Musings of a Wanderer

The Musings of a Wanderer

There is a universal language called love that transcends gender, race, age, religion, beliefs and nationality.

Perhaps love's greatest expression is kindness to a stranger, and its simplest expression is a smile.

The beauty of a smile is not at all dependent on the quality of one's teeth.

Strangers are friends I haven't yet met.

I have to listen to my dreams before I can follow them and when I follow my dreams the whole universe conspires to assist me and I am guided by coincidences.

There are no coincidences.

The gods, or the forces, or the beings that orchestrate serendipitous happenings, have a bizarre sense of humor.

What we are looking for finds us when we are looking the other way.

Love is the source and the glue that holds this world together.

The journey is more important than the destination.

There is a power far greater than the largest bomb ever built by man. There is a love warmer than the sun. This love and power are contained in a space smaller than the smallest seed, and have created this entire manifest world for fun. We should enjoy it because God is watching in a front row seat using our eyes as opera glasses.

I could have read of these lessons in books but I have needed to experience them to ground them into my being. That which we learn intellectually is knowledge. That which we absorb through experience is knowing, or realization. It is ‘knowing' that led me half way around the world to Santa Fe; a knowing which arises in a pure heart. We don't all need to travel the world to find something that is waiting inside all along. I hope I've saved you the plane fare. The ultimate trip is free.

Great Teachers, or Messengers, have come at various times and to various regions to guide humanity. The essence of each of their messages is the same, although each of them has a particular focus which is embodied in the words and attributes of that teacher. Each has taught the Golden Rule, for instance.

Just as I have seen that the news events of the world are often distorted in the reporting of them, the messages of the world's prophets have been distorted by those who have come after, who modify the message to suit their personal needs, who step down the Truth. These are the ones who continue to spread the belief in the importance of outward force, violence and war.

The above words are from the epilogue of In Search of Simplicity. To find out more visit here.