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Your heart is always whispering…

Posted in meditation, tagged , , , on March 12, 2023| 4 Comments »

Why do we even want to meditate? Imagine you are in a little box floating in the infinite universe. All that you know is in this box. It’s dark and tiny, and you are searching around in this little box for answers and solutions to your problems—solutions that can only be found outside the box. Outside the box is infinite, limitless beauty, light, joy, and peace—everything you are searching for inside the box, is everywhere and all around the box.

When I began to see this, I saw that it was no wonder that all I felt was a constant disappointment; I was looking for something where it didn’t exist. I began to see that to find what I was seeking; I had to look to where it was. 

Mediation is a practice that helps allow cracks in that little dark box. Light only needs the tiniest sliver to shine through. It’s what it does. It does this automatically when we allow space for it. It’s all very simple, but in a box of complexity, we have to learn simplicity and practice it. (more…)

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Out of the shadows…

Posted in meditation, tagged , , , on March 10, 2023| 7 Comments »

I’ve been thinking about writing a book about meditation recently because it’s through my meditation practice that I’ve experienced the things I’ve experienced.

Then it occurred to me that I don’t have to wait to publish a book to share the things I’ve learned; I can do that now. So I’m thinking of sharing a series of posts here about my meditation practice and some of the things I’ve learned.  It will cost nothing–except perhaps your misery, sadness, and loneliness. Wink.

During a recent conversation, I was reminded of a type of meditation I did many years ago. I filled many notebooks with an exercise that can help uncover hidden thoughts and beliefs; I found this to be a helpful tool to bring them out of the shadows and into the light.  That being said, let’s uncover some shadow thoughts.

Keep in mind that you do not have to do anything with what’s uncovered. Please don’t try to analyze them, figure them out, or attribute them to this, that, or the other thing.  (more…)

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Heavily Meditated…

Posted in Uncategorized on March 8, 2023| Leave a Comment »

There’s a way of seeing that’s not negative or positive. It transcends both of these so that you’re able to see good everywhere through a sort of spiritual vision. It’s also not a put-your-head-in-sand way of looking at things. This has to be developed and actually experienced to understand what it’s like. (more…)

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It might be time to fly.

Posted in Uncategorized on March 6, 2023| 1 Comment »

Although they are familiar, I realized that comfort zones aren’t really all that comfortable, and to find what I deeply long for, I must be willing to step out of these not-so-comfortable comfort zones.

The familiar is what we know by definition. It follows that when we leave the familiar, we enter the unknown, which can be scary, but this is where indescribable wonders are found.

I don’t know about you, but I can tend to cling to earthly branches while the endless sky is beckoning me to take flight. (more…)

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Right where you are…

Posted in Uncategorized on March 2, 2023| 6 Comments »

“Why am I here?” I asked inwardly. I had been living in a deep spiritual state for quite some time when every door closed, and I had the choice between living on the street or staying with my dad. Dad and I had a long history of hostility. We were left with him after mom passed; he had a lot of demons and was an abusive alcoholic. I saw him through kinder and gentler eyes after I began having profound spiritual experiences, but I still didn’t want to live with him. God had other plans.


“You are here for a reason,” the inner Voice that had become so familiar to me responded, and I KNEW I was right where I needed to be.


Over the next several months, dad and I baked together and laughed while I redecorated his house. One day as he stood in the living room doorway teasing me, I knew he wouldn’t be here much longer. (more…)

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