To progress spiritually, you’ve got to let go.

When you let go of the Mortal, you become the Soul.

When you let go of the Soul, you become the Light.

When you let go of the Light, you become the Oneness.

Each time you let go, you feel more expansive, happier, freer.

Happy, Calm, Free, Bliss, Joy, Love, Openness—these are the feelings of surrender, of letting go.

Tense, Afraid, Worry, Doubt, Anger, Stress, Tightness—these are the feelings of control.

Is control worth it?

Is getting what you want worth the mire?

Is holding what you have worth the bondage?

It is oppressive to contract into the Human.

It is liberating to expand into the Light.

Why resist the Truth?

Is control worth it?

Try it. Try it for a day.

Just say, “OK,” to whatever Life serves up.

When your mind shouts, “I hate washing these dishes,” step out of your thoughts and feel Her loving caress in the soap and the water.

Let go of control, let go of your mind, and learn the joy of surrender.

See for yourself the Light within everything.

Let go of control and feel Her awaken within you.

Babies and toddlers love everyone.

So do people who disregard their thoughts.

Why is that?

Babies and toddlers don’t have much of a past,

and people who pay no heed to their thoughts, disregard their past.

Both live in the present.

They see the beauty of the present.

Without thoughts, what’s not to love? Who’s not to love?

Hatreds and Fears and Worries and Doubts all come from taking thoughts too seriously…

From taking thoughts as reality.

Love is the Core Archetype.

It is the center of Everything.

It is Everything.

How do I know?

Because every creature acts from Love.

Love is their primary motivator.

Love is your primary motivator.

Not Fear.

Love.

We fear losing what we love.

We care because we love.

We get angry because we don’t receive what we love.

We hate what threatens what we love.

We envy those who have what we love.

We are selfish because we love ourselves.

But when we drop the Illusion

(of our identity and our story),

we love everything…

because it turns out,

everything is Us.

When you drop the Illusion,

you won’t have to try to love…

you’ll realize that love is all that is left.

When you let go of your self,

when you let go of your Soul,

when you let go of the Light,

you’ll realize that all you are…

is the Light,

and that all the Light is,

is Love.

PALM BAY, FL—The other day I received a very short comment to a recent article. The comment was, “Shakti?“

I have never studied Hinduism, but it’s wonderful when I receive comments from students of other disciplines that support the experiences that I’m either going through or have been through.

The fact that other disciplines have encountered the same experiences as I report here, should serve as powerful evidence to those who have not yet experienced them—evidence to the reality of these phenomenon (as unbelievable as these things may sound).

Shakti, by the way, is a very accurate description of what I often call Her. Pretty cool, huh?

PALM BAY, FL—I often feel as if I live in a realm between worlds:

• I am guided by a wisdom that my mind can neither comprehend nor explain (the Radiant Level).
• This life seems but a small, minor “task” in a much larger plan (the Soul Level).
• I still feel an obligation—though greatly diminished—to participate in the day-to-day world of Man (the Mortal Level).
• All the while these “worlds” seem to revolve within me (Oneness).

At first it felt quite confusing; eventually though, it became perfectly natural and “connected.”

The Little supplements the Big.

The Big nourishes the Little.

Life flows into Life…

And all is well.

(WOO WOO WARNING: This post is too “New-Agey” for my rational mind—but I’m stuck with the damn thing. Feel free to skip this post if you’re still attached to an analytical brain.)

PALM BAY, FL—Last Tuesday, early in the morning, I squeezed my mother’s hand and gave her a kiss as they wheeled her into the operating room for a five and a half hour surgery… More below the break (huh?).

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GAINESVILLE, FL–She’s trying to get out.

She wants to get out.

But the Light shines through the Heart, not the Head.

From surrender—not control.

She waxes when you wane.

She grows when you diminish.

GAINESVILLE, FL–Don’t want to see Her in everything?

Think.

Seriously: Just think. Any thought will do.

But if you really want to block out the Light… think self-centered thoughts.

GAINESVILLE, FL–Whenever I take a photo, I try to capture Her (the Light).

How can you see the Light? The easiest way is to look closely at Nature. Focus your attention on Her curves, Her movements, Her swaying and whispers. If if sounds like I’m describing a woman then you’ll understand why I call God, “Her.”

Do this enough and you’ll soon see Her everywhere.

Do this enough and you’ll never feel alone again.

PALM BAY, FL–In most traditional teachings of enlightenment, there is a giant wall (the gateless gate) which determines if you are awake or not: You either believe in your self (unenlightened) or you don’t (enlightened).

Like an on/off switch, it’s all or nothing. It’s either on (enlightened) or it’s off (unenlightened), there isn’t any in-between.

The Path of Mystical Oneness is different. You take steps. You drop A and pick up B. Later, you drop B and pick up C. Later still, you drop C and your done (enlightenment). But ‘C’ is a lot easier to drop by itself than A and B and C combined. A whole lot easier.

A brief overview of these steps below the break (huh?).

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