I used to resent spending so much time & effort "unlearning" what I was taught. But in hindsight, I am grateful for that struggle. Education is painful, but truth is worth it. Peace 🤝🐽🌎
"The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life."
Thank you, friend. That reflection is powerful and honest. Unlearning can feel like loss at first, but what we shed is illusion, not truth. The struggle you describe becomes sacred over time. And yes, truth is worth it. That quote from Ali says it all. We are meant to grow, to shift, to awaken. Grateful to be walking this path alongside you. Peace and love always.
If God is omnipresent, then God is in this moment. Not just the beautiful ones, but the broken ones. Right thinking acknowledges divine presence without needing to understand the full picture. It trusts that Spirit is active even when the ego is confused.
This is a powerful and timely piece for me and thank you so much for sharing. We are conditioned into this wrong thinking from a young age and some of us spend the rest of our lives, once we realise it, trying to correct it. Because of how we are conditioned this process feels like swimming against the tide, but many of the people we read about and learn from were also swimming against the tide.
You are most welcome and thank you for this deeply affirming response. You put it perfectly, we are indeed conditioned from a young age into a kind of forgetting. And once we see it, the work of remembering can feel like swimming against the tide. But as you said, those we admire most were swimming too. We are not alone in the current. Right thinking may not come easily at first, but every stroke we take strengthens not just our own spirit, but the collective field of awareness we all share.
I’m honored this piece spoke to you in a timely way. Keep swimming. Keep remembering. The tide turns with us.
I have a couple of questions: If you don't love the world you live in can you learn to love it? If you don't, what's the point of thinking? Can your thinking be right if your life is wrong? What makes you think that there is a "God"? Do you recall the story of Noah and the Flood? Didn't God need Noah as much as Noah needed God?
Thank you. Great questions. I'll do my best to answer them.
If you don’t love the world you live in, yes, you can learn to love it. But not in the naïve, everything is beautiful way. New Thought invites us to look deeper, not at the surface chaos, but at the Spirit within the world. That shift doesn’t mean loving injustice or pretending suffering is okay. It means recognizing that love is a power, not a mood. And when you choose to think with love, you start seeing a different world emerge, not because the world changed, but because you did.
If you don’t love the world, what’s the point of thinking? The point is redemption. To think is to create, to realign, to reimagine. Right thinking doesn’t require a perfect life, it builds one, brick by brick, thought by thought. When your life feels wrong, that is exactly when right thinking matters most. It is your invitation to re-choose who you are and how you see.
As for “God,” I don’t think of God as a bearded sky authority or a figure who needs worship. I experience God as Presence, consciousness, source, the intelligence behind life. Not separate from us but moving through us. You don’t have to believe in an external God to know that something deeper exists. Call it Life. Call it Spirit. Call it Love. What matters is the recognition that you are more than the sum of your fears.
And yes, the Noah story is revealing. Not as literal history, but as spiritual metaphor. Noah represents the soul that hears truth in a world gone numb. And God doesn’t save Noah alone, Noah must act, build, prepare. It is a partnership. Consciousness always requires a vessel. In that way, God needed Noah just as Noah needed God. That is how creation works. Together.
Thank you for this, Sir.
I used to resent spending so much time & effort "unlearning" what I was taught. But in hindsight, I am grateful for that struggle. Education is painful, but truth is worth it. Peace 🤝🐽🌎
"The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life."
Muhammed Ali
Thank you, friend. That reflection is powerful and honest. Unlearning can feel like loss at first, but what we shed is illusion, not truth. The struggle you describe becomes sacred over time. And yes, truth is worth it. That quote from Ali says it all. We are meant to grow, to shift, to awaken. Grateful to be walking this path alongside you. Peace and love always.
Very much this: 1. God Is Always Present
If God is omnipresent, then God is in this moment. Not just the beautiful ones, but the broken ones. Right thinking acknowledges divine presence without needing to understand the full picture. It trusts that Spirit is active even when the ego is confused.
This is a powerful and timely piece for me and thank you so much for sharing. We are conditioned into this wrong thinking from a young age and some of us spend the rest of our lives, once we realise it, trying to correct it. Because of how we are conditioned this process feels like swimming against the tide, but many of the people we read about and learn from were also swimming against the tide.
You are most welcome and thank you for this deeply affirming response. You put it perfectly, we are indeed conditioned from a young age into a kind of forgetting. And once we see it, the work of remembering can feel like swimming against the tide. But as you said, those we admire most were swimming too. We are not alone in the current. Right thinking may not come easily at first, but every stroke we take strengthens not just our own spirit, but the collective field of awareness we all share.
I’m honored this piece spoke to you in a timely way. Keep swimming. Keep remembering. The tide turns with us.
I have a couple of questions: If you don't love the world you live in can you learn to love it? If you don't, what's the point of thinking? Can your thinking be right if your life is wrong? What makes you think that there is a "God"? Do you recall the story of Noah and the Flood? Didn't God need Noah as much as Noah needed God?
Thank you. Great questions. I'll do my best to answer them.
If you don’t love the world you live in, yes, you can learn to love it. But not in the naïve, everything is beautiful way. New Thought invites us to look deeper, not at the surface chaos, but at the Spirit within the world. That shift doesn’t mean loving injustice or pretending suffering is okay. It means recognizing that love is a power, not a mood. And when you choose to think with love, you start seeing a different world emerge, not because the world changed, but because you did.
If you don’t love the world, what’s the point of thinking? The point is redemption. To think is to create, to realign, to reimagine. Right thinking doesn’t require a perfect life, it builds one, brick by brick, thought by thought. When your life feels wrong, that is exactly when right thinking matters most. It is your invitation to re-choose who you are and how you see.
As for “God,” I don’t think of God as a bearded sky authority or a figure who needs worship. I experience God as Presence, consciousness, source, the intelligence behind life. Not separate from us but moving through us. You don’t have to believe in an external God to know that something deeper exists. Call it Life. Call it Spirit. Call it Love. What matters is the recognition that you are more than the sum of your fears.
And yes, the Noah story is revealing. Not as literal history, but as spiritual metaphor. Noah represents the soul that hears truth in a world gone numb. And God doesn’t save Noah alone, Noah must act, build, prepare. It is a partnership. Consciousness always requires a vessel. In that way, God needed Noah just as Noah needed God. That is how creation works. Together.