things over which we have choice
Sometimes a subject comes up in our lives repeatedly. When it does I try to pay attention and discover the hidden meaning. In fact, I would say that until we learn our lessons they continue to repeat in our lives. Perhaps you have noticed the same in your own life. I have seen billboards, newspaper…
The Olympics are on in Vancouver and there is always much ado about medals. There are ceremonies, podiums, ranking and beautiful awards. Each of us is also in fact in a competition with ourselves to “win at living”. Just like Olympic athletes we have multiple times to do practice runs. In fact there are many…
Who am I? How do I express it? These two questions are the quintessential questions that have haunted humans since our first ability to be consciously aware and will continue until we are extinct. The final letter in the acronym of LOVE is “E” and I had chosen expression as the word. There are many…
At first when you look at this photo you may not recognize the Dragonfly has landed on a mirror and that is the reason for the appearance of two bodies. This is also true sometimes when we look upon our fellow man. We may not recognize they are always a reflection of us. Sometimes, most…
A leaf. A rock. Sand in formation. A perfect visual image to meditate upon. Meditation is easy if you want it to be. I have talked before about different forms of meditation (including laughing meditations) and now I want to give a simple example and share my experience of yet another form of meditation using a…
Something happened. I did it. The wrong thing in the wrong place at the wrong time. I know it. Others were affected. Perhaps I did not intend it but none-the-less it happened. I have done wrong to others and to myself. I have erred. I have caused pain and sadness. Others may have chosen suffering…
The other day I was watching the movie Avatar when the person next to me received not one phone call, but two! How interesting that no one around him spoke to him, admonished him nor was rude to him even when his behaviour was so discourteous towards others. It was an excellent sign to me.…
Each of us is directing a full length feature film. It is called “my life story” and while the characters may differ, the scenery change and choices be unique, the fact of the matter is we are all writing, scripting, directing, producing and also starring in our own life story. One thing that always fascinates…
I am not sure what word you are comfortable to use representing “the divine”. The term I most often use is “the divine” or “universal mind and presence” or some other such term that de-personalizes the construct of teh judeo-christian belief of God that I was raised to know. I do not mean that I…
I am writing this on the third day of second month of 2010. I see it as 1, 2, 3. The secret to my success is as simple and succinct as one, two and three and we are going to use this to release our inner child. In the previous two articles on Getting to…