Self Value
Recently, I wrote of Core Values and their usefulness in being conscious of our drivers. What’s important to us and how that can help us make decisions. Today, this lead to an interesting discussion on …
Category: Psychology
Core Values
What do you stand for? What are the values you operate from? One of the churches in my area is doing a survey of the community to set their Core Values. When you know your …
5 Love Languages
Recently, I read a book that I found unexpectedly potent so I thought I’d share it with you. I’d heard the term “love language” but didn’t really have much context. Then, while visiting a friend’s …
Concepts and Reality
As this blog has lots of concepts batted around, I though this quote from Ram Das would be a good reminder. Most concepts tell only one-half of a Yin-Yang totality. For example, let’s take the …
Our Limitations and Obstacles
Ganesh is right: there are no barriers. Any limitation we see is a mistake in perception. This mistake may be due to resistance to what is. We thus don’t see clearly and see barriers where …
The Season to be Jolly
They say it’s the season to be jolly, but really every season is. It’s also the season when we gather with family and friends and celebrate our origins. It is now the end of the …
The Secret Powers of Time
I’ve written here a number of times on time, our perception of time and how our relationship with time influences how we experience the world. Time first arises from the process of perception itself so …
Life Leaks Out
Life can be a very curious journey. Because of all our expectations, history, and conditioning, we often end up conflicted about things that are important to us. Money, work, relationships, and so forth. We can …
Concepts vs Being
In another forum, the basic issue with concepts arose. Edited for the blog. There is a very subtle but important point. We hear someone we respect say something and we believe it to be true. …
The Insistent Concept
In another forum was another voice for the world as illusion and only awareness is real and eternal so there is no process and nothing to do. Just see this. Or rather think you see …
Surrender Date
Recently, I had one of those curious experiences where I started to look at a different career direction, then the means in question vanished. Later that same day, I went to a talk on book …
Gulf Oil
The oil volcano in the Gulf of Mexico is certainly an active topic, both in the news and in spiritual communities. As one notable broadcast clarifies, the incident is not new, nor has the recovery …