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With a grin… Is it wrong that I see myself as a beautiful person? When I reflect on the “I Am” that I am, I get really excited about who this person is. It isn’t about having a high self esteem, or being arrogant, it’s being able to see the inherent beauty within my true nature, the inherent beauty within everything.
Ego wishes to caress itself by seeing beauty in that which it can attach itself to, such as a car, clothes, or a job; the fallacy lies in the fact that these are material or physical forms which truly do not exist, they are only experienced – a hologram of sorts. When we can learn to love the “I Am” simply because “We Are,” life becomes something more than the monotonous routines we have become accustomed to, it becomes an adventure worth living. Age has absolutely nothing to do with spiritual or conscious maturity, age is only an idea reinforced by our fear of an imaginary death. Your growth is… what is, and can only increase by choosing to be present in now and understanding a more true perception. It is a choice, don’t think for a moment that just because you get older you will automatically understand life more fully.
What is the best age to begin a path towards expansion? The age of Now. A comment a hear often is… “I wish I knew all this when I was in my twenties,” my simple response, “well you would have been too early to the dance with no one to play with.” The timing is always perfect, do you know why? Because ‘now’ is the only time there is. Avoiding disappointment is really a warped perception. With the possibility of failure we sometimes see it as a hindrance, when in reality all things that succeed must have at some point failed. The avoidance of failure keeps one in a stagnant existence. View disappointment as an educational experience drawing you closer to your truest desires. It is not the duty of the ego to judge, it is only his compulsion. Don’t you find it interesting, the nature of judgment; ultimately convincing the ego of it’s own presence. This is how one furthers his void hole, by building a display of significance through breaking down another. When in reality, this man only cripples himself.
Your true nature is not consumed with hot and cold, for it knows it as only a preference; don’t become distracted from reality by believing difference of opinion or preference means you are any less valid. Rather than to attack those who believe differently, allow yourself to be genuine by allowing others to free. Sometimes when we are in such a hurry to keep the mind and body busy so we don’t ‘freak out,’ we miss the quiet voice attempting to guide our lives. Free yourself from the need to resist non-action and be open to an occasional relationship with silence. What I hope for most that you receive in reading these daily emails and post, is a small but significant sense that within you is a greater capacity to love. Love being able to experience peace in times of pain, comfort in times of separation, and acceptance in times of guilt.
Experiencing a life that is more understood, beyond the understanding of yesterday. Beyond all that we believe we are in danger of, be it environment, government, corporations, or our neighbor, the only life element which needs healed is consciousness. Because of this truth, there is never a need to fear these external elements, let alone gossip about them. We tend to cling to these examples because someone else must change them, relieving us of the responsibility to expand, or because we can feel as part of a group giving our ego the significance it craves. Focusing on such external problems, will only limit the growth you are searching for.
If we can see the true challenge as consciousness, the answer becomes internal, and within our growth in perception it affects consciousness as a whole. When we see problems as the fault of separate organizations or groups, we create an answer that has been divided. Consciousness is the holistic center piece to all social unrest or discord. Society wishes to suppress a symptom rather than heal the cause, corrupt government and a failing environment are symptoms of a divided consciousness. Rise above this elementary way of thinking and focus on that which you have influence over, which is conscious awareness. Be awake. How can I expect you to draw a picture as well as I can, when I am the artist and you are the gardener. Ask me to water your plant, and it shall surely drown.
The people around you are not the uniqueness of you, they are themselves a mystery for their own discovery. If we remove the idea of good and bad, we can understand each other more fully. Others no longer lie in a category of lesser value, they can only exist as equal but with a different preference. The emotional response towards duality, is one that creates division within the heart of every man. It is not duality itself, but the belief we have associated with it. We can see a positive charge and a negative charge as different but both equally valid, as well as male and female being sexual opposites, but both serving a valuable purpose.
As with good and bad, they each exist to serve a purpose and fully have the right to be present. There is no need to divide what is, discarding one and clinging to another; this leads to a warped perception of reality. For when we cling to one and claim the other has no value, there is no effort to understand both sides of the story; which leads toward judgments and self sabotage. Let your good become a preference, and your bad become a valid alternative. Doing so, allows one to gain a better understanding of themselves – since the “bad” we see in others is ultimately the “bad” we see within. When it comes to family drama, I find it best to see all parties as completely innocent. Eventually we will need to understand that all are right in their own mind, because of this the solution cannot be found in the world of blaming. The solution comes when we realize each situation as our own lesson in growth, leading us towards a better understanding of ourselves.
In the end, we are all searching for peace. If this be the case, we must first make peace with our judgments towards others and see all, including ourselves, as perfect in our own experience. The moment we begin to blame that which resides outside ourselves, we lose the ability to create peace in our world; understand, if we wait for others to change before we experience emotional stability, our wait will be eternal.  2 comments - (Comments are closed)  PAW Daily Prints, Relationships  Drama -, emotion, Family -, Peace - How many faces do you suppose are in the cloudy sky? the answer… It depends on how long you stare. Within the clouds there are interpretations ready to be made; some may find a smiling face, others may observe a vicious attack. In life, all that exist is the opportunity for interpretation; with each forecast of thought, comes a response of what’s most expected. See a loving face, and you can’t help but send one back. Comments are closed Discovery, PAW Daily Prints, Tiger's Favorites Interpretation -, Reciprocation - I think what’s difficult for most of us, is we feel as so we are required to play someone else’s game. We feel as though our identity lies beyond the social labels we’re encouraged to cling to. I know for me, this pull can seem very strong. I will say within the game that has been created, its foundation is division. We are taught to compete against one another only in hopes of defining a winner, its been ruled that man must preserve the self beyond the needs of the collective, and we have accepted an idea that says my life is separate from all that is good.
It’s never fun to feel as though your life is in someone else’s hands, or to surrender creative self in exchange for slave labor. All I know to do, is understand that the game is based in fear; doing what it can to keep me separate from my true self, keep me scared with “what if’s,” and keep me blinded to my absolute connectedness with all of life. For if I were to discover true perception, I could then experience a free mind not being bound by someone else’s imaginary control. Do we not realize, it is our division with one another that keeps us from evolving as a whole, leading towards a jump in evolution where we can exist freely without our current social limitation. I find it humorous when we believe that in tomorrow life will be fulfilled. “If this were to just happen then finally I could have peace or happiness.” The irony is if we were to at least temporarily remove all sense of wants or must haves, we could then see the place in which all we are searching for truly resides.
Life expansion doesn’t take place in any other time than now. There are no steps to follow or items to aquire that can bring forth who you truly are, there is nothing to reach out for and nothing to gain, this we will discover sooner or later. What does it mean to find the self within? Be present, love without cause, listen, and you will know. If our conversations didn’t consist of judgment, division, and fear, I wonder how much quieter our mind would become. However one must realize the thoughts which lead this way, never truly empower the willing of heart.
On a side note… Isn’t it interesting that we become frustrated when others simply cannot understand what we are saying, or what we’re about. We might assume their lack of caring means they are not up to par, when simply their path is not to your scale; their experience is not better or worse, it is simply different. Unique. It seems much of our time is spent just trying to prove to the world we exist, we do so through emotions, thoughts, and action. When these elements are expressed as a means to separate self, understand, at its core you’re only trying to prove to yourself that you exist.
Here’s the deal, if you find within your existence there resides consistent conflict, chaos, or drama, at some point one must come full circle and have total responsibility over their life experience. There is a personal choice that one will need to make if they wish to move forward beyond cycles of pain; “do I honestly desire this painful occurrence, Is there a hidden security I find within it?”
The next step might be to then realize that if it is going to change, it will be by your doing. The surprising thing one might discover is that the answer does not lie in changing other people, but the answer lies solely within self. We mustn’t wait on others if we desire to improve our lives, you can change your pattern simply by improving your response when the challenge arises, and by fully anticipating a more positive outcome with a clear vision. With this effort, seek a solution that is more accepting of others and self. I believe discovery of truth involves nothing less than removing attachment to the physical and emotional world. If we find ourselves somewhat stressed out from the idea of letting go, maybe within that experience is a truth awaiting discovery. The simple reality of life, is the absence of separation; however we have created our own separation by creating division within all things.
We have accepted duality as reality; affirming what is good and what is bad. The inherent fallacy is each individual see his actions as good, while judging his neighbor who also sees his actions as good. The only thing we have created is a divided consciousness, keeping ourselves bound to the illusion. Until we can fully accept things as more whole, we will continue our quest in unrest and instability. This is for the individual and the collective, which ultimately are the same. Experiment today with the idea that no-one or no-thing is wrong or bad, in your uniqueness you simply carry a different preference. When we make decisions out of fear, we acknowledge its existence as dominant in our lives. In all situations, we can move forward consciously in love if we choose. It’s a matter of defining what you are for, rather than what you are against.
Love someone because you are for compassion and acceptance, not because you fear being without them. Can you see how these approaches to life will create different life experiences? Our collective experience, yours and mine, share the same novel. Within this story we write our uniqueness that teaches beyond the hardback cover of our current lifespan. My daughter and I are each creators of our own stories and together we share a common purpose in growth, because of this understanding we are best served to work together in those times of fear and peace. Doing so in love, increases the quality of the life for everyone.
Comments are closed *Linked, Encouragement, Growth, Love, PAW Daily Prints, Relationships, Tiger's Favorites Creator -, Peace -, Purpose, Uniqueness - If we lived in a world were we acknowledged all men and women as having flaws, and the possibility of someone being better or worse was non existent and only seen as unique, what would our actions toward self and others look like? How different our life would be, if there was no need to be, something we never were.
Preservation of Self at the expense of human decency and compassion toward others is not preservation at all, it is destruction of the whole.
To preserve life and self fully, you are invited to recognize a cooperation with the whole, an organization that says one is not better than another, and all deserve human decency and compassion. Comments are closed Compassion, Discovery, One Liners, PAW Daily Prints, Tiger's Favorites Compassion, Cooperation -, Humanity -, Life -, Oneness - It’s not the duty of one man to be the savior of the world, it is only his right to save his own mind. If you are waiting on some deity, some person, or some belief system to save your world, I would imagine the wait to be infinite.
Comments are closed Manipulation, PAW Daily Prints, Responsibility Control -, Deception -, Mind -, Society -, World - Since what you seek is ultimately a deeper connection with self, wouldn’t it be wise to understand more deeply a knowingness about who you truly are. How much of a priority is this discovery? On a side note… It is my own ignorance, that keeps me from progress. It is my own obsession, that keeps me in the dark. It is my own action, that’s ever worth taking.
There is an hour approaching, within the time of now; we are invited to make a shift in our collective level of thinking. Expand your mind beyond the box, reach for a new level of thought, and connect to a reality based in conscious truth; not deception. You deceive yourself with a distracted mind if you believe the creative bullshit pushed through a separated world view; leading towards tyranny of ones mind. Comments are closed Manipulation, Now, PAW Daily Prints, Tiger's Favorites Connection -, Ignorance -, Knowingness -, progress, Reality -, Truth - Deception is a form of withheld Love. In a world where profit overrides compassionate honesty, how can we ever truly be honest with ourselves when we are a world consumed with competition and gain? Maybe these ideas of forced separation (competition and gain), comes with a deception that desires for you to forget who you truly are. For if you did discover, you would see scarcity as not needed and fear as only an illusion; naturally bringing yourself closer to others and closer to your true self. The individual responsibility is one of growth; it will involve creative self expression now, a focus in love that is all inclusive, and a compassionate understanding for your brothers and sisters all around the world. My friend, we are invited to rise above the garbage that has been spread amongst us and reunite as a collective family; the man who hurts is a man within your world, the child that’s lost is an extension of self, the women who cries is in need of more love. Be You, Be Now, and Be Love. Comments are closed Encouragement, Manipulation, Now, PAW Daily Prints, Separation, Tiger's Favorites Business -, Competition -, Expression -, Family -, Honesty -, World - Sometimes when we try to forgive someone who we believe is hurting us, we drive ourselves away from love further by focusing on their path. We continually focus on what it is that we think they are doing wrong, judging them, and blaming them for our heart ache.
This is where your pain comes from; your persistence in judgment. I wonder how profound progress for one could be, if their was a realization to increase love towards one’s whole self; understanding that my experience has only been a reflection of the Love I give within. Within the path of each soul, exist a desire to discover oneself more fully; an eagerness to understand. It is not uncommon for this eagerness to become distracted by the commotion that surrounds our every being. However, inside we see an intelligence waiting to emerge, where the soul desires a perfect union with the heart.
Comments are closed Discovery, One Liners, PAW Daily Prints Commotion -, Desires -, Heart -, Intelligence -, Mind - I wonder if the enormous amount of trust we place in others to contribute to our lives, has anything to do with our ignorance towards what truly goes on in the world. Maybe consequently, we spend more time trying to be entertained rather than seeking our own wisdom and knowledge.
Comments are closed One Liners, PAW Daily Prints, Relationships Ignorance -, knowledge, Trust -, Wisdom -, World - Look clearly at the movements around you. Notice the discomforts you experience. Understand your environment completely. Hmmm… notice deeply the connection between how you truly feel about yourself, and the pain you experience with each new season. There is a reflection that takes place awaiting your discovery. How we sincerely feel about ourselves, mirrors what we give and receive in our world.
Maybe if we began correcting the errors in our own heart, our outer experience would become more of what we honestly desired; which may include peace, self expression, and joy. As this transition is made, our thoughts begin to create, and the material which we sincerely desire and need, is received with great ease and beauty. I believe there to be a nervous honesty, in what was just written. I encourage you to re-read, in stillness. Comments are closed Beauty, Discovery, PAW Daily Prints, Tiger's Favorites Connection -, Desires -, Ease -, Expression -, Heart -, Honesty -, Thought -, Transition - A contagious sense of love overcomes my heart in this moment. As I sit upon a hill, I see the city lights below, a display of perception awaiting a meaning. All that I can ask is that we might collectively choose to see the inherent oneness within all of life.I ask for humanity sake, we learn to accept others as completely whole. Let us we come to a point where the fault we see in others, becomes the fault of our own, for we judged in a manner that saw only the separation rather than the obvious need for more love. Can we end this silly cycle of competition, and accept a cooperation that serves the good of all humanity? Comments are closed Expanded Quotes, Love, PAW Daily Prints, Separation, Tiger's Favorites Competition -, Cooperation -, Heart -, Humanity -, Meaning -, Oneness -, Perception - Better or worse, can only describe opinion of flavor. Left after 5th street, you’ll find me next to a small fire. When fear becomes the reason, love cannot expand. I’m wide awake in my dream, now knowing more than ever; I lost what I knew, always to be true from the beginning, There is a competition begging a decision, searching for the separated Eye. With an expectation for love, you will see a change to remember. Convince your self this, understand it completely. Comments are closed Compassion, Discovery, Fear, Love, PAW Daily Prints, Poetic, Separation Competition -, Consciousness, Goodness -, Oneness - A world divided against itself, is a consciousness in great need to mature. When we live in a world where thousands and thousands of children die everyday from hunger, and we complain about trivial differences relating to race, social status, and that which we think we need, this is a clear sign of a species in major distress. Divided the “I” will stand. I’m sure once we learn to stop competing with each other, we can begin to notice the inherent similarities that make us all one. Once we end this silly nonsense of succeeding to find ourselves, we will begin to realize who we already are; allowing us to live in a place where success is defined collectively. How can you be successful, if “you” are also the child who dies with no food? How can you be successful, if “you” are the one who got stabbed in the back to get to where you are today? How?… if you, are all there is. How differently you would act, towards your planet, your neighbor, and your self, if you understood the magnitude and depth, of this place called oneness in love. Comments are closed Discovery, PAW Daily Prints, Separation, Tiger's Favorites Complaining -, Oneness -, Success -, World - There is a process of waking up that takes place within us all, it’s when we begin to realize that the world is nothing the way we thought it to be. Until we enter through by necessity or by choice, our lives are destined to remain dull and unfounded; dull meaning cloudy and uncertain, unfounded meaning lost and feared.
When you are ready to begin addressing life from a place of profound love, rather than fear, you will understand more fully what it is I write about. Honestly examine the role of fear within the context of your life; from the fear of death to the fear of a lost identity, and understand how they are the same thing. Can you find compassion for the child with no mother who goes hungry because he is unable to make his own food? Then find compassion for those who are poor and do not yet have the understanding that you have when it comes to sustaining ones own life with health and dignity.
Compassion, is the face of oneness. Every time we speak words of judgment, or even words that are unkind, we lose sight of who we truly are. I really hope we can come to understand this more fully, whenever we are unkind to others we are truly being unkind to ourselves. If you wonder where to start your own spiritual journey, start by having compassion towards others and eliminate your unkind words. I often hear business owners talk about how difficult it is to find good employees, like in the old days. Maybe people are starting to understand the inherent slavery in the job world, and how it stifles their creative and unique genius.
Incentives and competition are rapidly losing their sexy appeal, as we are beginning to realize the corrupt nature that comes with the separated mind. People want to be united, we don’t want to pick a political side, we don’t want to prove ourselves better than our neighbor, and we certainty don’t want to continue a life where we question a moral standard to increase profits by believing “that’s just the way it is.” Bullshit! Comments are closed Creativity, Fear, Manipulation, PAW Daily Prints, Tiger's Favorites Business -, Competition -, Corruption -, Genius -, Job -, Life - We have been born into an environment that hopes us to find ourselves as competitive. For if we do not, we no longer have to play by its rules of fear and separation.
Your growth, is not meant to exceed the growth of your neighbor, but is simply meant to expand with goodness within your own uniqueness.
This means that when we grow, don’t look to the ‘haves and haves not’ of others to define where you should be, but look at your life in its wholeness and seek progress that’s relative to your desires. Comments are closed Acceptance, Discovery, Encouragement, Growth, Now, One Liners, PAW Daily Prints, Relationships, Tiger's Favorites Desires -, Goodness -, Life -, progress, Uniqueness - I want to throw out a challenge, that I hope will offer the opportunity to grow in a profound way. I encourage you to find someone who normally irritates you and make it a mission to bring a smile to their face. Give yourself this gift. At the first sight of opportunity, move with purpose.
The real personal benefit comes when you take time to reflect on what just happened. See the possibilities of what you created. Remember, those moments of confusion and fear are meant to allow you the opportunity to define more clearly what it is you desire. When we add colors to the vision of our existence, there is a creation process that reaches a new level. Add the colors you love, leave out the colors you fear.
Comments are closed Fear, Growth, PAW Daily Prints Confusion -, Creating -, Desires -, Opportunity -, Vision - If you walk through life with an unbending expectation that other people fully accept you as you are, be prepared to find disappointment around every corner. You see, we all have judged; we are all unique in our learning. If we expect others to be where we are, we acknowledge a world were other people can dictate our individual peace.
See each experience where you feel you are being falsely judged as an opportunity to express acceptance and non-judgment in return. Doing so puts the empowerment back in your hands, don’t allow others to trap you into non acceptance and separation by not accepting their individual lesson. Comments are closed Judgment, PAW Daily Prints, Separation Disappointment -, Expectation -, Opportunity -, Peace - I’m being reminded that most of my challenges are simply a reoccurrence of unresolved life lessons. There is a flow of energy and information which attempts to educate my steps peacefully, these ‘issues’ all have purpose. Change can only take place in my awareness, if it is going to change it can only be my own doing; it can only be the great I Am.
Recognize the challenges in life as reoccurring, it can give tremendous insight into the lessons needing to be learned to move forward in growth. When life seems to be failing all around you, and the pain of now blinds all direction, see it with a conscious mind. Seek to understand the nature of this illusion; notice the blame and be reminded of creative life responsibility, acknowledge the lies with compassion for the ego, and re-center the heart with silent actions in love.
My interpretation of intelligence, is the ability to draw constructive knowledge from within ones self, rather than repeating information that’s been passed down.
We can spend a life time filling our heads with the information collected by others, if this is our main source of knowledge we can end up living the ideal of someone else rather than creating our own purpose. Often times the need to impress, draws us outside our true selves by exaggerating the illusion. In these times we can notice a lower energy at play, an energy that accepts labels as value and the exterior as reality.
For myself, as I reduce the need to exaggerate I find myself being more comfortable in now, and more accepting of my illusionary flaws. Listen to your words, they are trying to tell you something. If your life experience does not equal your life expectation, pay attention to the words coming out of your mouth, they are the bread crumbs that lead to a belief system that creates your undesired experience now.
Take this act of listening serious. Be conscious of the words you use, and you will truly be amazed at how well they point to your current reality. By being aware, you can make the choice to use different words and ultimately create a different experience. When I talk about being connected to all things in a place of complete oneness, this isn’t just a cute esoteric statement. I’m referring to this understanding as mathematical and scientific fact, that you are indeed connected to all of life in a way that’s truly profound.
This concept can be difficult to grasp because we seem stuck in a 3 dimensional life experience, and our mind has become convinced that what we see is the way things are, instead of the way things are, are, because of how we choose to see. Until we can see each person as completely valid, regardless if we agree with them or not, we will never know true peace; and as we begin to see more clearly, beyond the separateness, we find more opportunities to discover our own true selves and experience more genuine Love; resulting of course, in a brighter world and more colorful existence.
The idea of Being a Parent, is only a label. To think that our personal definition must come into alignment with a social standard, is to say we should all be plumbers because that’s what Joe does; when in reality, raising your child is a unique expression not meant to be mapped out by others.
One of the first steps, is to examine the belief that your value as a guardian is based upon what others think about your ability. This belief only hinders you from experiencing a deeper love and connection with your child. Comments are closed PAW Daily Prints, Relationships Beliefs -, Connection -, Labels -, Parent -, Value - Have you ever taken the time, to stare into the eyes of another, and purposely seen their desire to Love and be Loved; unconditionally, without judgments. This is a place of complete acceptance.
Today, challenge yourself to see love in those who yesterday were only seen as a waste of time; those who irritate, those who out perform, and all those who live in your uncomfortable world. Choose a minimum of three people, and follow through. When the majority of your day is spent on auto pilot, be sure to give back to your higher self and find ways to express the real you.
Life can seem at times to be mundane, or without genuine purpose, if we desire to leave behind those long moments in our reality, a good question to ask would be, “what am I doing now, that can leads me towards my desired experience?” Being in a place where you know you are making honest progress, can empower you through the monotonous routine. Comments are closed Creativity, Growth, PAW Daily Prints Higher Self -, progress, Purpose, Self Expression - |
With a unique style of writing that can be considered wise and playful, Tiger communicates truth in a way not often seen in today’s world. Certainly some find his words and thoughts to go beyond left field, but for others they find a deep level of compassion, love, encouragement, and forgiveness. Tiger is 28 years old, currently living in the beautiful Southern Oregon Valley with his wife of 7 years and their 3 daughters. |
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