Self-Development: Variability & Singularity

I Wonder Why?   Sometimes I wonder why There are so many people, And why There are thousands of birds, And why The earth is filled with insects, And why The ocean has all those fish, And why The land nourishes plants, And why There are so many things I can’t name them all.   […]

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Which World?

For the mystic each moment is a battle and inner crisis. Which world to inhabit?  The day to day cares of the physical or the call to that which is Highest. Often pulled in 2 directions- like a rubber band on a child’s toy; my heart calls out, ‘O Lord, take me where You Will.’ […]

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Becoming Our Own Holy One

Q: In our culture, who assumes the role of holy one? In more traditional cultures this was a central figure that people recognized easily. In traditional cultures an important figure was the holy man or holy woman. Often they advised the chief, understood and prescribed medicine, and helped pass along the oral history of the […]

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Going Inward

Q: How to shut off the ramblings of the everyday mind and hear the whisperings of the heart? Several weeks ago, independent of each other, 2 people mentioned they wished they could learn how to go inward; they were having a difficult time of it.  Since much of the spiritual journey involves going inward- listening […]

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Light On The Mountain Wins Book Award

Dr. Stewart Bitkoff Announces 2017 Next Generation Indie Book Award Winner Light On The Mountain: Finalist Inspirational Fiction This is the legend of the Ancient One, a spiritual being that has been asleep for 1000 years. According to prophecy he awakens to lead the people of the city plain out of despair and oppression. Offering […]

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Controlling Our Thoughts & Feelings

“I saw my lower self in the form of a rat. I asked, “Who are you?”  It replied, “I am the destruction of the heedless, for I incite them to wickedness. I am the salvation of the friends-of-God, for if it were not for me, they would be proud of their purity and their actions. […]

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Plan for Humanity

While some look at this world and see chaos and destruction, others see optimism and growth. Yes both are present; and beyond these opposites, what is actually occurring? According to Tradition humanity is evolving to a higher state; this is over millennia- and if you wonder at your role in all of this check out […]

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The Higher Service

Duty is a task that you must accomplish; it is a requirement of the situation and something which many people can do.  For example if you are a baker you must come to work on time, complete your work and act responsibly to customers and co-workers.  These are some of the general duties of a […]

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Reviews: Light on the Mountain

Looking for a read that will lift you higher and help you focus on what can be done to help make you and this world better? Check out 3 new reviews of my book.   Amazon, 5 Star Review I have known Stewart for some years now and have read most of his writings. I […]

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Part of the Eternal Oneness

In order to create and maintain our body, each person is a killer and destroyer. Daily consuming thousands of living organisms: fish, plant, vegetables, animals, grains and in our water countless microorganisms.   So in every act of creation, we are destroying, altering and changing; evolving one form into another. Here in this moment both […]

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What The Mystic Knows

When looking at the world Darkness and Light: That is the way It has always been; With a thousand shades Of color in between.   In this moment Where do you stand? Are you a radiance Of the Light Or a shade of Darkness?   O spiritual traveler, Harken, you are both Of these things […]

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