My wife and I experienced a synchronicity the other day. We were in Asheville, North Carolina walking to a restaurant when Maggie (my wife) remembered and started talking to me about an old boyfriend from her college days who grew up in Asheville. She remembered that once when she was visiting him in Asheville his [...]
Is your life imprisoned by patterns?
Patterns of thought are so pervasive that we can become blind to their impact on our lives. There are patterns of worry, of anxiety, of laziness, of shyness, of rashness, of anger, etc. The list is a long one. We become accustomed to these patterns and they become part of [...]
Holistic personal development places much emphasis on connecting to the source of being in conjunction with any personal development work. Why is this, you wonder? Because wholeness, which comes from your source of being, is critical for knowing what your purpose is. It saves you from just following the dictates of the ego mind, which [...]
I often hear people ask, “Why is God so cruel?” And it’s easy to understand why people might think this, especially when they see tragedy befall their loved ones. We live in a world where people are killing people everyday, in wars, in crime, and in accidents. Millions others are dying everyday from disease. And [...]
We are all prisoners to some degree as we are all bound and limited by false identities. Some of these identities allow more freedom than others, but except for the few souls on the planet who have transcended the mind (which is the creator of all identities), then we are limited by these identities.
When people [...]
I have long held a view of life as art. In everything we do we can communicate beauty and grace, or ugliness and coarseness. Every word, thought and action we give birth to leaves an impression, not only on us, but on everyone within our circle of influence.
Esthetics are part and parcel of everyday life. [...]
Over the last 11 days I had priorities that took me away from getting blog entries uploaded. We hired a friend of ours, a professional contractor, to come in from out of town to remodel our kitchen. And because it turned into a bigger project than expected (we discovered an old water leak from the [...]
“If you accept your thoughts as inspirations from the Supreme Intelligence, obey them when they prescribe difficult duties, because they come only so long as they are used; or if your skepticism reaches to the last verge, and you have no confidence in any foreign mind, then be brave, because there is one good opinion [...]
Intuition is a product of consciousness. As such, it is a way of perception that is beyond the mind. It is closely allayed with feelings. And yet it goes beyond feelings. It is a way of seeing that is activated when we are attuned to our inner essence.
The mind, with its rational thought, lives through [...]
The subconscious is the source of all great works of art – paintings, writings, music, architecture and scientific breakthroughs. What would have been ordinary becomes extraordinary when thought is transcended, when a connection is made with the infinite intelligence that pervades all of creation.
Works of genius always stem from this inner realm, as does all [...]
To explore how we can increase the power within I want to revisit a quote from Rumi: “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.” These few words hold one of the greatest keys to unlocking the [...]
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 [...]