From Me to We Kind of Love

Not 'Why me?' but 'Why Not?' image by teZa

I used to think of myself as separate from others, and therefore, each relationship, each friend, each experience I had was mine, and mine alone. This went on for so long, it’s unpleasant to think how unhappy and unfulfilled I was. Happily, it was by perseverance, and believing that each lesson, no matter how painful,…

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Ahhhhh, “I Understand …”

Most people, myself included, have no desire to be in this state of All-Oneness continually. It’s too much! It’s too — too much! A continual state of immersion in Oneness simply doesn’t “fit” well with my family’s demands, my work’s necessities, and much of everyone else’s modern, so-busy, multi-tasking responsibilities. But, some people prefer to cultivate this state. Usually, when the kids have flown the nest! My father-in-law was in this state continually in the years before he died. But … he was in his nineties.

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Ready, Set — COURAGE!

Chapter 1: Ready, Set—COURAGE!         Pretend that today is the first day of the rest of your life. Pretend that everything you ever thought true, isn’t, and that for the sake of experimentation only, you’re willing to try something new in your life. Why? Well, the payoff I’m promising is stupendous. You’ve heard of…

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Staying Cool and Calm, or thinking so

hi friends, with so much going on in the world—and in our personal lives as well!—i find it always helpful to remember to keep things simple and to remember what and who i really am. In other words, to always try to not get swept away by the comings-and-goings, the ups-and-downs, the rights-and-wrongs of other…

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Never Give UP

hi friends, it’s a gorgeous day here in st. augustine, florida! the ocean is warming up after such a harsh nino-driven winter. the damaged plants are beginning to unfurl their bitterly bitten faces to the once again benevolent sun. trials, test, storms, continuous harshness–we have survived! just like the plants and animals in nature, we…

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