JOHN MCINTOSH There are many forms sorrow takes but always loss of some kind accompanies it. Even the sorrow of unfulfilled desires is a form of loss and can be just as deep. The stiffest knee will bend under the enormous weight of sorrow and what bends the knee brings the great power of surrender. The quiet YES has not yet come to the lips of the stubborn mind … it is sorrow that usually precedes the acceptance of WHAT IS. This is NOT some agreement with circumstances but a subtle...

JOHN MCINTOSH The universe is a temporary and illusory holographic manifestation projected on the screen of Consciousness within the ONE SELF you Really Are. Of itself it has no volition or decision-making ability … it obeys the commands it receives directly from the conditioning [attachments, expectations and identifications] you came into ‘it’ with. This same conditioning was the architect of your body-mind-identity that most call ‘me’ and believe they are – but are NOT. It is common to...

JOHN MCINTOSH A wave is fast approaching, a happy dream unfolding, a heaven on earth revealing itself and undressing in the midst of a maelstrom of years of angst and anxiety, suffering and misery. Most of humanity sleeps deeply and see only superficially tied to the daily needs of living. Whatever shadows or subterfuge that lurk around dark corners working their insidious deeds can only be glimpsed vicariously through stories and books and movies … unless they rise up and bite you in the...