Without reason or logic,
I AM.

Without fear or regret,
I AM.

Without bias or judgment,
I AM.

Without attachments or identities,
I AM.

Simply and effortlessly,
I AM.

Gently and innocent,
I AM.

In Joy and Peace,
I AM.

As Love,
I AM.

My Heart reaches out
And touches
The twilight rays
Upon the mountain peak,

And I become aware
I AM
The rays and the mountain peak.

The turquoise water
Married to the sky
Of evening’s soft approach
Beckons to my smiling soul,

And I become aware
I AM
The water and the sky.

The wailing wind blows
Through mountain forests
Eager for its
Powerful embrace,

And I become aware
I AM
The wind and the mountain forest.

Each thing my senses
Fall upon draws me in
And I become aware
I AM it.

And I remember Who I AM,
I remember What I AM,
I remember I AM ONE with All That Is
I remember I AM ‘That’ I AM.

I AM lost in the Light,

I AM found in the Light,

I AM bound to the Light.

In the eyes of a child,

In the song of a bird,

In the rays of morning’s song, and

In a rainbow painted sky ...

I AM lost in the Light,

I AM found in the Light,

I AM bound to the Light.

In the tears of Heart’s Joy,

In the smile so softly kind,

In the kiss of Heaven’s lips, and

The warmth of loving arms ...

I AM lost in the Light,

I AM found in the Light,

I AM bound to the Light.

No matter where I go,

No matter where I look,

No matter where I hide, and

No matter how I try ...

I AM lost in the Light,

I AM found in the Light,

I AM bound to the Light.

... lost in the Light ...

... lost in the Light ...

... lost in the Light.

From the New CD: Yesterday - Today - Tomorrow, NOW

I AM not
some fickle lover,
I AM constant
beyond the shining sun.

You cannot sway
My Love for you,
behind every mask you wear
I hold your heart gently.

I do not ask
for your Love,
I AM complete
requiring no-thing from you.

You may join Me
if you chose,
extending the Love your Are
to the Me you Are.

It is already the Truth
that has never left you,
your choice is but
your awareness of It.

Naked, Free, Primal Power
remembering ItSelf ...
I AM God.

Alone, I stand
within my Oneness,
gathering in my
Infinite Selves.

I revelled in
My deep, dark dream
abandoning my grandeur
for a season of play.

Weeping, laughing,
pretending to die,
I rode the wheel
of impossible change,

The actor behind
A myriad of masks,
I warred and loved,
I grieved and celebrated.

A NOW the day
of judgment has arrived
with none to judge,
for all was Me disguised
in separation.

I have remembered
the binding tie of Love
that weaves the web
of Joy and Peace ...

As into my
Own arms I fly,
serene, at rest
in gentle nothingness,
aware of my greatness.

From the heart of death
rolls the cold warmth
of new life.

No history ...
only the essence
of feelings remain.

I savour them
and expand
into New Life

Smiling eyes, that have
lost the power to judge.

Laughter, that melts
the frozen heart.

Love, that breathes
upon the hopeless,
awakening sleeping gods.

My constant mirror,
the harbour of my heart,
the boundless home
of my Love.

Without thinking past or future
We draw a circle round our life
The Truth appears without seeking
A vision coming without sight.

I AM the circle in the center
I AM the dealer of the cards
I AM the handler of my destiny
I AM the player in my life.

Unto our self we must be truthful
Always looking where it counts
No one but us makes our journey
Its our self we must surmount.

I AM the circle in the center
I AM the dealer of the cards
I AM the handler of my destiny
I AM the player in my life.

We have traveled every highway
And descended into hell
We have finished all our seeking
There is no story left to tell.

I AM the circle in the center
I AM the dealer of the cards
I AM the handler of my destiny
I AM the player in my life.

I have released
the Dragon of discontent,
coiled for eons
in its fiery prison.

Soaring free,
in sacred marriage
it melted into the
sleeping Angel of my nature.

Love now guides
my Heart,
unfettered by dreams
of limitation.

She groans
as sleeping angels
stir in their slumber,

The moment draws near.

A thousand eyes watch breathlessly
as the fires
of creation blaze,

The moment is here.

The yawning chasm of birth opens
as the breath
of Life ignites,

And Love arrives.

Once again the gift
of Love bathes the planet
in healing Light.

Shadows melt behind
the rays of dawn
returning to nothingness.

The fires of creation
blaze from her eyes
and Peace returns.

She smiles and fear
dissolves ... leaving
only the echo of laughter.

She does not come
to change appearances
but reveal Truth.

What ‘IS’ lives Now,
no past designs a
future built with fear.

Caste the prophet’s words
upon the sea of yesterday,
your path lies elsewhere.

The soft and gentle
voice of Peace beckons ...
I AM here Beloved,
awaken to my silent inner urge.

Peace waits,
smiling in stillness
at the rush of
our hearts passion.

In sacred forgetfulness
I swim in the ocean
of creation, playing
freely with the Me
I AM and would
know as New.

Tethered to My boundlessness
I reach the end of breath
and pause ...
 the play ends for another season
and once again
I breath MySelf Home.

Laughter rings while
cotton clouds cling
to green mountains.

The mountain streams
sing their endless melody
of Freedom and the air
is crisp with Life.

Go sing your Joy
to sleeping angels,
the Prince is here.

I feel the gentle touch
of grace embrace my soul ...
and I AM happy.

Stillness breaks though
clouds raining the
unspeakable ecstasy of Truth ...
and I AM Free.

Go sing your Joy
to sleeping angels,
the Prince is here.

Time ceases its lonely march
of searching and
the boundless gift of Freedom
fills my heart.

Go sing your Joy
to sleeping angels,
the Prince is here.

From the new CD - Yesterday - Today - Tomorrow - NOW
By: John Mcintosh

In the blissful
moments of creations beauty,
God is there ...
Love It All.

And in all the darkened corridors
of despair and degradation,
God too is there ...
Love It All.

No where, no when, no thing
Is without God ...
With open hearts ...
Love It All.

God is One - not separated ...
To remember It,
Love It All.

There is a gentle quite
as twilight rays
streak across the
mountain’s face,

Come hear the silent thunder
kiss your heart awake.

There is a yawning mystery
chasing the eagle’s
shadow as it streaks
across the heavens,

Come hear the silent thunder
kiss your heart awake.

There is a yearning
to be free calling
from the deep and
darkened forest green

Come hear the silent thunder
Kiss your heart awake.

And there is a roaring whisper
as the winds of change
paint a bright and
new tomorrow,

Come hear the silent thunder
Kiss your heart awake.

New Song from the album: Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow-NOW
Lyrics by: John McIntosh

The dreamer awakens within
his dream ... still sleeping
yet aware of the illusion
he once called reality.

The door to Truth
beckons and he is
woo’d from his slumber.

Open, as it has always been,
the door becomes his Lover
and gradually he surrenders
to its gentle Peace.

A step, just one more
and the flood of Life
fills his aching Heart.

For eons – just a moment –
he revels in the Bliss
of remembering ...

Until, subtle and insidious,
he is drawn once more
into the dream,
seduced by wisps
of still clinging identities.

The dreamer swings between
the ecstasy he has found
and the fleeting joy and glamor
of temporary things.

Until finally,
stripped of all attachments
he enters the door
to Peace to leave no more.

No hidden agenda masks my Love,
fearsome, serious, rigid ...
the disguises have fallen away.

My skin is tender, new, receptive,
smiling at the unknown
in child-like wonder.

So many gifts left unopened
lay at my feet ...
waiting for my acceptance.

And everywhere my new eyes look,
laughter shimmers like leaves dancing,
blown by happy breezes
through forests of living green.

Be kind
brave spirit,

Be gentle to the
child whose eyes
have just opened.

The sleep still
clings a little ...

“Just a few moments more
and I will cast off
my burial clothes.”

Allow the twilight moments,
sleep has departed,

The sweet melody
of dawn dances
through the trees and
Life wraps its
Love around
your nakedness.

I AM the Love
that lay hidden
in your Heart.

I AM the
unopened gift
of Freedom.

I AM the
sought and found
that was never lost.

I AM the
wandering traveler
resting within your Heart.

I AM the
unspoken Love
that drew you back ...

The yearning
Passion fulfilled.

I AM with you
in the rays of dawn
and in the shining of them.

I AM with you
in the cool, calm of silence
as loud as you
wish to hear.

I AM with you
in the boundless emptiness ...
full and complete.

I AM with you
revelling in the
drama of life,
yet laughing at
the illusion of it.

I AM with you
watching MySelf
through your eyes.

I AM with you ...
As You ...

I AM You

Beyond forever
I call to you,

Remember.

Beyond all creation
I draw you near,

Remember.

Beyond all wanderings
My echo reaches you,

Remember.

And as the ripples
of My Being
wash across your
longing heart,

Peace returns.

Though the winds
of change
batter your faith ...

Stay open.

Though the planet
swirls in chaos
and confusion ...

Stay open.

Though your deepest Love
is swept away
like dead leaves ...

Stay open.

As the darkness
of an ancient world
floats to the top
of our experience,

Hold the Light
of transformation
now flooding our consciousness,

And keep
your Heart open.

I came as Life

I came as You

I came as Joy

I came as You

I came as Peace

I came as You

I came as love

I came as You ...

I came as Life

I came as You

I came as Joy

I came as You

I came as Peace

I came as You

I came as love

I came as You

Green skirts wrapped gently around the mountains, softly falling as the light danced across its ancient surface, each ray changing the changeless face.

The Infinite played, softly entering my heart and departing just as quietly as it arrived. The influence was enough for the moment and I took another step, a step of perfect symmetry with the Whole. Then I waited, often for what felt like a long while. Other times instantly the step beyond arrived for my acceptance.

I approached the river of Peace when the ‘roller coaster’ of temporary things ceased to appeal to me – when I was ‘sufficiently frustrated’ with the ups and downs, the highs at the cost of lows. At this ‘critical-mass point’ I had surpassed my ‘fear of change’ and had sufficient courage to look at what frightened me – what I had buried beneath the noise of distraction.

The mind dwells in the world of duality ‘figuring out’ ways and means in a never ending shuflle of circumstances which always, inevitably, leads to disappointing opposites to what I once believed would bring me happiness, or at least relief from the so-called stresses of life.

It was at that ‘critical-mass point’ when my 'courage to change' surpassed my 'fear of change' that I began to release my attachments. Gently, I allowed my opinions, identities, perspectives, cleverness and intellectual ponderings to give way to feelings – feelings of what brought Peace into experience.

The Source of these feelings flowed through my Heart Center, often as a feeling of lightness, elation and knowingness that 'all was well' just the way it was – nothing needed to be done to ‘fix’ it ... what IS is perfect in the moment.

My mind rebelled against the letting go of control and offered endless reasons for obeying its litany of ways and means, such as the need for responsibility and conformity without which loss, guilt and shame and even death may follow. These were the common arguments pressed upon my new found sense of Peace and it was the Spiritual Warrior within that allowed these attacks to gently slip through my experience to dissolve in the increasing Light of Joy emanating from Peace.

The feeling of Peace is Now always with me and I float in the bliss of knowing I AM One with Source.

John McIntosh

Shining eyes

that flow

from bottomless love,

Abandoned laughter

that defines innocence,

Gentle touch

that calms the raging sea

of insecurity,

Quiet awareness

missing nothing,

Complete knowing ...

all is provided

in the moment,

Towering above

the illusion of fear,

Her love

consumes all doubt

in unquenchable Joy ...

This is my love,

My Life,

My Peace,

My Lover,

My self.

...

From out of the

John McIntosh

The End of Karma

We are gods,
effortlessly creating
grand illusions
each day.

Chaotic or
magnificent

We choose from
an infinite menu
of feelings,

And our world
validates our choices.

Have we had
enough pain,
suffering and sorrow?

If yes...

We need only
choose again

Peace, Love
and Joy.

John McIntosh

We live so small
when life
is grand,

Settling for
just enough
when ‘ALL’
is given,

Seeing little
when the vistas
of heaven
are strewn
before us.

Let us awaken
From tiny dreams

And accept
our inheritance.

John McIntosh

John  McIntosh

Feeling Reality

Limitation, disease
and suffering

Exist in fact,
yet are devoid
of Truth.

Our experience
validates these errors.

Our mind cannot
see past this...

Only the heart
slips through
illusions

‘Feeling’ Reality.

We must allow
our heart
to rule our mind.

John McIntosh

The Love
essence brings

Waves of
power...

Beyond
human conception.

Penetrating every
dark corner...

Healing
every wound...

It is
here NOW,

And calls to
each of us
uniquely.

Let us surrender.

John McIntosh

John McIntosh

Unique as a

snowflake longing

for expression,
 

We await your

special gifts.
 

The wheel of

Love is One,
 

Yet incomplete

without you.
 

At Peace

but longing

for your return…
 

We extend

our heart

to you…

No matter

the challenges

of our relationships,

We are Loved.

No matter

what we have

said, or done,

or thought,

We are Loved.

The evidence of

our world may

deny it, still…

We are Loved.

Let us place

our constant focus

on this,

That our world

may reflect

the Truth that…

We are Loved

Egoless…
 
Sitting in the space of those
we would once have attempted
to teach with our…
 
Expertise,
Experience
Identity,
Power,
Incentives, and
Wisdom?
 
We now silently, effortlessly
allow Spirit to flow through us
and vibrate Its influence upon
the NOW.
 
The focus of Love…
 
Unconditioned by judgment
opens a channel for Its frequency…
 
“Precise” to the moment
 
And those that are present in it

Naturally,
effortlessly,
 
We become
sensitive and
vulnerable,
 
Open and
available,
 
Kind and
generous,
 
A channel
for healing,
 
The embodiment
of Love.
 
It is the
blessing of service.

Surrendering mind
to heart.
 
Releasing thought
for feeling.
 
Dropping plans
for spontaneity.
 
Leaving courage
for fearlessness.
 
Abandoning time
for the moment.
 
Accepting our
inner Divinity.
 
The energy
of Love
is emerging.

Forever gone,
the veil of
lies lifted.
 
I look though
new eyes
and see
only Love.
 
While the storms
of illusion still
swirl around me,
 
I rest calmly
in the eye
of Peace.
 
The faces of
sadness and fear linger,
 
Yet centered
in Truth,
Joy fills
my cup.

Approaching…
the Light,
 
The In-Breath
drawing of
the Rays of Dawn,
 
Embraces our
consciousness.
 
Breathing out…
our deepening focus
 
Draws
scattered attention
to a point,
 
Releasing
endless errors…
 
The guilt and shame
of the ages
dissolving in the
flame of Love…
 
And finally, gently,
 
ascending
once more into
Divine union.

There is no
 
Disease,
Suffering,
Pain,
Loneliness,
Grief,
Fear or
Shame…
 
That enough Love
Will not heal.
 
For every wound
We have…
 
Let us
Love it away
in others
 
That we too may
Be healed.

Laughing
out loud,
 
Weeping
at a sunset,
 
Sighing
at release,
 
Smiling inside
at everything,
 
Awed by the
grandeur of nature,
 
Embracing
silence,
 
Playful
and spontaneous,
 
Loving
effortlessly,
 
Fearless,
Detached,
 
One with
All That Is.
 
Its the Wonder
of NOW.

The audience…
‘Is’ the play,
 
Our World,
our life
in reflection.
 
Unique each moment,
added or reduced
by one.
 
On the stage…
I Am the watcher,
 
With the script
in my pocket.

What plucks
the strings of our
heart with Joy?
 
What makes our
soul sing?
 
What makes us
dance with
complete abandon?
 
Let us embrace
this Divine melody.
 
We exist for
this single purpose.

If we knew
we were always
surrounded by Angels…
 
Would we ever
fear again?
 
If we knew
our every real
need would be fulfilled…
 
Would we ever
struggle again?
 
If we knew
we were wrapped
in eternal Love…
 
Would we ever
sell our soul again?

Love called
and I answered.
 
It asked for no-thing…
and took every-thing.
 
I surrendered time…
and found NOW.
 
It offered no-thing…
and gave
All That Is.
 
I lost my self…
and found
what I AM…
 
Love.

Written on
our heart
 
In the code
of Love,
 
Locked…
to all
less than Itself,
 
Our Soul Purpose
waits…
 
Planting Its seeds,
Unseen,
Unrecognized,
Unchallenged…
 
Until the moment
Of Its flowering.

False gods
fuel fear.
 
Hanging on promises,
we compromise Truth.
 
Every need
is filled
from One Source…
 
No matter
the vehicle.
 
Calmly accepting
this Reality,
brings Peace.

Few have traveled
the higher road,
 
Yet many
seek it now.
 
The glamour
of the
lower way fades,
 
As longing
for a lighter
path grows.
 
Much help waits
on our request.

Coming in Power,

Being One,

I called you
out of the depths
of my being,

To be my emissary
of Life, of Living.

I watch you
as I watch Myself,
playing in the fields
of Light,
often believing them dark.

I wait on
your remembrance
of the Joy
we once shared
together as One.

Yet, the waiting
is Joyful too,

So great the veil
of illusion
you have caste
upon your heart and mind

That only I,
in my Infinite Power
could have created.

The rocky sentinels
lie patiently,
so great their vigilance
that time dissolved
long ago
into Now.

“Watch us –
No-thing disturbs
our Peace.

Would you be
like we?

Let go your longings
and wait on Heaven’s
Breath to
Live through you.

Be content with
this moment,
Live this day only.

You are loved
eternally,
completely,
safe in each moment.

It is you who
Loves you ...
the lover and
the loved ...
even the moment
of loving
AM I.”

If there was something
we could do to bring
Joy to another ...

Why would we
not do it?

Could it be ...

If there was something
we could do to Heal
a broken heart ...

Why would we
not do it?

Could it be ...

If there was something
we could do
to bring about Peace ...

Why would we
not do it?

Could it be
we are afraid of
surrendering to Love?