"Everyone is born a genius, but the process of living de-geniuses them."  - Buckminster Fuller
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When we come into this world as tiny babes many of us still have memories of where we just came from inside us. We came from the world of "the absolute", a place where there is only knowing and no experience. Knowing is a divine state - the world of perfect love. But we chose to come to this world of "the relative," where there is no knowing, only experience. Here the grandest joy is in "being", and being is only achieved after experience.

To put it simply then, we came from a world where we knew everything there was to ever know, but could never experience it. We decided to "live," for a short while, in a world where we know nothing, in order to experience the things we already knew, but had no way to experience them.

Not sure if that simplifies things or not, but the point is that many of us have been here many, many times before. Slowly evolving as we experience more and more feelings and emotions. There are those of us as young children that show great talent and knowledge that has no rational explanation. The five year old piano virtuoso, the nine year old opera star, the list goes on and on. The knowledge these young people posses is a carry over from a previous life. They went back to the world of the absolute and chose to come back to the world of the relative so quickly, that some of the memory of their previous life still exists. In fact there are movies and books out that tell the story of some these incredible circumstances.

Unfortunately, as the years pass we forget more and more of who we truly are, and return to our dumbed-down human mode. But although we are no longer the geniuses we once were, we now have the ability to feel and experience life at a level our highest self absolutely loves!
So rejoice in your ability to feel emotion and to feel the sensations of touch, sight, hearing, smell and taste. For it won't be long until we once again return to the world of the absolute. Knowing everything, but experiencing nothing.

I don't know about you, but I'm planning my return trip already!

Passion.
It all begins with desire. Some people believe in order to be spiritual we must overcome our desires. I believe that simply changing them is enough. What you resist persists, and what you look at disappears.
Some folks seek to overcome all earthly passions in an effort to become more "God-like." They often work at it so hard that this becomes their passion. They have replaced other so-called "earthly" passions with the passion to be God-like, to be right, to feel chosen, to belong to God's exclusive club. Well let me tell you that nothing that's exclusionary is even remotely God-like. Passion is passion, and to trade one for another doesn't eliminate it.
We should embrace our passions, not judge them. Simply notice it, see if it serves you given who you wish to be, and move on. Remember you are constantly in the act of creating yourself. With every passing moment you are deciding who and what you are. And you decide this largely through the choices you make and what you feel passionate about.
Passion is the love of turning being into action. It is the jet fuel that that fires or creative spirit. It changes concept into experience.
Passion is the fire that drives us to express who we really are. Never deny your passion, because that would be like denying who you truly are and who you truly want to become.

The Magical Universe.
Evidence of life's magic lies everywhere around us. Take a look at nature for example, it's absolutely overflowing with wonder. Flowers blooming, beautiful birds flying effortlessly through the sky, spiders weaving a silken thread, and a variety of species living in a perfectly balanced forest ecosystem.
Now let's take a look at your own life and your own inescapable awareness. Witness the miracle of your own thoughts and realize that to think and breath, to grow your hair and finger nails, to talk, sing and dance, you must be a magical being. In fact, a magical spiritual being, far more powerful, deep, and resourceful than you ever before understood.
Seeing the splendor of a sunrise or a sunset and watching the world respond accordingly, effortlessly, is nothing else but magical.

​ It might not be magic, but it sure is magical.

"Life is waiting for you."
Your life is a blank canvas with far more room for creativity and expression than we've ever suspected. You have your life, I have my life, and billions of other Souls have their lives too. There is no "life in general". Our lives are far more personal, precious and unique than we've been taught, because they are far more a product of how and what we "think" than they are of evolution or destiny.

It's as if we all think we're sitting in the same movie theater and we think we're all watching the same show, just with different perspectives, but actually it's far more accurate to think that we all sit alone in our own movie theaters. We all live by different rules and truths based upon our different beliefs. You see, your life is just an externalized reflection of all you think, believe and anticipate.
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There is no "life" without you, only an inert potential that needs you to give it meaning, shape and purpose. Life is waiting for you to live it - your way!