"When one realises one is asleep, at that moment one is half awake."

~P.D. Ouspensky


We must surrender in the midst of everything- real or imagined.
It is then that our life's fate does 

an about face and the dance into
awareness beyond our self begins.
These precious pristine seconds

when pure awareness takes hold,
and we feel our own self move far
to the background is the beginning-

of finding freedom once lost, now
forever with us in this adventure
of awakening at once.

       Into This

You and I have a miraculous
choice: to see our life as a rich
garden resplendent in beauty-

or to perceive the illusory moments as fraught with peril,
heartache and trembling.

What a grand design we have 
set ourselves into. For at any 
second, our minds can drift back

to this perennial garden of pure
unbridled love.  Into this we fall,
over and over again, in love

with everything and especially,
                                                                   the soul of our self...
                                                                   

Deep Within Us All

Beyond appearance, beyond skin,
farther still beyond all of that,
beneath our oft chaotic facade,

lies at cellular depth the truth of our being, colliding, dancing, robustly ricocheting off one 

another- are the molecules that define our place in this space,
in this logistical time continuum                  

that we find ourselves immersed in.      "Make everything as simple as possible,
So, let the peace summits unite                       but no simpler."
below the artificial surface and see if
                                                                    ~~Albert Einstein
any one human can spot difference
in this dance sublime, happening
now beneath the world's faulty radar.


~~© Paul Goldman August 21, 2014

Earlier this year, prior to experiencing fully open-heart surgery, I had more than a few moments to contemplate whether and if I might have an NDE, near-death experience, while under the anesthetic for four to five hours.

I clearly did not have an NDE. And I surely had what I will now describe as an NLE, a near-life experience.  Once the initial shock of receiving the news from my cardiovascular surgeon that I would be undergoing at least a single bypass and quite possibly an aortic valve replacement as well, I turned to what I knew best.

The moments prior to surgery were filled with the sweetness of going within.
I found myself offering prayers to all of those Divine Beings on what I call my personal Divine team.  What happened next was most certainly a deeply life affirming experience or what I am calling an NLE by far comparable in every way imaginable to an NDE.  As my fervent silent prayers were released, I clearly saw a small conference room with round leather back chairs.  One after another Divine Being took a seat until the entire room was filled and expanding with these amazing Divine ones.  Can you imagine the love and support I consciously took with me into the operating room?  
Know that this NLE is here for you now.  Go and experience your own Near Life Experience and watch how each day hence unfolds with such gratitude that all you can do is repeat your new mantra of thank you thank you thank you...

Of You

Of you I am filled,
your essence surrounds
all that I cannot see.

The whispers of intolerance
speak only about eyes
looking into a mirror.

Upon reflection, in time,
all will see that which
they do not wish to see-

mirrored back.
Change will come,
marching to a new drummer,

beating, ever beating, within.




(c)Paul Goldman August 9, 2014