For Spiritual Seekers

Read this as a sincere spiritual Seeker of any tradition and you will benefit much.

Find Your Middle Ground

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“The gospel of self realization, once heard, will never be forgotten.

Like a seed left in the ground, it will wait for the right season and sprout and grow into a mighty tree.”

~ “I Am That” Talks with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Self realization is a state in which an individual knows who they truly are and is fulfilled in that understanding.

What it means to each of us can vary.
For me, it manifested itself in an understanding that I am part of the loving Source within all beings and nature.

Others may call it a connection to God, or recognize that the Divine or Jesus is always within them. Yet, others may see it in a more scientific way, and consider it a fulfillment of all the possibilities of an individual’s personality and character.

Many of us have been Seekers for years. We…

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Spiritual Practices

Spiritual practices
are often handicapped
from the start
by unrealistic expectations,
hidden agendas,
skewed motivations,
lack of true commitment,
and simple lethargy!

© 2016 Dennis Ference

My new book of original inspirational verses, From the Water’s Edge, is now available from https://www.createspace.com/6040109, http://www.amazon.com/dp/1530558018 and Kindle eBooks at Amazon.

Open your eyes…

…open your eyes, alert the ears of your spirit,
open your lips and apply your heart
so that in all creatures you may see, hear,
praise, love and worship,
glorify and honor your God…

~ St. Bonaventure

My book of original inspirational verses, From the Water’s Edge, is available from https://www.createspace.com/6040109, http://www.amazon.com/dp/1530558018 and Kindle eBooks at Amazon.

Haiku #23

Now is this empty
wisp of unbreakable love
we often pass by.

© 2016 Dennis Ference

My book of original inspirational verses, From the Water’s Edge, is available from https://www.createspace.com/6040109, http://www.amazon.com/dp/1530558018 and Kindle eBooks at Amazon.

Partial Truths

To acknowledge
that we ourselves know
only partial truths,
opens us to listen
and to look for partial truths
  in others,
setting a favorable table
for meaningful dialogue.

© 2016 Dennis Ference

My book of original inspirational verses, From the Water’s Edge, is available from https://www.createspace.com/6040109, http://www.amazon.com/dp/1530558018 and Kindle eBooks at Amazon.

Loneliness – Haiku #22

Loneliness tightens
like a vise around my chest.
Darkness comes too soon.

© 2016 Dennis Ference

My book of original inspirational verses, From the Water’s Edge, is available from https://www.createspace.com/6040109, http://www.amazon.com/dp/1530558018 and Kindle eBooks at Amazon.

Haiku #21

A gaping divide
rends a nation. Each morning
see the sun still rise.

© 2016 Dennis Ference

My book of original inspirational verses, From the Water’s Edge, is available from https://www.createspace.com/6040109, http://www.amazon.com/dp/1530558018 and Kindle eBooks at Amazon.

What talent we have…

What talent we have
is enough to accomplish
the work before us.
In fact, what talent we have
is all we are going to get.

~ Robert E. Kennedy

My book of original inspirational verses, From the Water’s Edge, is available from https://www.createspace.com/6040109, http://www.amazon.com/dp/1530558018 and Kindle eBooks at Amazon.

To be whole…

To be whole
and wholly compassionate
we must remember
that none of us
bleeds alone.

© 2016 Dennis Ference

My book of original inspirational verses, From the Water’s Edge, is available from https://www.createspace.com/6040109, http://www.amazon.com/dp/1530558018 and Kindle eBooks at Amazon.

No matter…

No matter
how dark
the night,
always look for
the Light.

© 2016 Dennis Ference

My book of original inspirational verses, From the Water’s Edge, is available from https://www.createspace.com/6040109, http://www.amazon.com/dp/1530558018 and Kindle eBooks at Amazon.