practice of the presence

Posted by on Sep 7, 2009 in sacred threads, this i believe | 2 comments It’s probably a little sacrilegious that I put myself (and you too) in the same realm as saints & sages.  Oh well.  Along with saints and sages, I think that we, too, can know and live in the Truth of the joyous declaration from the Koran, “God is the East and the West, and wherever ye turn, there is God’s face.”  Such a declaration demands that we expand our ideas...
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sacred threads ~ who is god to you?

Posted by on Jul 28, 2009 in mindfulness, power of now, sacred threads | 0 comments Several years ago, standing alongside fellow seekers in a temple, my voice joined with other voices to sing hymns of love for Consciousness, for God, for Shiva, for Allah. . .  After some time, I felt enraptured by waves of immense bliss and infinite love.  My experience of who I am began to shift. No longer did I exist only in my own limited personal identity.  My “being” encompassed...
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sacred threads ~ enter the garden

Posted by on Jun 17, 2009 in sacred threads, this i believe | 2 comments Lately, I’ve been reading an old copy of Hsin Hsin Ming, The Book of Nothing. It is Bhagawan Shree Rajneesh’s commentary on the teachings of Sosan.  Again, I find myself startled to see the abundant generosity of Consciousness, the myriad means of attaining Knowledge of Truth available to us. There are a thousand doorways into the Garden, I just want to open one.  Everyday.  I want...
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This I Believe

Posted by on Feb 11, 2009 in this i believe | 0 comments I’m a big fan of NPR.  I especially love their segment, “This I Believe.”  There are lots of things that I believe.  I think perhaps the dominant belief is that there is a current of Consciousness that makes up the very essence of our being flowing through each of us.  I believe this current of Consciousnes both informs our lives and is available to us as a...
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