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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, 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 where 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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  Joy to the world, 
  All the boys and girls now, 
  Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea, 
  Joy to you and me

  Three Dog Night -

      Joy To The World Lyrics

                       

The word “joy,” is an uplifting and powerful

word, with a concept that makes me think

of bliss, extreme happiness, peace, nirvana,

and elation.

 

In many religious doctrines, “joy” appears

to be the reward at the end of the religious

journey. This week, I would like to focus

on what “joy” really is, and how we might

obtain it, or at least add more of it, to our

daily experience.

 

I begin with one of my early Meditation

Notes that was a response to my asking, 

“what is the way." This was received a

few years back, and I was very direct

in my questioning of God at the time.

 

This was the response.

 

Note that in this meditation, the concept

of the Heartlight is first introduced in my

meditation guidance, and given its 

significance to me. I have always written

it as one capitalized word. The Heartlight,

has, since this introduction over three years

ago, been  a constant theme in my meditation

guidance and inspired poems on the train.

 

                       SEE THE JOY                                    

 

Feel the joy, see the joy, ponder the joy.

What is this feeling of complete bliss and

ease? Ponder and wonder.

 

Through your eyes, experience the full

emotion that lives in each soul and is

the fuel and essence of the Heartlight

connection. Joy is the result of intense,

deep love flowing throughout the world.

 

Be alert, watch, observe, fully comprehend

the existence and transfer of joy. Look

throughout the crowds and work hard at

perceiving the joy that exists. Stop trying

to think of it with mind terms and search

for the vibration. Move to a higher level of

transmission and see what is but is not

easily seen.

 

Find joy in your life, each movement, each

breath, each activity as you live in the now

of your existence. Your joy is stifled by

your ego and your need to be the same

or better than others. Shed the false path

and see at a higher level, feel at a higher

level, live at a higher level.

 

To be enlightened you must be in the light.

You must see the Heartlight that connects

all life and beings.  In the Heartlight is the

connection of all life – vibrating a wordless

communication of connection - the joy

of existence.

 

Joy is an indicator of the Heartlight. You see

the Heartlight through joy, prayer connection,

really praise connection. Pray, meditate and

search , see, and observe the joy in the world

and in your soul.

 

Joy is the result – essence – offshoot - of love,

kindness, and peace. The Christ like state of

divine thought- of the divinity in all living

things.

 

See the joy – enjoy!

 

WITH LOVE, G.

 

 

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I believe experiencing joy is an inside job,

coming from within us not to us. If we were

to wait for joy to arrive from external events

in all lives,  it would be only come in the form

of the emotion for special occasions or land-

mark events such as births, marriage, or

life celebrations.

 

In reality there are joyful moments in our

lives, which we all remember with great

warmth. But I feel there is much more

to joy. There is spiritual joy.

 

As reflected in my Meditation Note below

titled Joy, Happiness, and Peace – joy,

along with happiness and peace, is also

available on a daily basis as a result of

our personal spiritual connection with

God - where we live in harmony with our

own divinity, by being fully connected and

trusting in God. Let us today look for joy

from within, as we work to connect with

God and our own divinity.

 

Have a joyous day!

 

        JOY, HAPPINESS, AND PEACE

 

Experience the joy and abundance of your life,

the gifts that God has given you. All is provided

for you to ensure you live in perfect harmony

with your spirit. Become who you are meant

to become and realize this is just a step on the

path to the realization of full abundance.

 

Enjoy this step; enjoy the sights and sounds

and emotions of this phase of life. This is your

life now and must be fully appreciated

before moving on.

 

Live today in joy, happiness, and peace

surrounded by and assisted by the  support

of God in you – the divinity at the heart of

your soul. Feel the pleasure that only your

senses reflect - the sensual pleasure

of life.

 

Pay attention to the needs of others, their

fears, needs, and wants. Relate to their needs,

hopes, and struggles – empathize and you

will connect with their love.

 

All love requires the generation of love from

the start. Love draws love and to live in a loving

manner takes concentration and work. Do not

fear loss or rejection for in the spirit of love

all the world will come to you.

 

Understand that joy is the gift of love from God –

understand this way and it will bring you forward

if you are willing. Bring you forward to the joy,

happiness and peace of enlightenment.

 

Stay focused and lean on God for your direction

and guidance.

 

WITH LOVE, G. 

 

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Today I write this post after a long day at

work in D.C., which started with my driving

through the snow and ice of Fredericksburg,

to the train station, and now ends in the

crowded Virginia Rail commuter train car

after the cancellation of my usual, and much

more comfortable Amtrak train. This is real

life, and I am sure the others on this train

would agree with me, that joy is a difficult

emotion to manifest.

 

Some might say that to be joyful at these times,

when life does not work out as planned, would

not be enlightenment, but might more properly

border on temporary  insanity. Even so, I find

myself wondering what it would take to feel joy

at this moment.

 

 

First I would have to stop resisting what is really

happening to me at this time, giving up feeling

stressed because I didn’t get what I wanted. 

I would need to accept the situation, finding

some value in this experience, maybe the people

or the situation or how I can still sit here typing

in this cramped seat. And maybe, I need to think

of all the positive things that happened to me

today, working on gratitude for this life.

 

I am still a long way from joy, but I am moving

in the general direction. And this is what

happens when we stop resisting, accept our

lives, look for the message and meaning it

offers. This is what happens, when we change

the dissonance of our lives and choose to

listen for the harmony.

 

Perhaps, the Meditation Note from my ride

in this morning titled Perfect Harmony will

shed some light on what we may need to

accomplish in order to experience joy.

Hope this provides some insight.

 

                     PERFECT HARMONY

           

Joy manifests in your life when all aspects of your

life are in perfect harmony – authentic living,

full acceptance, a connection with God and

positive thought and spirit. Joy is the emotional

reflection of all forces moving in the intended

direction, moving  in unison, synchronized,

fully complimenting each other.

 

With joy there is no need for doubt or concern,

no room for negative interpretation – no room

for remorse. With joy there is the magic and

wonder of feeling fully alive and one with all

aspects of your life – synchronized living,

believing, and being.

 

When resistance or doubt or lack of enthusiasm

erupts look to this area and bring it in line.

Either accept the event or change your reaction

to it or find another way. For joy exists in unresisted 

movement – full manifestation and co-creation

with God, and trust in the positive intention of

the universe.

 

If life is dragging you through the day there

cannot be joy – only when you are fully co-creating

positive action, profound good, meaningful love

and kindness, and internal peace will you clear 

your soul to celebrate the true joy of living and

being.

 

Open you mind, heart, and soul to the full life

of joy that was always yours to receive.

Open to the joy.

 

WITH LOVE, G. 

 

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Joy is a powerful emotion representing

the feeling that exists, in my opinion, on the

emotional continuum beyond mere happiness

and right before bliss. Joy is an explosive,

emotional concept, one built on energy

and full experience.  Recent BMW ads state

that the car company is no longer selling a car,

but the experience of “joy." There is a sense

of momentum about the word, and you can

readily feel a since of adrenaline when you

contemplate the feeling.

 

The following Meditation Note tilted Full

Throttle, conveys how we might want to

approach life in order to move in the

neighborhood of joy. Full throttle, equals

full engagement - half hearted living is not

recommended. As you can see from this

meditation note, my guidance seems to be

trying to get me to put my foot on the gas,

to get going, to reeve it up, to get excited.

I am working on it.

  

                         FULL THROTTLE

 

Today reach for enthusiasm, full engagement,

and positive success by giving your all to each

challenge and project, expecting great success 

and full accomplishment. Do not enter the day

dragging, but instead, in celebration of the unique

nature of your mission, which lies in the service

of the greater good.

 

Stay connected – move adroitly – skillfully – bringing

the full thrust of your experience and competence

to bare.  Side-step your fear and plow into the lions

of the day knowing you have God on your side –

working with you – guiding you – protecting you. 

 

Stop resisting and move beyond acceptance to full

engagement – act and respond with care and concern –

jump in with both feet and participate. Do not hold

back – do not wish to be elsewhere – for this is the

where you are meant to be.

 

Make your guidance and spirituality work in this

forum – in this arena and be thrilled to participate. T

he world owes you nothing that you do not conceive.

Shake off the dust of despair and choose the power of

full life – engaged - energized and enthusiastic.

 

WITH LOVE, G. 

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Maybe,  just maybe, finding joy is all a matter

of how we view and interpret the world around

us. We often say, one man’s trash is another

man’s treasure. Think about how a starving

family in Haiti would interpret our lives.

Would they not think they were in heaven

and be overcome with joy and happiness?

Joy...happiness…peace may all be a matter

of interpretation, as noted in the Meditation

Note below titled As You See It.

 

This will close out our discussion on Joy.

Hope you enjoyed the discussion. Next week

I would like to move to finding God and God

consciousness.  All Aboard!!!

                                                                                                                                               

AS YOU SEE IT 

 

All of this, life, is as you see it, and is subject

to your interpretation. If you see happiness,

it is happy. If you see misery, it is miserable. 

All subject to your interpretation and definition.

Sentient life – conscious existence can only be

lived and experienced through the framework

of your mind and perception. Change the perception,

you impact the thinking involved and your

emotional response.

                                

The challenge lies in the fact that the mind – our

mind with its penchant for negative creative thought –

framing the worse case scenario at the center

of this interpretation. This mind could and does

interpret a neutral reality into a potential nightmare.

           

The God mind – divine mind within you, is available

to call you back to reason, seeing the completeness

and wonder in each moment, each event – good

or bad. Work to see your life and unfolding events

as gifts from God, if possible, accepting the learning

experience of each event and situation. Work with

positive interpretation – see joy –feel joy – have joy.

See happiness – feel happiness – have happiness.

           

The more your divine mind controls this interpretation,

the more at peaceful you will be – the more authentic,

real, and purposeful your interpretation. And when,

this is not possible  start with acceptance – accept and

do not resist. Work on your interpretations: for all of this,

is as you see it.

 

WITH LOVE, G.           

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I would like to end this week’s focus on God and

God consciousness emphasizing that our concept

of God might best be based on our personal relationship

with God rather than the perception of those who developed

their concepts three thousand years ago while sitting around

a campfire in the desert.

 

What compels me to keep searching and writing in this blog

is that my view of God is my personal interpretation and

yours is based on yours and they all are tenable. A billion 

visions of God all accurate all true. Only in our collective 

vision can take a small step in understanding the full 

dimension of God.

 

This said I offer you my final Meditation Note for this week

came to me the morning of Sunday 9.20.2009 titled

God Has A Choice. I hope you have found the discussion this

week worthwhile.

                                                          

              GOD HAS A CHOICE 

 

            God has a choice as you do.

 

            God is

 

                        Infinite wisdom

                        Infinite love

                        Infinite knowledge

                        Infinite caring

                        Infinite creativity

                        Infinite power

                        Infinite strength

                        Infinite will

                        Infinite growth

 

            God is fully aware of the potential of good and evil

            in the world – full knowledge of the positive and

            negative – of life and death –growth and stagnation.

           

            God understands these choices and fully understands

            the ramifications and outcomes and has chosen and

            always chooses love, creation, abundance, joy, peace,

            beauty and the creation of positive life based on divine

            awareness.        

 

            As the living part of God – not God but of God - you – me

             –we – all have the choice between the positive life force –

            and the negative life force.  What connects us to God is the

            capacity to make this choice – the capacity to understand

            that life flourishes in good – and life diminishes with

            non- good.    

 

 

            There is no punishment or negative reinforcement or

            direction from God – for in infinite wisdom God

            understands the consequences of our choices help 

            us learn, redirect, and make more loving choices.

 

           WITH LOVE, G.  

Daily Post On Enlightenment - 4/8/2010

I have been reviewing my meditative notes and I have realized that the

concept of Christ or Christ Consciousness is a frequent topic of instruction

or guidance. In many notes Christ is a model or example of the divinity

within but as in the note listed below, Christ is often presented as a living

force transcending time and permeating all life. At times it all makes sense

but often I am not sure what is being conveyed.  So here is a note titled the

Living Christ which directs us to the moment conception.

                                    

                                         Living Christ

 

Through the Living Christ reflect on the moment of conception.

The Living Christ is within each of us at the core of our psyche

 and our souls, the center of spiritual growth and development.

 

Within the Living Christ we can best comprehend the miracle

of creative birth and rebirth. Inside the explanation of conception

where all the manifested becomes real – firm – physical – we see

the essence of God.

 

We see the formation of life, existence breathing, and thriving

manifestation. Look for and reflect on the moments where dreams,

hopes, emotions, desires, and visualization find form and become

form. We owe our existence to these moments, to these expressions,

to these miracles. Look at your progress and reflect on the moment.

 

 

Stay Strong - Daily Post On Enlightenment - 5.19.10

On Friday, May 30, 2010 I had back surgery on my Lumbar stenosis

and have been recovering from the seven hour surgery ever since.

I have tried to avoid making this the focus of my posts since other

people’s surgery discussions get old very quickly in my opinion.

 

As you might suspect healing has been a key concept for me over the

past few weeks as I watch my scar heal and the pain slowly subside.

But the more I think about and watch my healing I realize what amazing

beings we are who have the ability to heal ourselves from within.

 

Also as I think about healing I realize that a great deal has do with my mental

condition and attitude. The day before the surgery I received this Meditation

Note titled Stay Strong that I would like to post as a reminder for myself

and maybe others who are healing now or planning surgery in the near future.

 

 

                                              Stay Strong

 

Stay strong! Stay powerful! Stay affirmative! Stay positive and know

your vision with God’s hand will bring you to total health, revitalization,

and rejuvenation. Envision a fast recovery, healing and recuperation –

see your Doctor’s sit in wonder and self pride as you quickly get up

and walk – balanced – sure footed and capable of full life.

 

Marvel at the painless nature of your healing – how you feel full of

energy and are ready to move forward in a short time. Know that God

has always had a plan for you and this opens up your ability to succeed

and make your dreams realities – enabling you to present to the world a

vibrant healthy soul fixed by the grace of God and modern medicine.

 

Let all your fears and negative thoughts be cleared away and be replaced

by affirmative power based thoughts full of positive outcomes – success

and wonders to behold. This is your chance to clear away the damage of

the old life without God and show the vitality of the new life with God.

 

All is well; all is as it should be. Know God is with you at all times and

live – enjoy – celebrate the possibilities – the chance to spread the

story and celebrate life!

My Heartlight Experience - Daily Post On Enlightenment - 7.9.2010

Daily Posts On Enlightenment will feature poems, prayers, affirmations, thoughts 

and meditative guidance that I would like to share on a daily basis as I take my 

time writing the next chapter of my book – Finding God On The Train.

 

                                 My Heartlight Experience

The Heartlight has been a central theme in my meditative 

guidance over the past three years commuting to DC via the 

train. Yesterday I mentioned that the meditation guidance I 

received last week concerning the “divine self” referred to 

my already having seen the Heartlight and I said I would 

comment in my next post.

It was New Years Eve Day morning, 2007, and I was attending a

group meditation sponsored by Unity Church that tied into

an international World Prayer/ Meditation Event for Peace

with people from all over the world participating at the same

time or at least the same day. Ann and I got up early so we 

could get there at 7am - the coordinated start time for the event.

Since we were running late we agreed to eat after the event, 

which was to last about 45 minutes. As I walked out the door 

I remembered my blood pressure medicine and took it.

    

The room being used for the meditation was too small and

twenty of us packed into a room that could comfortably fit

about ten. In true Unity tradition this would be a guided

meditation with our pastor, Rev. Carolyn doing the guiding

while music played in the background. I worked to shake off

my general feeling of claustrophobia. Rev. Carolyn, who is a

master of guided meditation, quickly put me into a deep

meditative state. 

    

We started by visualizing the earth from outer space and moving

in on the planet until we saw our country, region, state, and

finally our town. I am not usually good at visualizing but I could

see every detail in clear color, starting in outer space and slowly

moving towards earth as if in a slow moving space vehicle planning

to land. For me it was amazing and somewhat frightening

at the same time.

    

As I came down to the local frame I could see thousands of figures

who were like black shadows moving through a black and white

landscape. Each figure was connected with a white beam of light

that came from their chest and were connected to the person

closest to them. At this level there were no identities just 

vibrational shadows connected by beams of light. I was overcome 

with a sense of joy and pure peace. Afterwards I would describe 

to those who asked about the experience that I saw these shadows

connected by lights from their hearts. This was my first experience 

with what my meditative guidance would in the future refer to as

the Heartlight.

    

I moved in closer and found myself projected into a variety of

locations around the world all amazingly vivid, as if I was there

observing the scene standing right next to the people in

the vision. My first stop was on a mountaintop that looked like

it could be in Afghanistan and I joined a group of bearded men

in robes who were nestled around a large machine gun aimed

at the valley below. They were talking and laughing as the light

of dawn peaked above the horizon. I knew they were soldiers

ready to do battle for what they believed to be a worthy cause. 

    

Then I felt myself traveling to the next stop which was a dirty

street illuminated by broken street lamps. Later I would think

it looked like a street scene in Brazil especially given the chaotic

crowd of children and teenagers – some shoeless – others just

ragged and worn out as they searched through large trash bins.

Again I felt as if I was there with them but they could not see me. 

    

The speed of my experiences quickened as I moved around the world

with a stop in a plush palace where I listened while a general told

what looked like a president or leader that there was no way to

avoid a war. As I moved quicker I started to feel nauseous and

open my eyes and tried to muster the energy to leave the room

but was sucked back into the movement.

    

After some time I heard my name being called through the distance

and I started to fight to regain consciousness. As my eyes opened my

Ann was facing Rev. Carolyn holding her hands and crying. Someone

standing near me was trying to take my pulse. It was a Physician 

Assistant who belonged to the church and in relief said, my God I

feel a pulse.

    

When I regained full consciousness I was told that a few of my

fellow meditators including Ann had heard me take a strange

gasp of airand I seemed to stop breathing. As they tried to revive

me, Ann fell on her knees and began to pray with Rev. Carolyn 

for me to come back to life. Others called for the emergency 

squad.  Ann and many of the others admitted that they thought

I had died during the meditation. The emergency squad took my 

blood pressure and it was so low they took me to the hospital.

I was released about three hours later when I stabilized.

Ok, what really happened? As I said some in the room firmly

contend, including Ann, that I had died and been revived.  To 

this day Ann feels fear when she meditates with me. A few 

thought I had experienced Astral Projection and had left my body

to travel the world only to return to full life when finished. 

My doctor, Dr. Lillis, who is also an expert on meditation, said 

that it is a common  occurrence for blood pressure to drop 15 to

20 points during a deep meditation. His opinion was the deep 

meditation combined with my taking blood pressure medicine on 

an empty stomach drastically lowered my pressure and I lost 

consciousness. He does agree this could be fatal if your pressure

was already low when you started the meditation. 

    

I am not sure what really happened but I will never forget 

the Heartlight and my journey around the world. A few days

later I was riding on the train to work and struggling with

meditating, as I often did in the beginning, when I received

my first meditative guidance and soon after received the

direction to write Finding God On The Train. 

 

Nothing has been the same since.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Peace, Power, Purpose - Meditation Note - Daily Post On Enlightenment - 8.20.10

 

 

Purposeful action centers on understanding and following

your authentic purpose in life, which I consider your divine

calling. Even with this the road to enlightenment requires

more based on the Meditation Guidance below titled

Peace, Power, Purpose, which adds peace and power to

purposeful action to make up the three P’s of enlightenment.

 

                   Peace, Power, Purpose

  

Follow the three P’s as you progress down the Crystal Path.

Peace, Power, and Purpose are the linchpins of enlightenment –

they are the three legs of the stool on which we will sit and

go forward.

 

First Peace, peace in your mind at rest and your ego in check

or in cooperation. A peace centered in this “now” free of the

weight of baggage from the past or fears of the future. Peace

to sit still and do nothing or peace while still being active and

creating. The peace that passes all understanding.

 

Next is Power. The power of co-creation and belief in your

ability to manifest the life of your dreams into reality or form.

Power based on the strength of will and your belief in the

Law of Right Action and the positive force of God. Power to

create – creative energy fueled by a focused unencumbered

mind.

 

Then Purpose – your authentic true purpose based on your

divine calling – the purpose that has brought you to this place,

this moment. Understand the purpose fueled again by yours

and God’s energy to create good in the world – to assist others

on the path to a full and perfect life.  Fulfill this purpose and

you will fulfill your life.

 

Meditate of these three words and understand that they

are the foundation of enlightenment and a full life

through God.

 

Peace! Power! Purpose! 

 

 

AFFIRM YOU ARE WORTHY - Meditation Guidance - Daily Post On Enlightenment - 8.28.10

 

 

I was reading Wayne Dyer’s blog yesterday and he offered a

wonderful post on feeling worthy. As I was doing my post

yesterday and reviewing my journals I ran across Meditation

Guidance I received during my commute of February  29, 2008

tiled Affirm You Are Worthy.

 

As you can see my guidance is specific to my past and my issues

but I think as you read it will be evident that the lack of worthiness

comes from the past and all its demons we continue to drag around

with us. Today is a good day to reaffirm your worthiness and become

ready to receive.

 

                              Affirm You Are Worthy

Affirm your worthiness – that you are worthy – worthy of

love, success, of your position, of a brilliant future, of happiness,

of divinity. This is your challenge, your obstacle, and your

nemesis.

 

At the heart of the issue are the life situations that have

happened to you and you use these to prove you are not

worthy, not good enough, do not measure up. At the root

of the issue is your belief that you are not lovable.

 

Lack of self worth is the central igniter of all doubt and

fear. You may feel you are not worthy of the blessings

of life and what you currently have now is a fragile fluke

built on shifting sands.

 

All those in the past have been helping you realize that

self worth is self-determined. You have determined that

the trauma of your early life is a result of your unworthiness.

You are of no value because no one valued you enough to

provide a safe life for you. You are constantly replaying

this scenario to repeatedly prove you lack worth.

 

Your torments and tortures have been spirits attempt

to let you see that your “worth” is spirit based – that as

a child of the most high God you are worthy of the blessings

of life. You play out this drama with the mothers and fathers

of your world bringing about unworthy conflicts so you can

deal with the issue. Each time you fail – and instead of

resolving the issue continue to regenerate and relive the

unworthiness passion play.

 

Your torments were perfect solutions to your developmental

needs – the test is your value and worthiness. Stop the play

and know you are worthy – believe and it will be so.

 

Say – “I am worthy of love, success, and a full life with God’s blessing”. 

 

NOE G. 8.28.2010                 

Name Change and Prepared For Your Destiny - Meditative Guidance - Daily Post On Enlightenment - 8.29.10

 

You may have noticed a slight name change for the blog and the book.

The phrase Notes on Enlightenment has been added to the title. The

new title is Notes On Enlightenment – Finding God On The Train and

some may be wondering why make the change at this time. This is a

good question and I would like to answer.

 

I am holding a somewhat crumpled, three by five card with lines titled

Goal and in right hand corner is a handwritten date in black ink “12/27/07”

with these words hand printed on the card:

                                     

                       Write and publish a book of poetry,

                          prose, and affirmations titled

                        “Notes On Enlightenment”.                           

 

This had come to me as meditative guidance and after a week long one

sided discussion with God, where I brilliantly stated my case that I was

not the person to do this job, I wrote this one sentence goal and my life

changed forever. As time progressed I kept my promise, began writing

and set up this blog to keep me focused. God cooperated and I have

received close to two hundred pages of poems, prayers, affirmations,

affirmative thoughts, and meditative guidance on my commute from

Fredericksburg , VA to Washington D.C.

 

But having an MBA and years of “business experience” I thought

I needed a better name. Ann agreed and suggested “Finding God On

The Train” and I thought it was great and still do. But during the past

month I have been thinking that I had been instructed to title the book

Notes On Enlightenment and I should change the name for the book

and the blog. So here is my compromise: Notes On Enlightenment –

Finding God On The Train.  

 

Thanks for listening. Today I feel that I should offer the following

Meditative Guidance tilted Prepared For Your Destiny. It also reminds

me that there is a plan for me and I should follow it.  In reality there is

a plan for each one of us that we need to ascertain and work to follow.

 

                         Prepared For Your Destiny

 

The way has been prepared for your destiny – fully laid out

and ready for you to live through and become the final you –

the authentic you - the messenger. The way has been prepared –

simply step forward. Keep moving and allow the inertia of forward

motion to carry you to the moment – to the crossroads where all of

this is revealed and makes complete sense to you.

 

Forget the pain, the frustration, the worry and release it into the

world – it is not for you – it is not your calling. Follow the path

of personal connection with God – this is your message – this is

your mission. The power of the words will move through you and

be revealed to you.

 

Do not screen them through your ego’s reality but allow the

divine connection to guide you along the path. Certainly

there are times when your ego sees no reason for the

struggle but your ego is not directing this show. Your ego

travels with you on the journey like a stubborn child looking

for the fulfillment of its needs.

 

This journey will become more intense and magical as you

move forward – suspend judgment and move along with

It on the path to your destiny.

 

The way has been prepared!

 

 

Strength, Power, Poise, and Purpose - Meditative Guidance - Notes On Enlightenment 8.31.10

As I move forward with writing this book I am evolving and learning

especially as I question my direction and ask God for guidance.

For instance the title is evolving and being clarified, going from

Finding God On The Train to Notes on Enlightenment – Finding

God On The Train to my latest title  Notes On Enlightenment –

Finding God On My Commute which I feel may be more descriptive

of what has actually occurred in the past three years.

 

I have also decided to move into Part Two of the book, which will

focus on what I have learned from God during my commute over

the past three years, organizing my Meditative Guidance by the

major messages being conveyed. These topics have bubbled up

from my blog posts and make up the topics that have been the

most impactful. As I write each chapter I will include it in a major

post.

 

The first chapter in Part Two will focus on finding and accepting

our spiritual nature or essence, enabling us to live our “authentic

purposeful life” now. In this message I will focus on God’s direction

regarding  becoming who we are meant to become and overcoming

our own fears, doubts, and negative life patterns that may keep

us from creating our heaven on earth. Over the past few weeks

I have offered a number of Affirmative Thoughts and Meditative

Guidance centered on purposeful life and action, which will

be the basis for this discussion.

 

Below I expand this discussion with the ingredients for living a

positive life.

 

               Strength, Power, Poise, and Purpose

Strength, Power, Poise, and Purpose are the ingredients for

positive living – fully authentic and able to meet the challenges

needed to succeed at any endeavor. Work on these attributes

during your meditations and prayers – envision yourself fully

in command of each – ready to co-create your dreams, your

heaven on earth.

 

To have Strength is the first attribute and it is required for 

tackling issues in life – life challenges – but it is more important

in overcoming your fears, confronting your ego, dealing

with your doubts. Inner strength requires that you can take

the negative opinion of others and not be persuaded by

their direction or pathos.

 

Tapping into your Power is knowing your divine center and

being able to harness the energy - the energy of creation,

the energy of an active God in the world. You have this power

within if only you can clear away the things that zap and

dissipate  your power – lack of courage – fear – trying to please

others. Seize your divine power and come to God in prayer

and meditation to rejuvenate your energy and reconnect with

your power.

 

All of this needs Poise as the underlying structure. You are

poised when you are confident, self assured, and know you

can handle whatever challenge awaits. Poised in the way you

talk, walk, think and present yourself. You must be sure you will

be graceful, confident, and knowing.

 

Purpose – the mission you are on must be clearly defined so

all actions are purposeful actions that are in alignment with

your authentic self – your divine purpose  - the reason you

were born into this spiritual life. The Purpose needs to drive

you forward, clear the way, and keep you on track. You must

be willing to forsake all for this purpose – be willing to continue

without reinforcement or rewards.

 

With Strength, Power, Poise, and Purpose you are ready –

you are invincible – you are blessed.

Perfect Authentic Life - Meditative Guidance - Daily Post On Enlightenment - 9.2.10

After all my debate regarding the name for the blog and the book I

have decided to stay with Finding God On The Train and simply add

Notes On Enlightenment after a hyphen. So the new title is now

Finding God On The Train – Notes On Enlightenment and I promise

to end this preoccupation with names.

 

My energies are directed to organizing and writing Part Two of the

book, which will focus on finding and accepting our true spiritual nature

or essence, enabling us to live our “authentic purposeful life” now. In this

message I will focus on God’s direction regarding becoming who we are

meant to become by overcoming our own fears, doubts, and negative

life patterns that may keep us from creating our heaven on earth.

 

As I am busy determining what to include and how to format, I will continue

featuring Meditative Guidance in my posts that I am considering for this

chapter. The note below titled Perfect Authentic Life is from August 13,

2008 and was one of my first communications referring to an “authentic

life”. As the note below conveys I believe God is our coach and will do

whatever is needed to help us achieve our perfect life if we are willing

to participate.

                             

                                                     Perfect Authentic Life

As a creation of God you are able to obtain a Perfect Life. The qualities

of God exist within you and the potential for God perfection is your essence

and birthright. Perfect Life is authentic life. It was the life you were designed

to live, the life that will reveal your full potential. Perfect Life exists and is

within your grasp if you reveal the true message – the guidance that leads

you to this existence.

 

Listen to your inner voice – your divine soul and understand where it is

calling you. Where you are now may be close or not, but do not despair.

The movement toward perfect authentic life is a force that will prepare

the way if you let it. Listen and understand.

 

Frustration, anxiety, and despair are all indications that you are on the

wrong path or need adjustment. All you need to do is stop resisting, take

in the lesson and understand what is lacking.  Look towards your joy

or excitement. Envision the perfect life –role play - dream and let these

expressions reveal it to you.

 

You are on the road to your perfect authentic Life. Move in this direction

and prepare when needed. Be honest and willing to risk what is needed –

be willing to work and adapt.

 

Work with the divinity within you to reveal your destiny.

Follow Your Gut - Meditative Guidance - Daily Post On Enlightenment - 9.12.10

At times there are many competing voices is our heads and it is hard to

determine which one to follow. Today I received this meditation

guidance in the note below.

 

                                    Follow Your Gut

 

Today and every day follow your “gut” – the divine guidance

directing you to your original thought and divine nature.

Your gut reaction is the true path communicated to you

through emotion and will be the clear path to success, joy,

and happiness. Never doubt your inspiration and let this

gut inspiration lead you to the destination of your dreams.

 

When you doubt your basic instincts and guidance your ego

is interfering – interjecting fear and doubt and moving you

to the solution that will make others happy as if that was

possible. At these time say – I am connected to God and follow

my divine guidance and move forward with belief and strength.

 

Connected and fully attuned to God and your divine self you

are invincible – fully ready and prepared to create the life

of your dreams – ready to evolve into the authentic you.

Ego based fear, doubt, and lack of confidence must be cleared

away with perfect belief.

 

So follow your gut and follow divine guidance created and

manifested for greater good. Do not seek advice and approval

of others, only yourself and know you with God are your best

coach – your perfect guide – your true path.

 

NOE 9.12.10 9:15 AM

 

Alive - Meditation Guidance - Daily Post On Enlightenment - 9.22.10

                   

Today while I was mediating I was overcome with the joy of being

alive. Just being alive! Since January of 2007 I have survived three

major operations that could of ended my life, including a neck 

fusion, a lumbar fusion and the removal of a Pituitary brain

tumor. Today I am healthy, still moving and feeling stronger than

ever. But more than this is the wonder of being blessed to do this

work and live with the presence of God. So this Meditative Guidance

from a cold, overcast March morning in 2009 came to me and I

would like to share it with you.

 

                                            Alive

 

Alive. I am alive. You are alive. We are alive and all of us are

alive together. The joy of being alive fills us and surrounds us.

The breath – the breath of life nourishes us and gives us the gift

of the next moment.  Alive we feel experience - create – love

and evolve into full existence. Alive we experience life –reveal its

beauty – wonder at its complexity – marvel at its creative force.

 

To be alive in human form is a miracle of manifestation beyond

human comprehension. Being alive is the culmination of God’s

outstretched consciousness – God’s reach into the infinite –

God’s imagination of full existence.  God’s manifestation of

aliveness giving physical and spiritual form to existence.

Alive God created the sensors, experiences, and the livers of

life – alive with emotion, sensation, and the ability to fully

utilize the gift of creation. 

 

Watch your fingers write these words – see your surroundings –

feel the train seat – hear the sound of the train wheels on the 

track –smell the air – feel the warmth – enjoy the show – enjoy 

the life – only available by being alive. Enjoy being alive! 

Understand the significance of the pure pleasure that has been 

given you.

 

Celebrate being alive today!

NOE 3.11.2009

Today I AM Series - Meditative Guidance - Daily Post On Enlightenment - 10.2.10

 

I have been looking for a way to structure all of the guidance that I receive from

God and be able to provide a simple framework for the message I am trying to

convey on the blog and in the book. I often use the Meditative Guidance listed

below titled Today I AM,  which I received on a Friday, February 8, 2008 morning

train commute to D.C., as a daily affirmation. As I was reading it this morning I

realized it really conveyed the entire message. If I truly lived each element below I

would approach and embody the “I AM” within. For the next series of daily posts  I

would like to take one line at a time and reflect on the message. So here we go –

please review and let me know what you think.

 

                Today I AM 

 

Today I am the living spirit of God.

Today I am powerful

Today I am successful.

Today I am loving, kind, and at peace.

Today I can accomplish anything, be anything,

             create anything.

Today I am the anointed child of God.

Today I am confident, bold, and sincere.

Today I am connected to source, one with source,

            guided by source.

Today I am knowledgeable, valuable, purposeful.

Today I see the vision of my purpose.

Today that purpose comes to life.

Today I am connected to my spirit guide.

Today I am the best lover, boss, spiritual seeker possible.

Today I am all I wish to be.

Today I create the world of joy.

Today I am happy.

Today I am joyful.

Today I am blessed.

Today I am all these things and more.

NOE 2.8.2008 7:45AM

 

Living Spirit Of God - Today I AM Series - Daily Post On Enlightenment - 10.3.1-

 

This is the first in my series of posts focused on the Today I AM Meditation Guidance I featured in my post yesterday. I would like to start with the opening line: Today I am the living spirit of God. As I explained yesterday my rationale for doing this was the feeling that if I truly lived each element listed in this note I would approach and embody the “I AM” within.  As I was conjuring up all of this yesterday the following meditation note arrived which I believe amplifies and defines being the “living spirit of God.

                

 

                             Ever Evolving Whole

We are each the individual expressions of an ever evolving

whole creating and becoming, forming new the energy of an

expanding consciousness breathing each breath – formless –

faceless but alive – always striving – always conceiving –

always being more.

 

Our acts of individual creation nourish the whole - pushing

our boundaries and the limits of the whole. The power of

this creative force is love – the love of initiative – of

boundlessness forever reforming, multiplying the collective

energy of all humankind – all existing life.

 

We are truly the living spirit of consciousness – bursting

forth in an infinite variety of magnificence. We are one

and living in this whole – the true living spirit of God.

 

NOE 10.2.2010  9:15 AM

Unified Universal Force - Living Spirit Of God - Today I AM Series - 10.4.10

 

Yesterday I started this series of daily posts with the opening line of theToday I AM meditation note I posted on Sunday - Today I am the living spirit of God. Yesterday I expanded on this theme using a note titled Ever Expanding Whole and my plan was to move on to the next line. But as I prepared for today’s post I felt like I needed to continue discussing and amplifying what the “living spirit of God” actually means. So I am going to stay on this line for a few days and offer some additional guidance and see if I can add to the clarity and hopefully discover how to cover in the book. The meditation note below titled Unified Universal Force describes the ever expanding and living consciousness of God as a force beyond comprehension encompassing a unified life.

 

 

                         Unified Universal Force 

 

Always connected to God you are encompassed in a

force beyond all comprehension – a force consisting of

the creative energy of all life and matter in the universe

directed towards empowerment, growth, and continued

creation. This unified force of all universal life and form

is connected and made one by the love of God. For God is

all of this life force and more - so much more that we

cannot comprehend.

  

Unified life is the connection of all existence within God –

a blade of grass in a universal field of intention and

growth. As a human being  you have this connection to

divinity – you are a part of a magnificent growing and

expanding energy of God. Within this connection you can 

 become part of God and move towards the qualities of

God like Abraham,  Moses, Jesus, Buddha and Mohammad

who became more like God as they acquired the divine 

 nature within.

 

You can never become God for a part of the whole 

cannot become the whole that it is part of. Jesus

moved to this God nature – divine nature - and

obtained a power over the forces of creative life.

This connection to the unity of all life is the creative

connection behind the laws of attraction – all co-creation.

 

Unified with all as a facet of God- you have the power to be

like God and create a heaven on earth through love, positive

thought, and centered emotion.

 

You are connected to the power and love of God!

 

NOE 4.11.2010  9:00 AM

 

I AM Powerful - Today I AM Series - Meditative Guidance - Daily Post On Enlightenment - 10.5.10

           

Today I would like to continue with our focus on the Today I AM affirmative meditation note I introduced on Sunday. Our first stop was the Today I am the living spirit of God. As you know the phrase  “I AM” is used to signify God and carries a unique power in and of itself. Christian Larson, New Thought writer and pioneer of the early 1900’s in his book Your Forces And How To Use Them underscores the significance of using the I Am statement in affirmations to signify your supreme self and your connection to God.

 

For the post today I would like to move to the next line:

 

Today I AM Powerful.           

 

Much of my work centers on the powerful nature of a direct connection with God. Spiritual Confidence is at the heart of believing in your innate power to co-create the life of your dreams through God. First you need to have the confidence that your thoughts and actions will lead to the desired result that you have told the universe you want and need. This requires that you have confidence in the Law of Attraction and that when you make a request it will be manifested. It also requires that you have confidence in yourself and your abilities to make this happen in real life.

 

The Meditation Note below titled Power of Confidence underscores the essence and significance of confidence and its power to make good happen in your life. Since being powerful has so many important aspects I will do a number of posts on this theme. 

 

                       Power of Confidence 

 

There is strength and power in confidence – being sure of

what you are doing, the decisions you make, and the

divine support each day. Avoid the fear and second

guessing that is a by - product of your ego. Know if

you made this decision in co-creation with God that

you are moving in the proper direction and can handle

anything that occurs.  Know that you are an extremely

capable and skilled person who has an abundance of

talents that you bring to every life situation.

 

Trust in God and yourself and know all is working as

planned – as God moves the world to create your positive

thoughts. Fear and surrender only breed negative

outcomes as the world brings you your fearful desires.

 

Each day say this –

           

       “ I am a positive, self-confident child of God

          capable of great things now and in the future.”

 

Do not let others provide an interpretation of your life –

know your life is a magnificent creation worthy of praise?

Look at all you have done and know God will do much more

if you can become bold and self assured. Move forward

today knowing you are ready to tackle the obstacles and

become your dreams.

 

NOE 4.14.2010  7:40 AM

 

Today I AM Successful - Today I AM Series - Daily Post On Enlightenment - 10.6.10

Today I would like to continue with our focus on the Today I AM affirmative meditation note I introduced on Sunday. Our first stop was the Today I AM the living spirit of God. Yesterday we did Today I AM Powerful and although I was going to spend a few days on the Powerful topic I have decided to move on to “Successful” after I wrote the following note for Ann this morning.

 

                        Greater Good

 

Today let us trust in the love and glory of God for

            positive outcomes trusting that in the end

only good will occur – only good will prevail.

 

Today let us be willing to take the leap of faith

            in all we do and create and know the result

will be the perfect result – knowing God will gently

            guide us always to our good and better position.

 

Today let us remind ourselves to trust in the love of

            God and all divine assistance that supports us

and move in confidence that all dreams, desires,

            and efforts will be successful and positive.

 

Today let us fly with confidence living fully

            and joyously.

 

So Today I AM Successful! As outlined in the Meditative Note below I believe this "success” occurs when we live our perfect life, which is our authentic life –the life we were designed to live.

 

                                  Perfect Life

  

As a creation of God you are able to obtain a Perfect Life.

The qualities of God exist within you and the potential

for God perfection is your essence and birthright.

 

Perfect life is authentic life. It is the life you are designed

to live, the life that will reveal your full potential. Perfect

life exists and is within your grasp if you reveal the true

message – the guidance that leads you to this existence.

 

Listen to your inner voice – your God soul and understand

where it is calling you. Where you are now may be close or

not, but do not despair. The movement toward authentic

perfect life is a force that will prepare the way if you let it.

Listen and understand.

 

Frustration, anxiety, and despair are all indications that you

are on the wrong path or need adjustment. All you need to

do is stop resisting, take in the lesson and understand what

is lacking or not. Look towards your joy or excitement.

Envision the perfect life, role- play, dream and let the

expression reveal it to you.

 

You are on the road to the authentic perfect Life. Move

in this direction and prepare when needed. Be honest

and willing to risk what is needed – be willing to work

and adapt.

 

Work with the divinity within you to reveal your destiny.

 

NOE 8.13.2008  8:00 AM

 

I Can Accomplish, Be, Or Create Anything - Today I AM Series - Daily Post On Enlightenment - 10.11.10

 

 

Today I can accomplish anything, be anything, create anything.

This is line five of the affirmative note I posted on 10.2.10 to start off this series. To fully believe you can accomplish, be, or create anything is a position of ultimate power. I would like to offer the meditative note below that is focused on this power.

                              

                            The Power To Create

 

You have the power to create into form or experience

any thought, dream, desire, emotion or vision. You have

the innate capacity for co-creation through God and the

Law of Attraction – or Law of Mind Action or any label

you wish to give it. For God has given each of us the

capacity to create and become what is held in thought.

Clarity of thought is essential for the development of the

life you wish to manifest. Negative thoughts will also

attract negative outcomes so you must not focus on the

reasons why your dreams cannot be brought to life.

 

The Power to Create is on-going, always working, and

never stops.  Practice focusing and training your mind

to create a need, desire, or want. Watch how the world

will deliver this wish. Focus your mind on the desired result

you wish to manifest and prove the action.

 

This is the reason you must constantly inventory your

thoughts to ensure you are thinking positive affirmative

thoughts. If not change the direction by clearing your

mind and focusing your breath until your mind is clear.

Then start again working to reset your thoughts and

clear the slate.

 

Test the power you have to create by focusing on

one unlikely positive wish and seeing if it manifests

into your reality.

 

It will!

NOE 4.16.10 7:20AM 

 

I AM the Anointed Child Of God - Today I AM Series - Daily Post On Enlightenment - 10.14.10

          

I would like to return to the Today I AM affirmative note series I introduced on my blog post of 10.2.10. We have covered five lines of the affirmation so far and now turn to line six:

             Today I AM the anointed child of God.

When I first transcribed this meditation note I wondered about the word “anointed” and I had the feeling I had watched one too many Joel Osteen services. Joel uses the phrase “anointed child of God” repeatedly and it is very effective for him but what does it really mean to be “anointed”. Webster defines anoint as “to put oil on in a ceremony of consecration” and defines consecrate as “to set apart as holy, make sacred”.

Going back to one of the pioneers of New Thought, Charles Fillmore and his dictionary of metaphysical terms – The Revealing Word – Fillmore clarifies that to be the anointed of God you are “one who is conscious of the real spiritual outpouring from the source of his being; a consecrated person”.

But how has God anointed us? As I researched through my other writings I kept being drawn to this note I have listed below titled Grace Within The Now. Possibly what we receive as the “anointed children of God”, whether we want it or not, is the grace of God. This grace appears to be our “anointed” ability to co-create our lives with and through God. What do you think?

 

                         Grace Within The Now

 

The grace of God is in this moment now – in this sliver of

present where each breath is newly formed and delivered

into the world. In this moment where the thought of

movement becomes movement. In the space of a clear mind

alive in the present now God Waits knowing we must work to

shake off the exploits of the ego – that focuses our attention

on the what ifs and the projections of a crisis ahead. Clear

the ego – clear the mind and focus on meeting God in this

space of now – the material of the universe – alive and

energized in the moment.

 

The grace of God – the abundance of God – the co-creation

of God happens in this place of centered nowness – all you

have asked waits for you to align to this place in spirit –and

there all you have asked for waits. This is the place where

the ego is made silent by the sound of the breath in

celebration – it cannot exist in the clarity of this now –

for real truth is alive here with the grace of God – the God

within waits for you to find the channel – to find the

connection unhindered by the static of the ego.

 

Be and live fresh in the now through mindfulness and

focus on the breath. Practice, practice with each moment

of life until you exist unhindered – in this moment. Then the

grace of God will meet you in this moment with all you have

co-created – with your manifested abundance.

 

NOE 7.24.10 7:24AM 

 

Where's The Joy? - Meditation Guidance - Daily Post On Enlightenment - 11.2.10

     

    As I mentioned yesterday this week my blog will focus on “Joy” as I finish writing my major book post titled Finding Joy to be included in Part Two of Finding God On The Train – The Book.

     On my blog in February, I published a series of five Daily Posts On Enlightenment featuring  - Joy. To help refresh your memory I have set up a category called Finding Joy and have listed these joy related posts for easy reference. This week I would like to present some new material and finish off reviewing a few meditative notes from my commute that I have not previously published.  By the end of the week I plan to publish the Finding Joy - major book post on the blog.           

    In the meditation guidance below Joy is described as the  “full enjoyment and enthusiasm for existence” and we are asked a very key question that we needs to answered everyday -“Where is the Joy”?  Reminds me of those now ancient Burger King commercials where the dear old grandmother snarls – “Where’s the beef”?

        For me it is often that life does not meet my expectations – I am expecting a different outcome than what I am experiencing my life. These desired outcomes can be something I expect now or can be a future need that must be achieved before I will really be happy.

     It is often this fixation on a planned or dreamed of outcome that leaves us in misery. When Gandhi was asked to sum up his life he said it in three words - “renounce and enjoy”. He went on to explain that the person who is utterly detached and utterly dedicated is free to enjoy life. If we are compulsively attached to the results of action we cannot really enjoy what we are doing; we are downcast when things do not work out as planned and cling more desperately when the do.

    Are we teaming with our egos to cheat ourselves out of the joy of life?

 

                                    Where's The JOY

 

Joy – find the joy in your life – live with joy – full spirited

life in full motion.  Ask, “Where is the joy”? Have you

lost the joy? Why is it not present? Why are you living

a life without joy? The key to life is joy and peace –

this is the connection with God - full enjoyment and

enthusiasm for existence.

 

There is joy in all things, pleasure in all situations, but

you must look deep. Are you the block – are you

resisting this existence? Without joy there is only

resistance, stress, and decay. Joy is the fuel of life –

the breath of God – the full force of spirit.

Let the God guide you forward.

 

What is holding back your joy – from the full pleasure

of life – the internal God energy? Breathe deeply and

move away from your mind, from obligations, from

worry. Clear out the fears and resistance. Go back to

the center – to spirit within and focus only on breathing

in the oneness of life. 

 

This is where to start the movement to joy.

 

NOE 9.16.2008 7:40AM

 

 

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This week I have focused on the emotion, or maybe

better put, the pure elation of “Joy”, as I write a post

on the topic to be included in Part Two – The Message

of my book Finding God On The Train – Notes On

Enlightenment.  

 

I have received frequent meditative guidance

regarding “Joy” as God tries to help me see the point;

life should be full of joy. I also have been reviewing

my blog posts from February and I have set up as

a category labeled FINDING JOY ywhere these

posts are compiled.

 

What I realized is that to “Awake In Joy” - as the

Meditation Guidance listed below is tilted - we

must create a joyful life through purposeful action -

ensuring the following have all been considered:

 

• Control of our minds and the reframing of our 

consciousness, especially managing our egos;

 

• Connection with God by recognizing and

        listening to the divinity within each of us;

 

• Focus on self empowerment and enhancement

        of self esteem -  learn to believe in ourselves and

trust in God;

 

• Clarify what we want and establish clear goals;

 

• Discover our authentic selves and live a

        purposeful life - follow our bliss, our passion –

        do what we love and enjoy;

 

• Accept and optimize the lives we are living now  -

learn to enjoy every action even the most

mundane;

 

• Avoid being focused on fixed outcomes - enjoy

       the journey wherever it leads.

 

I have realized that “Joy” appears, as we move

forward on the path of our own spiritual awakening

and enlightenment, evolving to the point where we

are able to experience the joy from every day existence.

As stated below – “ a joyous life is the ordinary

envisioned and lived as extraordinary."

 

What are your thoughts?

 

AWAKE IN JOY

 

Awake in joy! Live this day as if joy has taken over

all of the cells, muscles, and fibers of your physical

form. What is joy except the celebration of the wonder

of life?  A joyous life is not spectacular or out of

the ordinary, it is rather the ordinary envisioned

and lived as extraordinary.

 

Ask if what you are feeling is joy? You may say

this is impossible in your world of demands and

expectations. I say, this is where joy must reside,

in the un-joyous.

 

Clear your vision and see the full life worthy of

celebration. Do not be set back because you have

tasks to complete – these tasks can bring you joy.

 

You are alive and watching the sun move with

the train. This “now” is a unique now for you.

It is full of possibility and spirit. Move with 

the now and release your desire to control.

In this flow is the reality of God working in 

your life. The presence of God moving you

through the day.

 

Relax the apprehension and flow with the

spirit of life and joy. Cherish the moments,

the interactions, and the pleasure of being 

alive and creating. This way you create joy

for yourself and others.

 

Awake in joy! Live in a consciousness of good.

 

NOE G. 8.5.2008 7:25AM

 

WITH LOVE, G.

 

Finding Meaning - Meditation Guidance - Daily Post On Enlightenment - 11.11.10

 

A key to living an Authentic Purposeful Life is finding meaning in

our lives. I believe on both a spiritual and human plane life is a

quest for meaning – a search for purpose – an answer to the “why”

of existence and in the end, this answer, is a catalyst for infusing

a sense of mission into living. This meaning and the resulting

mission allow us to obtain the most from life.

 

As a young business professional I was introduced to a form

of corporate goal setting called Management By Objectives –

M.B.O.’s - which on an annual basis reflected what we would do

personally and as a team to accomplish our corporate goals

which, in turn reflected the organizations mission and vision. 

 Now all competitive organizations clearly follow some sort of

goal setting process.

 

Since clarity of goals is essential for all purposeful action,

I am proposing that we all establish L.B.O.’s – Life By Objectives

and set up clear operational life goals based on our purpose and

mission to ensure we attain an Authentic Purposeful Life.

 

This has been a big day for messages regarding “meaning”.

Meditating this morning I received the following guidance titled

simply Finding Meaning. Tomorrow I am going to follow it up

with an Affirmative Thought I also wrote this morning titled

What Is Meaning?  With meaning on my mind, here goes.

 

 Finding Meaning

 

Life without meaning is like taking a journey without a

destination, it is pointless because you will never know if

you have arrived. Knowing where you are going and why you

want to go is essential to a purposeful life. Infusing meaning

and purpose into your existence breathes energy and power

into your life.

 

Evolving this purpose into a “mission” – a strategic plan for

living, one that you live with passion, dedication, and complete

focus is the true elixir of life. This strategic plan or mission or

quest will enable you to get the maximum from life and provide

you joy and happiness from just living.

 

This meaning and mission can be spiritual or life driven – when

both are blended together the power of your commitment will

enable you to move mountains – co-create and manifest all

you need to succeed. Finding meaning and creating a mission to

lead the way – will also provide you the feedback needed to

adjust your efforts.

 

Authentic Purposeful Life is built on establishing a mission

infused with meaning, passion, and desire – a mission beyond

yourself but of yourself.

 

NOE 11.11.10 7:00AM

 

What Is Peace? - Meditation Guidance - Daily Post On Enlightenment - 11.27.10

 

Over the past few weeks I have published a number of

posts focused on “Peace” as I compile the material for

writing my major post on the subject for Finding

God On The Train - The Book. How do we quiet our egos

and find the life path that will result in obtaining the peace

we all seek in my life? The Meditation Guidance below offers

some suggestions? What do you think?

                             

                                What Is Peace?

Peace is the result of living immersed in God, living within

the present in full cooperation with your ego and your

divine self, accepting all that is or will be as purposeful

and divinely inspired.

 

Peace is being fully alive at one with the motion of your

life, protected and synchronize with the universal flow –

each breath is an awakening – each thought a revelation –

totally at one with all existence – all creation.

 

Peace is letting go, believing, trusting and becoming new

with each breath – alive in living – fully conscious of the

God you are and were always meant to be.

 

Peace is power confined to the blossoming of your

authentic soul –alive and fresh becoming new with each

moment.  There is no then – no when – only “this” –

“what is” - is the splendor of universal love and

consciousness.

 

Peace is nirvana – awakening to the essence of living

with God as one – one thought – one voice – one being.

 

NOE 11.19.10 7:10 AM 

 

 

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Over the endless centuries of evolution, the human nervous system has become so complex that it is now able to affect its own states… A person can make himself happy, or miserable, regardless of what is happening “outside”,  just by changing the contents of consciousness.

 

The quote listed above is from Dr. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s research of over 8,000 subjects regarding happiness, success, and peak experiences, which resulted in his landmark work defining FLOW - The Psychology Of Optimal Experience. Dr. Csikszentmihalyi goes onto state – “People who learn to control their inner experience will be able to determine the quality of their lives which is as close as any of us can come to being happy… it begins with achieving control over the contents of our consciousness”.

 

Mind or consciousness control has been a major theme in my meditation communication over the past three years while commuting on the train. Each of us takes the information from our senses and forms an image in our minds based on our individual interpretations of this sensory reality. These interpretations are a result of our societal conditioning or indoctrination - including our family values, culture, opinions, and beliefs about the world. These interpretations are also impacted by our perceptions or misperceptions of ourselves and of the world.

 

We see the world as we have been taught to see.  A unique way of looking at this is that we learn to dream a societal dream as outlined by Don Miguel Ruiz in his classic book The Four Agreements – A Toltec Wisdom Book which summarizes the key teachings of the ancient Mexican shamans known as the Toltec’s who taught – “humans who live before us teach us how to dream the way society dreams… we learn how to behave, what is acceptable and not acceptable…what is good and what is bad.

 

The power we have to interpret our consciousness and override the reality of our own senses is enormous. At the same time the destructive forces of our ego can turn a neutral or even positive experience into a nightmare. Examples of those who have grown stronger from adversity always amaze us, as well as those who go down in misery while living in paradise. The goal of my meditation guidance and all of New Thought has been to teach one simple lesson  - we all have the power to interpret our reality and frame our consciousness for our greater good, and the greater good of all humankind.  This is clearly exhibited in the following Meditation Guidance.

 

AS YOU SEE IT

 

All of this, life is as you see it, is all subject to your interpretation. If you see happiness, life is happy. If you see misery, life is miserable. All subject to your interpretation and definition. Sentient life – conscious existence - can only be lived and experienced through the framework of your mind and perception.

 

Change the perception and interpretation and you impact the thinking involved and your emotional response. The challenge lies in the fact that the mind, our mind with its penchant for negative creative thought – framing the worst case scenario - is at the center of the interpretation. This mind could and does interpret a neutral reality into a potential nightmare.

 

The spiritual mind – your divine mind within you - is available to call you back to reason and see the completeness and wonder in each event – good or bad. Work to see your life and the subsequent unfolding events as gifts from God.  If possible fully accept the learning experience of each event and situation.

 

Work on positive interpretations of your perceived reality – for all of life is as you see it - see joy, feel joy, and you experience joy or - see happiness, feel happiness, and you experience happiness. The more your spiritual or divine mind controls this interpretation the more at peace you will be –and as a result the more authentic, real, and purposeful your interpretation.

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They are forever free who renounce all selfish desire

and break away from the ego-cage of “I’, “me”, and

“mine” to be united with the Lord.

                 The Bhagavad Gita – Translated by Eknath Easwaran

 

Control of consciousness is not easily accomplished, if it were we

would have a world of peace and plenty. Instead it takes great

effort to navigate through our own thoughts, filtering them and

learning to listen to constructive rather than destructive guidance.

 

Many would ask - how I am to know if I am listening to my

ego or my divine guidance when my head is filled with an endless

loop of confusion? I would suggest writing down what you are

thinking and you will know in short order who is talking. The domain

of the ego is the missteps and sins of the past and the fears and

potential pitfalls of the future, or surprisingly at times, the 

positive future possibilities if only we are able to make a few

major adjustments now.

 

By recording the endless loop of advice you will become aware

of a neurotic stream of consciousness working both positive and

negative reinforcement to mold your behavior. Notice the ego does

not function well when you start to meditate and practice

mindfulness and establish yourself in the present. 

 

I find myself most vulnerable to ego control and impact when I

am tired, frustrated, and/or disappointed with my life or when my

defenses are not well fortified such as when waking up in the

morning. I often wake up to a series of major issues in my life

that my ego feels I have not properly addressed or attended to

along with a list of potential problems for the day.

 

In the past I have gotten caught up answering the what if questions

of my early morning interrogator, now instead I usually Golden Key

each asking for God to handle, focus on my breathing, and center

my thinking on positive aspects on my life.  When not successful

I get up and start my day. 

 

One such morning, Tuesday February 24, 2009 when I had

obviously not been successful with managing my ego, I was offered

the following meditation guidance during my morning commute on

the train to assist me with regaining my balance.

 

             Where Are You?

 

You are fighting a war with your negative mind centered

in the ego. You are back again rethinking, judging,

determining, and feeding perceptions and the pain-body.

You are in a pit and you need to mentally climb out and

find hope and enthusiasm.

 

If you are angry – scream. If you are sad then cry.

If you are confused seek clarity. You are no longer on

the path – you are filling up with fear and self-criticism

and you must return to love and self-acceptance.

 

Go inside and try to understand the emotions that

are leading you in this direction. Ask what it is that you

need, what is it that you want. Try to rest for with rest

comes strength. Be gentle with yourself and loving.

 

You do not need to meet others expectations – stop

trying to please and instead seek your own pleasure –

your own needs and wants. Rest and reflect. There is

no need for perfection. Accept the flow of energy and

look for enthusiasm. Move out of depression and into

the joy of enthusiasm

 

It is obvious that I was not doing well on this morning commute.

As you can see this is definitely advice from my spiritual mind,

divinely connected, not my ego. Notice the advice and its positive

and loving guidance trying to revive me and bring me back to life.

 

Meet Your Pain-Body

 

You will notice a reference to my “Pain-Body” – a term introduced

by Eckhart Tolle, spiritualist and best-selling author of The Power

Of Now and The New Earth who I have referenced in Major Post

Seven – New Thought Yesterday and Today regarding his ground

breaking internet sessions with Oprah Winfrey.

 

The pain-body is the collective manifestation of all the pain, misery,

and sorrow a person has ever gone through in their entire life. 

Added to this is the inherited pain from a person’s culture and family.

Using the Toltec approach regarding the passing of the societal

dream we spoke of earlier, the Toltec’s would say that we have

learned to dream the dream of the collective pain of our people,

culture, religion, or nation. 

 

Tolle goes on to explain that our pain-body's exist just beneath

the surface of our consciousness and when connected by the

loss of hope, depression, or an intense negative situation they

literally move in to take over our consciousness. 

 

The personality of the pain-body is all negative, misery driven

and feeds on increasing its store of pain rather than lessening it.

The pain-body in control is often like the drunk in a bar looking for

a fight who seems to enjoy having the life kicked out of them. 

 In fact pain-bodies are like pain vampires who thrive on more pain - 

 gaining energy from destruction and as a result become stronger.

 

The amount of pain you are carrying depends on the amount of

pain you have been subjected to. Tolle says that when our

wonderful lover turns mean and cruel for no reason we are

meeting their pain-body. 

 

Having survived a difficult childhood I am extra cautious when my

pain-body surfaces and have been able to push it back down with

a good nights sleep. Ann says my entire facial expression changes,

my brow furrows; my smile disappears as all the world becomes

extremely negative and hopeless for me. Although I know when

I have slipped into my pain-body it takes focused positive mental

effort to get out. Ann and I can recognize each other’s pain-body

and when they surface we will cautiously tell the other that they 

have slipped into their pain-body.

 

I believe those who are clinically depressed or self-destructive have

been captured by their pain-body and cannot get out until it is too

late, when the crime or life destruction has taken place. I can only

imagine the amount of crime that is the direct responsibility of this

phenomenon with the Defense Attorney making a point that the

defendant was not himself or herself when committing the act.

 

Collectively whole nations have slipped into their collective 

pain-body and like Nazi Germany have used it to create hell on

earth. I implore you to get to know your pain-body and do everything

possible to keep it in check and diffuse it in your life.

 

To mange my pain-body I use the releasing technique I discussed

on my early posts outlined in the The Sedona Method by Hale 

Dwoskin. It is an excellent method for releasing your pain-body

or any unwanted emotion or feeling on a daily basis or when you

realize you are being impacted.

 

I also strongly encourage you to read Eckhart Tolle’s excellent

handling of this pain-body concept in his books The Power

Of Now and The New Earth.

 

Here is my poetic interpretation of my pain-body, which, I think

brings home the point and offers an approach for releasing it 

through positive thought and love. 

 

My Pain-Body

 

I struggle with the body of pain, the

    memories of agony, anxiety, grief,

fear and the cries of a lost child. 

     This pain-body is enormous -

built limb by limb, trauma by trauma,

insult by insult

into a sculpture of wailing moments,

    experienced not forgotten – 

 alive and hungry for more.

 

I have pretended that the pain-body

    does not exist, worked my

consciousness around it,

    carried out the tasks of life

while handling it

             like an overstuffed trunk.

The pain-body has never gone away – 

         it inflicts each breath

and like a parasite sucks joy and

    enthusiasm from all life.

 

All else is crowed into the corner

    while the pain-body expands –

day in day out –

    it deflates the consciousness,

distorts, warps - each moment

    demanding – this tapeworm

grows and feeds on the soul.

 

It is time to deflate this illusion of

    past memories – step behind

the Wizard of Oz Pain-Body and

let my consciousness take charge –

    comfort the lost boy –

      and release this pain.

 

How do I proceed? Moving into the pain

only feeds the beast.

  I face the pain, accept it as a living

entity and focus on releasing it –

    piece-by-piece – chunk-by-chunk.

I will make it malleable through focusing

    on all things positive.

    I will lead with love and

kindness and release.

 

Poem 12.14.2007

 

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Ann pushed herself again today, fighting

the remains of the flu, and made it into

work. I think I would still be resting

warm beneath the covers after making

a call to the boss, but again Ann displays

her strong work ethic and sense

of responsibility.

 

As I write this post I think of health, 

what an amazing gift it is, and how -

during the three surgeries I have had in

the past four years - it has been a quality

of life I have often envied of others.

Due to the wonders of modern surgery,

I sit here today with a rebuilt spine

minus one brain tumor - not dead 

or a quadriplegic - but fully functioning.

 

This is important for you to keep in

perspective as you read my posts

over the next few days on the divine 

guidance I have received on healing.

I have never been instructed to avoid

conventional medical treatment,

but instead, told to put my faith in the

doctors I was working with at the time, 

while being reminded, I did have the

power to assist with my healing,

if properly taped.

 

To avoid traditional medical care

would be like the joke where the man

is in a flood, on his roof top watching

the raging waters ascend, praying 

to God for help. He passes up three

chances to be saved, waiting for God's

answer, and when he gets to heaven

he asks God why? God says I sent you

a rowboat, a motorboat, and a helicopter -

what more could I have done!

 

God is working through modern medical

science, and we need to keep a holistic

approach to our health and healing.

Personally, I tried to shrink the size

of my Pituitary Tumor with extensive

meditation and prayer for over a year,

it only got bigger. It was removed

through non-invasive surgery

(through the nose) and I was up and

about after several days.

 

Today, I would like to start out with the

Meditation Guidance below titled the

Healing Power of God that starts with

a prayer and ends with some guidance

on healing.  Let me know how you view

this subject of  faith healing?

 

HEALING POWER OF GOD

 

The healing power of God is upon me.        

The healing power of God surrounds me.

The healing power of God anoints me.

The healing power of God is within me.

The healing power of God surges through

        every cell of my life, returning each to

        its perfect creation.

The healing power of God protects me

         from the thoughts of pain, disease,

         and illness.

The healing power of God makes me whole.

 

The cocreation of healing – returning to the

perfection of the original physical creation,

in form, is possible and easily obtained.

The return to perfection – to full health was

always intended by life, before its loss by

the thought of less, of vulnerability, of

disease – all of which are not possible

when working through God. Practice the

power of healing using this chant or

affirmation and you will be made whole –  

one – and return to perfection.

        

MAY THE HEALING POWER OF GOD

BE UPON ME - SURGE THROUGH ME - 

BECOME ME.  I AM HEALED!

        

NOE G. 9.17.2010 9:15 AM

 

WITH LOVE, G.

 

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This week I have focused my daily posts on the topic

of healing and I feel compelled to suggest the reading

of two of my favorite books on the subject; Louise L.

Hay’s New Thought classic You Can Heal Your Life and

a new way to think of disease and illness offered by

Michele Longo O’Donnell in her book Of Monkeys And

Dragons – Freedom From The Tyranny Of Disease.

Both books remind us that all healing is and has always

been from within. They are both available at the 

 Spiritual Store on this blog.

 

What if we could really heal ourselves, cure ourselves

and believed it completely? Some people do like Louise

L. Hay and Michele Longo O’Donnell whose books are

referenced above, the rest of us either flat out deny

the possibility or are sitting on the fence.  But as I

often tell myself when I am sitting on that fence –

hasn’t the human body been designed for wellness,

health, and healing which for me is confirmed when

I watch the wound created by surgery heal and

regenerate over time before my eyes. Are we not

healing beings?

 

The Meditation Guidance I received on August 23, 2010  -

while sitting in my library at home and recovering from

extensive back surgery with a healing 14-inch scar on

my lower back - strives to confirm this point. I must be

honest and say that I have not perfected this technique 

 but I continue to try.

 

Your thoughts are welcomed as always.

 

                    

                       Heal Yourself

 

The power of the day is upon you – you can heal

yourself and heal the world through mind action. 

 

Place your hands on the issue or area in need of

healing – feel the warmth of God’s grace and

energy fill the space. Close your eyes and

meditate or pray and see the face of God in your 

 mind – focus on the face and the eyes in the

lavender splendor and say the following:

 

“I can heal myself and

               I can heal the world”.

 

As you say this prayer to God keep touching

and applying pressure on the spot that needs

healing and say:

 

        “God return this (AREA IMPACTED) to its

           perfect splendor – to its perfect grace -

           to its original creation. God through

           your power and energy I call

           this __________ into perfection".

 

Do this treatment every day – every time you feel a

pain - and as you believe,  it will be so. This is God’s

power and grace in motion. Moving through you –

from the divine self, your soul, connected with the

infinite mind into the perfection that was always

there - but lost during the negative thinking of the

existence of disease. Clear the thinking and you

will return to perfection.

 

Never doubt you will be successful.

 

NOE  8.23.10 9:40 AM

 

        

 

 

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Every morning I have a routine where I spend at least an

hour focusing on my spiritual life including inspirational

reading, reciting affirmations, and of course prayer/

meditation. At the end of the session I write down

whatever guidance I have received, write an affirmative

note for Ann (many of them I have published on this blog)

and a brief note my son Alexander in Florida that I email

to him.

 

I have added to this routine randomly selecting a meditation

note from my journals over the past three years. Today I

opened one of my journals to this meditation guidance titled

Prosper from my train commute on Friday, November 7,

2008 at 7:50 AM. I hope you find it useful.

 

                        PROSPER

 

Prosper and find the full wonder of existence.

Prosper in all you think, feel, and do.

Prosper in your job, at home, and in the world.

Prosper spiritually, physically, and emotionally.

Prosper and reap the full bounty of the

abundance of your life.

 

When you prosper you are in a state of continual

grace – receiving always more than you need –

more today than yesterday. Prosperity is a state

of growth, positive creation, and getting more

than expected while always moving forward.

 

Prepare yourself for full prosperity. The first step

is to believe – believe that you are worthy,

deserving and fully ready for prosperity. Look for,

search out, reflect on, and visualize the prosperity

that surrounds you. List and meditate on how you

are prospering.

 

Prosperity requires the full alignment of your

conscious thoughts, expectations, and emotions

focused through prayer, affirmations, and

meditations. When you are  thriving and growing

in a positive direction you are prospering. Feel 

 prosperous – feel the prosperity.

 

To prosper is to move forward with the world in

positive alignment, supporting your wants, and

growing on the foundation of your current existence.

It is an explosion of grace, a continual gift of growth

and good fortune.

 

Prosper spiritually and move closer to the Crystal

Path where you are in alignment and true harmony

with your Authentic Self. Feel the growth and rejoice.

 

Prosperity is now – here – walk around the corner

and claim it.

 

NOE 11.7.08 7:70 AM.

 

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As I mentioned the other day I am going into my journals

and randomly selecting from my meditation guidance over

the past three plus years. I offer this meditation note tilted

Prayer that I transcribed Friday, July 25, 2008 on an Amtrak

train headed to my job in D.C. The message from this

guidance is that all prayers are answered; it is only the lack

of faith, receptivity, or acceptance that causes them to be

unreceived.

 

This makes sense on a number of levels. First, this is not

an arbitrary or judgmental God but instead a loving God

who would not pick and choose who should receive a

positive answer. Secondly, if we believe that the Law Of

Attraction is effective and universal, then all prayers are

granted when prayed with sincere emotion and the person

praying has the faith in the process and is ready to receive.

 

Possibly our loving God, who has engineered this universe

with the Law of Gravity has hardwired a solution to all

impassioned requests and prayers – the Law of Attraction. 

Review the message below and let me know your thoughts.

 

                                         PRAYER

 

There is but one world, one hope, and one purpose.

A single line of destiny where we stretch and proceed

to the fulfillment of our desires. This destiny is created

within your thoughts – dreams – aspirations – an

abundant answering of prayers before even spoken.

 

In believing, and right receiving, all that is wanted or

desired has been manifested waiting for your arrival

in a future point in time. Waiting for your preparation

and readiness to receive. Pre-answered prayers

before the breath imparts the lips are made ready

for your pick-up.

 

Prayers are never unanswered – they are only

unreceived through lack of faith, acceptance, or

receptivity. The obstacle to the manifestation of prayer

is the internal conflict of the prayer. The kingdom of

heaven is around you, surrounds you, but you fail

to perceive, receive.

 

Ask and it shall be given – prepare the way in your

spirit, soul, emotions – with faith the endless stream

of answered prayers will appear.

 

NOE 7.25.08 8:05 AM

 

 

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Back to the random selection of my Meditation

Notes. Today I picked a note from the meditation 

guidance received during my commute Friday,

November 6, 2007, transcribed at 7:05 AM.

It is interesting at least to me to note, the three

selections I have picked, randomly so far, have

all been written on a Friday. Perhaps, by that

point in the week, I am exhausted from the

week and need divine guidance.  

 

The title of the note featured below is Transcend

The Mundane, and it was not until I did a quick

check of my spelling that I realized there is another

definition for the word mundane – of this earthly

world rather than a heavenly or spiritual one. 

 

What I like about this random selection of notes is 

that it takes us into guidance I would not have

usually published because it is too complex or

esoteric. A recurring theme of my guidance 

over the past few years has been the connected

consciousness  or universal consciousness. 

But in this note, a million souls of energy wait

to connect to create a collective consciousness – 

a total force creating the one divine soul of God. 

Wow, God with a soul! 

 

Sometimes, when I would receive this type of

guidance I would say – "come on man - or spirit - 

can we make this a little easier to understand."

It has never gotten  any easier.  

                  

TRANSCEND THE MUNDANE 

 

Transcend the mundane – the secular –

the world of your daily pursuits and look

beyond to the horizon of your own

consciousness where God waits – where

all of life consciousness waits - where infinite

consciousness waits for you to raise your

eyes off the ground in front of you – lift your

head and gaze and see beyond the illusions

of your senses into the full connection of

the soul.

 

Transcend the mundane and move to the

horizon – meet the energy of life that awaits –

a million souls of energy wait for you to

connect and become – infinite consciousness

waits to connect and speak through you –

waking you, speaking through your life

and vision.

 

Stop and gain balance – breathe in, breathe

out and connect to the focal point of a million

souls connecting – becoming the energy of

the divine mind consisting of infinite energy

of the combined force of infinite souls combined

in a force of positive presence.  

 

Feed on this energy – let it move through each

cell and fiber of your being into a total force for

creation – meet the many who become the one –

the divine soul of God.

 

NOE G. 11.6.2007 7:05 AM 

 

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I am now focused on writing Chapter Nine of Finding God

On The Train titled Heaven On Earth – Joy, Peace, and

Happiness and as I was wrapping up my writing session

yesterday I still felt I needed more clarification on the

intricate role of peace in our search for enlightenment.

 

So this morning during my meditation I asked God  to

provide some insight into the nature of peace and

received the following guidance on how internal peace

is the foundation needed for fully connecting with God -

providing a starting point for our spiritual efforts. It

was just what I needed for  the book. Let me know your

thoughts.

 

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                              Internal Peace

 

Peace – internal peace – the absence of mental

conflict – the full acceptance of what is in your

life now – the elimination of resistance – is the

first level of enlightenment. 

 

Internal peace is the foundation needed to obtain 

a full connection with God and complete God

consciousness. It is the reward for the control

of your consciousness and allows you to turn

your sights to your own divinity.

 

Internal peace occurs when your divine mind,

your operational mind, and your ego are in

sync and move forward without conflict.

 

Internal peace clears your energy for the pursuit

of oneness and wholeness required to reach for

authentic existence - purposeful life. This peace

is the freedom from stress, worry, doubt, fear,

anxiety, and depression - all signs of a lack of

hope and faith in God.

 

Internal peace readies your soul for growing,

developing, and becoming the essential part of

you – all issues have been resolved, all sins

forgotten and injustices forgiven, and you are

prepared to move on along the Crystal Path to

your enlightenment – your heaven on earth.

 

NOE 3.3.11  7:16 AM

 

Thanks for reading.

With love, George Bryant Cronk

 

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As I mentioned, I am now focused on writing

Chapter's Seven and Eight of Finding God On

The Train titled Heaven On Earth – Joy, Peace,

and Happiness, and yesterday I shared 

the guidance I received titled Internal Peace.

During my writing session I incorporated

this guidance,completing my first draft 

of the section on Finding Peace.  I was pleased,

but felt like something was missing from the

whole chapter, sinceI was not clear what was

missing, I turned my sights to the last

section, which is on Finding Happiness.  

 

This morning I got up at 6:00 AM, did my reading

and started meditating. I thought I would ask God

what might be missing from my work on Chapter

Seven and Eight, which focuses on attaining heaven

on earth  through enlightenment and finding joy,

peace, and happiness. So I asked, and I would

like to share the  reply below. Needless to say my

title has been revised to Heaven On Earth –

Joy, Peace, Love, and Happiness.

 

LOVE IS THE GATEWAY 

 

Love is the gateway to enlightenment - 

love is the only way to God –

love is the power of all connection –

it is the seeing of the divine in all life –

all existence – love is the essence of God

and without love enlightenment is only

a bright light without passion, without joy,

without substance.

 

Love requires that the ego be left at the gate –

personal desire stripped away – the shedding

of past and future, leaving only a bursting

emotion of caring, kindness, respect, and

admiration – a realization of oneness –

seeing your face in every face, it is the

desire to worship the perfection of life –

to understand the essential connection.

 

Love of child, family, community, or world

emanates from am overwhelming desire to

nurture, to protect, to develop, to flourish,

to breathe life into all you come in contact

with – it is truly understanding the nature

of God and God’s love for all creation.

To love like God is to truly connect with God.

 

Love is ingrained and sewn into every cell

of your being – move towards the light and you

will find yourself worthy of love;

humankind worthy and in need of love, 

and eventually see through the loving eyes

of God – a force of love – boundless – infinite –

without  limit overflowing with love for all.

 

The light you will see in the light of pure

God love radiating to all from all.

See the love, feel the love, be the love.

 

NOE G. 3.4.2011  7:10 AM

 

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As I outlined in my last post, I have added

“love” to my definition of what we would

unveil as we approach the attainment of

spiritual enlightenment - actually creating

our own heaven on earth. The title for

Chapter Eight is now Heaven On Earth –

Finding Love and Happiness, with 

the addition of a section on finding love.

 

You would think growing up in the "City of

Brotherly Love," Philadelphia, I would have

some grasp on this subject of love. The reality,

is of course, that life in any major city is often

focused on survival, rather than loving your

neighbor. To be honest with you, the direction

to love or “be loving” has often felt like an over 

used remedy, a spiritual panacea of sorts –

just love everyone and you will be saved.

 

To truly love your neighbor as yourself,

is probably the most challenging direction

ever given by Jesus, or any spiritual leader,

who has ever walked this earth. Yet, as I type

these words, I fully realize why love would be

the gateway to enlightenment.  To pass this

litmus test, we would need to truly to see as

God sees, with love, and therefore be

enlightened. To accomplish this, we would

need to see ourselves in our neighbor, to see

our neighbor’s divinity, and through this

renewed perception, experience divine love.

 

Perhaps, those who point to love and practice

something distinctly different, have thrown

me off course at times. As you may have

detected, focusing on love may be just what

God wanted me to accomplish with this

guidance. This made me start searching

through my journals to see what message

God had actually communicated on the topic. 

I decided I would thoroughly understand

each message, and  try to incorporate all

of them into my life. I randomly opened one

of my journals and stumbled upon this

guidance from Sunday, November 22, 2009

titled Open Your Heart. I will share my other

love communications in future posts.

 

OPEN YOUR HEART 

 

Open your heart to the love within your

    soul that is fed by the love of the universe.

    Is your love blocked by fears, worries,

challenges – look closer at who is talking

    within you – who is leading you astray –

    is the same old ego now masked as spiritual

advisor or psychological counselor.

 

Open your heart and find the love you have

    for all you encounter – your family –

    your church – your community – your world.

Only love clears away  anxiety and stress –

    only love refreshes  your spirit and lets you

celebrate  your life and existence.

 

Open your heart and dance the dance of life –

    fully alive in this moment - overcome by

    the miracle that is this moment – clear away

your hopelessness – dance with joy

    at the opportunity to experience life as you – 

with God as your full partner and cocreator.

 

Open your heart and enable and allow

    the joy of life to rush in and fill and expand

your capacity for love. Then, and only then,

     will you love as God loves.

 

NOE G. 11.22.2009  9:25  AM

 

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I would like to continue to share my

communications focused on love, since

every morning this week, God has added

new message to  help clarify the essential

nature of love in our lives and for the

pursuit of spiritual enlightenment.

In the Meditation Guidance below titled 

Real Love from this Sunday Morning's  

meditation - love is described as passion –

a complete desire to bring someone or 

something to life, keep it living and nurture

its existence. 

 

A key theme of all of God’s communications

on love, is the direction to start with loving

ourselves first. For some of us, who are

living up to some ego or parental expectation,

this may be the greatest challenge of all.

 

Today, would you be willing to do something

for the world to aid in spiritual enlightenment? 

Would you take yourself to your favorite natural

setting, look up to the sky, stretch your arms

out wide and up high in a sign of victory and joy, 

as full and outstretched as possible, and then 

 slowly  wrap them around the beautiful being

who is you, giving yourself a well deserved

loving hug. 

 

REAL LOVE                      

 

Love is passion – the act of being totally

connected with someone, or something,

in a complete desire to bring it to life –

keep it living, and nurture its existence.

 

Love is to cherish – hold it so dear you

would offer anything, do anything, to

protect it and give it form.

 

Love is becoming one with the object

of your desires – breathing through it –

with it – your breath and life in sync

with the essence of your attention.

When your loved one is impacted,

you are impacted – when your loved

one is hurt you are hurt.

 

You have experienced this love for

a child, a parent, or a loved one, but

true love – as God loves -  requires

the love of all that exists – of existence

itself – overwhelmed with the very fabric

of life – loving every cell – every thread,

every moment. 

 

To love, you give of yourself  –be emotionally

and spiritually attached to all creation.

Begin with loving yourself – your unique

nature, and grow out to loving others

close to you – and then into the community –

and your life.

 

Love takes risks, takes effort, and must be

cultivated and nourished. Love is at the

heart of all life – connect with your power

to love – open the cage and let it free.

 

 Learn to love as God loves.

 

NOE  G.  3.6.2011  8:30  AM

 

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As you know,  I am writing two chapters 

focused on Heaven On Earth - Finding Joy,

Peace, Love, and Happiness, and after some

guidance from God, I have recently added

the section on finding love. I am attempting

to define what enlightened love would look

like - and in a few words, I would describe

it as loving as God loves.

 

In my opinion, or spiritual orientation, this

love needs to be unconditional and without

judgment. As Jesus described, very much

like the love of a parent for a child, and

remarkably similar to the way children love

their parents.  As difficult as loving without

judgment may be, when applying this to loving

your enemies, we can see this aspect of

enlightenment is also not easily obtainable.

 

In all of this, I realize I have a great deal

to learn about love, and this week God

has tried to fill in some of my blind spots

through my Meditation Guidance. In the

guidance below, that I received yesterday 

morning, I am reminded of the reciprocity

of love -where we are loved in proportion

to the amount we love.

 

It is not by chance the unloving are usually

unloved, and of course vice versa. Let me

know if you have any additional guidance

you would like to share on finding love.

 

RECIPROCAL LOVE 

 

Love is reciprocal – you get what you give –

you are loved in proportion to the amount

you love - let love flow out of you and it will

flow back to you multiplied.

 

Start with yourself – truly love the wonder

of you – fully and completely let the sensation

of love be in your thoughts – treat yourself

with love, care, and respect.

 

Move to those close to you – your family

and friends - intensifying and reflecting on

your existing love for them – love even 

the unlovable aspects without reservation

or limitation.

 

Move to your co-workers and those at work

showering them with love and kindness. Let

this love flow to those you meet and encounter

living with compassion, caring, and kindness.

 

Then love those who you admonish, those you

dislike, hate , do not care for – push through

the negative feelings and connect with their

souls.

 

Turn your love and attention on your life,

your job, and all you encounter and love

the opportunity to experience all of it –

love being fully alive and capable.

 

As you expand your capacity to love,

notice how the love generates and

flows back to you – suddenly you

have arrived at the loving universe

you always dreamed of – you are

experiencing heaven on earth.

 

NOE  G. 3.8.2011  7:20  AM

 

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This week I have been focused on defining love

and its relationship to enlightenment. I have

been receiving daily meditation guidance leading 

deeper into the power of love. This week I have

often felt like I was attending a crash course

with God as the instructor.

 

As I have questioned I have received the answer,

or I have received inspiration to reach for a certain

book, which opens up to a discussion on love.  

Honestly,  I have been somewhat obsessed  with 

the topic, as I am sure you have noticed from 

these posts.

 

Up until yesterday, I have been taking my dictation

from God, like a good messenger and writing

these posts while clarifying some key points, 

but for the most part in general agreement with

everything that has been conveyed including: 

love is the key to enlightenment; to reach 

enlightenment we need to love as God loves;

this love should be unconditional and non-

judgmental, enabling us to love both our 

neighbors and our enemies;  and,  taking

this a step further, we should love those who  

are unlovable in our perspective, those we feel

are not worthy of love.

 

It was the direction to love those who I feel

are unlovable that gave me pause and led me 

to question the validity of the argument. I kept

asking how could God actually love someone

who through ego destruction was creating pain

and havoc for themselves, others, and the world. 

Why offer positive reinforcement and love power

for someone who desperately needed to reform. 

By yesterday afternoon, I was at an impasse on

this issue after conjuring up every evil creature

from history and considering loving them.

 

As I stewed, sitting in my library, I focused

on a book titled Your Forces, and How To Use 

Them by Christian Daa Larsona New Thought

pioneer, leader, teacher, and prolific writer

whose books are still published today.  This

book had been originally published in 1923

by Larson who was the President of The

International New Thought Alliance, who had

also inspired Ernest Holmes, founder of Religious 

Science. Larson is best known for writing 

the Optimist Creed, still used today by the

Optimists Club.

 

I had scanned this book, which was the basis

for Rhonda Bryne’s latest book tilted the Power,

when I had purchased it from Amazon - but had

not had the opportunity to read Larson’s book fully.

Yesterday, I took it down off the shelf and just

opened the book directly to page 129 of Chapter 13

titled The Art Of Changing For The Better and

my eyes read these passages:

 

We may give our kindness and our sympathies

to all, but we must not love anything in any one

that is not ideal…but we can love the greater

possibilities and the superior qualities that are

inherent in the individual... the power of love

is the greatest power in the world … we steadily

grow into the likeness of that which we constantly

love… the power of love must direct the greater

part of its attention upon that which is rich and

beautiful in mind and soul.

 

This was clear guidance,  providing a perspective

on how one might consciously love the unlovable,

while avoiding attracting similar attributes into

their own lives. And even if we are personally

struggling with our own inner turmoil or dis-ease,

we can still love ourselves. For what we love is

“the secret realms of soul life,.. where the forces

of love are drawn instantly to the highest, truest,

and most noble”.

 

Larson goes on to tell us that the “law of love…

determines what we are to think, what we are

to work for, where we are to go, and what 

we are to accomplish. Therefore, among all

great essentials, the principal one is to know

how to love… the secret is to love the great, 

the beautiful, and the ideal in everybody

and everything; and to love with such a strong,  

passionate love that its ascending power

becomes irresistible”.

 

I still had my questions, which were clarified

by my meditation guidance this morning titled

Love Like God Loves, where I was instructed

that God loves the divine potential in all life,

but does not address or acknowledge the work

of the ego. Using this paradigm it is not only

possible, but also quite purposeful, to love

the unlovable.

  

LOVE LIKE GOD LOVES

 

The secret of loving as God loves is to understand

the nature of God love and the essence of God. 

In the eyes or experience of God, there is only

perfect wholeness, wellness, potential, oneness,

 the spirit of pure good.

 

God sees only this, even in those who have been

overtaken by the will of their ego’s and are far

less than their potential. God does not acknowledge

or love the handy work of the ego, since to do so,

would be to energize this negative creation and

lead to further dis-ease.

 

Like God, you must love the divine potential

existing in all life, all existence, the element

of growth - hope – the desire for further perfect

creation. Do not address or acknowledge the work

of the ego – the madness that often results, see

beyond the dis-ease, the conflict, the pain and

connect with the aspect of God – the divine

potential of all living things.

 

Love like God, infusing with the power of love,

that which you wish to infuse with the power

of further creation – water only the blossom

and not the weed – for the weed cannot flourish,

if the blossom is to grow.

 

Like God use your power of love, to encourage,

to manifest the full potential of everyone you meet –

all you encounter – touch their God potential and

love it with all your heart – all your strength, calling

it forward into form – pulling it with your love power

into the light of pure existence.  Love the essence not

the dissonance.

 

Love as God loves and you expand the creation –

you are God in action creating more love, more life,

more perfection. Love what is loveable – the essence

of God in this world - and you will not only see

the light - you will be the light.

 

Namaste –

(I honor the spirit in you which is also in me)

 

NOE  G. 3.10.2011  8:40 AM   

 

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Thank you for bearing with me, as I have

taken this mental and spiritual voyage into

the depths of the meaning of love, as it relates 

to enlightenment. As a result I feel I could join

Rhonda Byrne and write a book on love.

 

But in all of this, I think I now have a glimpse 

as to why love is so important to humankind,

to God, and to all existence. In order to love,

we must move out of our selves, and without

egos, approach the world as one, as related,

as our spiritual relatives, our co-conspirators

in finding heaven on earth. Real love is not 

conceived out of obligation, but is created out

of desire, necessity, requiring us to invest our

power in what we hold dear and cherish.

 

The act of loving is often only noticed in the

actual demonstration of love – the kindness

shown, the compassion felt, the hand out-

stretched in the time of need. In the end, it is 

the love and kindness we display, our devotion

to God and humankind that will light the

individual paths we each traverse down our

own road towards enlightenment. As the 

Affirmative Note below conveys, let us reflect

the light of God’s love into the world – caring,

nurturing, and empowering.

 

REFLECTING THE LIGHT 

 

Today approach the day with love –

reflecting the light of God’s love into

the world – seeing the world through

God’s eyes of love – caring, nurturing,

protecting and empowering all you

meet and encounter with the power

of divine love.

 

Today approach the day with love –

allow compassion to flow through

you and from you – be the hands

and feet of God – carry love with you

and shower the world with it –

shower yourself with it until all is

immersed in pure love.

 

Today approach the day with love

and move with its energy, its passion,

its glory – triumphant through love!

 

AT G. 3.4.2011

 

WITH LOVE. G.  

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This week I am back to writing Finding God

On The Train – The Book and hopefully

finishing the last section of Chapter Nine -

Heaven On Earth – Joy, Peace, Love, and

Happiness, which is focused on spiritual

happiness.  I am again staring at a blank

screen waiting for my inspiration to hit me.

 

As you may recall, the focus of this chapter is

to describe what our lives would be like

when we obtain spiritual enlightenment -

actually creating our own Heaven On Earth.

 

Spiritual happiness - unlike joy, peace, and

love  - does not seem to exist internally waiting

for us to reach a place where we can experience

the emotion of “happiness” coming from within –

but is more of a summation of all these emotions

combined - an end result of all of our spiritual

and life activity.

 

Unlike my work on love,  I started off by first

asking God for guidance up front. This past

Saturday morning sitting in my library, I received

the following guidance listed below aptly titled

Happiness, which I believe provides a good

starting point  for this section. Happiness is

described in the guidance as  a“sense of

delightful balance a - confirmation that we

have spiritually arrived”.

 

After reading my related guidance for this

section, I have started to realize that secular

happiness is so fleeting, because it is only

grounded in the physical world and not

in the spiritual. We survey our lives and they

may be abundant and full, and although

we are happy with the result,  there is still 

something missing.

 

I believe what is missing is a connection

with God. So happiness, in a spiritual sense,

may be an apt synonym for enlightenment -

what we feel when we are living a life of joy,

peace, and love - experiencing our full 

Heaven on Earth.

 

HAPPINESS

 

Happiness is not an action, but an assessment

of where you are now – a description of the

culmination of the positive forces in your life,

a sense of delightful balance – a confirmation

you have arrived: living authentically;

spiritually connected; actualized; and of one

mind with the divine self - orchestrating a

cooperative ego and operational self.

Happiness is being aware of and living

your perfect life now.

 

Happiness is being all, being one, fully loving,

being joyful, and at peace. It is nirvana,  the

perfect state of active enlightenment – all is

well with your soul and you are awash with

the elation of it all – a connected bliss founded

in authentic purposeful life - not founded in

material wealth, but spiritual wealth – for you

are prosperous, abundant and overflowing

with the gifts of life.

 

Happiness is the sum of the parts – the apex

of our physical, mental, and spiritual lives –

no conflict, no doubt, no fear only positive

movement with the flow of the universe –

a pure vibration of the awakening of the

God within you, at one with its destiny –

its mission – its power - the ecstasy of

being and accepting your own destiny.

 

NOE G.  3.26.11 8:45 AM

 

WITH LOVE, G.  

 

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I am beginning to clear the underbrush and plow the field in

preparation for the writing of Chapter Twelve -  Part Two The

Message of Finding God On The Train titled The Soul And God

Consciousness - The Divinity Within where I will offer an in-depth

review of both the religious and scientific thinking regarding the

interaction of our Personal or Local Consciousness with what has

been labeled as the Universal  or  God Consciousness.  I am going

to use Persoanl rather than Local Consciousness because I feel it is

more descriptive, although either one fits.

 

Within our Personal Consciousness - as I have  outlined in detail

in Chapter 10 titled MInd Control - The Control of Consciousness 

the message directs us to three components: the Operational MInd -

our to day mind; the Spiritual or Divine Mind - our soul and internal

divinity; and the Ego - which attempts to ensure our personal

gratification and survival.  (A comprehensive description of these

components is offered under the Blog's Book Chapters Tab within

the Chapter 10.1 installment).

 

The Meditation Guidance below titled Human Evolution directs

our attention to the evolution of our spiritual or divine mind as

humankind, especially during periods of awakening, makes a

conscious effort to solidify this divine connection and as a

result hastens the evolution of humankind from the current

ego focus to a spiritual or God focus. This is what the Kabbalists,

the Jewish Mystics,  refer to as "Godding" - where we strive to

take on the perceived qualities of God. It has been proposed

that this Godding is truly the next evolutionary stage of 

humankind.

 

I would like to spend some time this week exploring this concept 

that the next evolutionary stage of humankind is the spiritual 

expansion of human consciousness  - which would, if successful, 

allow for the survival of the species and quite possibly the world. 

Is this by chance God's principle motivation for reaching

out to inspire this global spiritual change?  Would genetic spiritual

transcendence actually allow us to survive our own ego based

potential for self - destruction and annihilation? Are we who support

this movement towards the spiritual awakening really involved in

fueling this spiritual and physiological evolution of humankind?  

 

Before we tackle these questions let us first look at the guidance

that I have received on the subject and use this as a starting point 

for our discussion over the next several days. 

 

                           HUMAN EVOLUTION

 

The divinity within us exists in personal consciousness

as a component of the Divine Mind or self and will be

the focal point for humankind’s continued evolution

beyond the existing ego focus - leading to the true

acceptance of the next level of existence – the

establishment of our God nature.

 

This step in evolution will occur on a personal collective

level as each soul learns to overcome or marshal the ego

forces, which create the evil, injustice, pain, and suffering

of the current world – thus allowing the Divine Mind

to team with the Operational Mind and reframe the

conscious focus by gaining ego support in this spiritual

purpose going forward.

 

As this occurs on a personal consciousness level with

greater numbers -  the collective or God consciousness

is also altered and joins in to support this evolutionary

spiritual growth. Through this evolutionary step  towards

the Godding of human kind all existence on earth is

reframed as the divine or personal mind is linked to

God mind for the creation of heaven on earth.

 

A new ethic is born, a new morality engaged,

a vital vision of hope, peace, love, and happiness

grasped forever.

 

NOE 1.19.12 7:010AM

 

Thank you reading.

WIth love,

George Bryant Cronk 

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For the past few days, I have been thinking

about patience. Possibly, it is my inner guidance

reminding me that I need patience as I work

through the incredible journey of writing and

publishing a book like Finding God On The Train. 

 

So I decided this morning I would publish

a note that addressed patience. I picked 

a journal at random, and I came up with this

meditation guidance below titled simply, and

I would say appropriately, Patience.  

 

PATIENCE

 

Have patience and let God work through your life.

Have patience and allow what is meant to happen,

to actually happen. Relax and wait without anxiety,

frustration, or anger. Open your mind to recovering

the full joy of the day and your existence.

 

Have patience, for patience reveals and affirms your

faith and belief in God. Your fear and apprehension

display a lack of trust in the divine order of life. Lack

of patience causes you to take missteps and create

anxiety and ill will.

 

Lack of patience is disguised unbelief – it is not

letting God do the work that is necessary and right.

You want immediate action – immediate results -

but this is not possible.  Moving events quicker or

out of sequence is impossible.

 

You need to focus on the positive outcome that

you wish to appear, the solutions you request.

Vision or envision the solution you wish with

a force of strong emotion and it will be cocreated –

in time - within the flow of expectation.

 

Be patient, pray, meditate, and relax into

your faith in God.

 

NOE G. 1.20.2010 7:40 AM

 

WITH LOVE, G. 

 

 

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Our minds are constantly adding to our 

tensions and unease by offering an endless set 

of comparisons to other lives that look like a

better fit - more exciting, fun, pleasurable,

and/or rewarding than the ones we are

now living. Of course, the advertising world 

uses the same ploy to sell us the new products 

we will surely need for this better life. 

 

I have often searched for a succinct phrase

which would clearly communicate the notion 

that the true solution for what often ails us is

not in the yard next door, but can be found 

by living the life we now encounter with more 

commitment and gusto. 

 

Today's note provides us with this phrase, 

"living in place," which reminds me of the

exercise where we run without moving.

In this case we live fully, right where we are, 

without moving, in the lives we now inhabit.

Who knows, maybe as the note conveys,

this is where our real treasure actually

exists. 

 

LIVING IN PLACE

 

Today let us consider the merits

of “living in place,” making the most

of this life we inhabit now, this point

in time and place we live right now,

striving to fall deeper into our

existing lives rather than changing

or escaping.

 

Today let us make the most of

what we have been given, what we

now possess – encouraged by a

fresh perspective, no need to

discard what we have already

created, rather dust it off to

reveal the sparkling gem beneath.

 

Today let us move bolder into

our current lives striking out with

confidence and renewed vigor,

knowing that beneath our feet

exists the real treasure we have

been seeking – the acre of diamonds –

our vast creative payload waiting

for unleashing.

 

AT G. 4.7.2013

 

WITH LOVE, G.

 

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Jalal ad-Din Rumi (1207-1273)

Poet and Founder of the Mawlawi Sufi Order

 

Ye who search of God, of God, pursue.

Ye need not search for God is you, is you!

Why seek ye something that was missing

ne’er?  Save you none is, but you are –

where, oh, where?

 

The desire to separate humankind from

God, and all sentient life for that matter,

becomes more difficult as we explore

the spiritual concept of God as an

expanding consciousness.

 

Although the quote from Rumi above,

demonstrates what has been a popular

esoteric mystical opinion - we and God

are one - the exoteric religious authorities

have, for the most part, considered this

to be anathema, heretical, often severely

punished. 

 

This may be a reason why I usually sit

on this type of guidance – note that I

recorded this guidance below mid July

of 2013 – and have not returned to it,

until I rediscovered it this morning,

and felt ready to delve into its meaning.

Usually, I would rather not offend

the sensibilities of those who cannot

fathom, or discuss, this close a union

of the divine and humankind. Just so

happens,  Ann, my wife, is firmly in

this group.  

 

Yet, in truth, most of my spiritual

work has been finding and redefining

a less supernatural, more user friendly

God, one that might fit within our modern

perspective. I believe the note below

is proposing  just such a conceptual

framework. Your thoughts?

 

ONE PRESENCE SHARED

 

We and God are intertwined.

We and God are intermingled.

 

A shared consciousness, where our

consciousness exists within the limitless

consciousness of God, stretching

the space of all conscious existence –

we and God are one, God within,

God without – together, we and God –

the creator of all form (which exists as an

extension of our joint consciousness)

are intertwined.

 

Form is simply, and totally, a representation

of the creative thought of consciousness,

and as such, has no innate power. Always

in matters of form, we must return to the

originator and the origination of our sense

experience – creative conscious thought.

 

Let us fully comprehend and grasp this

essential truth of comingled consciousness;

sharing the combined power of truly dual

conscious existence, expanding  our

consciousness and revealing the truth of

all existence, one presence shared. Seek

the point of origin in meditation, reflection,

and prayer.

 

Understand, it is only through our personal

conscious connection with the world of form

that God can impact or interact or experience

the world of form. As God is a vehicle of our

expanded consciousness, we, you, me all

sentient life is a conduit for god to form

consciousness, for mutual, total, integrated

existence. Each sentient being is a conscious

receptor of and within tangible existence.

 

(If we do not open ourselves up to this God

connection, God cannot fully enter our world

except through grace.)

 

NOE 7.12.13 10:00 AM 

 

With Love, G. 

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Our spiritual purpose, defined below as

this “simple act of love,” is often confused

with our secular obligations – the demands

of our lives, quite possibly even hijacked,

held hostage, as we pursue some more

logical undertaking, fulfilling what others

think, or our egos declare, is right or proper.

 

I know in my life, the slow uncovering of this

spiritual purpose exacerbated my indecision

and confusion – causing me to run away from,

rather than towards this, “simple act of love.”

Yet, in the end, what deserves embracing,

is that “this act” is our spiritual mission,

our true calling.

 

SIMPLE ACT OF LOVE

 

Stand strong, present, erect, and clear,

ready to proceed onward with total

commitment, full and rousing energy,

complete, competent. Let go of unfortunate

concepts, restrictive influences, realizing

only you hold the key to untethered life.

 

When the purpose is clear and the way

has been set, enter the stillness, the silence,

allowing the guidance expression, no need

to strain or stress, rather relax, all senses

alert, all vistas cleared, patient and diligent,

open.

 

Take this time of indecision, of confusion,

to affirm the mission, see once more, again,

the full view of the task at hand completed,

feel the suffering abated, the loss reclaimed,

the evolution, the hope engendered – this is

the destination – the need fulfilled – the new

earth rejoicing, the peace restored, due to

this simple act of love.

 

NOE 1.15.16

 

WITH LOVE, G.

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inviolable – prohibiting violation; secure

from destruction, violence, infringement,

or desecration; 2. incapable of being violated;

incorruptible; unassailable.

 

sanctity – holiness, saintliness, or godliness;

2. sacred or hallowed character; 3. a sacred

thing.

 

Within each of us is a spark of the divine

consciousness, pure and purposeful,

protected by a natural inviolable sanctity,

a sanctuary of clarity, a place of holy

order, a safe haven from the mundane

to the unimaginable, the place that will

echo our rejoicing as well as sooth our

pleas for mercy - with only one purpose

in mind, to uplift and transform us,

to aid in our true becoming.

 

Our first step is and will forever be, to

move to what is real and manifested,

the now – choosing the here and now –

over the then of the past or the when

of the future, as the note below suggests.

 

NOW OVER THEN OR WHEN

 

Begin again – understanding endings,

beginnings are but constructions

of our minds, the waters of consciousness

flow vigorously through each of us,

as we celebrate what does not begin,

and mourn what does not end; instead,

be the truth, accept your place as a

conduit of the constant now; the past,

the future, mere ghosts, and premonitions

turning us away from each moment

unveiling: our own divinity waits for

us to comprehend the truth; so as

impermanence turns our moments

to a more pertinent, useful dust, choose

now over then or when, turn towards

the life now exposed, saying a peaceful

goodbye to what was, and a joyful hello

to what now is, knowing, all is well.

 

NOE 2.25.2016

 

WITH LOVE, G. 

 

 

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It is Sunday night, after watching a Hallmark

“Christmas in July” movie, Ann grabs the

remote and says, "let’s check with CNN and

see what happened today," fully expecting

and hoping for an uneventful news cycle.

 

Before I could say - ok, or please no - I was

watching the gruesome news that three

Baton Rouge police officers had been shot

and killed earlier in the day - assassinated

while responding to a bogus call from an

out of state attacker, with at least three

other officers seriously injured.

 

The conclusion to one of the worst weeks

of carnage I can remember in my lifetime,

a week full of terrorism, racial hatred,

political unrest, and just plain madness.

Quite frankly, our world was unraveling.

 

So, I wake Monday morning and meditate,

asking for guidance on how I, we, all of us

might constructively respond to, approach,

and hopefully, eventually, circumvent this

ongoing pattern of daily disaster.

 

The response, listed below, titled Wrong

Reflection at first seems clearly escapist,

but after some consideration, I realize

our current fixation with violence in all

forms, as well as the anger, hatred, and

institutionalized meanness, requires a

radical reconceiving, at least on the

spiritual level, hopefully helping us to

stop attracting and perpetuating our own

madness. It is time, I believe, for a new

vision, a more purified reflection: a world

of sanity rather than violent extremes –

a world worthy of refection.

 

WRONG REFLECTION

 

Look away, divert your focus,

refusing to entertain the tragic

consequences of the ,wrong reflection,

the work of madness given form

by frequent rumination, refusing

to speculate on the ways and means

for fixing what is broken, and instead,

reflect actively on what is desirable,

positive, worthy and valuable: stepping

within this vision, clarifying even

the minutest detail, feel the refreshing

breeze of hope, of compassion, empathy

returned; letting it surround you, flush

through you, breathe it in until you are

one with it; know this conscious vision

will, slowly, erase the despair, when

held in unison with all those who choose

harmony, peace, and compassion –

forthrightness; look away, divert

the focus, each and every time it hurts

your soul; look away and within until

this shared vision takes tangible form;

until kindness resurfaces one magical

moment at a time, until, like a wave,

a new presence forms, restores, and

revitalizes this existence, this life.

 

NOE G. 7.18.2016

 

WITH LOVE, G.

 

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This morning, while meditating and attempting

to focus my mind, which was fixated on all the

projects and efforts I have yet to complete or

finish, I began to shuffle through the images

and impressions of the year, and a question

captured my attention; simply put the question

asked:

 

Have you grown this year?

 

My first response was a bit snarky, “oh yeah,

I have grown older and much slower,” as

I prepared to brush it off as an annoying

interruption. Again, the question was restated:

 

Have you grown this year?

 

After a few more of these iterations, the guidance

kicked in to make its case.

 

Have you grown spiritually? Have you made

progress on your quest - gained insight?

Have you grown emotionally? Are you more

compassionate, kind - caring; are you more

patient; are you more loving; more empathetic,

encouraging – are you moving towards

“the being” you know is needed for the evolution

of all existence.  

 

The guidance also suggested that I leave behind

what is not working for me, like a pile of dirty

clothes, and encouraged choosing to move into

the new year fresh, open, ready to continue

the expansion of my spiritual self.

 

During my business career I was faced with

an annual self-assessment, to be completed and

reviewed with my manager during my performance

evaluation. This was taken very seriously, so it

required a great deal of objective thinking.

 

Yet, this is not a self-assessment, but better

expressed as a connection with God-assessment.

Have I moved closer to God this year, has my

relationship with God improved, or have I allowed

the strains and obstacles of life to inhibit my growth?

 

The answer is not as important as the recommitment

to life as a spiritual being, a refocusing of what is

of worth and value in our lives: our faith and the

knowledge that we are, without a doubt, never alone.

 

WITH LOVE, G.