Every tradition uses the gardener as an analogy for spiritual work. The garden is a place where everything grows within a prescribed area. We are gardens where everything grows, both …
Stop Repackaging the Practice….
Be with your experience. This does not mean “in it”. This means “let it happen”. Always did. When I first wrote down the practice Baba taught me in A Spiritual …
Are You Sharing or Reporting?….
On a plane heading toward Florida. Reporting or sharing? Just a fact. Do you need to know? Not really. What you need to know is there is a person in …
I Lost My Patience….
In Orkney I cried, I laughed, and I finally gave up my attachment to patience. Thank God. I had been driven to travel to Orkney for the last two years, …
Twisted Love….
Twisted love is still love. So everything is love in one form or another. The problem is, God is having to push through our ignorance. Manifestation is love; just twisted …
Low and Behold….
Around our cottage in Orkney there are fields filled with cattle, sheep, wheat, grass pasture, or wild growth. The ocean, with cliffs rising from it, is within walking distance. Spotted …
Vacations….
Vacations are designed to help us. We say we need a break, we need a rest, we need to get away. Vacations can help us with detachment. When we go …
Resources….
Resources. What are they? Resources are people and materials that aid us in our lives. These resources can be within us or outside us. We should know what they are …
Whom Do You Serve?….
This question is a difficult one because we tend not to be completely forthright with our answer. God, we will say. And yet the truth is we are idolizing our …
You Are Perfect Just the Way You Are….
You are perfect just the way you are. So, be where you are and accept it. That is the practice. Boring in toward the Heart does not mean you will …