An ordinary soul’s journey towards unity.
Posted in Addiction, Inquisitive, suffering on Aug 28th, 2009
Lately I have been thinking a lot about the motivations behind my behaviors…I’m trying to get to the root of what really makes me happy and what causes me grief. Although this process is never complete, I think this period of introspection has led me to some interesting insight that I’d like to pass on. [...]
Posted in Hope, Inquisitive, Intention, Reality on Jul 19th, 2009
What makes us human?
Is it our heart, opening…closing, like the windows of God’s eyes.
Is it our brains, constantly scanning, searching, hoping, thinking about what comes next.
Is it our emotions, feeling a single high for every low, always keeping us on our toes.
Is it our ability to recognize suffering? Is it our ability to acknowledge it?
Are [...]
Posted in Inquisitive, The Knife Cutting Edge on Dec 24th, 2008
What I Learned from Fasting
We live in a world that makes every possible attempt to control us. There are pysical, social, psychological, and even spiritual mechanisms in place to force our actions down a certain path. Those that are able to break free from these mechanisms of control are those you don’t see on the [...]
Posted in Inquisitive, Living, Reality on Sep 18th, 2008
How To Be A Child At Heart
When we were children, we were not afraid of much. Maybe the dark or a bully down the street frightened us, but for the most part the only things we really thought about were wondering how things are, our hopes, and our dreams.
The wonders of the universe:
Although I remember [...]
Posted in Inquisitive, Reality on Jul 6th, 2008
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Are We Living in a Dreamworld?
My son asked me a few months ago (he was 5 at the time) if we were really in a dream and if life was real. At the time, I was blown away by the question and struggled to even formulate a token response. Instead, I simply said, [...]
Posted in Inquisitive, Living, Reality on Jun 4th, 2008
I sat in a series of briefings and round table discussion today regarding ethnicity and race, which then brought about a great series of conversations about the effects of social and cultural groups from an international perspective. We talked about how we use our “groups” to construct the realities we live in and in doing [...]
Posted in Inquisitive on May 31st, 2008
Alexi Murdoch is one of my favorite new (new to me that is) artists, and I really found these lyrics to reflect how I’ve felt while travelling down the path to spiritual peace.
Alexi Murdoch :: Wait Lyrics
Feel I’m on the verge of some great truth
Were I’m finally in my place
But I’m fumbling still for proof
And [...]
Posted in Inquisitive on Mar 31st, 2008
I was thinking about the stars today while I was jogging through my neighborhood and I had a small realization. If the light from the stars at night is that of the past, then what would our light look like from another planet? I’ve often wondered about light as the means to time travel and [...]
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An ordinary soul’s journey towards unity.
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