DeMarco and Rita (sort of) on politics and spirituality

Posted on by Frank DeMarco

So I go onto facebook and I’m scrolling down and there I see “Spirituality and Politics – with Frank DeMarco” and I say, huh? Then I remember that Sofia Axelsson had interviewed me on that subject a while ago – seems longer ago than it probably is. So I listened to it to find out what I had to say on the subject! The guys always said, the better the questions the better the answers, and her questions were very good. About 16 minutes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNbqXuaLwXU

 

Election day prayer

Posted on by Frank DeMarco

Dear God in whom we live, and who lives in us all,

If your purpose this year was to help us see what had been hidden, it’s working.

We have seen the corruption in so many institutions.

We have seen the ease with which others accept any lie that matches their beliefs, no matter how transparent, and reject any truth that contradicts their beliefs.

We have seen obviously misguided and ignorant fellow-citizens going to extremes to carry this country over the cliff, either with the best intentions or out of blind malice.

If you wanted us to see what has been hidden, it’s working.

One thing more needed, as you know:

Now that we have seen those ugly manifestations in others, help us recognize them in ourselves.

Help us see that a thing need not be true just because we find it comforting to think so.

Help us see that those with contrary beliefs may be no less sincere than we.

Remind us that any position may contain a grain of truth.

Remind us that we are all stuck with each other at worst, blessed with each other at best, and help us remember how to get along.

Sorry for so long a shopping list, but if I may add one thing more –

Somehow – and I know this will take a miracle –

Help us get over our present state of terminal exasperation with each other.

Help our people reconcile themselves to themselves and to each other.

I know it’s a lot to ask, but I don’t know who else can make it happen.

With gratitude for the added clarity already provided,

And with hope for a return to prudence, temperance, justice and fortitude,

Your kids.

William James on laying it down

Posted on by Frank DeMarco

I don’t know why i am moved to share this which I discovered while looking through my notes for my novel, but here it is.

William James said somewhere:

The transition from tenseness, self-responsibility, and worry, to equanimity, receptivity, and peace, is the most wonderful of all those shiftings of inner equilibrium, those changes of the personal center of energy, which I have analyzed so often; and the chief wonder of it is that it so often comes about, not by doing, but by simply relaxing and throwing the burden down.

Guidelines

Posted on by Frank DeMarco

I was the “mystery guest” tonight at the last Guidelines of the year at The Monroe Institute, and it was one of the best if not THE best groups I have ever spoken to. Had a great time, sold some Rita’s World and Rita’s World Vol II and Sphere and Hologram books, got to do a little healing work as well.

As the guys upstairs always said, the better the questions, the better the answers, and we had some really great questions this time. What I said in reply seemed to resonate, as well.

Three of the participants were from Portugal, in the process of setting up a TMI branch there. They invited me to come to talk when they get set up, and at first I said no, I don’t travel much any more, and then I thought, you know what, maybe I will. My sister liked Portugal very much, and of course from Portugal it’s only a short hop to Madrid and El Prado. You never know.

If there is anything more satisfying that knowing something and being able to help others by what you know, I cant think what it might be. I wish I could talk to a Guidelines group every month. What fun!