The Gift

I'm going to give you a gift. You may go back in time and change one instant, one moment. Think carefully. What will it be?

Will you correct that one moment when you made the biggest mistake of your life? Would you want to undo those words spoken in haste? Will you bring back the person you love? Will you want to undo everything else that has happened since then?

Or, will you instead think of the greater good? Will you want to undo the crucifixion of Christ, or stop 9/11? If you had the power to change one thing, what would it be?

It's painful to realize.  Not only do you not have the power to change anything, but you would regret any decision to change one thing at the expense of another.

But there is a secret:

Each moment in time is flawed and imperfect. We must choose what to make of each moment and each decision sets the direction for the future of all time.

It takes but one decision to break out of the loop of time to change the direction out of the circle of infinity. This one decision undoes every moment.

It is the choice for certainty over uncertainty, for absolute truth over relativity.

In the circle of infinity, we are all doing time.

Each instance you live in the circle repeats until you break the pattern.

You will come this way again.  You will face the same decision, and make the same choices. But you have the gift, you have the right to choose again.  This is a mystery that few can see.  Time may seem to relentlessly move forward, but each step forward rewrites the past.

Brother

The tragedy unfolds each day in this world as people lose their lives to senseless violence and others who stand by to watch lose their souls.

This is not just the tragedy unfolding in Europe or the US border as desperate people flee danger. It happens every day when we see someone who needs help and do nothing but take a snapshot of it.

We watch as our friends, family or neighbors lose their minds to drugs or alcohol. We labor if we can find work, trying to stay afloat, while others live in the extremes of abject poverty or absolute decadence.

It's each man for himself. We look about us and ask: Am I my brothers keeper?

Until we know ourselves as one, we will not be whole.

Higher Light

Each of us sees the world through the prism of our own light.

Reality is subjective because it is always filtered through perception.

Every time you think you are reacting to someone else, you are really reacting to a reflection of yourself. This is projection.

We live in the past. Our preconceived ideas prevent us from seeing the present.

This is why we must be as little children to see God. Our minds must be pure and free of thought. When we are full of ourselves, we cannot receive. Empty the mind and let the higher light enter. This is a state of balanced alertness with receptiveness. This is a passive experience. (The bride/bridegroom analogy in the bible.)

Focus the mind on a light then, or a chant, or any simple task to keep it alert, but entertain no other thoughts. Your mind will strengthen as you practice.

One day the bridegroom will enter your chamber. You will speak. Get to know Him.

The Suffering Christ

Why do millions of Christians wear a symbol of death and suffering, the cross?

How many understand that Christ overcame the cross. He rose above the suffering.

Jesus sacrificed his life for his beliefs. Jesus, the man, died.

Jesus, the Christ, survived, teaching the lesson that life is endless.

You have lived and died many times. You have come here to suffer. Your belief that God requires a martyr drives this.

Christianity has embraced this concept. The suffering Messiah.

Suffering is not a path to God.

Forgiveness, Love and Mercy are the characteristics of Christ. These are his attributes. He did not ask you to suffer. He showed you how to rise above it.

Love one another as I have loved you.

Do unto one another as you would have done to you.

Forgive them Father, for they know not what they are doing.

These are his words and his healing message.

Christ asked you to do miracles in his name.

He was a fisher of men.

That was the early Christian symbol.

Words

I have only words to offer.

Yet, one word can change the course of a lifetime.

Words can be kind. They can be cruel.

Words can be thoughtless.

Or a Word can plant a thought that grows in the mind.

Words can be truthful but often lie.

Your Word is your name. Every Word you utter, even every thing you think and write, is who you are.

Let your Words be clean then, and purposeful, kind and loving. A gentle Word can calm the angry beast.

The Word is your Messenger. It has all the power of You. Remember this next time you touch someone with your words.

The Looking Glass

When you look inside, what do you see?

You probably can't look.

Is it too dark in there?

Instead of turning on the inner light, you may project your fears outward.

That is what you see.

There's a lot of pain out there. How you interpret what you see is who you are.

Is everyone trying to cheat you? You can't trust anyone?

Can they trust you? Examine your thoughts. This is the garbage your mind spews forth.

Look out and what do you see? It is who you are.  

You cannot change your world without first changing yourself.

If you meditate, learn to still the mind, it will clear out some of the hate, hurt and anger.

Release  the poison, and look again.

Wash away the world. You need to cleanse your mind to do this.

The Collective

There is a major highway, a path of light. It takes us past a milestone, and there we exit to another higher Truth.

There are many lanes on this brilliant highway. It shines like a rainbow. Then the sign appears. Once we have seen it, we have a choice. We can pass through to the more narrow road, the one less taken, or we can stay on the highway. We will stay in that loop until the face of light calls us and we cannot turn back.

The next road will be filled with mysteries that will change your life, and your mind. You will be raised up to a higher Truth. This is the destiny of all travelers.

The face is a symbol that all will recognize as their own beam of light, for it is One with all.

Each lane on the highway leads here and the signs all speak the same code that only the awakening Mind can decipher.

We are One; We are Whole
- The Collective

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I am the Way and the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me. - Jesus Christ

Read about this amazing journey in Doing Time on Earth: Unmasking the Hidden Mind Directing our Lives