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After leaving behind a Christian Fundamentalist background, I began my mystical journey in 1973, participating in various spiritual schools and learning from certain spiritual teachers, undergoing training and inner unfoldment. I have also researched and explored

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Religion & Spirituality > Thoughts on God What is your understanding of God?: 3 of 118
I believe learning to understand God should be a full-time job. Unfortunately, many of us have put God in the "too-incomprehensible-box" and put it on the back burner. My initial understanding of God is that I don't really understand God yet - but eventually that understanding will come.Understanding God comes much later in o... More..
Arts & Humanities > Philosophical Concepts Attempting to define God: 2 of 27
To define or not to define God; that is the question.The idea of defining God may sound absurd to some people, especially mystics, who are more concerned with experiencing God. It is actually much easier to experience God than it is to define God. Because you can spend a lifetime researching and studying and reasoning in your... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Self-Awareness & Realization How to develope intuitive guidance: 1 of 12
Training Your IntuitionIntuition is a God-given faculty found in every human being. It is the beginning of your direct link to God. The fact is we are not separate from God, nor is God distant from us. This is an illusion created by mankind. If you believe that God is remote, it is you who have created the separation. God is ... More..
Religion & Spirituality > New Age Concepts God as a state of higher consciousness: 3 of 30
If the whole universe where God's physical body - assuming all of the solar systems were his atoms and the galaxies were cells that made up this colossal form - where would God's consciousness be? Obviously, since God is in all things, His consciousness is in all things too, even in every atom and every cell - whether we're t... More..
Arts & Humanities > Philosophical Concepts The true definition of religion: 4 of 27
The Tree of ReligionLet's take an egg. Wait a minute! What does an egg have to do with religion? The egg is an ancient symbol for birth. Religion acts as a midwife for a beings spiritual birth. But that's as far as it goes, because religion is actually a starting point, not the end of the line. If you are "saved" or spiritual... More..
Arts & Humanities > Awareness & Reality Understanding the concept of reality: 15 of 48
Awakening to RealityIf most people are asked whether or not they believe this world they live in is real, they will affirm that it is. They are correct to a point. It is very real to them. Essentially this is because people are at the center of everything happening around them and their five senses will verify for them that t... More..
Arts & Humanities > Meaning of Life Contemplating the purpose of life: 59 of 148
The purpose of life is to "GROK."Now that I've got your attention, I'll explain that later.There are a lot of big questions that people ask, and they spend their lives searching for the answers. "What is the purpose of life?" is definitely one of the big ones. I have heard a lot of answers to this, and many of them are not so... More..
Arts & Humanities > Thoughts on Writing Writer's block is only an illusion: 14 of 33
What we have here is a failure to write!Or do we?For many people writer's block is a reality, and for others, it is definitely an illusion. Perhaps they have overcome the writer's block myth, having gone through the tunnel of darkness and into the light of reality on the other side, or perhaps they don't let anything get in t... More..
Arts & Humanities > Fantasy & Science Fiction Understanding what science fiction really is: 9 of 20
Has anyone asked the question, do we understand what Science Fiction is NOT? That is, what ideas and plots and scenarios would not qualify as legitimate Science Fiction? There may be numerous stories based on science that do not or should not qualify: a wide-spread viral epidemic, the explosion of a nuclear power plant and it... More..
Religion & Spirituality > New Age Concepts Testimonies: White Light spirituality: 2 of 4
I would like to think that I've come a long way, but when I realize just how long the mystical journey is (most likely infinite, requiring eternity to traverse its vastness),I still feel like a spiritual youngster. Regarding this phenomenon people are calling "white light spirituality," about thirty-five years ago, I stumbled... More..