Three Sisters

Once there was a dandelion that had 3 beautiful, yellow children.  These sisters used to play in the wind together and were known across the meadow for their sweet fragrance and striking color.  One morning as the 3 sisters opened to the sun, the appearance of one of the flowers was changed. Its blossom, although […]

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A Lock of Hair

Traveler:         “Master, please explain to me how the average person may know of what we experience.  When I consider, speaking with the members of my family and trying to relate to them some of our spiritual teaching, I fear my explanation will fall short and not convince them to follow our Way.” Master:             “The […]

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A Dream

Estevez the water bug hadn’t been feeling well.  He had a headache for days and now his stomach was beginning to ache.  When he got like this, it was a sign that his body was shutting down: too much of everything; too many water micros to eat; too many trips to the far rocks to […]

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Illumination

Illumination Turtle and Grasshopper were seated outside Turtle’s burrow, watching dragon flies circle the lily pads.  Suddenly a bull-frog jumped and snatched one of the flies right out of the air.  Sitting on a pad, the frog enjoyed a mid-afternoon snack. After a few moments of watching this, Grasshopper turned toward Turtle and questioned: “What […]

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Nature Lesson(s)

Like a drop of water You have undergone change. First you were part of a cloud Now you are in a stream. Tomorrow you will again become mist Evaporating back into the air- Helping to create another cloud.   O child of the universe- What is the point Of this endless cycle Of change and […]

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Gifts of Sadness & Prophetic Visions

Gifts of Sadness Today the gift of sadness Has again visited me. Causing my heart To ache and burn for yesterday- Memories of places, people And opportunities To laugh, sing and love Long gone, evaporated into the sky.   O how I wish to travel Back to yesterday, But that road is blocked And a […]

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Connecting With God

To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour.    -William Blake Introduction Often spiritual travelers wonder if it is possible to connect with and directly experience God. The mystic’s claim there is an inner […]

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Better People- Better World

The book of your life is filled with many blank pages. You are free to write on them whatever you choose. As you start reading, a word of caution. I have an ‘axe to grind’ and am going to offer  solutions and say things that you won’t like. Perhaps, this will get you so angry […]

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Minstrel to the Stars

And so the Timeless enters; Again, everything stands still. I am One With myself And the Source; And together we sway To a Lover’s Dance.   For now, there is no time; Only the Infinite Opening to me Like a gentle, warm rain Upon a tropical land. *          * My body is trapped in this […]

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The Rarest Fruit

This world is a shadow of the world to come. Just as we have work in this world, so, we have work in the next.  Do you think you cease to exist because you stop breathing?  Ours is a journey of many stops, vacations and ports of call. We are citizens of the universe and […]

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Spiritual Sight

That which is permanent is seldom known to the five senses. It must be perceived by another capacity. Until this capacity or organ of perception is awakened, we are like children playing with fire. Sooner or later our actions create problems for us. The completed individual, or enlightened one, is able to temper their expectations […]

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