Musings

. . There is an inmost center in us all, where truth abides in fullness;….and, to know, rather consists in opening out a way where the imprisoned splendor may escape, then in effecting entry for a light supposed to be without.” —-Robert Browning . Being a broken human being rarely Read more

  Be mindful, oh Mankind, of all of the painful secrets that we must keep, For, by our suffering silence, we will not awaken, but just die alone, powerless, and asleep. —–Elisha Scott . Like most of us, I have had many traumatic personal  events in my life, therefore I Read more

  Each and every one of us has the capacity to be an oppressor. I want to encourage each and every one of us to interrogate how we might be an oppressor and how we might be able to become liberators for ourselves and for each other. — Laverne Cox Read more

Are you wise as an owl? What is knowledge? What is a fact? What is an illusion? What is truth? What is a lie? What is a whim? What is insight? What is intuition? I have been pointing to potential answers to these questions throughout the book, with this chapter Read more

Life’s journey is forever like a dotted line pathway.  It is the quality of our connections with each other that fills in the space between the dots.  Empathy is the major vehicle for our consciousness to transcend our apparent differences, enabling each of us to connect the dots in a Read more

But you can’t get to any of these truths by sitting in a field smiling beatifically, avoiding your anger and damage and grief. Your anger and damage and grief are the way to the truth. We don’t have much truth to express unless we have gone into those rooms and Read more

All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall be blade that Read more

Don’t you know that your body is the temple of the living God?  Don’t you know that you are the light of the world?—Jesus of Nazareth . To be in realization of Truth, is to find God’s High Mount just an illusion to climb, Created by fear and desire filled Read more

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it. —-Jesus of Nazareth One of the quickest ways to turn off many an atheist or agnostic Read more

My childhood best friend, Randy Richard Olsen, would have turned 67 years of age ⁹today, had he survived.  Please forgive me Randy, if I have highlighted too much of myself in this tribute to you. This story is a thumbnail sketch of my relationship with Randy, and with the recovery Read more

“It is no measure of health to be well-adjusted to a profoundly sick society.” —-Jiddu Krishnamurti American society creates the perfect conditions for our population to experience insanity and to practice addictive behaviors.  We have an overabundance of predominantly misguided and power hungry shepherds, just waiting to lead any vulnerable Read more

In the honest seeing of our problems through insight and awareness, our freedom is ultimately attained–  Variation on quotes by many spiritual teachers, prophets, saints and savants. . We all have the capacity to be spiritually erumpent, yet our lives will never blossom into the beautiful independent fragrant flower they Read more

There is an inmost center in us all, where truth abides in fullness;….and, to know, rather consists in opening out a way where the imprisoned splendor may escape, then in effecting entry for a light supposed to be without.” —-Robert Browning . How did I attempt to bring healing to Read more

“It is No Measure of Health to Be Well Adjusted to a Profoundly Sick Society” —Jiddu Krishnamurti . Be mindful oh Mankind, of all the painful secrets that we must keep, By sharing with others we may awaken, or by our suffering silence just die asleep —–Elisha Scott . Our Read more

The myth of Theseus and the Minotaur is one of the most tragic and fascinating myths of the Greek Mythology. Theseus, a genuine Greek hero of the Mythology and Minotaur, one of the most devastating and terrifying monsters are the main protagonists of a myth that involves gods and monsters, Read more

We are one, after all, you and I, together we suffer, together exist and forever will recreate each other. —-Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Let go of the controls of fear and powerlessness!  Find your true being, and stop becoming someone else’s idea of who you should be.  Eliminate time dependent Read more

Birthday message from a new Social Security recipient As life inevitably changes, we must address those changes, let go of what is no longer important, and grieve the losses of those people and situations who no longer remember us, or resonate with our hearts as we are presently revealing ourselves.  Read more

My 66th year has miraculously awaited and finally greeted me. Odds makers probably would have placed 20 to 1 odds against me still being here. We celebrated at KPC, an exclusive oceanside restaurant. The food divine, the company familiar and loved deeply. Every day and year is an unexpected, though Read more

No Eckart Tolle with us this week at the Maui Marriott Resort, as he cancelled.  No worries, we are complete in ourselves. No Makena Beach surf heroics today, where I might need to save myself from a deadly sea again.  Whew!!! And now, a message from my sponsor. The concepts Read more

No Makena Beach heroics today. Sacred silence, sunsets, the moon at twilight,  and ocean waves, are imbued with nature’s call for love. Why can this moment be run over by so many divisive voices? Silence, real silence, is feared, and must be replaced by the words and thoughts of our Read more