It is strange how our character defects can sometimes seemingly inadvertently work to produce a result that was needed but that we would never have acted out...
We make decisions, try things, reject the old, embrace the new, go new places, discover. We are explorers in a universe of infinite potential. No one thing can...
Emanations, these thoughts for the day, are important, have helped many people in many ways. I am so grateful for that. I'd like to think it is the wisdom of...
One thing is always new: Now. I can load it full of old stuff and completely miss the newness. Or I can empty all my old ideas and experience this moment for...
What passes for accurate information in the media suffers from a need for expressing opposing opinions. Whether it is an interest in conflict as an attention...
I am in Edenton, North Carolina with my brother and sister. My mother has gone to a better world in Charlotte, a retirement place she has long deserved. I...
All is quiet now. My brother and sister have just left and I am alone in the place of sweet images, not yet ghosts, but palpable, living memories of very ...
I really don't like rules. You see, rules are created because people don't know how to spontaneously respond to situations in a harmonious way, in the flow of...
Differences creates values. How will we know the difference without experiences? We need variety in our lives, different experiences for us to find value. ...
There is information that is valuable as information, that helps us, instructs us, lets us know what to expect and how to cope with it. It is constant in many...
I just heard from an old friend in my old neighborhood that my high school band director, Mr. Swor, just died. There is no way to describe the depth of that...
I am observing John MacEnulty. He is beautifully flawed, but I love him no matter what he does. I used to judge him quite harshly, reprimand him severely....
Life certainly has its own process. When I learn to accept and coordinate with that process things go sweetly, smoothly. There is a big, serious paradox here...
There is a classic question about free will. Do we have it? Do we really make choices or do we just think we do? It is a question that has no resolution, no...
There are so many beautiful energies in the world. What an adventure life is. Attitude determines how much we love and appreciate. Attitude determines how...
One of the arguments against free will is that we are programmed. Our responses to things are automatic, determined by what has been put into our brains. The...
We learn so much, and if we are lucky we keep on learning. It goes to the very root of being, to the deepest parts of who we are, the humility to keep...
Opportunity is a constant, always there, every moment pregnant with potential. So the situation is that the universe is always offering. The problem is that we...
The third paragraph iof the thought today should have been: Precipitous action causes endless problems. Not "cancels".......duhhhh.....As I was doing the spell...
Sacred Drum Meditation, Saturday, 2:00 PM I hope that those of you in the area will come and join us for another Sacred Drum Meditation at the Living Insight...
Loving myself has been the hardest journey of them all. I took the Golden rule, Do unto others as you would have them do unto you, and somehow distorted it...
Spirit is the primary energy in the world. It is spirit that accomplishes everything. Ability, opportunity, training, handicaps, challenges, all these things...
I have a confession to make, one which will not surprise most of you, which may not surprise any of you, in fact: I am not an enlightened master. But I am...
Dear Subscribers, I just made a shocking discovery, one which kind of changes the whole dynamic of Emanations on Yahoo. That is that I have been receiving ...
I was talking with a friend and the question of should came up. Should we use the word should? Should I be using quote marks when I say should? Any number of...
Old ideas face new circumstances in a continuum of change. Concepts superimpose themselves on reality as if they were the truth, not the reality. The idea that...
Since there was such a sweet little storm over a theme of the past few days, I thought I might revisit. I was thinking about the things I need to do. Or rather...
A new day dawns. Love is curled up inside me, stretches, awakens, embraces the world, opens within me exploring my thoughts, impulses, tendencies. Love wants...
I believe in love. I think we should love. I want to keep my eyes open, my mind alert so that when love manifests in particular ways I will notice and...
Meditation has many forms, many approaches. Any one of them will take you to the sacred place. They were all created by someone who has traveled that path that...