Speaking Plainly

Each traveler is immortal and comes into the earth phase to know, experience and create self in infinite ways. Taking on a physical body, in a sense the soul forgets for a time, that it is an eternal spark of God/Light.   At its’ center, this primal Oneness continues, even though the soul, forgetting, assumes […]

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Breaking Camp

It is almost time to leave; The heat from yesterday’s fire Drops to a low, quiet burn. The last few hours I work to leave this site Better than when I found it. As I pick through scattered debris, I wonder, what is next?   In the new place, will old friends Help and greet […]

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Opinion: Serving The People

With the recent shutdown of the United States, Federal Government, I thought I would run this article again. The Path is none other than service of the people. -Saadi Introduction By nature I am not a political person; I have rarely been interested in politics for a number of personal reasons. Chiefly I find it […]

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Discussion: Everyday Spirituality

You are invited to a free discussion at St. John’s Church of Faith, Allentown, PA, this Sunday 9/29/13 starting at 10:30 am. My talk will begin at 11:30 and look at turning everyday activity into spiritual practice and prayer. All are welcome. For directions/information call 1-610-776-7211.    

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What I Wish For You

For you today, what I wish is that you sit quietly, for a moment, and go deep within yourself. There amidst the chatter and worry is a deep quiet, loving place that is your center. Find this place. It is there. Don’t give-up. It is the treasure you have been seeking, and is waiting for […]

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Place of Chains

I am weary of things that bind. Some call them: treasures, responsibilities of life, enjoyments, everyday thoughts and activities of eating & living. O I long to be free again: flying on the wind. Once I was a hawk and another time a dragon. This time, I am a mouse scurrying from room to room: […]

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Tears Along The Way

O my God, what irony it is That we are at the bottom of hell, And yet are afraid of immortality. -Rumi   Introduction Recently I had a conversation with a colleague about why there isn’t much offered in the spiritual literature, by advanced spiritual travelers, concerning their trials, physical aches and pains of being […]

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Gods & God Consciousness

It is said that when you take only one step toward Him/Her, He advances ten steps toward you. But the complete truth is that God is always with you. -Muhammad Q: Is the completed person, one who has achieved God Consciousness, a God? This is what some traditions claim. Can you clarify this point? A: […]

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Part of the Eternal Oneness

In order to create and maintain our body, each person is a killer and destroyer. Daily, consuming thousands of living organisms: fish, plant, vegetables, animals, grains and, in our water, countless microorganisms. So in every act of creation, we are destroying, altering and changing; evolving one form into another. Here in this moment, both actions: […]

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The Capacity For Something

Grasshopper reached the end of his rope.  Everything he tried to do came-up empty.  He tried a business of his own selling meadow grass tea and not one package was sold.  All the other hoppers claimed, they could pick their own grass; all grasshopper did was put a rubber band around a clump of grass. […]

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Spirituality & Social Change

Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself. Love possesses not nor would it be possessed; For love is sufficient unto love.  -Kahlil Gibran   Looking Back As I sit around watching my grey hair turn whiter, I keep seeing the same social and political problems occurring worldwide that I saw back […]

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