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Are you connecting with your authentic self?

We live in a troubled world but our own pure, pristine presence is not troubled at all. It is your own authentic self and it is exactly the same now as it was five years ago or 50 years ago – unchanged and untroubled by any of the external events of your life. I have a picture of [...]

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Joy likes to surprise you

One of the most valuable lessons life can teach as years pass by is to be alert to the simple joys of life that can slip by unnoticed if we are too busy or preoccupied with external concerns or responsibilities. Joy likes to surprise you. I thought of this the other morning when our neighbor, Janet, came over to visit JoAnn [...]

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The one gift that will never lose its luster

JoAnn was very sweet, but very firm, as she always is. She had ordered a new shirt and pants for me for Christmas, but the parcel arrived early. So she gave me a choice. I could start wearing my new clothes right away — which is the choice I made — or I could save [...]

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Is happiness hiding in plain sight?

Happiness was hiding “in plain sight.” All I had to do was pay attention to the little moments of my life.

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The gift that a raven brought

“You may hide yourself in a thousand forms, Still, All-beloved, I recognize you.” –Goethe. I went for a hike yesterday on the Devil’s Backbone trail outside Loveland, and a wild creature brought me a special surprise. A gift to give me a lift. I’ve been tired the last few days. I was tired as I [...]

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Are you facing a major challenge?

If we trust life, no matter what happens to us, life will lead us step by step to an increasing experience of wholeness, peace and joy.

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A little time in Heaven — waiting in a medical clinic

When we give ourselves a rest from thinking, for example while we are waiting in the doctor’s office, we discover there is magic in the stillness.

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A path of true joy and strength beckons you

We have two choices in life: to lose ourselves in pain and suffering, or find true joy and strength as we turn to the stillness of our own eternal presence.

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It feels so good when walls come down

Freedom is a powerful force that ultimately cannot be contained, as was evidenced by the fall of the infamous Berlin Wall. But our own minds also build walls and it requires vigilance to keep our personal freedom.

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