Reading Time: 2 minutes By Michael Avery It was during a time when I was contemplating on writing an article about becoming an inner warrior many years ago that the lines of this poem flowed through. I soon realized that even the first steps upon the path of the inner warrior would be difficult. Why? Because the first person […]
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Reading Time: 3 minutes By Michael Avery Our judgments become the rules we have agreed to live by until we change them. Changing them is the easy part; uncovering them can be difficult. As an example, while going over some early memories of my mom, I discovered a hidden judgement. I remembered how, during hard times, she would always […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes By Michael Avery When we look back upon our memories, we often find gems of wisdom that we missed at the time of the initial experience. Messages from Memories fall into the category of Exotic Waking Dreams. A good example is “The Smile.” That memory carried its message through the corridors of time until I […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes By Michael Avery When Pichaya and I met an old friend named Riley Carson and his wife for lunch about a year ago, we were treated to a prophetic waking dream outside the restaurant. Only in retrospect were we able to interpret this message from the Universe about our future endeavors.
Reading Time: 4 minutes By Michael Avery Saying “I love you” is essential, but please allow me to pass along three things women love hearing nearly as much. If you’re like most men, you’ve probably hit a “relationship speed bump” or two on your journey through life. Learning these three phrases and knowing when to say them sincerely, however, […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes By Michael Avery People come up with any number of reasons for not asking for assistance: “I don’t want to bother anyone;” “I’m not worthy of help (love);” “I can do it myself,” etc. But, for the most part, people just forget to ask. Pichaya and I have learned that Divine Spirit, Spirit, or “the […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute By Michael Avery Our dear friend, Anne, wrote this poem called “The Flame.” It was inspired by a quote from a book called The Slow Burning Love for God: “The slow burning, long-lasting love for God will lead us home—eventually. The turning points of change, which are the tests of purification, bring balance and open […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes By Michael Avery Pichaya often reminds me to be here now in this present moment. She is right of course. But sometimes a memory will arrive at my doorstep unexpectedly and shuttle me off to the past. At least that’s the way I used to view it. But what if those memories have really come […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes By Michael Avery I remember the early morning antics of two, 10-week-old kittens like it was yesterday. They woke me up from a sound sleep, but they were so cute that I couldn’t stay mad at them for long. Looking back at the memory, it is apparent that the experience was a “Waking Dream in […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes By Michael Avery Are the memories we tenderly take out of our treasure box from the past simply remnants of better days, or do they carry messages yet to be delivered? Could they really be “Waking Dreams in Retrospect?”1 As I reminisce about a trip I made many years ago into a remote area of […]