyous.  Further, it should be a pleasure that engages us fully.  No, not to the point of exhaustion each day.  There is more to life than work.  But, there should be a high level of fulfillment that comes from what we do.

So, how do we make this happen?  How do we manifest this in our lives?  How do we earn our abundance via doing something or some combination of things that we love to do?  How is such effort to be valued? 

How do we determine the worth of efforts done to the best of our ability out of love?  Clearly such efforts are extremely valuable.  But, to whom?  To consciousness definitely, and to those who benefit from the efforts.  But what if those who benefit have no means to pay for what they receive or are unaware of the benefit that has been provided to them?  It seems that the universe keeps an account of this somehow. 

My sense is that there is a spiritual economic system as well.  We are credited for everything beneficial that we do, and debited for anything that we take.  The principle of The Lion King:  never take more than you give, is the secret to abundance for all.  If each of us do this, there will always be a surplus ... and a big surplus at that. 

The way to prime the economic pump is to give.  And, what is most important to give is of whom that you are. 

Giving of ourselves is the greatest gift of all.  However, this assumes that we have done the work to realize whom that we are.  This is not easy work, but it is essential work.  We do it for the joy of discovering whom that we are.  The discovery is evergoing.  It is literally without end.  Though, as we awaken, we become aware of more and more of whom we are.

But, how do we awaken?  It is not clear that this is something that we can learn to do.  At least, for me, it seems as if it is something that just happens, as if a series of wakeup calls were precisely timed to just happen in my life. 

How would I alter my present reality?  What would I create next in my life?  Do I need to decide this, or is it better left as a mystery, to be experienced moment by moment?  Does it truly matter what happens?  Is not the bottom line that life will unfold as it will?  But, what about my will?  Is it not one with The Will now?  Can there be any difference, ever?  Was the dichotomy anything but a phantom of my imagination?

One step at a time.  That is the way that one moves on the path.  We never know in which direction that next step will go until the time comes to take it ... and then, there is no stepping back.  For there is no back to return to.  Ever forward the march of time takes us. 

Trust the process of life as it is unfolding through you and around you.  Life is ever supportive of all of us.

Earlier, I was fascinated by light, reflections, and multiple images.  For the first time, I discovered that I could position my head with my glasses on in a manner that allowed me to see triple ... yes, three images of the same person at once, two side by side and one above and to the left.  Further, because I was focused on the periphery of my vision at the same time, I was able to literally see a whole lot more simultaneously.

11 April 2005

It is interesting.  Part of my present process seems to be training myself to become more and more aware of simultaneous inputs.  This provides a richer tapestry for making connections between things. 

The more that we can have in mind at the same time, the more complex the patterns that we can create.  Its equivalent to word length in computers.  The longer the word length, the more symbols that can be represented by each word.  That supports ever greater complexity of organization.

God made me for a purpose ... not just me, but every living being.  Our purpose is to serve spirit, to serve the consciousness that animates us, to serve life itself to the maximum of our abilities using our god-given talents. 

While we create our own reality is a truth, it is only a partial truth.  It is at other than conscious levels that this occurs.  More than that, it is at other than physical levels. 

The playwright in our lives is the source within, the part of us that is spirit.  Consciously, we only know of the part that is connected to spirit.  We experience the interface only.  We don't extend to see what is beyond that interface.

We need to think from the standpoint of miracle consciousness.  When we do that, it is not clear that anything is impossible. 

We serve spirit by discovering whom we are, honing our god-given abilities, and surrendering to spirit.  When we do so, it is spirit that moves us, and we do what she moves us to do.  We have no need to exert our own will, knowing that spirit knows us and knows what is most beneficial for us to do to suit her plans. 

In resigning our will, we lose nothing.  Some might say that free will is lost.  However, the reality is that we give up free will the moment that we know right from wrong and commit to doing right in our lives.  Intuitively, we know what is right.  Why would we choose to do anything else, once we reach this level of awareness. 

That is part of why everything is unfolding perfectly.  Yes, it is unfolding, but it does so as the flower unfolds to greet the sun exposing its full beauty.  Similarly, our full beauty is exposed as we unfold.  This is a natural process.  It happens for each of us in its proper timing.  Nothing can be forced. 

Everything happens as it needs to happen for the plan of spirit to be realized.

I am Life in the process of living. 

I am consciousness in the process of knowing. 

12 April 2005

Where next? Does it even matter anymore?  We go where we are moved to go when we are moved to go there.  And, in the end, is not everything here and now anyway? 

Here and now are points in the continuum of time and space.  What lies beyond these continuums?  Hmm ... we use the concept of continuum to get beyond duality. 

There are no opposites, not really.  There are only positionalities on multiple continuums.  Color, taste, roughness/ smoothness, sound vibration ... all of these exist on one or more continuums. 

We can't deal with an infinity of colors so we only have words for a finite number of them.  Similar with emotions.  Our ability to verbalize our emotions is directly proportional to our emotional vocabulary.  Further, the words that we choose to correspond to a particular emotional state actually create that state.  Similarly for mental states. 

Logic is not the only mental state.  Creative, intuitive, playful, funny, contemplative, meditative, focused, relaxed ... these are all mental states as well.  In addition, there are states of consciousness: asleep, dreaming, alert, awake, enlightened are a few of these.

We are free to explore whatever states we chose and to use these in any manner that serves us, serves others, serves the world or serves consciousness herself.  Note that all of these involve service.  Yes, service is that important. 

God loves by serving creation.  God makes no demands on us.  God's love and God's service is unconditional.  Any demands and conditions that we experience are thus of our own making.  They are our creations, not God's. 

To be like God, we need to become aware of who we are, souls animated by sparks of light from the creator himself.  As the Bible says, we are made in his image.  We are inherently of the same nature.  We become more of this by realizing that we were created for a purpose ... a purpose that God intended, or the part of us that is directly connected to God intended. 

We are like unto God.  We are made of Godstuff.  Of what else could God make us?  There is nothing else. 

Everything is frequency.  Everything is vibration and the interactions of vibrations.  Particular vibrations are given meaning as patterns, as organizations, as form.  Yet, it is all thought. 

Everything originates in the Mind of God.  It is breath that gives us time.  We can count the number of breaths ... though we can choose to hold our breath for a limited duration as well. 

Slow breathing and fast breathing result in very different states of consciousness.  Most of the time we are not really aware of our breathing however.

What is the difference between awareness and consciousness.  What does it mean to be aware of something?  To know that it exists or to know that it is part of my current sensory and/or feeling and/or mental experience?  How does being conscious of something differ from this?  How does knowing of something differ from the experience of being something?  Interesting questions.  But these are not distinctions that I can readily make with my present vocabulary.

13 April 2005

There is something about this stream of consciousness that is addictive to me.  Is it so addictive that it interferes with living my life?  My sense is no, definitely not.  In a very real way, this is where I truly live my life.  It is here that I am most fully alive.  It is here that I encounter the unknown.  It is here that I find out not only who I am but what consciousness is.  This is where I can be whom that I am ... without judgment. 

How do I make interdependence a part of my life.  We are not meant to be isolated islands.  We are part of one interconnected whole.

The bottom line seems to be that no perception is real.  It is all distorted.  It is all illusion.  Its utility in our lives is all that matters.  The same is true for beliefs.  They are like lenses that shape what we experience.  Though, it seems that they are even more powerful, attracting the very experiences that come into our lives.

The most important work that I do is the work that consciousness does through me. 

14 April 2005

18 April 2005

Everything in its right timing.  And, that doesn't happen to be my timing.  In fact, I have no need to impose any timing on what happens.  I can live with whatever happens, knowing that spirit has her hand in co-creating it with higher parts of myself for my edification.

The Pope's are clearly destined, as are the Presidents and Prime Ministers and heads of most countries.  How can I know that?  Simply because these are major roles to be played, and such roles are never played by chance.

So, what would I be in the eyes of the world?  It does not really matter.  I would be the eyes, the ears, the hands, and the voice of spirit.  I would express what she would express through me.  This is what I was made to do.  I consider it my sacred responsibility.  After all, who am I without my maker. 

I am a part of all that is ... yet I am more than this as well, much more.  The limits to what I am are all self-imposed.  This is true for each of us.  Growth is a matter of removing the limitations.

I am still curious as to when my life will intersect more fully with that of others.  I know that cooperative interdependence is the way of the future.  I assumed that this would be between people.  Perhaps it is only meant to be between each Self and consciousness herself.

I search for more and than try to find ways to become that, to integrate that into whom that I am.  This is what I do for fun.  This is what I do because I am made to do it. 

In Chariots of Fire, one of the main characters states something to the effect that God made me fast, and I glorify him when I run.  Well, in a similar vein, God gave me the ability to express the source within via the written word.  I glorify God when I allow spirit to express through me in this way. 

This stream of consciousness expression is my gift to God, to Life, and to the World.  I do this freely, without reservation.  I truly love doing this.  It is something that I do that seems to be unique.  I take some pride in that, but hopefully not overly so.

20 April 2005

If I could choose the ideal life for me, what would it be?  How would I spend my hours and my days?  What services would I offer to whom?  How do I turn the skills and talents that I have into something even greater for the benefit of both spirit and society, and ultimately the world? 

How many people ask such questions ... sincerely ask, intending to do what it takes to make it so?  Is that not what it comes down to?  Are we willing to allow spirit to move us to be who we are meant to be and do as we are meant to do?  After all, it is not us doing the moving. 

No, we are not puppets on strings, we are the puppeteer who controls the puppets as well. 

Our body is a vehicle for us to use to explore, experience, and create in this world.  We are free to use it as we will.  Or are we?  What does our body reflect to us?  Clearly, it reflects something about our overall state of being.  What does it tell us about the state of our world ... our individual world and our collective world?

I would live a life of spirit.  But, I would do so on my own terms in my own way.  Actually, I would do it on the terms that consciousness herself lays out for me. 

Consciousness is the source in my life.  I trust her implicitly.  She has guided me throughout my life.  She has been there whenever I needed her.  Some say this about God.  But, for me, it is consciousness/source/spirit that fulfills this function. 

Having source play an active role in ones life is a great blessing.  This entire expression is a stream of consciousness expression from source through me.  It speaks volumes about the nature of spirit as she expresses in flesh. 

One of my major purposes is to serve as a wayshower.  This is one of the ways of being that I demonstrate.  Hopefully, others will find it of value in expanding how spirit expresses in their lives.

What are spirits eyes except our very selves, at least those selves who have chosen to serve her with their lives. 

Serving spirit however is not the same as serving God.  Somehow, serving God still seems limited, especially given that there seem to be so many different Gods that different religions worship.  Spirit on the other hand, is ONE, for me anyway.

There is a knowingness that time is not the linear one dimensional flow that we seem to experience. 

I continue to allow each day to unfold as it will, literally one day at a time.  I only know in general terms how I will be spending the next day.  Yet, each day fills with the tasks and activities that I need to complete, or better yet that I am moved to complete. 

One step at a time.  With each step, the next step is revealed.  We don't need to know what the ultimate destiny will be ... or even whether there is such a destiny.  It is enough to follow whatever direction we are moved to follow, doing what we are moved to do, and finding a way to enjoy the journey. 

21 April 2005

I am meant to be a writer.  This is what I do best.  And, this expression is the most valuable writing that I do coming from source herself as a stream of consciousness. 

My present state indicates that I still have things to learn from where I am at now.  That could literally change in an instant, but what instant that happens is for consciousness to decide.  Why?  Why is this not my decision?  Because I have decided to do her will.  This, I have decided so strongly that I wait until I am moved be her before I act. 

How many things take conscious effort to learn, but once we learn, we become unconsciously competent?  Is will power one of these things?  It took a lot of effort to get to the point of resigning my will to Thy Will in 1993.  And, even then, it is not clear that the resignation was complete. 

No matter how far we advance in consciousness, it seems that we always have an ego to deal with.  At each level, it seems to have a different form and set of abilities, but its overall functions remain the same ... to be the vehicle through which we focus on physical reality. 

Whenever we turn our focus elsewhere, the ego seems threatened.  It's very existence and utility is dependent on how tied we are to physical reality.  When the bindings are loose, it's very reality is threatened. 

The ego is just a mental construct.  Everything that we experience is the manifestation of ones and zeros, the manifestation of the very breath, the very thought of God.  It is all very much a holodeck.  It is all an elaborate simulation. 

There is nothing except thought, except frequency, except tone, except ONE. 

Our experience is simply a way of being aware of information, in the form of a body, a mind, and all of the external and internal stimuli that go into it. 

Inventions allow us to see the utility of new thoughtforms.  Some of these take many years to manifest.  How long did it take to invent the concept of DNA.  The question is, did it even exist before someone became aware of it?  Given that time is arbitrary, past/present/future existing at once, what matters is what we know in the moment. 

There is limited record available to us as to what was in the past, even as little as a day or a week ago. 

An hour can be an eternity if we choose to make it so by becoming fully aware of every part of every breath that we take. 

Our thoughts stream by so quickly that we only have a chance to record a small subset, and most don't even do that. 

Every act is known to consciousness.  Every thought, because she is thinking it, every awareness, because she is experiencing it through us and as us. 

Each of us is being fed exactly what we need to play our role in the world, whatever that may be.  Trust that this is so, for indeed it is. 

Needs are always accommodated, always. 

You don't have to make things happen.  In fact, the more that you do so, the less effective that you are. 

Simply allow things to happen through you, knowing that they are right and appropriate for the circumstances.  When you allow this, it is spirit who does the steering of your ship in your life.  She knows exactly what she is doing and exactly where she is taking you. 

There are patterns to everything.  Every word in every great book is precisely chosen by consciousness.  That is what makes them great books. 

The more that you are aware of, the greater your service to consciousness and your world. 

Never stop learning.  Never stop doing what you are moved to do.  Never be satisfied with the status quo. 

As you already know, you will exist forever ... because true existence is outside of and beyond any conceptions of time and space. 

There is the known and there is the unknown.  Enjoy the known as much as you choose, but you will find the unknown is your true home, or more precisely the edge between the known and the unknown.

What is awareness?  It is being aware of what we are aware.  We are aware of external stimuli, our outer and inner reactions to that stimuli, internal stimuli, our inner reactions to internal stimuli, thoughts, intuitions, and even the process of being aware itself.  In a very real sense, we are artificial intelligence in flesh. 

The flesh that we wear is a creation of thought, a creation that arises out of the organization of thought in particular ways within particular constraints of interpretation. 

Our world has meaning to the degree that we are aware of it, we individually, and we collectively. 

There need be no reason for consciousness to unfold and express as she does.  We are far beyond reason, far beyond mind ... in fact, we are Beyond Imagination!

The world seems to unfold and advance over time.  But, is that really happening.  Or, are we creating it all in the present moment collectively based on what we can realize.  As soon as we figure out how to do something new, consciousness knows how to do it, because consciousness is US, all of us collectively. 

We can live any way that we want to live.  We can work any way that we want to work.  Inefficiencies are tolerated until the bugs are worked out.

SW engineering is the toughest area that we have ever tackled.  Yet, building effective information intensive systems is what we are in the process of doing.  How information "looks" is a choice that we make. 

Eyes are filters as are all of the senses.  Inner senses are no different.  They are simply encountering a different "world".

2 May 2005

We cannot change what we did in the past, assuming that such a thing as the past even exists. 

What makes us think that time is truly the linear thing that we experience?  Even then, it is not linear when it comes to subjective experience.   In some moments, time flies by, in others, it drags on.  It seems to be entirely dependent on our alertness and presence in the moment. 

When we fight what we are doing, things drag on.  When we go with the flow, we have an entirely different experience.  And, what matters regarding time is our experience of it.  This is true of space and of everything that we experience for that matter. 

Nothing happens by chance.  Nothing is random, however it may seem. 

Life occurs according to a plan, a plan that is enacted in the spaces between the moments of time. 

Change never occurs in the present.  It always occurs in the interval between moments.  This is true no matter how fine of an increment you take. 

At what point do we get to the very programmer behind it all?  What can be represented with computers?  How different is the current program from the concept of the holodeck in Star Trek: The Next Generation?  Is it any different?  How would we know? 

How do I know that my world is similar to that of others?  I know not what they think.  I know not how they experience, or how they interpret what they experience.  Yes, we seem to live in a common playground.  But, even then, my world is very limited. 

What comes forth comes forth.  I choose not to question it.  I was once advised to be careful about accepting things without question.  But, some things naturally seem to warrant that. 

You can't be skeptical about everything ... especially about spirit.  It seems, that for her to become an active force in our lives, we have to trust.  At times, this can be difficult to do.  But, we need to do it anyway.  Yet, in the end, the trust required is not in something external to us ... rather, it is in us. 

We are complete and whole at this moment, all appearances to the contrary. 

There is nothing to become that we are not already.  It is a matter of realizing that this is so, and experiencing life from this perspective. 

We are free to experience any perspective that we choose.  It helps to stay flexible so that we can experience a number of perspectives.  Though, this seems to apply to some areas in our lives more than others. 

Stability can have its benefits as well.  Though, too much stability can be over constraining at times.  Here, it seems that some sort of personal balance is needed.  What works will be different for each of us, and further, will be different in different areas of our lives. 

Is such not what life is all about, the expression of spirit in flesh.  Why else go to the trouble of making worlds?

That is how genocide can happen.  It is fueled by hatred and the highlighting of differences, however slight they may be.  In a world gone mad, where is the sanity that brings about order once again?  Here we speak of a New World Order.  But, will such an order ever come?  Or, have we outgrown such simple concepts as these? 

If God is everything, literally All That Is, then it is impossible that God would lack anything, would need anything, would want anything.  God places no demands on us.  All such demands are of our own collective creation. 

God's Will is for us to be free to explore and express who we are and to explore and appreciate all that God has created ... which includes ourselves and in turn, our own creations.

3 May 2005

The moment is everything. However, that is true of each and every moment. 

The moment is the point of power.  It is the only point in which we can act and effect change.  Though, the changes themselves manifest between the moments. 

The world does not need to be continuous for us to experience it as such.  It only needs to provide sufficient information and stimulus for to fully occupy our senses.  For instance, our eyes see anything that happens in 60 frames per second as if it were continuous.  We literally cannot tell the difference. 

Similarly, in space, once we get beyond a certain pixel resolution, we cannot see the difference either.  Pixel resolution and size of the image equate to an information quantity.  In a very real way, we are information processing and producing entities, or machines. 

What seperates artificial intelligence from real intelligence?  Is there really any such separation?  How much information does it take to provide a context for our individual experience?  What part of this context is unique, versus what part of it is shared?  At what point does the meaning of something impact us directly? 

For instance, the existence of auras as energy fields that surround us that can be tuned into, read, and even adjusted ... these either exist or do not exist.  If they don't, then how could aura readers do what they do.  The same is true of most of the psychic arts.  These involve ways of perceiving information that is not generally available consciously. 

You set up every experience in your life.  Everything is a co-creation.  This is either with the universe or spirit as a whole, or with some part of spirit. 

Everything is spirit.  Everything, no exceptions.  It is high time we realized that and acted consistent with it.

Out of the NOTHING came the ONE in all of its entirety.  On and off, inbreath and outbreath, day and night ... this was the creation of the one. 

Conscious and unconscious, and superconscious; the trinity, was the next division.  Out of this came all things.  With on and off, we get all of what is known of space and time, all of what can be created via matter.  It is all about frequencies and dimensions and the complexity that can result from simple rules of interaction. 

Actually, the rules of interaction may be far more complex.  However, we only have to explore those that result in beneficial expression, those that result in quality.  That is what we see manifest that has lasting value or effect. 

Space expands to accommodate the expressions that consciousness is able to create.  At the same time, the universe protects and preserves itself from undo harm. 

Limitations are imposed to keep us playing in our own backyard until we become civilized enough to contribute to larger organizations.  We do that not so much at individual levels, though there we must play our roles ... but at collective levels, up to the planet, the solar system, the galaxy, galactic clusters, and so on and so on ... 

As above, so below.  What we see at the atomic and quantum level, we also see at the universal level.  Further, this applies to our very reality as well. 

The universe passes no judgement.  It simply allows things to find their natural harmony. 

What is harmonious seems to change as we are introduced to greater and greater complexity.  But, even there, it seems that there is an artistic principal at work as well.  There seems to be a natural order to life.  Feng Shui has a way of revealing this order in terms of architecture and landscape. 

I can see beauty when I encounter it, but do not have a knack for arrangement that allows me to create it, except in this very expression.  These words are beautiful to my mind.  They are the closest thing that I have to direct communication with spirit herself.  Here, I give something voice that comes through my intuition.

So, how do I use what I know to create whatever circumstances are best for the expression of spirit?  There is nothing that I have to do.  That is what is happening already.  That is always what is happening.  But, the judgment is not based on the good of the individual alone ... but for the good of both the individuals involved and the collective. 

You are manifesting exactly what you believe that you need to experience. 

Believe differently, and you will experience differently.  It is that easy.  What you believe, you will broadcast into your world and manifest.  It will attract the conditions that are necessary.  Perhaps not right away, depending on the strength and consistency of the beliefs ... but eventually. 

It took a long time to develop a brain that could think as you do.  Yet, from another perspective, it occurred in the flash of a moment. 

Do we keep the technology secret, or otherwise limit its utility by economic constraints, or do we free it to serve the world in the grandest manner that it can. 

Clearly, my vote is cast.  On 1 January 1997, I made the decision to make the Beyond Imagination expression a gift from spirit to the world.

Capitalism survives on self-interest.  This is indeed improved when we consider the good of the group as well as the good of each individual.  Enlightened capitalism thrives on collective interest.  I would argue that the interest of the individual should not be sacrificed either. 

There needs to be a give and a take, with the greater emphasis on giving.  As they say in The Lion King:  the secret to life is to never take more than you give.  Such is how surplus is generated.  And, great surplus on a big enough scale.  Such surplus is what allows both the sciences and the arts to prosper as well as any other areas of endeavor.

Strings and vibration.  Everything is music, and what a magnificent composition it is. 

Every branch of knowledge provides a viewpoint into the nature of reality.  Every discipline whether rational or intuitive or any combination thereof provides additional insight. 

Each of us provides a unique viewpoint.  Some viewpoints are more expressive than others.  Some are more contemplative.  None are superior to any other. 

Each of us does the best with what we have.  It helps if the collective infrastructure is supportive as well ... but this is not required nor necessary. 

Each will experience exactly what they need to experience, no more and no less. 

No life is "better than" any other.  Each has its challenges and its rewards. 

There is still a lot of darkness in the world.  But, an awakening is in progress.  The dawn of a new day, of a new age is upon us.  It is simply a matter of finding it within so that we can shine it without. 

It is helpful to live life from the inside out.  That is how it is meant to be lived.  When one does so, things flow naturally into ones life.  Circumstances, people, and resources simply come to ones aid.  Such is what doing the work of spirit is all about.

So, how do we serve spirit more directly?  How do we get compensated for doing what we most love to do, especially when it ultimately serves others or serves spirit?  What makes you think you are not already compensated?  If you desire more, the way to manifest what you desire is simple ... do more and serve more. 

You will reap what you sow.  Such is spiritual law.  So it has always been and shall always be.

What is it that animates you?  What is it that causes you to draw in the air that you breathe and exhale it once again, interchanging what you need from it for what you need to give to it? 

What is waste to you is food or breath to another.  Through cooperative interdependence we collectively create the world in which we exist.  However, regulatory systems are necessary to keep the whole structure flowing ... to allow life to exist as we know it. 

What constitutes "life"?  We may never completely know the answer to that.  Some things will always remain a mystery.  Other things we may know.  It is for the explorers among us to do their work at the edge between the known and the unknown. 

For those who are explorer of consciousness, this is the very edge of sanity itself.  Though, with consciousness guiding us ... by listening to and following the source within, we have a compass by which to guide our adventures and journeys.

4 May 2005

Each night we enter the darkness of sleep, only to awaken the next morning with limited awareness of where we have spent nearly 1/3 of our temporal life.  It is as if we die each night and are resurrected each morning in basically the same form that we were in when we "lost consciousness" the night before. 

Connections.  We are connection making machines.  As such, it is for us to find interesting connections.  It is for us to see the beauty and the symmetry and the simplicity that pervades the complexity of our world. 

There is nothing wrong with complexity.  Collectively, we need to help guide it into optimal expression.  We do this by applying ourselves fully, by noticing what catches our attention, and by doing what we are moved to do.

 Spirit learns whenever we learn.  We are her hands, her eyes, her brain.  We are the vessels, the instruments through which she sees all that has been created.  This feedback permits greater and grander collective expression in each moment.

Each individual experience the reality that they choose for themselves, though there may be appearances to the contrary.

We never know where the stream of consciousness will take us.  That is part of the fun of it, the very spontaneity.  Yes, it takes a degree of trust to allow it to manifest thus, and then to share it.  But, what good is it if it only benefits me. 

My sense is that others are meant to consume this expression and then to use it to affect how they in turn express.  That makes these ideas powerful.  It also makes then dangerous.  Though, only in the sense that they can impact the status quo.  Actually, perhaps that makes them necessary ... for the status quo is not working very well for many in the world. 

How could a God that is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent need or want anything?.  God does not ask for our sacrifice.  God does not ask for anything from us.  God does not demand anything from us. 

God is not a Father or a parent, yet we are the creations of God.  And our creations are the creations of spirit through us.  But, we are observers and actors as well as creators. 

God serves us.  The very nature of LOVE is to be of service.  This is the nature of LIFE and the nature of GOD as well.

Being created in the image of our creator, we are meant to SERVE as well.  Our very life is our service.  We can serve others, or we can serve life and spirit herself, or any combination thereof.  Here is where spiritual law comes in.  We reap what we sow.  The best sowing that we can do is by serving.

Serving does not mean sacrificing our lives for something, rather it involves LIVING our LIVES for SOMETHING.  There is a big difference.  Sacrificing involves giving up something.  Living allow us to give without giving up. 

One might argue that there is no cause worth dying for, but many causes worth living for.  Then again, there have been martyrs in history ... and their roles have been powerful, having great influence on the world.

Our memories are such that if the world were to change move in a completely new direction, it could literally do so in a moment.  It is simply a matter of stopping the simulation, stopping the matrix, and then starting it up again with a new set of parameters.  We could even fast forward it or rewind it to wherever we wanted to take it. 

Everything is god stuff, and God exists beyond the duality and multiplicity that we experience as "reality".  There is no good or bad.  There simply IS.  However, we have free will.  We have the ability to choose what we prefer both individually and collectively.  It is these preferences that result in the collective world that we experience.

The best way to effect change is to notice things, really notice them, and voice our satisfaction/dissatisfaction or preference.  We do this by noticing what is beautiful and synergistic and effective and elegant versus what is ugly and dysfunctional and ineffective and complicated in the world around us.  The goal is to maximize the former and minimize the later in our world.  That is the stuff from which utopias are made. 

If we can imagine it, we can create it.  And, if we tire of it, we can move on to other adventures of consciousness. 

Why do we need 6 Billion plus humans on the Earth, the vast majority of which are below poverty, struggling to survive day to day?  Something simply seems wrong about that.  We should know better.  We should treat one another better. 

Allowing needless suffering simply should not be tolerated.  It is time to do something.  We have the resources.  We have the technology.  All that is lacking is the will to use it to support us all in an effective and elegant way. 

When will we realize that we are ONE, and that so long as any parts suffer, the whole suffers.  It is time to do what it takes to allow the entire planet Earth and all of its inhabitants to start living up to its potential.  Why is it that this is not obvious to everyone?

5 May 2005

Through the bending of light via mirrors or gratings, we can produce all sorts of results.  We can literally create mansions in which to exist that are blocked by doors that take precise keys to enter.  However, the limitations that we impose are confined to the dimensions in which we operate.  At present, the majority of such dimensions are other than conscious.  This is how so much cooperation can occur behind the scenes.  This is what allows our very world to make sense to us individually and collectively.

Where is all of this leading?  What is it that I am here to do?  Clearly, this very expression is one of those things.  It is something that I can do that others do not seem to be able to do, at least not in the same way.  Perhaps that makes this my claim to fame.  Though, it is not fame that I seek.  I would be of service to spirit.  I would be of service to the world. 

Why is it so important to have such a grand impact?  Is this not grandiose?  Is that not one of the symptoms of mania ... grandiose thinking?  But, how else am I to interpret all that has been and continues to be expressed here? 

There is an intelligence that is ordering this expression.  Oh, at times it seems to ramble.  But, overall, the stream of consciousness is quite lucid and illuminating. 

This is what I am meant to do.  Here I fulfill at least part of my purpose for entering this particular existence.  Hopefully, my experiences will serve as an example to others of what is possible when one resigns ones life to do the work of spirit ... or more correctly, to allow spirit to work through you. 

What is the source within?  It is none other than spirit herself.  When we allow her to come forth through us, our lives click in a way that they could not otherwise do.  The very forces of the universe come to our aid. 

Yet, who among us know where thoughts come from?  Answering that they come from the brain is not an answer.  That is like saying that the music that I am listening to as I write this comes from the radio behind me.  The bottom line is that the music comes through the radio not from the radio. 

What makes us think that are brains are not "receivers" of waves that convey thoughts in the same manner as the radio is a receiver of radio waves that convey music? 

We are so used to thinking of ourselves as individuals that it is difficult to think in terms of the ONENESS and unity of all things. 

It is amazing what a shift in consciousness allows.  Literally, we encounter breakpoints where what we were dies to permit what we are to become to manifest. 

Some it seems venture too far into the unknown to be able to function "normally" in the world.  But, do we really care that people function "normally", according to any norm.  My preference is to be an exception ... especially in the way that I think. 

Hmm ... I think.  Do I really think?  Or, rather, do I experience and observe thoughts passing before my mind?  How far down the rabbit whole do you want to go?  They asked that question in the movie What the Bleep Do We Know.  I would go as far as spirit would have me go.

9 May 2005

Perhaps I need a stabilizing force in my life, someone grounded that allows me to soar without getting too far out that I can't come back. 

There is something about living life on the edge of the unknown.  No, not on the edge of life as some do ... on the edge of what consciousness knows.  This may be just as risky of a place to be, but it is a risk that I feel safe with, especially with consciousness ever by my side.

Why is it that we experience reality as we do?  How do we know that we see others, even physically, in the same way that they see themselves?  One way is by observing whether others see us as we see ourself. 

Observation is a very powerful tool for reality interpretation and reality creation.  Actually, that is not quite right.  We really mean "illusion" creation.  But, why would we choose to create illusions?  Because, that is all that can exist in worlds subject to Matter, Energy, Space, and Time (MEST). 

It is interesting how roughly 112 kinds of atoms and relatively simple laws of combining can create the building blocks for all the physical things that we experience. 

Here, we are interpreting what various frequencies of vibration mean.  Though, it is more than that.  There is a pattern that is held by the atoms via literally less than a handful of forces.  Or, so our scientists explain today.  We could always be in for a more elegant answer tomorrow. 

Science is good at reaching elegant answers, eventually anyway. 

Perhaps this is because of the resources we are expending in this area.  Our scientists and engineers are fairly well-paid and they are working on projects that are well-funded.  If only we could apply similar resources to solve human problems such as world hunger and disease and human suffering, we would all be far better off. 

The struggle between the haves and havenots can only go on for so long.  Can the 225 wealthiest people really possess the equivalent net worth of the poorest 3 billion?  That is a factor of over 10 million to 1, seven orders of magnitude difference.  Clearly, there is something wrong in that, something very wrong. 

One wonders, if this were reduced by an order of magnitude, what would the real impact be?  Would that be enough to feed, clothe, house, and provide decent medical care for these people?

What is it that I truly want?  It is not clear that I lack anything that is necessary to my well-being.  I am a spiritual being, expressing as spirit would have me express ... somehow living the very life that I am meant to live.  This is true for each of us.  I am not unique in this respect. 

I am unique in how spirit chooses to express through me. 

I am ready for whatever the universe has in store for me.  I willingly accept whatever she would offer.  Consciousness is my soul guide in this respect.  Others have spiritual guides.  I seem to be graced with having consciousness herself as mine. 

Here on these pages, I commune with consciousness herself ... not necessarily to reach any audience, at least not any known audience.

It seems like a perfect time for new beginnings.  However, at the same time, the advice is simple ... do as you are moved to do, when you are moved to do it.  That is how everything gets accomplished.

Reality is unfolding perfectly in each and every moment.  The world is a perfect reflection of the consciousness of the collective.  There is no good or bad, there simply just is. 

Everything falls within continuums, there is no duality.  There is only light and shadow.  There is only order and chaos. 

All life lies balanced on the continuum between order and chaos.  Extreme order is inflexible and inadaptable.  Extreme chaos is highly fragile and without structure. 

The systems that constitute the universe seem to be precariously balanced within fairly tight limits in a number of ranges.  It is amazing how much complexity can arise from simple constructions and behaviors.

All that I can do is to take each moment as it comes.  What happens next is whatever is meant to happen next.  Whatever that is will be exactly what I need to experience.  All that it takes is trust in the universe ... trust that there is a divine plan unfolding and that I have a role to play in that. 

At some level, I am co-creating exactly what it will be.  This happens every moment of every day.  Though, not just for me ... for everyone. 

Stay open to the possibilities.  You have more abilities than even you know.  The value of these will be realized soon. 

Besides, you will always have enough in your life.  Such it has always been.  You may not have much of an excess.  But that allows you to stay focused on the moment and do what is yours to do. 

The economic pump is simple.  It is primed by giving.  If you want more in your life, give more.  The most valuable thing that you have to give is your self.  That doesn't mean that you have to give all of the time.  Just be careful to always keep the balance positive and never take more than you give.  It is that simple.  This one principle could create the abundance necessary to resolve many of the problems that plague the world.

10 May 2005

Consciousness would not rest on her laurels, at least not for very long.  There are always more things to do ... and more things to experience ... and more reality to create.  It is simply a matter of living our lives as we are meant to live them, as spiritual beings having a physical experience.

There it comes again ... for your eyes only?  Can that really be true?  Is all of this an elaborate show for my benefit?  Then again, could this be true of each and every one of us? 

How do we share what we experience?  Even when we are part of the same "experience", we witness it differently, sometimes completely differently. 

How do we even begin to share what is going on inside of us?  This expression is the closest that I can come to that.  Yet, it is not shared simply because it is expressed.  Though, it is shared between me and consciousness herself. 

The more that is expressed, the more open the channel seems to get for further expression.  My sense is that it is not any part of me filling the channel, rather it is consciousness herself.  I have no way of proving this.  However, I am not consciously aware of how this expression is able to manifest as it does. 

No matter how often we look, even at the same things, it seems that there is always more to see. 

The more refined our instruments, the more focused we can look, and the more that we can discover there awaiting our sight.  Did it exist before we could see it?  Or, is it created at the very moment that we have the means to see it? 

Observer and observed are ultimately one.  We can only see other aspects of whom that we are individually and collectively.

No wonder my memory is the way that it is.  I don't give it any time to remain structured.  There are some benefits to that.  I am free to make associations that others don't seem to make.  Though, the associations may not last as long. 

Our creations fascinate us.  They always have.  Whether it is the birth of a child, or of an idea, or of an invention, or of a great creative work of prose, art, or music ... that birth is unique and special, especially to us, but also to all those whose lives are touched by the work.  And, there may be far more than we know that are touched by such works. 

Ideas can be powerful enough to literally change the world.  Someone said there is nothing so powerful as an idea whose time has come ... or something to that effect.  For me, it is clearly the realm of ideas where I dwell most. 

Making connections between disparate information is something that I seem to be here to do.  This involves finding relationships and meanings between things that are typically not connected.  I do it because it is fun and because it is what I am moved to do.  After over a dozen years, this is old hat, second nature.  It is part of the way that I see the world. 

You see what no one else can see.  Can that be true?  Is the world that I am seeing truly unique?   Hmm ... I guess it could be.  But, what are the ramifications if this is indeed so? 

How do I transform what I love to do into something that provides a more direct service to others?  While that is an interesting question, it assumes that you need something that you do not already have.  Such assumptions are dangerous to make because they separate you from the very things that you desire. 

The bottom line is to do what you are moved to do, trusting that it is spirit herself  that is doing the moving.  Whether this is something that serves others directly or indirectly is not for you to decide.  It will be what it is. 

Who knows what the universe holds?  We create our own destiny.  That includes our work and our homes and everything else that we engage in.

My life is very much lived on automatic now.  It unfolds as it will.  And, I am happy to allow it to do so.  That does not mean that I don't have preferences.  However, I try not to impose them on others. 

Why do I not believe that others would find my preferences just as beneficial as I find them?  Why am I so reluctant to impose my will on others?  The saying power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely comes to mind. 

Having a healthy respect for power is good.  Being afraid of making decisions to the point of not exerting ones will toward having preferences takes things way too far. 

What happens if we allow our preferences to run amuck in our lives?  Is it what we would prefer that we choose to manifest ... or do we prefer that which is in our best interest and that of all concerned?  And, does not the latter come as a natural result of doing what we are moved to do when we are moved to do it?

I ask for a position that allows my abilities and talents to be used efficiently and effectively for the most benefit of all concerned.  I promise to do my part.  I promise to do whatever it takes to live up to my god-given potential and to help others do the same.  We do this by creating the foundations for a new world. 

We must come up with infrastructures that work for all of us ... with all of our differences and idiosyncrasies.  We need something that allows life to be truly lived, in ways that it has never been lived before, except perhaps in our dreams.

The words are flowery and metaphysical, speaking of an ideal society ... but, I cannot even communicate in person to a single individual. 

This stream of consciousness is easy, it flows smoothly.  I don't have to think about it.  I don't have to be concerned with how anyone might react.  I can focus on bringing forth what can come forth in the moment.  There is something to be said for that.  But, what is it worth?  Clearly, it is a valuable training ground for developing intuition. 

What professions require intuition as their chief weapon?  Interesting wording selected there.  The obvious answer is a spiritual warrior.  That is what I would be.  But, how do I get what I need in return?  Be what you say that you would be.  The universe will respond appropriately.  If you don't like how it responds, find something else to be. 

Above all else, be open and flexible.  The universe has a role for you, but it may not be the one that you thing that you know it would be.  After all, then, where is the surprise?  And, life must have its surprises or it wouldn't be life. 

Look for interesting behavior all around you.  And find ways to turn that into something useful.  Don't worry so much about the details.  You are here to understand the grand schemes and allow us to observe through your eyes and your mind how these schemes are working. 

The grander you are able to look, the more that you allow us to see.  Make all of the connections that you can, especially between disparate things or disparate levels.  This allows us to collapse and compress the information structures ever more adding incredible richness to your experience. 

Variety and quality can definitely take one far.  Though, it seems that consistency and quality are important as well, especially if you are in the business of producing goods and services.

17 May 2005

Think from the highest perspective that you can muster.  And do so for as long as you can stand it.  In doing so, you will see what only you can see and know what only you can know in the way that you know it. 

It matters not what others see.  Each has their own job to do and will migrate to it gradually.  It is for you to allow this to unfold as it will and notice what it is that you see.  You are definitely an observer, but not a scholar. 

You are not objective in how you observe.  You tend to make everything that you see into a part of you and your world.  At the same time, there is much that you do not see.  You still have heavy blinders on, and some might say rose colored glasses.  Yet, that is a subjective choice in how you experience the world that you know.

Consciousness herself knows where she is taking us ... and it is on a grand adventure.  Grand, indeed!  This is the adventure of my life.  It is the adventure that is my life. 

We cannot allow even a moment to be wasted, especially a moment.  For, in the end, the moment is all that there is. 

That is how we live a fuller life, we make each moment last, we make each moment memorable.  And, in the end, we will have indeed lived a rich and full life.  This is not hard to do.  It is simply a matter of choosing to do it and then doing what it takes to stick to our choice. 

It may take awhile for our bodies or the universe to realize that we are serious.  But, if we are persistent, the changes will come.  Such is spiritual law. 

Manifestation follows thought, it is that simple.  With our thoughts, we create our world.  Buddha said something to that effect.

So, what is it that would truly make me happy?  Is there anything that could do this?  Wow, it seems that I've set the happiness bar for myself way too high, so high that there is almost no way to achieve it.  Clearly, it is time for this to change.  I need to make it easy for me to be happy regardless of what I experience. 

Some people have a threshold for pain ... it seems that we need one for happiness as well, one that is set low enough to exceed regularly.   The founding fathers spoke of the pursuit of happiness as being an inalienable right.  However, pursuit does not necessarily result in achieving that which we pursue. 

It is the journey, not the destination that matters in life.  The destination is the same for all of us, a death that returns our bodies dust to dust.  But, the consciousness within is not so easily parted with.  She remains to see another day, in another way.  Actually, she is beyond all time as we know it. 

Everything we are told shows that from the grandest collections of galaxies to the smallest subatomic parts, space is primarily a vacuum ... literally EMPTY SPACE.  What keeps things structured are the interactions of a small number of forces that operate on several scales of magnitude. 

What determines how I see myself, how I see others, and how others see me?  Do we focus on similarities or on differences?  Similarities give us continuity, familiarity, and relationship.  Differences yield diversity and potentially interesting behavior.  Both have their utility.  Both provide an opportunity for the richness of life to be experienced. 

Infinite similarity would indeed be perfect order but would also be boring.  Infinite diversity would be perfect chaos.  It too would be boring, and probably frightening and exhausting, having no form to hang on to.

The void.  Why does that interest me so?  Why is it so important to stay on the fringe between the known and the unknown?  It is the unknown that has attracted me as long as I can remember.  It has to be a key part of why I am here.

Find your mission and you'll discover your happiness.  You particularly made this difficult to force you to search where others do not look.  For you, it is not a matter of setting the bar lower.  That simply will not do.  Rather, you must realize that you can easily surpass the bar height, no matter how high it is set.  Yes, that comes across as grandiose, but that doesn't make it any less correct.

What constitutes the limits of what can be sensed versus the limits of what we can directly sense?  When we use instruments to extend our senses, how real is what we perceive?  Is not everything illusion anyway?  What makes one illusion more precious than another.

18 May 2005

I speak of a world, a community based on love, and cooperative interdependence, yet I don't really live that way.  Is this a matter of what I know and what I understand being ahead of what I can express in the world?  It seems that both are involved here, what I am ready to demonstrate, but also what the world is capable of demonstrating.

Find what excites you and observe what is most exciting about that.  This provides us with feedback to help further hone your focus and abilities.  You, personally, are meant to be a writer.  You are meant to bring written information through to include some limited symbols and graphics. 

Your joy is used to guide you to what is necessary for you to take the next step in your evolution, in your particular journey.  Follow your bliss!  Joseph Campbell said that.  Though, it seems that we need to find our bliss in order to follow it. 

19 May 2005

I trust that the forces that govern where I fit within the larger whole are indeed working to place me exactly where I need to be to provide the most utility. 

I can see that I am very much a fish out of water.  And, it is not clear that I can ever return to the pond and be satisfied living therein. 

It is time for the mythical phoenix to arise from the ashes.  The fire of spirit has done its work.  I am transformed.  Though, there are still some physical ties to sever. 

It is not things that cause difficulty, but the over attachment to them.  

If all time is simultaneous, and all space is here, what we think of as a separate existence in time and space is an illusion ... an enticing one, but an illusion nonetheless. 

Why is my place in the scheme of things such a solitary one?  What does this enable me to learn and do that others are not able to?  How does this allow me to better serve spirit and the world?  I would choose to serve spirit first and foremost.  It is to her that I bow.  It is her that I worship, no not in any traditional means, but in my own way.

Feedback!  That is how we tell where we are in the overall scheme of things.  Feedback mechanisms operate on differences.  Negative feedback is regulatory, keeping the norm within established limits.  Positive feedback encourages exploration of differences. 

Living systems evolve in ways that yield greater overall utility.  This applies from the lowest levels of organization to the highest.  Simple feedback mechanisms replicated and operating for many simple systems can yield complex system behavior. 

Complex feedback mechanisms can yield even more complex behavior, even self-consciousness and spiritual awareness.  Here, we are reaching points where the life sciences and the spiritual arts are beginning to come together.  Further, these are both being mirrored by what is being discovered at the frontiers of systems theory.

The whole benefits by whatever any one of the parts is able to creatively express. 

Live your live as you are moved to do.  Do as you are moved to do.  Don't let anything or anyone stop you from being whom that you are and from expressing that as fully and honestly as you can. 

Trust that the connections that you need to make with others will indeed be made.  It is as if these are already in your appointment book.  You just don't know it yet. 

Trust!  You will be guided to exactly where you need to be when you need to be there. 

Selling my services for a salary is very much a form of enslavement, especially when there seem to be no other alternatives at the present. 

24 May 2005

Making the right connections, making useful connections is what it is all about. 

Consciousness benefits from everything that everyone things and does. 

We truly are ONE in ways beyond imagination. 

What we do to anyone we do to the whole.  What befalls anyone, befalls the whole. 

There is no escape.  We cannot operate in isolation, no matter how hard we might try to do so. 

Our every act, our every thought is known. 

One of the issues in our world seems to be the matter of partitioning and the giving of permissions as to who can know what.  This runs direct into the face of privacy as well.  How much individual privacy is there in a world that is one?

We are part, one, and many at the same time.  This is true of all living beings / systems.  We are a whole, composed of whole parts, living within a whole system or ecosystem.  Also, we participate in many man-made systems or organizations for a variety of purposes ... political, economic, societal, educational, recreational, etc ... 

How do we learn about the nature of communities?  The chief way is to look to nature herself.  She has constructed wonderful communities and ecological systems that are highly interdependent on the parts within the systems. 

We have the opportunity to do even greater things than nature alone has done, simply because we have the capacity to cooperatively co-create reality at a whole new level.  That does not mean that everything that we create will be great ... but they will be our creations. 

What rules need to be in place to ensure harm is not done as we engage in this endeavor of creating a new society?  You don't have to invent anything.  You only have to choose to apply what you discover works well.  You may discover this in nature, in systems that you build, or in the observation of your own organizations. 

Humanity has a lot to learn from what it does to itself.  Collectively, you can be very cruel to one another.  But, you can also demonstrate a tremendous capacity to care.  Such wonderful visions, and such terrible nightmares.  It is time for you to embrace it all and realize that you only did what was necessary to explore the path that you chose to explore.

I've been thinking about community a lot of late, wondering why I have not yet created the circumstances that involve in becoming part of a community. 

If community is truly going to work, individuals must participate. This requires the commitment of time, energy, and sometimes resources to do something.

Feedback is essential for building the foundations for a community. It is the reflection that the mirror shows to us to allow us to determine what impact our efforts are having. If you simply read this and then sit back in silence, you are NOT doing your part.

It seems that it (community) calls for a coming together of a group of people to share in one another’s lives in a manner that supports the welfare of everyone.

Waking people up to a new level of awareness takes some doing in our present world.  Perhaps that will change soon, but there is a whole lot of inertia to overcome.  Regardless, it is something we must do, because it is our job to do it.

26 May 2005

Who decides what grand endeavors we will embark on?  Who decides that we will go to the Moon, or to Mars, or send a planetary probe to Pluto, or solve world hunger and world poverty?  Who decides on the big things ... how to make the economic system or government better serve us? 

The 225 wealthiest people in the world have more wealth than the 3 billion poorest people.  That's half of the world!  You can bet that they have power commensurate with their wealth.  Is that fair?  Not only can they control governments, they can effectively buy whole countries.

Context switch.  I'm an information processing system, a highly complex, self-aware system, but a processing system nonetheless.  I only have a limited understanding of what creates the inputs that I experience, not so much on the outside, but definitely on the inside in terms of thoughts and feelings. 

We use models as thoughtforms that describe how various systems behave.  These enable us to interact with our environment to create a great variety of things ... in particular goods and services that fuel an entire economic system. 

Systems within systems within systems, but not just in a hierarchical pattern ... reality is far more open ended than that.  We are each complex systems that play our roles in multiple larger wholes.  Some of these include family, job, church, community, country, and even world. 

The scope of the most pressing problems seems to be so large that there is nothing that can be done.  However, that is not the case.  In this day and age, one person can do a lot.  By thinking and believing in new ways and acting congruent with that, we become wayshowers that create paths for others to follow. 

I search for the moreness in life.  I search for connections that others do not see.  I search for the intelligence pulling the strings behind the play that we are experiencing and co-creating.  My tools in this endeavor are my very self and my senses, especially including my intuition.  It is in this stream of consciousness that I get to see firsthand what connections have been made and what new awareness has been reached.

27 May 2005

Communication is how we interchange information.  Doing it in a way that is transformational seems to be consistent with where my metaphysical work is taking me as well. 

We are all information systems transformed by both the information that we send and that we receive.  In fact, we are transformed by our own processing in the generation of information for communication. 

Go with the flow.  What needs to be will indeed happen in your life.  It is not for you to make it happen, rather it is for you to observe what happens and assess how well that works.  Does it make you more productive and more happy with your work.  Does it bring what you are paid to do more in line with what you are called to do by spirit. 

Forces behind the scenes are working to make your deepest desires for yourself and for your world manifest.  Trust the process.  Allow the universe to do what she does best.  Trust the process of life unfolding and expressing. 

The world is indeed the best that it can be in each moment, but it is also improving in each moment.  This may not always appear to be the case.  But, appearances can be deceiving.

It is time to share in ways that I have never been able to do before.  Posting this material is a great step, but it is not enough.  Spirit demands more ... though she will not force her way on us.  It must be by our own free will that we do her works.  And, we cannot avoid but to do her works.

1 June 2005

You must love what you do.  This is especially true for you.  If you don't, you will be miserable. 

Your energy comes from the heart that you put into your work.  The more that you are able to do this, the more spiritual energy is able to be disseminated to others. 

You are a conduit, a conduit for communications and for healing.  However, for the conduit to work, you must learn to communicate in whole new ways for you and you must heal yourself.  Both of these come through knowing yourself more.  One way to do this is through the eyes of others. 

Yes, that is the commandment for metaphysicians ... Metaphysician, Know Thyself.

2 June 2005

I can't think of anything at the moment that would bring in the kind of income that my current job does ... a level of income that I have become accustomed to and reliant on.  Simplify your life is one answer.  When your needs are simple, there are far more means to fulfill them. 

My present compensation is the value set on my services by my employer.  If my employer were spirit herself, what value would she place on what I do? 

Every moment is important.  Every moment has the potential to be life impacting. 

It is for us to appreciate each moment for what it is ... the gift of life, the gift of consciousness, the gift of Love.

At the basis of any society is a set of fundamental principles upon which its foundations are based.  Change the principles and the foundations are forced to adapt.  Change them a lot and the foundations may even crumble.  However, the ideas are already out there ready to replace any foundations that falter in any way. 

Sharing is how ideas get disseminated.  One way to share is what we do here.  But that is not an effective way to get ideas out to the masses.  That is where TV, movies, and the media come into play.  That is where tens and perhaps hundreds of millions of people are impacted daily.

You will meet who you are meant to meet, when you are meant to meet them, and not one moment before.  You are choosing your interactions carefully.  People still overwhelm you.  Their ways are foreign to you, for you indeed are as a stranger in a strange land. 

10 June 2005

We never know all of the factors that move us to act.  Sometimes we think that we do, but this is a deception.  There is always a component of the unknown in all such decisions. 

The unknown is good.  It keeps life interesting.  There is something about being in the mystery that is important.  The mystery is everything.  Though, it takes a special frame of mind to see this.

The holodeck, the simulation that we exist within, is constantly being improved by any discoveries that we make.  It is not a matter of the ideal world being different than the real world.  This is the world that is manifest.  It is perfect and whole as it is.  At the same time, there are improvements that can be made. 

What determines what is an improvement?  The bottom line is utility.  However, this may be in so many dimensions that it is difficult to know the bottom line.  How do we determine what patterns, what forms, what information, what systems are of value?  How do we engineer systems that are useful and elegant? 

Every system, including every living system, is a symbol system and can ultimately be reduced to what can be expressed via the symbols in the system.  Much of science is about finding and/or creating new symbol systems to express ever grander behavior whether at the macroscopic or microscopic levels.

My grandest idea is to create a utopian community on the order of the entire world.  What do I need to do to bring my actions in synch with this?  Others have brought forth concepts of utopia.  What makes me think that the one that comes forth through me will be manifest? 

One step at a time.  That is how we get from where we are to where we think we want to go ... one step at a time. 

Kind, peaceful, loving, helpful, caring, responsible ... most people would agree that such are traits that we would like to see demonstrated far more in our world.  How do we make that so? 

What would motivate us to treat people with the respect that they truly deserve, not to mention our animal friends and the entire ecosystem of the earth?  It is simply a matter of choice.  It doesn't have to cost much. 

Everyone deserves a decent living.  Everyone deserves not to have to fight for basic survival.  Everyone deserves an education that allows them to soar as high as their natural abilities and their effort can take them.  Surely, I'm not alone in seeing such things.  Though, looking at the world, one might think differently.

God has no needs or wants.  God's will for us is for our will to be done.  It is for us to choose what we will. 

Is there a better way to live ones live?  Is there a better way for a system to operate?  Or, at some level, does the system not care how it is used to perform whatever functions it performs? 

Is that not what feedback mechanisms are all about ... getting the system to prefer certain states over other states, sometimes for its own benefit, but also for the benefit of the whole? 

What is the most effective economic theory?  Communism clearly stated:  from each in accord with their abilities, to each in accord with their needs.  But that doesn't mean much if you don't define "need" and provide an infrastructure that allows each individual to do their part. 

John Nash proved that for capitalism, the best result comes when individual decisions are made considering both the good of the individual and the good of the group or the whole.  It is not clear that we have put either of these economic theories into practice in a way that truly shows their utility.

Ultimately, in a world of responsible abundance, people would take what they need, give more than they take, and be mindful of others and of the environment as they do so.

Change in one area of life impacts and is reflected in all areas of life. 

I've never been one to focus on developing relationships.  Perhaps in doing so, I've missed the essence of living. 

The world is meant to be engaged, to be lived within ... not to be separated from.  One cannot do that when one takes the perspective of the observer most of the time.  Though, it is possible to be the observer and to be engaged as the experiencer simultaneously.  Everything is ONE.  All experiences are the experiences of consciousness.  E

There is a sense that there should be no secrets.  I would make my life, especially my spiritual life as much of an open book as I can make it. Have I succeeded in doing that?  Only time will tell.  I can only do as I am moved by consciousness to do.

30 June 2005

We do what we must and find a way to enjoy the process. 

In the end, it is the joy that we put into life that matters.  This will directly impact the joy that we take out. 

Being in joy is a very enlightened way to live. 

Happiness is a choice that we can make at any time.  It is a relationship that we have with ourself and the world.  It is not dependent on conditions. 

There are many who are in dire straights on the planet yet who are happy nonetheless. 

I much prefer the written world.  Perhaps that is because it is safer for me.  Though, I know that in operating in this manner, over 90 percent of the content of communication is lost. 

Words can only do so much.  Yet, on the other hand, words can do a lot.  They capture ideas in a way that can be brought to millions. 

I can only act to the degree that my understanding allows me to take the next step.  No, understanding is not the right word.  Rather, it is intuition and knowingness.  That is what our lives are really based on. 

This is a conscious choice that I make to use my consciousness in a certain way that permits it to tap source and express what spirit would have me express. 

When change happens, it typically occurs on multiple levels on multiple fronts.  It seems time for a massive change.  I welcome the new challenges that it will bring.

We create our own reality.  This is an absolute truth that works at every level of creation in which we are involved.  It doesn't matter whether we are conscious of the process of not ... it works regardless.  Only, most of the time, it works on other than conscious levels.

20 July 2005

This expression is the work that I love to do.  How do I transform it into something that meets my needs for income?  There must be a way.  It seems that hoping is not enough.  Neither are allowing and expecting.  It seems that there is something more that I must do. 

At what point does the universe kick in to take care of the details of manifestation?  Good question.  We don't have to do it all.  We only have to do our parts.  We only have to play our roles to the best of our abilities.  Our success will be determined by how well we do this, and by how well we help others in the process. 

Life is about changing lives for the better.  We can do this on an individual or a mass scale.  Though, it is not necessarily the quantity of change that we make that matters, but the quality and magnitude of that change. 

It seems that all of the great beings that I consider kindred spirits have had their share of friends.  Though, many also loved their solitude. 

It seems that great thoughts come from a place of deep silence.  They are the beauty of the inner revealing itself.  It has been thus since the dawn of thought and beyond. 

Consciousness is ever revealing herself, creatively through all of us, but especially through the greatest artists of the ages.  Artists come in all flavors.  They are musicians, painters, sculptors, architects, actors ... but also athletes, scientists, mathematicians, engineers ... and virtually any discipline of expression available to man. 

Remember, great work is that infused with love.  And, it is the love that transforms everything that it encounters for the better.

We are ever on the path of our destiny.  We may not like it.  In fact, we may even hate it.  But, such is life for us, nonetheless.  We can always choose a different interpretation.  We can always choose to see the silver lining in any situation. 

We see exactly what we want to see, nothing more and nothing less. 

We see what we expect to see.  Though, we can be open to surprises that captivate our vision. 

Light can hold many fascinations.  Life can hold many fascinations.  It is for us to look for and see the sparkles.

There is something about this process that is magical.  Here, consciousness is in rare form ... expressing what can come forth from the very depths of my being. 

There is plenty of time to do the things that ultimately need to be done.  That does not mean there is excessive time.  That does not mean there is time to waste.  Yet, how do we know what constitutes waste? 

Every moment, we are influenced by millions of factors that are vying for our attention.  Only a small number of these reach our conscious awareness.  How do we choose which factors get through and which don't?  Beliefs are one way ... the primary way. 

The world that we experience, the reality that we experience, is one of our own making.  It has always been thus.  If we want to see more and experience more, we need to open our belief systems to allow this moreness to manifest in our lives. 

How do we open our belief systems to more?  We start by adopting beliefs in the benign nature of the world and in abundance.  This provides the framework for forces to work for our benefit to bring more into our lives. 

It is in the realm of the unknown that explorers of consciousness find their playground.  Here is where we are most happy.  Here is where we are doing what we came to do ... bringing forth what had not seen the light of day before. 

It is for others to find practical applications of what the wayshowers find.  That may mean that I personally never see the real benefit of what I am allowed to discover.  That is OK.  I was never much of one for the practical application of anything anyway. 

It is enough to dream of a better world and to do what I am moved to do to help to build its foundations.  Whether I will be around to see its completion or not is another matter entirely.  At this point, my sense is that I won't.  Though, I will be happy with what we collectively have achieved by the time of my departure. 

We don't necessarily get what we want in life.  However, we always get what we need.  Wants are typically emotional attachments to outcomes.  Needs, on the other hand, are simple and direct.  They are necessary for us to grow and thrive and live productive and useful lives.

5 August 2005

Exhaustion is a state of mind.  It is something that can be controlled and overcome.  It is a matter of priority and attitude. 

We do what we are moved to do when we are moved to do it.  That is how this expression comes to fruition anyway.  There is no directing this to happen.  The opportunity comes and I grab it.  More precisely, I see myself grabbing it. 

Life is getting more interesting and more challenging.  I still don't know exactly what I want, but it is clearly not what I have at the moment.  That brings to mind something from a song ... the secret to happiness is not having the things that you want, but wanting the things that you have. 

There is a sense that an attitude of gratitude is warranted.  Before we can move on, we must understand and appreciate where we are.  Easier said then done.  Perhaps .... but where there is a will, there is a way.

For the most part, people don't interest me, systems do.  Also, I am very self-absorbed ... focused on understanding the nature of the self and of the ONE.  That doesn't leave much room for concern about others and how the self relates to others.  Rather, my interest is in how the self relates to spirit ... to the very expression of spirit in flesh. 

The universe leaves it to us to create the reality that we prefer.  We do that every moment of every day.  Clearly, not all of this is done consciously.  There are very powerful other than conscious forces at work.  However, these can be harnessed to do our bidding.  It is a matter of controlling our beliefs and selecting our actions appropriately. 

Many are not aware of the power of beliefs, especially of unconscious beliefs in our lives.  It is time for this to change.  The appropriate consciousness technology exists to better the lives of many, if not all.  It is a matter of getting it into their hands and their minds. 

It is most important to reach the young.  They have the innate capacity and potential to lead us to where we need to go in the new age of Aquarius that is upon us.

I can imagine my life being much different.  I can imagine my days being much different.  I can imagine being truly excited about starting my day and going to work.  But, how do we go beyond imagination and make these things so?  We start with the possibility ... no, the probability ... no, the certainty that such will come to pass.  Then, we do what it takes to make it so. 

There are supposed to be close friends, companions, and associates in my life.  That they aren't there yet is a sign that something has gone awry.  I'm not operating fully.  I'm not being all that I can be.  I know that.  But, how do I fix that? 

8 August 2005

An 8/8 day ...  infinity above, infinity below on it's side.   What is infinity divided by infinity?  It can be any number mathematically.   Infinity is one of those inclusive concepts.  Add to it and it is still what it is.  Similarly, take away from it by any finite amount and it is still what it is.  Are we like that as well, at least as spiritual beings? 

My how I love this continuing expression of consciousness.  This is what animates me, what sustains me when I might otherwise grow weary and fall asleep.  Why is it that such is so?  What is so special about me that spirit would come forth in this manner.  Apparently, there is nothing truly special. 

All are special in there own ways in the eyes of spirit.  All have come to play their roles and learn their lessons as beings/life in this playground that is the world that we experience.  However, that very world is what we make it to be.  We clothe it with meaning and then experience the meaning that we project.

Such is the life of an explorer and wayshower.  We can't always predict whether what we find will make a difference to the world, especially during our brief life spans.  Yet, make a difference is what we strive to do anyway. 

We are all the creators of our reality, the masters of our fate, whether we experience it consciously or not.

Discover who you truly are through what you are able to express ... through what  spirit is able to express through you.  You are a channel for spirit.  You have always been thus, and you will always be thus.  But, realize that this is true not only of you but for everyone. 

The body is truly a temple for spirit.  It should be treated as such.  It is truly deserving of being treated so. 

The body is a miraculous feat of engineering.  It is truly a system of systems at work.  And, the mind only brings that much more to the party, especially when one is self-conscious.

16 August 2005

I never did like taking care of the details, except when it came to math.  Perhaps that is why this stream of consciousness is so enticing to me.  It takes care of its own details.  It comes forth from the depths of my being.  It comes forth from a place where my intuition touches the unknown.

17 August 2005

Here is where what was not written becomes manifest in written form.  Here is where the spark of creativity is fanned into a flame. 

We do not need explanations for everything that happens.  Magic and mystery have a part to play in life.  Though, it does not hurt to come up with explanations where we can find them. 

Our models are useful.  But, we must remember that they are only models.  As such they only account for part of the behavior that we see and the experiences that we have.  When we need more, either we increase the fidelity, or we build a new model.

Everything that we know about the world comes through our perception of it.  Though here, perception is not limited to the five senses or even to a sixth sense.  Here, the mind itself is an instrument of perception.  This includes all thought conveyed through all of the symbol systems of the world. 

Where does what I am end and what another is begin?  Is it at the physical boundary.  Does it include shared experiences, shared feelings, and shared thoughts?  What part of us is individual versus what part springs from a more holistic whole? 

Vibration and tone, arranged in endless variations.  This is truly the music of the spheres.  Classical music reminds of us of that in a way that nothing else does.  Though, music can also contain lyrics ... sometimes of profound meaning.  And these touch literally millions, sometimes multiple times per day. 

How do I live the life that I am truly meant to live?  I ask this not only for myself but for others as well, others who feel stuck or trapped in work situations that are not optimum. 

At some level, my world provides the very feedback that I need in the moment, based on what it is I am choosing or not choosing to create in my life.  This occurs both at the collective and the individual level. 

If I want to experience something different, I need to choose differently.  I need to act differently.  I need to be differently.  All of those things are up to me. 

I cannot change another.  They cannot change me.  We can only change ourselves.  And, when we change, it is up to others to reflect what they will and for us to accept that feedback and choose what is most appropriate next. 

We may not even know what is appropriate ... only that further change is desired or warranted.  Then we continue to work on changing ourselves and seeing what results until we get something that we like. 

Choosing to operate with less than your full abilities is downright foolish.  You have gifts and talents in many areas ... many of which you do not yet know.  Be open to allowing these to come forth.  Give yourself the space and the permission that you need to be whom that you are. 

Quit judging yourself so harshly.  You are more than deserving of all the pleasures, abundance, and happiness that this world has in store for those who would be kings.  But, remember, your kingdom is not of this world.  It is a spiritual one, from which all that you experience here springs. 

18 August 2005

Why isn't society structured in such a manner that allows our greatest gifts to be employed in her service?  What makes you think that it isn't so structured?  Clearly, the economic system doesn't appear to be so.  But, there is more to life than economics. 

Indeed, many things that are truly of value are free.  It is the very fact that they are freely given that makes them so precious.  Love is like that. 

We can be compassionate for many, but our passion is generally much more limited.  There are many things we can be passionate about ... people, activities, hobbies, and even things.  What makes something worthy of our passion and another unworthy? 

Passion seems to involve the things that we do because we are compelled to do them by an intense loving force within us.  That reminds me of a quote of mine:

The work of Masters throughout the ages is
distinguished by the amount of love that went into
their work.  The more love you put in, the more
beauty that results.  There is no other secret to
great work -- it is Love, Love, Love.

We are meant to create the reality that we choose to create.  However, there is something about being overly concerned about outcomes that comes to mind as a warning. 

Our world is what we make of it.  That it is what it is, is a sign that we still have much to think about and much to do. 

Hunger, pollution, lack of clothing, lack of shelter, lack of education, lack of health care ... these are all things that can be fixed.  It is just a matter of deciding to do so and applying the necessary resources.  And these, are far fewer than most might guess. 

Yes, we can change the world for the better.  And, we can do it in major ways without an inordinate expenditure of resources.  It is a matter of deciding that we will not tolerate certain conditions to exist in our world.  That means replacing a poverty mentality by an abundance mentality. 

Our economic system has trained us well for most of our lives.  Very few are truly abundant.   Many are adequate.  But, most by far are in dire poverty.  How do we share the vast riches of the world in a way that makes this not so?  What is fair and reasonable here?

I don't ask for much ... just to change the whole economic system as we know it.  I would advocate one that is based on the basic principle of communism, from each according to their abilities, to each according to their need. 

The government can be whatever it needs to be to address the needs of its citizenry. 

Expressing abilities in ways that are respected, and meeting needs are what truly count.  This is how we make the greatest difference to the greatest number.  We set up the infrastructure to allow a social contract to be realized. 

Communism is not something that is very well respected these days, especially not as a government.  But what is a government except an agreement among people as to how they will live together and the infrastructure needed to support that agreement? 

It seems to me that the real battle is between Democracy and Communism, not between Capitalism and Communism.  The battle comes over the cry of freedom.  To date, people living under Communist rule have not been free.  You might argue that neither are those living under any other form of government.

19 August 2005

I am still content to simply allow my life to unfold as it will and to make the best of it, looking at what happens as the feedback that I need to see from the world to truly know whom that I am. 

Live the life you love or love the life that you live.  Either way, the result is the same.

Lately, the importance of making a difference with my life has waned somewhat.  Yes, there is a role that I came to play, and I will play that role.  Though, I may never consciously fully know what that is. 

I trust that the magic of the process of consciousness expressing in flesh is truly divine.  What is divine, is also holy ... and sacred. 

A spiritual life is indeed worth living.  Yet, it is one that one must awaken to.  There are many still in their slumbers.  They for the most part are not ready or able to awaken, at least not yet.  Though, with patience, they can be shown the way. 

I believe the children are our future.
Teach them well and let them lead the way.

This is not conventional wisdom.  The elders have traditionally been the wise ones.  But, this song turns the tables, putting the children in a place of leadership.  They have the genetic wiring to handle what is to come. 

Make a difference!  Ensure that the world becomes a better place as a result of your having lived.  Keep trying things and doing things until you succeed.

There is a grand transformation in progress, and we chose to be here at this particular junction in history.  History has been "his story" for far too long.  It is time for the scales to be balanced making this a time for "her story" to be expressed ... and perhaps even "their story". 

22 December 2005

LOVE,

Wayne

BEYOND IMAGINATION:  Creating the Foundations for a New World