Effortless = Enlightened

Life is so intelligently organized and self-organizing that it is only the habit of un-awareness that causes us to think and behave as if we could improve on its design, or ignore or resist it! Yet, when we yield to it – the experience of enlightenment – living becomes effortless. We’ve got out ot the way and allowed Life to live us! Magnificently. Joyously. Limitlessly.

An exercise in Allowing

We are each unique and equal expressions of Love, Life, God, Infinite Intelligence. We are each a creative expression of the Divine which is not separate from us but intimately expressing in, as and through us. When we stand on the (w)holy ground of this Awareness, we are aligned with the natural current or flow

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Let’s Get Enlightened Today

There is a hidden reality that underlies all of life. Thomas Merton called it the ‘hidden wholeness’. It is the reality of who and what we are beyond the façade of our body-based personality. This ‘hidden wholeness’ is our Christ, God or Buddha nature. In Buddhism, it is described as ‘indestructible, unenhanceable and unsurpassable’. It

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I don’t want to suffer

My spiritual journey has not been a smooth ride. There are times when I feel strong, confident, loving, loved, enriched, peaceful, joyous and in an effortless flow. This is increasingly true. But there are also times (less often these days), when I have felt fear, despair, helplessness and rage. My ongoing spiritual practices of meditation

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