Posted in Perceptions on Nov 10th, 2011 3 Comments »
WAKE UP! To The Subtle Violence of Personality A friend (point
commented to me once about “the bad rap eights get”. This was in response to an article on the enneagram of personality types that had appeared in a major metropolitan newspaper. The article quoted one person’s viewpoint that “eights are awful to be [...]
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Posted in Perceptions on Nov 5th, 2011 No Comments »
Words can Kill The world comes knocking at the wise man’s door like all good guests laying problems at his feet quietly, he feeds them as gluttonous appetites ravage the evening’s meal bloated with assumptions they raucously depart hidden in the corner a hungry servant died on table scraps Principles Worth Defending What is [...]
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Posted in Perceptions on Nov 4th, 2011 No Comments »
Ideas, Concepts, Positions – The Prison of the Mind What I am leading you to is the following: awareness of reality around you. Awareness means to watch, to observe what is going on within you and around you. “Going on” is pretty accurate: trees, grass, flowers, animals, rock, all of reality is moving. One observes [...]
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Posted in Perceptions on Oct 23rd, 2011 No Comments »
Sex Sells the Soul for Image This trailer for “Miss Representation” sheds light on a growing problem with a culture hooked on image and a diet of media addiction. Where will the world be in 20 years?
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Posted in Perceptions on Oct 21st, 2011 No Comments »
Feed Me, Feed Me Pleaded the Hungry Ghost Yesterday, I was on the way to meet my sister for dinner when I felt and heard a hungry ghost inside of me – feed me, feed me it wailed. It was a marvel. I was fascinated. Over the years of working on patterns, habits, conditioning and [...]
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Posted in Perceptions on Oct 20th, 2011 No Comments »
From New York to True Nature Ian McKay interviews Jessica Britt, a Diamond Approach teacher, about her spiritual journey. Jessica has been a teacher of mine for over 20 years. In addition to teaching the Diamond Approach, Jessica works with the Medicine Wheel .
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Posted in Perceptions on Oct 11th, 2011 1 Comment »
How Often Do We Hedge Our Bets I like to watch Texas Hold’em Poker. I’ve never played it, though I have thought about playing poker online. My friend, Holly, is on her way back from France and coincidentally, I received an email about the above linked poker site. It got me to thinking about how [...]
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Posted in Perceptions on Oct 5th, 2011 1 Comment »
Comparing Mind – Junkyard Dog of a Critic The problem with in-laws Is the concern For their family values Not you The mind’s orientation Toward the soul Is similar ———– JH It’s impossible to judge a book by its cover if there is no comparing mind. If there is no reference point for comparison then, [...]
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Posted in Perceptions on Oct 1st, 2011 5 Comments »
Self-Realization – Beyond Concepts, Beliefs, Attitudes & Attacks I got on the spiritual path at age 19. The experience that precipitated my interest in spiritual development, self-realization, God-realization, enlightenment and such was, at that time, just mind boggling. Today, I realize that the experience involved a descent of essence into my consciousness and body, and [...]
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Posted in Perceptions on Sep 18th, 2011 No Comments »
Some Thoughts on “The Moment” We know reification is at work when we think of it as this moment or the next moment. The moment is actually out of time. Time is rushing at us From everywhere From all directions From inside and outside From the past and future Physical time Emotional time Psychological time [...]
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