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progeny – noun – (treated as singular or plural)

a descendant or the descendants of a person,

animal, plant, and offspring.

 

The concept of an emergent God has captured

my attention and contemplation, a God that

might have erupted from the creative life force

within us, a product of our confluent intentions,

given form by our joint hopes, dreams, desires,

imaginings; attracted by our incessant spiritual

need: eventually given life within our communal

consciousness, our shared universal consciousness.

 

Today, while meditating and focusing on this

possibility that humankind may have reached

out for salvation and transcendence, I was

offered the note below and jotted down these

inspired words.

 

AN EMERGENT GOD

We, humankind, are the progeny of an ever

evolving existence, of intentions, formed and

emergent, palpating with desire, fervor,

stretching to be more, to be alive, pushing

what is not into being, shaping formless into form,

an incubator for possibilities and potential.

 

God, as with all existence, is the result of this

creative cauldron, perhaps conceived by a

a multitude of hopeful whispers, pleas for

salvation, a reverberation of heartfelt intentions,

etched out from centuries of suffering and fear,

grasping for an overseer of humanities’ plight

and destiny; for a friend, an arbitrator, perhaps

to offer a sense of rationality, balance, and morality

in a tumultuous world.  

 

This God, formed in our mutual and shared

consciousness has been given life, taking shape,

answered our prayers, aiding in our becoming,

realizing our capacity for magnificence as

well as intolerance, working to manage

our appetites for more, urging us to consider

love over madness, hope over despair –

enlightenment over darkness.  

NOE G. 11.20.2018

 

WITH LOVE, G.

 

 

 

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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 G.  4.17.2014

 

WITH LOVE, G. 

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SUNDAY QUESTIONS

Can we shine, can we soar today, complete

and whole, refreshed, renewed, letting go

of what was or has been, replacing it all

with a fresh vision and approach to living –

letting go of senseless constraints,

selecting instead a more spontaneous

path to our heaven on earth?

 

Do we not contain within the essential

ingredients for this catharsis – are we

not able to reach this sweet spot of

divine being – this clear connection

waiting for our tacit awakening – our

coming to full authentic life – the true

purpose of our existence waiting for

our arrival?

 

Is there not more, much more to this

moment of continual consciousness

then a few pleasures mixed with

occasional struggle – have we not

found in these shifting sands the magic

of love so supreme it reaches us daily

to pull us into oneness – are we not now –

here and now – ready to abandon our

tired pursuit in favor of fresh existence?

AT G. 3.17.2013

 

I start out this post with an Affirmative Thought

I stumbled on this morning as I was checking

to see if I had used the phrase “sweet spot” for

the title of a previous post. I was directed to two

entries on my blog archives, this post featuring

Sunday Questions frankly stopped me in my tracks.

 

I realized, as often occurs on this wondrous

spiritual journey, as my eyes began filling 

up with emotion,  I was once again receiving 

a message. You see, I have been working on

what will soon be a book of my spiritual poetry

titled, STEEPLES – THE SPIRITUAL POETRY

OF FINDING GOD ON THE TRAIN – NOTES ON

ENLIGHTENMENT – Quest For A Positive,

Personal Spirituality.

 

This book will feature over two hundred

poems, prayers, affirmative thoughts,

and notes, along with personal photos

of steeples existing near and dear to me.

As I reviewed the post, I realized this photo

above was perfect to open this collection,

as was its Affirmative Thought, Sunday

Questions.

 

(For me, steeples reflect, much like

our spiritual poetry, our innate desire

to connect with the divine, to reach beyond

as individuals and congregations, reaching

to connect with the very essence of God).

Now, let me, hopefully, segue this to 

the remainder of the post. Here goes.

 

The message of Finding God On The Train

Srory has centered on the ability of each one

of us to connect with God directly and

personally; tapping into what we might

envision as an eternal broadcast set to

connect with whoever breaks through

and listens - much like the communication

we earthlings rocket into distant space,

hoping to connect with whom or whatever.

 

In reality, I believe this consciousness

based, prevailing message, is more

personally tailored to the individual listener.

The Quakers have actually centered their

faith and worship around this concept

of a direct personal connection with God.  

I do feel this is and may remain, a point

of contention and confusion with many

of our more mature religious orientations.

 

So with this post, I offer some additional

guidance in hopes of aiding those who are

actively in pursuit of the “still small voice,”

by amplifying some of the subtleties of this

interaction, at least based on my personal

guidance received over the first-half

of this year.

 

First, as conveyed by this Affirmative

Thought below, we must understand

our own sweet spot:

 

SWEET SPOT

Let us reach within and grasp

    our own sincerity, our authentic

        essence, our clear and always

present - “individuator” –

    the internal sweet spot where

        God glows eternally.

 

Today, let us allow this presence

    to express itself unobstructed,

        touching our now, listening

as God’s support and concern

    eases our distress, cleanses

        our despair wakens our courage.

 

Yes, even with God intertwined,

    we continue on self-propelled,

        stabilized, yet still with hands

on the wheel, maneuvering

    our forward progress, seeking

        still our intended target.

AT G. 10.20.2016

 

Next, I am often reminded via my spiritual

guidance, as the note below, titled Truth Mined 

suggests that when we connect with this God

intertwined - within this communication slash 

interaction - there exists a “whispered secret.” 

Personally, I feel the secret, which requires mining

with “eyes ablaze and fingers bleeding,” suggested

by the note may reflect a personal message or

communication, possibly toward our authentic

identity, a clue to our fully becoming, or maybe

a suggestion for well-being. For this truth,

I believe we must each personally and 

actively mine.

 

TRUTH MINED

Instilled deep within

is the secret -

the testimony of becoming -

framed in sentiments

and open harmonies,

desires, passionate longings,

wordless expressions which

pulls and tug

at all awareness,

all choice,

all speculation,

gripping our attention

until words like mountain

mist dissipates in sun-filled

light, drift from sight:

in this primal place, we must,

with grunts and groans,

reframe our notions

of "is" or "could be"

 into expressions

of sincere utterance -

this truth must be mined

with eyes ablaze and

fingers bleeding, no simple

formulation or conjecture

will do to unearth its appeal,

conceive its melody,

whisper its secret.

POEM G. 10.13.2016  

 

This final segment of this guidance is offered below,

titled Passion’s Nectar was also received in this

series of communications, and reminds us that

spiritual pursuits require a form of compensation

or payment, often under the guise of pure passion.

As with all things spiritual, no casual approach

will suffice.

 

PASSION’S NECTAR

Nothing worth finding

    is found without pursuit,

nothing worth acquiring

    is acquired without payment;

in all measures, compensation –

    through effort or vision,

through sweat or pain -

    sparks the release

of the tangible substance,

    allowing form justification

for existence, enabling

    our penny-wise and pound foolish

to free up that which is or

    will be, being exchanged

for proper tender with

    passion’s nectar extracted

for what is owed,

    leaving us dazed but content.

NOE G. 10.21.2016

 

With all this said, I believe it is still

persistence that will win the day.

 

WITH LOVE, G.

 

 

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POWER OF GOD'S GRACE

Today let us truly understand the power

of God’s grace in our lives and reaffirm

our full knowing that if we truly think, feel,

and believe it will be so.

 

Today let us believe our way to the vision

of our lives – visioning and mentally living

the perfect life of our dreams one step at a time –

one thought at a time.

 

Let us fully comprehend that we are all

but one thought away from heaven on earth!

 

WITH LOVE, G.

                 

 

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There are times in our lives when we need a place

to go to rest and find peace. The Affirmative Thought

below serves as a reminder for all of us, that there

is a place of peace and harmony available within us -

 an oasis of spirit, an internal center of God's grace.  

When we find ourselves in need of  a respite from 

the noise of the world, I suggest taking a few minutes

and  following the simple directions offered - focus

on the breath and the heart, while centering thoughts

on what we personally love. 

 

OASIS OF SPIRIT

An oasis of spirit waits within even

in the most tumultuous of times,

to provide a respite from the noise

of the world – a place of peace and

harmony – a center of God’s grace –

by simply focusing on your breath,

your heart, and what you love –

you will be replenished and renewed.

 

This oasis of spirit welcomes you with

open arms whenever you arrive –

always ready to soothe your suffering,

clear away your fears, dispel your doubts

and revitalize your convictions –

preparing you to return, refreshed.

 

Know this oasis of spirit is God’s gift

to you, to soften the ride – ease the

journey, as you grow and evolve –

as you learn what must be understood,

and travel in your spiritual way.

AT G. 2.2.2012

 

WITH LOVE, G. 

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John Locke’s Essay Concerning Human

Understanding was published in 1690,

defining consciousness as “the perception

of what passes in a man’s own mind,”

establishing what would be the modern

concept of consciousness.  

 

Since Locke’s opening gambit, scientists,

philosophers, psychologists, and mystics

have studied and pondered “the perception,”

leaving us still no closer than Locke with a

comprehensive understanding of the origin

and full dimensions of human consciousness. 

 

Lately, I have been focused on consciousness -

praying and meditating, requesting additional

guidance and clarification, hoping to further

explore what is, at least for me, the backdrop

for our existence and the basis of God in

our lives.

 

I am especially interested in what the message

has defined as the levels of consciousness,

as I am planning to outline and share in

Part Four of the Finding God On The Train

Story – encompassing our “personal or

local consciousness,” which is incorporated

as a subset of the more comprehensive

“nonlocal collective consciousness” of all

sentient life, again a subset of  divine

consciousness, comprising the first two

levels, as well as all life that has previously

existed.

 

My hope is to join the “consciousness

debate” by offering a more comprehensive

theory of consciousness based on my

guidance.  So, as demonstrated by the

meditation guidance below received one

morning last week, my request for

guidance on this subject is being

sporadically answered, and as received,

I will share.

 

VISTAS OF CONSCIOUSNESS

Below the surface of being exists,

the underpinnings, the threads, and needles,

the substructure connecting allness to all else,

the energies, the particles, the bits, and the

pieces of viable existence, the base, the screen

on which, with which, reality manifests

and performs.

 

This is the sub-matter behind matter,

the first thought preceding all thoughtful

connection, the conscious framework

we choose to consider reality a projection

upon a projection within our conscious

projection.

 

Realize the force of nature is in itself

the collective vision of billions of diverse

perspectives, an ingrained hardwired

foundation expected to be, expected

to follow laws set in motion by an active God.

 

Consider and contemplate this interaction,

this mingling, this natural blueprint,

the vistas of consciousness, peering within

its marvels, miraculous flashes of light,

dwelling intently and deeply until the

props and fixtures are revealed, allowing

an awareness of the strings supporting

and holding in place this dimension,

these slivers of being give our world

form and function, mobility and energy,

purpose and proposition, as it flickers

in the projector's light.

NOE G. 11.5.2014 

 

WITH LOVE, G.

 

 

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THE FIRES WE IGNITE

As we pound away to form our sincere

impression on life, as we invest

substantial energy leaving our mark,

let us realize what is real and lasting

is the joy, peace, love, and happiness

we have shared with others.

Let our lasting monument be the

generation of these moments of

heaven on earth, as each present

an opportunity for the divine within

us to connect with the strength

of will between us, making this world

a bit brighter and more livable.

So, as we do every day, let the

sparks fly as our contributions erupt

and take shape, now realizing it is

the fires we ignite and share that

truly provide the warmth and splendor,

the perpetual magnificence of an

earthly heaven.

AT G. 2.13.2014

 

WITH LOVE, G. 

 

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From time to time, I receive a note like

the one here offered, which rings true

but seems a bit too forceful or dogmatic.

So I tuck it away for another day, such

as today, when I feel the note needs

expressing.

 

I believe, we (including me) who are

in the pursuit of a positive, personal,

and contemplative spirituality, do so

quietly, daintily, for fear of upsetting

those who would not understand

or approve.

 

Yet, if we are truly the tenders of the

garden, we need to realize our place

in this evolution of humankind and

all beingness. At one time, possibly,

the meek were to inherit the earth,

but this note below is in search of a

much stronger and more proactive

skill set.

 

SPIRITUAL WARRIORS/

TENDERS OF THE GARDEN

Let us be spiritual warriors, strong, solid,

fierce in our pursuits and undertakings, 

sincere, convinced, and undaunted in our

thoughts and actions, capable of great

tenderness, defenders of the right,

the worthy, the defensible, never

wavering from our pursuit of conscious

being evolved, living, pure purposeful

intention.

 

Let us be spiritual warriors, fully prepared

to stand erect, allowing no one, no thought,

no misguided effort to counter our right

to be an individual, to be self-conceived,

to have a relationship with a living, vibrant

God: always a defender of any and all ways

to a life full of joy, peace, love, and happiness –

personal heaven on earth.

 

Let us be spiritual warriors, open to the

pursuit and implementation of our own

genuine, authentic life, our Soul based

destiny; the individual and communal

flowing of the evolution of humankind,

as well as all sentient beings –

as the tenders of the garden of life.

NOE G. 7.13.2017

 

WITH LOVE, G.

 

 

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When we approach our lives with loving-kindness

do we light up the world, as the Affirmative

Thought below suggests? I think we do, and we

also light up our lives. But let’s be honest, it takes

a great deal of effort, at times, to focus our ego-driven

minds in this direction. This is possibly the reason

the Kabbalists and Buddhists have made loving-kindness

the centerpiece of enlightenment. Let us not forget

Christianity is based on the love and kindness

focus of Jesus.

                  

LIGHT UP THE WORLD

Light up the world today with your love,

                  kindness, and compassion; 

  the world will love you back tenfold

                  as you open up the loving essence

     of the universe.

Light up the world today with simple

                  acts of kindness and compassion,

   showing the universe and all you meet,

                  your Divine nature, full of loving-kindness.

Light up the world today by transforming

                  your conflicts with others using

a new mindset based on love and caring.

                  Love your problems, and by doing so,

     dissolve your problems.

Light up the world today with love, compassion,

                  and kindness for yourself –

   fully encouraging and supporting your actions,

            allowing yourself to become your

     authentic self.                 

Light up the world today with love, and

                     notice how you and the universe shine!

 

WITH LOVE, G. 

 

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I have come to realize that true love is not 

superficial, true love enables us to love

through the imperfections, through the

flaws and see the true divine perfection 

we each possess within. 

  

Ann, my wife, has taught me more about

love than any guru or meditation guidance 

I have ever encountered.  I often bragged

that I had never had an operation or even

really been in the hospital for any major

issue.

 

Since this bold claim, I have had four major

surgeries, starting with a reconstruction of

my cervical spine, then the resection of a

pituitary brain tumor followed up with the

reconstruction of my lumbar spine, then

a quadruple bypass to top it off a year later.

 

Ann has waited through over thirty plus

hours of surgery, countless hours in intensive

care, helping me recuperate and live on

from each. And although I now walk like a

combination of Groucho Marx and Frankenstein,

while hearing just a bit better than the elder

Beethoven, I am still loved.

  

I wrote this Valentine's note below for Ann.

I hope it also helps you acknowledge and

honor all those who have loved you through,

and continue to love you, warts and all:

spouses, lovers, partners,friends, parents,

kids, and caregivers who continue to see

the perfect you through the imperfections

of this life. 

 

FOR LOVING ME

Thank you for loving me through times

of fear, concern, and struggle – always

at my side to console, to support, to carry

me, to find a way to calm my trembling

spirit simply by taking my hand and

forging onward.

 

Thank you for loving me, even when

I fail to love myself, as you gently hold

a mirror to my true nature so I can see

the truth of who I truly am and what

I have to offer – for showing me, the me

you love, so I understand my worth, my value.

 

Thank you for loving me, and picking

up my tired soul so I can see the life

left to live; and by grasping your eternal

strength, your perpetual hope, forge on

towards better days, to thrive and flourish

again, always safe within your loving gaze. 

 

Thank you for loving me!

AT G. 2.14.2013

 

WITH LOVE, G. 

 

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CHAMPIONS

In every heart, there is a champion

waiting to be revealed –

waiting to reach out and grab

the most from life – to push

beyond the limits of the mind,

body, and spirit to become

the full wonder of possibility.

 

In every mind, there is the desire

to grow, conceive, and create

a world of victory – a thought

of something greater – something

yet not conceived by others.

 

In every soul, there is the strength

of faith to take the next step

even when facing fear and doubt

and by doing so overcome and

reach the zenith of life itself!

AT G. 2.27.2011

 

WITH LOVE, G.

 

 

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ALL WITHIN YOU

All you have been or will be is within you –

yours for the taking – waiting for you to

realize you are fully equipped to handle

this or any life situation with tenacity,

clarity, and empowered intention.

 

All you will ever need to soar, to shine

is within you – ready to be unveiled and

revealed simply for the asking – a force

so wise and strong and complete it will

never fail you – always ready to unleash

your total awesome potential.

 

All your allies, all your support, your perfect

foundation is within you, ready and poised

with divinely inspired purpose, infinite

courage to fill you up and overflowing

with all you need to grasp your waiting

happiness, to light your way and see you

safely to your intended destination.

AT G. 1.2.2013

 

WITH LOVE, G.

 

 

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Life itself is a cycle of becoming, then being,

then shedding what must be let go to make

the way for what may be waiting on the path ahead.

This cycle exists within each sentient entity

and, I believe, is the very fabric of nature

from the minute to the magnificent – this cyclic

force propels us forward to greater growth and

potentials.

 

The other day, I had just finished meditating,

and looking up at the grand old tree that

shares my existence near our back deck,

I thought, what might this wonderful tree,

having witnessed more years than me,

convey as its wisdom. The poem below,

This Shedding Time was the response.   

 

THIS SHEDDING TIME

Only a heavy wind might shake these

withering leaves from tired limbs,

allowing once again a winter’s restoration,

regeneration, as November skies remind

of chills to come, as thoughts of spring

remind of the prize – new life rebounding -

so alien in this shedding time, yet even so,

is not this destiny to revive, to shake

full-leaved beneath a brighter sky.

POEM G. 11.3.2016

 

It is during these shedding times that I

feel reluctantly compelled to reflect on the

journey of my existence to date, contemplating  

my staggering, often fitful progress. As I do,

I realize that I come to these moments of

reflection aware that something within my

essential nature, all human nature, perhaps

all nature itself moves us beyond our

temperamental strivings, forcefully forward

towards what is often our progressive but

bruised becoming, as the poem below so

graphically contends.   

 

FORCEFULLY FORWARD  

We arrive at this moment transfixed

on this occasion when destiny, desire,

and hapless luck again intertwine

to convey us chaotically, forcefully forward

towards potentials no more firmly

established than the prevailing winds

of past precedence, with scars inflicted,

hopes dashed, sincerities questioned –

again to bob and weave with a bloody face

and blurred vision until our weighted

arms surrender to the temptations

of uncertain repose, as our hearts scream

finished, our souls refuse to waiver,

grasping for a piercing breath, then another,

until our pounding chest subsides,

arms awaken freshly invigorated as

body motion thrusts our fists of hope

with solid aspiration. 

POEM G. 11.2. 2016

 

WITH LOVE, G

 

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THE VEHICLE 

Perhaps the vehicle for our success sits

in front of us, disguised possibly, or just

not fully recognized for its lasting and strong

potential; so familiar with its perimeters -

we miss its attributes.

 

Recognizing this essential possibility may

require a new and more vibrant perspective,

a reformulation of our senses, a reframing

of our conscious understanding, allowing

our imagination to grab the wheel,

re-visualizing our destiny.

 

In all of this, if all of this is to ferment into

a worthy course of action, perhaps we need

to listen intently, opening our hearts and souls

to this message, deciphering even faint whispers,

the blurry meaning, the casual clue, waking to

its direction.

NOE G. 6.11.2018

 

WITH LOVE, G. 

 

 

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OUR HUMAN, SPIRITUAL EVOLUTION

If we, humankind, evolve – we evolve into our

true spiritual capabilities, able to comprehend

the true power and essence of our individual

and joint communal existence, our innate ability

to cocreate our lives, our existence, our destiny –

to use our consciousness to envision an even

greater awareness, a more potent potential

for all of perceived existence.

 

The true nature of intended thought will then

be fathomed, along with the actual intertwining

of human consciousness with even the most

subtle nature of what is experienced, the link

between human intention and the actual

beingness experienced; reality understood

as a joint demonstration of the intentions of

or by the observed.

 

As we evolve, the emergence of our joint human

consciousness, an amalgam of all sentient life

that has existed, exists, or will exist - providing

compassionate wisdom, brilliance, a creative

foundation for the human universal growth and

expansion of connected life throughout the cosmic

domain.

 

Our destiny depends on this essential evolutionary

awakening – this reconnection to our very spiritual

center, to a time when the missteps or learning

of this now will be understood as a necessary

developmental step; as we understand our true

divine capabilities and natures; arbiters of heaven

on earth and throughout all conscious existence.

NOE G. 7.26.2017

 

WITH LOVE, G. 

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THE SPOT OF INFINITE UNFOLDING

Life is expression full and robust,

the demonstration of a flowing and

the flowering of intention, the consequences

of existence in all its forms and varieties,  

extending to reach through and beyond,

to grasp possibility and potential,

willing both into tangible substance,

experienceable being.

 

Every part and parcel of this orchestration

that enlivens our souls, pumps our lungs,

maintains our equilibrium, displays our

consciousness is an active agent of life

evolving, the tentacles of God reaching,

imagining, envisioning via each sentient

presence through each awareness.

 

We, you and me, all represent

the ultimate testament to this force

of natural striving, this Divine reaching,

this roar of heartfelt becoming, fresh

in its order, always presenting a continual

newness, an infinite surprise, a possibility

reachable but beyond reach, a solitary

point where life unfolds, erupts, comes,

goes, and becomes again: the spot of

infinite unfolding.

NOE G. 7.7.2016

 

WITH LOVE, G. 

 

 

 

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At the heart of living a positive existence,

is the accomplishment of what is known

as the psychological state of FLOW,

where we are fully one and engaged

in optimizing this experience of  doing

and living, by working to master its details

and intricacies.

 

The Psychology Of Optimal Experience - FLOW -

was introduced by Dr. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi,

leading researcher and co-founder of the field

of  Positive Psychology. We will explore, in-depth,

the theoretical structure and research supporting

FLOW, and how we can incorporate FLOW in both

our secular and spiritual lives in Part Three of

Finding God On The Train Story due to be published

on the blog in early March.

 

Much of the message of Finding God On The 

Train Story encourages us to focus on obtaining

this state of optimal experience, where our 

well-being soars and we are fully ready

to thrive. The note below mirrors this message

and reminds us to dive into life head and heart

first.

 

OPTIMAL DOING

Today, we set in motion what needs

    to be done, adroitly handing out

the assignments to those who will assist,

ensuring all are on the same page,

    and ready to move forward engaged

and enthused.

 

Today, we are fully committed to making

    every action count, no wasted effort,

no missteps, only clear focused intention

harnessed to make this day run smoothly

    and as planned, living our lives

with clarity and on purpose.

 

Today, we shake off our doubts

    or indecision, knowing neither

are useful or productive, and instead

dive head and heart first into the tasks

    at hand, feeling our adrenaline surge

and our well-being soar, as we enter

    the flow of optimal doing, ready at last

to thrive. 

AT G. 6.4.2013

 

WITH LOVE, G. 

 

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constancy -  noun - the quality of being

            enduring and unchanging.

 

flux  - noun – a state of continuous

                      change.

 

God is the energy of creation within the fluid

flux of existence: the thrust that evolves us,

that improves us, that has taken us kicking

and screaming from our dingy cave dwellings

into an existence of continuously more profound

possibility; with a growing, expanding insight,

that allows us to push all natural constraints,

and, even as our repeated attempts may fail

at times, often at an incredible toll of human

life, this spirit of God born within us, wakes

our aching souls as it stirs our daunted desires,

inspires our muddled dreams, as we stumble

forward, humbled but wiser.  

                                                                                   

                 FLUID FLUX

        There is no constancy,

    only life in fluid flux,

        an ocean of possibilities,

        appearing, being, then

            fading; moments sought

            and then discarded;

     desired briefly, only to be

        repelled - as we in lucid

            stretches intend our destiny

                with passion embraced,

            knowing clarity melds reality;

           some faint semblance of order,

                    yet even in this turmoil

                springs a synergy of faith,

              knowing this continual

           birthing will spawn

                  a wellspring of new,

                       fragrant life,

                layer upon layer

              of potential being, until

           in moments unexpected,

               it takes form and becomes

                   a resemblance of our

                 most potent yearnings,

                   stark and appealing.

                POEM G. 9.13.2016

 

WITH LOVE, G.