Appreciation Journal : 24th May 2020

'If you can shift from states of consciousness to the Source of those states of consciousness, which is pure consciousness, through transcendence, through awareness of awareness, that will be your ticket to freedom because then you can choose with this or that provisional story, no story, infinite stories, cosmic adventure through cosmic time without going anywhere because all you're doing is ceaselessly & unendingly changing states of being - every thought, emotion, perception you have is a change of state. But we create stories around those states. We live out those stories & we call it Life : that's the cosmic wheel, the whole journey through cosmic time: karma, memory, desire, imagination, recycling & evolving through higher levels of creativity, vision, imagination & then actualization into the experience.

The return of the magical can only happen with the return of innocence(give up all stories first - then you have curiosity, wonder, you're no longer jaded, you have new imagination, new intuition, new access to creativity, surrendering to uncertainty[certainty is the story you're attached to] ). The essence of the wizard is continued & endless transformation. Innocence is our natural state : what covers it over is self-image, ego. If you think you know something, including yourself, you're actually seeing your judgements & labels. You don't know yourself until you start asking: "What am I? Who am I?" Because the wizard has no labels for things, he sees them afresh - there is no dust on the lens so the world sparkles with newness. Insofar as we are created in God's image, the world is also a looking-glass. When we think of ourselves as witnessing awareness then we have shifted to our timeless, immortal Self.

Abundance consciousness is spontaneous creativity, which activates intention which will find the creative source for fulfilling that intention. Intention has organizing power & intention organizes its own fulfillment.' :DC

'Make it your spiritual practice to live in alignment with the IS-ness of the present moment & honour the present moment and bring a kind of appreciation to the present moment. Appreciate whatever the present moment presents to you. Welcoming the present moment is the practice that gives you access to the spiritual dimension to that which is beyond the person in yourself. In the act of complete surrender to what is, the exclusively personal sense of self gives way to a deeper transcendent  sense of self which Buddhists call no self. You are no longer trapped exclusively in your form identity, which becomes stronger the more you're in opposition to what is.' :ET

'Just stay as the space in which anxiety plays.' :M

                                                                                 :A

'Bless yourself wherever you are.' : JF

'Our consciousness is the centre of will, the centre of strength, of power & we have the right to live inside in a beautiful place. If the outside is not beautiful, it doesn't have to come in and disturb the inside. The essence of the true spiritual teachings is that you have a responsibility to reach a state where you are calm, clear, open, filled with good energy so that you can come forward & do the best that you can with the moment that is unfolding in front of you. You should have your mind & heart in harmony with reality & you do your part to serve yourself eg take care of your body. Use these tough times for your spiritual evolution. We have an obligation to do our best to let go of what's pulling you down & allow what will pull you up to always be what's guiding your life.' :MS