This is the completion of last weeks article about how and why it is important to develop the skill of feeling. Step two is to cultivate a state of intense curiosity about what is. You have to embrace what is as perfect. Any judgments you have will block your ability to receive what is because receiving is literally taking it into yourself. That […]
It was my turn two weeks ago to pick a spiritual principle for our study group to focus on for our next gathering. We spend two weeks contemplating a principle then get together to share what we got from that time spent asking for insight. The principle I chose was: “We are invisible to others. […]
This seemingly simple little question is almost always answered wrong. Just how much should you do anything? For me, this came into sharp awareness recently while working with my sweetie Ellen while her back was seized up for a week. Essential to recovering from a seized up back is movement. Movement hurts so her natural […]
As anyone who survived the psychological wave of the ’80s and ’90s knows, “To heal it you have to feel it.” I have found that this aphorism to be very true but generally misunderstood. Considering some of the “breakthrough techniques” introduced back in those days, the confusion is quite understandable. On the surface, the idea […]
The topic around the house this last week or so has been on suffering. This has been a favorite topic intermittently over the last 25 years or so, but this time it was different. This time, on her own, Ellen made the profound realization that all the suffering in her life has come from her […]
This may seem like a challenging question because it is one of those feelings that we use a lot of energy to avoid encountering. Yet it is usually hovering around in the background of our life. It covertly runs a lot of the decisions we make in our life because of the desire to avoid […]
Well I am glad to be back in the U S of A. Japan was a great place to visit, and quite lovely out in the distant countryside, but Tokyo was much too big a city for me. From the top of Tokyo Tower overlooking the city in all directions it looked like 25 downtown […]
Daylight savings is here. It is nice to have evenings in the light again. This makes it easier for me to generate the motivation to get to the gym in the evenings to work out. There is something about getting home when it is dark and raining that just doesn’t excite me to go right […]