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After riding the waves of life which I co-created, I realize that the only way that I can allow my most creative participation in every moment of living is by keeping things very simple; that way, the only perception that is utilized through my response in each moment is one that honors harmonization with Creation. It comes through the experiential realm clearly and simply by virtue of my support of harmony. I say either yes or no to everything in each moment. My no’s must be as simply based as my yes’s. In other words, an appropriate response to something where a “no” is fitting cannot be a big deal. The “yes” must also be no big deal! Nothing is a big deal. Staying harmonious with Life is the key to letting Life’s perfection be the outworking, insofar as one’s responsibilities are concerned, while expressing creatively and effectively…
The human to Angelic transformation lies in going from the old human nature perspective, where I saw things (life’s situations) as problems, to seeing all that is present as an opportunity, to be directed through the simplicity of being harmoniously present; thus, all things are drawn into the Source of complete harmonization. The Tone of staying true to harmony attracts all the aspects of Life that are true to the unified harmonization of Being into expression! The true Identity comes not in what manifests, but in what is continually expressed. Harmonious expression becomes the sole focus of Being.
Through this outworking of simply being harmoniously present, I can shout out a big “No” when anything offering an atmosphere of dissonance crosses the ‘harmonious lines’. The fact of the matter is that there is often something new and creative about things that are perceived as having dissonant qualities. Quite often that which requires a “No” in the present moment can later be incorporated in a creative way. This is why my “No’s,” even when they are rightfully spoken strongly, cannot have an emotional investment. Our investment of whole-heart and deep feeling must only be in that which exemplifies Life’s true Tone. If I AM truly present, I know when to say no and I know when to say yes. And, as I mentioned, the yes’s and no’s are not a big deal. I experience the heart of what I truly express. If my intention is resounding Life’s harmonic Tone, that is exactly what I experience! These are the thoughts that are moving through me. I invite you to click on ‘comments ‘ and share your thoughts and experiences on this subject.
 

Whom does one serve and what does it mean to serve? Some of us are (supposedly) interested in serving someone whom we think of as being the “Lord.” OK, what does that mean? Is this “One” that is referred to as the “Lord” in another dimension or is this “One” everywhere – but invisible? Or perhaps these are linear based questions that don’t really have sufficient application.
There are religious interpretations of a good entity and an evil one. These entities are often labeled “God” and the “Devil.” There is a Christian based story of an Angel who was named Lucifer and was cast out of Heaven. Many, or most, such stories are interpreted metaphorically by people. Often, after one has lived a bit and developed a sense of how people and situations evolve, one starts realizing that all of life is continually changing and transforming. That to which we attached a judgment often proves out to be contrary to our judgment. Therefore, judgments are not helpful. It is not our job to judge, but to allow all things to evolve into a more helpful state of Being…
If one judges things and people, it is done for one reason and one reason only. It is because one has an agenda which has not been or is not being met. One cannot have an agenda and be able to serve anything except the agenda. In this sense, we each have eyes and ears (our senses) which can only perceive from one vantage point. We perceive in accordance with our interest.
If one is interested in actually doing “good” things in all situations, one does not judge people or circumstances. The true stance of Love is that of being in service to all. The “all” includes oneself. It is about unconditional giving. When it comes to receiving back, it’s not about looking for something, but about being grateful for that which is received.
What about those who ‘claim’ to be caring about one thing, “Serving the Lord?” What is the truth of that? I have observed something about this which I feel is very important for people to consider and upon which to meditate. I find that when I am actually doing something full tilt, I’m not interested in talking about it. In fact, I am really just about doing it. I think that we sometimes kid ourselves in thinking that if we talk about doing something or of our efforts in trying to do it, that it’s the same as doing it. However, an honest appraisal proves otherwise.

In some of the blogs that I wrote a while back, I mentioned a man who is a great example of One who did things much differently than almost anyone else that I have ever known or even heard about. His name was Fred Rogers. Mr. Rogers was the man who created Sesame Street and Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. Mr. Rogers was a former Navy SEAL who had a unique spirit which was masterful at shining unconditional love. I remember watching a TV show where Mr. Rogers was being interviewed. The interviewer mentioned that Mr. Rogers was very involved in church activities and was very charitable with children and, in the general sense, was a very giving person. Considering all these facts, the interviewer asked a very interesting and important question, because it was very apparent that Mr. Rogers never mentioned God or religion – EVER! The interviewer asked him why? She said, “We know that you are a true believer and very involved in your Church, so why don’t you talk about it?” He said something like this in his response: “I’m glad that you asked me this because I feel that if a person is really, really about doing it,he doesn’t talk about it – HE DOES IT!” Such people make it happen through their own creative expression, their words and their action. If One is really about expressing and creating a Life in service to the Creator, One knows that it’s all in the doing. Talkers tend to do little else except talk… I’ll never forget watching that interview. It impacted my life! When Mr. Rogers passed on, Charlton Heston (who was one Mr. Rogers’ close friends) was the MC at his tribute. Mr. Heston said that he never knew a man of whom he thought more than of Fred Rogers.
Recently, I had an unpleasant conversation with my probably-soon-to-be ex-wife. She said that she saw me as a phony – someone who talks a big game, but rarely delivers. I didn’t like hearing that. Who would? So I found myself carefully examining the world that I have created. In some respects, I had to admit to myself that I haven’t always come through with plans the way that I intended. And then today, after a conversation with a dear friend/business associate, I critiqued my friend’s usage of the phrase, “serving the Lord.” Now one thing that I have learned in my life is that the moment that I call something on you (whoever that might be), I have to bring it back to me, and so I find myself writing this blog.
We live in a world which can seem pretty tough sometimes. As a human being tries to do certain things, he/she can be cut down. That outworking doesn’t seem right or even fair at times, but it does help one realize what one truly cares about. For me, I hope to evolve to be like our old friend Mr. Rogers. He claimed nothing, but did so very much… The true servant serves!

These are the thoughts that are moving through me. I invite you to click on ‘comments ‘ and share your thoughts and experiences on this subject.
 

I can experience one of two things through “life” experience, either the circle or the spiral. If it’s the circle, then I experience the same thing again and again, with the same results or failure. The failure calls mostly to the experiential aspect. If the experience is reminiscent of an old one, with old by-products, then I have not moved up the spiral within my consciousness. A circle can be like a prison from which one cannot escape using lateral technologies of any sort.
The spiral experience is always awe-filled because the place where I find myself is new. I have not been in this place before; from this new place, with orientation in the new, there begins to be a level of trust because the only reference point is that which is invisible and creative. A new type of memory begins to be utilized. It is not a memory based on form, but a memory derived from invisible Being. This place is like a doorway connected to whole-Life or to “Life” as a whole. In this place nothing is ever re-created. In this place all is created anew.
Creating ‘anew’ from an earthly place, in contrast to the place of Being, the human condition is immersed in the whirlwinds of form and situation. Man took measurements to get into this place, which is nothing more than a delusional maze. Once the reality of the maze is known, human nature tries to measure (again) its way out. However, that can never work.
One of the reasons that people are caught in the maze has to do with wanting to feel good. When one doesn’t feel good, one often tries to take steps to try to feel better. Thinking it out or measuring invariably accompanies this process, as a departure from Being Present ensues. The key that I AM finding is realizing that I don’t always have to feel good. But another even more important realization is to know that I should not create things from a space that doesn’t feel good. Instead, I can be patient, letting myself feel whatever is to be felt as I let that pass. I can sense when to be still and when to move forward and create.
The human being needs to learn that it is perfectly OK to do absolutely nothing. Am I my thoughts, feelings or physical body? No, they are a perfect facility through which to let who I truly AM work. But part of that work is sensing those cycles which are still completing, while letting that which is rich, full and complete be expressed and shared.

These are the thoughts that are moving through me. I invite you to click on ‘comments ‘ and share your thoughts and experiences on this subject.

The mind, on its own, hoists a huge yoke and a hefty burden. I have gone through many phases during this lifetime, as I have begun to discover in my own experience that the yoke is easy and the burden light. There is an old story about a race between a rabbit and tortoise. The slow and steady tortoise ends up winning the race. So many times, I have been the rabbit. The rabbit gets pretty exhausted. Until recently, I don’t believe that I had much appreciation for the tortoise. However, there is something very powerful about the steadiness of the tortoise. I’ve learned that most of the greatest masterpieces in this world were made by ones who worked on them a little each day. There is a creative flow associated with movement displaying ease with the yoke and the light burden. But human nature stops that flow and starts measuring everything. While it measures, it finds that there is never enough and things always have to be reexamined, studied, figured out, and manipulated. Is that how Spirit celebrates Life?

The words that human nature speaks contain very little spirit. It knows only the words of business that it spews more quickly than is usually comfortable for another’s ears to hear. We’ve got to talk about everything until we run out of steam or another’s ears. Why is it that human nature doesn’t know how to be quiet? Human nature avoids quietness because in quietude, it starts experiencing the truth of itself. Have you ever noticed that people with wisdom tend to be on the quiet side? They’re at peace. They are doing fine just Being…there is nothing that they feel they have to do. They let ease, joy and fun be expressed through and all about them. There is still passion, but it’s different than the passion of human nature. Human nature tries to affect the world with its passion. However, the passion of Spirit is already complete and thus is effective. When joy is present through Spirit, it warms the world around itself like a radiant glow. Human nature is usually too busy to notice anything real. The mind of human nature is always occupied and rarely has room for anything except for its personal interests.

So get your tortoise shell on and just keep stepping gently forward, Blessed One, into the place of active stillness. To be actively effective doesn’t take very much. Just be present, as you allow ease and joy, with the quietude of passion, to fill the cups. Drink and pour as you drink… Spirit sows its seeds with every harvest…

These are the thoughts that are moving through me. I invite you to click on ‘comments ‘ and share your thoughts and experiences on this subject.
 

Where are the storms in your life? You may not have to look out your window, merely checking weather patterns… The “real” storms to which I refer are the atmospheric episodes that disrupt Life’s peaceful and creative Tone. This disturbance could be created by a person’s negative tone expressing uncreative dissonance. Human nature is bound to a tone of conjecture. It often tries to use circumstance to manipulate outcome, as it measures and compares things so as to leverage guilt in others.

It is without anticipation that these capacities must be present in order to serve well. However, what does it actually mean to be “present?” It is often thought that just being physically available is enough to be “present.” And yet, how often have I been physically present while my attention was somewhere else? Or, how many times do I bring some kind of agenda into my relationships and/or circumstances? For me and these capacities of spirit, mind and heart, I would have to say that getting my capacities to be fully present is a new experience. Currently, this is a work in progress.

I used to think that I was fully present, but as I have had the privilege of knowing others who were obviously more present than I, it became obvious that a further clearing (or emptying) of my capacities could occur. The idea of being present with an empty mind and a feeling realm that is quiet and still can be challenging for the false ego. It puts one in a place where the mind is carrying fewer tools than is customary when it seeks to manipulate situations. We always rationalize that getting more information and having a “plan” to keep us focused and pointed in a generative direction are very important. However, Spirit asks something entirely different than that. It is possible that Spirit provides everything that’s needed.

As my capacities are available, I begin to know that which actually is! Knowing is different than understanding. The mind understands, but it takes our complete Being to know. In the human condition, we have been trained to be in “learning mode.” The human “learning approach” is a constant invitation to depart the present moment so that one may collect information for later use. On that basis, one cannot know the Trust that Spirit provides exactly what needs to be known. There is an old exercise called the “trust fall,” where a person (often closing their eyes first) lets their body fall backward into the arms of people they cannot see, trusting that their fall will be protected, as they’re held or cradled in people’s arms. Would the Spirit of God offer us less than such an outworking, metaphorically speaking? An empty consciousness is required to sense and be in communion with the accommodations of Spirit.

These are the thoughts that are moving through me. I invite you to click on ‘comments ‘ and share your thoughts and experiences on this subject.
 

Life itself is the school of the Creator. Though there are many colleges, universities and other forms of formal education available throughout the Earth, most of these forms of education are focused on learning information about the way that something was done in the past and how to reenact or recreate the same. The problem often arises in that all of the factors that were present when a particular outcome was generated have changed. Nothing is ever the exact same way again. This is the active dilemma for the consciousness of human nature. We have become accustomed to using training wheels for everything. That is understandable (to some extent) in the beginning, but when you prolong the use of training wheels, your capacities for generation and expression in the NOW recede. Who is present? Who trusts Spirit in motion? Is Spirit a form or can I let Spirit use this form? Do I need an external form in order to let “this form” express Spirit? Actually, you can’t use a form to truly commune with Spirit. There is only one way to for me to express Spirit: I have to do it! This is true for each One of us…