The exercise of judgment destroys your capacity of discernment. In no instance is this more self-evident than in the matter of handling pressure. The ability to relax into pressure rather than judge it and consequently react negatively or withdraw from it is one of the greatest keys to unlocking your full potential in living. Increases …
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Intelligent Design
The more we have come to understand the body and mind's remarkable ability to maintain balance in a world filled with noxious agents and forces that cause imbalances, the more we seem to have grown afraid as a species of the world around us. This fear drives us more strongly than ever to seek to …
Side Effects
Various systems of medicine have developed around the world and each possesses its own unique character, emphasis and approach. The overall "shape" of each system reflects in many ways the dominant cultural, political, economic and philosophical forces at work in its country of birth, and it is thus that we have the so-called "Eastern" and …
The Four Phases
Principle, purpose, design and control - the four "phases"of truth - are the building blocks of the physical world. Everything in nature, our bodies, minds and hearts included, was crafted in accordance with these fundamental elements. Nature, be it at the hand of Providence or natural selection, is the tangible, physical expression of truth. The …
The Long Run
I attended a lecture many years ago in La Jolla, California given by Peter H. Duesberg, Ph.D., a professor of molecular and cell biology from the University of California, Berkeley. The topic was Duesberg's controversial view on AIDS, which is based on an alternate hypothesis to the dominant one that the medical establishment has pinned …
Branches and Roots
Every once in a while you hear of unusually creative friendships. Such friendships have the dual effect on my consciousness of restoring my faith in humanity and sparking my imagination relative to our collective future. I stumbled across a lovely passage which describes one such friendship between Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau in …
The Impulsion of Goodness
You have likely heard it said that man is fundamentally flawed or evil, born stained by original sin and in need of redemption as it is often put in the Abrahamic religions, or under the necessity of learning lessons to achieve enlightenment in the Eastern religions. But I say unto you that man is at …
Veneer of Personality
People generally reveal themselves over time. That said, the time it takes to get to know someone can be greatly shortened given the right mix of circumstances. Emergency situations, times of high pressure and even particularly intense games or sports can demand enough conscious energy and focus to let you see what is under the …
The Gold Terrace
Hard is the Way of the World II by Li Bai The way is broad like the blue sky, But no way out before my eye. I am ashamed to follow those who have no guts, Gambling on fighting cocks and dogs for pears and nuts. Feng would go homeward way, having no fish to eat; …
The Tough Choices
When it comes to life lessons, the hardest are often the most valuable. I had two conversations yesterday that reminded me of one such lesson I learned years ago and I am pleased to share it with you today. The principle around which this lesson centers is simple and well-known, but not often heeded: cut …
Gregory Hake 