My dear friend Scott Snider is one of the most loving people that I know.  He truly "gets" this whole thing with life, and I am honoured to have his own personal perspective gracing this blog.  Please enjoy his wonderful insights.  Visit his Facebook page at http://facebook.com/receptiveincome

from Scott:

Get comfortable with not knowing - anything! Simple but not easy to do. Just experiencing whatever wants to show up. And be OK with that. You just won the lotto or you owe a $3000 tax bill. Treat each event the same.

"Impossible", you say! But nothing is impossible. In every moment new possibilities exist. You may be thinking in one way one moment and the opposite the next. Such is how our dualistic mind perceives.

The only way out of this mindset is not to have a mindset at all. I often wonder why I write anything, period. Other than the self gratification I receive by doing so. There I go again. Bringing it back to myself again when there is no self.

Boy this gets tricky. Whether I engage or not has no effect on the outcome. Wow! That sounds pretty boring. "I know"! In my mind I'll pretend it really does have an effect when in my heart I know through my own direct experience that it doesn't - I think. And the dream continues...

your brother, Scott

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Come walk with Me into MY secret garden. Freely eat of the delicacies I have for YOU. For All that is Mine is thine. The joy that you experience is what is emanating from your own heart. You are exchanging the ashes of your life into the beauty of your divine nature.

your brother, Scott

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My Current Powerful Intentions:

My intention is to share with others our true oneness as we individually express our lives through the gifts and talents endowed by our creator. I plan to accomplish this by being God's love to all those I have attracted into my life. Beginning with myself and then extending to my family, my friends, and each new relationship.

My Life Purpose:

To be a Spiritual Peacemaker. An Emissary of Light. To let my life be a pointer to those who are seeking inner peace and well-being. There are many paths that lead to truth. I have chosen the one that I believe will lead me to truth the quickest.

My Values:

Relationships are very important to me. The people in my life are the people who have shaped my life, and the people I love in my life. I rely and depend on the Holy Spirit to guide me into all truth.

My Story:

I was raised in a very loving home. I grew up in Southern California, until I was 12 years old. I have lived in Northern California, ever since and am now 59 years old. Today I am living in the beautiful Napa Valley in the heart of the wine country.

There have been a few defining moments that have influenced my life. The first 18 years of my life I lived as an agnostic. I pretty much did as I pleased and made several decisions that did not serve me well at all. Finally at the height of desperation I discovered God's love for me through faith in Jesus Christ. It was not long after I married and settled into a time of personal growth and raising a family.

In 2004 I began a spiritual journey I called God Quest. I had begun to question the evangelical teachings of my Christian experience. In 1972 I knew I had a spiritual and metaphysical encounter with Christ but some of the doctrine and dogma of the church appeared contradictory to the loving Being I had encountered. So with an open mind and a open heart I began my quest.

Nothing was off limits. My faith in God never wavered, but my understanding of who and what God is went through a major internal makeover. This has all lead me to where I am today.

Never in a million years could I have predicted that this is where I would arrive. I am so grateful to God and my only desire is to point others towards their own discovery of truth. Your journey may follow a similar path I have taken, and it may not. It matters not, and I honor and respect all for the decisions they have made about their own lives.

Ultimately we will all arrive at our final destination and take our rightful place as God's most holy Son.

My Vision:

To be an active participant in the planetary shift towards peace and well-being. To live my life in this present moment and in stillness experience God's love, joy, peace, and abundance at all times.

God loves his Son and we are him. It is your decision to set out on your own spiritual journey. I have provided some pointers to start you on your quest. Use them if you wish. Know you can't get it wrong for your life is safely hid with God in Christ. Enjoy the journey!

Scott Snider

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The highs and lows we experience in life are simply the judgments we make about our currently situation. Remove the judgments and you remove the highs and lows. In it's place is only peace. Don't worry, we're all headed there.

Your brother, Scott

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Life can be boring and lonely leading to depression, anger, and stress. Life can also be laughter and fun and we can experience thrills, chills, and excitement.

Neither one is real. Just temporary emotions leading us on a wild goose chase.

Yet it seems so real. Hence all the various addictions only to wake up to the same nightmare. And the world turns...

But there is an escape. I can point you in the direction. The rest is up to you. I don't even have a map on how to get there. I just know it's a place that exists inside of me. Therefore it's a place that exists inside of you.

Let's go there together...

Your brother, Scott

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I love who I am in the world. Some appreciate the contribution I make. Some think I'm full of shit. But whatever I am to others really doesn't amount to a hill of beans. The only thing that matters is what I think of me in the final analysis.

You see, in the end I don't really need you and you don't really need me. If I were to die tomorrow the world would continue. It may affect a few for a day or two or a moment, then life goes on.

This may sound selfish or egotistical to some. If so, have a nice life. Your presence in mine is not warranted or needed. For those who choose to journey with me you are always welcome. Everyone is chosen by me.

It's the lack of need that sets us free...

Your brother, Scott

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“Love is the free exercise of choice. Two people love each other only when they are quite capable of living without each other but choose to live with each other.”

- M. Scott Peck -
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Do not mistake love for need, as love does not need or require validation for its existence. Therefore love does not have attachments or agendas. Most have not yet fallen in love; they have only fallen in need – need to be heard, need to be validated, need to feel secure and need to feel loved.

My dear, True love can only be experienced when you no longer need to be loved because you have completed yourself with your inner love that you have become one with. Only then can you experience being in True love. Because you no long need the other person and that is when you can truly love and respect the other person for who they are, not for what you need them to be so you may feel loved. I truly love you .


- The UNIVERSE -

Your brother, Scott

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Are you exhausted yet? Join the crowd - humanity is it's name. You either live in a state of exasperation or exhilaration. Sometimes both. Your longing for that day when you can finally rest. Welcome to the Human Game.

But you are also divine. 100% Human and 100% Divine. I believe that's what they say about our brother, Jesus. He is the living demonstration of who and what each of us truly are. Are you wondering when your going to reach that holy destination.

If you think it's after you die, guess again? The answer is never. You are already seated in heavenly places. Your divinity is the spark that is already within you. You were born with it. It's been with you from the beginning and has traveled with you over the eons of time you have been trapped inside this dream.

When the Son finally awakens you will awaken with Him to discover you never left home. You have always been safe and protected in the Father's/Mother's loving arms.

So are you you going to wait until you die? You don't have to. You can experience the love, peace, and joy, that is already yours in every moment. Eternity is already here and resides within your heart.
Embrace it...
Your brother, Scott

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“In the present, the future is the thing of the past.”

- Amir Zoghi -
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The importance the future plays is a thing of the past . There is no greater moment in time than the present moment. The future is only a moment created from how you’re experiencing the present moment. Are you present to the moment that is, or are you living a moment that was or the moment that is to be? Live in the now, live for the now and you will find presence, a clearing energy and power that will heal all parts of your life and manifest all that you feel love for. Isn’t that why the future is important to you anyway ? So you may live the life you love in loving environments. Well that can only happen from this present moment, here and now.


- The UNIVERSE -

Scott