If we want to have Peace, then we need to teach Peace.

If we want to have Love, then we need to express Love.

If we want to have Joy, then we need to spread Joy.

If we want to have Forgiveness, then we need to demonstrate Forgiveness.

If we want to have Abundance, then we need to exhibit Generosity.

We have to learn and share whatever it is we want for ourselves.  These are the lessons of life.  When you see yourself as whole, the others we encounter on our walk through life are a reflection of that fullness.

When we meditate, we create a starvation of input and in that emptiness lies the Truth of what we are and we are One.  That One is Love, the Way (in Taoism), Jesus (in Christianity) and every spiritual path has a name for the same place, entity or energy.  Many people do not like that alone, serene, quiet place of silence but we should seek it and not fear it.  The foundation laid, it is time for the experience.  We are not separate from our experience but rather our experience is who we are.  Embrace and love the experience because it is part of who you are and we are Love.  When you get involved in your story, the turmoil and arguments you have in your head and you are not at Peace, ask for it.  Be still an instant and go back home, back to Love.

We tend to over think everything when we really should be in our hearts.  We may continually abuse ourselves for something we have never even done. Our threshold for pain is very high but it is not limitless.  We have produced the ego and it always tells us we are not okay.  This is our illusion.  Rise above the battleground.  Take the power out of Fear, Irritation, Frustration and Ego.  Invite detachment instead and think differently – think “This is my spiritual wake-up call” and “This is my opportunity to be gentle with self, and be kind to self.”  We do not deny evil, fear, ego and all the anti-forms of Love, we just realize we are effective only if we change our thoughts.

Ask yourself on a daily, continuous and constant basis before you do or say anything…”What do I want to do?”   “Why do I want to do this?”   “How do I want to do this?”   “When do I want to do this?”  “Where do I want to do this?”  This is the study, practice and application of the lessons of life in practical terms and guided by a right mind that has paused first to reflect on these questions.

And so it is.

I do not know what path in life you will take, but I do know this: If, on that path, you do not find a way to serve, you will never be happy.” – Albert Schweitzer