"A friend to all is a friend to none." - Aristotle You no doubt have friends of many stripes, a few qualifying as "close," a larger group more appropriately described as being "acquaintances" and the majority probably being somewhere in between. It can be a useful exercise on occasion to review the list of those …
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Split Loyalties
When you associate with the truth in all areas of your living, there is no need to dissemble for the truth of who you are is sufficient unto the day. It pains me to watch my fellows crawl through life on their hands and knees in the desperate and hopeless attempt to create an appearance …
The Road to Truth
"He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast." ~ Leonardo da Vinci The oscillation between theory and practice is fundamental to effective living. There are underlying principles behind all that is and each thing has a discoverable and …
Set Free
The basic principles about which I write on a daily basis are only valuable and meaningful to the degree that you put them into specific practice in your living. I try to describe them in a way that encourages you to test them, that is, to see if they are of truth or not and …
Focus
If you are desirous of living a generative life, one that ends with the feeling of a mission accomplished rather than of a disappointing failure, you must develop the ability to focus your physical, mental and emotional attention. The three levels are focused independently, yet the three are connected like lenses within lenses. As such, …
Calm, Forward, Straight
As a living, breathing human being, you are an animate creature, capable of orienting in, being motivated by and coloring your expression with a wide variety of spirits. The spirit which compels or dominates your expression in any given moment gives evidence to the true centering of your heart, regardless of what you believe mentally …
The Spirit of the Method
The old and familiar maxim: "Knowledge is Power" shapes the way we look at education, marketing, politics, religion and many other areas of human activity. The idea that knowledge begets power is based on the limited view that humanity is meant to dominate his environment, rather than have dominion over it. Domination is established through …
Forward-Upward!
Circumstances have a wonderful way of letting you know if you're on the right or the wrong track. They provide useful feedback that, thoughtfully reviewed, compels changes in approach or direction and occasionally in underlying orientation. Those in the habit of bemoaning their circumstances often miss these cues as they are so busy reacting to …
The Ascending Spiral
There exists a remarkable parallel between raising children and schooling horses. Both horses and people move through a period of intense physical development in their youth, followed by mental and emotional growth and maturation. Handled rightly, this process oscillates back and forth between tension and relaxation. In the moment it might feel like you are …
Indispensable Self-Control
It takes time to develop proficiency and even more time to come to the point of mastery in any field of activity. That said, the more perfect the practice and the more consistent the progression, the less time is spent retracing steps and rebuilding foundational elements that have eroded with the passage of time spent …
Gregory Hake 