Emptiness does not, as we mistakenly perceive it, imply nothingness; rather, (it is) an available space -- a Divine place in time -- waiting to be filled.
Letting go is an act of agreement with life; it is an accord on our part with what the present moment is telling us about ourselves as it unfolds before us -- and within us -- asking us what it does. And what is it that life asks of us moment to moment? It's simple, really. Life is always asking... Will you be a witness to my story? Will you let go of your moment in the sun of passing circum...
For those who seek to discover the truth behind their inconsolable discontent, every now and then certain individuals appear who are able to provide insight and guidance.
How many of you are short fused? We'll say it in other words. How many of you have virtually no tolerance for anything outside of what you want? On a scale of 1 to 100 degrees, what is your acceptable range relative to meeting moments? Is it something like 2 to 98? Or is more like 78 to 79? That's about it, isn't it? This tiny little bandwidth, and if anything even threatens to...
There are times, seemingly dark, when I can see my sorrow to come. Sorrow that not only didn't I tell someone of my love for him or her, but sorrow also that I couldn't speak the truth of my heart -- or that I just wouldn't... For fear of being misunderstood. Sorrow that I didn't take a much firmer interior stand against what I could see defiled my soul, and sorrow that when I did attempt to...
Why can't we shake our sense of being incomplete in spite of all we've acquired? After all, what hope is there of finding in the world situated around us something that can answer our longing to be whole, to be one with life, when this need itself comes into us from a world above us? Small wonder we search in vain! It is a divine discontent that drives us in our search for...
Happiness is elusive! How do I let go of an ever-present feeling of being discontented? If there is one weed in a field of roses, you can bet the weed is what I will see. Is real happiness actually effortless? The inner work I know is needed seems to be a constant struggle.
As I get older, I find it harder to take full pleasure in life's joyful, renewing experiences. There always seems to be a sense of emptiness that soon follows. Is there such a thing on this earth as real, lasting renewal? I have been able to put aside my habitual self-involvement more and more frequently, yet I'm actually beginning to worry about what life will be like without my mind's usual...
Many times, darkness is the medium, sorrow the seed, and the subsequent humility conceived in these trials is the divine garden in which our soul flowers.
If we're not getting what we want out of life, it's only because of one simple misunderstanding: Our unique purpose is not to succeed at any one thing, but to discover and live from a nature that is success itself. When we understand this, the world opens its doors to us. We're not meant to struggle to make events go the way our minds tell us they should. That's what leads to frustration...
We are, at our innermost core, instruments of the Divine... And the Divine is the Absolute: the total potential realms of all that is Light and Dark. We are unique creatures in the secret Essence of this unending expanse because not only are we the living instruments of all possible reflections along with their corresponding intonations, but we may know that we "sing " these colors; we may...
There is a hidden part of you that knows, without thinking about it, how to always be perfectly relaxed, carefree, and in command. This higher intellectual and emotional intelligence is to your present thoughts and feelings as is the mighty oak to its own spreading branches. Once you come into contact with its perfect strength and power, you'll wonder how you ever lived without it. Great mas...