Making Decisions

Here is a Hypothetical to Consider You go to a Flea Market and see an old coin that you purchase for $10.00. That is the price designated by the vendor and you do not haggle over the price; the vendor is happy to receive full payment. Because of your experience you suspect that it is […]

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Being Gone

I was here for awhile To help answer questions. Now I am gone.   The majority: Never knew I was here Or that I left.   If you need my writing I have left behind Several notes.   Perhaps, you will find them useful. -SB

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USA, Mass Shootings and Reaching Higher

The last few days have been filled with NEWS about the Mass Shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio. Watching TV coverage I over heard the Mayor of Dayton indicate that this shooting was the 250th Mass Shooting in the USA; while it is difficult to determine how accurate this number and there is […]

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Closer to Reality

“If you work hard enough, you can be anything you want.” Really. Anything I want. I just have to laugh. Unfortunately this is a myth prevalent in our society today. Sort of like Santa Claus. Sounds good- but not exactly true. Often this slogan is used as a mean’s of motivating young and other’s trying […]

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Perfection

Immersed in the imperfection Of day to day living With all its toil and trouble, It is natural to forget We are forever connected in Perfection.   Yes. We are children of a universe that is constantly changing Yet unified In the Oneness of Divine Being. -SB

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Chronic Pain Always Wins

Seems like it is going to be one of those days. The pain woke me up and I cannot escape it. I am tired of fighting and today, I will just give in. Yes. The pains always wins; it is not even a fair fight. Soon I will take some of the chemicals the doctors […]

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Crazy Poet

1/13/19 My gift to you are these words which, from time to time, appear on this page. Often they originate on a distant shore, where Celestial Light is a morning sun, and a gentle breeze ushers their energy softly through me. The Author is that Radiance which has Created an Ocean of Wisdom that has […]

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My Path

I am neither Christian, Jew or Muslim. Nor do I follow any of the other 200 or so religions available on this planet. I am a spiritual traveler going from world to world reflecting the Light of Creation; one day to return Home to sit beside my mother and father. Here in this dimension my […]

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Magnificent Monastery

For the longest time, I wished that I had a church, temple, mosque or synagogue to attend. I could find no special place that called to my heart and helped my soul sing. In years past, there had always been a place: top of a close by hill; stream just below a reservoir dam; tree […]

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To a World Gone Crazy: A Personal Response

In these troubling times, when it seems as if the world and its people are going crazy, what is a personal reasonable response?   I offer this 3 part formula, which appears in my paper, The Sufi Call, Making the World Better: https://www.stewartbitkoff.com/the-sufi-call-making-a-better-world/.   Here are 3 actions people can take every day and contribute […]

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Tending My Campsite

As campers we were instructed to leave our campsite a little better than we found it. This meant picking up after ourselves as well as after others who may have left a piece of trash behind. Often, I wonder as I journey through this world how well I have tended my site. Did I consistently […]

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