Nearly every moment of our precious, short life is spent making decisions. Information comes to us in various forms and, by virtue of our past experiences, we evaluate the appropriate course of action and respond accordingly. Whichever direction we end up going in life, it’s because we
Read more →It can be difficult to know when to cash in your chips and get out of a relationship. One of the crucial aspects of this question is how you feel. When we’re under extreme pressure, the temptation to leave the relationship can be almost overwhelming. Surprisingly, this
Read more →One of the marvels of positive thinking combined with non-attachment to outcome is that you tend to always get what you need when you need it. Whether it be that parking space in front of the theatre on Saturday night or that new client that ensures you
Read more →Since the beginning of January, Brazil has seen nearly constant rain. The result of so much rain in a mountainous country has been flash flooding, mudslides and landslides. To date, ~400 have perished. Authorities are now worrying that thousands more people who live on mountains or along
Read more →Recent days have seen dramatic devastation by flooding Queensland in recent days. At least 20 people have died and over a hundred are missing. Some 3/4 of Queensland has been declared a disaster area. In Brisbane, flood waters reached the highest seen there since 1974. The flooding
Read more →For the first time in something like 18 years, I am beardless. For some reason, the last few times I’ve been shaving, I’ve had this really strong urge to shave my beard completely off rather than trim it. It took me some time to figure out why,
Read more →I can see by some of the search-engine phrases in my site stats that a few of you are coming to the site looking for affirmations and afformations related to kicking off the New Year right. Generally, I don’t bother with a special time of year or
Read more →Happy New Year to you all. My brain works in mysterious ways. At any given point during the last couple of hours, I could easily tell you how my current thinking came about by the thoughts immediately preceding. What is somewhat more nebulous is seeing the connection
Read more →As my thinking evolved to recognize certain truths, I found a compulsion to spread those truths to others. This lead to a lot of interesting discussions, debates and, occasionally, arguments. For a long, long time, I vented my frustration regarding the ignorance of those who did not
Read more →I discovered meditation over 30 years ago after reading a book by Ram Dass entitled Journey of Awakening: A Meditator’s Guidebook. I bought the very first pressing of this book back in, oh, something like 1978. For me, it was a huge eye-opener to the idea that
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