Two Flames

Posted on August 20, 2025 by Author Richard F Holmes

Consciousness had an idea…and…

Emerging from the timeless and eternal wilderness, two flames ventured forth into time and space. Two souls seeking wonder and amazement. In physicality they separated, and immersed in dualism, trod the arduous path of life. Through eons, they would periodically meet in conscious awareness, dissolving the barriers of space and time, sharing both pleasure and pain, the bitter and the sweet.

“I’m here for you.” They call out in unison across the ether, each aware of the other’s needs.

And on they go, pausing only from time to time, to rest a while in the heart of Divinity.

Photo by Andre Moura: https://www.pexels.com/photo/two-lit-candles-2563040/

Who Came First

Posted on October 25, 2024 by Author Richard F Holmes

Said the acorn to the world, “I give to you the great oak tree.”

Said the great oak tree to the world, “I give to you the acorn.”

Mother nature spoke, “Who came first?”

“Twas the mighty oak,” said the acorn.

“Twas the acorn,” said the mighty oak

Love suddenly spoke…

“You came together, as One, out of the Timeless Wilderness,

And as One, shall you remain.

Photo by Huibre Venter: https://www.pexels.com/photo/close-up-shot-of-acorns-6866534/

The Dualistic Concept Of Heaven And Hell

Posted on March 18, 2024 by Author Richard F Holmes

Heaven and Hell are not places that you go to after death. Whether you’ve been “good” or “bad” there are no such places as Heaven and Hell; they are merely concepts that exist in the mind. We create our own Heaven and Hell here on earth.

The only reality, ultimately, is Consciousness, which exists as it is. For Heaven and Hell to exist, they would have to have some form of objective reality, which means that they would have to appear somewhere within the timelessness of Consciousness. If that was the case, they would have limitations (boundaries), which would render them both finite. This completely blows out of the water the mythological religious view that Heaven and Hell are eternal; eternal bliss and eternal damnation respectively. You cannot have two eternities, it is both spiritually and scientifically impossible. Eternity is timeless infinity, so if Heaven and Hell existed there would have to be a place (boundary) where one ceased and the other began. Therefore the only conclusion is that both Heaven and Hell are dualistic concepts that exist only in the mind.

The Sea Refuses No River

Posted on March 10, 2024 by Author Richard F Holmes

In my experience, many religious people, specifically Christians, worry about whether their God will accept them into “his” heart once they give up their physical form. This is a most pointless pastime; why would a God not greet all of “his” children with open arms at the end of physical lifetime?

The sea refuses no river, and what is God, but a timeless, accepting, non-judgemental eternally flowing Sea of Love…

The sea refuses no river

Whether stinking or rank

Or red from the tank

Whether pure as a spring

There’s no damned thing stops the poem

The sea refuses no river

And this river is homeward bound

Extract from – The Sea Refuses No River – from the 1982 album, All The Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes by Pete Townshend