02 Sunday Oct 2022
Posted in Spiritual Sunday
Here is yet another free e-booklet from ECKANKAR. This one is on the word HU, which is an ancient name for God. HU is a mantra we use when we pray. HU is non-denominational. It can be used by anyone at any time. Get your free e-booklet here, if you are interested in learning more: https://www.eckankar.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/HU-Your-Key-to-Spir-Living_ebooklet.pdf
I hope all of you have a terrific Sunday!
Until next time…
Dave
25 Sunday Sep 2022
Posted in Spiritual Sunday
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Divine Creativity, Dreams, ebooklet, Eckankar, Free, God, Soul Adventure, sprituality
Here’s another free ebooklet from ECKANKAR. This one is about Divine Creativity. Here’s the link if you are interested! chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.eckankar.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Secrets-of-Divine-Creativity_ebooklet.pdf
I hope you all have a wonderful Sunday!
Until next time…
Dave
18 Sunday Sep 2022
Posted in Spiritual Sunday
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Divine Guidance, God, heaven, ideas, Intuition, Love, Nudges, Promptings, Spirit
Hello, all. I hope you are having a terrific Sunday. Here’s another free e-booklets from ECKANKAR, should you choose to take a look: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.eckankar.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Divine-Guidance_eBooklet.pdf
This one is on Divine Guidance. It explains intuition, visions, and all those nudges or promptings we get to do this or that. Where do those come from? How can we take advantage of this guidance? Do we trust it? Or do we toss it away?
I hope you enjoy this one. Like all the e-booklets, it is full of insights, and some practical advice on this gift from God.
Have a great Sunday!
Until next time…
Dave
09 Wednesday Mar 2022
Posted in Wisdom Wednesday
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@joannaoftheforest, Angels, Charity, God, Helpers, Holy Spirit, Love, Mother Teresa, Sacrifice, Selflessness, Service
Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.
If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.
Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.
I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.
We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature – trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence… We need silence to be able to touch souls.
The whole situation in Ukraine prompted me to borrow Mother Teresa’s quotes today. She, like many others, helped those who could not help themselves and suffered right along with the people they were helping. There was a story shared by one of the blogs I follow about a grand niece who experienced a visit from a relative who passed. The niece was calmed by this family member’s presence, even though she had passed many years earlier.
These “helpers” or angels are all part of the spiritual hierarchy in my religious path. They aid those who cannot aid themselves. This is one way the Holy Spirit helps each of us in times of trouble. So, like Mother Teresa, these Souls continue to serve, even after they have passed. They return to help those in this current life when they most need it. Like my friend’s story, they do not do anything, other than smile, listen, or provide some other type of comfort. For many, these experiences will be something that never leaves them.
If you’d like to learn more about Mother Teresa, here’s her Wikipedia Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Teresa
I hope all of you have a terrific Wednesday!
Until next time…
Dave
24 Friday Dec 2021
Posted in Bonus Content, Merry Christmas
I hope all of you have a wonderful Christmas or a holiday specific to your country. This a time to reflect on the year, enjoy our friends, pets, and families, and celebrate how terrific life is. It is a time of hope, thanksgiving, and sharing love for one another.
Merry Christmas to all of you, from Daily Ramblings.
Until next time…
Dave
19 Monday Jul 2021
Posted in Motivation Monday
Well, folks, my nieces have headed back home to Virginia and Arizona respectively, and we are finally back on schedule. It was a great time! We played board games like Scrabble, SkipBo, and Boggle. Mom and the niece even gave Upwords a shot, although this game is deceivingly challenging, despite its ease of play.
The most important part of their trip was to visit Mom and Dad, particularly Dad, who has deteriorated quite a bit. The highlight was the two nieces watching a movie with Dad. Dad loves movies, but has given up watching them mostly, because he cannot understand them anymore. He enjoyed hanging out with the nieces though.
Some folks have a hard time with situations like this. Admittedly, I had a tough time of it, initially. Over time, however, I realized this is how it works. Our loved ones, our friends, everyone gets old. When we get old, there are certain things that happen, particularly with the brain. It just doesn’t work as well as it did when we were younger. I made my peace with Dad’s passing. I hope he stays with us longer, but when its time for Dad to leave–it’s time for Dad to leave.
For those of you who still have your parents around; enjoy them. I consider it a privilege to have gotten back home and enjoyed Dad before his decline. We got in a lot of tv time, movie time, and some good discussions. I will cherish them forever. Now, all Mom and I can do is keep him comfortable, and be ready when the day that Dad leaves.
If you haven’t noticed this before, watch your pets. They teach you a great deal. Both of the dogs we lost both slept most of the day, when they were getting ready to pass. You could see their paws moving as they slept, and hear a muffled bark. In my religious path, this is God’s way of preparing them for their next life. They get to see what they will be doing, where they will live, and the whole thing. I picture Goldie and Weezer, running in parks, totally healthy, with their new families. God is doing the same thing for Dad. He is preparing Dad for his next home.
I hope each of you are having a great summer. It is hot and muggy here, but still nice with blue skies. We had a little rain while the nieces were here, but they had a great time going out to eat with Mom, walking along the St. Clair river, which runs right next to our town, and even got to a Van Gogh exhibit in Detroit. Mom has been wanting to go, but didn’t have anyone to go with. Her friends were busy, and with our current situation, one of us has to be here at all times. So, one of the nieces did some research and got tickets for them to go. Mom had a great time.
My wife, just finished her third bodybuilding competition. She placed 2nd in one category and 5th in another. She was very proud of herself, and she busted her butt to get ready. We were all very proud of her. In the three years she has spent competing she has added 20 pounds of muscle! Anyway, I wanted to brag about her a bit, because the work she does in the gym and her diet are very impressive.
Well, that’s it for now. We’ll be back on schedule tomorrow.
Until next time…
Dave
04 Tuesday May 2021
Posted in Bonus Content
Hello all! I am running another spiritual discussion on Health and Healing, using the ECK Wisdom Series Booklet Health and Healing. If you’d like to join you can register at this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZckfumpqDMuH90HkN17U7X9zdvhX-F7rjWT
This link will send you an email with the ZOOM link itself for the session, which is on May 20, 2021 at 7 PM Eastern Standard Time. Many of you are outside the United States or are in different parts of the country, so make sure you adjust for the time difference.
I hope some of you can make it. It will be nice to meet some of you in person.
Until next time…
Dave
13 Wednesday Jan 2021
Posted in Wisdom Wednesday
Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.
While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart.
For it is in giving that we receive.
For those of you interested in reading about Francis of Assisi, here’s the Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_of_Assisi
Until next time…
Dave
09 Saturday Jan 2021
Posted in Spiritual Saturday
Tags
Contemplation, creation, Divine Spirit, Eckankar, God, Light and Sound, Meditation, reality, The ECK
HU is an ancient name of God. In ECKANKAR, we use it during our contemplations, among other charged words. You can chant HU, regardless of your religion. It is an uplifting mantra that gives peace and calm, particularly when life is giving you a rough time. Below is a link for you to listen to if you wish.
The Law of HU declares that the ECK or divine spirit, or what we call the Light and Sound of God, are the formers of this and many other universes. It is this divine spirit that gives life to the matter in this reality.
I hope all of you have a terrific Saturday.
May the blessings be.
Dave
12 Saturday Dec 2020
Posted in Spiritual Saturday
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Discipline, earn, God, Grace, heaven, Jesus, Karma, realization, Work
Jesus said, “Come unto me and be lifted up.” Many assume God’s grace comes to us merely by asking for it. It does, but only when we make some effort to attain it. You only get what you earn. Nothing is given freely.
It is so easy to see really bad people doing bad things and wondering why they never have to pay the price. They do. Karma has no time limit when it comes to paying back our debts. Karma always wins. People think they are getting away with cheating on their taxes, cheating on their loved ones, or pretending they are doing something noble, but in the end, Karma always comes back to bite us–in this lifetime or the next or the next or the next.
“Soul exists because God loves it.” – Sri Harold Klemp. These words have changed meaning as I have matured on the spiritual path of ECKANKAR. Gods love is much different from the love you have for your pets or loved ones. It is an impersonal and powerful love. As I have mentioned earlier, the body Soul occupies (the one you exist in today), is meaningless to God. It is only a shell that Soul uses to learn while it is here.
God’s love is for Soul, which is imperishable. But Soul must work, discipline itself, and put effort into realizing the grace of God that is already there, ready for the taking. How do you realize it? You have to attain a state of consciousness that aligns with the ECK, or what many call the Holy Spirit. Imagine loving your enemy, as Jesus did and said. This is God’s love. God doesn’t care whether you are an evil person, a good person, a hard worker, or a sloth. God’s love comes to everyone equally. IT doesn’t play favorites. Some of the ignorant may think he chooses them over another, or favors them over another, but these are absolute falsehoods. God’s love is equally distributed to all.
God’s love comes like a wave. This wave goes out into creation and returns back to IT. Everyone gets God’s grace, but few recognize it, because they lack the ability to realize it. What does realization mean? It means that you believe in something and accept it wholeheartedly. You know. There are few in this plane of existence that have attained God realization, or the actual experience of God, but it is attainable. Those that have, have a different experience of life than the rest of us. They see the beauty in the simple things. They see God in everything.
Well, I’ll end this little talk here. I hope all of you have a terrific day!
Until next time…
Dave
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