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May.03.2013
To those who know me, it is no surprise that I was born with a WHY chromosome.
Because I was so fortunate as to travel the world during my teen years…those highly impressionable years…I’ve seen things, heard things, experienced things that became fertile soil to my many questions.
I was raised in a...
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Apr.19.2013
I need your help. Take four mins and watch my video – I’ve launched a time-sensitive project and I’m inviting you to take part in it. Watch the video here but, better yet, go directly to theINDIEGOGO site and watch it there.
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/interfaith-peace-project/x/310109?c...
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Apr.16.2013
Dr. Christiane Northrup says, "The things that make us weep contain something we need to know about."
On this day, I, like you, weep for Boston, Newtown, Aurora, Oslo, Bagdad and countless other places on earth where violence and bloodshed cover the hills, valleys, mountains, streets and streams of...
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Mar.15.2013
It's not difficult but we make it so.
The pathway to spiritual growth unfolds naturally.
It is the path of letting go. In the last blog, What Is Faith? I made the point that faith is the Divinely-given capacity to let go - to live in uncertainty, to give up control. The ego in you will almost...
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Aug.19.2012
Whether in Christianity, Islam, Judaism, or virtually any other faith tradition, the emphasis is almost always on performing in hopes of pleasing a God is who not only distant but demanding. I hear it all the time. Heck, I preached it for decades.
"Repent!" "Strive!" "Turn or burn!" "Believe and...
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Aug.16.2012
You could not be nearer to the Divine Presence than you are right now. This I will remember today...
* To know God requires no effort whatsoever. When effort appears, struggle surfaces, I will know that is the ego in me. The real me, the higher self, would never struggle to reach God; it is one...
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Jul.24.2012
Benjamin Whichcote said, "The human soul is to God as a flower is to the sun; it opens at its approach; it shuts when it withdraws."
Today, I will approach the sun; I will open to all that is divine. And, the approach? Well, it's just that - a simple acknowledgement...a thought...a desire...a tiny...
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Jul.13.2012
In Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid, Ariel exchanges her voice for a pair of legs. I suppose I love the story because I see so much of myself in it. I've been in the exchange business for much of my life.
There have been times, for example, I have given up my voice in exchange for...
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Mar.30.2012
As with most great movies, there are many parallels to our shared experience as human beings in the most recent blockbuster, "The Hunger Games."
I loved this movie. And now, I must read the books.
In one of the film's many memorable scenes, Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson), co-star who is in love...
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