Social networking and technology are presenting to us many new opportunities to connect with like minds and souls around the world. No longer are we limited by location in our pursuit of connections, friendships, and love. How can we leverage these new opportunities?

It still begins with self.

As we individually have faith in our talents and abilities and nurture with faith and fearlessness these gifts, we discover and hone that which we have to offer. Each and every one of us is a unique being with a unique message and style to share. Embracing our gifts allow them to manifest and flourish.

Beyond self, there are others.

We are both one and many. We are surely connected in spirit, in soul, in oneness, in divinity. All of us who are on a spiritual path have discovered or are discovering this truth. Surrendering to and living in loving oneness allows us to grow in... Read More »

The ego is a tricky thing. This part of us – humanity, infant, shadow – tempts us, taunts us, beckons us to seek to control our lives and our destinies.

But control is never the way to peace. Control is illusion, control is a lie, control is unloving.

The choice to surrender allows us to forgive, to accept, and to follow the path of divinity. And in Divinity's Light, all sorrows fall away, all doubts dissolve, all misgivings disappear.

It's not easy, especially when we've reached... Read More »

From dreams come visions
Clear visions show the true way
Acts in love create

Are you attracting, manifesting, and actualizing all you want in your life? If not, the answer, for most of us, lies in this simple question.

The Law of Attraction says, in essence, that we attract in our lives that which we are. It's never enough to simply think a thing; thinking a thing does not create it. It's neither enough to believe; belief is but a cornerstone in creation. If you want to create, you must create. And creation requires action.

The Four Cornerstones of Creation:

An Inspired Dream – Any change begins with a thought. In our imaginings and dreams and insight we see something that doesn't presently exist in our world that we think we might like.

A Clear Vision – Specificity is imperative. A dream without clarity is mere fantasy. If you're looking for a mate, what attributes does he... Read More »

Lots of us talk about love, about the idea that all of us are pure love and that love is all we are. It's a beautiful way to see ourselves and our world. But what does it mean? What is love?

Is love the spirit of giving, the willingness see others with compassion and kindness? Is love the act of service, of placing the needs of others above ourselves?

Is love a vibration, a feeling, a state of thought that rises above the noise and allows us to sing the songs of our hearts?

Is love the metaphysical force that underlies and flows through all matter and energy, beneath the atom, the atomic particles, the wiggles and waves and strings that blink in and out of this universe and... Read More »

For a long time in my journey, I thought of passion and peace as polar opposites. I believed that each of us had to make a choice of the two paths, the path of passion begin creative and forceful, the path of peace about allowing and accepting quietly all that life brought. I believed that trying to mix the two was fruitless, was impossible, as peace was ordered and passion was chaotic, as passion was active and peace was passive.

Peace, to me, seemed the more “spiritual” choice. And yet, a part of me longed to create, to control at least some aspects of my life, to be responsible for the life I attracted and actualized.

In time though, I learned, and I continue to learn, that passion and peace can coexist, and indeed that coexistence is our natural state, a higher state than the more simplistic choice of one or the... Read More »

As 2010 draws to its close, it's a good time to pause, to reflect, to survey the year's triumphs and trials, and to ready for a brand new year. The year brought me love, abundance, fulfillment, friendship, and much growth. I published two new books and have two others nearly ready. I created a couple websites for myself and one for The New Writers group, in which I'm involved and committed. I just yesterday received an acceptance letter from a publisher for a new book, a collection of my poems.

It seems to me that many of us are a bit too stuck in the idea of being in the moment, in the now. Without taking time to look back, we rob... Read More »

A couple of my all time favorite quotes are:

• The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak. ~ Hans Hofmann
• Make everything as simple as possible, but no simpler. ~ Einstein

Last year, I went through an exercise at the start of the year where I listed 100 things I wanted, wished for, or hoped to achieve. 2010 has been a very good year in that I've published a couple of books, created a few great websites, made lots of great friends, and earned a good living. I have everything I need and most of what I want. I continue to grow in the confidence of my chosen craft of writing.

Still though, I feel a little unfulfilled. And I believe the reason is a few too many things... Read More »

We create and attract the lives we think and feel. When I spend my time in fear and worry, I see a fearful world opening before me. When I'm in a better place though, a place of love, hope, and faith, I find that worry slips away, and with the departure of worries, what remains is freedom and joy.

Why do we worry? We worry when we overlay our negative experiences and beliefs from the past onto the unfolding world. Looked at through eyes jilted, through a heart broken, hope is not the natural... Read More »

Time gets a little short this season for many of us and it's easy to lose focus on why we're here. When I lose focus it helps for me to remind myself of the basics.

We're all one. In the divine sense, we're all connected, we're all loved and loving and lovable; we're one in the magnificence of the perfection we're experiencing.

We're all unique. We've each got unique gifts to share, along with unique preferences, beliefs, experiences, and perspectives. To accept me is to know love. To accept you... Read More »

So, today's my birthday, and I'm thinking about wishes...

My first thought is to wish for peace, but peace is already here, already growing, glowing, showing, actualizing in a world that's waking to the the potential of the heart, the mind, the one connected soul that dances in the moonlight, flickers on the candle, revels at the sunrise, sunset, the compassionate many who live in love.

I wish for chocolate, for strawberries, for fresh-baked bread, for the rich taste of life, for the sensations that wake the palate, the wonders of that flood us, soothe us, fill us, for the aromas of fresh-cut flowers, for the amazement of the emerging chrysalis, sensory magic, bridges of thought's perception, perfection, dreaming, waking.

I wish for the end of fear, fear of each other, fear of inspiration, fear of being the bright shining stars that each of our hearts long to be, fear of change, fear... Read More »