The Soul of the EveryMan

Fear is a MATRIX that can trap your thoughts and baffle your actions. The key to combat fear is not courage – it is DISCERNMENT. We discuss.

A life half-lived is no life at all. It’s Poetry Night - - - and we’re going ALL the WAY. . .

Question: Are you living your life. . .or just narrating it? We discuss.

Life is Pointless - - - as it should be. We discuss.

Education: We place a great deal of emphasis on this word, but what do we mean by it? To be educated in many ways is to become progressively more 'unteachable'. The I Know becomes our mantra. The key is to remain unchanged, retain the essential essence of your innate natural innocence. Always be the student - never the master.

Obedience vs Morality: In our lives, we will encounter challenges. Inflection points where we must make a decision - often with far-ranging consequences. The choice is between what we are told to do, by society, or law, or those in Authority, and that which we know to be inherently right. At these crucial junctures, it is the guidance of our hearts which must prevail.

You can't wait. . .none of us can. Waiting for life to make you happy never ends. The only way to find happiness is to Be Happiness.

You can teach a person to construct something perfectly, repeatably, and with skill. Creation, on the other hand, cannot be taught. It is the difference between art and artistry, between inspiration and inference. We are born to be Creators. . .

PAIN: Why do we allow it? Why do we cultivate a relationship with pain, or with those who cause it? The Pain-Body, and our IDENTIFICATION with it, is at the root of our relationship with PAIN. Knowing this fact is the first step towards severing the hold that pain has on our lives.

Free Will Free Will is what separates the Creation from US, the beings which are embodied within it. It is the evidence of our connection to Source – to the vastness from which we have come. Free Will puts us on equal footing with the Creator – for what else except this power allows us to say NO. . .

Truth does not suffer fools – or lies: The truth is an absolute – regardless of your opinion and in spite of your feelings. Bend to it or live a lie.

Reason and Passion essential atomic elements that make up the soul-being of everyman. We need them for life. For without reason life is rudderless, and without passion, life is powerless. . . We discuss.

Prayer: It is the universal voice of the Soul of Man – that spirit within us all which cries out to God our creator. We discuss the relationship between Man – the Creator and the Creation.

Dreams: Dreams are what make life worth living. Without them, we are dull, diminished, and without hope for a tomorrow that is better than TODAY.

Thanksgiving: The stress. . .the hate. . . the essential need to forgive and be forgiven All in great thankfulness. We discuss. . .

Tomorrow NEVER comes. Live NOW.

Great Minds are often associated with Great Souls, Great Spirits, and profound Consciousnesses. However: The difference between the Great, the Average, and the Small is PERSPECTIVE.

Domination: To be made inferior to another you must consent. Oppressors do not merely wish to oppress, rather they wish to break your spirit, and thereby own that which is most precious. Your FREE WILL.

We all dream the impossible dream. We all fight the unbeatable foe. Unbearable sorrow is our constant companion in this Vale of Tears. What sustains us is the Nobility that is at our core.

Invincible: We are all unbreakable – if we choose to be.

Just as Darkness is the absence of Light -- Evil is not a thing unto itself. . .It is merely the absence of GOOD.

Can the ego surrender itself to the light of Consciousness? The proposal is couched in the terms of a battle. But who is the enemy. . .? We discuss.

Manifestation is not always about THINGS. Things are form -- ephemeral and time-bound. They dissolve as all form does. You – the time-less spirit, incarnate in form for a brief moment – you need to believe in what you desire to BE – and then BE it.

Peace It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart. – Unknown

When confronted with a situation - the response of the ego is to create drama. The response of the mind is denial or justification. Guard your responses – don’t engage. As with the Zen Master Hakuin – respond with the simple phrase: Is that so?