“If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.” This, my friends, is called “the duck test” and it is one of the biggest pieces of crap advice in existence.
The Price of Love
As strange as it may seem, it is possible to love without attachment. I’ll grant you, that is an alien concept in a day and age when the concept of love has been watered down to the point where it is used in regards to your like of soft drinks and computer games. But it... Continue Reading →
The Smelting Pot
Why is it that so many people have such a deep-seated fear of oneness?Honestly, you say the word and you can feel people cringe; that is when they are not jumping all over you for promoting ‘New Age claptrap’ or un-American sentiments.Un-American? Really? Last I heard America was the ‘Great Melting Pot’ where Peoples of different... Continue Reading →
Dances With Butterflies
Do you know how hard it is to ask the universe for something and then to let it happen without trying to help or hinder it? Yes, I said hinder it. Heaven only knows that on some level even those who are perfectly clear about asking the universe for what they want; who have mastered... Continue Reading →
Bringing Your Reality Into Focus
“If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.” ~ Lewis Carroll If you don't know what it is that you want, then how can you expect to ever get it? Think about it; how many times have you felt that your life is not living up to your expectations;... Continue Reading →
X Marks the Spot
YOU ARE HERE. How many times have we seen those words – usually on maps – and almost always accompanied by a large red X (with or without an arrow pointing to it) so that you know that THIS X, not some other random X, is the one you need to be paying attention to?... Continue Reading →
The Magic Web
We live in a magical world. If you don’t think so, just look around you; look at the intricacies of a spider’s web (Her mother dies giving birth to her – so how does she know how to create that? Where do the designs come from?) Look at the glory of a sunrise; at the... Continue Reading →
Authentic Living 201: Living Intentionally
There is a difference between living and living an intentional life. No, seriously, everybody lives. Unless you’ve been in a serious accident and are fighting for every breath you take, living is not something you actually have to think about. It simply happens, usually when you aren’t paying attention. In fact, one day you look... Continue Reading →
The First Day of Forever
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you’ve imagined. ~ Thoreau It’s going to happen. One morning you are going to wake up and realize that today is the first day of forever. It will happen when you are ready for it to; this first day of forever. It will happen... Continue Reading →
Something More; Seven Steps to Creating a Spiritual Life
Seven Steps to Creating a Spiritual Life Do you sometimes feel that you are living someone else’s life? A life that is not genuine or authentic? Do you yearn for something more than what you have? Do you find yourself longing for a life that is full of purpose, of meaning; a life where you... Continue Reading →
Mastering Emotional Mindfulness
Mastering the Emotional Storm Surge: Five Steps to Emotional Mindfulness There are moments in everyone’s life when, no matter how mindful you are of your surroundings; no matter how determined you are to be rational; a passionate wave of emotion seems to sweep you away. Anger; fear; lust bitterness; the emotion itself is not important. ... Continue Reading →
In Pursuit of the Unobtainable
I am haunted by moths. All summer and autumn long they find me. Every time I enter my bedroom after sunset I am greeted by moths fluttering against the outside of my bedroom window; clinging to the screen; drawn by the promise of the warmth and light inside. They fling themselves against my window pane... Continue Reading →
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