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2013-02-11T18:59:13-07:00

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Gratitude

Last updated on: February 11, 2013 at 6:59 pm   By David Matthew Brown

The understanding of this little question may help in a total change right now. "Can I be grateful now?" Read more

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2013-02-08T10:26:32-07:00

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Caged Up!

Last updated on: February 8, 2013 at 10:26 am   By David Matthew Brown

From the quiet I heard, "There is nothing, and nothing to fear" So I sat in quiet, In the quiet of my soul It felt like I was wrapped in a wonderful warm feeling I had scared myself for so long- with hate Now I Was safe Finally safe Read more

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2013-02-07T10:32:34-07:00

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One Today By Richard Blanco from President Obama’s Inauguration

Last updated on: February 7, 2013 at 10:32 am   By David Matthew Brown

We head home: through the gloss of rain or weight of snow, or the plum blush of dusk, but always—home, always under one sky, our sky. And always one moon like a silent drum tapping on every rooftop and every window, of one country—all of us— facing the stars hope—a new constellation waiting for us to map it, waiting for us to name it—together. Read more

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2013-02-04T10:54:26-07:00

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Video: Living In The Ordinary

Last updated on: February 4, 2013 at 10:54 am   By David Matthew Brown

Here is an video entitled “Living In The Ordinary”  4: 11 min  from Naked Mystic’s Recording By David Matthew Brown       Read more

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2013-01-31T22:19:09-07:00

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Friday Share: THE INVITATION by Oriah Mountain Dreamer

Last updated on: January 31, 2013 at 10:19 pm   By David Matthew Brown

I want to know if you can be alone with yourself and if you truly like the company you keep in the empty moments. Read more

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2013-01-26T12:10:28-07:00

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Mother Teresa and Prayer

Last updated on: January 26, 2013 at 12:10 pm   By David Matthew Brown

Finally Mother Teresa breaks the silence by saying, "If you can't understand the meaning of what I've just said, I'm sorry but there's no way I can explain it any better." Read more

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Morning share: Kim Eng and Eckhart Tolle: Relationships – True Love and the Transcendence of Duality

Last updated on: January 25, 2013 at 10:18 am   By David Matthew Brown

What is it like to be in relationship with an enlightened being? As long as I have the idea in my head “I have a relationship” or “I am in a relationship,” no matter with whom, I suffer. This I have learnt. Read more

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2013-01-22T10:27:20-07:00

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Who Is Right?

Last updated on: January 22, 2013 at 10:27 am   By David Matthew Brown

But who cares right? You may read this and say I know this already, or hate this crap, or what is he talking about, all these ways of seeing this blog are correct. This blog isn't about accepting another way, it is about questioning, inquiring, and looking at ourselves. The invitation is for everyone. Read more

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2013-01-11T11:59:28-07:00

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Friday Share: TRUE MEDITATION by Adyashanti

Last updated on: January 11, 2013 at 11:59 am   By David Matthew Brown

True meditation appears in consciousness spontaneously when awareness is not being manipulated or controlled. When you first start to meditate, you notice that attention is often being held captive by focus on some object: on thoughts, bodily sensations, emotions, memories, sounds, etc. This is because the mind is conditioned to focus and contract upon objects. Then the mind compulsively interprets and tries to control what it is aware of (the object) in a mechanical and distorted way. It begins to draw conclusions and make assumptions according to past conditioning. Read more

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2013-01-07T22:30:05-07:00

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Affirming Love Law (ALL)

Last updated on: January 7, 2013 at 10:30 pm   By David Matthew Brown

I remind myself now that there is only one mind, and that mind expresses love.  That love is expressed in life and that life and love are one. I recognize that love is expressed in the birds, trees, leaves, animals, earth, water, in every being that walks, runs, plays, and that this law is always expressing itself now. The law of love is omni -present, and is everywhere all at once. It is the only law that abides in the... Read more

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