See through your questions

Every choice you make invites you to awaken to varying degrees.  Ask what prompts you to ask questions. This is grounded in the belief you do not know and that you perceive limitations and needs.  In reality, nothing is known and nothing is needed.  On the surface, a person is restless and anxious about what does not yet appear to be done.  Beneath the surface, everything exists in perfect peace.  Problems are perceived as you define and limit the self.  When you choose to create time and space, you cannot know freedom until you recognize and abandon self-created illusions.

Notice the power of words

Notice  the nature of signs and bumper stickers you pass by while driving.  What do these messages and your feelings about them tell you about the state of your mind and life right now?  How often do you encounter signs that highlight 'delays,' roads 'under construction' and other kinds of temporary obstructions in your path? How do you interpret the messages?

Make a list of bumper stickers  you encounter or ask your friends and family what they see.  Recognize the power of words.  Saying you do not want something can inadvertently invite it.  Feel the vibrations. If someone points out bumper sitckers like; protest tuition hikes, stop the corruption, don't vote for X, the universe hears were you place the emphasis.  Check out these stickers: http://www.funny2.com/bumper.htm

Everything works itself out

May people ask, 'what is wrong with this world?' Yet many you may not realize that forgetting the nature of your authentic self is the beginning of every misperception and misunderstanding.  From the moment you choose to allow love to flow through you more fully, you no longer feel compelled to judge what is going on outside yourself.  As you begin to see yourself as you are, suddenly the world around you seems to change. Everything is an extension of source energy which is you.  Reconnect with the love you are.  Appreciate that. Everything else works itself out.  Everything and nothing is a miracle. You feel the truth.  You know it as vibrating and eternal.

Awaken to false interpretation

Every moment, you have infinite opportunities  to recognize you are not the mind, you never were, and never can be.  To identify with what does not exist is part of the process of awakening to false interpretation.  You are shifting energy, focus and outgrowing beliefs you are ready to let go.

You may have heard of Chuang Tzu who dreamt he was a butterfly and awoke depressed and in a quandry.  He is unsure whether he is a butterfly dreaming he is Chuang Tzu or Chuang Tzu dreaming he is a butterfly.  This story prompts you to reflect on what is real and tangible to you.

When you awaken from any dream, you are invited to increase awareness. You are invited to reach a place where thought does not exist. When the mind is quiet, thoughts do not exist. The gap between thoughts is you. Within that gap, neither Chuang Tzu nor the butterfly exist. So long as thoughts exist, the mind is present. It is a teacher but it is not you. Be alert between thoughts.  Emotions are your guide. You know what feels right.

End your suffering

The emotion of disappointment arises when you resist surrender.  It gradually eats away at the ego. You experience a kind of suffering until you reach a stage when you accept another way of living exists. You are only willing to surrender to who you are when you reach a point where you have had enough.  You decide to end the thoughts and interpretations that create self-inflicted suffering.  As you realize you have a choice, you can decide to stop imposing suffering on others and cease your own as well. Every let down is a teacher.  Otherwise, you would not awaken to know suffering is over.  You discern infinite reasons to be and allow love.  You intuitively release patterns, peel away the old to reveal something new.