It is 5:20am Sunday in New York. Before my feet touched the ground and I stood on my own two feet that balanced my body, I said a prayer for many, many people. It took less than four minutes. I was and am entered, humbled, grateful and alive. I will make coffee and the acidic scent will fill the room in which I sip and read my morning Devotionals. I will listen to Marianne Williamson’s recorded devotion if and when it pops into my handheld computer that is reputedly also a phone. I will take grateful advantage of warm water pouring over my naked body. I will heed Marianne’s wise and sincere suggestion that I do not begin my day with a voluntary bombardment of bad news designed to frighten and addict my sometimes weary soul to its endless stream of fear and dismay that is referred to as The News. to will dress in clean clothes and drive a safe car to the church I serve as pastor where we will offer gorgeous music and I will deliver a sermon to decent people searching for meaning, guidance and usefulness in time of much confusion and distress. We will sing and pray and eat baked goodies if anyone brings in their sweet and sticky free offerings offerings of delight. My sermon is titled “Melt Me, Mold Me, Fill Me, Use Me.” We will pass a basket and people will voluntarily and anonymously place pieces of paper called money into it so we can continue serving others as we have been doing as a church for the past 233 years. And I will probably read this to those in physical and virtual attendance. I hope and pray for guidance. I will do my best. And then I will rest. Peace to you all, Dwight Lee Wolter.
Dwight, your morning reads like a liturgy stitched from gratitude, coffee, and calling. Thank you for weaving reverence into the ordinary and reminding us that sacredness isn’t something we chase—it’s what we choose to notice.
Thank you, Marianne. Very important to ground ourselves. I listen to Tuesday nights and your prayers that come through so vividly and deeply. Always has been your special gift.
It’s not only that some are addicted. It’s a very purposeful effort to keep us ungrounded, constantly in fight or flight mode, distracted - and then also struggling with the worsening day-to-day reality. Rising costs, loss of ecological and societal protections and safety nets (as minimal as they were, they did exist). Most of us alive today in this country have no personal memory of lives lived like this. Setting an emotional/spiritual context or intention for the day is simple and extremely effective. Because as you said, being embroiled not only doesn’t change anything, it actually continues the chaos.
Susan, yes—this isn’t just addiction, it’s orchestration. Ungrounding as a strategy. And your reminder lands with power: choosing intention each morning isn’t naive, it’s resistance. Quiet, steady, and wildly subversive.
Mario, that's a beautiful rhythm—twenty minutes, twice a day since ’69 is devotion in motion. TM has such a grounded, spacious energy to it. Appreciate you sharing the links—Lynch’s work has introduced so many to the stillness most of us forget is always waiting.
More often than not I start my day with the daily morning meditation email I get from your substack. Big difference in my life, particularly nowadays. Thank you!
Yvonne, that’s beautiful to hear. It means so much that those words are becoming part of your morning rhythm—especially in these chaotic times. May they keep grounding you, day by day.
MARIO!!!! Thank you sooo much. If that doesn't provide spiritual reinforcement I am not sure what will. Personally, this song has been with me since childhood. I loved this performance because of the mix of the vocal instruments with the orchestral instruments ( and the guitars, of course). Loved the videography for showing us all of those instruments.( We could see the fugle horns and the opening whistle.) And, I loved, loved, loved that the conductor was a woman wearing a beautiful and nontraditional gown.
Thank you Rebecca. I also like the way it was filmed. I saw the movie in a theatre when it cames out at the end of the sixties, so I knew the song but when I saw this video few years ago, I was pleasantly surprised. I believe I watched it like ten times in a row. :)
Is it just me? Or do any of you wake up to immediately check Substack to see if Trump. Has died, “ just in case” God decided it was time to pass on because the suffering he causes humanity is too much to bear. PS love Marianne!
Michele, you're definitely not alone in that reflex—equal parts dread and hope, laced with dark humor. These are the times when gallows humor becomes a coping mechanism. And yes—Marianne brings the kind of clarity that makes the scroll a little more bearable.
Thank you, Marianne. Each morning I do your meditation and course work that grounds me… through prayer, meditation, journaling and yoga, I’m ready to shine my love and light out to everyone I meet. ❤️🕯️🕉️☮️🙏🏼❤️
I appreciate you. Your thoughtfulness for others, always watching, listening, speaking out, guiding us. Thank you
Omg am I going to make it? just learning how to do guided meditation. I really appreciate this. I appreciate y’all.
Whatever time you give, it works❤️
Thank you.
It is 5:20am Sunday in New York. Before my feet touched the ground and I stood on my own two feet that balanced my body, I said a prayer for many, many people. It took less than four minutes. I was and am entered, humbled, grateful and alive. I will make coffee and the acidic scent will fill the room in which I sip and read my morning Devotionals. I will listen to Marianne Williamson’s recorded devotion if and when it pops into my handheld computer that is reputedly also a phone. I will take grateful advantage of warm water pouring over my naked body. I will heed Marianne’s wise and sincere suggestion that I do not begin my day with a voluntary bombardment of bad news designed to frighten and addict my sometimes weary soul to its endless stream of fear and dismay that is referred to as The News. to will dress in clean clothes and drive a safe car to the church I serve as pastor where we will offer gorgeous music and I will deliver a sermon to decent people searching for meaning, guidance and usefulness in time of much confusion and distress. We will sing and pray and eat baked goodies if anyone brings in their sweet and sticky free offerings offerings of delight. My sermon is titled “Melt Me, Mold Me, Fill Me, Use Me.” We will pass a basket and people will voluntarily and anonymously place pieces of paper called money into it so we can continue serving others as we have been doing as a church for the past 233 years. And I will probably read this to those in physical and virtual attendance. I hope and pray for guidance. I will do my best. And then I will rest. Peace to you all, Dwight Lee Wolter.
Dwight, your morning reads like a liturgy stitched from gratitude, coffee, and calling. Thank you for weaving reverence into the ordinary and reminding us that sacredness isn’t something we chase—it’s what we choose to notice.
Points very well taken, especially the last one.
Thanks, I will do this.
Thank you again and again. You model giving and receiving consistently and genuinely.
Thank you, Marianne. Very important to ground ourselves. I listen to Tuesday nights and your prayers that come through so vividly and deeply. Always has been your special gift.
Wonderful Marianne thank you .
I totally agree we have to stop feeding activating our conditioned minds on what is reactive media junk (chaos) that so many are addicted to.
As what we believe( think and feel) in this world we tend strengthen and to manifest.
2025 is the year of transforming Fear to Love.
We can do it!
Namasday.
It’s not only that some are addicted. It’s a very purposeful effort to keep us ungrounded, constantly in fight or flight mode, distracted - and then also struggling with the worsening day-to-day reality. Rising costs, loss of ecological and societal protections and safety nets (as minimal as they were, they did exist). Most of us alive today in this country have no personal memory of lives lived like this. Setting an emotional/spiritual context or intention for the day is simple and extremely effective. Because as you said, being embroiled not only doesn’t change anything, it actually continues the chaos.
Susan, yes—this isn’t just addiction, it’s orchestration. Ungrounding as a strategy. And your reminder lands with power: choosing intention each morning isn’t naive, it’s resistance. Quiet, steady, and wildly subversive.
Absolutely agree Susan .
I pratice TM - Trancendental Meditation since 1969. Twenty minutes, twice a day. :)
www.tm.org
David Lynch Foundation
https://www.davidlynchfoundation.org/
Mario, that's a beautiful rhythm—twenty minutes, twice a day since ’69 is devotion in motion. TM has such a grounded, spacious energy to it. Appreciate you sharing the links—Lynch’s work has introduced so many to the stillness most of us forget is always waiting.
Thank you Virgin Monk Boy. I am exploring now your substack posts. Very interesting.
Thank you, Marianne for all you are doing for us all through these troubling time!!!
Marianne-you are a blessing to the world.
I love this!!!!!!
More often than not I start my day with the daily morning meditation email I get from your substack. Big difference in my life, particularly nowadays. Thank you!
Yvonne, that’s beautiful to hear. It means so much that those words are becoming part of your morning rhythm—especially in these chaotic times. May they keep grounding you, day by day.
Thank you Marianne! Bless you.
Uplifting Song. :)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - The Danish National Symphony Orchestra (Live) 6:02 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enuOArEfqGo
MARIO!!!! Thank you sooo much. If that doesn't provide spiritual reinforcement I am not sure what will. Personally, this song has been with me since childhood. I loved this performance because of the mix of the vocal instruments with the orchestral instruments ( and the guitars, of course). Loved the videography for showing us all of those instruments.( We could see the fugle horns and the opening whistle.) And, I loved, loved, loved that the conductor was a woman wearing a beautiful and nontraditional gown.
Thank you Rebecca. I also like the way it was filmed. I saw the movie in a theatre when it cames out at the end of the sixties, so I knew the song but when I saw this video few years ago, I was pleasantly surprised. I believe I watched it like ten times in a row. :)
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly [ 1966] Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly1966
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (HD) - Full movie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oCdwxmeM2A
Is it just me? Or do any of you wake up to immediately check Substack to see if Trump. Has died, “ just in case” God decided it was time to pass on because the suffering he causes humanity is too much to bear. PS love Marianne!
Michele, you're definitely not alone in that reflex—equal parts dread and hope, laced with dark humor. These are the times when gallows humor becomes a coping mechanism. And yes—Marianne brings the kind of clarity that makes the scroll a little more bearable.
Thx
Thank you, Marianne. Each morning I do your meditation and course work that grounds me… through prayer, meditation, journaling and yoga, I’m ready to shine my love and light out to everyone I meet. ❤️🕯️🕉️☮️🙏🏼❤️