What does living as a trustee mean?
First of all it means a complete change of consciousness. The idea that I own anything at all is an illusion. How can a tiny point of energy own anything.
I don’t even own my own body. Nothing is mine. Everything belongs to [...]
Here is a quote about holistic living:
“A person is like a house with four rooms; mental, spiritual, physical, and emotional. Unless one goes to each room everyday, even if only to keep it aired, one is not a whole person.” — Anonymous
My sister read this quote to me just the other day and it [...]
My friend Carrie asked if I would write on the subject, “Don’t Wait until You’re Great.” It’s an intriguing subject. And though not everybody has designs on being great, I’m sure there are plenty of people who do. And many more who might have such an ambition later.
There are millions of people who want to [...]
When we withdraw our consciousness from the drama and stimulation of the mundane and illusory aspects of the world, we have the opportunity to enter into a world, that previously, we were unconscious of. It’s the world of the subtle. It is an inner garden of subtle lights, subtle sounds, and subtle scents. It is [...]
We live in a culture that that conditions our thinking that we don’t have enough. We are told over and over again in media messages and advertising that we need bigger, better, and faster things to be happy. I remember reading the words of poet, Francis Brabazon, who picked up on this theme by writing [...]
Eckhart Tolle’s book, A New Earth — Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose, is the focus of more than two million people world-wide. These masses of people are participating live in a free on-line course with Oprah Winfrey and Eckhart Tolle. Although the book was first published in 2005, it is now the #1 selling [...]
Increasing Time Management Skills for Achieving Goals
We are all familiar with the saying, “Time is money.” Sometimes, that is relevant, for instance, if you are paying someone by the hour. But money doesn’t always enter into the equation. I like how essayist Michael Ventura put it: “Time is life.” For what we do with our [...]
Financial Goals
The first step in personal financial planning is balance; not only in your investments, but in your spending. For instance, don’t ignore your health insurance so you can afford to lease a Mercedes. Don’t ignore the roof repair so you can buy a 52-inch plasma television. Don’t ignore the taxes so you can take [...]
In holistic goal setting, always remember, a journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. What step are you taking right now? Is it a step to a larger goal? Or are you drifting aimlessly?
If you have a large long-term goal, then it will require the attainment of many smaller goals. Keep that image [...]
Getting from Alpha to Omega
Once you have set your lifetime goals — goals that excite you to the core of your being — the best thing that you can do is set a long-range plan of smaller goals that you should complete if you are to reach your lifetime plan.
Let’s take a classic example from [...]
What is holistic goal setting? In a nutshell, it means to set goals with consideration of the whole. To illustrate this principle, let’s look a very short-term goal as an example. Let’s say at a restaurant someone is served a meal that is twice as much as they can comfortably eat, for instance, a 24-ounce [...]
Here is a classical rags to riches story if I ever heard one. It’s also a story about a man who lost his confidence but persevered to win it back.
I became aware of this story today after a friend emailed me a video clip. It was of Paul Potts‘ performance of Puccini’s Nessun [...]
Thinking differently about politics is my contribution to the Think Different Challenge. Politics used to take up a lot of my attention. In the past I would read something or hear something about a short-sighted politician and totally forget the purpose of my life. Instead of striving to be the best person I could be, [...]
Will computer chip brain implants save the world or seal its doom? Scientific estimates are that in 30 years the surgical procedure will be a widespread occurrence. Knowledge will no longer need to be learned, it will be uploaded. A world leader, known only for only average intelligence at best, could invite the world chess [...]
I received an e-mail this morning that was sounding an alarm bell about the likely war between the United States and Iran, a war that seems to be on the agenda of the current White House administration. No one is to blame for this dark and ominous state of affairs and yet everyone is to [...]
I was blown away the other day by the honesty and integrity of Joe Vitale in his book Zero Limits (which he wrote with Dr. Hew Len). Here is the passage that really grabbed my attention:
“One thing bothered me about my work with Dr. Hew Len. As I kept growing and having insights, I worried [...]
Yesterday I was asked in the comments section of my post, Habits — Acts of Unconsciousness, if habits can ever support inspiration. The answer is no. Habits are thoughtless and not based on awareness. They have nothing to do with inspiration and the source of inspiration — consciousness.
However, a discipline that is born out of [...]
Habits are acts of unconsciousness. They might seem like second nature, but they are obstacles to conscious living. What is needed is awareness, perception, and consciousness; in short a connection to our source of being. This is the source of inspiration. And where inspiration flows, the habitual doesn’t exist.
Some people take pride in cultivating good [...]
The last few days I have been reading through Zero Limits, the latest book by Joe Vitale, written with Ihaleakala Hew Len, PhD. The seed that brought this book into fruition was Joe Vitale hearing the story of Dr. Len curing a whole hospital ward of the criminally insane in Hawaii without [...]
In the spirit of promoting religious and cultural traditions from around the world, I have finally completed two website projects which took up the bulk of my time over the last two weeks. And though it took me away from my writing projects and my book proposal (a proposal encouraged by best-selling poet, author, and [...]
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 [...]
The balance of life is crucial to holistic personal development. I learned of its importance sitting on a hill in India late at night, many January’s ago, listening to a very special soul reflect on the purpose and meaning of life. He was asked, “How do we balance the material and spiritual aspects of life?”
And [...]
One of my favorite quotations in regards to making money comes from Ralph Waldo Emerson: “The gain is apparent; the tax is certain.” In the modern society this truth is more applicable than ever. I don’t think there has ever been a time when so much of mankind is hyper-focused on acquiring money. Look [...]