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Allow the gravity of your intention work with you, for you. One morning, a master asked his student to fill a small wooden bucket of water as quickly as he could for their morning tea. The student hurried out to the well, placed the bucket on a small platform on the ground under the spigot and began to lever the pump’s handle. Since the pump was old and rusted, it required two hands and took several minutes before giving any water. By the end of these few minutes, the student was working... Read Full Story

One day, two flower merchants set up shop next to one another. They opened for business on the same day, carried the same lovely selection of aromatic flowers, and maintained similar prices for their marvelous plants. Both merchants took great care with raising their plants and both were kind and courteous to their customers. In fact, their stores appeared to be equal in every way. At first, the merchants even received equal traffic through their shops, but–as time went on–the first... Read Full Story

Why should you tell your story? Who are you to tell others how you feel and why you feel it? Who are you to tell others about the life experiences that have brought you to this point? Indeed, who are we to believe we have a message of value for others, worthy of being shared, and compelling enough that others would want to hear it? The audacity! Who are we? Why do we matter? Why does any of it matter? Jesus Christ is recorded as saying, “Whatsoever you do to the least of my... Read Full Story

We understand the ails of humanity can largely be contributed to our own lack of connectedness. Much—if not all—the strife we experience, whether through crime, war, abortion, disease, environmental concerns, socioeconomic unrest, prejudice, hatred and fear—boils up from a well of disconnectedness and identity. It is in the seeing of the world as separate from ourselves that we come to learn (and teach) abuse; both self-abuse and the abuse of other living creatures, including the living... Read Full Story

One day, a little water droplet awoke to find herself surrounded by the great blue Ocean, reaching out from her as far as her eyes could see. At first, she delighted in exploring all the sights, sounds and sensations the Ocean had to offer, but after a time she became restless. The droplet went to the Sun and said, “Sun, I would like to become a Cloud. I wish to soar the sky and be adored by all the World.” The Sun said, “Imagine soaring the sky and you will be.” So the droplet climbed... Read Full Story

“There are two mistakes that can happen along the road to truth–not going all the way and not starting” ~The Buddah. I recently met a young man who is actively seeking a career in motivational speaking. As he and I were talking, it quickly became clear we agreed on a good number of points ranging from public speaking, to personal development, to our approach to life, and so on. In that brief exchange, the only thing we seemed to disagree upon was our approach to knowing who God was. The... Read Full Story

When we feel alone in this world, know that feeling of aloneness is just that; a feeling. What do we know about feelings? They are temporary! Contrary to what we might perceive when we’re heightened by a strong emotional reaction, we are not our feelings and our feelings are not us. Feelings are vibrational frequencies generated by judgment. A judgment may occur in an instant, but it must happen in order: event (input), judgment (filter), emotional reaction (output). We must hold an opinion... Read Full Story

Speakers’ speaker, John Childers, talks about the three ways we represent ourselves when we speak publicly. The first way, he says, is to present ourselves as the Expert. This usually means we’ve been in our field for a while and we have amassed a body of knowledge and experience from which to speak and teach. This is the role most people think of when they think about a public speaker. When I first considered public speaking as a profession, I immediately discounted myself on the thought I... Read Full Story

Question: If you believe God is limitless, where does that leave you? Answer: In line with the Divine. The notion that we are separate from God, that we have to appease or fear God, that we are not God, is a fallacy. If we are not God, then there is something God is not. If there is something God is not, there are limits to God. Do you believe God has limits? Or do you believe in God’s infinite love, infinite nature, infinite connectedness and abundance? Meditate on this. Read Full Story

I was on the “Two-and-Through” plan and then we had a miscarriage and that was another of those serendipitous events. I was listening to a tape of Rosemary Taylor (a local astrologer) giving a reading to Grace and it was about this baby that we were pregnant with. I wasn’t happy about it. Grace wanted to be happy about it but she was afraid of my emotional set and she went to go see Rosemary to learn is he going to change his mind, is he going to come out of it. Rosemary just gave her a... Read Full Story