perception

Yearning For Response Answered

by Beca Lewis November 1, 2011

When the weather turns colder, we move two bird feeders from way out on the deck, to the covered porch, and the other to right outside my glass office door. Then we wait. It doesn’t take long. First, the chickadees find it and then the woodpeckers and within a very short time, we have a [...]

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How To Find What Is Already Present

by Beca Lewis September 5, 2011

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us. -Helen Keller The signal to the satellite had gone out, and after it was restored, I couldn’t get the sound to come back on. [...]

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In Your Hands

by Beca Lewis July 26, 2011

Have you ever said, “If only they would have listened to me, they wouldn’t be having this problem”? This statement and statements like it, are circling the planet, holding it in the grip of fear and division. Factions of all kinds are insisting that they are the only ones who are correct and are choosing [...]

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Penny Portals Into Heaven

by Beca Lewis June 28, 2011

Have you ever dreamed of stepping through a portal and finding yourself in a place that feels like heaven? It’s not impossible, it can happen to you today! In the television series, Stargate, portals are few and far between, and open into unfamiliar territory and often-hostile environments. In the world we live in, we also [...]

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Visualization Is Hazardous

by Beca Lewis May 4, 2011

Have you ever visualized the perfect day and it didn’t happen the way you visualized? It could have been a birthday, or date with a friend, the selling of a home, or a vacation day. Maybe you visualized warm and sunny and instead it was dark and rainy. Maybe the person you wanted to call [...]

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Rain Barrels, Showers, Wind, and Fire

by Beca Lewis April 19, 2011

Rain barrels – what do rain barrels have to do with spiritual perception. Standing in the shower one morning, I realized quite a bit. Spiritual perception is the practiced ability to see what looks like a material, and limited person, place, or thing, and see it as it actually is – an idea of the [...]

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Not A Fairy Tale – With You As The Hero

by Beca Lewis February 5, 2011

Once upon a time, we believed that there were two worlds. The first world was just like a big box. Inside the box was a limited amount of toys, so everyone learned to play a game of “I want my toy”, and only shared when it benefited them to do so. In this world there was good and bad. In this world, everyone bounced from good to bad and back again, emotionally, and physically.

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Seven Ideas For Fully Enjoying Life

by Beca Lewis January 25, 2011

We mill around waiting for it to begin, strangers except to say “hello” in this room. The teacher enters, turns down the lights, starts the music, and we are no longer strangers – we are one.

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Stop Responding To The False Appearing Real

by Beca Lewis January 11, 2011

We have the courage, strength, foresight, intelligence, and principles to not be swayed by lies. We can pause, listen, and investigate before acting or believing. We can choose to not participate on the side of violence either in words or in action.

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Are You Growing Under The Snow?

by Beca Lewis January 6, 2011

Last week we had a brief “warm” spell that melted the few feet of snow that had been covering the ground since the beginning of December. I took a walk around the yard and discovered something wonderful. Beneath that blanket of snow there had been a lot going on.

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The Personality Package

by Beca Lewis December 22, 2010

Have you ever been stuck? Have you ever tried and tried to change your behavior, or habits, or thoughts only to find yourself back in the same cycle repeating itself over and over again? Of course, we all have, but that’s because we begin the desire to be “unstuck” from within the personality package and [...]

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Broken Perceptions: Or Does Everything Hurt When You Poke It?

by Beca Lewis November 9, 2010

We can tell we have a broken finger by the pain we feel, and we can tell a broken perception in the same way, by the pain we feel. It is not necessarily a physical pain, although that can be a symptom, it is also emotional pain. We all have both of these kinds of pains at least some of the time.

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The Grocery Store Of Life

by Beca Lewis September 27, 2010

Standing in the grocery store aisle staring at the shelf, I couldn’t find what I wanted. I tried another aisle, then another – still nothing. Finally, I did what I should have done in the first place; I shifted my point of view. It was easy really, I simply said to myself, “What I am looking for is here.”

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A Magical Mystery Ride

by Beca Lewis September 16, 2010

I would like to take you on a train ride, not just any train, a Magical Mystery Train, a journey of perception. If you will come aboard, prepare to step off the train with an altered state of mind and point of view. What’s delightful about this train is that all you have to do [...]

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False Evidence Appearing Real

by Beca Lewis August 9, 2010

A little green tomato fell off one of my plants and I put in on my window ledge to ripen. Days later, I noticed it wasn’t there. I didn’t move it, Del didn’t move it, where was it? I took my rings off and put them on the sink. When I went to look for [...]

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