Be Gentle With Yourself
Be gentle with yourself. It was a 'message' I received a few years ago during an attempted meditation that was going something like this: "Why do you always screw up your relationships? What is wrong with you? Here we go again, idiot!" You get the idea. And then something arose suddenly and completely and serenely [...]
Forget Good vs. Evil
I just finished Deepak Chopra’s book, “Buddha.” Say what you will about Chopra, but the man has created quite a cottage industry for himself. His other recent book on Jesus was also quite good. These are “fictional histories” not intended to be taken literally, and Chopra does an admirable job of explaining not simply what [...]
Mirror, Mirror….
It took me a long time (we’re talking 40-plus years) to realize that an argument or fight with another is an ideal opportunity for personal growth. Yet for years I did just the opposite, pointing my finger at my partner and desperately trying to show her the error of her ways. “If only YOU hadn’t [...]
From our Suffering Comes Spiritual Growth
As the global economy melts down and stress levels rise, it’s a good time to remind oneself that only in the darkness does real human growth come. Anyone can jet ski around the Bahamas and feel good about the world, much harder to find inner peace in the cold gray days of January with no [...]
There is No Such Thing as a Victim
Your mate cheats on you. You’ve never done anything even remotely like this. You are devastated, outraged, crushed. Over the ensuing months the many flavors of betrayal are played out. Ultimately, your relationship comes to an end and over the succeeding years you “forgive” your mate but never forget. Again and again you replay the [...]
Be Gentle With Yourself
Be gentle with yourself. It was a 'message' I received a few years ago during an attempted meditation that was going something like this: "Why do you always screw up your relationships? What is wrong with you? Here we go again, idiot!" You get the idea. And then something arose suddenly and completely and serenely [...]
Forget Good vs. Evil
I just finished Deepak Chopra’s book, “Buddha.” Say what you will about Chopra, but the man has created quite a cottage industry for himself. His other recent book on Jesus was also quite good. These are “fictional histories” not intended to be taken literally, and Chopra does an admirable job of explaining not simply what [...]
Mirror, Mirror….
It took me a long time (we’re talking 40-plus years) to realize that an argument or fight with another is an ideal opportunity for personal growth. Yet for years I did just the opposite, pointing my finger at my partner and desperately trying to show her the error of her ways. “If only YOU hadn’t [...]
From our Suffering Comes Spiritual Growth
As the global economy melts down and stress levels rise, it’s a good time to remind oneself that only in the darkness does real human growth come. Anyone can jet ski around the Bahamas and feel good about the world, much harder to find inner peace in the cold gray days of January with no [...]
There is No Such Thing as a Victim
Your mate cheats on you. You’ve never done anything even remotely like this. You are devastated, outraged, crushed. Over the ensuing months the many flavors of betrayal are played out. Ultimately, your relationship comes to an end and over the succeeding years you “forgive” your mate but never forget. Again and again you replay the [...]