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A Halloween Lesson Pay Attention To The Signs
As you probably know I am very big on following signs from God and The Universe. The funny thing is there are times where I am clearly getting signs and will choose not to follow them based on fear and intellect. This is a secret that most meditation teachers and people actively working on spirituality won’t admit. The truth is that even when we are actively working on our growth and actively calling ourselves being in tune, the signs that we get will often be hard to move into. What makes them hard to move into is the nature of the growth process. Often the signs we need are promptings…
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A healthy reminder and warning from the movie, American Gangster
Last night I was watching the movie American gangster. Early on I was once again struck by a scene that has caught my attention before. Frank Lucas and his mentor Bumpy Johnson are walking. Bumpy is talking to Frank about some things that greatly disappoint him about the world. They then walk into a store. Bumpy is on a roll now with his complaining, talking about the store with disgust. Asking “Look at this super f…ing discount store, Where is the service, where is the pride in ownership?” The next thing you know Frank’s mentor and friend is falling to the floor in the middle of a heart attack. This…
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Miracle? Yes or No
I woke up at 4:50 in the morning and I was still very tired. I thought that maybe I should get up and tend to my spiritual time, but I was so still so tired. I debated in my mind off and on for a moment which one to do because I really wanted to tend to my meditating and writing, but I just felt so drained like I barely had any sleep. I decided to go back to bed for and hour and get back up at 6:00. I know it sounds crazy but I do not have an alarm clock. I usually rely on my wife’s clock. The…
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A friend’s dialouge with God and The Universe
A friend of mine who is also a member of Meditativezone and PositiveAmbassador.Org were talking. He was telling me how he has been learning to dialogue with God and The Universe more. He reminded me that years ago he had a problem with the whole idea, but over the years through our conversations and some of my stories, he finally decided to give it a try. Before I go any further I should add that Charles’ problem with talking to God and even asking God for answers was not that he did not believe in God or the magic of the Universe but rather he felt that it was not…
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So are we
I would like to share a true story. One day I was down and out thinking about very pressing problems in my world. In addition to this, I was feeling ill due to some medication I had taken. Everything that I was physically experiencing was listed as a side effect of the medication. I stayed home that morning and decided to watch a documentary on a spiritual ashram and spiritual life. I hoped that watching this would put me in a different mood. As I watched I was reminded about my spirituality and gifts that I have to give in this world. Soon to my surprise, I felt happy instead…
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Can’t find happiness outside.
I was thinking about, maybe remembering is a better word. I was remembering how futile a task it is to chase after happiness in material situations. During this thought process and remembering I was brought back to a dream that I shared with some people just recently. In the dream I was talking about all the wonderful things that I had in my world. My friend and I were reminding one another just how good we have it. The funny thing is after coming out of this dream which truly reminded me just how great my life is and has been, I felt incredibly empty. My first thought was “Why…
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Better places waiting
When I was 18 or 19 I started a landscape business. I ran it for a few years. My biggest problem was equipment failures and not enough money to purchase the proper commercial equipment. Eventually I ended up in a partnership where they supplied the equipment and I had the experience and know how. The partnership did not work out and I was left with no equipment. My friend who worked for us asked “what do we do now?” I told him we will just do gardening only and purchase hand tools that we can afford. As a matter of a fact I suggested that we went to the more…
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Morning Thoughts
I found myself waking up early this morning thinking “What is this life about anyway?” The funny thing is I knew the answer and could write pages and pages based on lessons and experiences in the past. The real question should have been and actually was “What do I do now?” or “Why do I feel empty at this moment?” For those who don’t know me well I don’t do empty well. I don’t do unhappy well. I don’t do something missing well. So if I feel this way even for a day, I have a real problem. My life has to have meaning, deep meaning, and I have to…
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Wonderful Signs For Peace Of Mind
This evening I found myself watching a movie that turned out to be one more wonderful sign in a series of signs coming my way in answer to a question I had posed to God and The Universe a couple of days ago. I wanted to know if I should consider buying into and running a franchise of a very well-recognized insurance company. A family member knows someone looking for two people who may be interested in such an opportunity and my name came up. Being an entrepreneur, I am always interested in ways of diversifying. I also know someone who made a good living owning a franchise with this…