According to Buddha the root of all suffering is attachment. Many people have the mistaken impression that attachment is limited to being attached to our material things, but it is more wide ranging. What is suffering? Suffering is that mental anguish which accompanies the drama of life. Drama is the after effect of trying to […]
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Make no mistake about it, everything we do in this lifetime is about learning. We learn to walk, talk, socialize, make a living and countless lessons in-between. The choice of learning Without getting into the esoteric considerations of life, we are always at choice as to what we learn. How many times have you learned
How best to approach a blog on being humble? We might begin with the standard dictionary definition: A) not proud or haughty. B) Reflecting, expressing or offered in a spirit of diffidence or submission. To my thinking neither of these definitions reflect the broader and true meaning. To be Humble For me the true definition
In a recent blog I wrote about Zero Sum thinking. Briefly stated zero sum thinking is that if you win, I must lose. Think, Believe, Receive My first published book was called Think, Believe, Receive. Since the time I wrote it I have updated the book and added a new title; Think, Believe, Receive 2.0.
Anyone who has written a blog knows what keywords are. They are the words that help search engines to find our material. If someone is searching for information about, say, vegetables pretty much anything that is written that contains the word vegetables is searchable. What you may not have noticed is that we as humans
Now that so many of us are being vaccinated one issue remains to be faced; the Covid Hangover. The Covid Hangover in action I remember when the shut-down began, just as you do. I was in Japan with my beautiful bride Terrie who was just beginning her Spring Tour as Lady Ashtar. The U S
The age of wind begins today, depending upon what part of the world you find yourself. Honestly, this is the first time I have heard of this age, but I am told it is akin to the Age of Aquarius. From what I have heard as the great conjunction takes place in the skies
So many people who go through self improvement courses, or even life changing experiences stop after one or two rounds. It is like saying “I did the work, I’m done now.” This is a big mistake. Self improvement does not end when the retreat ends. Digging a well Liken spiritual development to a well. You
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Compromise seems to have gone the way of the dodo bird. As we revel in the silly-season of elections there seem to be few candidates, (or voters for that matter) who seem willing to hear what the other side is saying. Good ideas have no political party, no gender. As we sink deeper into the
I am in the process of forgiving myself for not posting three blogs last month. Over the years I have been pretty good at maintaining that pace of writing, but last week, well, there were airplanes, relationship things to maintain and post vacation fatigue. As I look at this explanation I realize these were simply
