https://videopress.com/v/b1K5Oi8s?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Welcome to the all new John's Consciousness! I've been looking to change the theme here for some time now, and to begin presenting some additional video content to see if adding it might spark some interest in conversations about the many different subjects that I've been writing about for more than eleven years now. … Continue reading Taking Another Look
It was quiet in the house the other day, and the stillness was a welcome respite from the noise in the world these days. I cannot remember a time when the noise of the world was of such a character in the same sense that I was so glad to be outside of it, even … Continue reading Our Spiritual Path
It isn't easy every year, … Continue reading Thanksgiving Isn’t Always Easy
Though the great song return no more … Continue reading Appreciating the Change of Season
A much needed perspective on our current circumstances…
In the America of today, it may be difficult to remember to do this, but I still celebrate the arrival of Spring and the month of April. It has always been that intensely anticipated pivotal turning point in the seasons where Winter is finally vanquished, and the green shoots of the tulips and early petals of the forsythia plants alert our souls to the renewal of creation.
There is no question that, this time around, the arrival of April comes with some bitter medicine to swallow. Our nation and our world have been turned upside down with fear and dread at the outbreak of a vicious viral crisis. As April arrives, every human being on Earth is affected in one way or another. Yet, the lure of warm weather and the sweet scent of flowers and new-mown grass has, at the very least, reminded us that all things, both pleasant…
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A recent visit to a fellow blogger’s site which featured the statement above prompted me to express my response to it, and to address the role of destiny and fate. They aren’t interchangeable terms in my view, and while I understand why it may be comforting to suppose that there is an underlying order to … Continue reading My Reply to the Expression, “Everything Happens for a Reason.”
This is a beautiful rendering of what began as an ordinary walk in the woods, but which became an extraordinary and almost otherworldly experience. This talented writer clearly evokes the essence of the mystical, which is possible to recognize to the discerning soul who participates in just this way, and it demonstrates the profound idea … Continue reading The world between two pines
The beginning of this story goes very far back into the past, but the significance of it is as clear now as it was when it began. Many generations ago, immigrants from Ireland, Germany, Scotland, and England were streaming into America--the land of promise and hope--and in the mid to late 19th century, our distant … Continue reading Pickwick Papers
This entire month I have recorded my thoughts but have not had the opportunity to edit them and make them coherent enough to post here. There are lots of thoughts tumbling around inside me and I will work harder this coming month to get them on to the page here. This morning, though, while recovering … Continue reading February Made Me Shiver…
As 2017 winds down and 2018 approaches, I would like to extend my personal, heartfelt "Season's Greetings" to all of my readers and visitors here at John's Consciousness, and to express my gratitude for the many thoughtful comments and communications from visitors all across the globe. It has been a turbulent and challenging year for … Continue reading Tidings of Comfort and Joy
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