“On Christmas Eve, they took both cars to St. Dunstan’s for the candlelight ceremony that in the latter years had survived, with Easter, as the only occasions when any of the family attended church. Heavy snow fell as they drove, transforming the earth and its accretions in the celestial fashion that it often does. For […]
Continue reading“Christmas is family; it is a colorfully illuminated tree and a glowing plastic Santa; it is cards containing warm words and boxes containing hoped-for gifts. Christmas is mom carrying a tray of hot chocolate, a table spread with a pitcher of orange juice and a tray of oozing cherry turnovers; it is banter between siblings […]
Continue readingExcerpt from “Osi and Isi: A Tale of Twin Flames”: “‘And what we see in all these traditions,” Schak said, “is a common thread: escaping from the trammels of the dualistic mind. Many paths lead to Pure Consciousness. People can take any of them. All that matters is that thinking, the process of conceiving of […]
Continue readingExcerpt from “Osi and Isi: A Tale of Twin Flames”: “‘Death is an illusion. Only this shell of flesh and bone passes away, returning its elements to the cycle of reuse. Our consciousness is Infinite and Eternal; nothing can ever change or destroy It. Why, we ask ourselves, do people not understand these great truths? […]
Continue readingExcerpt from “Osi and Isi: A Tale of Twin Flames”: ‘We know that we are not these bodies.” Schak pointed to her own. “We understand that we are not capsulized creatures moving in a straight timeline from birth to death. Rather, we are bodiless Pure Consciousness. Not separate from our fellow beings, we are actually […]
Continue readingThe cookies are the sweetness of your Inner Bliss; the lights, the glowing bulbs of other souls. The gifts are the blessings of spiritual contentment; the star, the brilliance of your coming Enlightenment.
Continue reading“She was deeply asleep one night when suddenly she felt a pressure on her hand. Someone was holding it. Opening her eyes, she saw a form standing beside the bed. Its right hand held hers. The form was oddly transparent, as if it were woven out of various colored lights. But it was clearly recognizable […]
Continue readingExcerpt from “Osi and Isi: A Tale of Twin Flames”: “As they came to a small opening in the woods, a dark shadow was cast on the ground. Everyone looked up. The great wings of a bald eagle, which spread at least eight feet wide, were visible above them. The deeply fringed black feathers were […]
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