The Egoic Mind – Transcending the Phantom Self
In ancient Greek mythology, the hunter Narcissus gazed down into a still pool of water and immediately fell in love with his own reflection. This emotional attachment to surface reflections is a metaphor for our pseudo sense of self that we call the ego. It is the identification with this “phantom self” that inevitably leads to all human suffering. Learn to transcend your ego and you’ll be taking your first steps into a much larger world.
A Practical SpiritualityThe world needs a practical spirituality; one that is relevant to the individual challenges that people meet every day, and to the largest issues facing humanity. Doesn’t it seem to you that many of the religions and spiritual paths offered in the world today rely on a belief in the fantastic? I’m not interested in an endless quest for the spiritual experience promoted by someone else, but unavailable to be experienced here and now. The world needs a practical spirituality, and so do you and I.
Reincarnation – a life after this life after another…What a wonderful thought that our soul is immortal and embarks upon a new chapter and learning curve with each successive human lifetime! There are many who intuitively feel that subsequent human births will follow this one. Others cannot consider the idea of ‘having to return’ to endure all they have had to this life and totally reject the idea of recycled souls as unfortunately the opportunity for fresh and brighter experiences.
Angels – Angel of PowerPower is managing the Self, both physical and Spirit filled. Power is trusting that which you receive from Divine Source. There is only that which aligns you with Divine Source, should you choose to allow it.
Judgment From A Spiritual PerspectiveWhen you find yourself being judgmental, what can you do? In the King James Version of The Bible, Matthew 7:1, we are told, “Judge not, that ye be judged.” What is so bad about judging others and being judged?
Having A Spiritual Direction In Life – Part 1The goal of having a spiritual direction in life is the ability to live a spiritual life from the heart. Man’s eternal quest in life is basically to know and experience the Love of God and to then pass on or rather ‘give’ that feeling of love to our fellow beings.
Judgment, which is a subjective compulsive need to categorize things or people to confirm, justify or validate our beliefs or opinions, seems to be a very meaningful and useful tool to navigate through the ups and downs of life. Yet there is hardly any basis to judgment other than feeling inadequate, unfulfilled, or empty inside. Putting people or things into higher or lower categories stems from not feeling worthy enough. The need to pass judgments on people i.e. to see them as anything but pure Love, reflects the state of unhappiness or lack of completeness in our hearts. This makes judgment a misdirected energy that lacks discernment. Judgmental energy is responsible for all the conflicts and disharmony the Earth has ever witnessed. Discernment, on the other hand, sees that every person and every situation in life plays an import part on the game-board of life.
How To Find Victory and Peace In The Face Of Life’s Adversities?The author seeks to point men to the principles of faith and godliness that allow for, and sponsor peace. He does this stressing that the peace that Jesus gives is not automatic, but takes a knowledgeable and obedient cooperation with the believing person.
Mustard, Toothpaste and Other Things I Don’t Need in BulkMy mother was a kindergarten teacher, so two things were especially true about my childhood: Every moment was a teachable one, and everything we bought was on sale. Consequently, I learned the color red as a toddler when my mother made me help her find clearance racks in Goody’s. If I ever got lost, my mom knew where to find me: under a red rack.
The Fractal Structure of AUM and Triguna Quantum Mechanics on the Rim of ExistenceAnalogies between science and Advaita Vedanta are probed in a search to understand God and the World. The all pervading vibration AUM might be a fractal structure and the material/energetic world, the Maya we observe, merely the rim of such a fractal. Interference patterns in this rim are described to give rise to the quantum mechanical world which appears to exist in the three qualities of tamas (inertia), rajas (movement) and sattva (harmony).
Mystical Visions: What Are They and Where Do They Come From?Many of us have had mystical visions during meditation, while in an altered state of mind, or in a near death experience (NDE). But where do these visions come from?
Rise Above (Or How Many Humans Does It Take to Effect Change?)When people talk about ending issues like hunger, poverty, war, famine, genocide, etc., they tend to think within our societal box. Albert Einstein had a bigger picture of this when he said, “The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.” In other words, we need to rise above our existing way of thinking. We need to shift our perspective to a broader, more encompassing view, and open up to the infinite possibilities that exist.



