Tag: spirituality
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what you deserve
Have you ever thought to yourself: “I deserved that.” I am sure you have. I know I have. You made a misstep, and fell upon some misfortune. You exercised poor judgment and something bad happened. You mistreated someone and they mistreated you back. You made a mistake and now you are paying the price. Perhaps…
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from the ashes?
Where are you right now? Your Self will meet your self there. So much that surrounds you leads you to believe you are not enough. Your career, your health, your relationships, your financial situation, your knowledge. None of that is true, of course. You are one with the Source, by definition you are all and…
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partial surrender
One of the ego’s tricks and why many struggle on the path to peace is they convince themselves they can “surrender” the challenging parts of their lives to “God” or the “Source”, whatever makes them feel comfortable, and continue to control what they believe is going well. This is a delusion. There is no such…
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and if i sing you are my voice,
I was going through some things and came across an “old” journal with a passage from January 2017 that contained nothing but the closing from ee cummings “Hate blows a bubble of despair” It is a beautiful line and one that almost assuredly touched me at a time when I was in the early stages…
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blue days
Recently, I read “Blue Nights” by Joan Didion. In my last post I referenced her “The Year of Magical Thinking” which was her exploration of the feelings she had following the passing of her husband John Gregory Dunne, which just so happened to coincide with the critical illness of her daughter Quintana Roo. “Blue Nights”…
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death after life
A few days ago, I began reading “The Year of Magical Thinking” by Joan Didion. I picked it up in part due to Ryan Holiday highly recommending it, but also in large part due to the subject matter. The loss of my father a few years ago and still coming to terms with that, but…
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the mirror
We often hear a voice calling softly to us to follow. It is a voice that we are programmed to look for, that we believe we hear when we ask God for guidance and support. The Voice of God, the clarity we long for. So, we spend our life chasing it. We feel like we…
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the fog and the feather
I am like everyone else, I have a long way to go. While everlasting peace for you could happen any moment, and often does happen in a moment, we often spend a significant amount of time in between these powerful moments in a state of despair. There is no reason to despair. Time is irrelevant…
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a prayer
This very simple prayer was shared with me many years ago, handwritten on a small card. It meant a lot to the person who gave it to me, assuredly it got them through many hard times over the course of a long life. Here it can live on and hopefully give strength to one (or…
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the mountain
A home once lived in,forgotten every day, yet remembered.Footsteps over footstepswhere I have walked countless times.They crumble and slip away. “Hello John” calls a familiar voicefrom a soul that has passed but has stayed with me. A scream at the speed of soundSilent as I am traveling at the speed of lightTo a place I…