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TENACITY!

Tenacity, holding firm on the path, refusing

to give in or give out – following through and

onward even when all circumstance suggests

a logic in letting go, withdrawing, or giving up.

Now is the time when we must reestablish

the grip on our dreams, our intentions, our long

pursued plans, reaching deep within our Souls

to find the strength and renewed courage to secure

our stance, balance our presence, lift our tired

limbs into motion – and shatter our resistance –

harnessing our forward momentum with vigor,

determination, and drive - overcoming our

exhaustion, replacing it with a second wind –

a thrust of belief, hope, and conviction – refusing

to yield or be impeded – denying any attempt

to thwart our sacred mission, our rightful destiny!

NOE G. 7.8.2018 

 

WITH LOVE, G.

 

WHAT IS MEANINGFUL? - AFFIRMATIVE THOUGHT INSPIRED BY THE FINDING GOD ON THE TRAIN STORY - QUEST FOR A POSITIVE, PERSONAL, AND CONTEMPLATIVE SPIRITUALITY

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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.

 

WITH LOVE, G.

THE LIVINGNESS / POTENT BREATH - POEMS INSPIRED BY THE FINDING GOD ON THE TRAIN STORY - QUEST FOR A POSITIVE, PERSONAL, AND CONTEMPLATIVE SPIRITUALITY

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It is not what we see that hampers our spiritual

progress, it is the antiquated lenses we peer

through, ground by our years of well-meaning

indoctrination, tinted by our concepts

and supposed truths distorted by even our

epiphanies and peak experiences, producing

a cataract-generating conglomeration,

fogging even the most obvious insights.

 

As the two poems offered here start off with -

The Livingness and Potent Breath to follow, 

indicate that overcoming this perceptual malaise

is still a challenge for me as I work to see fresh

again, with an infant's eyes, my brain erased.

 

THE LIVINGNESS

Existing within the livingness, robust,

pulsing with vitality, energy destined

for action, the aliveness incorporates

a whole, completeness, with even

beyond the present in a panorama

of beingness.

 

Leaves thick, lush with May life float

and shift on the invisible wind, shade

forms shadow scenes across the red brick

walls and greener dew damp lawns, birds

express, machines holler repetitive roars,

here, now, within.

 

Perhaps it would be better to see without

words, constructs, terms, and terminology,

my brain erased, cleared, reset, and with

an infant's eyes peer into the vastness

of the whole me, no distinctions, no borders,

just an all-inclusive everything.

POEM G. 5.29.2017

 

POTENT BREATH

I ask at times

    to dream aloud,

fluent and wide,

    unclasped by concepts,

constraints, former truths,

    stale dictums – free

of all that hampers

    my being, my seeing,

this pursuit of purposeful

    living.

 

Free of all these frameworks

    constructed over difficult

times, or even in moments

    of elation or triumph-

worthy then, but now

    just laden with dust,

their inspiration clouding

    the skies of now –

let me turn the page

    moving on.

 

And when I do

    I breathe again,

clear, free, and fragrant –

    with deep breaths

now unhindered -

    the fresh and potent breath

overwhelms with its strength,

    vitality, and sweetness –

I am alive again!

POEM G. 4.22.2017

 

WITH LOVE, G.

 

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I have decided to present a few Meditative Notes

I have recorded that directly refers to Jesus or Christ

or Christ Consciousness. I am always working on

learning from the teachings and life of Jesus as Christ,

as I do from all the great spiritual leaders of the past.

 

I do believe Jesus was one of the most highly evolved

spiritual beings who have ever lived, and his life 

forms a path or way for all of us to emulate as

we move towards enlightenment.

 

New Thought often refers to the Divinity that we all

have within us as Christ Consciousness or the Inner

Christ. As we develop spiritually, we connect with

this consciousness, seeing the world as the

enlightened Christ. The following Meditation

Guidance focuses on a key component of this

way or path – Love.

                         

THE PATH TO CHRIST

Follow the path to Christ – through Christ –

with Christ – to the consciousness of Christ.

You are on the Crystal Path to the clarity of

consciousness – to pure connection with God

and man.

 

The path is pure, but the path is long, and at

times you will become confused and go off

course – even become lost. Follow the path

to Christ consciousness – do not be afraid –

do not despair, for God is with you for each

step.

 

Fill your heart with love – overflowing with love

for all creation as you turn off the constant manic

chatter of your mind. First, bathe yourself in love,

knowing your experiences today is part of the

divine order and the flow of your existence.

 

Love yourself and your perfection, your glorious

opportunity to experience the whole and abundant

life. Breathe out your negative, self-critical thought

and breathe in your splendor – your magnificence –

your wonder.

 

Loving yourself  - prepare to move forward -

freeing yourself from the details of the day.

Understand the illusion, you're often misguided

and unfounded interpretation of this thing you

call reality.

 

Remember, on the path, the reality you experience

is but a preparation – a sign of what you need to

learn or do to progress. Do not distort the now as

you view it through the convoluted lens of your ego

and see the magnificence of the journey and the joy

of moving on the path.

 

Follow the path and live, love, and be as Christ.

NOE G. 4.13.2009

 

WITH LOVE, G.

 

AS GOD WOULD SEE IT - AFFIRMATIVE THOUGHT INSPIRED BY THE FINDING GOD ON THE TRAIN STORY - QUEST FOR A POSITIVE, PERSONAL, AND CONTEMPLATIVE SPIRITUALITY

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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.

           

 WITH LOVE, G.

 

THE SINGULAR WE - POEMS INSPIRED BY THE FINDING GOD ON THE TRAIN STORY - QUEST FOR A POSITIVE, PERSONAL, AND CONTEMPLATIVE SPIRITUALITY

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As much as I try to look beyond the state

of our current union, the level of our internal

hostility and bitterness seem to require,

at times, the only type of reminder I am

capable of offering or qualified to express –

a simple reminder that  beneath our

well-honed outrage that we are still,

and will always be, one - a singular we.

 

THE SINGULAR WE

Let us sit clear-headed,

perched near the edge

of the pond of our knowing,

leaving behind and shedding

the friction of common existence,

here only true essence matters:

the flow of pure energy,

the substance of our living,

as we wake to the moment,

realizing our solitude is now

replaced with the multitude,

as the infinity of us surrounds

the pond’s edge, stretching beyond

perception, each being connected

as the thread of light travels from

and through, heart to heart, soul to soul;

now, what was plural, is singular,

a unity of perfect being. 

POEM G. 2.3.2017

 

WITH LOVE, G.