What is your take?

THE STUDENT Doko came to a Zen master, and said: "I am seeking the truth. In what state of mind should I train myself, so as to find it?"

Said the master, "There is no mind, so you cannot put it in any state. There is no truth, so you cannot train yourself for it."

"If there is no mind to train, and no truth to find, why do you have these monks gather before you every day to study Zen and train themselves for this study?"

"But I haven't an inch of room here," said the master, so how could the monks gather? I have no tongue, so how could I call them together or teach them?"

"Oh, how can you lie like this?" asked Doko.

"But if I have no tongue to talk, how can I lie?" asked the master.

Then Doko said sadly, "I cannot follow or understand you."

"I cannot understand myself," said the master.

What triggers a revelation?

Many people are making positive changes in their lives. More of these changes are conscious and self-initiated.  You may sometimes ask self what triggers a revelation.  People discuss what prompts inner evolution or the will to transform? Here are six explanations. Comment on these and share your own.

1) dreams

2) perceived crisis

3) subtle feelings

4) divine guidance

5) trance or spiritual experience 

6) physical accident or illness

Share what U choose

To travel to places unfamiliar or familiar is always an opportunity to raise new levels of awareness. This moment is a chance for you to share an experience that expands the way you view self and the world.  Share an expeience that initially distressed or scared you and how you chose to rise above it.  Which meaningful lessons to you gain about love?

Why go the next step?

Wherever you are geographically, emotionally, mentally, metaphysically, or however you choose to define it, you are currently on a path.  You can choose to stay where you are, do what you have been doing or, make new choices.

In some ways, you may feel as though you are shedding a skin that no longer fits who you are becoming.  In other ways, you may be viewing your thoughts and feelings in completely new ways.  Share some milestones.  What stands out right now?

Reflect a moment on the parameters you use to define a point of reference. Does this still resonate with you  or, have recent practical experiences given you reason to shift focus, vantage point and activities? Why go the next step in your expansion? How is this prompting you to review perception of completely transform how you feel and know? What feels good inside?

Why does the world seem smaller?

As we approach 2012, many theories exist about why the world appears to be getting smaller. Consider some of these reasons people offer to explain their perception of ongoing changes. What do you feel is happening? What additional perspective would you offer?

1) The Internet is expanding. 

2) People are awakening & aligning to core energy.

3) More people travel in mind, body and spirit.

4) The sun is heating up and eroding the Earth.

5) Communications & satellite tech bridge time & space 

6) The sense of universal oneness is growing.

7) Ego-based separateness is dissolving.

8) More people sense energy lines & the magnetic grid.

9) Water is rising and people are moving to higher ground.

10) Mind-based thinking is giving way to heart-centred living.

11) Consciousness is depening understanding of what we are.

12) Human beings are reverting back to interconnected beings.

13) Populations growth is skyrocketing.

14) The mind is reducing all perception to love or fear.