“Stop thinking, and end your problems” Lao Tzu wrote in the Tao Te Ching. Like most statements in the Tao Te Ching, this one can be unpacked to reveal an insight. Let’s begin with the word “problems”. I believe Lao Tzu uses the word “problems” to describe situations the mind has perceived, seized upon and…
“Truth can only be experienced. It cannot be described and it cannot be explained”. That quote is from A Course in Miracles. I like to say the experience of truth takes place outside the realm of thought and dualistic language. One of the shortcomings of dualistic language (strings of word-form symbols), is that language cannot…
We often think of memory devices as tools that help us commit new information to memory. Mnemonic phrases, limericks, acronyms etc. all stand in for what is to be remembered in the future. An example is the little poem “Thirty days hath September, April, June and November … “ used to help us remember how…
While directed manifestation is not the primary intent of N.O.W. (that would be healing separation and the subsequent rediscovery of the joy of oneness), it can be used as an aid to bring forth forms in the physical world. Because N.O.W. has this capability, and because manifestation can result in a world of hurt if…
What is the relationship between truth and peace? Could it be that peace follows from a dedication to truth? The intentional lies, misstatements, obfuscations and reversals of position we see in the daily news give rise to disquiet, incredulity, lack of trust, anger –– a lack of peace. How could one be at peace with…
Here in the world of form we are challenged by our relationships to objects –– whether seeking, preserving or mourning their passing. All three of these states can either be a source of suffering or loving transcendence. N.O.W. is a guide to right and loving relationship with objects because it uses the nearly formless energy…
Today as I sat down in my writing chair I noticed a melancholic heaviness. Perhaps this was brought on by gazing out the windows to yet another grey day on Martha’s Vineyard –– a place where spring comes late, passes too quickly and there’s too little sun for my preference. Rather than linger in that heavy…
N.O.W. helps you solve any problem –– no matter how apparently difficult it appears. N.O.W. helps you tap into your power to observe unity and disregard apparent levels of difficulty. From the perspective of N.O.W., all apparent problems have the same cause –– lack of perception of wholeness. N.O.W. creates an aural situation in which one experiences…
To be free of judgment is to be free of self-inflicted suffering. Judgement inevitably brings self-inflicted suffering as we shall see in moment. The N.O.W. Tone Therapy System helps users temporally (at first) let go of judgment by presenting audible signals that are free of the visual and time cues one normally uses to perceive…
Trust. If not not Trust, what is the alternative? Fear and doubt? Notice the difference of feeling when trust is present and when it is missing. So called “trust” (lower case t), contingent on facts, is not Trust. “Trustworthy” posits the idea that the observed person, place or thing has “earned” the privilege of being…
In 1968, on the occasion of my 12th birthday, I met Brother Craig 212 –– a portable reel-to-reel tape recorder that was my first teacher of directed, focused listening. The Craig 212 was a battery operated tape recorder that used 1/4” wide recording tape spooled onto 3” diameter reels. The cassette tape format had been…