Thoughts and Feelings on Barbara's Passing

Yesterday my first wife and the mother of my six children passed out of this world of duality. Here is what came to me:

Thoughts and Feelings on Barbara's Passing

when someone close
has passed from view
remembering is such a trap
it brings what never was
to the fore of now
and makes illusions
real once more
no peace in remembering
no love in remembering

when shadows of what 'was'
fade from view allowing
what 'is' to shine on thru
a light of truth shines
upon my soul and says
"you are Home at one with them
a place both never left
where peace is all for all
knowing love is all they brought"
being there, in love's place
remembering has lost its sting
and peace is all their passing brings
to lighten burdens felt
yet others never really dealt

michael

A Knot Within My Chest

A Knot Within My Chest

but tells me of my guilt

calling the critic
who so tries

to fix up what is perfect...
upsetting love's expression
attempting to block love's
sight
by making what appears 'to be'
un-right

guilt disguised and somewhat felt
tries so hard to hide love's melting
into my soul's longing for itself
without the slightest sign of dis-grace
for the separating thought
that you and i are apart...
and thinking someway
my fixing you somehow
returns god's loving grace to me
oh what fool's we mortals be
not knowing that only love's way
extinguishes all mortality
sending life's ways
throughout eternity

michael

THE LOVE WITHIN ALL

I AM the voice of love

within all things…

I AM not the body…

I AM the very love that abides within

and encircles

all of creation…

Self love is the key to awakening…

to love my Self…

to honor and claim my worthiness

to “ experience” the love that I AM

is to honor and claim it for all…

we are one

appearing in many bodies

as my love for Self grows

I awaken all to their

true nature…

I AM the voice of love

within all…

denisa

deniseanew@aol.com

I Exist???

Dear friends,

For most of my life (about 64 of my 71 years on this planet,) I have been on
a "spiritual" quest to satisfy the longing in my soul to know Truth. "What
am I?" My search has taken me through numerous disciplines. My seeking has
finally been satisfied with the vichara practice of simply noticing that I
exist - without trying to *understand* it.

I have seen through the illusion. I am at peace, accepting what IS exactly the way it is.
The more often I pause throughout the day and simply notice that *I'm here*,
the more I smile and realize that there's nothing more that needs to be
done. Everything is perfect. Even in difficult situations or emotions -
what I seem to experience is of absolutely no consequence. What's SO is
also So What! The underlying, constant sameness is all that exists in
Reality. The case of mistaken identity with self has been resolved. I
simply AM.

Peace, Love and Joy,

~Phil

I Exist???

when 'i' say 'i' exist
who is the 'i' that is referring to the i' ???
funny conundrum is it not???
can there be an 'i' without the questioner 'i' ????
all 'i' know is that 'i' don't know
all i can 'practice' is trust that all
is unfolding for my benefit
and somehow all is connected thru
the I That I Am

michael

A Simple Declaration Suffices

A Simple Declaration Suffices

I Am Christ
The Only Son of the only Father
The Only creation of the One Creator
The full extension of the Source of all
The love extended to extend but love

i am invited
i accept the invitation offered me
and as i do all are included
in my simple declaration
allowing grace to flow over us all

michael for us all

From question 12 in the Manual for Teachers:

"How many teachers of God are needed to save the world?

"The answer to this question is -- one. One wholly perfect teacher, whose learning is complete, suffices. This one, sanctified and redeemed, becomes the Self Who is the Son of God. He who was always wholly spirit now no longer sees himself as a body, or even as in a body. Therefore he is limitless. And being limitless, his thoughts are joined with God's forever and ever. His perception of himself is based upon God's Judgment, not his own. Thus does he share God's Will, and bring His thoughts to still deluded minds. He is forever one, because he is as God created him. He has accepted Christ, and he is saved.

... God's teachers appear to be many, for that is what is the world's need. Yet being joined in one purpose, and one they share with God, how could they be separate from each other? What does it matter if they then appear in many forms? Their minds are one; their joining is complete. And God works through them now as one, for that is what they are. --end quote

I Do Not Have to Find God

I Do Not Have to Find God

i simply need to shine
my inner light
upon all the soot and grime
i though i have allowed to gather
upon the mirror
which is God's soul
masquerading as a separate me
the light is cleansing light
it needs no additive
it needs no effort
to allow its cleansing force
to remove whatever
mistakenly i thought was there
to block love's reflection

michael

"In this world you can become a spotless mirror, in which the Holiness of
your Creator shines forth from you to all around you. You can reflect Heaven
here. Yet no reflections of the images of other gods must dim the mirror
that would hold God's reflection in it. Earth can reflect Heaven or hell;
God or the ego. You need but leave the mirror clean and clear of all the
images of hidden darkness you have drawn upon it. God will shine upon it of
Himself. Only the clear reflection of Himself can be perceived upon it."
(T-14.IX.5)