Thoughts From A Mystic

. Most people are so distracted, 'busy' with their many activities, that they miss what a full life offers. They are like a person standing on the rim of the Grand Canyon, back to the canyon, staring at at cell phone to find an image of it. Unwilling to shift their focus from what is expected, the person will be unable to experience the Grand Canyon for what it is. Peace, Matthew

. When something happens in your life, how often have you lost your sense of peace? I see this happen to people often; usually peace is relinquished by negative emotions or thoughts. Who in their 'right mind' would relinquish peace for irritation/anger (suffering)? It's obvious that what happens to us isn't unique. No matter what you experience you can always imagine others (or actually know someone) who experience similar things and some could be said to be 'better' or 'worse' off than you are. No one is alone and this is a clue to 'escape' from the judging mind. To judge/label an event as 'GOOD' or 'BAD' can't be completely certain; since either choice presupposes a 'correct' way to decide. There is no way to know which one is correct, and the choice is usually biased by desire, that is, "what do I WANT". When you choose sides you've trapped yourself in a fantasy prison (in your mind). There is no ...

. Believed thoughts can become so deluded that a guilded cage can seem to be a protective enclosure. Peace, Matthew

Be passersby. Gospel of Thos. 42

. We are part and parcel of reality, and must exist within it's 'rules' and 'demands' upon all things. This might make reality seem oppressive, but when a person 'sees clearly' reality is discovered to be loving and compassionate (it gives without limitation). Oppressive 'reality' is conceptual. It comes from the contradictions a person recognizes between what s/he desires reality to be, and what it IS. It makes no difference that our views of reality are less compassionate and loving than reality IS. A person comes into conflict with reality BECAUSE IT ISN'T THEIR VIEW OF IT ('this isn't how I want it now' thinking). Peace, Matthew