Thank you David for 'feeding' us all with this. I felt as peaceful as little Gizmo with his flower and milk bottle by the end! 🕊️ For me it is also very timely as I'm currently in a season of insomnia; while I'm grateful that I'm learning to accept such testing times without struggle but rather acceptance, nevertheless it is certainly exhausting. Your piece, in a way I can't really articulate yet, seems to be speaking to me of the wisdom of 'letting go' of any rational search for the 'why' of my insomnia but rather the wisdom of embracing it simply because 'it is what it is.' Thanks again 🙏
I am sorry to her about your season of insomnia, Michael. How poetically put! I can't help feeling that the wisdom of letting go can only be of benefit. Thank you so much for your kind message.
I'm sorry to hear you're feeling down at the moment and not in a good place. I believe we all feel alone at times and that it is natural to feel sorry for ourselves during such times simply because we feel there is no-one else who feels sorry for us or who is there to reach out to us.
I would encourage you to try not to 'beat yourself up' during such times...we all share in the human condition and I find that in recognising that to ourselves then that in itself creates a connection with the rest of humanity.
Why not think about posting of your struggles? I'm sure that people will reach out to you if you do. I know that posting personal things, as I do on my newsletters "Humanitas" and "Shav 'Immi", can make a person feel vulnerable and a little uncomfortable but my experience of Substack readers is that they are very supportive and empathetic. And when you receive a 'like' or a comment, then you feel that little less alone.
So why not go for it and publish a post? I'm going to subscribe to your Substack once I've finished this message to you...I look forward to your first post!
You take care, be kind to yourself, and trust that 'all will be well.' 🕊️👋
A very well thought out analysis. Thank you! How wonderful to be rebelliously wise! And thank you for the pictures of gizmo and the caregiver. Putting all their philosophies into action, right there, with that adorable baby. Love wins every hand.
Bless you for taking the time to thoughtfully explore these great teachers, and their messages. As I asked last week if you could follow both Christ and Buddha, this post has clarified to me, what my path should be, I say path as ultimately lead to the same place. I see it know as we all want to get to the top of the mountain, do we wish to walk in the open, bright nourishing sunlight of the path on our left or the calm soothing forest path on our right? This is simply a personal choice, the most important thing is that we will meet each other at the top. May our journeys be Blessed, and I’ll met you there. 🙏
Another teacher to add to this group, in my opinion, Tao and the remarkable philosophy The Way. Your thoughts on this, I have read The Way, the flow of the universes energy and how be in synchronicity with it.
Thank you for your generosity and abundant sharing of your knowledge and wisdom of the transpersonal perspective of the three 'rebels.' Also the beautiful breath meditations.
God Bless little Gizmo he appears to be in safe hands. 🙏
Thank you, David for your wisdom and generosity. Once again you have clarified several different topics, all of which come back to mankind's need to accept and love each other, differences
notwithstanding. Your voice is a beacon of hope for me, and I'm sure many others, in this time of escalating tensions in the Middle East.
Thank you for this. It is meaningful to me because it felt like a visit with my maternal Grandmother. She lived a simple life in a small cabin in the Mojave Desert. She taught me much of what you shared, and was way ahead of her time. Little did I know how important it would be during my life. 🙏🪷
This is such a reassuring post - that in fact, history's great minds have the same view. It gives hope, I think, that rationality may permeate. That if we go on being mindful of others and what surrounds us and act in kindness, it'll be ripples on a pond, spreading out to the darker edges.
The image of little Gizmo is the perfect illustration. Simple security, love and care...
Thanks, Sarah, yes that AI generated image is quite fun! Interesting the concepts we have of Buddha and Jesus who sadly were never photographed. One wonders what they really did look like!!
My first comment went into hyperspace, I think. Just started reading Rob Bell's What We Talk About When We Talk About God, and in chapter two he dazzles with a brief description of the universe and quantum mechanics. Now we're talking! There is so much space in creation that it shouldn't be that hard to turn the ego into a bunch of wispy clouds! And the tiny Vervet monkey orphan is the very embodiment of vulnerability, another truth of reality. Thanks for this, David. Kathy
Thank you David. Many of us knew when we came into Life on Earth we would experience duality and that all is illusion based only in perception and the true reality is GOD ….personally I learned early only about a tenth of my highest self is here in this dream we call Life…The rest remains at “ Home” where with each lifetime I aspire to return to my highest self / GOD and each day I get closer which fills me with sunshine and I am very very happy in life…as a result…Each of these 3 Teachers ,I believe, have been sent with a mission to elevate us all ,as ascended masters ,if you will, and work toward the greater good giving us fresh eyes if we care to see our true purpose ( to go home) and that everything else is illusion. So we remain mindful , we are creative and kind ,do our best and ultimately finally go home…it’s really that simple! ❤️Life is but a dream ,God’s dream and if we are present we see sign posts ( teachers) along the way leading us forward…and out of illusion and beyond duality to LOVE which is truly all there is…LOVE LOVE LOVE… may we all be Illuminated by LOVE…🥰🙏-Adrienne
I do agree that find converge perspective is important and also the degree of coherence to be reassuring.
I must say that interdependence is hard for me to live with, I feel alone as my kids and granddaughters left. I grasp the concept in my mind, but in my heart I feel alone. I am meditating and working on it. Sorry that I have not get it yet.
I loved the photo Little Gizmo’s photo, the orphaned vervet monkey, hope he will sett in to a new life at Twala.
Thank you David for 'feeding' us all with this. I felt as peaceful as little Gizmo with his flower and milk bottle by the end! 🕊️ For me it is also very timely as I'm currently in a season of insomnia; while I'm grateful that I'm learning to accept such testing times without struggle but rather acceptance, nevertheless it is certainly exhausting. Your piece, in a way I can't really articulate yet, seems to be speaking to me of the wisdom of 'letting go' of any rational search for the 'why' of my insomnia but rather the wisdom of embracing it simply because 'it is what it is.' Thanks again 🙏
I am sorry to her about your season of insomnia, Michael. How poetically put! I can't help feeling that the wisdom of letting go can only be of benefit. Thank you so much for your kind message.
Hope you find to accept the testing times, I can not right now, I feel alone and some times sorry for myself.
Hi Rossy...thanks for your message 🙏
I'm sorry to hear you're feeling down at the moment and not in a good place. I believe we all feel alone at times and that it is natural to feel sorry for ourselves during such times simply because we feel there is no-one else who feels sorry for us or who is there to reach out to us.
I would encourage you to try not to 'beat yourself up' during such times...we all share in the human condition and I find that in recognising that to ourselves then that in itself creates a connection with the rest of humanity.
Why not think about posting of your struggles? I'm sure that people will reach out to you if you do. I know that posting personal things, as I do on my newsletters "Humanitas" and "Shav 'Immi", can make a person feel vulnerable and a little uncomfortable but my experience of Substack readers is that they are very supportive and empathetic. And when you receive a 'like' or a comment, then you feel that little less alone.
So why not go for it and publish a post? I'm going to subscribe to your Substack once I've finished this message to you...I look forward to your first post!
You take care, be kind to yourself, and trust that 'all will be well.' 🕊️👋
Thanks so much for your worlds Michael, they let me to think about them and I am planning to write my experencies in Substack
Thanks again
Rossy
A very well thought out analysis. Thank you! How wonderful to be rebelliously wise! And thank you for the pictures of gizmo and the caregiver. Putting all their philosophies into action, right there, with that adorable baby. Love wins every hand.
My sincere thanks for your generous words, Kathy!
Bless you for taking the time to thoughtfully explore these great teachers, and their messages. As I asked last week if you could follow both Christ and Buddha, this post has clarified to me, what my path should be, I say path as ultimately lead to the same place. I see it know as we all want to get to the top of the mountain, do we wish to walk in the open, bright nourishing sunlight of the path on our left or the calm soothing forest path on our right? This is simply a personal choice, the most important thing is that we will meet each other at the top. May our journeys be Blessed, and I’ll met you there. 🙏
I am so glad this post offered clarity, Lauren. You may also like to check out this post I wrote which I should move to Substack: https://davidmichie.com/was-jesus-like-the-buddha-really-a-teacher-of-inner-transformation/
I will read this, thank you so much. God Bless 🙏
Another teacher to add to this group, in my opinion, Tao and the remarkable philosophy The Way. Your thoughts on this, I have read The Way, the flow of the universes energy and how be in synchronicity with it.
Many thanks for your kind suggestion, Lauren.
Thank you for your generosity and abundant sharing of your knowledge and wisdom of the transpersonal perspective of the three 'rebels.' Also the beautiful breath meditations.
God Bless little Gizmo he appears to be in safe hands. 🙏
And thank you, Pamela, for your always generous support!
Thank you, David for your wisdom and generosity. Once again you have clarified several different topics, all of which come back to mankind's need to accept and love each other, differences
notwithstanding. Your voice is a beacon of hope for me, and I'm sure many others, in this time of escalating tensions in the Middle East.
I am so glad you find the post helpful, Susan!
I am a devoted fan of your writings. This one especially is so important in our modern world full of strife. We are all one.
Lovely to hear from you with your sweet message, thank you Cindy!
Thank you for this. It is meaningful to me because it felt like a visit with my maternal Grandmother. She lived a simple life in a small cabin in the Mojave Desert. She taught me much of what you shared, and was way ahead of her time. Little did I know how important it would be during my life. 🙏🪷
What an inspiring person your Grandmother sounds, Kim. How lucky were you! Thank you for sharing!
Succinctly put David. Thank you so much 😊
My pleasure, Pat!
Love this kind of exploration of commonality across what has been traditionally seen as mutually exclusive ideas.
Since you asked, here are some of my favorite books that may relate:
Jesus, Buddha, Krishna and Lao Tzu: The Parallel Sayings - Richard Hooper
The Physics of God: How the Deepest Theories of Science Explain Religion and How the Deepest Truths of Religion Explain Science - Joseph Selbie
Quantum Physics and Ultimate Reality: Mystical Writings of Great Physicists
Michael Green
Bridging Science and Spirit: Common Elements In David Bohm's Physics, The Perennial Philosophy and Seth - Norman Friedman
The Perennial Philosophy- Aldous Huxley
How wonderful to have these suggested readings to add to our lists, Glenn, some of which I have encountered and must look up again. Thank you so much!
Love the quotes you compiled. And love how clearly you located and tied together the 3 figure’s deep wisdom regarding liberation of ego.
How better to assist letting go of what needs to be dropped than by focusing on helping others. The photos of little Gizmo are precious. 🐒
Thank you for sharing your gifts of writing, spiritual clarity and compassion with us. ☮️
My heartfelt thanks for your beautiful message, Linda!
I enjoyed this article very much. Better to focus on our similarities than our differences
Exactly, thank you Michele!
This is such a reassuring post - that in fact, history's great minds have the same view. It gives hope, I think, that rationality may permeate. That if we go on being mindful of others and what surrounds us and act in kindness, it'll be ripples on a pond, spreading out to the darker edges.
The image of little Gizmo is the perfect illustration. Simple security, love and care...
I am so glad that you found the post helpful, thanks Prue!
What a fascinating post. I love the quotes from each and how they all run along the same lines. Also very nice to realize that we have many teachers.
I also LOVE the picture of them having tea together.
little Gizmo is so sweet.
Thanks, Sarah, yes that AI generated image is quite fun! Interesting the concepts we have of Buddha and Jesus who sadly were never photographed. One wonders what they really did look like!!
My first comment went into hyperspace, I think. Just started reading Rob Bell's What We Talk About When We Talk About God, and in chapter two he dazzles with a brief description of the universe and quantum mechanics. Now we're talking! There is so much space in creation that it shouldn't be that hard to turn the ego into a bunch of wispy clouds! And the tiny Vervet monkey orphan is the very embodiment of vulnerability, another truth of reality. Thanks for this, David. Kathy
Beautifully put, thank you Kathy!!
Thank you David. Many of us knew when we came into Life on Earth we would experience duality and that all is illusion based only in perception and the true reality is GOD ….personally I learned early only about a tenth of my highest self is here in this dream we call Life…The rest remains at “ Home” where with each lifetime I aspire to return to my highest self / GOD and each day I get closer which fills me with sunshine and I am very very happy in life…as a result…Each of these 3 Teachers ,I believe, have been sent with a mission to elevate us all ,as ascended masters ,if you will, and work toward the greater good giving us fresh eyes if we care to see our true purpose ( to go home) and that everything else is illusion. So we remain mindful , we are creative and kind ,do our best and ultimately finally go home…it’s really that simple! ❤️Life is but a dream ,God’s dream and if we are present we see sign posts ( teachers) along the way leading us forward…and out of illusion and beyond duality to LOVE which is truly all there is…LOVE LOVE LOVE… may we all be Illuminated by LOVE…🥰🙏-Adrienne
My heartfelt thanks as always, Adrienne!
Dearest David,
I do agree that find converge perspective is important and also the degree of coherence to be reassuring.
I must say that interdependence is hard for me to live with, I feel alone as my kids and granddaughters left. I grasp the concept in my mind, but in my heart I feel alone. I am meditating and working on it. Sorry that I have not get it yet.
I loved the photo Little Gizmo’s photo, the orphaned vervet monkey, hope he will sett in to a new life at Twala.
Greetings from Mexico
Rossy Cortes
I am so sorry to hear of your loneliness, Rossy, and hope you may be able to kindle heartfelt connections. Tong len may be a good practice to help ...
Thanks David,
Your words are always Good for me.
Rossy Corte
Mexico