Check out these videos and tell me, how greedy have we become? Man trampled to death at Walmart, how evil have we become? Two men die in shooting at Toys ‘R’ Us, how crazy have we become? And we justify what we are doing. We can’t see how destructive we are to ourselves, to each… [Read more…]
November 23, 2008
Living with open hands, heart, and mind requires that we: ~ Live consciously, mindfully, and intentionally. ~ Bring full attention, presence, consciousness, and awareness to each moment; to every thought, to every action, and to each and every interaction. ~ Come to the realization that every time we encounter another human being, they (and we)… [Read more…]
November 22, 2008
“Dream dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly.” Dreams give life. They help us look within, They help us look outside ourselves, They take what is deep in the soul And create a future That draws us to itself. In systems theory, this energy that “draws” us is called… [Read more…]
November 21, 2008
Western thought compartmentalizes and separates light from dark, happiness from sadness, dancing from mourning, good from bad; when in reality, life’s gifts come wrapped in each of these. When we too quickly disregard or throw away things wrapped in what we judge to be “the bad” or “the dark”, we miss that nugget of wisdom… [Read more…]
November 21, 2008
For the past 10 years, I’ve been living life at an altitude and speed much too unsafe for a simple man such as me. Sometimes a severe mercy brings us down, down to the ground, the ground of our being. As I hit the ground (in sooo many ways) over the past year, I’ve begun… [Read more…]
November 20, 2008
For now we see through a glass darkly (1 Corithians 13:12) Clearly seeing unbiased reality is sort of like being omniscient. None of us are any more capable of this wisdom than we are of absolute purity or righteousness; although it is something that we can and must strive toward; a life-long venture. As observers… [Read more…]
November 20, 2008
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeing new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” (Marcel Proust). “Little round planet In a big universe Sometimes it looks blessed Sometimes it looks cursed Depends on what you look at obviously But even more it depends on the way that you see” (Bruce Cockburn, Child of… [Read more…]
November 19, 2008
The Way of the Brokenhearted… Leads to the Way of the Open Heart. “God breaks the heart again and again and again until it stays OPEN.” Hazrat Inayat Kahn (Sufi Master) “The Lord is close to the brokenhearted” (Psalm 34:18) Life is full of surprises. Some are positive but many others do not seem so positive.… [Read more…]
November 19, 2008
Pro 8:1 Doesn’t wisdom cry out? Doesn’t understanding raise her voice? Pro 8:2 On the top of high places by the way, Where the paths meet, she stands. Pro 8:3 Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, At the entry doors, she cries aloud: Pro 8:10 Receive my instruction rather than silver; Knowledge… [Read more…]
November 19, 2008
Have you ever stood beside someone whose pain is greater than you can phathom? Have you ever felt that awkwardness of not knowing what to do? That helplessness? What is our tendency? To DO SOMETHING! Anything! Maybe then we’ll feel better, because we DID SOMETHING. Hmmm. But it isn’t about me doing something so I’ll… [Read more…]
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