2015-06-18 08:11
This personality, this form is but a costume Consciousness wears and plays with in this divine theater production the mind calls life. I'm not dismissing or discounting our human experience… Read More
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2015-06-16 05:21
Life doesn't always afford us the opportunity for closure. So when it does, I like to take advantage. Is it necessary? No. Does life carry on whether or not we get the chance to say our good… Read More
2014-08-18 16:06
You contain the Divine.You house Divinity.Your ultimate, intimate core nature is God Itself.Don't just mull that over in your mind.Sit with it. Feel it in your cells.Feel the vastness t… Read More
2014-04-12 03:47
We've never met, but I'm writing this for you: for all you tellers of stories and weavers of webs out there, my fellow human beings. In particular, for those of you who may have gotten lost… Read More
2013-08-15 02:50
In a few short hours from now, I'll have been on this planet for exactly 32 years - plus womb time, I guess. It's been a pleasure, I have to say. Not that there haven't been nightmarish patc… Read More
2013-07-17 00:28
The nice thing about long bus rides across the country is that they allow for long periods of uninterrupted thought. Perfect for sitting with what ails you. Sitting immobile, watching the co… Read More
2013-07-06 05:26
If ever there were a post written by, or on my ego's behalf, this is it. (And yes, they all are to one degree or another - that's a human being for you.)But ever since posting about my time… Read More
2013-07-06 05:26
If ever there were a post written by, or on my ego's behalf, this is it. (And yes, they all are to one degree or another - that's a human being for you.)But ever since posting about my time… Read More
2013-07-02 21:05
i.Facing greatest fearAnd being greeted by Love:Miraculous shitii.Summertime, life here -Birds, cicadas, flowers sing -Light, in full effectiii.No more at peace - orFound or Better than befo… Read More
2013-06-27 16:16
Last week I had my first traffic accident behind the wheel - and it was very exciting!It was mid-afternoon and I was heading to the library to drop off some books I'd borrowed. Less than hal… Read More
2013-06-27 16:16
Last week I had my first traffic accident behind the wheel - and it was very exciting!It was mid-afternoon and I was heading to the library to drop off some books I'd borrowed. Less than hal… Read More
2013-06-22 00:48
Sometimes, regrettably, I experience thoughts very arrogant in nature. Someone will come to me, tell me their troubles, and I might have thoughts like these:Why don't you just say _________?… Read More
2013-06-12 06:51
With hot summer wind blowing through the front windows of my grandmother's car while out running errands this afternoon, I was struck with the fleeting, but very real, impulse to sharply tur… Read More
2013-05-28 04:57
I watched Oprah's interview with Dr. Maya Angelou on Super Soul Sunday the past couple of weeks and loved every single moment of it. I have always loved Maya Angelou. The pearls of wisdom sh… Read More
2013-05-13 21:18
i.Sitting alone at the computer, I pick my nose. I see my reflection in the screen from the corner of my eye and am startled; embarrassed for a split second, thinking that someone was behind… Read More
2013-05-03 03:15
From out of the heavenly blue sky, I found these words posted on my Facebook timeline yesterday by none other than my ol' sweet Silas: "Even though we don't talk all the time, I'm at ea… Read More
2013-04-24 06:07
This experience is kind of embarrassing to share, but it's so rich that I can't even begin to help it! I swelled with such a joyful sense of power that I rushed here immediately to celebrate… Read More
2013-04-22 22:35
Last night as I was going through the folder for my geology class, I came across the printed return tickets to Dallas that I had stuffed in there before I left to visit Ambrose. I admit that… Read More
2013-04-18 07:12
I've read and heard it said that in the state of existence between physical lifetimes, souls gather with teachers and guides as they go over the lifetime just completed and work together on… Read More
2013-04-18 03:06
I'd never heard his name and knew nothing of him hours before - but the first day we met, that night we had our first phone conversation, I knew that Ambrose had come to bring me something s… Read More
2013-04-09 03:56
These past couple of months, I've been receiving emails and messages from dear friends and readers who have told me that this or that post I'd written had resonated with them, and in a timel… Read More
2013-04-06 00:27
In my World Religions class, we're studying Judaism at the moment, and today I came across this passage from the Talmud that I really love:"When our learning exceeds our deeds we are like tr… Read More
2013-03-18 22:18
The last several weeks have been exciting and incredibly nerve-wracking for me in that I've jumped back in to the dating scene. I've started putting myself out there again. I don't think the… Read More
2013-02-23 06:20
My dear, beloved One.I understand that you're in need of a reminder? Well, as it happens, I'm always honored to usher you and welcome you Home. You know that. You have called, so I am here… Read More
2013-02-07 07:18
Anyone who knows me or who's read my blog a while knows the aimlessness and restlessness I've felt all throughout my early adulthood. I've never really felt settled. In my late teens/early 2… Read More
2013-01-31 06:48
I live in a simple room in my grandmother's house. A bed. A cushioned, wooden-framed chair from the 1970's. A shelf of books. Candles. Incense. A row of plants that lines my window sill. An… Read More
2013-01-26 01:08
Dear You,It's true that we don't know each other well, on the surface level, the details of each other's lives. But I do know your spirit, believe that. Sometimes you can just tell. Sometime… Read More
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