I’m Happy that You’re Happy

I called my niece Julia to wish her a happy 15th birthday and we chatted wittily away. Finally I said, “I’m happy that you’re happy,” and she immediately followed with, “I’m happy that you’re happy.” We laughed. Later in the car, I thought: this cyclical, nonending commentary is the true talk of souls. I’m happy that you’re happy. We cause each other’s joy by our own joy because the other’s joy IS our joy.

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Celebrity Worship

I hope celebrity isn’t the way only we are distinguishing what to pay attention to, as though what stands out the most has the most worth. To me, celebrity can breed shallowness and lead to lack of innovation and evolution, because they must maintain audience attention to remain in the spotlight. Do they have a true chance to enter liminal space and recoup their energy and true connection with source? Does ego develop where it is not wanted?

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The Disappearing Self

Perhaps enlightenment is simply following the sequence of innate desires as they arise—the previous bubble allowing a path for the next bubble to surface, and pretty soon there are no more bubbles, no more yes, buts, no more interferences.

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Spring Equinox

I bought daffodils yesterday and they’re arching their necks and blooming proudly and perkily next to my computer. They have more life force than I do today! Here we are, day and night of equal duration, the equinox allowing us to contemplate the BALANCE OF OPPOSITES.

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Let in the Light!

I’m not usually drawn to gurus or the kind of spiritual growth where transmissions of energy are required, preferring to access higher states directly. But some people have come to my attention who are giving transmissions of an energy that comes from a guru who says that if we can achieve 64,000 enlightened souls on the planet, the earth can easily shift out of duality, divisiveness, and suffering.

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