I Have Wrestled ...

I have wrestled with my understanding 
of the concept of dimensions and time, 
and admit that my intellect begins to check out 
when I start pondering it too much. 
That said, ironically, 
"Time" has been a bit of an obsession 
in regards to how Time is used or spent: 
wasting time, making the most of your time, etc. 
Aging, relaxing, studying, working, etc., day/night. 
It is beyond me how it works but work it does. 
What I have verified is that is that unless I am Here for it, 
I am unable to account for it. 
But even when I am Present in the moment, 
when that moment has "passed" 
and I am present in the Now, 
the last moments, or the time spent, seems like a dream. 
Almost as if it never happened.

~J

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Eternity Is The Universal Now...

Eternity is the universal now, 

with all times equally and simultaneously present, 

then, of course, there is no conflict 

with seeing time backward as well as forwards, 

because really there is no progress any which way, 

it just all IS. And so when I play Bach, 

I am feeding the beautiful composer 

as much as he is feeding me, and us, 

in his eternal celebration of the Divine. 

There is no “now” in contrast to what came before 

or what comes later, there are only all of the moments 

in time simultaneously, the universal and unending present.

And this is what it is to truly self-remember. 

~J

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There Are No Old Friends...

Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale

There are no old friends in the world of the soul, 

only continually new and renewing, 

moment by moment in the world, 

the love, the connections, nothing is separate. 

We are connected to all times and worlds.

~M

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Where There Is Love...

Gustav Klimt

“Where there is love, 

God is within us. 

Wherever we see something beautiful God is there. 

God made all that is beautiful. 

It is man who makes ugliness. 

Real love does not stop at a person on an object; 

if it is real it goes on to God.

Nothing real ever disappears. 

If it disappears it is not real. 

What is not true always disappears for it has never been.”

~Rodney Collin

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The Machine Demands...

The machine demands, doesn't it? It can be harsh. 

The image of Alice at the tea party comes to mind. 

She's sitting there watching all the craziness going on. 

That's how it is. 

The craziness of life and the machine (which I often take as being real). 

However, if I can sit and watch, 

be present to it all, then I don't get trapped. 

This image is helpful to me as it lightens the load!

~M

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