Category Archives: Thought for Today

Being who you really are

“Not every sky will be blue and not every day is springtime. So on the spiritual path a person learns to find this kind of happiness without needing nice things to happen on the outside. Rather, you find happiness by being who you really are. This isn’t mystical. Young children are happy being who theyContinue reading “Being who you really are”

How am I seeing separation where it doesn’t exist?

“It is easy to imagine that the Buddha, the awakened one, is something or somewhere other than here or that awakening to reality will happen sometime other than now. But as long as we continue to think in terms of time we will deceive ourselves. The you who is chasing enlightenment will never become enlightened.Continue reading “How am I seeing separation where it doesn’t exist?”

An opportunity to correct our vision

Have you heard people calling 2020 a “lost” year or “the year that wasn’t?” Do you believe that? We had high hopes for this year didn’t we? Perhaps higher than normal. After all this is 2020 the year of clear vision. And that is exactly what we are getting. Not in the way we expected,Continue reading “An opportunity to correct our vision”

You can never go back

 “Once the soul awakens, the search begins and you can never go back. From then on, you are inflamed with a special longing that will never again let you linger in the lowlands of complacency and partial fulfillment. The eternal makes you urgent. You are loath to let compromise or the threat of danger holdContinue reading “You can never go back”

The real spiritual awakening

“That is the real spiritual awakening, when something emerges from within you that is deeper than who you thought you were. So, the person is still there, but one could almost say that something more powerful shines through the person.” — Eckhart Tolle Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/awakening-quotes

When Awakening Gets Messy

Wouldn’t it be nice if awakening were this mystical/magical kind of thing that happens all at once and everything from that point on is smooth sailing?  If you are waiting for that to happen you may be missing out on where Spirit is trying to lead you. Sometimes awakening gets messy.  As your thoughts andContinue reading “When Awakening Gets Messy”