I was asked in ‘comments’ about these things to which I responded:

You are like a diamond with many facets. On a superficial level you are just flesh and blood… a biochemical machine if you will.

On a deeper level you are a personified being. When you think of another person, you think of that being. The body of flesh and blood is just what that being is occupying. I used the word ‘soul’ to mean the essence of that being. It is the junction point of the persona with the absolute. You can feel your soul deep inside. However, you cannot feel the absolute… it is beyond relativity. Similarly, though you cannot feel the Sun… it is too far away… you can feel the Sun’s rays. By so feeling the rays, you come to know the nature of the Sun. The Soul is like the rays… emitting from the absolute.

The picture of a person serves as a portal or gateway to their persona, then the soul, then the absolute. It is a continuum.

The picture or image of a God is structured in the finest level of existence… the fabric of existence… eternal.

The Gods can be viewed as different aspects of the one God… facets of the one diamond. Each facet is a portal into the entire diamond. They are operators of existence just as addition and subtraction are operators within the field of mathematics.

In ‘comments’ to the previous blog I was asked about the Grace of God, to which I responded:

The Grace of God lies in the omnipresence.  In technical terms: The unified field underlies all that is.  It birthed and sustains all that is.  Everything comes out of it and all is gravitating back to it.  Like the out breath and in breath.  Evolution refers to the return… the in breath.  Manifestation refers to the out breath.  Gods Grace, God’s Love, is the eternal ‘gravitational pull’ of the unified field.  ”Pull’ is one word. Perhaps you may prefer another. It may also be referred to as ‘The Support of Nature.’

The understanding is the important thing. We are like water atop a mountain returning to the ocean. The pull of gravity that propels the water is God’s Grace. As you evolve, that Grace is felt more and more fully. You can fight it, which is often done even in the name of it.  However, as you fight it less, you receive it more.  In time it overtakes what you thought of as yourself and you awaken to your true self… you realize that you are one with God. God’s Divine Will and your will are then realized to be one.  See?

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Everyone longs for adventure,
yet many prefer only read of it,
hoping that will satiate the desire to live it,
without risk.

I have chosen to live the adventure.
Not for the sake of adventure,
but because I chose to look beyond the horizon.

Having seen what is there I am compelled to go forward,
through the portal,
into the greatest adventure of all…

The pursuit of Truth,
the unraveling of the mystery of life,
of existence,
of the Self.

By watering the root, all aspects of the plant flourish.

There is a technology that works at the most sublime level of life to transform all of life by feeding the root of life.   Bringing that forth is our purpose.  Once this is understood, you do what ever it takes to bring forth that technology

The following quote someone sent in applies nicely:

“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people together to collect wood and don’t
assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.”
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

My family and I just returned from the beach yesterday.  Due to a cracked car wheel, a two-night jaunt became a five-night excursion.  It was a blessing to have the opportunity to really talk with my kids while bobbing in the ocean and walking the beach.  They grow up fast.  Time to share our thoughts and feelings is precious.

My favorite time at the beach is early morning.  Then the five elements seem to be in perfect balance.

Akasha (space), ruled by Vishnu, is the open sky above… cool and brisk in the early a.m.

Air, ruled by Surya, is delicately palpable as the rays of the sun twinkle the air and radiate gentle beams upon which Surya’s seven horses run… looking just like the pictures of Him on his chariot coming straight out of the sun.

Fire:  The rising sun creating a display of liquid golden clouds in the horizon… Mother Divine’s soft presence of celestial fire causing every beach goer to stop for a least a moment to gaze in awe.

Water:  Ganesh, the ocean, thrives before you… feeling His presence lively… abundant… dynamic… powerful, yet pacifying.

Earth: the solid sandy terra beneath your feet and between your toes connecting your being to solid earth… Shiva.

Walking on the beach pacifies the five elements within and all around you.

Returning home to Mount Soma was a joy.  The air was sweet, the mountains pristine, the vegetation lush and thriving.  Even my younger daughter smiled at how we all delighted and commented on the serenity of the mountains as we drove the last mile and through the gate upon our return home.

Shiva dwells in these mountains.  Parvati is known as the Goddess of the Mountains. Here, late at night and in the early morning, you can even feel Sat Yuga whispering the promise of its return.