11:11 Angels Message Board

This is a wonderful poem... here's a bit of the beginning. Doctor, you say there are no haloes around the streetlights in Paris and what I see is an aberration caused by old age, an affliction. I tell you it has taken me all my life to arrive at the vision of gas lamps as angels, to soften and blur...

Excerpted from his recently published book, Underland: A Deep Time Journey, “The Understory” is an examination of the life beneath the forest floor. Encountering the depth and complexity of communication that happens underground, Robert returns to the entangled mutualism at the root of language. Oc...

There was once a farmer who grew excellent quality corn. Every year he won the award for the best corn. One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learned something interesting about how he grew it. The reporter discovered that the farmer shared his seeds with his neighbors. “How can you aff...

I recently attended a weekend workshop, and there was a man in the group who always had a strange look on his face whenever we had to look for a partner to work with. I noticed that some people avoided him, like they didn’t want to work with him. Perhaps it was the vibe he gave off because of the w...

From time to time you may become restless, and the restlessness will not go away. At such times, just sit quietly, follow your breathing, smile a half-smile, and shine your awareness on the restlessness. Don't judge it or try to destroy it, because this restlessness is you yourself. It is born, has...

Living, as too many of us do, separated from Nature, we forget that we are supported on this planet only insofar as we remain connected in relationship to Earth and all of her creatures. John Muir understood this deeply. He encouraged people to “stay close to Nature’s heart” for healing and solace....

UPLIFT has wonderful videos. They are available only on their web site and it does take a simple email registration to view them but no charge. UPLIFT stands for Unity, Peace and Love In the Field of Transcendence. They really do the work to help us all. This particular video is brilliant. The Inne...

Today I ran into Green Renaissance. They are video makers who focus on inspirational stories and ones that are simply full of goodness. Their work is a conscious antidote to 'the world'. I've watched a half a dozen of their videos this morning and I'm going to watch them all. Here is their YouTube ...

This is simply a wonderful story. Poor neighborhoods in India typically have low literacy rates because residents do not have the resources necessary to educate their children. 9-year-old Muskaan Ahirwar is working to change this in her impoverished neighborhood in Bhopal. In January 2016, she open...

This is a fascinating perspective most eloquently expressed. I am the youngest of eight siblings. Five of us have died. I share losses, health concerns, and other challenges common to the human condition, especially in these times of war, poverty, environmental devastation, and greed that are quite ...

Chris shares a story he found on the internet that is a reminder of values, particularly forgiveness and goodness. It is short and memorable. In that light it will reinforce those values in you today. A Story of Friendship and Values — by Chris Guillebeau https://www.positivelypositive.com/2019/09/...

"Conquer your aversions and come closer to those who inspire rejection in you." Any idea what that might mean? HI Eric, I had two responses to that particular 'commandment'. One is that we often are put off by undesirable qualities in others that we possess ourselves so they are mirrors. Another wa...

I'd never heard of Reyna d’Assia before. She says she is the daughter of George Ivanovich Gurdjieff. Gurdjieff was a very prominent spiritual teacher in the early part of the 20th century who died in 1949. Long ago I studied a number of Gurdjieff's books and a few written by several of his enlighte...

Stuart Perkins is a short story writer whose work reminds me of Norman Rockwell's illustrations every time I read one of his works. I just feel good, connected to humanity and hopeful. That's all the introduction I'm going to give to this little story for it would be a disservice to try and pick an...

We are in the midst of an unprecedented transformation in human consciousness. Unprecedented. Our perception is expanding beyond the limitations of the five senses. Together, they form a single system whose object of detection is physical reality. Now we are acquiring another sensory system: we are...

Life is hard and requires sacrifice. If you work hard, you will succeed. There is not enough. Look out for yourself. The world is hostile. “Survival of the fittest” Competition drives progress. Be rational. Control your emotions. Growing up, these were the stories I was told about who I was and how...

This is a wonderfully Buddhish view of attachments. Some people fear that letting go could diminish the quality of their lives, health, abilities, achievements, or personal property. To this, the Buddha said, "Whatever is not yours, abandon it; when you have abandoned it, that will lead to your wel...

This is a brilliant, short piece of wisdom. As I pondered the question before reading the whole little piece I came up with my answer. "Yes God has a form, the entire Grand Universe. However, that is not God." "Has God a form?" a man once challenged Ramana Maharshi, the great Indian sage. "Who says...

Hah! Whose birthday is it? Peculiarly I have three friends who had birthdays today (August 17). One of them is named Marandi. I've known her for her whole life and watched her turn into a wonderful professional musician.

Yay Nothing

If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance your life is relatively safe -- so safe that safety isn’t on your mind. So when nothing happens, you don’t feel particularly grateful. You expect to be safe, just as you expect the light to go on when you hit the switch on the wall. But when you expect ...

Richard Whitaker conducts interviews with people all of whom pique his interest. He has a deep fascination with the worlds of original thinkers and creators of all sorts and the interviews are excellent. This one caught my interest for it was about a subject I had never even considered and I was en...

Fabulous! But where's 'The Tree Hugger'?

Haha, Eric. I came here to post part of the same email 'Bowl of Saki'. You chose the beautiful part. I zeroed in on the part I thought was the best description of 'Born Again' that I've ever read. To wit" "A person whose soul has awakened becomes awake to everything he sees and hears. ... It is this...

Hi Nikki, I'll offer a somewhat different take. Automatic writing, to me, is somewhat like T/R work. It can be extremely valuable. The goal seems to be to train your self in inner quiet and then to become receptive to thoughts specifically offered by someone of a higher DQ (divinity quotient - clos...