I’m a guy exploring his relationship to the World and place in the Cosmos. Our shared reality fascinates me. I’m curious how what people believe shapes their experience of life. This site contains the artifacts of my quest to be an agent for positive change.
Hate has caused a lot of problems in the world but has not solved one yet. - Dr. Maya Angelou
Not even a speck in the Universe but still a part of something unimaginably enormous.
… 5-easy steps to saving the Earth from humans or 6-things you can do to keep living like you have been taught without having to inconvenience yourself …
… while we have independent thinking and are individuations of God or the Universe, each one a little different, are in reality all using the same Mind. …
Turbulent times compel us to abandon our infantilized outlook and become reverent, interdependent, ecocentric adults…
We can only love others as much as we love ourselves. If we do not love ourselves and live under the tyranny of our ego then we will treat others in like manner.
There has been an anger quietly building in many Americans, silently growing as a minority imposes their ideology on the majority. Has the Supreme Court unleashed the rage of a majority to long ignored?
The more effort I make to connect with the Earth the more I know how disconnected I have been. And how can I be good to Earth and all its creation if I do not make a meaningful connection?
We humans can continue to indulge our lust for convenience and comfort. We can pretend our actions that violate the Earth have no consequences. We can ignore scientific research that shows unprecedented changes in the environment we humans rely on. We can continue with business as usual. But the Earth has no obligation to corporate shareholder profits.
As I walked down my suburban street in a state elevated by prayer and being in sacred community the world seemed very alive. I came to a full stop when I saw a face in a tree.
Expressing gratitude is a fundamental spiritual practice. Not only can it uplift the recipient, but it is a known way of elevating the feelings of the one giving thanks.
Scholars have come to a general consensus that Aramaic was the dialect spoken in Palestine during the time Jesus was alive. And most probably he taught and delivered sermons in Aramaic. Following is one translation of the Lord’s Prayer from Aramaic to English by Neil Douglas-Klotz.
The desire to spread fear, to rule by fear, is against life itself. Succumbing to fear is to deny Life, a force greater than any one individual or human collective. Allowing fear to rule the heart opens one to evil.
Participating in the Fast took me out of daily life experience and gave me an opportunity to connect with Life from a different vantage point. And yes, as my friend had said my prayers had a heart-centered potency that I have not experienced before.
