Beyond Imagination: Best Quotes from 2003 Musings

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BEYOND IMAGINATION

BEST QUOTES

from

2003 Musings

Wayne Hartman

The following is an indexed set of best quotes selected from the 2003 Musings in this book. It isorganized by day in the same manner that the musings were presented. It constitutes what Iconsider to be the gemsfrom this expression. It is not necessarily meant to be read in any order.Allow the numbers that come up in your life trigger you to read particular quotes. The universehas a way of pointing us to the material that we need to see when we need to see it, if only weallow her to do so. Also, if it moves you, feel free to open the book to any page and start readingfrom anywhere on the page. When you do this, the universe will ensure that the passages you

find have relevance to your life at this time. At least, that is how it works for me even thoughI generated all of this.

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JANUARY

1 January 2003

1 - Everything is consciousness in expression ... and consciousness experiencing what is being

expressed.

2 - Were we aware of our true nature, the atrocities that are committed by us against us, wouldcease in a heartbeat.

3 - It doesn't take the whole world to change the whole world. All that is necessary is a criticalmass, a subset that is sufficient to plant the seeds and generate the foundation.

4 - Right and truth are relative terms in this existence. It is important that we remember that ourway is a way and not the only way.

5 - Through cooperation, we are building the organs, the organizations, that constitute the bodyfor spiritual expression on the planet.

2 January 2003

6 - We see what we need to see, when we need to see it. We experience what we need toexperience, when we need to experience it.

7 - If we aren't changing the spiritual beliefs, we aren't tackling our problems at their core.

8 - What we experience will be in accord with what we believe.

9 - Beliefs are powerful ... some of the most powerful things that we have in our arsenal.

10 - It is amazing what we can do when we willingly cooperate and go with the flow.

3 January 2003

11 - Many are engaged in the dance of consciousness. But, few record that dance and make itavailable for others to experience.

12 - For life to have value, ultimately it must be shared.

13 - The only place that we have any power is in the moment ... right here and right now.

14 - Change what we believe, and we change what we experience. When we do this en masse,we change the world.

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5 January 2003

15 - There is a role that I am playing, there is a play of consciousness that is unfolding in mylife.

16 - Where the abilities are great ... so are the expectations of their usage.

6 January 2003

17 - Ye shall know them by their works is a powerful truth. It is by the works that we do, thatwe impact the world.

18 - I would live a life of meaning, of purpose ... a life that makes a difference to many.

19 - Constraints only exist to the degree that we believe in them. There is always a way over

them, through them, or around them. Though we may have to be patient and creative to findthese ways.

7 January 2003

20 - It is by our example that the mold is set through which events in the world are shaped.

21 - Here, I see things revealed that I did not know that I knew. Each paragraph is a newrevelation as well as a spontaneous creation. Here, more than anywhere else, I can live in themoment ... awaiting each letter, each word, each thought.

22 - Independence is an illusion in this world. There are interdependencies everywhere we look.We are all richly interconnected in the web that is LIFE.

23 - Complex systems need feedback to keep them within proper operating constraints

24 - What is the overall state of health of humanity? My sense is that it is dying rapidly ... and inneed of something to heal it and bring it back into balance. That something is a set of spiritualbeliefs that truly serve us ... all of us.

8 January 2003

25 - We need to allow some room for the unknown, for the mysterious ... to enter into our lives.

26 - Spirit has much more in store for us than we can imagine, if only we will allow her toimpact our lives as only she can.

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27 - Whatever we experience is right for us ... it is a way, not the way. It helps to rememberthat.

28 - There are as many paths to spirit as there are people. Each of us must ultimately find thepath that is right for us.

9 January 2003

29 - This expression, this stream of consciousness, is my connection to the eternal within me. Itis where I tap into a source that is far more than I know myself to be.

30 - I've found it is always good to leave spirit sufficient room to express as she will in my life.

31 - The most important thing that I can share is whom that I AM ... and in the process ofsharing, hopefully show others more of whom that they are as well.

32 - Be all that you can be is a strong spiritual directive for all of us. It doesn't matter what thatis.

10 January 2003

33 - It is not the world as it is that is important, rather it is the world as we are in the process ofcreating it to be. That is, a new world order in a new age.

34 - We get results wherever we apply our resources ... and especially the minds of the best and

the brightest among us. We can engage such minds on the next generation of weapons of massdestruction, or on how to create an abundant and peaceful society. It is our choice.

35 - It is within our power to create ourselves and our world anew, in whatever manner wechoose for it to be. Yes, we are that powerful. Further, the time is right for doing this ... now asat no other time in history.

11 January 2003

36 - Exploring where others have been may yield some new information, but exploring the

unknown, exploring where none or no more than few have ventured is a whole other thing. Thisis what excites my soul. This is what gives my life meaning. Further, it does so even ifconsciousness herself is the only witness to my discoveries.

37 - Gifts are meant to be used. The greater the gifts, the greater the tasks for which they are tobe used.

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38 - It pays to believe strongly whatever we believe, yet be open to more powerful ideas shouldthey come are way.

39 - It seems the time has come to make consciousness technology more available to the masses.Actually, the first step might involve using consciousness technology to wake up substantial

portions of the population so that they in turn can help wake up others that the whole worldmight awaken.

40 - We speak of building the foundations for a new world. That involves building aninfrastructure that supports each and every individual on the planet to be the best that they can be. That means educational, social, political, economic, and spiritual systems that work tosupport this.

41 - The infrastructure must support meeting the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual needsof everyone. At present, it does not come close. Where there is hunger and starvation, thesystem is failing. Where there is poverty and suffering, the system is failing. Where there is war

or violence, the system is failing. Where there is ignorance and intolerance, the system isfailing.

12 January 2003

42 - I am the instrument ... spirit is the musician. She is ultimately the source of the music thatwe play. Yes, it is necessary that I do my part. Without the instrument there would be no music.However, without the musician, the instrument is useless.

43 - Consciousness is everything. Awareness is the most powerful thing that we can possess

because it is what allows us to create the reality that we are experience. Awareness is thus thestuff of the Gods.

44 - The right use of will is to choose to serve spirit and manifest things in her timing not ours.Thy will, not mine, be done. Actually, it is more than this ... my will is for thy will to be done.

45 - Through our example we can impact others, who in turn can impact others, etc ... until thewhole world is touched. How we live makes that much difference.

46 - The world will be a better place when we do are part by being the best that we can be.

13 January 2003

47 - We are meant to give of whom that we are in service to our world in some way ... preferablyin some effective way. In return, we are entitled to all that we need and more. That is the socialcontract. No, it has not been publicly declared yet. But, that does not preclude us from acting asif it is already in effect.

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14 January 2003

48 - It is when we do spirits bidding that we are being the best that we can be.

49 - Spirit employs the best that is in us. She knows how to elicit our best. She guides us, she

encourages us, she leads us, she moves us ... to the degree that we allow her to.

15 January 2003

50 - Where one consciousness has been others may follow if there is a map, a record of sufficientfidelity.

51 - There is not you and spirit. There is only you as the expression of spirit. Only part of thisexpression is in flesh. However, that is the part that counts. We have incarnated specifically toallow spirit to manifest and experience reality.

16 January 2003

52 - There are many ways of striking out into the unknown. Paths to some degree are thetrodden directions, though some are far more trodden than others. It takes a rare soul to ventureinto the unknown on their own.

53 - The many are possessed of the mentality of the herd. Blending in, and doing things asothers do, are important to them.

54 - I would be the consummate individual, yet much that I do is in service to things greater thanmyself ... in particular to society, to the world, and to spirit herself.

55 - I express by writing. And, I write whatever I am moved to write. What is it that does thismoving? The only answer I can give is the spirit within me. She is the source from which allof this springs.

56 - I've know myself to be an ancient being for some time. There is a knowingness, a wisdom,a common sense that I possess that is far beyond my years in this existence. Some of the thingsthat I know, as revealed in these writings are not things that I learned in this lifetime. They hadto come from somewhere else ... in particular, other places and other times.

17 January 2003

57 - Behind the scenes, consciousness communicates to consciousness through consciousness.

58 - Destiny will ensure that those whose lives need to touch one another will indeed do so.

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59 - This may be our greatest choice as sentient beings ... the ability to choose what anything thatwe experience means on whatever scale we choose to apply that meaning.

60 - Our personal world reflects back to us whom that we are in the eyes of the world. This mayor may not be consistent with whom that we believe ourselves to be. It is important to notice and

note the differences ... for it is here that we have the power to do something.

61 - Our choices literally shape the reality we experience. They carve out a place in the schemeof things to provide a context for our existence.

62 - One sign that we need to know something is the questions that we are moved to ask. Whenquestions are formulated and expressed, it seems that they attract the very answers to addressthem. Indeed, ask and it shall be answered. It is that simple.

18 January 2003

63 - I must live a life of meaning. There is no other option. I would live a life that makes adifference to society and to the world.

64 - While physical laws are beyond our control, social and economic laws are ours to create.

65 - Spirit seeks greater and greater varieties of experience.

66 - Our forefathers set us up as a Novus Ordo Seclorum, a New Order of the Ages. They knewthat they were setting in motion something great, something that would be the shining exampleof liberty in the world. They knew that this was spiritual work that they were doing ... it was far

more than establishing a government. They were part of a spiritual brotherhood, and they firmlybelieved that there was an unseen deity guiding their hands through all of this.

67 - The most interesting parts of our life are in those areas where we have choice ... the veryrealm of beliefs. Here we have true freedom. We can believe whatsoever we will.

19 January 2003

68 - Each of us has a spiritual destiny. But, we only achieve it if we accept it and allow it tohappen.

69 - It takes being all that we are to manifest our destiny. And, we are far more than we thinkourselves to be, even those of us who already think in grandiose terms.

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70 - That is the key ... to do as we are moved by spirit to do. That means that we must have aconnection to spirit within. That also means that we must have the discipline to abide by what ittells us.

71 - When we expend effort to know thyself, one of the fringe benefits is that we find the source

within us.

72 - There is nothing else except spirit in expression in this world. Everything is spirit. Noexceptions.

73 - If we truly wish for our world to be peaceful, then we must live peacefully. It is thatsimple. When enough of us do that, the world will have no choice except to do as we do ... for,we are the world.

74 - If we want the world to be more cooperative, then we must be more cooperative.Everything starts with what we believe and ultimately what we do.

75 - No matter how grandiose our thoughts of who we are and what we can do, these pale incomparison to our true nature and reality. We truly are grand beings and we are here to do grandthings.

76 - We have a purpose, a reason for incarnating into this very existence. While we may haveestablished some challenges to overcome ... we stacked the deck so that we would succeed inaccomplishing our mission.

77 - It is important that we find ways to give of whom that we are in service to something greaterthan ourselves. This is how we abide by the spiritual economic law to never take more than we

give.

78 - Competition by its very nature produces winners and losers. It is not a WIN/WINenterprise.

20 January 2003

79 - What I experience impacts me, it changes me. And, when I change, my world changes aswell to be consistent with whatever I have become.

80 - We are ever in a process of becoming more and more of whom that we truly are.

81 - There is always something more to become, some new level of awareness to be reached.

82 - Amazing things happen when we start taking responsibility for the world in which we live.

83 - It is through our actions that we manifest things in our world. But, these must be in linewith a belief system that serves us.

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84 - Awareness is one of the most, if not the most important things in the world.

85 - When we are aware, we experience firsthand our unity with consciousness ... at least withthe part of consciousness that manifests through us and as us.

86 - What we are and what we do are not separate things. They are united such that one cannotexist without the other.

21 January 2003

87 - Along with abilities comes the responsibility to use those abilities to serve others in someway. The greater the abilities, the greater the level of service required. Yes, required. Spirituallaw demands that we use the gifts that we are given.

88 - Cooperation is the way of the future. Competition has its place, but it needs to be limited to

where it is truly of value. Cooperation is always WIN/WIN, provided it is sincere. Competitionis nearly always WIN/LOSE.

89 - All that I can do is share the path that I have followed in hopes that it may have some benefitto you as well.

90 - Whether you choose to venture down that path, and the degree you choose to do so are yourchoice and should be based on the utility you experience in your life.

91 - There are as many paths to spirit as there are individuals ... perhaps even more.

92 - Cooperate and graduate. It seems that we are at a critical juncture point in the growth of ourworld. Either we learn to cooperate and work together to create a better world, or we fail and wesuffer the consequences of our actions and inactions.

93 - Our major problems are spiritual problems. They can only be resolved with spiritualsolutions.

94 - That was the only way to find awareness, to find consciousness I had to go beyondanything my mind as I knew it could do.

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95 - We are all spirit manifesting in flesh. Further, we are all souls that spring forth from thesame ONE spirit, ONE consciousness.

96 - Consciousness is a form that spirit takes, a set of clothes that she wears.

97 -Awareness relates to how much of the cosmic we have integrated into our lives.

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98 - We are here to evolve and grow into what we are capable of becoming. This exceeds anyconcepts that we may have, no matter how grand they may be.

99 - I feel that a tithe of my time is the minimal investment in the spiritual side of life.

100 - Spirit has given me many gifts, and she has been an instrumental guide for me all of mylife. I am clearly in her debt. So much so, that at times it seems that there is nothing I can do tofully repay her for all that she has done. The closest that I can come is to live a spiritual life, toallow spirit to express through me as she will, to do what I am moved to do, and to be all that Ican be by serving others to my utmost capacity.

101 - Spirit is ever in the process of finding needs and filling them.

102 - It is through community that we accomplish things far greater than we can accomplish withthe sum of our individual efforts. Here is where the power of synergy gets applied ... allowingspirit additional avenues for expression not only through us as individuals, but through us as a

collective. This is as the difference between the individual brain cells and the mind that occupiesthe brain.

103 - For each exceptional individual, there are many average ones. Though, there is a sense thatwe are all exceptional in some way and one of our goals should be to establish the socialinfrastructure necessary to elicit and nurture the exceptional abilities of each of us.

23 January 2003

104 - Unless we are quiet, our own chatter drowns out any chance of receiving anything from

source.

105 - We live our lives on several levels, and it seems that there are things that we came to learnand to do on each level.

106 - We are all grand beings. We truly are. Yet, clearly a large majority do not believe thus.That doesn't change the fact one iota.

107 - It is time more people realized how precious they are, how fragile, and yet how powerful.

108 - I can't imagine living life without making a difference, without serving society in a big

way. That would be my definition of failure ... to go through life and not be able to make astatement, to make a difference because of my presence.

109 - My home is a state of consciousness. It has no location.

110 - It is only in consciousness that we can find permanence, and even then it is aneverchanging permanence.

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111 - We need to consider the impact to the collective when we make decisions. The greatestgood comes when we do this. The greatest good will not always maximize the benefit to uspersonally. But, we need to learn what is enough for us, and how to balance this against theneeds of others.

112 - I am not building a house that requires a blueprint. However, I am creating a path, anddocumenting or making a map of that path. Ultimately this will allow others to follow ... toreach where I have been and venture out further, wherever there own inner guidance takes them.

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113 - As the creator of this expression, it is my obligation to feed it, to care for it, to nurture it, tofacilitate its growth ... and to assist in getting it into the mind and hearts of those meant to hear it.

114 - This is the testament of my life. This is myspiritual manifesto. Here, I share whom that I

am as freely as I can. It is my desire that this serve as an example of the degree and depth ofsharing that I would like to see happen in the world ... in my world anyway.

115 - We are all different, with extremes being very different. That is OK. Variety is good.Differences are good. We just need to find ways to make beneficial use of the differences.

116 - In society, it seems we suffer by trying too hard to put round pegs in square holes. It wouldbe far better to assess the shape of each person and then try to place them in the right placewithin society. That place would be one where their unique gifts and skills are of the mostbenefit to society ... or at least are of value to society.

117 - There are many types of intelligence, few of which are measured by IQ tests. That doesn'tmean that such tests are not valid, just that they are meaningful only to the people who possessthe types of intelligence that they test.

118 - We can do whatever we choose to do. It is a matter of applying our best and brightest andemploying the necessary resources to do it. We tend to do whatever we set our minds and ourhearts on. Resources are everything.

119 - We know what is lacking. We know what is not working. We may not want to admit it.We may fear what some of the alternatives might be. The bottom line is that some of thefundamental foundations of society are cracked badly and may be ready to topple shortly.

120 - Recognizing this, we have an obligation to use our power of free will to do somethingabout it or to do nothing and allow the foundations to come crashing down.

121 - I believe in the spiritual order of the universe. Where there is a talent, there is a need forthat talent.

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25 January 2003

122 - We have the technology. Even more important we have the ideals, the ideas, and theprinciples to build a better world for all of us. The question is ... will we choose to do so?

123 - Changing the world is everyones business, it is everyones job.

124 - Change always starts with one person, or with a small group. When you change who youare, when you change what you do, your world can't help but to be impacted.

125 - We are here to make a difference ... each and every one of us.

126 - If I don't feel a responsibility to my neighbors, many of whom I don't even know, then howam I to feel a responsibility to someone in some undeveloped country whose country I don't evenknow exists?

127 - We are all connected. What happens to any of us, happens to all of us. It doesn't matterwhether we know those to whom we are connected. The connections exist nonetheless.

128 - This is a grand and glorious endeavor that we are participating in. It will enable others tobreak the bonds of their minds, and experience consciousness firsthand.

129 - This expression is magical to me. It is a mystery in the manner that it comes forth. How Ican speak of things that I have no right to know based on my education to date is amazing.

130 - Step by step, our lives unfold. With each step, the next one becomes clearer.

131 - We are free to remove our shackles whenever we wish. Though, this is difficult if we viewour shackles as wings.

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132 - This expression is the cornerstone of my life now. It is upon this rock that I build thefoundations for my world ... and perhaps for a greater world that stretches beyond me.

133 - If there is any area that is truly lacking in our expression, it is the spiritual. For most, thishas been the domain of religion for centuries, if not millennia ... and little has changed in that

time. This needs to be re-examined.

134 - Spirituality is the pole that holds up the tent of the self. Without it, we are effectivelynothing. With it, we can do all things, we are effectively unlimited.

135 - Spirituality should empower us to be all the we can be and to do all that we are meant todo.

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136 - It helps if we recreate ever grander versions of ourselves, for we are grand beings all,grander than we could ever imagine. In front of us lie infinite possibilities. It is for us to turnthem into probabilities, and then into actualities in our lives.

137 - We are meant to actualize whom that we are. The very forces of nature cooperate with us

in this endeavor, if only we allow them to.

138 - We often do not think in such terms ... that there is a benign universe supporting us in allthat we do. But, indeed there is, no matter the circumstances we find ourselves in. It is time thatwe realize whom that we are, and our relationship to All That Is.

139 - We are important, each and every one of us. Each of us has the power to make adifference, and a great difference at that ... to our family, our friends, our society, and even ourworld. Yes, we are that powerful. But, it is what we do that makes the difference.

140 - We attract experiences in accord with our beliefs and in accord with what we need to learn.

What we most need to learn are the things of spirit. Yes, there are other things that count. But,the spiritual things are the things that count most. Here is where our true treasure lies

141 - Our souls, our spiritual selves, are grander and wiser than we have ever imagined. Evenfor those of us who already hold grandiose visions of ourselves.

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142 - The most important choice to make is to be whom that we truly are. That one choicemakes all the difference in the world. That one choice opens up untold possibilities.

143 - This is how we maximize our effect on the world. It is that simple, be whom that we are... and express that faithfully.

144 - Education should challenge us, not overwhelm us. It should bring out the best in us.Further, it should continue to do this so long as we live.

145 - The day that we stop learning, we are as good as dead. Yes, learning is that important tolife.

146 - We can't afford to waste the abilities and talents of any of us. This requires a big

commitment from each of us. We have to take responsibility not only for ourselves but forassisting others to excel where we can as well.

147 - When we take advantage of another nation, politically or economically, the action isrecorded on a national karmic record of sorts. In the end, we will have to balance our accounts.That is simply the way it is. We balance our accounts by acts of kindness and acts of service.

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148 - God helps those who help themselves. But what about those who cannot helpthemselves? Don't we need some way to help them as well? And how does god do the helpinganyway except through us and with our hands?

149 - We collectively have the power to change our world for the better, to create a utopia on

earth. But, it will only happen if we believe it, and if we choose to make it so.

150 - When we do the work of spirit, we are strong in ways that we are not otherwise. It isamazing what we can do when we are serving spirit, and thus serving the world.

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151 - It is amazing what happens when one chooses to consciously live a life of spirit. There issomething magical that is engaged. There is something that cooperates with us to allow us to domore than we could do otherwise. This unknown, this unseen becomes present by its effects in

our lives. Spirit herself is able to work her wonders through us, allowing her to touch all thosewhom we touch.

152 - No regrets. It is important to live our lives so that we have no regrets.

153 - We create our reality via our beliefs. It is up to us to make a masterpiece of our beliefsystems. In doing so, we will also make a masterpiece of our lives. Yes, that is the goal. We areartists all. Our most important work is our own reality, our own life.

154 - When we focus on service, on what we can do to serve others, society, and our world ... weengage the greatest parts of ourselves. We may not know exactly what we are doing, but there is

a surety in our step. We are personally guided by spirit. Or, we can be if we are open to beingso. Our lives become purposeful, in ways that they have not before.

155 - The world is what we make of it. It is fashioned by our hands and by our minds ... inparticular by our beliefs and by our actions. We can literally make it into anything that we desireit to be. Collectively we are that powerful. Individually we are that powerful. We are thecreators of our reality ... the masters of our fate. We are the lords of our lives.

156 - People must be given a spiritual manifesto ... a set of ideas on which they can base theirspiritual identity. The spiritual manifesto should explain what we collectively want to manifestspiritually. Since nearly all of our problems are spiritual problems, this will go a long way

towards fixing many of the things that are wrong.

157- We need to decide what we want to be as a society, and as human beings. And then, weneed to make our beliefs and our actions consistent with getting us there. It is our choice. It isup to us.

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158 - There is a reason the mind is split into subconscious, conscious, and superconscious parts.Each of these organizations has its functions and its purposes. Though, if we were to look foractual boundaries, we would find these divisions to be arbitrary.

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159 - If we are going to partake of the benefits of society, we need to be willing to invest somepart of ourselves in that society. We do this by contributing of our time and our talents. We allhave something that we can do that could benefit others ... something special that allows whomthat we are to be expressed.

160 - The Beyond Imagination quote for today is: As citizens, we owe something to our fellowcitizens. It is curious, that is exactly what this tithe is all about. It deals with how we fulfill ourobligation to others.

161 - There are depths to the self, to the soul that may never be fathomed no matter how hard orhow long we try. It seems that there are just some things that are meant to remain a mystery.

162 - Flexibility is a very good thing ... flexibility of body, of mind, of emotions, and of spirit.

163 - I can only be whom that I AM. But, I say that not out of any sense of limitations but withan understanding of the grand possibilities that this invokes.

164 - We are spiritual beings. As such, at the very least we are eternal, immortal, all-knowing,and unlimited. When we see ourselves as other than these things, what we are seeing is illusion... not whom that we truly are.

165 - The key is to realize that we are spirit first and foremost. The illusions of death, lack ofknowingness, and limitations are just that ... illusions. Oh, they feel very real while we areexperiencing them. But how something feels is not the same as how something is.

166 - We have no real science of mind at the present time. Yet, these lumps of gray matter thatreside in our skulls may be some of the most powerful things on the planet. They have takeneons to evolve and to become aware to the degree that they have.

167 - We seem to be standing on the edge of a major breakpoint ... one in which the awareness ofthe mass consciousness experiences a radical discontinuity, one that rocks the very foundations

of the world that we know.

168 - Each and every moment counts. Not one moment is repeated. Once gone, it is gone.

169 - There is always sufficient time to do the things that need to be done. That doesn't meanthere is excessive time.

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170 - There is a sort of spiritual gravity that operates to try to get us to where we need to be toactualize and then to act out our roles in the play of consciousness. Yes, we are all part of theplay of consciousness. This play has been in operation since the beginning of time, orchestratingthings so that forms evolved that could house ever-increasing constructs of spirit in flesh.

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171 - Life is meant to be easy over all, though that doesn't mean it will be free of challenges.Quite the contrary, it will be full of them. Challenges relieve the boredom and keep lifeinteresting.

172 - The surest way to stay on mission is to do what we are moved by spirit to do. That meanswe must know when spirit is moving us, and then must do as she moves us. This requires trustand faith in spirit. That is far easier for some than for others to practice.

173 - It is time for us, the consumers, to decide what we want for spiritual services. I believethat will be very different than what we have offered today by most religions.

174 - Spirituality is one of the most intimate relationships that we have, the relationship betweenus and the source from which we spring ... the spiritual source that expresses through us.

175 - The collective expression of spirit in flesh grows greater and greater with each passingmoment. Each of us have parts to play in that collective expression. We may not consciouslyknow what these parts are, but we will moved to play them anyway.

176 - What counts is what we do with our lives that has lasting value ... that makes a difference

somehow, preferably a big difference.

177 - We all have the same amount of time per year, until our last one anyway. What we do withthe minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years is our choice, at least for a relatively largeamount of that time.

178 - We need to strive to lead lives of high positive impact. High impact can be achieved bytouching many at some level, or by touching a few deeply. My sense is that the later will be thecourse for my life. I just don't see this being the stuff of bestsellers. Then again, what do Iknow? There may be a publisher out there who thinks differently.

179 - The idea that this expression could be programming for the mind is exciting. Besides, Ican't think of a more important endeavor. If we can program people to be more aware, if we canwake them up, then the potential for the expression of spirit expands exponentially if not faster.This is a breakpoint, a radical discontinuity that takes us to a whole new way of being.

180 - Some things are meant never to be known, even though they may be experienced.

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31 January 2003

181 - Life is a process of growth and of expressing whatever we have become as faithfully as wecan every step of the way.

182 - The way is different for each of us, though our paths may cross at times, and we may sharein our adventures.

183 - There is always room for one more step no matter how close to the unknown that weventure. And when we step there and shine our light there, what was unknown becomes knownand we are then in a position to take the next step, again guided by spirit all the way.

184 - We must be willing to try new things and evaluate their results to see whether they work ornot.

185 - Of ourselves, there is not much that we can do. Spirit has no such limits, except for those

that we place in her way. It is important that we do what it takes to discover where we are doingthis ... and then to remove the limits of our own accord.

186 - There is a sense that there is no rest for the weary ... that past laurels, no matter how great,are not good enough. We must move ever onward to the next monition of consciousness,wherever it may take us.

187 - Whatever we do, we need to be competent doing. The more competent, the better. Also,this doesn't mean that we need to stay in the same vocation forever. As our skills develop, as ourinterests change, as our life unfolds, we may decide there is something we would rather do. Thisis especially true if we grow dissatisfied with what we are doing. When it becomes not enough,

it is time to find something more, something grander that challenges us and allows us to expresswhom that we are more fully.

188 - It is OK to yield to spirit. It is not necessary for us to "be in control" all the time. In fact, itdoesn't hurt to get a little crazy at times. We allow the geniuses among us great latitude in theireccentricities.

189 - We are capable of wonders beyond imagination. It is simply a matter of allowing them tocome forth.

190 - Life is clearly an adventure now. For me, primarily an adventure in consciousness.

Consciousness is everything to me. She gave me birth, she nurtures me, she moves me ... yes, Iowe all that I AM to her.

191 - Differences are good. Spirit expresses with endless diversity. Yet, within that diversity liesa unity, a oneness, a wholeness that will not be separated no matter how hard we try. I have saidbefore, there is only one spirit that animates us all. We spring forth into expression from thatsame ONE. Unfortunately few seem to recognize this.

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192 - What we do to any one of us, we ultimately do to all of us. That is a very powerful principle. However, we need to take the next step and realize that we have a sacredresponsibility to one another ... a responsibility to care for one another and help each being to bethe best that they can be.

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FEBRUARY

1 February 2003

193 - One more unknown in my life does not make much difference at this point. I have becomeso used to them that I expect them. I am comfortable with the unknown ... sometimes morecomfortable than with the known.

194 - Altering brain chemistry means altering how consciousness is experienced. It is thatsimple. Physical brain states correspond to mental states correspond to states of consciousnesscorrespond to states of spirit. There is a one to one mapping.

195 - The brain is the vessel through which spirit can be made physical. These very words are atestament to that.

196 - The seeds for change start with dissatisfaction with the status quo.

197 - When we are dissatisfied enough to start looking for something new, we will be amazed athow quickly we find what we seek.

198 - It is crucial to our overall well being that we find work that we love to do.

199 - I ask that you evaluate what I say by its utility in your life. Does it make you a betterperson? Does it make your life better? Does it allow you to more fully express whom that youare? If it does, then I have done my job and have provided one of the chief services that I am

here to provide.

2 February 2003

200 - Everywhere I look, things are connected in ways that are miraculous to behold ... ways thatshow that there is an order and an intelligence arranging our lives that few of us even suspect.

201 Spirits ways are indeed wondrous to behold. I couldn't make this stuff up even if I wantedto. I wouldn't know how.

202 - I would live a life of spirit. I would live a life of purpose. The key purpose seems to beone that has been with me since the beginnings of my quest around 1974. I would search for theanswer to the question WHY?

203 Yesterdays Columbia disaster is a case in point. Yes, there will be a cause that is found forit. It may take awhile, but the people whose job it is to determine such things are excellent atdoing their jobs. They will find what they search for. However, they will be looking for ascientific answer.

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204 - No one dies before their time. No one dies without choosing to participate in the event atsome level of their being. To what disciplines do we turn to find out why it was time for theseseven people on this fateful morning on the first of February in 2003? They will not be scientificones.

3 February 2003

205 - We have a right to use things. However, with this right comes the responsibility ofstewardship. Can we really share all the world fairly and peaceably? It seems that is the onlyright way to live. However, what constitutes fair is open for interpretation.

206 - Each of us must do our part to generate more than we consume. That makes the choice ofhow much we consume ours ... so long as we pay for it with our services.

207 - Living as one is definitely where we are headed. It is only appropriate, for in fact, we are

one.

208 - Divisions are OK if they are useful ... if they allow us to do things better. However, theyare dangerous as well ... potentially leading to a system of castes where some are judged to be"better" than others.

209 - Differences are to be tolerated, even embraced. We need to be wary of allowing suchdifferences to divide us however. We do this by recognizing the unity amidst the diversity.

210 - There is a grand spiritual destiny that is unfolding. We are all players in a grand drama ...in the expression of spirit in flesh as us and through us.

211 - We are spirit in the only way that counts. Yet, we are not all of spirit. There is a great partof spirit that is able to express through us, using whatever abilities and talents we have to offer.

212 - Spirit may prod and push gently ... but it is up to us to volunteer to offer ourselves in herservice. This is one of the greatest and noblest things that we can do. However, it requires akind of resignation that most are not willing to embrace.

213 - People should do what they are good at doing. People should employ others to providethose services that they need that they are not good at providing for themselves. This is the rightuse of others.

214 - We need a means for society and the individual to agree on the needs of each individual,and we need a means for society and the individual to agree on what services the individual willprovide to whom and how.

215 - As free beings, we are free to choose to enter into such a social contract at anytime.However, it is a contract between individuals in a society. It is not between an individual and a

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government, or an individual and any organization for that matter. The contract is between theindividual, the part, and the society, the whole.

216 - I would make a difference with my life. And, this expression is in a very real way my life.Life as expression, expression as life ... such indeed is how it is. By their works shall ye know

them. Well, these are my works. Welcome to my world!

4 February 2003

217 - Why do I not experience being the creator, even though the expression clearly comes forththrough my mind and through my fingers?

218 - All that I know is that prior to 1993, I didn't express like this, and since 1993, I can onlyexpress like this. Though, even then, the expression has evolved substantially over the pastdecade.

219 - Ego in and of itself is neither good nor bad. It all depends on how it is used.

220 - Ego has a function. It is meant to interpret physical reality. However, it can be opened sothat it facilitates and accepts the expression of spirit through us. This is not something that itdoes automatically. In fact, quite the opposite, it seems to be something that it fights.

221 - I know that when I am moved to ask the question and to search ... the answer is close athand. That is simply how things work. Another spiritual law in effect. I believe it so stronglythat I have come to expect that this is how reality works.

222 - I am not a scholar. I did not come to build upon the knowledge of others. Further, I am nota researcher, curious about what is known in a given area of interest.

223 - What is it that I want from life? An infrastructure that facilitates the social contract: fromeach in accord with their ability, to each in accord with their needs. That is a lot to ask for.Or is it? It seems that this is the minimum that we should expect.

224 - Are there intentional communities that have worked out how to live harmoniously andpeacefully, in a manner that allows individuals to meet their physical, emotional, mental, andspiritual needs?

225 - Community is a different matter. I break this apart as common unity. This requires muchmore interconnectivity. I don't think community happens by accident, it happens by intention.We have to give into it. We have to create it.

226 - When problems go unsolved for decades ... we simply aren't expending the right resourcesto fix them.

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227 - It makes no sense to have any person go hungry in a country that pays farmers not to growfood. We have a surplus of food. We simply need to make sure everyone can get to it as a rightor entitlement, if they don't have enough money to pay for it. The same is true of nearly everother good and service that is produced.

228 - We need to make more conscious economic decisions regarding how goods and servicesare to be distributed. It is not clear that the present method of allowing the market to determinewhat goods and services are available at what prices really serves us.

5 February 2003

229 - There is something infectious about being around people who love what they do.

230 - What is it that I love to do? Expressing in this manner is definitely near the top of the list,for many reasons. One, it gives me a sense of accomplishment ... a sense that I have

accomplished something of value. Two, it provides insight into whom that I AM that I don't getin any other way. Three, it allows me to touch the unknown realms of consciousness.

231 - Worth is typically defined by the consumer not the generator of a service.

232 - Yes, I consider this expression a service. It is a product of the marriage of myconsciousness with a source that comes from deep inside me, a source that I believe to beconnected to Spirit, the ONE consciousness, herself.

233 - This is a stream of consciousness expression, but I don't consider it my stream ofconsciousness. For it to be mine, I would have to be in control of it in some way. But, I feel

more like a radio, tuning into a particular station.

234 - The very forces of nature, of life herself, encourage us to grow and be all that we can be.

235 - Everything is spiritual expression ... there is nothing but spirit expressing in our world.

236 - Our brains are among the most complex physical systems that we are aware of on theplanet.

237 - Mind, while it resides within the brain, does not seem to be contained by the brain.Further, consciousness, while it resides within the mind, does not seem to be contained by the

mind.

238 - Spirit is orchestrating the unfoldment of the expression of consciousness in flesh.

239 - We may or may not control what we experience. But, we definitely choose the meaning ofwhat we experience, especially the meaning to us, but also the meaning in a larger context.

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240 - We are born to do what we came to do. The trick is to find what we are born to do. Thekey is to follow your bliss as Joseph Campbell would say. Find what you love to do, then find away to do it. Yes, it is that simple.

241 - There is an inner compass within each of us that knows exactly what direction we need to

head in next. We can choose to follow it and take the optimal route to our destination ... or wecan ignore it and take a more roundabout way. The choice is ours.

242 - People will awaken when they are ready to awaken. There is nothing external that can bedone to accelerate that. Oh, we can try. But, we will find that people will simply not get it untilthey are ready to get it.

243 - With awareness, we bear the very weight of the world on our shoulders. No longer can webe content with our selfish behavior and selfish ways.

244 - We can only do so much on our own. However, spirit working though us can do far more

than we could even imagine. The lesson from this is to allow spirit to do the work.

245 - Each of us is being groomed for a particular role in the plan of consciousness. If we allowourselves to ... we will fall into that role naturally.

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246 - Why ... Why ... Why? This is the question that I came to answer ... or to assist inanswering anyway. At this moment, I may not consciously know the answers, or even know howto proceed to find the answers. But, the first step is always to start asking the questions.

247 - Part of the problem with repeatability is that the intuition simply will not be subjected toany such tests. Either we learn to trust what she knows and what she tells us, or we don't.

248 - Life is primarily a subjective experience. That is simply how it is. We can try to make itobjective, but the more we try, the more hollow it becomes.

249 - When we open ourselves to the infinity of whom that we are, all sorts of possibilities openup for us. We can do things far grander than we have ever believed possible.

250 - We are only limited to the degree that we limit ourselves.

251 - All that we can do is be whom that we are, whom that we truly are ... not our limitedconcepts of whom we believe ourselves to be.

252 - We can create the world to be anything that we choose for it to be, both individually and enmasse. However, we need to see the bigger picture of what spirit is trying to create as a wholeand find a way to relate our individual piece to that whole.

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253 - I believe that in capturing this expression and sharing it with others, I am somehowcontributing something back to society.

7 February 2003

254 - To be all that we can be ... that is the goal. That is the challenge that we all face. It is nothard to do. The very forces of the universe are cooperating with us in doing this.

255 - We have to believe in ourselves, and believe in spirit as she expresses through us. Whenwe do so, we will be surprised at the things that we can do.

256 - We are grand beings all. We are spirit enfleshed. It is time for us to realize this and startbehaving as if we know that it is true.

257 - Our life is our masterpiece. Yes, masterpiece. We are all masters in the art of reality

creation.

258 - Part of the challenge of the information age is to put the information that we need at ourfingertips when we need it. Actually, for many, a voice input might be more appropriate.

259 - If we are to truly see the value of information, we need to see it in all its glory, with all itsconnectivity. We need to see how it fits within the whole.

9 February 2003

260 - This expression offers me a chance to bring forth something new, something that no onehas ever brought forth before in the same manner.

261 - There is a reason for everything that happens in my life. Everything unfolds in its propertiming. There is nothing I can do to force things to happen. This is an existence of allowingthings to happen in a manner that is appropriate.

262 - At some point, my desires are spirits desires. There is no separation, no distinction. Hasthat point happened already, or is it still to come?

263 - If what we will manifests ... then our will is indeed aligned with spirit. If not, then it is

not. It is that simple. Lack of manifestation does not mean that we should cease trying. Rather,we should re-evaluate what we are willing ... and perhaps change something.

10 February 2003

264 - I often say that my mission is to build the foundations for a new world. Foundations aremajor elements of structure ... as basic as you can get.

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265 - The application of a small amount of conscious effort on our part allows a great deal ofenergy of consciousness to flow forth into manifestation. It doesn't happen automatically,however. We have to provide the initial current.

266 - I would build the foundations for a new world, in which people can express in community

in ways that they have never expressed before ... and in which spirit can express in flesh morefully than ever before.

267 - My life has been one of destiny for as long as I can remember. Though, I typically do nothave the foreknowledge of what the destiny is prior to it occurring.

268 - I prefer to venture far from the norms ... to the point of touching the very edges of sanity attimes.

269 - Nothing happens by chance in my life. Everything is by design. Everything happens for areason, often for multiple reasons.

270 - It seems we are at or are rapidly approaching a breakpoint. Beyond the breakpoint lies arainbow of great brilliance. Somewhere over the rainbow ... there is a world that is beyondimagination. All that we have to do is follow the rainbow and get there.

271 - When you serve "society", who pays? How do I collect one penny per person from 250million people? That would be enough to fund my work for 10 years. Yes, just one penny fromeach person.

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272 - This is a form of therapy for me. It is a place of release ... where I can open my heart andsoul to the world, even if the particular members that constitute that world are largely unknownto me.

273 - This is material that impacts ones state of consciousness. And, that has ripple effects intoall other areas of ones life.

274 - There is no burden too great to bear, when it is rightfully ours, and when we have spiritbearing it with us.

275 - It does take courage to do what is ours to do. This requires stretching beyond what wetypically see as the boundaries of ourselves to become something greater that we ever thoughtwe ever were. Yet, when we do this, we will never cease to be amazed, we will never cease tosurprise ourselves by what we are able to accomplish.

276 - The quality and quantity of what has come forth has literally blown me away. And, notonly the first time, but each time that I go back and re-read what has come forth. The questionthat gets raised is "did all of that really come forth through me"?

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277 - WOW! I don't know what else to say. This stream of consciousness that I tap is rich anddeep. Sometimes she is downright unfathomable. She carries me to the edge of the unknown ...and even pushes me off the edge of the cliff at times so that I can discover my newfound wingsof consciousness and fly. It is easy to soar in consciousness, it really is.

278 - How can an intelligent society know so little about something as important asconsciousness itself?

279 - The game of life is stacked in our favor. We are meant to succeed. This does not mean itwill be easy, challenges seem to be a natural part of life. However, challenges can be just aseasily be approached joyfully and playfully as they can be dreadfully.

280 - Life is indeed a game that we are playing. When we are operating at our finest, we play itwin-win on every level. There is always a way to do this. It is a matter of being committedenough to making it happen.

281 - With me alone, the stream of consciousness may have worked fine. But, if we are going toengage others ... we need goals, objectives, and step by step work plans to achieve those goalsand objectives.

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282 - I am not privy to the effects of this effort. I know not who is moved by this expression inwhat ways. I can only evaluate what comes forth based on what it means to me and how itapplies to my life. You'll have to do the same. Utility is the only measure for evaluatinginformation.

283 - Does this expression provide anything that is useful? Does this expression assist you indoing things to improve your reality and your experience of life? If so, I have done my job well.If not, find somewhere else to spend your time.

284 - This business of reality creation is not easy stuff ... yet, at the same time, it is mere childsplay if we view it from the right perspective.

285 - Life does not have to be difficult. It is meant to be engaging yes, and to be a challenge ...but it is not meant to be overwhelming, as it seems to be for many.

286 - When will we start taking responsibility for one another ... full responsibility? When wehave people starving, this is not happening. When we have people living in poverty, this is nothappening. When we have people who want work unemployed, this is not happening.

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287 - My life continues to change all around me. Yet, in many ways, I am still the same. Thesetting is different, the props and the scenes are changing, but I am still much as I was. I am stillstanding at the center awake and aware ... anxious to become something more, yet not knowingwhat that something more might be.

288 - There must be a better way to employ my talents in a matter that serves society moreeffectively. That is what ultimately matters to me. How well was I able to serve society? Andeven more important, how well was I able to serve spirit? Though often the two go hand inhand.

289 - This stream of consciousness is important somehow ... more important than any conceptthat I have of myself. The hope is that what is captured here is sufficient to trigger others toawaken. Whether it does that or not depends on how well I have done my job of bringing itforth.

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290 - Here I am able to be whom that I AM in ways that I can do nowhere else. What good doesit do if it doesn't involve others however? Good point. That is something I am just starting torealize.

291 - There is an emptiness in my life, a void when it comes to relationships. This is primarilymy fault. For the most part, I simply haven't been interested enough to apply the effort. Myconcern has been with my self and with self-knowledge. After all, Plato did say Know Thyself,not Know Others. I say that with a big grin.

292 - Questions are a powerful means of self-discovery and of reality creation as well. Theyallow us to focus our energies on what we want, or more precisely, on what we need to know. Ifwe pay attention, we may be surprised at where our questions take us.

293 - The journey of self discovery is truly an adventure, the likes of which no earthly adventurecan compare. However, we need to give our consciousness the space to soar to heights unknownand to realms beyond imagining.

294 - Crafting reality to be what we want it to be is creation at its finest. The trick is to makesure what we want for ourselves is aligned with what spirit has planned for us.

295 - At every moment, we are spirit manifesting in flesh as fully as we can here and now, underthe circumstances that we have created for ourselves. This is true for every moment that we exist... for each and every one of us.

296 - The older I get, the more I realize that when it comes to our spiritual life, we have no realchoice but to do whatever it takes to achieve what we must.

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297 - There is a destiny that we came to fulfill, a destiny that will not be denied. Yet, it does nothappen automatically ... it takes work, sometimes hard work, to make it happen.

298 - It is often our work that gives our life its meaning.

299 - Consciousness is clearly a mystery. Perhaps she is beyond anything that we will everfathom. That doesn't mean that we shouldn't try. This might at least give us some rudimentaryunderstanding that allows us to more fully express her in our lives.

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300 - It seems that I am meant to be a maverick. It is not meant for me to follow in the footstepsof others ... at least not for very long. I would make my own path through the wilderness ofconsciousness. Yet, I would have companions along the way as well.

301 - I have been going it alone for quite some time. It seems that it would be much moreproductive to engage with others of like mind and co-create something grander than any of uscan conceive alone.

302 - We need to create a center for engaging in cooperative interdependent living at its finest.This takes commitment, and it takes resources. The first I am good at ... the second I could usesome help on.

303 - In my reality framework the only thing bigger than me is spirit herself.

304 - There is a plan for the evolution of consciousness that is being manifested in flesh. We are

the players in that drama. Our individual lives fit within the context of a larger whole. We didnot make that whole, but we contribute to it with every aspect of our being.

305 - The whole is always greater than the sum of its parts. That is where the synergy of systemscomes into play. Evolution is building more and more complex bodies in which consciousnesscan be housed and enfleshed.

306 - The greater and greater expression of spirit in flesh is the name of the game. But, it has tobe in flesh, or it doesn't count.

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307 - We can't afford to rest too long on past laurels. It is for us to proceed ever onward to newheights and depths of expression. Yes, that is an appropriate analogy. It is out of the depths ofspirit that the heights of experience and expression come.

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308 - To grow we need to be willing to stretch. When we do this, we demonstrate that we aremore than we knew ourselves to be. This is a powerful experience, one that we should engage inoften.

309 - We are here to learn whom that we are. And, we are here to express whom that we are as

fully as we can. It has always been so. Though, these simple truths have been hidden from us.

310 - We don't need an elaborate religious system to explain whom that we are. Deep down, wealready know this. We just haven't been allowed to trust what we know. That can change farquicker than any can imagine.

311 - This expression in particular constitutes "works" that have literally blown me away,completely undermining my understanding of whom that I AM and what I am capable of doing... or more precisely what spirit is capable of doing through me.

312 - At some point there needs to be some type of return on the investment of time and effort. It

doesn't necessarily have to be money. But a service has been performed. There needs to be abalance of energy achieved.

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313 - Various parts of the Beyond Imagination works have reached many thousands, so there ishope that by now they would have had some impact. They have definitely changed my life.And, as a result have had some impact on those few people whose lives I touch.

314 - Wayshowers don't work solely in the field of the mind, they work in the field of action.

They do things that others may see what is possible. And, what is possible for me, you can doalso. It is a matter of preparing your consciousness and choosing to do it.

315 - If we don't strive to be our best, we will never be able to realize that we are better and morecapable than we had ever imagined.

316 - We are consciousness enfleshed. It is high time we realized that and got on with the task ofliving as if that were true.

317 - We live in a world where spiritual problems abound. Hunger, poverty, crime, terrorism,war, ... all of these are spiritual problems. They exist because we have refused to take

responsibility to care for one another collectively.

318 - Spirituality teaches us that all problems are our problems. What we do to anotherultimately we do to ourselves.

319 - Spiritual expression is by far the most important aspect of my life. This stream ofconsciousness expression is indeed that meaningful to me. It is hard to imagine what my lifewould be like without it

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320 - Spiritual giving is unconditional, or it simply doesn't count. When we give conditionally,our reward occurs in whatever is exchanged. When we give unconditionally, our reward isabundance ... we get what we need when we need it.

321 - Spirit can only give us what we feel we are worthy of receiving. To get more, we need to

do something to increase our feeling of worthiness. This may be by giving more, or by realizingthe true value of whom that we are.

322 - I live in a world of my own making. Is it an imaginary world? I would offer that it is farmore than that, it is Beyond Imagination. That is what I was moved to call this expressionwhen it began in 1993. The name is still appropriate today.

323 - If we add the synergy of working in cooperative interdependent ways with others, the sky'sthe limit.

324 - We would build a better world. We would build a true society, where individuality is not

lost, but is respected and worshipped. Yes, worshipped.

325 - There is a spark of spirit, a soul, in every individual. That spark needs to be treated withdignity and given everything it needs to develop into all that it can be. In return, the individualhas an obligation to use their god given talents and abilities in service to society in some way.

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326 - We need to learn under what circumstances good enough is good enough so that we canconserve our resources for doing those things that we are passionate about, those things that

consume our heart and soul.

327 - The more comfortable that I am, the easier it is to share of whom that I AM. But sharing isa two-way process, a give and a take, an exchange between two people.

328 - My sharing for the most part is an anonymous opening of whom that I AM to any whomight find and read these pages. Within hours at this site, you will know more about me than allbut a dozen or so people in the world. That is how sheltered and isolated of a life I have lived.

329 - These works show signs of a creative genius at work ... one that is beyond what I knowmyself to be. Yet, the works were able to come forth through me. My consciousness was able to

deliver them. That says something about my level of awareness as well.

330 - This expression continuously challenges what I know myself to be. Just when I think thatI've figured it out, something more comes through that blows me away. Consciousness won't becontained within our arbitrary boundaries for very long. She stretches them and challenges themat every turn.

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331 - The watchword is freedom. Yet, within that freedom is sufficient structure to create thefoundations for the society. There is a balancing act that is going on. Too much freedom and wehave chaos. Too much structure and we lack the flexibility needed to evolve and adapt ... twoimportant characteristics required for life to exist.

332 - Some people say "I'll believe it when I see it" ... but that is not the way of themetaphysician. We know that it is the belief that comes first. We shall see what we believe thatwe shall see.

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333 - Why does my life have to be so grand? Why does my life's impact have to be so great?Why can't I be just like everyone else? The answer is simple ... because I am not like everyoneelse. I came to perform a mission.

334 - My interactions with others have still been relatively minimal. In particular, they have notdelved into such areas as how my experience of awareness and states of consciousness differedfrom or were similar to their own.

335 - That is a sad commentary on the educational system ... that it focuses so much on fillingour minds with the whats that it forgets about the hows and the whys, about the very nature ofthe mind and the consciousness that learns the whats.

336 - What must happen, happens. What we learn from that, what we experience from that is ourchoice. Reality lies primarily in the meaning that we assign to what we experience.

337 - When we change the meaning, we effectively change the experience and the reality. It isthat simple. The process of assigning meaning to things, events, symbols, etc ... is that powerful.

338 - Feel free to consider the realm of beliefs as a playground. Believe firmly while youbelieve, but evaluate utility often, and be willing to change beliefs frequently should youencounter more promising ones.

339 - All of this comes forth without forethought, without planning, without organization, andwithout editing. It continues to amaze me that source can be this creative and original.

340 - The words speak for themselves. There is an intelligence that is revealed here that is

beyond anything that I would claim for myself. There is a wisdom that is expressed here that iswise far beyond my years, at least in this existence.

341 - There is only ONE consciousness from which we all spring. The partitions within thatONE consciousness are illusory separations that permit us to experience reality as we do.

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342 - Our beliefs about what is possible have changed a lot in the past century. There is everyreason to believe that we have only experienced the tip of the iceberg.

343 - We need to decide personally which changes we will keep up with and which we will leave below our radar scope. There simply is not enough time to deal with everything. There is

simply too much information for anyone to process it anymore.

344 - Knowing that something exists, and knowing enough to be able to use it effectively is oftenenough. That, and having the courage to apply what we know in service to others. It is here thatwe distinguish ourselves. It is here that we make our mark on the world.

345 - On my own, I would be the beneficent dictator ... doing those things that spirit moves meto do for the good of society. But, we need to be careful here. Who ultimately judges what is forthe good of society?

346 - My way is still only a way, it is NOT the way. Yet, as ways go, it is just as valid as any

other, and far more documented than many.

347 - These are the flights of fancy that I allow my mind to venture on. Generally, they lead todiscoveries that have some utility ... however, if you don't venture out and see, you just won'tknow.

348 - Consciousness is not something to be taken lightly. We are consciousness expressing inflesh though many see this upside down, seeing themselves as animals who happened to evolveenough to possess consciousness.

349 - Free will doesn't mean that the force of gravity doesn't apply to us. Why should spiritual

forces be any different?

350 - Self worth is critical to manifesting abundance in our lives. Unless we feel worthy ...unless we believe ourself to be worthy, we will not attract abundance into our lives.

21 February 2003

351 - The quote for today is: "Everything is spirit. Everything is godstuff." Truth, simply andelegantly expressed. There is nothing but godstuff, there is nothing but spirit in expression.

352 - This is part of what we are talking about when we speak of building the foundations for anew world. We need a supportive infrastructure at the core of society that recognizes the valueand importance of each individual.

353 - Perhaps someday I will be part of the cooperative society that I so desire to create. What ismeant to be, will be. Of that I can be certain. It's just that at this time I have no means ofknowing what that will be. That is OK. Life is meant to be a mystery.

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354 - One learns to become comfortable with the unknown. It doesn't have to be a scary andfrightening thing. It is a place we go to explore. It is a place we go to engage our abilities andtalents.

355 - We call ourselves a developed nation, but we are far from being an enlightened nation.

What does it take to be wise? We are still a young nation, with only 226 years since ourDeclaration of Independence. Some nations have histories stretching back several thousands ofyears.

356 - We were born as a melting pot that brought together people from many nations throughoutthe world to create a new structure, a new form of government, the likes of which had not beentried before. By most accounts, we have succeeded in our endeavor.

357 - We are arguably the strongest and the greatest nation that the world has ever known. Oh,there have been empires that have spanned greater portions of the world. But, none with thetechnology and wealth of information that we have at our disposal ... and none whose masses

have had anywhere near the present average standard of living in this country.

22 February 2003

358 - Onward the adventure takes us. The expression makes the unmanifest manifest. Thesevery words go from being potential expression to being actual expression.

359 - I am consciousness in expression. We all are consciousness in expression. But, we alsoare us in expression. It helps if these two ideas are congruent with each other. It helps if whatconsciousness wants and what we want are compatible with one another.

360 - At what point do we jump from independence to interdependence? This is a major step, abreakpoint in the way we think about society. Yet, it is not clear that our organizations are takingthis into consideration.

361 - It is not clear that we have realized that cooperative interdependence is the only way tosurvive and thrive in the times ahead. How close to the brink of disaster will we have to come torealize this?

362 - How do we declare our Cooperative Interdependence? It is not like Independence, wherewe tell the King that we are free and refuse to be subject to you any longer.

363 - Cooperative Interdependence is a set of relationships between the parts within the wholewhich are recognized as being necessary for the whole to keep functioning.

364 - Everything happens for a reason in my world ... and generally, for a spiritual reason.

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365 - It is wonderful to be able to use what I consider to be my greatest gifts and talents inservice to spirit, and ultimately in service to my society and my world. It does not matter thatfew, if any, recognize the service that I am providing. It is enough that I know, and that spiritherself knows.

366 - The expression is what it is. Judge it based solely on its content and utility. I believe youwill find it to be an original work. It is different from anything else that I have ever readanyway.

367 This expression allows me to go back and revisit where my consciousness has been. Itallows you to walk in the steps of my consciousness as well. I'm sure that you will find it to beinteresting walking to say the least.

368 - We need to be careful when we play with consciousness, for we truly are playing with fire... the fire of spirit.

369 - I have realized that my will is for the good of spirit, society, and the world. It is time that Iengage it as the powerful tool that it is to manifest that good.

370 - It is interesting that we know so little about consciousness. We know so little about themind and how it functions. We know so little about the brain and how it functions.

371 - The basic gray matter in the brain of a genius and an idiot is nearly the same. Yet, theirabilities are orders of magnitude different. Perhaps my own ignorance is showing through here.Perhaps others have published works that document some of this. Perhaps collectively we knowmore than I am aware that we know. It would surprise me. But, it would be a very pleasantsurprise.

24 February 2003

372 - Hopefully, in sharing this stream of consciousness, you will be encouraged to share yourown stream with others as well. Each of us has valuable experience to share. It is a matter ofhaving the resolve, the discipline, and the courage to share it.

373 - The greatest thing that we can share is whom that we are. And, more than anything else,we are consciousness/ spirit enfleshed. It has always been thus, hard as that may be to believe.

374 - Why do we choose to compete when we could choose to cooperate and make things betterfor everyone? Yes, this requires getting beyond the me/my/I mentality to an us/our/weperspective.

375 - We still live in a society where the individual is king. So long as this remains so, we willfind it difficult to create the structures that are necessary as the very foundations for society.Note that I said difficult, not impossible.

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376 - We are the creators of our reality, we are the masters of our fate. However, much of this isdone at other than conscious levels unless we expressly take conscious control over theprocesses. Even then, we only want loose control. Much of the details of the inner workings ofreality creation are superconscious.

377 - We only need enough control to steer the ship of the self to where we want it to go. Thatis, assuming that we have some idea as to where we want it to go.

378 - Spirit is already expressed in flesh. In fact, everything is spirit in expression. What we aretalking about is evolving the forms ... and building new forms, through which spirit can expressin flesh. We do this via conscious effort on our parts. We do this by deciding what organizationswe will participate in to what extent.

25 February 2003

379 - The communication is what it is. Its merit lies in its content, not in its method of delivery.And the only valid measure of content is utility. In this case, both utility in our individual life,and utility for society as a whole.

380 - It still amazes me that I can have so much to say here ... page after page, for hundreds ofmusings. Yet, I have so little to say to people in general.

381 - I still read a book now and then. However, I am much more captivated by the informationthat I am producing. There is something immediate about this expression. There is somethingthat speaks directly to my heart and my soul as nothing else does. It is as if this communicationwere specifically tailored for me.

26 February 2003

382 - Mysteries are OK. They are what make life interesting. They are what make life thewonder that it is. As such, these are to be relished and enjoyed.

383 - There are some things that will never be explained, try as we might. However, there aremany more things that can be explained given sufficient priority, resources, and of coursefunding.

384 - We get what we focus our efforts on. If we want a more peaceful community on aworldwide basis ... we should not be spending tens to hundreds of billions of dollars on weaponsand defense.

385 - We are all the conductors of our own lives. Moreover, we are the composers as well. Wecreate it all ... everything that we experience.

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386 - One of the primary reasons for doing it is to learn from it ... to learn whom that we are, andto learn the nature of spirit as she expresses in flesh.

387 - This is why we live. We live to learn whom that we are and then to express that as freelyand as fully as we can in service to spirit, our self, our society, and our world ... not necessarily in

that order.

388 - For many, being responsible for creating their own reality is too big of a burden to bear.They would rather have someone else to blame for their troubles. Can we really live in a worldwithout victims? This seems so contradictory to everything we see and hear on the news.

389 - After all, what good is a stream of consciousness expression if it is not experienced?

27 February 2003

390 - We must do things that have utility. We must do things that are of service, that make adifference in our world.

391 - This expression is where I shine. This expression is where consciousness expressesthrough me at her finest. This is where the word is made flesh.

392 - Life itself is a spiritual phenomenon for me. That makes everything we do "spiritual".

393 - Everything is spirit in expression. There simply is nothing else.

394 - The more that we know of whom that we are, the more fully and clearly spirit can express

through us. However, self knowledge doesn't just come to us ... we have to pursue it with all ofour heart and soul.

395 - This, more than anything else, is our directive from spirit ... to be the best that we can be,and to do what we are moved by spirit to do. These two things are crucial. They are thefoundation for right living and for building a better world.

396 - Spirit operates from needs not wants. She ensures that needs are met wherever they arise.However, she often uses us as the vehicles for providing the goods, services, or experiencesnecessary to meet the needs. "God's hands" as the song says ... that is what we are.

28 February 2003

397 - My reality framework is clearly more open than most. I accept things as real that otherswould dismiss as nothing more than products of an active imagination. But, that is why thisexpression is called Beyond Imagination. It deals with reality in new and unique ways

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398 - I am spirit in expression now. We all are. We have always been, and we shall always be.The issue is how do make this expression better? How do we allow it to flow more smoothly ...or, if not smoothly, at least more abundantly?

399 - That does not mean turning up the volume to the point of excess where we burn out.

However, I think that most of us will find that there is far more that we can do without risk ofeven coming close to this point.

400 - When I say spirit, that is something I look for inside of myself. It is something to whichmy intuition is tied. It is not an outer force of any type, and it is definitely not something that Ihave ever found through religion.

401 - Spirit is a feminine source from which we all spring. She is the ONE consciousness thatfeeds the individual consciousnesses of each of us. Here I speak not so much from authority, butrather from my own personal experience.

402 - Everything happens for a reason. There is a grand plan of consciousness that is beingplayed out. We each have our roles to play within that plan.

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MARCH

1 March 2003

403 - We are winding down to the 10th anniversary of the beginning of this expression. The first

day was 5 March 1993. It is simply amazing that a decade has passed already. I would havethought Beyond Imagination would have had more impact by now.

404 - Why is my will any less important or any less valuable than that of anyone else? Whyshould I not do what it takes to exercise my own will, so long as it harms no one ... or so long asthe benefit is greater then any harm that might be done?

405 - Spirit has been by my side for many years. She has been my guide, my teacher, my friend,my companion. It seems time that I should have others in my life to fill these roles as well. Notthat spirit hasn't done a superb job. It is just that I need something more now.

7 March 2003

406 - Our republic is the showcase for democratic government in the world. It is the standard bywhich all others are measured.

407 - Our people have a degree of freedom that is unknown in many parts of the world. Further,our people have a degree of creativity and industriousness that has resulted in the strongesteconomy in the world.

408 - For me, there is only ONE spirit, though each of us only seem to possess or be aware of an

individual spark of that spirit.

409 - We can dream of and imagine many things, but that is not sufficient to make them real.Here, we need to go Beyond Imagination and manifest as we believe.

410 - It is interesting how often that phrase comes up ... beyond imagination. The name seems just as appropriate for this material today as it did when I came up with it a decade ago.Whatever you can dream, whatever you can imagine, you can achieve. Someone said that.

411 - However, how do we take the next step and get to places beyond anything that we can yetimagine? The sense is that spirit knows of such places and can guide us to them if we let her do

so.

412 - It just takes one pebble to cause ripples in a whole pond of still water. Am I that pebble?Is this expression the equivalent of throwing the pebble into the pond? Will what I have to saymake the world a better place?

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413 - In a way, my life is no longer my own. I have willingly chosen to give a significant part ofit in service to spirit and ultimately to society and to the world in the process. Yes, I think ingrand terms. I don't know why exactly. They just seem to suit me somehow. It is as if I wereborn to express in this manner.

414 - We are all interconnected in ways beyond anything that we have ever dreamed orimagined. When I do something, when I realize something, the very fabric of consciousness isaltered as a result.

415 - Consciousness learns from everything we do, everything we think, and everything werealize. No act of kindness goes unnoticed ... nor any act of neglect nor any atrocity.

416 - We are all held accountable for what we do, and to some degree for what we could havedone that we failed to do.

417 - The measure that we are ultimately held against is what we achieve versus what we had the

potential to do ... with what we could have been. This makes it very important to live our liveswithout regrets.

418 - We don't want to be in a position of remorse over what we might have done differently. Itis for us to seize the moment and reduce or eliminate these might have dones from our life.

419 - How can I spend thousands of hours doing something and not really understand what it isthat I am doing and how it is that I am able to do it? It is truly amazing.

420 - There is so much that is unknown. And, there may even be large parts

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