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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…