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resonate – produce or be filled with a deep, full,

reverberating sound; evoke or suggest images,

memories, or emotions; technical – produce

electrical or mechanical resonance.

 

resonance – the quality in a sound of being deep,

full, and reverberating; the ability to evoke

or suggest images, memories, and emotions:

physics – the reinforcement or prolongation

of sound by reflection from a surface or by

the synchronous vibration of a neighboring

object; a short-lived subatomic particle that

is an excited state of a more stable particle.

 

OUR RESONANCE

 

Our thoughts resonate; our emotions resonate;

our every attitude, enthusiasm or inspiration

resonates with a clear vibration of ‘sound’

existence; being, communicating, through

the physical and spiritual universe, an

intention, a purpose, a signal of possibility,

connecting firmly to all surrounding existence

a declaration of determination which, in turn,

creates like expressions, a chorus, a harmony

of continual becoming, sounding, rebounding,

resounding.

 

It is essential that our sonic communication

matches our desires, our true intentions;

the pure, positive, productive voice of the

reach for our hopes and lasting happiness:

fixing on this tuning, rather than the fearful

tremors and dissonance of the discarded,

the unwanted, the resisted; those vexing

expressions of darkness, of pending doom,

with their unfolding stories of possible,

dismal consequences, often replete with

life’s suffocations and sorrows – and instead,

in place of – let us draft a fresh story,

a more wholesome story, one of overcoming,

flourishing, singular transcendence and true

success – resonating a sound so strong,

so resilient it vibrates our life, all of life,

towards wholeness, more-ness, stretching

us upward, propelling us in unison with

a solid declaration of growth.

 

NOE G. 6.6.2016

 

WITH LOVE, G.

 

 

 

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Morphic Resonance – the principle theoretical

concept and hypothesis of renown British

biologist Rupert Sheldrake, Ph.D.: who posited 

that memory is inherent in all of nature; with

natural systems, such as termite colonies,

or orchid plants, or apple trees, or insulin

molecules, or humanity as a whole, inheriting

a collective memory from all previous entities

of their related system; available and usable

as a guide to enhance growth and development.

 

The establishment of our personal, individual

existence, before or after this earthly life,

has been a point of much speculation and

conjecture.  As with all things spiritual,

we tend to layer myth, wishful thinking,

and hopeful clairvoyance to come to our

belief, whether individually, or as an

adherent of a specific religious perspective.

 

As a true believer in the traditional view

of heaven, my wife Ann shudders when

I talk this way. Even so, I feel it is essential

that we not just except a standard answer

without questioning its veracity, at least as

it relates to our spiritual perspective.

 

My guidance, like the featured note, has

repeatedly pointed to not only an afterlife,

but a before–life, with this all too brief

time in between, a place of fostered growth,

an incubator of sorts where our joint

experiences are folded back into conscious-

ness, to be shared with those who are still

in the process of living.

 

It is not my purpose to dispel or disclaim

your vision of the afterlife, only

to stimulate productive speculation for

those inclined, who, like me, may find

themselves closer to the after part than

the before.

 

FOSTERED GROWTH

 

What exists beyond life, existed before life,

the presence, the essence, established as

fact and form, inhabiting all time frames,

all sequences presented as the possibility

to be engaged, offered for evolvement,

for enhancement, for becoming, in what

we conceive of as tangible life, to be allowed

fostered growth, creative blossoming,

experiential stretching; able to ascend

or pretend, or descend as occasioned,

and with this existential opportunity

a platform for emotional connection,

the extension for singular into plural

existence, forming a web of connection;

life integrated and tied together, using

free will to push the boundaries of possibility –

to grow life – establish potential, and

when fully exercised, to take this learning,

this insight, returning to where it originated,

to lasting consciousness, to share in morphic

resonance as needed, with all life becoming.

 

NOE G. 8.8.2016

 

WITH LOVE, G.

 

 

 

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OUR HUMAN, SPIRITUAL EVOLUTION

 

If we, humankind, evolves – 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 co-create 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

a 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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The guidance below, which is typical of the

message I have received regarding our

existing relationship with consciousness,

reiterates the notion of a more robust and

vital dimension than we may usually imagine;

one that includes all time, all substance, all

existence – past, present, or future. Since,

in my New Thought perspective, God and

consciousness are indistinguishable,

with divinity and consciousness being one,

the infrastructure for our existence and

all existence, is, primarily, this field of

consciousness.

 

THE FIELD OF CONSCIOUSNESS

 

Consciousness so vast, so connected,

so intertwined, it is tidal with the ebb

and flow of past, present, and future;

thick with being; it blends and melds

like a dense batter stirred by the very

animation of being, as it reaches, stretches,

presses to be more, to hold the content

of life erupting, until it constructs the now

we inhabit, a delicate blossoming present,

formed of past and future unseen but

always the essential fabric of this now,

as it unfolds on: know this consciousness

is a field of being twisting, billowing, with

undulating life – all life that has lived,

is living, or will live – seek to comprehend

this connector of all being, all existence,

all presence; this ocean of being.

 

NOE G. 5.7.2017

 

WITH LOVE, G.

 

 

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THE VEHICLE 

Perhaps the vehicle for our success sits

in front of us, disguised possibly, or just

not fully recognized for its lasting and strong

potential; so familiar with its perimeters -

we miss its attributes.

 

Recognizing this essential possibility may

require a new and more vibrant perspective,

a reformulation of our senses, a reframing

of our conscious understanding, allowing

our imagination to grab the wheel,

re-visualizing our destiny.

 

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

a worthy course of action, perhaps we need

to listen intently, opening our hearts and souls

to this message, deciphering even faint whispers,

the blurry meaning, the casual clue, waking to

its direction.

 

NOE G. 6.11.2018

 

WITH LOVE, G. 

 

 

 

 

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transfigure – verb – 1. to change

in outward form or appearance;

transform. 2. to change as to glorify

or exalt.

 

As you may know, my guidance often has suggested

that the pursuit of a divinely inspired, positive,

personal spirituality arrives with a not so subtle

expectation: an expectation that points to a

responsibility to use our gifts to transfigure

the universal consciousness of our world.  

 

I received the two inspired messages,

both presented here: Emissaries Of A New

Vision and Worthy Striving that follows.

Both flush with further instructions on

our role as emissaries of a new vision,

a new way of being.

 

 EMISSARIES OF A NEW VISION

 

Today let us transfigure  

    our lives, our relationships,

    our ways of being,

knowing full well, we are

      prepared for more,

we the emissaries of a

     new vision of aliveness.

 

As we do, let us exalt what

    is authentic, praiseworthy -

    the characteristics

and traits of a higher living,

    a perfect way of being,

realizing this is our mission,

    our sacred offering.

 

As we create this vital

    reforming, this shift of

paradigm, as well as of action,

    know that we will encourage

a positive contagion, spreading

    joyously this new vision of hope,

prosperity, and evolution for

    all who seek it.

 

Let us begin!

       

AT G. 4.5.2016

 

WORTHY STRIVING

 

This endeavor, this pursuit of a more

capable spirituality, a spirituality based

in purpose and empowerment, reaching

within and beyond to formulate the

appropriate steps needed to enhance our

own lives, as well as the potential for all

humanity, all sentient existence, must

be our concentrated focus.

 

Our action, first and foremost, entails

a re-framing of our vision, our imagination,

seeing a world beyond the limitations

set erroneously by both the spiritual

and the secular, while concomitantly

being based on a communal joining

of hands, a shared paradigm of possibility,

where no striving is too bold, no vision

too outlandish.

 

This pursuit, steadfastly, must be a picturing

of our potential to the extremes, our soul based

infinite nature, God-like and God enhanced,

tapping our true powers, our existing gifts

often untapped, neglected based on the advice 

of the misdirected – allowing the formation,

the rebirth of a pinnacle, a zenith, a worthy

striving.

 

NOE G. 4.12.2016

 

WITH LOVE, G. 

 

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In the Meditation Note below-titled Step Into The

Stream, the concept of giving yourself over to God

is addressed in the form of a poetic total immersion

in the stream of life. Frankly, I get about waist high

and swim for shore. I sometimes wonder what would 

happen if I went in all the way.

 

STEP INTO THE STREAM

 

Step into the stream of life – feel the crystal

water – cool – soothing - wash your feet and legs –

understand the pleasure of life – all that has occurred

to bring this stream to you – lush – full – abundant.

 

Step deeper and lose the control you have built up

to guide you – feel the water wash and splash over

and onto your arms and chest and shoulders –

breathe deeply and trust the full spirit of God.

 

Quell the fear that surfaces – breathe deeply

and trustthe full spirit of God. Move deeper,

step-by-step, until your face and mouth are

within the stream – fear not for God is with you –

is you. See the world through open eyes beneath

the surface – wonder at the beauty –the depth –

the crystal water.

 

Fully within the stream now open your mouth

and suck the water into your mouth – nostrils –

and fill your lungs with the clear fluid and substance

of God. Understand you do not choke but swallow

the clear stream until you are living and breathing

the pure water.

 

Feel the energy, the thrill, and the joy of life’s stream.

Become the stream, let go and float with its current –

move with its flow. Be alive in its water – submerged –

but living. This is the wonder of oneness with God.

Step into the stream of life and live renewed – reborn –

refreshed. Step into the stream

 

NOE/POEM G.  3.28.2009

 

WITH LOVE, G.

 

 

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We are the physical missionaries of God

in this world, the keepers of existence

as we know and experience it now.

Through our purposeful, mindful action,

we are the creators of heaven, and I am

afraid, the stokers of a very intense and

fiery hell on earth.

 

We are the soft tentacles of God.

Let us, today, realize that we must hold

fast to the vision of a more worthy being,

molding this worthy vision in our hearts,

in our souls, and in our every single thought:

knowing that even one positive thought or

gesture will nudge all of us forward.

 

THE SOFT TENTACLES OF GOD

 

Reach out into life, into all existence,

molding it into a solid vision of your

aspirations, dreams, wonderings –

forming it with purpose and intention,

to coincide with your imaginings,

knowing that within this approach exists

the first cause of all thoughtful creation,

this is when and where “idea” solidifies,

finding structure and permanence.

 

Reach out, realizing you are the conduit

for divine inspiration, the soft tentacles

of God, stretching to push all existence

forward, to guide it towards a more worthy

being: grasp this challenge as you lay the

foundation for a more perfect existence,

where love, humility, hope and peace

form the basis for all action.

 

Reach out, sharing your clear vision,

perpetuating the message, fostering a sense

that our fate is only sealed by a limited,

caustic perspective, easily loosened by a

unified reminder that we, each of us,

humanity as a whole, holds the reins

to a more flourishing existence, through

our outstretched demands.

 

NOE G.  3.25.2017 7:00 AM

 

WITH LOVE, G. 

 

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My spiritual orientation has been most influenced

by the New Thought movement, which originated

in the mid 1800’s, as I explain in Chapter Three -

New Thought Positive Spirituality Yesterday and

Today, of my book available free of charge on this

blog.

 

New Thought owes its existence to the American

Transcendentalist Movement, sparked by the

genius of  Ralph Waldo Emerson - following the

philosophical lead of Kant, Emerson strived to

construct a fresh and innovative  philosophy for 

the newly democratic America that was unfolding:

emphasizing the divine in nature: the value of the

individual and of human intuition; focusing on

a spiritual reality that “transcends” sensory

experience, providing a better moral and life

guide than purely empirical, logical reasoning; 

or the existing alternatives - faith based or

otherwise.

 

Emerson argued that the divine is in each of us,

a soul based connection expressing divine guidance

through our intuition, and this intuition provided

direction as to how, individually, we should best

live our lives.  Not a new idea, but surely a very

radical idea for the 1800’s in colonial America.

 

In this effort, Emerson was joined by a collection

of the preeminent thinkers of his time, who formed

the TranscendentalClub; published the most forward

thinking and popular journal in America, The Dial,

as they, individually and as group;  fueled the social

change efforts to reform religion; abolish slavery;

push for women’s rights; provide for more effective

education, and even experiment with new communal

ways of living, such as Fruitland. These  early innovators

included Henry David Thoreau, Margaret Fuller,

Dr. William Ellery Channing, Amos Bronson Alcott,

Theodore Parker, Frederick Douglas, and later,

Louisa May Alcott, Elizabeth Peabody, and Walt

Whitman.

 

I review all of this to help put in perspective the

guidance I share, to remind readers why I use an

intuitive style of “listening” for the still small voice

based in a practice of meditation, and to encourage

others to experiment using this technique for 

recording their own spiritual experience and

guidance. 

 

I consider my approach intuitive, because as

long as the guidance I receive is positive, 

I record it word for word without editing. 

Occasionally, I try to direct the topic, as I did

on the day in September when I asked for

a sign that I was still headed in the right

direction.

 

Below is the response, which I have titled, The Sign.

In this brief passage, I receive aresponse to my

question, and although I am not given a sign, but 

instead told to look for a sign, by focusing on the

dots rather than the whole picture along with

looking into the harmony linking what is.

 

So you may assume, I have not as of yet uncovered 

the sign, since I am not noting any direct revelation,

but, as is my practice, I will continuemy peering

until I do. 

 

Thank you for reading.

  

THE SIGN

 

Waiting near is a sign of our commitment,

the source of our enduring partnership

in this existence, look beyond the obvious,

the commonplace, through the expectations,

the tried and true, into the harmony linking

what is, the backdrop providing the reality

screen, the appearance of tangible existence

with your consciousness, know what is isn’t,

it is an appearance, seek the dots that create

the picture, each dot the basis of all existence,

the brick, the building block of what appears

permanent, solid, impenetrable, a world of dots

aligned for a purpose, with a meaning, a substance,

a mission. Peer deeply within and see the sign.

 

NOE G. 9.12.2014

 

For those who are interested in a

more in-depth discussion of

Transcendentalism than I cover

in Chapter Three of the book, I

suggest an online visit to the “web

of American Transcendentalism,”

linked on the right hand sidebar

under Related And Supportive

Websites. 

 

WITH LOVE, G. 

 

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I believe each one of us, personally, but also

collectively, are poised and capable to assist

our world’s evolution to a more cohesive,

functional, and much kinder, global family –

one where compassion and mutual respect

compel us all to reach out our hands in

cooperation, as our sights are set on creation,

rather than destruction.

 

The first step, based on my guidance, is for

each of us to enter “the Thickness” of

our mutual consciousness, armed with our

own personal imaginings of what this new

earth might be like, allowing our positive,

confident, and constructive vision to create

a story so energized by our love, and our

belief, that we change the very fabric

of the collective mind.

 

THE THICKNESS

 

Enter into the thickness of consciousness,

well aware of its aspects, its dimensions,

and its dilemmas – as you are fully immersed,

you are also dissolved, integrated, merged,

leaving boundaries unclear and destabilized –

for within separation, distinction is self-

imposed, self-devised; all folding, sifting

into one thought, one essence, one perspective.

 

So, you must let go, give in, as you take in,

becoming one with the presence, whole,

vulnerable, attached; leaving behind what

was former existence; accepting the evidence

of expanded consciousness – one being

alive, afloat in the many, the multitudes –

here thought is the consensus, yet still,

perspectives, conflicts, and desires fail

to meld.

 

Realize, this journey, by its very nature,

is real - this quest requires preparation;

a strong heart, a solid confidence, for the

waves will bring all sorts, friends and foes,

personal or preconceived, to toss you about;

hopefully, in the end, enboldening you  

to break through and erupt into awareness.

Return frequently to the breath, prayer,

affirmations and God’s guidance and all

will be well, doable.

 

NOE G. 2.5.2016

 

WITH LOVE, G.

 

 

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It is often the rationality of the design beneath

even the most expected items of this world;

the morning glory blossomed blue – yellow -

white on the neighbor’s fence, the minnows

scampering in lock-step motion in the pond,

the bird chorus of high pitched mating calls

harmonizing, the sheer complexity of a rabbit

popping up to survey the possibilities.

 

I have watched this excellence unfold daily,

even if, often, I have just taken it for a given,

failing to realize the enormous genius involved

in its formation, the sheer monumental energy

even one nanosecond of its universal becoming

requires; often unaware of its carefully crafted

and sculpted creations set to maximize even

the minutest presence, powering each form

forward and beyond what even now is considered

plausible, realistic.

 

I feel when we set out to understand the design

and the designer, stretching out, somewhere

in our reflection, a Gestalt takes place, then,

only then, for a moment we can peer beyond

the artifacts into the very engine of creation,

then, only then, do we perceive the vastness

of the infinite, the magnitude of becoming.

 

It is in this vein I offer the poem/note titled

By Design, possibly to assist this sort of

spiritual deep consciousness diving, with

the hopes of piercing the source, or at least,

to gain a brief glimpse of the magnificence

behind the scenes.

 

BY DESIGN

 

There is, within this world, the repetition

of an excellence, the continual unfolding

of a design that enhances what it supports;

as it encloses, fashions, and drives into

unique being – with its natural embodiment

providing the strong skeletal structure

individuated, leaving nothing to the randomness

of chance; rather preordaining, configuring

what was previously determined, sketched

through earlier contemplation, then pushed

to emerge as conceived - one blossom at

a time, one leaf, one twig, all prepared to act

as perceived; agreed upon by some earlier

intention, disposition: calmly and sincerely

becoming what is and will ever be the pursuit

of another iteration of the infrastructure

of creative divine striving, reaching through

the rich dark earth, fixed on the nutrients

of growth, sun, air, water, love – then bursting

out, layered pursuit presented, audited, then

again, until life arrives, formed and sentient.

 

POEM/NOE G. 6.2.2106

 

WITH LOVE, G.

 

 

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CLARITY OF INTENTION

 

Clarity of intention forms the basis of cocreated

existence. Formulate in words with strong emotion

a set of proposed intentions. Document and

remember each in vivid detail, breathing life

and energy into their beingness, creating each

within your consciousness and soul.

 

Now, with inner declaration, inform the universe

of your creative intention, of your complete belief

in the intended outcomes, fully expecting what

is required to be set in motion, accelerating the

cocreation needed to proceed onward; believing

fully in positive outcomes.  

 

Spend visionary thought time with each intention,

immersed in the details until the vision takes shape

and life; and within take up residence, living within

this expected reality, existing clear with a firm belief

in the proposed reality of this cocreation effort.

Animate and activate these visions, willing

them into being – whole, vibrant, alive.

 

NOE G. 2.8.2018

 

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One of the most enjoyable aspects of this Finding

God On The Train Story quest, is the inspired notes

I occasionally record during my more intense meditations;

what I have come to refer to as Notes On Enlightenment. 

 

As with this note below titled The Implicate Order Of God

Alive, I may, when received, just record the note and let

it wait for publishing – in this case since August of 2017 -

giving me time to ponder its message and significance,

or to wait until I feel it seems appropriate.

 

What I enjoy most about these notes is the challenge

to delve deeper, to decipher the message as it relates

to my personal spiritual perspective. This note appears

to answer my questioning regarding who created

whom, was God a result of the collective human

consciousness’ yearning for a higher, more intelligent

overseer – one that would be loving, kind, and supportive.

 

Or, was it, as most believe, and this note underscores,

God directed and initiated. Whatever we may personally

conceive of as the originator of sentient existence,  

the note below offers us a perspective to fuel our

spiritual contemplation.

  

THE IMPLICATE ORDER OF GOD ALIVE

 

In the beginning, there was the mind of God, purposeful,

intentional, of the law and of the will, the cosmic mind

of all consciousness, of all order, of all being, the observer

of all existence, its vision, its perception, aware and alive,

vibrational, powered by potential, directed by the desire

for a more complete universe.

 

All that is, exists within the parameters of this containment,

as all local and non-local mind, consciousness and the

matter of the perceivable universe: the earth, life as we

know it, a manifestation of this conceptual framework,

created by the mind and the consciousness of God, within

the whole, the implicate order of God alive.

 

In this sense, humanity, humankind is created, or manifested,

in the image or conceptual nature of God, with human mind

and consciousness at both the local and the non-local levels

a reflection of God mind/consciousness - both being individually

able to impact its own vision and the creation of the universe.

 

In this sense, all physical existence is a product of the mind,

powered still by the intentional, manifested at will with the

energy of raw emotion. Within, this God universe and the

human universe all continues, alive and thriving, as one.

 

NOE G. 8.13.2017 9:00 AM

 

WITH LOVE, G. 

 

 

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pivot – noun - the central point, or shaft

on which a mechanism turns or oscillates.

 

verb – (pivots, pivoting, pivoted) turn on

as if on a pivot; (pivot on) depend on.

 

Life pivots on the present moment; for every

moment we exist – every moment we live –

we are presented with, as the note below

conveys, a pivot point. I believe it is exactly

within this moment, this pivot point, where

God exists, where we actually exist, where

all consciousness exists.

 

We each must, on our own, recognize

the opportunity offered by these present

moment based pivot points, learning how

to maximize their utility and as the adroit

basketball player often accomplishes:

stop dribbling, set one foot firmly as

the pivot, and then, swivel to reposition

our future efforts for more effective and

positive living.

 

THIS MOMENT

 

With every moment we are presented with

an opportunity to be more, to choose our

own unique direction, to interpret our

existence, to perceive our future and manifest

its very essence, to lay the ties and trestles

of this momentum, to alleviate our suffering,

to flourish even with our burdens in tow,

to soar through our real or imagined

constraints, manifesting our magnificence.

 

With every moment comes a point of choice,

to propel forward or shrink into the malaise

of our fears and concerns, to boldly say yes

to life and living, to hold our worthy vision

before us, and with each deliberate chisel

stroke give this vision life and vitality,

thinking it into worthy existence – creating

a more wholesome and flourishing reality.

 

With every moment an opportunity, a choice,

a personal, spiritual refinement, renewal –

a chance to peer within, to grasp our purpose,

our meaning, allowing its significance

to stoke our enthusiasm, summon our joy,

as our purpose aligns with our will – life

synchronized, harmonious, as God’s love

assists our efforts, preparing the way

to our rightful destiny.

 

NOE G. 8.23.2017 8:53 AM

 

WITH LOVE, G. 

 

 

 

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I find myself intrigued by the Meditation Guidance

below titled The Mirrored Soul, which indicates

that our authentic self-exists fully formed within

God consciousness, working to guide us towards

the full realization of our potential. If this is

accurate, then it is plausible that we do come into

this world, with a "soul mission" or "calling," that

we must in some way ascertain and somehow reflect

through living.  

 

THE MIRRORED SOUL

 

Within God consciousness resides the divine image

of you, reflected and conceived in perfect oneness –

the divine you, the concept of you in full potential,

the God you, the final and complete design of you –

the sincere soul of pure God identity,  the blueprint,

the model, the destination of authentic purposeful

being.

 

Our divinity – our God self – our atman resides in

the total and universal consciousness of God – fully

aware of the past, actively working with us in the

present, knowledgeable of the potential and

possibilities resulting from present choice points.

 

This divine reflection has and will always exist and

is ever present and active in our lives moving us

through our separation and limited perspective, our

ego desires and indoctrination, towards a connection

with the true potential of our existence. We move

towards and connect with our divine image – our

reflection of perfect life – our God nature through

prayer and deep meditation – through envisioning,

dreaming, and clairvoyance.

 

Work to connect with, and be guided by, your divine

based self within God consciousness, knowing this

is the road to enlightenment – true heaven on earth.   

 

NOE G. 2.23.2012  9:24 AM

 

WITH LOVE, G. 

 

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TANGIBLE CREATION

  

Sincerity, immersion, along with complete commitment, 

define the parameters of a successful project or venture; 

a clarity of intention conceived in the heart of imagination,

made tangible through frequent visualization, formed

and reformed and formed again in thought and emotion.

 

The effort extended must be complete, authentic,

uncompromised – soul-centered and heartfelt –

cherished, loved, and essential; focused desire 

made manifest, a creation of good with universal

application, a magnificent undertaking.

 

To this constructive effort, all must be wagered,

all must be offered, for only the transfer of total

and unhampered belief will stoke the furnaces,

forge the particles into being, and finally, breathe

life into the shell of the whole, giving forth

animation and destiny.

 

NOE G. 4.5.2018

 

WITH LOVE, G. 

 

 

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CONNECTED WITHIN

 

Within connected consciousness we exist,

whole and fully supported our visions, hopes,

desires; solitary and intricately shared,

reverberating, vibrating, from local space

throughout the whole – all individual beats

of a magnificent spiritual drum, pounded

in syncopated splendor, coupled with like

expressions, until a resounding ocean of clear

intention surfaces, moving tsunami like

throughout the one mind of existence,

attracting, calling forth, what might be -

should be - and now, with this tumult –

could be, very possibly, communally

expressed.

 

Know, our individual perception of a

world worth living, fostering, incubating,

nourishing, fermenting, finds its very origin

in our singular, personal imagination,

our audacity to visualize a more pertinent

existence, a more bountiful and appealing

being, a way forward to a shared joy,

a collective happiness, a lasting hope.

 

NOE G 4.7.2016

 

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I want to take a moment and reflect on

recovery – whether this recovery is

physical, financial, career oriented,

relational, spiritual, artistic, creative –

or just coming back when life knocks the

wind out of us, leaving us suffering

and looking up at a very menacing sky. 

 

In these times of loss and confusion,

it is quite logical to reflect on what

is not happening in our lives, rather

than manifesting the desired result that

would alleviate the pain. I will let the

note below titled Recovery, provide

some guidance for returning to stasis –

or equilibrium, during these trying

times.

 

RECOVERY

 

Constancy of purpose, established doing,

set in motion by positive intention, is the

underpinning of successful recovery,

focused regeneration, the summoning

of oneness, wholeness, solid restoration

of what should be, what was meant to be,

what is complete and appropriate.

 

Within this conscious undertaking, doubt

and insincerity must be addressed and

reconfigured, recognized and released,

as to provide space for consistent, and

unequivocal clarity, space for a pristine

and viable conception, one solid and

tangible, one whole and convincing.

 

This act of returning to the origin

of our wholeness may call for

addressing the root causes of the

misconception; listen and respond

to these inner perturbations; use

empathy and heartfelt compassion,

offer amends and return to healthier,

worthier living going forward,

thus, healing wounds, forgiving all

concerned, summoning, united,

the return to stasis.

 

NOE G. 6.30.2016

 

WITH LOVE, G.

 

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Morphic Resonance – the principle theoretical

concept and hypothesis of renown British

biologist Rupert Sheldrake, PhD:  positing

that memory is inherent in all of nature;

with natural systems, such as termite colonies,

or orchid plants, or apple trees, or insulin

molecules, or humanity as a whole, inheriting

a collective memory from all previous entities

of their related system; available and usable

as a guide to enhance growth and development.

 

The establishment of our personal, individual

existence, before or after this earthly life,

has been a point of much speculation and

conjecture.  As with all things spiritual,

we have a tendency to layer myth, wishful

thinking, and hopeful clairvoyance to come

to our belief, whether individually, or as

a follower of a specific religious perspective.

 

As a true believer in the traditional view

of heaven, my wife Ann shudders when

I talk this way. Even so, I feel it is essential

that we not just except a standard answer

without questioning its veracity, at least as

it relates to our own spiritual perspective.

 

My guidance, like the featured note below,

has repeatedly pointed to not only an afterlife,

but a before–life, with this all too brief

time in between, a place of fostered growth,

an incubator of sorts where our joint

experiences are folded back into conscious-

ness, to be shared with those who are still

in the process of living.

 

It is not my purpose to dispel or disclaim

your personal vision of the afterlife, only

to stimulate productive speculation for

those inclined, who, like me, may find

themselves closer to the after part than

the before.

 

FOSTERED GROWTH

 

What exits beyond life, existed before life,

the presence, the essence, established as

fact and form, inhabiting all time frames,

all sequences, presented as the possibility

to be engaged, offered for evolvement,

for enhancement, for becoming, in what

we conceive of as tangible life, to be allowed

fostered growth, creative blossoming,

experiential stretching; able to ascend

or pretend, or descend as occasioned,

and with this existential opportunity

a platform for emotional connection,

the extension for singular into plural

existence, forming a web of connection;

life integrated and tied together, using

free will to push the boundaries of possibility –

to grow life – establish potential, and

when fully exercised, to take this learning,

this insight, returning to where it originated,

to lasting consciousness, to share in morphic

resonance as needed, with all life becoming.

 

NOE G. 8.8.2016

 

WITH LOVE, G.

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PERSEVERANCE

 

Perseverance must become the steady state

of your efforts, persistence in spite of,

or better yet, because of the challenges and

obstacles awaiting your arrival as you proceed –

fully engaged, inwardly directed, with clarity

in action.

 

It is because of this dogged perseverance

you find your solid momentum, prepared

to move on without fear or circumvention,

alive in the belief that results will manifest,

outcomes will be based in good and positive

becoming.

 

So, today, turn away from the ennui

of superficial striving, take up the rod and

the staff of your divine destiny, as you hurl

yourself into the project and tasks at hand,

knowing all will be accomplished in good time

and in due course.

 

NOE G. 7.4.2018

 

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TRUTH MINING

 

Spiritually, we must all be miners of the truth

that will truly set us free. This truth is a current

running through all conscious life, revealing 

the clear purpose and divine meaning of this

existential experience. Each day let us don our

helmet and begin to mine for both these apparent

and the not so obvious truths waiting for our

discovery. Knowing each is a kernel of God’s

essence – a piece of the puzzle of existence that

will enlighten us and grow us.

 

Spiritual truth of course begins with individual

or personal truth, for on the surface an untrue

consciousness cannot mine for the deeper gems

existing within. Open yourself up to revealing and

accepting the truth of all things. This truth is not

critical or caustic, but civil and honest, real truth

is potent in its healing power, even if it at times,

is uncomfortable and uneasy. 

 

As you mine your individual and spiritual truth,

be open to the rethinking or reflection needed

to bring you towards a truthful equilibrium.

Take each truth to God in prayer and meditation,

letting it grow like a seed in spring until it is lived

fully in your life.

 

NOE G. 4.28.2013 

 

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FRUSTRATION’S RECONNAISSANCE

 

Frustration occurs when reality conflicts

with expectations, when outcomes fail to

materialize, when the hoped-for morphs

into the uncalled for, when visions blur

and desires contend, reflecting the antithesis

of wishes, dreams, reflections, and even

prayers.

 

At these times confusion and bewilderment

rage like a fire across a dry forest; dumbfounded

we assess our damage, berate our intelligence,

dismay at the research and apparent thinking

that has forged our choices, energized our

actions, only to result in heartfelt frustration.

 

Yet, does this turmoil not provide a message,

a spark of reconnaissance worthy of proper

reflection, perhaps even the gem of insight

required to shift our strategy, reformulate

our paradigm, clearing the way for a more

profitable and workable solution going

forward – a spark of genius.

 

NOE G. 6.9.2018

 

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BALANCED EXPECTATION

  

We must each seek first a balance between

desire and possibility, realizing exact specifications

rarely fit the unfolding being, our concept,

our vision may ignite an immediate spark

setting our world ablaze or instead; just kindle,

smoldering until time, place, and purpose align

at some distant point an appropriate flame.

 

Immediacy excites our desires as patience

is considered a retardant, slowing progress,

keeping us from our intended mission and

hoped for rewards, yet it is precisely at this

moment when we focus on the outcome

that we set our progress into disarray,

appeasing want rather than sound growth

and forward momentum.

 

Let us set our eyes and focus on the doing,

allowing the becoming to find its pace and

direction, to unfold with divine and universal

support into the essence of its very nature,

its true possibility, authentic and firm in its

construction, a complete vision of wonder

and magnificence.

 

NOE G. 6.15.2018

 

WITH LOVE, G. 

 

 

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 BUT THEN

 

 I wonder, God,

    how you stand existing

        within my tired frame,

    worn and cracked

from too many taut days -

    ah, but then, I realize,

    this is all my illusion,

not yours.

 

POEM G. 8.14.2012

 

Sometimes this spiritual quest gets too complex,

and I am the first to forget the basics; that is,

being prepared to connect with God, in the present,

through meditation, prayer, and contemplation.

 

It is within these meditative moments where we

master the skill of mind control, clearing away

the debris of our egos and our noisy lives, to meet

the true consciousness of God, always ready

and waiting in the now.

 

So when I came across this note featured below

from 2014, I decided to publish it, as a gentle

reminder, to all of us, of the basics.

 

THE FIRST STEP

 

The power to clear the consciousness is available

to everyone, simply by using the techniques and

approaches honed by thousands of years of earnest

effort, one errant thought at a time.

 

It is basic meditation practice, with its focus on

the breath, returning to this breath when thoughts

surface – allowing us to lay the foundation,

training our minds, so our awareness during

practice will determine the flow and focus

of our attention.

 

For some, this may be the first experience with mind

control – allowing thoughts to surface, but upon

review, choosing to withdraw attention, returning

instead to the breath and our meditative focus,

thus laying the groundwork for a breath-focused

mindfulness, available during meditative practice,

or anytime we choose mindfulness as our criterion

for awareness.

 

NOE G. 9.19.2014

 

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When I meditate deeply, and ask for guidance,

I often receive what I originally referred to as a

Note On Enlightenment or NOE,  but now refer to

as just Meditation Guidance. I usually receive

a line or two in a whispered voice, which I often

repeat and ask for clarification or more detail.

 

When I get a chance I reach for my meditation

journal, repeat and write down the lines I can

remember and then transcribe word for word

whatever comes to mind next, without editing.

 

As outlined in the book, to date I have received

hundreds of these notes often addressing my life 

issues or providing insight on the chapter I am

writing at the time. Many have been incorporated

in the writing of Book One - The Crystal Path.

 

The note below came during the writing of a

chapter that includes a discussion on God

Consciousness. I will be using this note since

it presents a rather unique concept of God

that I would like to share, as a collective being

consisting of all the sentient life that has ever

existed, available to provide guidance and

direction when asked.   

 

THE COLLECTIVE BEING

 

God is not a super being - God is the collective

being of our consciousness, our existences,

our living experience combined and infused

into one potential source of guidance and

inspiration – it is not he or it – it is they or

them from the first to the last – all sentient

conscious life working to assist us in living

it better, fuller, with less pain, with more joy,

to assist us with stumbling less and running

more – to assist us with living beyond the

limits, and by doing so, expand the potential

for all to follow in the future.

 

We, each of us is connected to this field of

God consciousness aware of its purpose.

We are present extensions of possibility,

of potential, feeding back our experience.

Our soul is the portal to the collective soul

of life as God – pray to it, connect with it,

appeal to it and it will guide you, enlighten

you with what it knows to date, and push

you to even greater heights.

 

This is God.

 

NOE G. 6.15.2012 7:10 AM

 

WITH LOVE, G.

 

 

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PIECES OF GOD

 

Everywhere I go

there are little pieces of God,

by gathering them together,

perhaps, I will see

the whole picture,

or at least,

like a puzzle partially

completed,

a rough outline will appear,

and I, with a little patience,

can imagine the rest.

 

POEM G. 3.26.2014

 

In my opinion, a key to a viable spiritual

quest requires the tenacity to find our own

unique perspective of God, which, in the

end may sync with a traditional concept,

or be something altogether distinctly

different, as indicated by the note below

titled, The Origin.

 

This Meditation Note is the answer to

my direct question, during meditation,

regarding the origin of God. Now, this

response may be impacted by an idea

I have been considering, or better put,

fixating on lately  – what if God conscious-

ness was not the originator of all existence,

but evolved out of the very consciousness

of all existence - formed out of evolving life

itself. What if God, is basically, all existing

consciousness - plus, all awareness - plus,

everything awake - plus.  

 

THE ORIGIN

 

I want to say - look beyond the horizons

and into the life, breath, and pulse of man.

 

Here, within, exists the beat of a living God,

the anointed desires of all existence, made

manifest by a single intention: this sliver

of purpose formed from a consciousness

combined to be something more than the

sum of its parts; a primal force realizing

random exist0rs would not transmit a

greater destiny than mere being.

 

Here is the transcendence into an organized

being, a conscious entity formed and fed

from the totality of each thought, sense,

feeling, aliveness, and in turn, growing its

beingness, reaching out to foster the well-

being of all nature, striving to navigate

the parts towards a more viable, pertinent,

and self-sustaining existence.

 

Here is the origin of everything awake.

 

NOE G. 4.19.2014 

 

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WITHIN

 

It is all within us, heaven on earth,

love and wisdom, truth – unity – God,

everything we seek, all that we desire,

aspire to, stretch to obtain – the power

to heal ourselves as well as others;

the enlightenment; the transcendence;

the very infinity we struggle to comprehend;

all history; all evolution; the cosmos;

consciousness; all levels of comprehension; 

full and utter existence.

 

Yet, along side of this, is the murky,

the fearful, the anxiety, the suffering,

the hell unattended, the pain carried –

our own and that of our ancestors –

the chaos of wanton desire, our animal

natures, our monsters, our confusion,

our despair.

 

We must submerge ourselves deeply

within our conscious, subconscious,

and unconscious awareness; using

contemplation/prayer/meditation

to find our way; to find a way to order

our own “allness” for a more positive

existence, for our own being, for our

own becoming, for our own clear vision.

 

NOE G. 2.12.2017

 

It is often difficult for me to ascertain which 

transpires first, a certain spiritual obsession,

or the daily message/guidance that may have 

referenced the notion in the first place; creating

a sort of spiritual “chicken or the egg” conundrum.

 

Two spiritual concepts have captured my obsessive

attention recently, both incited initially, I think,

by guidance received during my daily meditations,

and finally morphing into the note offered above

titled Within.

 

First, is the very concept that we - as  individual, 

physical, spiritual beings - are all inclusive, 

a sort of mobile hologram representing all that 

exists, or has ever existed, within the cosmos - 

including God. Not a novel concept for New

Thought adventurers, but one that has suddenly

stunned me, forcing me beyond my reason based

comprehension, into a vaster conceptual context.

 

I have, as of yet, been unable to fully verbalize 

this clearly, but let me attempt to express 

my swirling thoughts as the following. 

 

We each, individually, contain the creative

life force that is necessary to not only

perceive the cosmos, and through that

perception establish its existence, but also

to use it as a multi-dimensional canvas

upon which, through which, we individually, 

as well as communally, create a work of art

so enormous, so momentous, so profound,

we, if aware, must shutter at its magnificence.

 

Although I struggle here to convey its essence,

I know this gift of structured existence demands

our attention, requires our comprehension, and

beseeches our skillful use. 

 

As the note above conveys, this power within

also includes our capability for healing, stated

briskly with the following simple declaration:

 

“the power to heal ourselves

                   as well as others”

 

Healing has been the other spiritual concept

that has occupied my thoughts recently.

And frankly, this power to heal should not

be a shock to me, given that all of New

Thought was founded on this very idea

of spiritual healing.

 

As with anyone who is a member of a large

family, serious health concerns throw life

into a state of chaos, and recently Ann and I

have also been contributing to the confusion.

Leave it to say, my morning meditations are

focused on healing, my own and that of others

I love.

 

So, I would like to share some of my recent

thoughts regarding healing, with the under-

standing that this topic deserves its own chapter

in one of my books (good idea!), or maybe its

own book, to ensure full coverage.

 

I will start with a controversial insight – that is,

healing, in my current thinking, is determined

by the faith of the person who is being prayed for,

not those who are praying. What is important

is that the prayed for person is aware of all

the wonderful loving, kind people who care

enough to pray; and it is here where the larger

the number of "prayers" stokes the importance

of the experience.

 

Likewise, recent research has shown that the

patient’s belief in the healing medicine, elixir,

placebo, operation, procedure, potion, prayer,

ceremony, festival, statue, or sacred location;

as well as the patient’s belief in the physician,

healer, priest, shaman – is most accentuated

and beneficial when the curing procedure is 

performed, or offered, in a way that creates 

what the patient will emotionally perceive of as

a “profound healing experience.”

 

To use modern healing practices as an example,

when we walk into a major medical facility for

a healing procedure: our minds register

the significance of the facility, the doctors,

the complex healing equipment, the reputation

of both the medical staff and the hospital as a

healing entity: all of which enhances our

(the patient's) healing belief, as well as our 

expectation of a curing experience - actually

fostering a positive medical outcome by ensuring 

a “profound healing experience.”

 

In other words, this healing experience –

its ambiance, its personal/spiritual significance

to the patient, even its magical nature – coupled

with the belief  the procedure will work, heightens

the overall possibility of actual healing.

 

So, what I am saying here, is that the patient’s 

belief in the healing element or process, when 

administered by what is perceived of as respected 

authority able to create the desired outcome – 

when coupled with the potent demonstration

of a “profound healing experience,” not only 

enhances the actual healing potential of the

patient, but may, in and of itself, trigger a

healing process within the patient.

 

This goes a long way to clarify why a vast array

of medical science based research studies report 

actual, tangible, healing results within their placebo

control groups. Perhaps the very protocol of the

research study is triggering the internal belief 

based healing system of the test patients by 

providing this "profound healing experience." 

 

For example, a recent television advertisement

for an injection that reduces the number

of migraines for those who suffer from fifteen

or more per month, offers an explanation 

in small print at the bottom of the screen,

that those who received the actual injection

had nine to ten less migraines per month

on average, while those who received the

research placebo injection experienced

six to seven less migraines monthly. This

is what is known as the Placebo Effect -

actual healing from a control substance 

or procedure that has no actual therapeutic 

value.

 

It is easy to extrapolate that belief based healing

is a viable healing process, and that we each could

tap into, or benefit from, respected spiritual

healing experiences, of course, as an adjunct

to already respected modern medical procedures.

 

I have been most impacted and excited by the

feature focus of the December 2016 issue of

National Geographic – the cover title exclaims

The Healing Power Of Faith. This insightful

summary of healing research titled Mind Over

Matter, by Erik Vance, with amazing photographs

by Erika Larsen - fully outlines this significant

research regarding faith based healing. I have

shared a link to this article below:

 

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2016/12/healing-science-belief-placebo/

 

Thank you for allowing me to discuss my two

current obsessions. What makes this spiritual

quest so exciting, is that the wonder never leaves

us without something to mull over, and over,

and over.  I will be republishing some of my

related posts from the Finding God On The Train

archives, in hopes stimulating our future mulling.  

 

WITH LOVE, G.

 

 

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A while back I downloaded from iTunes

a series of  New Dimensions Radio interview

programs, which featured Dr. Wayne Dyer.

One of the programs, from the late 1990’s,

was a discussion centering on Dyer’s, then

recently published, 1998 book titled Wisdom

Of The Ages, 60 Days To Enlightenment.  

 

I decided to buy the iBook and read one

of the sixty quotes each morning, as an

addition to my morning meditation and

prayer practice.

 

A favorite quote of mine was on the topic

of divinity, featuring Epictetus (55-135 AD), 

an emancipated slave, who later became 

a Greek Stoic philosopher:

 

You are a distinct portion of the essence

of God in yourself. Why, then, are you ignorant

of your noble birth? Why do you not consider

whence you came? Why do you not remember

when you are eating, who you are who eat;

and whom you feed: do you not know it is

the divine you feed; the divine you exercise?

You carry a God about with you.

 

I finished my reading, began to meditate, 

and, as I usually do, asked for guidance. 

I received the following message:

 

BIRTHRIGHT

 

Open your mind to the sheer power that

runs through you, fully embrace the enormous

power flowing through every fiber, every

cell of your being, the divine power,

the essence of God within you – dive deep

within its holy fluidness, wash away

the doubt and confusion left unguarded,

creating what is without substance or merit:

instead; today, stand firm and positive, 

clearly focused on the strength, wisdom, 

hope, compassion, and creative energy 

that is your birthright; flex your creative

God power, reframing the static transmission,

replacing it with full and vibrant definiteness,

fantastically ripe and waiting to emulate your

every dream, to inculcate your consciousness,

ready to plant, grow, and harvest a reality

without bounds – robust and purposeful.  

 

NOE G. 7.20.2015 

 

WITH LOVE, G.

 

 

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PARTICLE OF TOTAL CONSCIOUSNESS

 

Even a small particle of consciousness is the

total consciousness of God – the I AM. You are

this essential cell of God consciousness, forming

and manifesting the world into cocreated life

and creation.

 

A single cell of consciousness in the universal

body and form of God – moving forward with

the will and destiny of a particle energy –

mobilizing and energizing in harmony with

this universal consciousness – this infinite

consciousness – this infinite awareness we

often call God, Source, Spirit, or Divine Mind.

 

For on a universal level, all the cell particles of

individual consciousness – from what we know

as sentient life – formulate and mobilize the total

consciousness – the I AM of all consciousness.

Be aware of your essential nature – your connection

and contribution to the whole, being aware of its

significance.

 

For a spiritually awakened you, contributes to

the full awakening of all intention throughout

the universal consciousness. If you join with

others who are still asleep, within the illusion

of separateness and disjointed life, you will slow

the evolution of enlightenment – the movement

towards full awareness of God as God.

 

Ensure your consciousness is awake, alive

and ready to bring forth life, power, and

growth to the universe of love and God.

 

NOE G. 10.30.2009 9:45 AM

 

WITH LOVE, G.

 

 

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NOTE OF TRUTH

 

Perhaps the solutions we seek in life are within

our grasp, there within us all along, too exhausted

after days of fierce wandering to voice a plea

for warranted attention, or overcome by schemes

and hapless strategies, sounding mute against

the ebb and flow of internal dissension.

 

So let us again turn our gaze inside out, refusing

to be tricked by our own magic, the ego’s slight

of hand, delving into the disorder of extinguished

life for the note of truth we so carelessly let slip

from our focus, to be crumpled underfoot waiting

for this day of atonement.

 

As we calm our shaking hands, flattening out the

message for earnest deciphering, let us work to

nobly approach this truth with open arms and an

accepting heart, knowing time enough remains

for even this undertaking, and strength enough

will come forth to bolster even this quest,

if we have the courage to pursue it undaunted. 

 

NOE G. 10.24.2013 

 

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I am beginning to clear the underbrush and

plow the field in preparation for Book Three

of the Finding God On The Train Story series -

titled God Consciousness And 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 the phrase Personal Consciousness

rather than Local Consciousness. Although I feel

Personal Consciousness is more descriptive,

either label fits.

 

Within our Personal Consciousness - the message

directs us to three components: the Operational

Mind - our day-to-day mind; the Spiritual or Divine

Mind - our soul and internal divinity; and the Ego -

which attempts to ensure our gratification and

survival.

 

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 process 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 will spend considerable time in Book Three

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 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?  

 

As we prepare to tackle these questions, let us

first look at the guidance below that I have

received on the subject, using this as a starting

point for our discussion.

 

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 establishing 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 humankind, 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 G. 1.19.2012 7:010AM

 

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My quest for a positive, personal spirituality has

required my acceptance that the standard notions

of God must be questioned, if a workable notion,

at least for me, is to be ascertained. From

time to time, I like to share the Meditation 

Guidance I have received that continues

to clarify the God I have found on the train.

 

If we start with the premise that God is,

in actuality, a consciousness, then the

Mediation Guidance below referring to an

evolving consciousness of God would be

tenable, for would God not also be learning,

growing, evolving, and expanding along with us.

 

My point here is to offer the message

I have received as another perspective

for consideration, not to convince anyone

that my perspective is the only viable one.

 

Your thoughts are always welcomed.

 

GOD EVOLVING

 

God is an evolving purpose in a fluid world,

an intention that grows, expands with each

breath, reaching out, stretching all life forward

in an effort of becoming more, fuller, integrating,

infusing, connecting to obtain a more perfect

potential. This is the ongoing creation, forming,

reforming, learning as it has done since the

beginning of the original becoming.

 

This energy, this evolving purpose is the force,

the source of life with each creation, every cell,

every particle, everything a work in perpetual

progress. This is centered in the consciousness

of God that one day awoke to the potential for

more perfect life, fuller existence, and has since

worked to allow life to form and reform into

workable possibility guided by the individual

desire of each for growth, for becoming their

true possibility.

 

Humankind is an extension of this effort,

the culmination, allowing the consciousness

of life to take form, to sense, to feel, to create,

to flourish in a perfect, yet still evolving form –

the extension of God purpose in actual existence.

Let us realize our significance as we expand

the consciousness that has created us, as we

contribute to the consciousness through our

efforts and intentions and as a result truly

grow all life, and actually grow God.

 

As we do, let us prepare to take our rightful

place in the becoming, pushing towards our

own evolution, our own potential reaching

to be the personification of God consciousness;

realizing this personifications entails - a focus 

individually and collectively, on expanding

the parameters of all life.

 

Grow with diligence!

 

NOE G. NO DATE LISTED

 

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There are times when the evil that surrounds us 

 

is incomprehensible; we are surely experiencing 

 

one of these times. That it is being done in the

 

name of God is just unfathomable.

 

As the note, I share below reminds, a meme

of evil has gained a foothold, as our global

culture has chosen to promote all things dark

and destructive as entertainment, our cultural

pastimes.

 

Although, we cannot personally stop these

random acts of global madness, perhaps

we can set in motion a new  focus, a viable

consciousness - a more wholesome and

worthy perspective.  

 

THIS MEME OF EVIL

 

It is the idea of evil, the intent of evil that surfaces

and finds a place in the collective consciousness.

It is this meme of evil, active, evolving, flourishing

that forms the presence of turmoil, destitution,

avarice, heartlessness – only by grabbing hold

of the content of consciousness can we counteract

its forming and reforming, its gaining power and

presence.  We each must resolve to think it into

diminishment, starting with our own mind control.

 

This meme of evil has gained a foothold, and at

times, an upper hand in this life. What we must

realize is that humanity is the generating force

of this dark, destructive meme, forged by lifetimes 

of fostering inhumanity and greed.

 

Today we feed the preservation of evil by opening

our psyches and our souls to a daily feeding of

media based demise, criminality, hatred, and

fictional homicide. Our culture is what now

represents us, and it is often dark and menacing,

brutal, unthinkable. The meme of evil thrives 

in our world of intolerance, hatred, and 

hopelessness.

 

We must consider, each of us, making it our

mission to reorder our thoughts and lives, basing

our efforts on the expansion of good, well-being,

thriving, hope: turning the tide – restoring 

a consciousness of good, for all.

 

NOE G. 11.18.2014

 

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torrent, noun. 1. a stream of water flowing

with great rapidity and violence. 2. a rushing,

violent, or abundant stream of anything.

3. a violent, tumultuous, or overwhelming flow.

 

We the individual particles of humanity, 

on a macro level, flow torrentially; our streams 

of being inhabiting our earthly existence, 

stretching our sensibilities to become, to go 

beyond, to create, to evolve, to overcome

our propensity, our unbridled desire for

more of what is magnificent, as well as, 

potentially hazardous - our currents,

combined and solitary, create the great

ebb and flow, the tide of consciousness.

 

In essence, it is this torrent we must learn

to navigate, harnessing the very nature

of our natural momentum.

 

TORRENT

 

Nothing within our existence is stationary;

unchanging; or static; rather it is like a

spring torrent – rushing uncontained,

forming then shifting, becoming again,

zestful, unhampered or directed by what

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

each moment of life, appearing robust

then in pieces shattered, only to be restored,

formed, captured, and forgotten, as swiftly

as it is generated profoundly once more;

and in this, with this, torrent we seek

to slow the pace, find a meaning, a common

thread, holding on for dear life, wishing for

stasis, when none exists, until, with reflection

and careful meditation, our pursuit of order

and control gives way to a giving in, releasing,

an allowing, and we understand our place

in the motion and being of this torrent;

one not separate; contained; not impacted by –

we, the momentum rather than the moved.  

 

NOE G. 4.20.2016 

 

WITH LOVE, G. 

 

 

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We, us, humankind, who forever exist as the

erupting force of viable life, let us know this:

from the very moment of first consciousness

our ancestors ripped at the light of the world

surrounding them, harnessing what was reachable

to create a more sustainable foundation going 

forward.

 

As we, in our lives now, add our footsteps to this

road, venturing onward, we must contribute, not

tentatively, but with our whole-hearts, knowing

the very existence of future existence depends

upon the nurturing of this eruption.  

 

Let us each wade through the morass of our

unique lives, clearing away the lethargy, 

stretching to discover what sparks we might

ignite; what fountain of life we might inspire;

what wonder - personally and collectively

as a family of beings – we might erupt.   

 

LIFE ERUPTS

 

The road is crisp

       with becoming;

            worn bare and clean

         by the footsteps

               of the multitudes,  

                     who ventured onward,

                  with clear dreams

              and overwhelming hope,

           with faith as a shield,

      determined to reach,

              beyond the constraints

                   of nature, of God, of man,

               envisioning a life robust,

       enticing, fertile with possibility,

                just waiting for the planting

         of their souls, eager

               for the sweat of their effort,

                          knowing, it is in this place –

               at this moment,

                                          life erupts.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

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SPARKING A FOUNTAIN OF YOU

 

Scintillate, being the spark of new life, flashing

forth the pure blessing and energy of being, here,

alive, on earth, emitting the essence of the you

becoming, share the exploding purpose of pure 

and worthy intention, a soul bursting with

possibilities – sparking arcs, connecting,

conjoined with life partners, to create and

recreate now, fresh, patterns of presence,

existence. 

 

Scintillate, with each motion, movement, 

endeavor, shine forth the astounding wonder

of your individualized creation, share the sparks

of love, the creative genius, the uniqueness of your

offering, allowing passion and purpose to ignite 

and light the way, knowing the material and kindling

for this combustion resides within you, now, release

it now, protecting each eruption, as each spark 

pierces the darkness, until combined, a fountain

of light, of you, sustains us all.

 

NOE G. 6.22.2016

 

WITH LOVE, G.

 

 

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From time to time, I receive a note like

the one here offered, which rings true

but seems a bit too forceful or dogmatic.

So I tuck it away for another day, such

as today, when I feel the note needs

expressing.

 

I believe, we (including me) who are

in the pursuit of a positive, personal,

and contemplative spirituality, do so

quietly, daintily, for fear of upsetting

those who would not understand

or approve.

 

Yet, if we are truly the tenders of the

garden, we need to realize our place

in this evolution of humankind and

all beingness. At one time, possibly,

the meek were to inherit the earth,

but this note below is in search of a

much stronger and more proactive

skill set.

 

SPIRITUAL WARRIORS/

TENDERS OF THE GARDEN

 

Let us be spiritual warriors, strong, solid,

fierce in our pursuits and undertakings, 

sincere, convinced, undaunted in our

thoughts and actions, capable of great

tenderness, defenders of the right,

the worthy, the defensible, never

wavering from our pursuit of conscious

being, evolved living, pure purposeful

intention.

 

Let us be spiritual warriors, fully prepared

to stand erect, allowing no one, no thought,

no misguided effort to counter our right

to be an individual, to be self-conceived,

to have a relationship with a living, vibrant

God: always a defender of any and all ways

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

a personal heaven on earth.

 

Let us be spiritual warriors, open to the

pursuit and implementation of our own

genuine, authentic life, our soul based

destiny; the individual and communal

flowing of the evolution of humankind,

as well as all sentient being –

as the tenders of the garden of life.

 

NOE G. 7.13.2017

 

WITH LOVE, G.

 

 

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Much of my spiritual life is spent listening,

and then it is occupied with interpreting

and understanding what is being conveyed.

At times, there appears to be a theme or

concept connecting what I am inspired to

write and record.

 

I received the Meditation Guidance

below titled New Ground.

 

NEW GROUND

 

We attach ourselves to the function of things,

to the sequence of things, to the process

followed, the ritual required, hoping

to find structure, concreteness, an order

where only fluid change exists – eternity,

where only impermanence abides; today

let us release our grasp and allow the fiction

of control to ease, moving toward looser,

more spontaneous paradigms; mindful,

aware, stretching each moment by truly

being in it, engaged and ultimately unscripted,

a free range being, without role, egoless,

forsaking the comfortable for new ground,

virgin, fertile - requiring the shedding

of repetitive being.

 

NOE G. 3.29.2017

 

I rarely ever receive guidance that

is not in some way personal and related

to my life. When I received this guidance,

I was drowning in my own output, still

going strong writing the Finding God On

The Train Story - Notes On Enlightenment –

with well over seven hundred pages, still

seeing no end in sight.

 

I needed to step back and seek new ground.

This new ground, if fully embraced, would

require a radical shift in my consciousness:

most notable; the desire for permanence;

the need for control, the ability to just let go –

and the most difficult, at least for me,

choosing spontaneity over preparation. 

 

Being spontaneous rather than prepared,

almost beyond by graduate business school

and professional conditioning to comprehend,

let alone actually do. My favorite phrase

underscores the challenge of this note

for me, to live -

 

“ultimately unscripted,

                  a free range being.”

 

The second offering below, Free The

Fireflies, is an inspired poem from

a Sunday morning meditation.

 

FREE THE FIREFLIES

 

It is the ramifications of fierce expectations,

formed in off moments with fleeting desires

that limit and spoil our possibilities;

forever taking infinite possibility,

truncating it, squeezing it

into our preconceived containers,

our goal-directed edict, our years

of misguided conditioning –

like fireflies jarred

on a summer night,

these bits of magnificence

lose illumination and darken,

only to fade from existence

and our grasp.

Let us endeavor to shed our forethought,

expecting less of ourselves, others,

life itself -  learning to live, to be again.

 

POEM G. 4.30.2017

 

Again, a plea for more spontaneity,

as well as the elimination of expectation

and forethought, moving toward

the “shedding of repetitive being.”

Offering, for me, a rather radical

approach:

 

“expecting less of ourselves, others,

            and life itself.”

 

What I like most about these two notes,

is that they convey what has been the

spiritual wisdom of the ages for those

seeking enlightenment – expressed in

a more soul catching garb, difficult

for me to ignore or dismiss.    

 

In all of this, I was able to see a fresh

approach for my book with too many

pages: a series of three books instead

of one.

 

WITH LOVE, G

 

 

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THE DEEP ADVENTURE

 

Exist now within the deep adventure of living,

submerged in existence, often consumed

by sensations, emotions, thoughts, experiences –

fully immersed in the content while struggling

to find a tangible thread of logic, a course of

action, a firm essence.

 

This adventure requires more than open

consumption, it calls for reflection, contemplation,

a wholehearted effort to interpret its meaning,

its message for you and all sentient existence -

alive today or who has ever lived or will ever

live.

 

As the adventure unfolds daily, know that

it has a conceptual grounding, a meaningful

course, a dynamic purpose; dive into its rich

thickness, deep and determined, clearing

your consciousness of magic and myths,

rather observant of what this divine gift

indicates - summons - asks in return.

 

NOE G. 6.7.2018

 

WITH LOVE, G. 

 

 

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As we have discussed, the focus of the Finding

God On The Train Story message, is that we

and God interact through a shared consciousness

and as a result, as the note below conveys, it is a

“logical” outgrowth of this conceptual framework

that we share a combined existence, teamed

to make the most of our endeavors and our lives.

This, of course, is facilitated, and the benefits 

of co-existence maximized, when we actually

buy-in to this framework.

 

Likewise, this notion is built on the premise

that every living being has an inner divine

nature and connection, that even with flat-out

negation, this divine connection cannot

be turned off or severed. Thus, the opportunity

for this inner divinity to assist even the totally

lost with reclaiming their redemption.

 

We, who believe in combined being, are in

a unique position to actually cocreate with

God our lives of joy, peace, love, and happiness –

heaven on earth. Others will benefit from

God’s close proximity and ability to assist

when possible.    

 

COMBINED BEING

 

The lasting partnership of total oneness

asks for only acceptance, a willingness

to be one with the enveloping consciousness

of eternal spirit, open to its flow, its push

and pull of a complete awareness.

 

This consciousness incubates and fosters

the individually perceived awareness,

seen by most, as distinct and separate.

Spirit is with you as the air you breathe

is with you, dislocation, separation is

untenable, impossible; yet many conjure

a distance between the created and

the creative force of all.

 

Understand that Spirit, the infinite

awareness, through the soul, provides

the framework for a lasting partnership

of combined being, able to live and

be a united unfolding presence, open

to engender form from well-intentioned

thought, to partner in the cocreative

wonder of living, being, becoming.

 

NOE G. 10.1.2014 10:00 AM 

 

WITH LOVE, G.

 

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THE SPOT OF INFINITE UNFOLDING

 

Life is expression, full and robust,

the demonstration of a flowing and

flowering of intention, the consequences

of existence in all its forms and varieties,  

extending to reach through and beyond,

to grasp possibility and potential,

willing both into tangible substance,

experienceable being.

 

Every part and parcel of this orchestration

that enlivens our souls, pumps our lungs,

maintains our equilibrium, displays our

consciousness, is an active agent of life

evolving, the tentacles of God reaching,

imagining, envisioning via each sentient

presence, through each awareness.

 

We, you and me, us all represent

the ultimate testament to this force

of natural striving, this divine reaching,

this roar of heartfelt becoming, fresh

in its order, always presenting a continual

newness, an infinite surprise, a possibility

reachable but beyond reach, a solitary

point where life unfolds, erupts, comes,

goes, and becomes again: the spot of

infinite unfolding.

 

NOE G. 7.7.2016

 

WITH LOVE, G. 

 

 

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From time to time, we must all ask ourselves

the question whether we are diligently planting 

the seeds of a positive, authentic life in our 

consciousness, preparing for the harvest of our 

abundance and prosperity.

  

I transcribed the guidance below as I struggled

with the recuperation from back surgery. 

At that time, I am sure I was not focused

on a harvest but rather survival.  I did my duty

and recorded the note and forgot about it in

my journal.

 

Last night, while working on the book series,

I came across this note again titled Harvest

Of Life. I was transfixed by the note and its

wonderful analogy, succinctly describing 

the consciousness work we all must do in

order to be fully authentic in this world. 

 

We are all growing and harvesting our

consciousness in every moment. If we

have planted the seeds of a positive life

in our minds, the results are ours to harvest -

prosperity, peace of mind, love, and happiness -

if not we must return to our garden and plant

our precious seeds once more. For there is

always another moment to farm again. 

 

 HARVEST OF LIFE

 

The harvest is ready to reap – full and lush

from tender toil – from loving care – strong

and healthy – ready to be the fruit of your

enjoyment – to fill your storage bins with

plenty for the long winter ahead.

 

Know this is the way – to plant a seed within

your creative thought - to care for it – water

and weed – watch it grow – protect it from

the ego and the opinions of others. Watch it

grow and visualize it as strong, healthy, and

prosperous – ready to be the substance of

real life and real form.

 

In the fields of your thought, you alone are

the farmer and you alone can ensure growth

by keeping thoughts of lack, not, and error

from impacting your creation – ruining your

work and destroying your harvest. You have

mastered the rules of growing form and you

can bring your harvest to share and enjoy

with the world.

 

Understand - as you view the lush fruit of

your labor and the pure miracle of creation

unfolding,  you have been the artist of plenty,

and through your thoughts and patience,

will now feed yourself, your family, your

community, and the world.

 

Take the sickle in hand – prepare the laborers –

fill the trucks of life and enjoy the fruits of

your labor – the harvest of life.

 

NOE G. 9.4.2010 8:10 AM

 

WITH LOVE, G

 

 

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There are periods when I find it difficult

to connect with my divine guidance; when

this occurs it usually takes me some effort

to determine what I am doing to impede

the process. I  have been in such a period

recently.  During these periods I do receive

direction, like I did this morning, when

my journal opened to the note below

and I felt compelled to read it, and publish

it on the blog.

 

As a musician, I realize the significance

of silences created by the composer,

instrumentalist, or improviser in a piece

of music; referred to as the “rests” –

an eighth rest, a quarter rest, a half rest,

a whole rest – designated portions

of time equivalent to the actual played

note lengths, where there is silence;

no sound is to exist. Of course, without

silence, there is no music, only a drone

of a fluctuating sound.

 

Perhaps, I am to understand and utilize

these periods of  divine “rest” or silence,

to listen to the eternal voice of the being

that exists, always within me, the message

and guidance of my own soul or divine-self.

 

WITHIN THE SPACES

 

Live within the spaces of consciousness,

between the overlap of spheres of influence,

space between the concentric circles.

Movement between the spheres is doable

after detachment from the fixed state of

personal consciousness. It is in the spaces,

the silences, between words, thoughts, ideas,

expressions – where the true genius exists.

The divine resides within the spaces, providing

the fabric of consciousness. Spaces between

the breaths, between the tones. Travel the

silent spaces.

 

Live within the spaces of existence, between

the beats of the heart. Allow life – divine life –

to erupt from the spaces. Listen to the voice

of eternal being within you; the message is

soft and appealing, one of unity – furtherance –

and continual transcendence. Listen to the voice,

the message so fragrant, it enlivens every cell.

 

Live today within the spaces – feel the presence,

the true peace. Stop thinking, feel it instead,

truly encounter the true amniotic fluid –

the moist substance of eternal destiny – here

for a brief moment before moving onto more

pertinent being – an existence framed in more

expansive consciousness, yet know your life –

this life, and all its wonder and expansiveness,

is the true test – the epic adventure forcing

all who participate to develop, to evolve, and

eventually, to transcend.

 

NOE G. 6.4.2013 

 

WITH LOVE, G. 

 

 

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Horror: an intense feeling of fear, shock,

or disgust: a thing causing such a feeling.

A literary or film genre concerned with

arousing feelings of horror: intense

dismay, intense dislike.

 

Horror, whether real or fictional, seems to 

surround us, attracting our attention with 

its scope and intensity in the news, or

turned into entertainment; especially

prominent and graphic in the electronic

games that occupy our time - as our chitchat

focuses on the pleasure of watching shows

featuring hardened criminals, homicidal

maniacs, brutal warriors, and a host of the

living dead.

 

The note featured below, opens with an 

instruction to turn away from the horror.

I do believe, that for us to evolve, on a

personal basis, or as the custodians of

existence on this planet, we must find the

wherewithal to refuse to participate in

the perpetuation or promotion of our

existing culture of horror: replacing it

instead with one of wholeness, clarity,

beauty, loving-kindness, and sincerity.

 

TO ENGAGE

 

Turn away from the horror, the disappointments,

the pains of existence – move, instead, towards

the wholeness, the pure completeness of a life

capable and inspired.  Know you, and you alone,

hold the key to clear, unencumbered existence –

fresh life – forming, reforming, being a being

of wonder, a beam of pure transparent light –

know you carry the essence of all existence

within – so release the stumbling blocks and

reach, fully extended, to grasp, to engage what

waits before you – find the frame of reference,

hold it in consciousness, become the incubator

for clarity, sincerity, purposefulness, passionate

existence – open to be, to receive, to become,

and to engage, fully, your destiny.

 

NOE G. 9.1.2015

 

WITH LOVE, G. 

 

 

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John Locke’s Essay Concerning Human

Understanding was published in 1690,

defining consciousness as “the perception

of what passes in a man’s own mind,”

establishing what would be the modern

concept of consciousness.  

 

Since Locke’s opening gambit, scientists,

philosophers, psychologists, and mystics

have studied and pondered “the perception,”

leaving us still no closer than Locke with a

comprehensive understanding of the origin

and full dimensions of human consciousness. 

 

Lately, I have been focused on consciousness -

praying and meditating, requesting additional

guidance and clarification, hoping to further

explore what is, at least for me, the backdrop

for our existence, and the basis of God in

our lives.

 

I am especially interested in what the message

has defined as the levels of consciousness,

as I am planning to outline and share in

Book Three of the Finding God On The Train

Story series – encompassing our “personal or

local consciousness,” which is incorporated

as a subset of the more comprehensive

“nonlocal collective consciousness” of all

sentient life, again a subset of  divine

consciousness, comprising the first two

levels, as well as all life that has previously

existed.

 

My hope is to join the “consciousness

debate” by offering a more comprehensive

theory of consciousness based on my

guidance.  So, as demonstrated by the

meditation guidance below received one

morning last week, my request for

guidance on this subject is being

sporadically answered, and as received,

I will share.

 

VISTAS OF CONSCIOUSNESS

 

Below the surface of being exists,

the underpinnings, the threads and needles,

the substructure connecting allness to all else,

the energies, the particles, the bits and pieces

of viable existence, the base, the screen

on which, with which, reality manifests

and performs.

 

This is the sub-matter behind matter,

the first thought preceding all thoughtful

connection, the conscious framework

we choose to consider reality, a projection

upon a projection, within our conscious

projection.

 

Realize the force of nature is in itself

the collective vision of billions of diverse

perspectives, an ingrained hardwired

foundation expected to be, expected

to follow laws set in motion by an active God.

 

Consider and contemplate this interaction,

this mingling, this natural blueprint,

the vistas of consciousness, peering within

its marvels, miraculous flashes of light,

dwelling intently and deeply until the

props and fixtures are revealed, allowing

an awareness of the strings supporting

and holding in place this dimension,

these slivers of being giving our world

form and function, mobility and energy,

purpose and proposition, as it flickers

in the projector's light.

 

NOE G. 11.5.2014 

 

WITH LOVE, G.

 

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The message titled Concentric Circles Of

Consciousness, offered below, further expands

our understanding of the enhanced connection

of our local and nonlocal consciousness, under-

scoring the importance of building a pathway

to God/Universal Mind, thus expanding our

capacity to fully cocreate our lives with God:

actually manifesting our heaven on earth.

Framing this local mind in a positive manner –

controlling our local consciousness, allows us

to grow and evolve in a creative mode, rather

than a destructive mode.

 

CONCENTRIC CIRCLES OF CONSCIOUSNESS

 

Concentric circles of consciousness forming,

being, or existing, layer upon layer, together

but distinct, based in the infinite or God

or cosmic consciousness – containing all

existence in one potent and all inclusive

awareness – the total awareness, the adhesive

thought of all existence – the thought of an

active God/Spirit/Being/Oneness – a conscious

presence, the fertile soil of all awareness.

 

Part and parcel of this founding layer exists

 

the collective consciousness of all previous

 

or waiting existence – providing the wisdom

 

of the multitude of existence.  Within these

 

concentric circles lies the communal or the

 

collective consciousness of existing sentient

 

life formed one circle at a time by each individual

 

consciousness, each personal (or sentient) being

 

shared but personalized – made distinct by

 

borders – by thought restricted boundaries –

 

yet one by the original foundation of each.

 

To connect with the cosmic or God consciousness

is to break through the conceptual separation

and connect with what is already existing at the

very heart or center of your consciousness –

waking to your own divine core.

 

Work to expand your consciousness,

understanding the significance of each layer

in your life. Submerge, extend, and transcend

individual consciousness – live within.

 

NOE G. 5.28.2013 9:30 AM

 

WITH LOVE, G.

 

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It has taken 13.7 billion years to create us;

the existing vanguard of conscious existence;

we must be sure to comprehend, fully,

our relevance; our essential nature in the

amplification of all existence; we the pinnacle

of sentient, conscious creation; separate

yet indivisible: the current medium

of all that is.

 

WE ARE THE MEDIUM

 

Worth, value, the essence of the meaning

or importance we attach to each aspect of

this life is presently determined by the value

of replacement, often failing to realize even

a moment of our conscious existence is beyond

value, irreplaceable, life in real time, a sliver

is infinite and finite at the same time, like one

frame of a film, a nanosecond projected on

screens of consciousness within our minds,

the three-dimensional backdrop of each passing

moment, as senses fill the void with activity, color,

presence; we are the medium giving dimension

to the presence, so sure what is within us is a

representation of what is outside of us, fooled

into believing the distinction - when all is part

and parcel of even a fuller more encompassing

consciousness: the unity, the all that is.

 

NOE G. 6.2.2015     

 

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Ann and I have been praying to God for the

healing of a family member who has cancer,

in hopes of receiving divine, curative assistance.

Our prayers have seemingly gone unanswered,

and we have entered into a discussion regarding

God’s will, ability, and/or power to actually heal.

 

When I suggested that maybe God does not

actually deal in the dispensing of healing

miracles, since to do so would require an

arbitrary value judgement of individual’s

worth and eligibility for special treatment,

Ann was devastated, pointing to all those

who believe they have received and have

directly benefited from healing miracles.

Why not our loved one?

 

As is often the case, this has sent me back

for further prayer and meditation to decipher

the reality of divine healing - at least as

presented by the message I have received

on the train, in hopes of unraveling what Ann

and I, you, we, all of us might expect from

God in this regard. I have been posting some

of my insights, but I must admit this is an area

that deserves its own book.

 

About a week ago, in response to my prayer and

meditation questions, I received the inspired

note I offer below titled Healing Belief. I am

often as skeptical as my readers when presented

with such a challenging concept as this note

conveys, especially when it proposes that

spiritual healing is based on the belief, in most

part, of the person to be healed: that is, our faith

and belief that God/Universal Consciousness

has prepared us to accomplish and succeed

at personal self-healing, if we would believe

in its possibility.

 

Of course this is not a unique approach. Many

consider it as a foundational concept of the

original New Thought movement itself. Deep

within my personal consciousness, I intuitively

know that these words expressed below reflect

a valid spiritual reality, and contain an element

of truth.

 

It is hard to dismiss the healing ministry of Jesus,

who was a master practitioner of this belief-based

healing power, healing based on the faith/belief

of the healed. It would be hard to describe the

“Placebo Effect” more accurately than referring

to it as the “Belief Effect.”

 

What if this note is true? What if our own lack

of mind control and belief holds us back from

the miracle of our self-healing potential?

Certainly, to accomplish this level of personal

healing would require a strong and clear

faith-based belief, one that I will continue

to pursue and work to master someday fully.  

 

HEALING BELIEF

 

All healing starts from within, understanding

the concept of wholeness, completeness;

realizing that God has no awareness of disease,

malady, physical imperfection, and has equipped

us with the tools to heal without effort, simply

by maintaining a consciousness of wellness,

perfect harmony, perfect being.

 

With our God given tools of regeneration,

recovery, unhampered rejuvenation we declare

the truth of our beingness - we do not become

less, and if our system is injured it is designed

for self-correction, to heal naturally, to return

to oneness, wholeness, wellness.

 

This order, this law of health, is fueled,

powered by our acceptance of it, as well

as our total belief in its truth and plausible

consequence; activated when knowing full well

that no physical condition of deterioration

can exist without our cooperation, without

our support of the opposite or counter belief

in illness, disease, malfunction, demise.

 

Prayers and supplication must be grounded

in the unquestioned belief that healing

is maintained and created in consciousness,

fully loaded for our personal use, powered

simply by our unwavering belief.

 

NOE G. 8.7.2018

 

WITH LOVE, G.

 

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The pursuit of mind control centers on our ability

to fully accept the life we are living now: rather

than resisting what is appearing in our day-to-day

world. To “accept” is to say “yes” to what is

happening, understanding its importance in our

life now.

 

Even when our life is not what we had planned

or desired, it plays a key role in setting up the

contrast and showing us what we truly want

to attract and manifest instead.

 

This is not passive acceptance, of course,

we will take this contrast and work diligently

to change what is changeable but for now, 

today, let us stop the rampage of our egos

and accept what is!

 

This current life will also provide us with

insight into what mind control work we need

to undertake; including, fully comprehending

and overcoming the fears and pitfalls the ego

may be creating to sabotage our progress. 

 

The term, “radical acceptance,“is used

to emphasize that this is not easy, but takes

great strength and courage. 

  

ACCEPTANCE

 

You must strive to accept who you are,

where you are, and what you are, in order

to find peace and learn that these experiences

in your life do not fully define your life.

 

These experiences are challenges, frustrating

and at times - appear insurmountable, but are

only momentary – temporary –and your fear

focus makes them incomprehensible, when 

they are really, merely a moment in time.

 

Placing your self-worth on these experiences is

foolish and leads you only to anxiety, frustration,

and hopelessness. You are not what you experience –

you are not less because what you are attempting

does not work out as planned. Living this way only

leads to turmoil and a roller coaster of emotions

and self-doubt.

 

You cannot judge yourself by the success or failure

of your life, for these, are short-lived – transitory –

and have no meaning. Use these experiences to

practice being above the outcomes and learn from

the struggle.

 

Learn to understand that you contribute to these

experiences through mind action, self-doubt, and

self-recrimination. Ask what you are to learn from

this experience, how could you have reacted to it

differently? Did you resist, did you not accept?

 

Acceptance and non-resistance are the keys to

surviving and growing as a spiritual being.

Today accept and react without ego – without

emotion and know all is as it should be –

and life is on track.

 

NOE G. 4.19.2010 7:50 AM

 

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What if  humankind is still in the process of

evolution, where the focus is no longer on

physical development but instead is centered

on the refinement and improvement of our

level of personal consciousness?

 

Taking this a bit further, what if our

next evolutionary step is a movement 

towards overcoming our ego dominance

and attaining what some would call -

godlike qualities - such as love, kindness,

compassion, a collective sense of oneness, 

and empathy along with the powers to cocreate 

our lives freely through conscious intention

supported by our own access to our divine

natures? In other words, we evolve into our

true God natures.

 

The meditation guidance below titled True

God Qualities addresses this potential; 

clearly outlining the rationale for this 

evolutionary step and highlighting what

qualities we might expect to encounter.

 

This is a concept that has been addressed 

by others, as noted by the the work of Pierre 

Teilhard de Chardin - Jesuit Father and

a distinguished paleontologist who over sixty

years ago addressed this very theory in his

landmark work The Phenomenon Of Man.

 

My guidance seems to echo the same sentiments.

Is it plausible? Is this where the current spiritual 

awakening is leading us? I believe this is the case. 

Your thoughts?

                 

TRUE GOD QUALITIES

 

We are here to assume our true God qualities

and powers by overcoming our own propensity

for negative thought, neglect, hopelessness

and evil by marshaling our divine wills towards

greater achievements, authentic living, peak

spiritual experience, and our connection with God –

refueling our potential to live beyond the illusion 

of material pleasure and grasp the greater good 

of collective consciousness.

 

We are here to transcend - to transform

beyond our infantile focus on the acquisition

of pleasure and the avoidance of pain – to reach

a pinnacle of human excellence and evolution

ensuring our God powers and qualities are

recognized and grasped by those who wish

to go on growing, becoming, moving towards

their authentic natures.

 

We are here to create heaven on earth - not

hell as it appears many are engaged with today –

our conscious focus as a collective humankind

on this heaven allows us to move forward, grow,

and assume our true birthright – our authentic

God nature of power – cocreation – and love in

balance  - all supported by positive purposeful 

action.

 

Although many have careened in the opposite

direction there are a growing number of those

who have grasped this message and are moving

in this divine direction – working hard to prepare

themselves consciously for the catharsis of heaven

focused living.

 

NOE G. 1.15.12 7:50 AM

 

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THE APPROACH

 

The approach to your inherent divinity takes

work – concentrated effort – a force of will

where you take control of your mental chaos –

your ego madness, and move your consciousness

towards adopting and evolving to the true God

qualities that lie dormant but exist within you.

This is not a sojourn on the path to enlightenment

but a fully committed act of will – an act requiring

total commitment and diligence.

 

The approach to your inherent divinity takes daily

training and preparation – to inhabit the God

qualities of compassion, love, caring, kindness,

forgiveness, patience, poise, and creative power

truly based on the worthiness and oneness of all -

the connection of all life and its innate right

to grow into full potential -  this does not just

appear but must be sewn with the passion

of true faith and desire.

 

The approach to your inherent divinity – your

God nature given life and form is a work in

continual process requiring an on-going

reflection, assessment, and  readjustment –

only striving on constant feedback and

correction.

 

This is the enlightenment that awaits when

you approach this opportunity with courage

and strength of your whole heart – pushing 

through your own limitations and the

misdirection of the others on the path until

one day the door swings open and the truth

is revealed.

 

NOE G. 2.5.2011 9.27 AM

 

WITH LOVE, G.