Spiritual Enlightenment: The Damnedest Thing (The Enlightenment Trilogy Book 1)

Sarah labors under the same misconception everyone does. She believes, in the broadest sense, that something is wrong and that she can make it right. What that something is, what’s wrong with it, and how it can be fixed all differ from person to person, but the general pattern is always the same: The truth, though, is that nothing is really wrong.

Communicating is a powerful key to understanding, whether it’s by oral expression or written. The mind naturally aligns itself into a more coherent state when it seeks to transmit knowledge than when it is merely processing it for its own needs.

“Well, the thing with vampires is you never see them hanging out together. That’s because they really don’t bond well. They don’t desire each other’s company or anyone else’s. That’s just the way of it. It’s a solo deal. Nature of the beast.”

I’m reminded of an amusing parable wherein a young student approaches the local guru and declares scornfully that he has thought about it and has decided that he is an atheist. The student is surprised that, rather than being shocked or angry, the teacher seems pleased. “What are you happy about?” demands the perplexed student. “I have just told yo

“The answer isn’t that I am or am not a person of faith or belief. The truth is that faith and belief are non-issues for me. In a very loose sense I suppose you could say I believe indiscriminately; ghosts, bleeding statues, alien abductions, cattle mutilations, crop circles, prophecy, demonic possession, whatever. I let all of that stuff in practi

“The universe will give you whatever you want, Marla. That’s how it works, even if you don’t know it. It can’t be otherwise. You don’t have to be worthy, but you do have to know what it is that you want. You have to focus. Try to do that. Try writing out what it is you want and condensing it down until you’ve reduced it to a concise statement of de

“This is a poem by Rumi I’ve been carrying around.” I clear my throat and read: I said Oh no! Help me! And that Oh no! became a rope let down in my well. I’ve climbed out to stand here in the sun. One moment I was at the bottom of a dank, fearful narrowness, and the next, I am not contained by the universe. If every tip of every hair on me could sp

Like a Death Sentence My barn having burned to the ground, I can now see the moon. Taoist saying

Die While You’re Alive Die while you’re alive and be absolutely dead. Then do whatever you want: it’s all good. Bunan