It’s that time of year again; time for feasting with friends and family in a communal appreciation for those friends and family. These people in our lives give us a sense of meaning and purpose beyond simply surviving and acquiring the latest cool gadgets. Family belonging fills a special part of our core being […]
What is wisdom? When I look it up in the dictionary I get a woefully inadequate definition: Having the quality of being wise. Now that is completely useless! Let’s try the next line: Knowledge of what is true and right coupled with just judgment as to action. Again useless as truth, righteousness, and justice are entirely culturally […]
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 is the first newsletter of the new year, so I thought I would write on a subject that can support a positive tone for the coming year – abundance. Abundance seems like something most people want in their lives. There are certainly a lot of weekend seminars, books, videos, and training courses all focused on how […]
One of the benefits of my new lease Subaru is a few months of free Sirius XM satellite radio. I have had the radio set to 50’s on 5, so I have been listening to music from the 50’s for the last two months. I never heard any of this music when I was young […]
Why are we here? We are here to grow up. What does that mean? Typically we get loaded up with lies and misperceptions when we are young due to simple misunderstandings created by our youth as well as traditional false beliefs passed down from parents. The lies put us in fear and make us miserable. […]
As we move into winter our days are getting shorter. Sunlight, the basic source of the energy for life on this planet, decreases more and more daily. We feel this loss of life right down to our bones (as our vitamin D production decreases and melatonin hormone increases.) Everywhere life is finishing its cycle and […]