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A simple seeker was meditating on the concept of wisdom. “Wisdom is much more than a concept.” “How can anything be more than a concept?” “How can anything be less?” “Then, what is wisdom, beyond being a concept?” “A concept of what?” “A high level of understanding.” “Understanding of what?” “Whatever.” “Whatever is a generalizationContinue reading “Choosing Integrity”

The concept of surrender may have a meaningful place on a battlefield, or in rigid religions wherein adherents are required to surrender to a powerful God, or to a powerful human, or organization led my more or less powerful humans who demand unquestioning obedience from their flock, and flock seems to be a curiously appropriateContinue reading “The Concept of Surrender”

A simple seeker of enlightenment was meditating on the Tarot’s Eight of Cups, and comparing different interpretations. But her emotional response was always the same; a sense of distress and excitement, at one and the same time, or of one mood rapidly replacing the other in her mind.Why? “Are you asking me?” “No. I wasContinue reading “Choosing Doesn’t Create Value”

A simple seeker was meditating on something that St. Augustine was supposed to have said – that all evil has a reason. “You seem to have difficulty accepting that reality, chela.” “Reason sounds so overly deliberate, and intentional.” “Is there a difference?” “Intention sounds predetermined.” “And deliberate?” “Perhaps in the heat of the moment.” “AsContinue reading “Spirit Teaches a Simple Seeker Lesson 22 – Beauty and Evil”

A simple seeker had randomly chosen, and was now studying, her daily, personal relationship Tarot card, The King of Wands. This authority figure presented as having a firm grip on power. “Is it possible?” “Is what possible?” “To possess a firm grip on authority?” “He seems ready to do battle to maintain it. Beneath hisContinue reading “Awareness of Personal Power”

Veils are not walls, and yet they can appear to be. The ancient wise ones may always have known that there are veils between the many worlds of reality, and these teachers of timeless wisdom would also have known that veils were necessary to protect both those above and those below the two sets ofContinue reading “Veils are not Walls”

Who are we, behind our masks?. “Behind the Mask” was a required text on an introduction to modern psychology, when I went back to school in mid-life, to find the answers to questions that had followed me throughout my life. What’s it all about? And, why? “Behind the Mask” – whatever happened to my veryContinue reading “Who are We?”

A simple seeker was meditating on the four Tarot Queens until her mind seemed to rest or focus on The Queen of Cups. “What about her?” “I seem to relate to her.” “How?” “Her throne has a high back, as does my new patio recliner, except that she looks much more at ease than IContinue reading “Awareness as an Option”

Before meditation there was mindless activity. We followed the herd without even knowing that we were following the herd. Actually, we were just doing what those around us seemed to be doing; eating, sleeping, and working at mindless activities. But, so was everyone else, or where they? We never did get to see everyone else,Continue reading “Directing our Meditating Mind”

A simple seeker tries to teach Spirit. It was time to teach her spirit guru something about life in the world of physical reality. “There is no physical reality.” “It looks pretty real to me.” “It’s an illusion.” “As in a dream?” “Yes, and no.” “Surely, it is or it isn’t.” “What?” “A dream.” “ItContinue reading “A Simple Seeker Tries”