| I think about God every day. For many years | | | | lead you deeper into your own inner landscape. This is |
| concepts like God and spirituality rested on the | | | | where the road home begins. You may choose to |
| periphery of my life. They were scenery that I could | | | | walk this road as a tourist, being just an observer, but |
| admire now and then. I was a spiritual tourist, an | | | | something more profound is calling you. It asks that you |
| interested sightseer, spending a little time here and | | | | walk this road as both student and pilgrim, that you |
| there, but always returning to my "real" life. Eventually | | | | seek experiences which teach and transform. We are |
| real life became uncomfortable, and I looked to spiritual | | | | all called by this Inner Voice, but how many of us |
| teachings as a tool - something I could use to get the | | | | answer? How many of us are willing to break the |
| things I wanted and needed. Life became more | | | | mental bindings which limit us and separate us from |
| uncomfortable. Then I began to awaken. | | | | ourselves, from each other, and from God? How |
| Spiritual growth is rarely easy. There is no quick fix. | | | | many of us are willing to move beyond normalcy and |
| You do not get to snap your fingers and have your | | | | become the glorious expression we are meant to be? |
| world change before your eyes. When I began my | | | | This is the challenge now laid before us. Will we |
| spiritual search it was the search for a cure. Wiser | | | | answer the call? Will we listen to the Voice of God |
| now, I realize there is no cure to life. The meditation | | | | within calling us home to our Self? |
| that promises to manifest all of your dreams; the book | | | | Listen within and learn. Many times you have felt that |
| or cd set that claims to be the answer; the belief | | | | an action was not in your best interest, yet you did it |
| system that promises salvation - all of these are but | | | | anyway. Other times you felt inspired to take an |
| fragments of the truth. Yet, truths can be found and | | | | action, but you held back out of fear Most of the time |
| the quality of your life can change for the better. | | | | you were afraid to look within for guidance. You did |
| My life has changed dramatically in the past seven | | | | not want to know. Trust. Remove the barriers you |
| years. What was once an empty terrain struggling for | | | | have put up between you and God and trust that your |
| sustenance is now a lush landscape, rich in spirit, filled | | | | answers are within you. |
| with new life. As I look back I see that I am still me, yet | | | | Whatever is going on in your life is your spiritual course |
| I am more. I perceive and live life differently. | | | | work. You cannot avoid doing the work. Do not worry; |
| I cannot tell you what you should do. I can only share | | | | you will learn. You will grow. Be at peace, for you are |
| my experiences knowing that, if you are willing, they will | | | | loved and you will be shown the way. |