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Going Nowhere at an Idle

On October 10, 2025

In Inner Guidance, Love & Relationships, Past Lives & Karma, Spirituality, Stories from the Heart, Waking Dreams

Reading Time: 4 minutes

By Michael Avery, featuring Catherine Ganci

From Seven Signs from the Universe
by Michael and Pichaya Avery, pp. 115-118

Catherine lived in a high-rise apartment in downtown Cleveland and owned a ’95 Mercury Grand Marquis. She rarely drove it, since many shops and attractions were within walking distance, some inside her own building. Catherine always placed her keys in a special place, all by themselves, in a bronze dish located in the entry.

One day, she was passing by the dish and happened to glance down. To her dismay, the keys were not in the dish. After searching each room in her apartment thoroughly, her heart sank.

Dream Big

By Michael Avery

On August 8, 2025

In Conscious Living, Guest Posts, Inner Guidance, Spirituality, Waking Dreams

Reading Time: 2 minutes

Guest Post by Gloria Lionz

Happy Friday night, August 1, 2025. If you live long enough, you have experiences that “speak volumes…” Case in point, I was driving to see a new practitioner in Portland. On my way there, I was wondering if working with her was going to be as successful as I hoped. Shortly, after inwardly asking that question I noticed an unusual sign painted on the back of a delivery van. It was far in the distance. As I drove other cars went in other directions, turned off the highway as everyone does. Eventually the van was right in front of me.

Finding Advice on the Road of Life

By Michael Avery

On July 30, 2025

In HU: An Ancient Mantra, Inner Guidance, Love & Relationships, Personal Growth, Spirituality, Stories from the Heart, Waking Dreams

Reading Time: 2 minutes

By Michael Avery (from Seven Signs from the Universe)

Mark West recently wrote in an email how he’d been cautioned to use more discrimination when expressing his frustration with a person at work. “Sometimes it’s best to just keep silent and contemplate upon the reflection we’re receiving from the world around us,” Mark noted. A waking dream suggested a better approach for him to take the next time he found himself frustrated by the actions of a co-worker.

A Squirrel in “The Shariyat?”

By Michael Avery

On June 6, 2025

In Divine Love, Health & Healing, HU: An Ancient Mantra, Inner Guidance, Love & Relationships, Spirituality, Stories from the Heart

Reading Time: 3 minutes

By Michael Avery

A few days ago, when Oi and I began our daily walk along a path that meanders alongside a stream and some natural ponds, we came upon a disturbing scene: a motionless squirrel lying in some grass. His eyes were open, so I concluded that he had left his body through the doors of death.

But then Oi looked closer and saw that its stomach was moving in and out, faintly, but rapidly.

Lane Six

By Michael Avery

On May 19, 2025

In Divine Love, Health & Healing, HU: An Ancient Mantra, Inner Guidance, Love & Relationships, Spirituality, Stories from the Heart

Reading Time: 2 minutes

By Pichaya Avery

The Inner Teacher always leads me to the right place at the right time to meet the right people in order to become a greater instrument of divine love. The key is to pay close attention to the inner guidance moment by moment, even when it seems incomprehensible and illogical to the analytical mind. When I follow a subtle nudge, the Inner Teacher can touch someone’s heart profoundly, through me, in many amazing ways.

It was around Christmas time, and the grocery store was fully packed with impatient shoppers. One of those customers who felt irritated with the long lines at the checkout stands happened to be me. While silently complaining, I received a specific message from the Inner Teacher, “Go to lane six.”

Announcing Our New Book: “Seven Signs from the Universe”

By Michael Avery

On May 12, 2025

In Animals, Conscious Living, Divine Love, Dreams, Health & Healing, Ho'oponopono, HU: An Ancient Mantra, Inner Guidance, Inspirational Quotes, Love & Relationships, Messages from Memories, Past Lives & Karma, Personal Growth, Self-love, Spiritual Exercises, Spirituality, Stories from the Heart, Synchronicity, Waking Dreams

Reading Time: 2 minutes

By Michael Avery

Dear friends,

Pichaya and I are delighted to share that our new printed book, Seven Signs from the Universe, is now available on Amazon. The EPUB version is also available at the same link.

The front and back covers feature artwork by Claude Gruffy, a world-class Canadian artist.

Learning to Know (& Poem)

By Michael Avery

On April 18, 2025

In Conscious Living, Guest Posts, Inner Guidance, Personal Growth, Poetry, Spirituality

Reading Time: 3 minutes

Guest Post by Dennis Ernst

Each of us develops our own strengths. These come from choices and experience, often over long periods of time. I’ve noticed three types of strengths that one can develop into a living and learning style unique to them.

A Happy Ending

By Michael Avery

On April 15, 2025

In Guest Posts, Health & Healing, Inner Guidance, Love & Relationships, Past Lives & Karma, Spirituality

Reading Time: 4 minutes

Guest Post by Sammie Thompson

From the things I have heard from others during my travels over the past almost 5 years now, I believe what we have all been going through equals the title of the popular bluegrass song, “Hard Times.”

Be the One (Song & Reflection)

By Michael Avery

On April 1, 2025

In Divine Love, HU: An Ancient Mantra, Inner Guidance, Love & Relationships, Songs (Original), Spirituality, Synchronicity

Reading Time: 2 minutes

By Michael Avery

“Be the one who chooses love above all else.”

A short while after writing that line in the song, “Be the One,” I received word that a teammate from Linfield with whom I had played baseball was in hospice.

The Open Heart

By Michael Avery

On February 28, 2025

In Divine Love, Inner Guidance, Love & Relationships, Spiritual Exercises, Spirituality, Stories from the Heart

Reading Time: 2 minutes

By Pichaya Avery

One of my favorite spiritual exercises is called “The Open Heart.”1 It involves loving or caring for someone or something more than we do ourselves. I practice this daily and have experienced a variety of profound results.

I love cooking and baking for family, friends, and neighbors. On one particularly crisp winter morning, I was given an opportunity to express my love to a stranger. As I was preparing to leave home to facilitate a Satsang class, I was guided to do something I would not normally do. In addition to the homemade chocolate chips cookies that I brought every month, I included a bunch of bananas and a $20 bill.

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