Monthly Archives: August 2012
I love finding new Wisdom
I’m starting to read another book today. I’m always working through several at once, but I finished one last week and I’m finishing another this week, so I purchased “Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism” by Chögyam Trungpa. (more…)The Gospel of Thomas (v.10)
I have cast fire on the world and, look, I am guarding it until it blazes.
If any person has had words that have sparked a flame in the heart of people and grew to brilliance, Jesus is definitely one of them. The wisdom in his teachings are impressive and I love how he teaches with story and parable. In the very effort of understanding him he weeds out those who desire to know from those who have no passion for Wisdom. (more…)
Celibacy
There have been phases of my life where sex has played different roles, and when I was younger I chased that itch with more fervor than I would ever consider now, but if it had not been for alcohol I do not believe I would have had intercourse at all these last few years. Alcohol has always allowed me to traverse a world I was not naturally comfortable in. As I’ve matured my views on sex, far from saintly I assure you, have changed. (more…)
As I am
It takes some fortitude to do what is best, what in our soul is right, and yet be the accused in the eyes of many.(more…)The Breath of Life
I’ve mentioned often my quest for Wisdom and seeking silent serenity through prayer and meditation. It is not always easy to quiet the mind especially for someone who has ADHD and is Schizophrenic. The mind races all the time and though medicine help quiet that down some it is still like trying to find a quiet moment in Grand Central Station. (more…)Twilight’s fire!
This morning I sat on the patio and watched the Dawn break up the canopy of night and replace the twinkle of the heavens with brilliant blues and rays of yellow and orange. I watch this time after time, morning after morning and I never tire of it. (more…)Thankfulness
Being thankful has proven to be a growth process like everything else on the path to spiritual maturity. And like everything else I can only view it as a process once I’ve stood at a later stage of development and look back upon it.(more…)Gospel of Thomas (v.9)
The sower went out, filled his hand and sowed. Some seeds fell on the road; birds came and gathered them up. Others fell on the rock and did not root in the earth and did not produce. Others fell among thorns; the thorns choked the seeds and worms ate them. But others fell on good ground and brought forth good fruit. These yielded sixty per measure and one hundred and twenty measures.
True Prayer
As I thought about what to type I adjourned from my place before the computer to a separate retreat for prayer. In what follows I wanted to try and capture what takes place for me during these times, which in itself is an instructional guide for me.
There are many forms of Prayer from countless religious traditions, and I have experienced, at least in part, many of these. (more…)
I am Loved!
Sum dilexit,
Ideo dilexit me amare.
Amo ergo sum.
~ Zion
One of the most beautiful and gracious gifts I’ve received as a result of my spiritual journey is the constant confirmation that “I am loved.” (more…)
The Gospel of Thomas (v.8)
Humankind is like a wise fesherman who cast his net into the sea. He drew it out of the sea full of small fish. The wise fisherman found among them a large, good fish. He threw all the small fish back into the sea and chose the large fish without hesitation. Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear. (more…)
The voice of God
“Few things under heaven are as instructive as the lessons of Silence”
~Lao Tsu
In the early morn, the stillness of darkness is balanced by the passive reflection of the bright moon. There are no clouds and though my part of the world is covered in shadow, the ambient glow makes the aura of the hour much more compelling to be awake. (more…)
What it took to give a little!
I am and have been a big supporter of the Red Cross! Today I made my regular bimonthly trip to donate blood. There wasn’t a donation drive in my little town, so I drove 10 miles to the next town over and gave there. After my donation, I was really dizzy and nauseous . This has never happened to me before! They have me lie down, I drink some juice 20 minutes go by, then 40 minutes, then the paramedics show up, stick me with an I.V. and monitor my vitals with an E.K.G. My blood pressure is only 88/55, so off to the emergency room. It seems since I quit drinking I don’t need to take as much high blood pressure medicine anymore, and dropping a pint from my system screwed up the whole works. So I gave a pint of blood, sucked up two pints of sugar water (or whatever type of sterile water they put in those things), and then had to walk back to my car because the taxi cab never showed up.
I’m still in a good humor, stopped and had lunch on my 4 mile walk, then driving home I get a flat tire. Surprisingly, I still don’t want a drink…and I’m still thankful to have done what I could to save someone’s life today with my donation of blood.
Here in the United States, only 10% of the population donate blood for everyone to use, that is why we never have a real strong supply, in fact we are currently at our lowest supply in 15 years. Everybody should give but I’m a person who understands phobias and fears, so if you can’t give blood, support the red cross financially, or whoever collects blood in your corner of the world. (I know Hawaii has it’s own blood bank separate from the Red Cross, and I don’t know about other nations.) Anyway, I’m sure for most people, there little visit won’t be near drama I went through, and I’d do it again, to save someone’s life. Just something to think about. Peace!
Transformation
In Tibetan, the word for blessing means “transformation through majesty or power.” In short, the meaning of blessing is to bring about, as a result of the experience, a transformation in one’s mind for the better.
~Dalai Lama
This has been the Truth I have found on my Spiritual Journey through life. The “renewing of my mind” is not something that is just the result of what I read, but the experience of a power greater than myself drawing from God, my Higher Power, Creation, the Universe, my inner self, whatever is most comfortable to term it for you, the majesty of wonder and awe that inspires and remolds my understanding into something I have never known before. (more…)
Sorry I haven’t been posting
I’ve been away dealing with my sobriety for the last 3 weeks so I haven’t published at all. I will start posting again tomorrow with my readings and I’m starting a new daily blog on my thoughts and feelings with sobriety which I will write in the evening at the end of each day, or when I’m in need of some help from fellow followers. Sorry I’ve been away so long, I hope I haven’t lost too many of you due to lack of posting….my sincerest apologies. My new blog will be at http://sobrietytoday.wordpress.com/ Thanks everyone.
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