Uncertainty can be a good thing. Not knowing is the doorway to knowing. When we stand in that portal it is the beginning of humility. The deeper our...
One reason for saying things in our own words is that it makes sure that we understand, that we are not just parroting the words of others. But another reason...
What wisdom will come to roost in my consciousness? I do not know. It can be so unexpected, so fresh, so new. Or ancient, tried and true, yet turning to show...
Beauty and truth are flowing as one mighty river through our lives. This river carries the flotsam of life, the debris, the floating logs once majestic trees,...
We walk the labyrinth of life. The path is strewn with growth, the deep green of the grasses and the sweet, bright red, yellow, blue of the flowers. The white...
Namaste. The god in me honors the god in you. This is the highest. We often say, this is the highest, but this really is the highest. It doesn't get any better...
Emanations and Santa Claus If you choose to make Finding the Love a gift item and want to make multiple purchases the 17.95 price goes down to $12.00 and I'll...
Clarity is always an option. We can come to understanding. It is basically a matter of going into the silence where everything resolves. The mind comes to...
The soul is torn, our lives questioned, circumstances are not all that good, doubt rules, fear rises. And yet..... And yet there is the moment of allowing it...
I love my selfishness, cherish it. I am grateful for all the things it gives me. It lets me take the time for the things I love, indulges me. Most beautiful of...
Spiritual solutions are not generally the most popular entertainment. What we seem to like is quick fixes, best selling kinds of ideas that have a one size...
Things in the world seem to have gotten completely crazy. But the fact is that they have always been crazy and cruel. The history of the human race is...
Emanations is not really about finding the answers to particular questions, although that may happen from time to time. It's really more about the process, how...
There is a peace and a joy that comes over us when we have simply done the things we are supposed to do, met our obligations. That is one of the great, simple...
I am contemplating how things go in chains, connected ideas flowing out of and into each other. Start weaving the beautiful threads and they manifest beautiful...
Rumi's Wedding Night A concert by John MacEnulty Native American flute 7:00 pm Friday Evening December 17, 2004 St. Francis-Xavier Church Grand & Lindell St....
Happy holidays to you all. I will be going to Charlotte to visit with my mother so I will not be doing the Sunday meditations December 19th or 26th the next...
No matter what is going on, the crazy turmoil swirling, the still point is still the turning point of a turning world. There is still a silence and a beauty...
Perhaps the greatest paradox is the pairing of knowing and not knowing. How can we know and not know? Doesn't not knowing include ignorance which would be the...
I have something that is difficult to express adequately. It is my gratitude for gifts received. I am humbled that someone would value these writings enough to...
Death is present in all we do. It is what makes things profound, the degree to which death is present in what we say, how it is integrated into our reality. ...
I am watching the power of focusing. It is effective in the world, driving, demanding, exerting. It is competent, striving for perfection. And it can be...
Honest conflict and hard work share the quality of being worth it. Both produce results. Neither seems like fun at first. But when we begin to discover the...
Almost anything we can say is the tip of one iceberg or another, a small portion of something much greater. Unless we are aware of the infinite meaning of...
Often we don't realize how we've grown, how much better at something we've become. It happens gradually, this growing older and wiser, until one day we face...
Physical distractions from my spiritual center can be very powerful, pain, discomfort, noises. But acceptance can be even stronger. So the question is how do...
To call the seeking of truth and inner peace, satisfaction and joy in the world, a spiritual path is almost misleading. Many people have an automatic shutdown...
A light appears, glows, brightens, flares into prominence. As above, so below. The light that appears is the light within. We assume various viewpoints and we...
I have two basic tenets that seem over the years to be what I believe and practice. There are more, to be sure, but for now I want to talk about those two....
As I watch the world I am paired into the joy and the pain, the love and the hate that manifest in our space. There is no denying the death and destruction...
