Take a Step into Your Future...

You may not aspire to spiritual mastery, whatever that might mean to you but do you know you can vastly improve your life by adopting some of the characteristics of mastery.  Some of these characteristics make a lot of sense just by themselves.  Some may not have occurred to you.  Masters are sensitive to beauty in all forms.  Masters are egoless and do not direct attention to themselves.  They have respect for Nature and all of its members.  Unconditional love is a characteristic of masters.  They radiate true wisdom.  A Master will not instill fear.  They are universal and non-sectarian.  The true Master is the embodiment of compassion.   Read and contemplate this list.  Look in a mirror.  Does any of it fit?  Spiritual mastery might fit you very well.   Don’t be afraid to take a step into your future...

Peace on Earth with all the Fixin's...

From various ancient word of mouth stories and manuscripts It appears that our planet has been through four or five incarnations.   In other words civilization has essentially ended and been reborn 4 or 5 times.   According to current information also from various sources this time around we were able to do what was necessary to get beyond the end of the world scenarios and are on track to birth ourselves into a mature, creative, peaceful race.  To look out onto the world right now, listen to our news programs, and read our newspapers it certainly doesn’t look like we are on the road to a peaceful world.   However I also agree with the idea that the evil men do is exactly that... evil that men do.   And if we cause a problem that means we can solve those problems.
It will mean being painfully honest with ourselves and taking full responsibility for ourselves and our race.   That which separates us from our animal friends is the fact that WE CAN THINK.    Our lives are not decided by instinct and beyond our control.
If we are in line to create a golden age, a new dawn, a peaceful creative world then I believe we can make the choices that will get us there.   Think about it my friends....   then be honest and be responsible and help our children create Peace on Earth with all the fixin’s.    

Encore.... Have You Ever Felt a Longing?...

The Soul longs for growth.  It yearns to grow, to learn, and to find its way back to the perfection from whence it came.   If you feel a chronic dissatisfaction with your life.  If you feel there has to be more...
It is probably the promptings of your soul.  But, you ask, what do I do?  The answer quite simply is to listen to those promptings.
In a quiet moment speak to your soul.  Ask it to communicate to you what it wants and what it wants you to do about it.  And in whatever way you choose, prayer, meditation, spending time alone, possibly in nature, put out to the universe that you want assistance and to show you a next step, what to do. 
You have done all of that, now start paying attention.    Start watching for synchronicities.   The veils between the worlds are thinning.  I think you will be surprised at what starts to happen.  
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To the Trees......

“But I'll tell you what hermits realize. If you go off into a far, far forest and get very quiet, you'll come to understand that you're connected with everything.”
Alan Watts
In the movie, AVATAR, a huge tree is the center of the native populations spirituality.  Under that tree is a motherlode of a mineral that humans want.  
In the book by Ursala K. LeGuin, THE WORD FOR WORLD IS FOREST, earth has been totally deforested and humans have come to this planet to cut the trees to send lumber to the earth.  
Next door to my home a suburban forest and wetland area is protected, except, it seems, from a corporation that can pay to buy some of the property, clear the land and turn it into a hotel.   Even when not a half mile away a new hotel stands partially completed.  It has been that way for some time.  
Teach our children to weigh what they do against outcomes.    Can we really need wood bad enough that we will deforest the planet?  And does it make any sense that we think we need something bad enough that we will use it up?
I have a feeling and a hope that it is the young that will teach us these things.   and while I agree with the quote from Alan Watts above, one doesn’t have to go into a far, far forest to understand your connection to everything.   I have used the metaphor many times comparing God to a tree.  God is all of it, we and all creation are the leaves, the branches, the roots, the fruit, the flowers, even the thorns.  All is One...We are ‘connected with everything’.  
To the trees that I saw cut down today to make way for the hotel, I thank you and I honor you.   

You Do Affect The World....

As humans begin to see through the lies and greed of the past and as we move toward a caring peaceful humanity there will be increased resistance of letting go of that past.  The changes that are taking place on the planet will effect all of us and all corners of the planet.  Whatever you believe and where ever you are you WILL be affected.   I am suggesting that life will go better for you through all of these changes if you pay attention to what you do, look at your motivation for what you do, and keep in mind that what you do does effect those around you and the world in general.  As you keep your awareness on what you do whether it is doing your laundry, building a building, buying property, raising your children, just remember that what you do does AFFECT THE WORLD.    This will become more and more evident as we get deeper into the changes on our planet.  

It Will Change...

It can be difficult to maintain ones composure when the world feels like it is falling apart around you.  And when that happens, whether it is a shooting at a theater, more war stories on the news, disconcerting politics or even something personal like ones health or family, one really just has to step back, quiet yourself down and take some deep breaths. 
There are a lot of things at play presently including mercury in retrograde, so we need not blame ourselves if things aren’t playing out right.  Just be aware of how we are dealing with what happens in our life and in the world.   As the old saying goes, if you don’t like what is happening, just wait awhile, it will change.   And I think that especially applies now.  It will change...

A Year Later...

Just over a year ago I wrote about leaving a legacy when I am gone and I said I would revisit this to compare how I feel now with then.  This is what I wrote: 
“If you had a gift to give to the world, a legacy of some kind to leave behind you, what would it be?   I have thought a lot about this very question for myself and I will revisit this in a year and see if it is the same.  But for now:
What I would consider my legacy to be would be my awareness of two things.   My first Awareness that I would tell people about, that I would leave as my legacy, would be that we are all ONE, completely connected, made of the same stuff and despite our separation and differences, humans are really Many parts of One.   I honor and celebrate this awareness by wearing a white plastic bracelet that has the word ONE embossed on it.  This bracelet is from a great organization called One.org that works to eliminate hunger and aids from Africa and the planet.  I wear the bracelet because it constantly reminds me that we are ONE.
The second awareness I would leave with the world are my ideas and understandings of God and the fact that God is so much more, so more beautiful, so much more awe-inspiring than we can ever imagine. 
Oh, and perhaps, there really is one more thing... and that is that all is well with my soul and with the world.  In spite of all that happens that we judge good or bad, positive or negative, that all really is O.K.  
What is the gift that you would leave, your legacy, to the world?”
How do I feel about this as the legacy to leave now, just over a year later?  I guess I pretty well agree with it except I feel like leaving a legacy just isn’t that important any longer.  I know that I won’t be leaving a negative legacy and that is the most important thing for me.  
We are Many Parts of One.  God is so much more, so much more beautiful, so much more awe-inspiring than we can ever imagine, and all is well with my soul and the world.  How about you, again I ask, what will your legacy be?  Can you say all is well with the world and my soul?