Monday, March 31, 2008

Nature



Night turns into day, the seasons come and go, the buds of flowers appear and their petals fall to the ground. Nature contains rhythms. We are a part of nature.


We also have rhythms.We are a part of the flow of nature, not separated from it. Breathing deeply in a natural setting reminds us of that connection.


Animals are comfortable in their skins and plants have no pretense but are simply one with nature. So are we. Let's drop the artifice and posturing and be comfortable with our self, which is connected to all things.


Let's have the eternal within us observe our natural rhythms and the rhythms of nature without attachment or judgment.

Sunday, March 23, 2008

We Are The Prophets


Historically, it was only once every several hundred years when a prophet would awaken and instruct others on enlightenment. The evolution of the planet is accelerating.


Just as violence and disorder seem to be increasing around the world, millions of people are waking up the reality that we are not what we think we are. We are divine presence.


The time to be on the spiritual path is over. The time to follow spiritual and religious leaders and teachers is over. The time for doing is over. The time for being is now.


We are the prophets.

Sunday, March 16, 2008

Surrender


There is nothing wrong with owning and enjoying beautiful or useful things. If we obtain, for example, a Porsche, or other luxury car, we can love its beauty and enjoy the way it drives and its engineering.


However, if we own it to create envy in others or to show that we are part of a group, it only exposes our own feelings of inadequacy. If we desire to create envy in others, we must feel lower than they are. If we have to prove our superiority, it means that we do not feel superior. Of course, even if we succeed in establishing our image of superiority, there will always be someone with more, and we feel inferior again.


Although we are not superior to anyone else, we are also not inferior to anyone. We can rid ourselves of our constant striving and become whole and confident by surrendering all of our ideas and judgments about who we think we are. By surrendering layer after layer of our thoughts, beliefs and judgments, what remains is our connection to Universal Energy and we experience peace, love and joy.


There is nothing we have to do. We stop doing and surrender.


Let's surrender to the Infinite.

Sunday, March 9, 2008

Being


There is nothing that we have to learn to be peaceful. There is no knowledge which can add to our understanding of it. There is no object we can acquire which can bring us peace. There is no accomplishment we can achieve which will bring us peace.


Peace is what we are. It is not a belief. It is a state of being. We can rid ourselves of the turbulence and frustration of our lives by becoming aware. Awareness is simply attention without judgment. By bringing attention without judgment to our thoughts, beliefs and emotions, they dissolve. They cannot exist in the light of awareness. We are left with our natural state of being, which is peace, joy and love.


If we are sitting, not doing any activity, not thinking or judging, we (or others) might think that we are wasting our time and not accomplishing anything. On the contrary, we are causing the world to evolve.


Let's release our judgments, thoughts and beliefs and be what we actually are: love, peace and joy. Let's be now.

Saturday, March 1, 2008

Transcendence


Life is designed for us to experience happiness and unhappiness, health and disease, satisfaction and frustration, peace and impatience.


We can transcend the ups and downs of these cycles which cause anxiety and stress, by bringing awareness into our life. We do this by observing, without judgment, our thoughts, emotions and what we perceive with our senses.


Is it possible to be peaceful in the midst of turmoil? It is inevitable because peace is what we are.


Let's transcend the changing tides of our life by releasing our addiction to thought and the stories that we tell ourselves, and allow our awareness to transform us.