I’m always looking for new personal development resources and I just came across a couple good ones. Jarle Husefest is putting out some great content and resources like free ebooks and generating some serious traffic. Do yourself a favor and check out his site. I have really enjoyed reading his free download of The [...]
Last night my wife and I watched Peaceful Warrior in DVD format, renting it on the first day of its release in video stores. After all, Tony Robbins did say, “This film will impact the course of your life forever.”
The film is based on the autobiographical novel of Dan Millman. If you haven’t read [...]
The capacity to enjoy the simple pleasures of life is essential to the enjoyment of the human experience. Enjoying the joke of a friend, the smile of a stranger, the fragrance of a garden flower, or the turning of the autumn leaves, these are the little things that keep us grounded in the unfoldment [...]
“The more a man lays stress on false possessions, and the less sensitivity he has for what is essential, the less satisfying is his life.” – Carl Jung
Knowledge of the essential varies from person to person. When I was 27-years-old I shared an apartment on Venice Beach, California with an old philosopher, a man who [...]
“Mankind’s role is to fulfill his heaven-sent purpose through a sincere heart that is in harmony with all creation and loves all things.”
– Morihei Ueshiba (Founder of Aikido)Morihei Ueshiba wasn’t just philosophizing, he was speaking from his own experience. Even when people would attack him, he would find the harmony and love required to [...]
No one wants to feel or be called irresponsible. But until a person finds purpose in life, then the life being lived is one of irresponsibility. I don’t mean that in a judgmental way. But if a person does not express in his or her life what the soul most earnestly wants to express, then [...]
Here are ten consciousness raising quotations that have made an impact in my life that you might find useful in your contemplation meditations.
1. Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.
–Rumi
The power of this quote resides in [...]
Take a look at your vitamin C bottle. Chances are it doesn’t say where it was produced. But since vitamin C from China makes up at least 80% of the world’s supply, most likely yours comes from there. Some experts estimate the Chinese market share to be 90%. In fact, the Washington Post reports that [...]
Today I received a phone call from my doctor saying that my blood work showed a high potassium level and that she wants me to return next week to have another test. She seemed very concerned and asked what I was eating, what vitamins I was taking. I told her that the night before the [...]
Today I decided to write a review of Making a Good Brain Great by Dr. Daniel G. Amen. And the reason is simple: It’s an important book. If you just consider the high percentage of elderly people in the United States with Alzheimer’s disease you will probably agree with me. I only [...]
If you watched The Secret, you might remember seeing a vision board being used as a tool to manifest envisioned reality. This past weekend my wife and I visited my sister in the Washington, DC area. I noticed immediately she had turned the front of her refrigerator into what I would call a spiritual [...]
To understand inspiration and consciousness from a holistic perspective, you might want to consider the words of Pantanjali:
When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bounds: Your mind transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in every direction and you find yourself in a new, great and wonderful [...]
If you ever need an example of what personal magnetism is, I once read that Henry David Thoureau walked 20 miles to hear Emerson give a lecture. What was it in Emerson that had the power to inspire Thoreau to walk so far? After all, there were thousands of other people much closer who [...]
There is a health care crisis going on in the United States, and I, like millions of others, are being crushed by it. It’s caused by the high cost of medical care and health insurance. To put this into perspective, over the last five years, inflation increased at a rate of under 3% per [...]
Freedom from reactions becomes more of a priority when it is seen how often reactions imprison us. Everybody wants to be happy but most people don’t give the proper attention to what makes them miserable. So much unhappiness comes from reflex-like reactions to circumstances.
Sometimes we react to what people say. Sometimes we react to [...]
Everybody starts out on the path of success for everyone starts out seeking something in life. Unfortunately for many, their seeking ends in failure. They might start out with gusto and passion but fail because they didn’t balance the passion with knowledge. Today, too many people believe that if they can visualize success, they will [...]