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SHEDDING

We must shed the skin

    of previous being, former

        lives, encrusted memories

rooted through tears

        and turmoil, plastered

            firm on waiting healthy

                prospective living, allowing

            these carnivals, Mardi Gras

        facades to crack, chip away,

dismantled piece by ache filled

        piece - to dislodge, unhinge,

            falling to oblivion, dust to

                dust, as fresh light calls

            forth the impeded imaginings,

        new life revealed, awakened,

            we stretch, once again, to be

                    transfigured, resurfaced, evolved.

POEM  BY G. 4.19.2016

 

Miscreant – noun; a person who

behaves badly. Adj; (of a person)

behaving badly or in a way that

breaks a law or rule.

 

As this poem offered shares,

the act of shedding is essential to

our spiritual growth, our emotional

well-being. Often we cart around

our miscreant moments (real or

perceived) from our past life, having

fastened them to our persona, causing

us to live through them, often unaware.

 

Personally, my miscreant moments

are stationed just below the radar

of my consciousness, not so politely

waiting for my guard to relax or wane,

and then surface - one calling

forth the next, until a Felliniesque parade

is summoned for my unwilling perusal

and consternation.  

 

Since these intrusions give power

and gravitas to an often distant past –

featuring a time, place, or people

well beyond any attempt of recompense

or reconciliation, our only recourse

is to consider mustering the courage

to formulate a workable strategy

for effective shedding.

 

Of course, our approach to shedding

will be acutely personal, impacted

by our perceived notion of our fault

or guilt or complicity – again, actual

or imagined – or in some instances,

our failure to pick up on the clues,

or to be fully aware or engaged.

 

To accomplish this shedding, it might

help to inventory what needs to be left

behind, scoping out each issue at its

core, then developing a personal ritual

for exorcising this memory going forward.

 

I am already envisioning a ritual bonfire

where I burn the relics, documents, or

mementos that represent my miscreant

memories, allowing my soul to move on

to more livable, fertile ground.

 

WITH LOVE, G.

 

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THE DELICATE DANCE

I open the vision

            of my possibility,

            clear and immense,

where surrender meets

            intention,

where the two delicately

            dance, as if in

            mid-air propelled

            each alone, yet

            together, they cruise

            across the floorless inner sky:

back and forth, the leading –

            shifts – yet in moments

            of unpursued synchronicity,

            astounded, connected,

            one evolved until, again

the voices of reasonable

            doubt capture the moment,

focusing each on their distinctiveness,

            they unmingle, individuate,

separate for now, yet

            still somewhat connected.

POEM BY G. 2.11.2016

 

WITH LOVE, G.

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torrent, noun. 1. a stream of water flowing

with great rapidity and violence. 2. a rushing,

violent, or abundant stream of anything.

3. a violent, tumultuous, or overwhelming flow.

 

We, the individual particles of humanity, 

on a macro level, flow torrentially; our streams 

of being inhabiting our earthly existence, 

stretching our sensibilities to become, to go 

beyond, to create, to evolve, to overcome

our propensity, our unbridled desire for

more of what is magnificent, as well as, 

potentially hazardous - our currents,

combined and solitary, create the great

ebb and flow, the tide of consciousness.

 

In essence, it is this torrent we must learn

to navigate, harnessing the very nature

of our natural momentum.

 

TORRENT

Nothing within our existence is stationary;

unchanging or static; rather, it is like a

spring torrent – rushing uncontained,

forming, then shifting, becoming again,

zestful, unhampered, or directed by what

was or what should be: and, so it is, with

each moment of life, appearing robust

then in pieces shattered, only to be restored,

formed, captured, and forgotten as swiftly

as it is generated profoundly once more;

and in this, with this torrent, we seek

to slow the pace, find a meaning, a common

thread, holding on for dear life, wishing for

stasis, when none exists, until, with reflection

and careful meditation, our pursuit of order

and control gives way to giving in, releasing,

an allowing, and we understand our place

in the motion and being of this torrent;

one not separate; contained; not impacted by –

we, the momentum rather than the moved.  

NOE BY G. 4.20.2016 

 

WITH LOVE, G. 

 

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The past few weeks have been a blur,

literally, as we took turns as the patient,

first Ann, then me – were forced to realize

that flu vaccinations do not necessarily

mean you will not get the flu, although,

most likely, not the one you are protected

to resist, but instead, some genetically

unplanned for next of kin that has gone

under the radar.  

 

Although on the positive side, this medical

hiatus has proven supportive of spiritual

pursuits, especially prayer and meditation.

Given the extra time, attempting more

intensive meditation seemed to be a viable

option.

 

When I decide to, as I call it, go deeper,

I always prepare the way with prayer,

explaining what I am about to do and what

I want to accomplish. I ask for God’s assistance,

especially when dealing with the occasional

negative thoughts, images, memories, or

whatever might be unleashed.

 

When I did, I received the note below titled

Dive Deep– an example of what over the

past ten years of my quest, I have recorded

as inspired guidance and have termed

as Notes On Enlightenment(N.O.E.’s) -

to reflect that these are responses I receive

when I ask for God’s guidance. I consider them

inspired because I write down or transcribe,

what comes to me, word for word, without

editing. As the note below explains, most

mystics have conveyed, deep diving offers

its own spiritual treasure.

 

I close this post with a poem/prayer

titled, The Hum.

 

DIVE DEEP

In the vastness exists all things, all that was,

all that is, all that will ever be: allow it to flow

unchecked, go with its currents and tides,

allow the waves of awareness to wash over

you and through you; observe without judgment,

for in this place, qualifications, expectations,

judgments are needless, wasted energy –

observe and move on when unappealing or

distressing, languish if desired, dive deeper

if desired, for this is the basis of life itself in all

its vagaries, vicissitudes, the essence of passions,

of desires, of strivings, of successes, and of course,

of failures – hopeless or needless blunders – yet

more important – the reachings, the yearnings,

the outstretched hope for more: what lies ahead,

the next step, the possibility if only, if only all

things are aligned – and when they do or are –

the expression of unbridled joy – the hallelujah

of existence. Dive deep, dive often, and be

transformed.

NOE BY G. 2.6.2016

 

THE HUM

In your grasp, I am one,

    flesh made whole,

        Soul within a greater Soul,

            waiting, appeased by

nothing less than clear,

    complete immersion,

        to drown away this

            worldliness, this focus

on folly, to cleanse away

     this desirous appetite,

        left only with the hum

            of self-contained peace,

the original selfless

    Soul of pre-emergence,

        one, one, once more.

POEM/PRAYER BY G.  1.29.2016

 

WITH LOVE, G. 

 

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OUR FLAKE 

Like the snow falling full flakes

outside the window, artful crystal

designs, each and everyone unique,

so we the watchers offer our

individual lives, magical, robust,

altering time and space with a

breath, a touch, a sense of being.

 

And as the flakes cover over winter

fields with white waves, motionless but

accumulating, together adrift, demanding

time and attention, we too gather strength

when joined together, as couples, lovers,

partners, families, teams, throngs,

communities, and nations.

 

Like the snow our flake of life

is never solitary, but one of many,

always connected, loved, a part

and parcel of life itself, surrounded

by others who love and cherish

our unique design.

AT/POEM BY G.  3.8.2015 

 

WITH LOVE, G.

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There are those times when I look starkly at the world

and cringe. The mayhem seems so insurmountable,

and the spiritual revolution of renewal and human

evolution so distant. As expressed in the note below,

I shake my head and wonder at my, our, prospects.

 

But then I am reminded by all the others who are,

or who have for years, expressed a similar message

of transcendence and evolution through the reframing

of our connected, divinely human based,  

consciousness.

 

It was the cover article of  The Guide For Spiritual

Living – Science of Mind magazine, titled Creating 

Authentic Power, which features Gary Zukav, spiritual

activist, reminding us of the original concepts from

his landmark book published over 25 years ago –

Seat Of The Soul.

 

Gary reminds us that embarking on this new 

evolutionary path is, in reality, an individual 

effort, which is created by one person, or soul,

at a time. So for each of us, our work, our responsibility

is our own personal transformation, not necessarily

the world's. Zukav lays out a clear path to follow

in this article, assisting us in this effort.

 

So, for now, the only evolution we are required

to accomplish in this spiritual world is our own.

Let’s give it our full attention.   

 

FOCUSING OUR SIGHTS

Possibly in moments of quiet reflection,

our souls must comprehend the sheer

magnitude of our endeavors, knowing

every movement, each step, any forward

progress requires faith and commitment.

 

It is this faith we must endeavor to attend

to, especially during times of meager results,

when our efforts fail to create a noticeable

momentum, and hope wavers as we tire

from trying.

 

It is at exactly this trying time, we must

focus our sights , envisioning only full

success and total transcendence, allowing

no other thought to shake our foundation,

our belief in the good in route for our

partaking.

AT BY G. 6.4.2015 

 

WITH LOVE, G.

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As spiritual beings living a three-dimensional life, 

I believe we are each present on earth with a spiritual

purpose or higher calling, we could also call this a mission.

Understanding this calling is the goal of spiritual living.

It took me 55 years of living, sometimes very hard living,

to discover my mission, and this was only finally realized

at the edge of death.

 

My mission now is to help others reveal their unique

spiritual purpose without all of the anguish, if possible. 

Ann’s need to reveal her spiritual purpose has become

more pronounced after the death of her friend and

spiritual advisor, who had definitely discovered and

lived his mission fully.

 

This was attested to by the thousands who attended his

funeral.

 

Below is the Divinely inspired note I wrote for Ann.

I hope it may also help others who are also searching.

 

THE TRUTH 

Today let us seek the truth about ourselves –

what we need to reveal that we have not

revealed – what is in our heart of hearts we

need to be accomplishing, contributing,

empowering to transform ourselves and

our world.

 

Today let us see the truth about our lives –

are they being lived with lasting purpose,

Divine purpose, or are we living too timidly

or safely – afraid to create waves and rock

the boat – avoiding pushing for more and

settling for the mundane?

 

Today let us see the truth and know there

is more intended, more expected –

stretching our capabilities and reaching

for our full potential.

AT BY G. 3.28.2011

 

WITH LOVE, G. 

 

 

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FINDING YOUR WAY

Finding your way in the world takes 

    perseverance and foresight –

clearly knowing what it is you desire, 

    clarifying your intentions, and then 

laying out a plan to make it all

    become a reality.

 

Finding your way in the world takes 

    initiative – being prepared to embark

on bold new ventures – the willingness 

    to move beyond doubt, fear, or confusion

and into the clarity and the firmness

    of will, fully one with the creation

of your purpose and mission.

 

Finding your way in the world takes 

    fortitude – the mental strength needed 

to endure adversity when common sense 

    says otherwise – to accept nothing

but your dream realized and accomplished.

AT BY G. 1.20.2012

 

WITH LOVE, G. 

 

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NO NEED TO BE TIMID

There is no need to be timid when

you know you are on the right path –

when you have the right answer –

the solution that is needed  - instead

assert yourself and ensure you

have been heard.

 

There is no need to be timid when

you are ready and able to lead the way,

see clearly what needs to be accomplished

and have a plan for bringing it to life.

 

There is no need to be timid when

you have the answer – have the abilities

and skills to turn it into a viable solution –

without concern or fear of failure.

 

There is no need to be timid today,

so be prepared to move forward in

your preferred direction – pushing

past the confusion of others as you

improve life for all concerned.

AT BY G. 1.18.2012 

 

WITH LOVE, G. 

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METTLE MOMENTS

Often life requires of us more than we

feel prepared to deliver, yet someway,

somehow, we reach within to discover

an ability, a talent, perhaps a patience,

or a forgotten strength that has been

mysteriously summoned to usable

awareness.

 

These are the moments that test our

mettle, moments that make our hands

shake and our hearts race, yet it is

precisely these moments that frame

our stories, add luster to our memories,

and define our emotional legacy.

 

So, as these moments erupt, and erupt

they will, keep these thoughts in mind,

as the tempest swells and spins, open

heart and soul to the task at hand, know,

in time, the seas will calm and the storm

will abate, as all returns to a steady state. 

AT BY G. 4.13.2014

 

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SUSTAINABLE ACTION

Grasp the importance of balance today –

maintaining a subtle equilibrium

between and within all facets of your life –

restoring order when needed by establishing

parameters, setting priorities, ensuring

well-being through the careful allocation

of resources.

Once established and set, attend to your

state of balance frequently - assessing

carefully, knowing it is within your best

interest to ensure equilibrium - refusing

to allow disorder to generate stress,

lack of focus, or loss of tranquility.

Know fully that balanced living,

and working will enable you to achieve

your goals through sustainable action -

ably applying just the right amount of effort,

imagination, and commitment to produce

the optimal outcome, a life worth living.

AT BY G. 8.8.2013

 

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THE OBSERVER

Clear your mind today, allowing it to be

like a blank canvas or, better yet, a movie

screen curving to incorporate the periphery

of your visual landscape, with eyes closed

tight notice the impressions, light and dark

shadows appear, fade, and reform.

 

As you open your eyes slowly, realize

the depth, the palette of form, color, and

dimension, its order, and completeness,

as the vision fills your inner screen with

the projection of actual life experienced.

 

Notice this optical miracle; you the

observer, the experiencer of the

wonder, the reflector of creation,

the true consciousness of the universe,

the expression of allness, understand

your significance: refusing ever to

belittle your importance, your role

in this existence.

AT BY G. 5.3.2014

 

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THE SECRET INGREDIENT

Let us open ourselves up to the positive

and life-affirming opportunities of this

magnificent day – pushing forward with

a strong momentum, awake to our purpose,

at one with our inner wisdom, knowing

only good awaits us.

 

Let us open ourselves up to each encounter,

every interaction, fully fit and ready

to foster an attitude of “win-win,” we

push on undaunted by mishaps or

missteps, empowered by the unexpected

challenges, emboldened by our sincerity

and sense of mission.

 

Let us open ourselves to this life worth

living, realizing we are the active agents

of affirmative change, we are the secret

ingredient that will grow miracles

and sprout limitless possibilities, totally

engaged, we create heaven on earth.

AT BY G.  4.17.2014

 

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WHAT IS MEANINGFUL?

     Today let us think about what is meaningful

        in our lives -

            what we value and

        define as our purpose -

            defining why we are here and

        what we are meant to do.

 

    Today let us create this purposeful life

            guided by God

    and our desires 

            infusing every moment,

    and every action and every interaction

     with meaning and significance.

 

    Today let us evolve our purposeful life

           into a mission - a quest -

    an authentic pursuit

            of meaningful action -

    changing our life and all life forever.

 

    Today let us live with purpose.

AT BY G. 7.15.2022

 

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n0tion - a vague idea in which some

      confidence is placed.

 

We each have a notion about our lives,

a premise based on a concept or belief,

maybe just a vague idea as conveyed in

the definition shared above, more often

an ego-based assessment of what is

actually occurring in our existence. 

We layer these notions into a workable

theory, and through actual experience,

we acquire subjective empirical evidence

to give it a basis in truth.

 

We squint our mind's eye in our spiritual

pursuits and attempt the same undertaking. 

Personally, I am forever envisioning

the perfectly orchestrated world of

God-consciousness ordered and sound.

As the note below conveys, the inspired

messages I receive often follow suit.

 

What is your notion?

 

PERFECT ORDER

Today let us look through what appears

to be, to what really is, realizing beneath

the seeming confusion is a world of Divine

order with each moment and event perfectly

placed and unfolding.

 

Today let us accept and trust this order

knowing only graceful good waits for our

partaking – well beneath the surface of

our fears or doubts flow the stream

of peace and calm – placidly serene.

 

Today let us embrace this perfect order

allowing it to set in tranquil motion all our

undertakings – each salient expectation –

inspiring our untapped creative essence

as we are gently guided towards our

full unfolding.

AT BY G. 6.25.2013

 

WITH LOVE, G.

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What if we could see the world the way that

God would perceive it? In the Affirmative

Thought below, we pose the question and

speculate on what would be on God’s mind

and how would God feel? 

 

Would God be focused on compassion,

love, kindness, or something else?

 

AS GOD WOULD SEE IT                                                      

Today let us see the world –

     our world – as God would see it – 

    alive with infinite possibility

and potential – abundant and ripe

    for further creation and evolution –

beautiful and wondrous without measure.

 

Today let us see the world,

    through God’s mind and emotion –

full of compassion, full of love,

     full of kindness.

 

Today let us reach for God,

    with the hands of God,

forgiving those who are struggling

    emotionally, mentally, physically,

or spiritually; and through love,

     assist them with their

realignment and return to joy.

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Today, as I was preparing to begin my morning

ritual of spiritual reading and meditation, I decided

that I would reach into my archives of unpublished

Affirmative Thoughts and let the universe pick

the theme for today's post.  

 

I picked out the Affirmative Thought published

below titled Let Go And Let God. It is often

startling to see how the themes of the past are still

very much current today. I read it over and set it

aside to see what developed during my meditation.

 

A new addition to my morning devotion is to go

into one of my own journals, where I have

recorded the Meditation Guidance I received,

relating it to my life today.  I picked a journal

and opened it up to the Meditation Guidance below

titled The Way Has Been Prepared. 

 

I quickly realized that the randomly selected

Affirmative Thought and this Meditation Guidance

were related, with the  guidance presenting  

the problem and the thought offering the solution.

Both underscored my continuing challenge with 

this spiritual mission I have accepted and now live -

the feeling that I am often in this alone and have to

make it happen on my own.

 

I am grateful for the reminder that I need to dream

a better dream, have confidence in what I am doing,

trust in God that the way has truly been prepared,

and then to fully let go and let God. 

 

LET GO AND LET GOD

Today “let go and let God” releasing the reins

of control and asking God to assist with the

day-to-day issues you encounter – letting God

guide you and work through you, uncovering

the optimal solution for all involved.

 

Today “let go and let God,” asking God for

direction and listening for guidance in the

signs, sounds, events, and coincidences of

your life –watching as the doors open and

the opportunities are revealed.

 

Today “let go and let God,” surrendering the

need to go it alone and instead join forces

with your Divine assistance and begin again

to cocreate your peaceful existence, your

stress-free life, your heaven on earth.

Let Go And Let God!

AT  BY G. 7.26.2011

 

THE WAY HAS BEEN PREPARED

The dream you should be dreaming is one of strength,

one of courage, a dream reflecting your true nature –

your true potential. Cleanse and clear away the fear,

the doubt, the past mistakes, and replace it with the

joyous harmony of all that waits in possibility.

 

Know you have the power to dream this dream

for yourself and others, but instead,  you wallow

in the graveyard of the past, tossing the remains

around and looking for forgiveness. Know now,

today, and forever that you are and always have

been forgiven – forgive yourself. Learn to love

yourself more –completely - and then you will 

know what this means – what an expression

of love involves.

 

Stop working so hard at doing, and spend more

time dreaming, envisioning. Never attempt to force

the solution; instead, allow it to greet you when it

arrives. Your very actions spell disbelief – a lack

of trust in God’s effort on your behalf. Dream –

see it all, call it forth from your Soul, and

hear the guidance.

 

Find again the passion – the joy in simply being –

cocreating with God. Be willing to start small –

to fit into the future that waits and grow it with love,

passion, and enthusiasm. Offer your gifts, and they

will be received, trusting in God’s support and love.

The way has been prepared.

NOE BY G. 10.15.2011 7:00 AM 

 

WITH LOVE, G.

 

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FRUSTRATION’S RECONNAISSANCE

Frustration occurs when reality conflicts

with expectations, when outcomes fail to

materialize, when the hoped-for morphs

into the uncalled-for, when visions blur

and desires contend, reflecting the antithesis

of wishes, dreams, reflections, and even

prayers.

 

At these times, confusion and bewilderment

rage like a fire across a dry forest; dumbfounded

we assess our damage, berate our intelligence,

dismay at the research and apparent thinking

that has forged our choices, energized our

actions, only to result in heartfelt frustration.

 

Yet, does this turmoil not provide a message,

a spark of reconnaissance worthy of proper

reflection, perhaps even the gem of insight

required to shift our strategy, reformulate

our paradigm, clearing the way for a more

profitable and workable solution going

forward – a spark of genius.  

NOE BY G. 6.9.2018

 

WITH LOVE, G.

 

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From time to time, we must all ask ourselves

the question of whether we are diligently planting 

the seeds of positive, authentic life in our 

consciousness, preparing for the harvest of our 

abundance and prosperity.

  

I transcribed the guidance below as I struggled

with the recuperation from back surgery. 

At that time, I am sure I was not focused

on a harvest but rather on survival.  I did my

duty, recorded the note, and forgot about it in

my journal.

 

Last night, while working on the book,

I came across this note again titled Harvest

Of Life. I was transfixed by the note, and its

wonderful analogy, succinctly describing 

the consciousness work we all must do in

order to be fully authentic in this world. 

 

We are all growing and harvesting our

consciousness in every moment. If we

have planted the seeds of a positive life

in our minds, the results are ours to harvest -

prosperity, peace of mind, love, and happiness -

if not, we must return to our garden and plant

our precious seeds once more. For there is

always another moment to farm again. 

 

HARVEST OF LIFE - MEDITATION GUIDANCE

The harvest is ready to reap – full and lush

from tender toil – from loving care – strong

and healthy – ready to be the fruit of your

enjoyment – to fill your storage bins with

plenty for the long winter ahead.

 

Knowing this is the way – to plant a seed within

your creative thought - to care for it – water

and weed – watch it grow – protect it from

the ego and the opinions of others. Watch it

grow and visualize it as strong, healthy, and

prosperous – ready to be the substance of

real life and real form.

 

In the fields of your thought, you alone are

the farmer and you alone can ensure growth

by keeping thoughts of lack, not, and error

from impacting your creation – ruining your

work and destroying your harvest. You have

mastered the rules of growing form, and you

can bring your harvest to share and enjoy

with the world.

 

Understand - as you view the lush fruit of

your labor and the pure miracle of creation

unfolding,  you have been the artist of plenty,

and through your thoughts and patience,

will now feed yourself, your family, your

community, and the world.

 

Take the sickle in hand – prepare the laborers –

fill the trucks of life and enjoy the fruits of

your labor – the harvest of life.

NOE BY G. 9.4.2010 8:10 AM

 

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THANKSGIVING

Today let us with a resounding voice

thank God who exists within every

piece and particle of this world –

this life we live – forming our words –

orchestrating our experience –

gently encouraging us towards

our full potential.

 

Today let us with a resounding voice

declare our thanks to the creative

force for good in the world –

the originator of our feast –

the host who has brought us to

this table to share this bounty

only asking us to be a force for

love in return.

 

Today let us with a resounding voice

hold all the world in our hearts

praying for balance, for peace,

for a true vision of unity and

perpetual Thanksgiving.  

AT BY G. 11.24.2011

 

A joyous and wonderful

Thanksgiving to all!

 

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GRATITUDE

Let us scan all of our positive emotions today

and choose the most powerful – gratitude –

knowing this sentiment represents our Soul

felt thanks for the sentient life we now enjoy –

grateful for the delicate thread that stitches

the fabric of our lives together into a living,

vital, wondrous form - a Divine thread sowing

a myriad of possibilities and situations into

an abundant, prosperous, and meaningful

existence, allowing us to discover and reveal

our sacred purpose, enabling us to be the living

hands and feet of God in a tangible world –

opening our eyes to the miracles sewn together

by Grace, so significant and thorough that it leaves

no life forsaken – no Soul untouched.   

AT BY G. 11.16.2012

 

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TRUE THANKS

Let us turn our thoughts towards gratitude

today, knowing even our most jubilant thanks

falls short of the true worth of this being,

this existence - no momentary, or even

lasting concern casts a shadow upon this,

our very aliveness.

As we prepare to give thanks, feasting

on our very abundance, let us recall that

we are the hands and feet of the Divine

based good in the world, recommitting

ourselves to our scared promise,

to love our neighbor as we love ourselves.

So let us look for our opportunity to

return our favor - an act of random

kindness, a gesture of goodwill, a hand

outstretched in a time of need, a word

of endearing encouragement - knowing

true thanks is best expressed with action

in a world so in need of our compassion. 

AT BY G. 11.27.2013

 

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What a wonderful concept - a holiday where

the primary mission is to be grateful and to

give thanks, offering true gratitude for all we

have been given. I think the Affirmative

Note below sums this up and provides some

additional guidance on how we might expand

our thanksgiving.

 

THANKSGIVING 

Let us live this holiday of thanks  giving

            with true gratitude in our

hearts - fully acknowledging the gifts

   of life, we have been given – truly

     understanding the bounty that

                     surrounds us.

 

Let us live this holiday of thanks giving

        focused on love and kindness

    seeking to make our relationships

      with family, friends, associates –

    and even those we wish to change –

       deeper and more meaningful.

 

Let us live this holiday of thanks giving

      connected with our own Divinity –

            knowing God is within us –

   dwells with us and allows this Divine

           nature to shine through as

     we accept others and ourselves

            as God personified.

 

Let us live this holiday by giving thanks!

AT BY G. 11.23.2010

 

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When we tumble, we see the world

around us from different perspectives,

from different vantage points, upside

down and backward, askance, askew,

off-center - by doing so, often, the thoughts

in our heads jumble, creating fresh ideas

not yet considered.

 

It is exactly at these tumbling, jumbling,

times when we must be most observant,

vigilant to pluck, keep, or cull these

gestational gifts – tenderly setting

each notion aside for more thorough

consideration, examination, later.

 

And when we do, let us be sure

to handle these gems with due respect,

trying each on for proverbial size

and style, be sure to give the

gift horse a trial ride, realizing the

forces that be may see an opportunity

waiting in the wings!

AT  BY G. 3.10.2014

 

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PASSION IGNITED

Step forward and into the destiny

that awaits, full and delicious, no

delicate offering, instead, large

portions of pleasurable life, with

each dish an aroma so appealing

our senses are startled by desire.

 

Faced with our birthright,

the culmination of a journey often

without reason, yet now, we see

the merit, the purpose, all that is

necessary is our robust participation,

a soulful affirming.

 

With this metamorphosis, endowed

with singular wherewithal, no call

to action ever shirked or cautiously

impeded; our steps are bolder, fuller,

deeper; our place in life more complete

and considered - our passion ignited

AT BY G. 3.25.2015

 

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Sometimes my guidance leads

me to a message I have already

received, recorded in my journal,

but have failed to notice or fully

comprehend. This is the case

with the poem offered below from

November of 2014, on the surface,

at least provides a poetic description

of the thought-based cocreation process.

 

THOUGHT INTO BEING

Tangible existence molded

        into form by firm intention,

            powered by imaginative vision,

        a process of unfolding, being,

    total restoration of a singular

idea expressed, finding form,

    through conscious cooperation,

        the creator and the creation,

            the baker and the oven,

                the smith and the cauldron,

                meet in perfect harmonic unison,

            as the glass-blowers breath travels

        the tube, finding expression,

    breath in the molten sand, thick        

glowing liquid expands,

    expiration intent on becoming,

        life-giving way to what was not

           before, yet now, in transparent

        splendor is viable, intact, artful

thought bursting into being.

POEM BY G. 11.11.2014

 

WITH LOVE, G. 

 

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Lord, hold me firm in your love,

      grasp me and shake me awake,

wipe the sleep of a thousand

      years from my eyes so I can

see again, be again.

 

Lord, hold me firm in your love,

      breathe the breath of creation

into my lungs and make me

      whole again – alive in the

wonder of the Divine within,

      a soul on fire with grace,

a spirit bursting, evolving,

      becoming you, infinite life,

infinite love, one with all creation.

 

Lord, hold me firm in your love,

      a womb of love – nourishing –

nurturing – protected, enveloped

      by the fluid of creation alive.

 

Lord, know I walk the crystal path –

      I see the headlights,

knowing full well the end,

      accepting the beginning,

all is as it must be, should be,

      is meant to be - alive in you.

POEM BY G. 11.9.2010 7:50 AM

 

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I unfold you, Lord.

I unfold you in the spirit

of your beauty,

perfectly formed,

waiting to be revealed,

the essence of love is dramatic,

powerful in the giving of life,

purposeful in the birth of creation,

I reveal you, Lord,

layer by layer,

only to find

my soul within. 

POEM BY G. 10.2010

 

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accouterments – noun: personal

clothing, accessories, or equipment;

trappings.

 

This morning, out on my deck as the Fall

unfolds, I opened my journal to the poem

featured here titled This Chest. Well, here

it is years later, and I still have the chest

referred to in the poem.

 

Perhaps, you also have a chest that you drag

around with you. For me, sometimes it is

difficult to differentiate between my dreams,

my often self-centered longings, and my,

hopefully, positive, authentic mission.

 

Maybe my chest actually encloses all of these,

and more: the contents are shaped into an

ever-expanding ball of  yarn created from

life’s remnants – its hopes, its frustrations,

its struggles, its deep desires, as well as,

its dreams, its purposes – all parading

in a multitude of colors and textures,

all vying for attention.

 

As I write, I realize that the chest may

not be the problem, but an opportunity,

an accouterment of sorts, holding

the clues  needed for a more productive

and positive life. So rather than stow

the chest, I need to open it up and

rediscover what it may have to convey. 

 

OK, I can do this.

 

THIS CHEST 

In the perfect peace

    of this tranquil morning,

        I seek nourishment,

    as we sit together

        watching life unfold;

why do I persist in

    dragging this chest

        around with me,

    I have no explanation;

just a desire to be

        free of it, of the me

            who will not give up

        the longings – these

desires to be more.

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I would like to share some guidance

I received  in response to my morning

prayer and meditation session.

 

I was instructed to read the meditation

guidance below aloud until  I fully believed

it and incorporated it into my life. Now, as I

read it aloud I can still hear my ego exclaim -

"how could this be true - what about all

those things we need, what about this,

what about that ....?"

 

As I attempted to calm my ego I realize this

simple statement strikes truly at the heart

of enlightenment. If my enlightenment, my

heaven on earth requires this or that, it is

not true enlightenment - just the ego's

co-opting of the concept.

 

As I was struggling with this concept, I

read the following passage from Thich

Nhat Hanh, summing up again this

basic truth.

 

This spot where you sit is your own spot.

It is on this very spot and in this very

moment that you can become enlightened.

You don't have to sit beneath a special tree

in a distant land.

 

Enlightenment is truly available at any

moment, here, now, on this spot where God

and grace exists. This I feel is a basic spiritual

truth, which I understand and accept logically,

I just need to get my ego to cooperate.

 

Read the statement below out loud and see

what this or that your ego may be requiring,

before allowing you to attain enlightenment.  

 
 

RIGHT AND PERFECT NOW

My life is right and perfect now – no need for

alteration, rearrangement, or reconfiguration.

My life now is a blossom of intention, glorious

in its beauty, magnificent, lush, and fully

capable of offering all the happiness, all the

joy, all the peace, and love, I could ever desire.

 

Let me put an end to my striving and flourish

instead within the garden I now am blessed

to inhabit. Let me lift the vale of the ego’s

future living, open my eyes and heart and

mind to this very moment, this very now

where God and grace wait for my awakening.

Let me be fully alive in this moment now,

yearning only to touch its heaven on earth.

NOE BY G. 1.11.2013 9:05 AM

 

WITH LOVE, G.