Dear Friends,

Much has been written about the very valuable theme of living in the present and, I suspect, confusion abounds. Don't we have to learn from the past? Isn't the past prologue to the future? And, conversely, isn't living just for today a hedonistic cry - something like giving folks permission to "do whatever you want because today's all you've got and so let the future be damned"?

All right, let's look at this from the perspective of karma - you know, the positives and negatives, or consequences we all reap from past actions.

In a very real way, you are where you are today as the current sum of all your past deeds, words and thoughts. You put them all into motion and so they, individually and collectively, put you into motion.

So, if you're in a peck of trouble right now, does that mean you're a bad person? No. Life is a journey of growth, with many turns in the road. Drop the notion of bad. There are just lessons, mistakes and incompletions, each of which starts a sequence that leads to consequences.

How do these happen? The answer is twofold. Simply put, few people realize the importance of completing their actions, commitments, promises, and even thoughts. Every action, statement and thought you do not complete establishes an energetic sequence that will cause consequences and will cause you to come back into this world again to play them out.

So, either complete something or don't start it.

Secondly, even fewer folks have gained the ability to see the consequences of any action they might take. Just ask yourself, how often have you expected some specific outcome from a given action you took only to find something quite different happened? And these unexpected outcomes are happening continuously, bringing more karma or consequences. Through meditation you can attune yourself to be aware of consequences before you take action, and meditation can also help you release karma.

The accumulated weight of all these incompletions and all consequences still working themselves out becomes the baggage that weighs us down, from day to day, lifetime to lifetime.

That's it - everything comes down to today. We address it all one day at a time. This is the precious time you have to change your karma and walk a higher path to your destiny. Today is your opportunity to live to your best.

Start only what you can commit to completing, and then keep your commitment. Examine all actions for possible consequences before you commit to action. Meditate and gain a higher consciousness and perception into things. And smile. You will have many opportunities today to complete things you have already started, and thus improve the course of your history.

So come meditate with us, be bright and resourceful, and have a great day!

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