CHAPTER 1
An Intuitive Mind
Some years ago, I picked up an acorn in a park, and when I reached home, I pulled up an image of a mature oak tree on my Mac computer. It was captivating to look upon the massive and expansive oak tree, which seems to have poise all to itself. I reflected on the contrast between the seed and the finished product: a fully-grown mature tree of immense stature. It occurred to me that if a tree can expand itself to such breadth, depth, and magnificence, why not man? For we also carry a seed within from which we can mold ourselves into the deep desires that are entrenched within our hearts. We have the real potential to express and expand ourselves into our greatest desires, touching the hearts of the many in a state of grace. Our only limit is our self, for one who knows himself or herself from within has no limits or restrictions. Through the force of our desires, any goal to which we aspire can be attained, for we hold the power of spirit within.
I was guided to write this book many months before I actually succumbed to writing it. There were ripples in the air around and within me — an undulating urge to write. I had always known the time would come, so I pondered for a few weeks on what subject I could write. I was aware that the subject would have to be of significant value to humanity in the here and now, but nothing came. So one day, I spoke out loud. "I know that you want me to write, but on what subject?" I placed those words upon the wind and rested. Some months later, my business lost a significant amount of funds in two very uncanny and bizarre circumstances, occurring only three months apart, thus bringing the business to an abrupt end. Several months later, I had to give up my condo, and with no new income in sight, I landed in a room in a basement — just me with four walls, quietude, and the wonder of how I got there. On the third morning, there was movement. The book began to percolate through me, taking form inside my awareness. One could say the book wrote itself through me. There is a shallow void that exists between being asleep and being awake. We pass through this void every morning on our way to becoming fully awake. In that shallow empty opening is a sacred space of no mind in which we rest as our divine self for a moment. It was in this space that I began to receive the information and the flow you are now reading.
The book arrived when all my distractions were gone, when all that remained was surrender. The ritual every morning was writing fast enough on blank sheets of paper to keep up with the information flooding through me. The information continued to flow as I arose from my bed and moved to the computer. During the daytime, when I was able to affix my awareness in the silent space, the information continued to flow. I didn't need to ask where this information was coming from, because as you read this book, you will know that I have been somewhat spiritually awake my whole life. For you, this writing will identify a practical sequence of knowledge to be acquired and realizations to encounter in order to return to the knowing of who you truly are. There is much more to life than meets the eye.
We didn't incarnate on this planet to simply go to school, make money, buy a house, get married, have children, battle many of life's problems, and then grow old and wither away. There is more to life than we suspect. Soul comes to earth cloaked in a human body, and its journey is deliberate. As you will read in Chapter 9, soul carries inside its energy field an altruistic longing to return into the light from whence it came. A part of its journey on earth is one of remembrance of its true source, its true nature, and calling. Every man and woman on this planet feels this pull, but most simply ignore it in order to remain inside the flow of human frailty.
Man is God's vehicle on earth, and God experiences life through man. But man must first put his human frailty aside and follow his divine calling. And to do this requires great courage and determination. It requires you to undo the rubble you have created through simple mind and rebuild yourself from divine light from the inside out. It requires living in a state of grace while remaining unaffected by what most on this planet do or how they live. This requires steadfastness, humility, and every ounce of willpower one carries. This is the true life. Your awareness will lead the way. Awareness is a knowing — an instinctive, conscious knowing. When you become aligned with it, your life will move to a higher state of being, a deeper level of knowing, and a broader perspective on life will ensue. This will bring you to truth and not the illusions that appease the unconscious mind. The beginning of awareness positions you on the journey of your true self. You will gain experiences, subtle experiences that are magical in nature revealing things that you would consider out of this world. You will know through these experiences that you are not simple but rather that you are a being of immense potential. You will begin to understand your abilities and your legacy, which is what you came here to deliver to humanity. As your awareness becomes broader, many more things will reveal themselves to you and your subtle experiences will become deeper, more profound. You will be moving systematically out of a shallow illusionary frame of mind and into a broader perspective of this one life toward knowing your true self.
Throughout this book, I share some of my own divine experiences with you in hopes that you will know what lives within you and within all of us. Heaven is not out there, nor is it up there somewhere. It is right here, right now, where we stand. When we continue to raise our level of awareness, deeper insights and revelations will ensue, for they must to allow us to gain a higher level of consciousness and know who we are in the here and now. Our newfound knowledge, wisdom, and subtle experiences will lead the way to a new realization and a very different state of being. The life we lead will take us to the center of the universe, where we will know that we are bound by no thing, for the universe is our playground. This book, in its ideal sequencing, is your pointer for a far more sacred life on planet Earth.
My Youth Sprung Forth Wisdom
My remembrance of my life began at the age of twelve. I don't remember much of myself prior to that age, but I remember and acknowledge everything from twelve up to the present. It has been a fantastic ride, and by that I mean aspects of my life as it unfolded held a promise of direction, growth, and the realizations that would take me to where I now stand.
Know that nothing that happens in our lives — what we refer to as problems — is hurled at us to harm us. There are no accidents, no matter how ill fated any circumstance...
