Universal wisdom is the understanding that everything is put together perfectly, just as it is. It doesn’t need human intervention to make it better. This kind of wisdom is far-reaching and often beyond the grasp of the human mind. We can admire it and derive great inner peace when we channel it, but our minds can never encompass the magnitude of universal wisdom.

We are fortunate to have minds that can conceive of this state of perfection. Enlightened minds can sense the vast interconnectedness of it all. Every object no matter how tiny or how huge impacts every other object in an infinite universe. This is difficult for many to grasp and most people just give up. They say, “Let the priests, rabbis, mullahs, and philosophers figure it out.”
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Yet we all have the capacity to channel universal wisdom. It takes contemplation and the willingness to sit still and explore the implications of an Infinite Universe. Infinite means never ending, never beginning, always here in the present moment, always has been, always will be—in all its changing shapes and forms. It is huge beyond comprehension but can be felt in our inner, deeper selves, our souls.

Since spirit and soul are synonymous, spiritual food and soul food may be the same thing. Both provide sustenance for our Higher Selves. Spiritual and soul food is anything that brings us to that state of inner freedom and peace. It could be reading or hearing the words of a realized Master. It could be listening to mantras, unearthly glorious music, or just being in the beauty and harmony of nature.

Whatever it is, our souls and spirits long for it, recognize it, and feel much better when it is available to us. Without it, something is missing in our lives and many of us can’t put the finger on it. This is because spiritual and soul food can’t be consumed or even owned. It is to be partaken of but it is never used up. Beauty will always exist; peace, joy, love, harmony, intelligence cannot be destroyed.

Physical foods, no matter how fragrant and gorgeously arranged, end up as excrement. Soul and spirit food does not. It is a perpetual fountain of abundance that does not have a downside and is not subject to decay.
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Now, there is such a thing as physical soul food that satisfies our longing for the experience that all is right in the world just as it is. This food is prepared with love and people can feel that love. Each ingredient is carefully selected and cooked with skill and art. The whole shared experience brings a sense of unity that is called “soul satisfying.”

The Supersoul is like the sun. “Ordinary” souls are like the sunbeams. Each cannot exist without the other. Each sunbeam is individual yet it originates from the sun. The sun does not exist without the sunbeams. They are all part of one infinite wholeness.

It glorious to contemplate how the Supersoul, which is eternal, has so many individual expressions yet all are united because they come from one original source. Some call this The Source Energy of the Universe. Others call it God. But whatever the name, it has always existed and is apart from human concepts of time and space.
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Souls exists simultaneously with the Supersoul. Our clever human minds find many ways to see how we are all different. We hate each other, judge each other, and condemn ourselves to lives of inner and outer turmoil. All the while we are not recognizing our common source. When we finally do, we will live much freer lives of love and joy and inner peace.

Character has to do with moral choices. Hundreds of years ago, it was important for people to develop character, as opposed to personality. Character meant good habits, such as not gambling or wasting time. It meant that a person took responsibility for her or her actions and could be counted on in a difficult situation to make the wise decision. Character is about the inner person’s ethics and integrity.

Personality came to the forefront more recently, when media, such as radio and TV required people with snappy, upbeat ways of engaging the public to buy products. It didn’t matter if the person behind the voice and the sunny smile was a sociopath or a deadbeat. If they made people think they were amazing, and stirred public interest, that was enough. Many psychopaths have great personalities yet their characters will lead you down a path of destruction. Personality is about the externals of a person that we see and hear.
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True Self is that part of us that has nothing to do with how we present ourselves to the world or the morals and ethics of our times. It is our unity with Universal Intelligence. Character is about creating an ideal person that we aspire to be. Personality is about presenting an appealing face to others. True Self is that eternal part of us, sometimes called the Soul. It is not concerned with what others are seeking, for it is already at h

When we encounter our twin flame it is a highly spiritual event. This meeting can be the trigger that opens the third eyes of people who have been numb to their Soul dimension in the past. They may not even believe that such things as Souls exist or that there is a world of the spirit.
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But when they meet their twin flame, they see themselves as if in a mirror for the first time. And it is not just a shallow reflection. They have come home to rest within the heart of another. It is this experience alone that validates the intuitive opening of the third eye chakra for some people. It is powerful and leaves them with no doubt. It shakes them to their core and they will never be the same again.

The third eye is the organ of consciousness. It represents the place from which we achieve enlightenment beyond our physical sight. A person may be going along in his or her life, wondering if there is something to this magical state or if it is another interesting story meant for others and not for them. Then they meet their twin flame.

For the first time they “see” (and this applies to the blind as well, who see with their spiritual eyes) that there is more to life than the humdrum daily grind or trying to hook up out of loneliness. They meet a person who is actually themselves in another body. They fit together perfectly, finish each other’s sentences, know what each other is thinking, share each other’s feelings. How can this be? It defies common sense and the laws of Newtonian physics! Then they realize, yes, I have been blessed with looking into that other realm.

Their third eye has awakened, it has opened, and is communing with the third eye of their twin flame.

Buddha’s quest for enlightenment brought him to see that the hyperactive mind, with its judgments and comparisons, did not lead to peace. How could it be at peace when it was constantly driven by fears and desires? He wanted to find out what was really true about himself, beyond this crazy mind. He saw that the mind could be a useful tool for getting things done but it wasn’t who he was.

So he went within and contacted this being inside him that was also connected to the Soul of the Universe. He discovered what was really true—not something that had mood swings, fears, anxieties, depressions, ecstasies, and manias. This true self is not disturbed by outer events. It is not dependent on what other people did or said. But it takes discipline to find it.

He set out a simple, but not easy, 8-fold path to give structure to those who wanted some guidance. If they followed his teachings, people could live a clean, well-ordered life without dramas, upsets, and emotional turbulence that create more pain. Too many people think that whatever their mind says is who they are. The problem is that the mind is up and down, is fickle, changes quickly, and based on survival, not love. It can’t experience the present moment and jumps between the past and the future.
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Buddha says you don’t have to live that way. Give yourself the chance to find out who you really are. Your true self is something that does not change and cannot be destroyed

I was between four and five when I began talking to the Source of my Soul. I was driven to this by extremely upsetting experiences in my family. My mother had a fatal brain tumor accompanied by epilepsy and my father was also dying of pernicious anemia. Many of my caretakers were dishonest, exploitative, and threatening. Life was a swirling chaos fueled by fear. I had no one to turn to. I had to call upon The Eternal Comfort of My Inner Being—often called God.

Usually people are not brought to their knees so young. But I am glad it happened early because it gave me the strength to go through years of boarding school and other childhood experiences that might have blighted as less robust spiritual being. I learned to seek the help of God (I prefer the term Source of my Soul) and immediately found peace and a deeper understanding of the meaning of human suffering. This allowed me to be of value to other children who reached out to me when they were hurting and feeling unloved.
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Those childhood traumas brought me into contact with an awareness of my spiritual dimension. This took me above the turmoil and brought me to a place of courage. I knew I could never be separate from my own spiritual source. I was able to be happy in extremely oppressive surroundings because I knew I had something no one could take away from me. It was my experience and no one could argue with that.

Enlightened people may appear to be avoiding all the pains and troubles of life by “being above it all.” But actually, enlightened people delve more deeply into it all. They have examined how our thoughts and feelings can turn our lives into a roller coaster of drama. They see the uselessness of churning our wheels on the road to what we think is progress but may actually lead to our destruction.

While other people freak out and go into meltdowns when things don’t go their way, enlightened people know that “This too shall pass.” Some people may interpret this as indifference. They do not see the wisdom in sitting back and watching how it all develops. They do not detect the wisdom in the enlightened person’s trust in Life.

Enlightenment brings with it a sense of detachment. At base, enlightened beings see through pointless, ego-driven ambitions and opt for seeking who they really are a the depth of their Soul. Their detachment to the material realm can be viewed as avoidance of reality. Yet it is the exact opposite. Mindlessly conforming like sheep to what a society or culture has determined is right, or just struggling to survive, is not enough for the enlightened ones.
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Enlightened beings do not avoid reality at all. They have the courage to look it in the face and see what is truly Real. And they see that anything that does not last, can be destroyed, can rot away, can go up and down, come and go is not Real.

The soul is always at rest. That is one of its characteristics. It does not need to strive, to work, or to put forth effort to be itself. Now the mind is another thing. It is restless, anxious, fearful, and incapable of being happy in the present moment.
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So maybe we should ask, “What work puts your mind at rest?”
Work that puts the mind at rest is work that uses all our talents and abilities. It is work that is appreciated and leads to new discoveries and growth. It is work that does good things for others and creates something innovative. If you haven’t found this kind of work, you will never be satisfied. You will be just another human machine cranking out tasks to keep surviving.
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Lot’s of people have told me they have “sold their souls” to meaningless jobs that leave them depressed and unfulfilled. Yet, we really can’t sell our souls either. They are not for sale. Our minds and bodies may be bought, but never our Soul. That is the part of us that is eternal and not subject to the ups and downs of whatever work we do.