If I lost everything I owned, including the debt that I owe on these things, I would put on a backpack and head for the Sierras.  I am losing the ambitions for the material and the unfulfilling pursuit of them, and growing in ambitions to live freedom, love and beauty and become them.

Needs are the "got to haves" and wants are the "nice to haves."  I believe the "nice to haves" lead us to truth, while the "got to haves" lead us into trouble and stiuations where our soul gets the scraps off the table.  I think the must fulfillment comes from dancing towards and with what we "want to have" loveing what we have but being able to do without.  And if we can be at joy having or not having what we want, being thankful for the glorious destiny that is the personalized gift for each of us, then need is transcended.  We are called to passionately embrace one moment and then let go the next.  I need, I want, I have, I ache, I weep.  I want, I experience, I share, I release, I ache, I weep, I thank, I want, I am new.

If it is not because I am busy and have to run off to meet a commitment, it is usually because what I am hearing is bringing about discomfort, some emotional indicator that the very words I am listening to are related to something within me that requires some attention.

I believe 100% honesty with yourself is necessary for complete awareness.  As far as what to tell others, my intention is to be honest and open, but I have realized that there are times when the higher good is not served by telling all.  Despite this sounding like a cliche, there are some people that cannot handle our truth.

Teaching is a great example of this.  If you say too much at one time, it can be confusing and overwhelming.  Some wisdom is best shared in measures.

to BE here.

I think most of us see in "reverse vision" where many of us may see in others what the others may not see in themselves.  This is because there is so much energy in our vision looking outward.  We look outside for approval, look outside for love, look outside for affirmation, look outside to see what is wrong with this world and those that dwell on it. 

But if we create our reality (as with-in so with-out), then to keep looking outside is to go to a car race and watch only the tire tracks behind the cars.  What is now, what is real, is what is going on within.  To BE in love, is to be looking at how I feel with my lover; there I find truth about both of us.  And then, I can open up and let my lover inside where we can be one.  In full awareness we can see what is all around because we are rooted in our vision within. 

So in awareness, what do I see that others do not? All that I am. And if you can look at me and see this also, it is because you can see all that you are.

All are connected to the source of all wisdom and so all can express wisdom.   I do not like to think of someone being "wise," because that would infer that "wisdom" is a state to be attained and perhaps maintained. Instead, some are more open than others to allow wisdom to flow through them.  All could be called "wise,"  all could be called "foolish."  Those that practice awareness, stillness and truth in their hearts, will usually be unusually rich sources of wisdom.

Expectations are the filters through which we perceive.  To expect is to limit the possibilities.  I am working to defuse any conditioned expectations and instead experience, in life, what is.

I want from beauty to behold it without bounds, without limitations, in all its naked glory, all its truth and all that it inspires me to feel.  May I never judge beauty. And in this, there is so much beauty!

I once read a really good book called "What you think of me is none of my business."  Once we can incorporate these concepts, then confidence comes down to how we are measuring ourselves, to what standard we are measuring ourselves, our internal attitude about how easy it is to accept ourselves when we are not where we want to be, and our experiences with internalizing success or failure.  I was raised with onerous standards of perfection and my internal attitude was "I am perfect, or else I suck."  Kinda extreme..... but I bet many people carry with them attitudes that support the notion "I'll be in unrest for now and I'll be happy when I reach my goal."  Confidence is our comfort in our own skin, our willingness to accept ourselves no matter where we are on the path, and a knowing that what we think about ourselves ultimately determines what we are able to achieve.