March 22, 2022
No one learns anything true and worthwhile, especially about oneself, by just being told. The blind acceptance of what we’re told leads to indoctrination but not learning. That must be obvious by now. Did you ever learn a life lesson because you were told what to think and do and what not to think and do? […]
When all you know is matter, everything in the world seems to matter. You’re wondering why you continue to suffer while you’re carrying the heavy world of matter on your shoulders.Do you know why Atlas finally shrugged? Because he realized that to be free, he had to drop the weight of the world off of […]
March 16, 2022
February 23, 2022
You won’t shine until you slough off the world. Because you’re gold and the world is slag.You’re trying to find your reflection in slag. You think you can be fool’s gold at best.And you will be, until you slough off the slag of the world and remember the shine that can only come from real […]
Do you see yet that so many in this world are addicted to fear and attracted to darkness? To see what’s been obvious for the last two years, one only has to look behind the masks of the world, which appear as many but are all made of the same fabric of falsehoods. Fear is […]
February 9, 2022
December 24, 2021
Holy SpiritTake what’s left of meAnd let it dissolve into YouFor without You, I am lost in illusionsBut with You, I am home in GodAmen
Do you know that offering everything back to God leads to freedom from all suffering? If every thought and therefore action is in devotion to God, what harm could possibly afflict you? A heavy hardship or an everyday annoying obstacle become transmuted into fuel for the engine of the soul’s journey back home. When everything becomes the […]
December 20, 2021
December 12, 2021
The Western Larch is an exception to the rule. It’s a conifer but it’s also deciduous, which means the larch doesn’t hold on to last season’s needles. How many humans live free from the heavy layers of the past?In the autumn, the larch’s needles turn yellow before falling off, gracing the whole forest with awe-inspiring […]
March 12, 2021
Be of good cheer becauseYou too have overcome the worldBut you won’t know that untilYou have overcome the youThat you think you are.
Can I scream my way into silence?Can I think my way into stillness?Can I negotiate with my mind’s projections, hoping to settle on one that temporarily suits me?As the mind seems stuck playing a circus tune, I remember that there’s a better way:Laying the heavy load of the ego mind at the feet of the […]
February 13, 2021