Signs, Synchronicity, and Waking Dreams

Love Set Free (Song)

On November 15, 2024

In Guest Posts, Love & Relationships, Songs (Original), Spirituality

Reading Time: < 1 minute

Guest Post by Riley Carson

Poets and singers have written about the theme of the need to make love real by giving it away. Perhaps this is especially true for unconditional or spiritual love. For love can be so much more when it is not restricted to a private, individual experience, but something that enhances our connections and relationships with others. Keeping love contained within oneself diminishes its transformative potential.

By freely giving love, we allow it to circulate and grow, rather than restricting it. The more love is shared, the more real and meaningful it becomes in our lives and communities.

Journey(s) to Paducah

By Michael Avery

On November 12, 2024

In Guest Posts, Inner Guidance, Love & Relationships, Spirituality, Stories from the Heart

Reading Time: 7 minutes

Guest Post by Sammie Thompson

It was January 17, 2023. Having enjoyed a lovely holiday visit with family in the midwest, I was now fully loaded with supplies and a AAA well-planned route to Austin, Texas. My destination was to attend another Clergy Retreat because the previous year’s event had been so spiritually enlightening and uplifting. The Trip Tik had information about interesting stops en route and I had extra days to allow for some exploring and smelling roses on the way.

“HU Brings Us Home”

By Michael Avery

On November 8, 2024

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

Reading Time: 4 minutes

By Michael Avery (featuring Sharon Sheppard, an animal communicator)

Shadow’s Gift

I sometimes sing HU to the feral cat at the river where we feed jays and squirrels. Shadow, featured in the image above, loves attention as much as she loves the food people bring for her. I befriended Shadow more than ten years ago, when she was first abandoned, and fed her each morning while working at the water treatment plant adjacent to the park. Winters are especially difficult for Shadow. I grew to admire her survival skills and strength of will. She has been an inspirational teacher.

Little Bean, a Parakeet with a Heart

By Michael Avery

On November 6, 2024

In Spirituality

Reading Time: 3 minutes

Guest Post by Nettie Clarke

In this life I have had many wonderful pets and have learned many spiritual lessons from them. At present, I have four little birds. Only one did I raise from a tiny thumb-sized baby. He was green, so I called him Little Bean. The first day I had him, he jumped off his cage onto the floor where my new rescue cat, Daisy, appeared out of nowhere and snatched him up and carried him off.

We Meet On Sacred Ground (In Lak’ech): Song

By Michael Avery

On November 1, 2024

In Conscious Living, Divine Love, Love & Relationships, Songs (Original), Spiritual Exercises, Spirituality

Reading Time: 2 minutes

By Michael Avery

“In Lak’ech Ala K’in,” often shortened to “In Lak’ech,” is a greeting derived from the Mayan philosophy of unity and the interconnectedness of all things. The phrase translates to “I am you, and you are me,” or “You are a reflection of myself.” Often the right hand is placed over the heart at this exchange.

Blue Star Over Waikiki

By Michael Avery

On October 29, 2024

In Spirituality, Stories from the Heart, Waking Dreams

Reading Time: 4 minutes

By Michael Avery

At the age of twenty-eight, I moved to Honolulu where I lived for the better part of a year behind the International Marketplace in Waikiki. Seven years had passed since I’d read my first book on out-of-the-body travel, The Tiger’s Fang, by Paul Twitchell. I was about to learn more.

Bonnie’s Purification

By Michael Avery

On October 25, 2024

In Guest Posts, Health & Healing, Self-love, Spiritual Exercises, Spirituality

Reading Time: 5 minutes

Guest Post by Bob Switzer

About 9 years ago, Bonnie began to feel more and more tired, like her adrenals were tapped. She told me, “When I was under stress it was more pronounced and following some US Immigration procedures that required vaccination for Measles, Mumps, and Rubella, as well as a TB test, I noticed a significant decline in my health. My body was very tired. Self-limiting beliefs contributed to my weakening condition.

Stand Tall

By Michael Avery

On October 22, 2024

In Guest Posts, HU: An Ancient Mantra, Personal Growth, Poetry, Spirituality

Reading Time: 4 minutes

Guest Post by Gloria Lionz

Our true destiny is to link beyond the confines of the three-dimensional world and to do so in a grounded, mature way. The poem is a brief invitation to each reader to release the need to make sense of the outer and realize EVERYONE is needed and WELCOMED to STAND TALL as we live our true spiritual purpose.

When We Know (Song)

By Michael Avery

On October 18, 2024

In Guest Posts, Personal Growth, Songs (Original), Spirituality

Reading Time: < 1 minute

Guest Post by Riley Carson

When we lend a helping hand
That’s how we know
That caring really matters
And it’s how we grow
Riley Carson

What Remains…

By Michael Avery

On October 15, 2024

In Guest Posts, Love & Relationships, Personal Growth, Spirituality, Stories from the Heart

Reading Time: 3 minutes

Guest Post by Gloria Lionz

October 2024 was my 19th wedding anniversary. Eight anniversaries have come and gone since my spouse was able to celebrate it with me. Alzheimer’s changed our lives. This year was the first time since he was diagnosed with the disease that I decided to mark the occasion by dining out. It felt like it was “time” to openly share our love. My sister graciously agreed to accompany me and help create some new memories.