Closer to Reality

“If you work hard enough, you can be anything you want.” Really. Anything I want. I just have to laugh. Unfortunately this is a myth prevalent in our society today. Sort of like Santa Claus. Sounds good- but not exactly true. Often this slogan is used as a mean’s of motivating young and other’s trying […]

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Perfection

Immersed in the imperfection Of day to day living With all its toil and trouble, It is natural to forget We are forever connected in Perfection.   Yes. We are children of a universe that is constantly changing Yet unified In the Oneness of Divine Being. -SB

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Chronic Pain Always Wins

Seems like it is going to be one of those days. The pain woke me up and I cannot escape it. I am tired of fighting and today, I will just give in. Yes. The pains always wins; it is not even a fair fight. Soon I will take some of the chemicals the doctors […]

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Crazy Poet

1/13/19 My gift to you are these words which, from time to time, appear on this page. Often they originate on a distant shore, where Celestial Light is a morning sun, and a gentle breeze ushers their energy softly through me. The Author is that Radiance which has Created an Ocean of Wisdom that has […]

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My Path

I am neither Christian, Jew or Muslim. Nor do I follow any of the other 200 or so religions available on this planet. I am a spiritual traveler going from world to world reflecting the Light of Creation; one day to return Home to sit beside my mother and father. Here in this dimension my […]

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Magnificent Monastery

For the longest time, I wished that I had a church, temple, mosque or synagogue to attend. I could find no special place that called to my heart and helped my soul sing. In years past, there had always been a place: top of a close by hill; stream just below a reservoir dam; tree […]

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To a World Gone Crazy: A Personal Response

In these troubling times, when it seems as if the world and its people are going crazy, what is a personal reasonable response?   I offer this 3 part formula, which appears in my paper, The Sufi Call, Making the World Better: https://www.stewartbitkoff.com/the-sufi-call-making-a-better-world/.   Here are 3 actions people can take every day and contribute […]

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Tending My Campsite

As campers we were instructed to leave our campsite a little better than we found it. This meant picking up after ourselves as well as after others who may have left a piece of trash behind. Often, I wonder as I journey through this world how well I have tended my site. Did I consistently […]

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Sign of Spiritual Maturity

During the course of my life I have worried about many things. Anxiety/worry is an integral part of the human condition; being fearful, harm will befall those we love, our self, or events will not work out the way we want. Also fear serves as a warning, putting us on alert status, helping to protect. […]

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A Biblical Resemblance

In the part of the US where I live, this summer, it seems as if it has rained just about every day. Going weeks without sun; probably setting weather records of sorts. After awhile, all this rain, wind and darkness gets on my nerves and stimulates my fear response; wondering if we will lose electrical […]

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Journey With Hope

Sometimes when considering problems, because of our finite nature, it appears as if there are no further solutions and our prayers will not be answered. Yet because there is another level- the world of spirit with its boundless love and mercy- there is always tomorrow, endless possibility and another sunrise. Travel on my brothers/sisters- in […]

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