2020 – Step 98: Getting to the Other Side

"Maverick - (noun) - an unbranded range animal; especially a motherless calf.  An independent individual who does not go along with a group or party."  Reflection - Investigation - Accountability - Reform.  Making 'peace' with the Devil Inside can bring about great healing. Think back to 2008.  Hope For Change.  Change has arrived.  For today …

Step 365: The Next Level

"Panacea - (noun) - A mythical remedy for all illness and disease - a solution for  all problems and difficulties." Is suffering created by lack of insight?  To find truth - Human needs a frame of reference to compare.  Patience reveals Big-Picture-Perspective.  Chaos and Order.  If there is a battle - it is won Within.  …

Step 273: Gravitational Disturbance

"Once in a while you can get shown the light - in the strangest of places if you look at it right."  ~Robert Hunter (Grateful Dead) "Edge Case" is a term Engineers use to describe a scenario that exposes weaknesses and contradiction in a system.  PARADOX.  Human response - Spiritual discovery.  ​Answers to burning questions …

Step 194: Sunday Blessings – The Middle Way

Raison d'être - (noun) - reason or justification for being or existence." Deconstructing the "Status Quo" takes time - patience - perseverance. It creates conflict (which is usually based on unrealistic expectations fueled by desire). Respect and Reverence.  Know thy limits.  What part of "NO do you NOT understand?"  Banishing shame - guilt - fear.  …

Step 91: The Power of WE

Hamartia - (n) the character flaw that causes the downfall of the protagonist in a tragedy; tragic flaw.  Nothing is perfect - but everything is useful.  Eliminate and dissolve the artificial structures - dynamics - beliefs - memories and conditioning of the past.  It takes practice.  Redact or censor - the Truth - in the …