I’ve discovered that I have greater success with living life in the present moment when I remove judgment from what I’m experiencing. Rather than making an event a bad or a good experience, I find myself being in the “isness” of the moment; that is, what I’m feeling is much more helpful than why it isn’t what I think it should be.
A Little Boy At A Big Piano Wishing to encourage her young son’s progress on the piano, a mother took her boy to a Paderewski concert. After they were seated, the mother spotted a friend in the audience and walked down the aisle to greet her. Seizing the opportunity to explore the wonders of the […]
Happiness exists always. It is your natural state. Anything else you feel is an interruption, a distraction, interference, static on the line. Let it sink in once and for all that you are meant for happiness.
Day 3 – Saturday – September 18, 2010 Weather: Sunny, Windy & Chilly Destination: Canberra, Australia Capital Territory, Australia Odometer Reading: We forgot to record it and the rental company didn’t either. Guess they really don’t care since the rental comes with unlimited mileage. Price of Fuel: The tank was almost full so we didn’t […]
Spend your time doing activities that match your highest intentions. Let go of things that your intuition prompts you to surrender. Those things may then either become healed so that you enjoy them, or else the activity will easily drop away.
Today will be full of choices. Even though you may not be aware of it, even though you think you are just walking through your normal paces, you will be making choices every moment.
Even in the healthiest of relationships, opportunities abound to find fault, criticize or “tweak” the other person no matter whether we are talking about a mate, a child or a friend. Most of us were raised in an environment where rather than focusing on the positive, we were taught to zoom in and dwell on the negative. Breaking that habitual way of thinking is a matter of conditioning our minds to refocus and learn to love with abandon, without any requirements, without any rules and without any limitations.
As we witness the devastation in Japan, know that spirit is behind all things, and that what looks like cruelty upon your earth is indeed a tidal wave of love flooding your planet and the heart’s of humanity.
In the 20th verse of the Tao Te Ching, you’re encouraged to experience your life free of worldly striving. Lao-tzu advises you to slow down your incessant demands for more, and to relax your efforts to fill up every moment in anticipation of being somewhere else. You’re invited to experience life in a way that can be summarized in the title of Ram Dass’s book Be Here Now.
From time to time someone is going to say something that may bruise your ego or get your butt hurt. That is life. Let’s stop playing the “I’m going to tell the teacher” game. Kevin and Karen have to much to do to make this place a better place for all of us rather than […]
