by Bela Johnson | Jul 14, 2015 | happiness, philosophy, psychology, spirituality, Uncategorized
Just because we are doesn’t mean we always must be. Who ever convinced me but myself, long yardstick held over my own head, measuring down, not measuring up, listening out instead of listening in. This is the time, there is no other. I sit in mindfulness, at long...
by Bela Johnson | Jun 1, 2015 | inspiration, lifestyle, musings, philosophy, spirituality, Uncategorized
She is an archivist of the spirit, cataloguer borne of those bred to map and dangle from family trees, having loosed the mantle others gathered up gladly. The records she tends, mental file cards smelling of musty library drawers marked in alphabetical sequence,...
by Bela Johnson | Apr 20, 2015 | compassion, inspiration, philosophy, spirituality, Uncategorized
It’s facile to ponder fault in others whose treatment of us seems appalling. Then we glimpse suffering in desperate animal eyes, recognizing predatory illusion. All the lessons of the Masters fall deaf on ears that will not hear, fearful eyes refusing to see all the...
by Bela Johnson | Feb 5, 2013 | personal, philosophy, science, spirituality, technology, Uncategorized
Years ago I read something that caused me to wonder if all of Creation – humans included – is God evolving Itself (as opposed to the puppet master God, pulling the strings in that great theatre in the sky). There may always be much we do not or cannot...
by Bela Johnson | Jan 23, 2013 | inspiration, peace, personal, philosophy, spirituality, Uncategorized
Trust – release – let go – let God. All words then Worlds within collide. My past – my path, They churn inside. How busy the mind with endless thoughts and chatter – When now, in this moment, Only silence need...
by Bela Johnson | Jan 17, 2013 | community, lifestyle, philosophy, spirituality, Uncategorized
None of us is any more special than another. No matter what we think of ourselves. We’d all do well to remember this, right down to our bones. Death is the great leveler, as is physical nakedness. If we all kept death in our sights while thoroughly embracing...
