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Showing Up for Ourselves and Others
Today, more than ever, there is a continual sense that an impending disaster looms just over the horizon — whether it be the climate crisis, the economy, or the political environment. In order to cope, many people turn to drugs, alcohol or other substances. The opioid crisis is just one manifestation of the addition process at large. I regularly attend support groups and meetings for those whose lives are impacted by a drug or alcohol addicted child, relative, or friend. The purpose is to gain insights from one another about how to handle the difficult situations created by addiction behavior. There are rules about how to listen, how…
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Mini-Manifestation: Practice, Practice, Practice
I once attended a workshop with a mystic who made the pronouncement that nobody should rush to enlightenment as it would be akin to lighting your hair on fire, then running like mad for a source of water. Better to nibble away at it, like a workout in a gym, slowly building confidence that leads to a new knowing. I have written before about the concept of mindful manifestation. If we need or desire something that brings no harm to others, and trust that it is being taken care of, our intention then sets into motion the potential for it to come about. We must act “as if” believing in…
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Come Be a Child Again!
Come Be A Child Again! This was the headline my advertising agency partner, Rich, wrote for an account we had — a client who put on county fairs. It was written years ago, yet I woke up this morning with this mantra reverberating in my mind. I wanted to reflect on the childlike mindset we all come into this world with. Our childhoods may be a state of mind we remember only briefly, something akin to awaking from a dream in the reverie state. The details of will be gone in a flash, if you don’t consciously catch them. I lay there trying to imagine all of the things that…
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The Perfection View
The Way of Perfection carries the message that the lives we lead and the world we lead them in are all perfect, in every respect. This is called the “perfection view.” The perfection view is not limited to just parts of our lives or parts of this world nor does it have in mind a future perfectibility. It holds that perfection was the nature of creation from the outset and remains fully present in us and everything else. This is certainly not a mainstream view, at least not yet. Ordinary consciousness tends to focus on differences. The news focuses on conflict between people and their groups; art focuses on…
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A Simple Thing to Do
Sometimes the simplest things in life can make life much more satisfying. Many years ago I met a very interesting person who said that each day he made a point to do at least one nice thing for somebody — often a person he didn’t even know. He explained that the logic was quite simple: what you put out there comes back to you. Solely from a physics point of view, most of us are familiar with Newton’s third law of motion which states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. The size of the force on the first object equals the size of force on…
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A Simple Thing
Sometimes the simplest things in life can make life much more satisfying. Many years ago I met a very interesting person who said that each day he made a point to do at least one nice thing for somebody — often a person he didn’t even know. He explained that the logic was quite simple: what you put out there comes back to you. Solely from a physics point of view, most of us are familiar with Newton’s third law of motion which states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. The size of the force on the first object equals the size of force on…
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Everything Is Consciousness
It has been said that everything is consciousness. If so, then what is consciousness itself? The very act of asking this question requires consciousness – a concept so intriguing that theologians and philosophers have written over 20,000 papers on it. Simply put, consciousness is self-awareness: the mind’s awareness of itself and the world. Many traditional and indigenous cultures believe that this world is a dream in which the creator, in order to become conscious, is dreaming an existence through us. Thus, our own awareness is involved in a process of awakening. Hindu scriptures describe God’s intelligence unfolding in three distinct stages of creation, starting from the center moving outward. The…
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Shaving Off The Sharp Edges
One of the most important goals in life is how to smooth out the ride, or as stated above, learning “shave off the sharp edges”. An essential clue we get, over and over again, is that we tend to experience what we put out there. If we are in a positive and receptive state, we experience more of those qualities. Likewise, if we tend be negative and to treat people poorly, we find that we receive our share of those same experiences. The challenge is being aware and believing that our behavior really does result in these conditions. What happens to us is just not the way it is, written…
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The Language of the Heart
The main purpose of this website is for seekers to share observations that can be useful in putting our world into a healthy context and perspective. This is especially important when much of what is going on today seems to defy logic. Confusion, bewilderment, and denial are now the norm rather than the exception. As such, it is my observation that we must move from a mind driven world to a heart driven world in order to deal with the complexity that surrounds us. The news is filled, for the most part, with personality dramas and a fascination and focus on people, rather than the important values that society needs…
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Sacred Travel Pilgrimage
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Health and Healing
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Living Life as a Question
We are living in a time when so much seems so unpredictable that there is a sense of impending chaos everywhere, whether in politics, climate change, economics, or social justice. It can create a sense of helplessness. In the past we used to feel that we could figure things out. That is, we could linearly address issues, sort them out, and develop a logical plan. That required a certain way of thinking, and it did produce somewhat predictable results. Now we find that the logic of our world has become more and more suspect. The rise of strongmen in politics, for example, has become more popular. Why? Because…
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The Concept of Perfection
What Do We Believe? Various international studies conclude that somewhere between 85-93% of the world’s population believes in God. According to an April 2018 study, conducted by the Pew Research Center, 9 out of 10 Americans believe in a higher power, but only a slim majority believes in God as described in the Bible. In the words of David Foster Wallace author of Infinite Jest, “In the day-to-day trenches of adult life, there is actually no such thing as atheism. There is no such thing as not worshiping. Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship.” Should it be surprising that so many of us believe in…
