Thoughts From A Mystic

. Each moment is YOUR LIFE. Don't wait. You're living NOW, so focus awareness on what's happening. This MOMENT is your life...no matter what transpires. By staying aware of each moment you'll discover your LIFE, not the shallow, superficial 'life' you think is 'yours'! It's what Jesus meant when he said- Mt. 6.25 "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food , and the body more important than clothes?" Matthew

. Reality ALWAYS trumps Expectations. Carefully keep your awareness on what's happening around and inside you, retaining freedom from over-involvement in what you'd like to experience. Reality doesn't intend for YOU to get what you want, and don't hope for anything particular. Reality LOVES everything. EVERYTHING! You can see this in Jesus' statement about 'Loving your enemies' (which from a normal person's perspective is completely absurd, even dangerous!)- Mt. 4.43 "You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' 44 But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous . 46 If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? 47 And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more t...

. Do you believe who you think you are is who you are...or that your 'perceptions' (theories/paradigm of what reality is) of reality ARE how/what reality is? Don't assume this is so. Letting go of what you believe is 'so' is challenging, but Reality is not 'what you think'. Matthew

. No one, or 'thing' is the center of the 'universe'! People often think of 'themselves' as special and deserving, more worthy or valuable than 'others'. By contrast reality is made up of diversity, and all 'things' are 'valuable'. People judge, attaching different values to different 'things'; but these 'value judgments' are based on selfish motives, not how things are. Matthew