There is but one power, one creative force in the universe: the power of love. That power can be put to constructive or degenerative purposes; how it is used determines the nature of its manifestation. As such, good and evil both spring from love. Man's heart is by nature a transformer. The central purpose of …
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The Realm of Being
Having written a post every day now for the past four plus years, I am convinced that a mind conscious of right can overcome the inertia of mediocrity and evil in the world we share, the world we create through our thoughts, words and deeds. Your personal stories of overcoming challenges (both internal and in …
Most Sacred
Every man must determine for himself what he holds to be most sacred. Some men set their hearts on achievement, others on procurement. Some love their lives to the end, others lay down their lives for their friends. Some long for attention, others anonymity. The centering of one's heart, it seems, rests on the individual. …
Eternal Vigilance
"Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty." - Thomas Jefferson Liberty comes whenever truth and love are balanced in the expression of life. Love without truth is fire that will soon become an inferno. Truth without love is a cold and desolate place. When the power of love is conditioned and contained within the matrix …
Morning Pentalogue
1. How much pain have cost you imagined evils which never came to be? It is always torturous to extrapolate from a faith in lack and the presumption of failure. 2. Never mourn the living. Savor the present forms through which the light of eternal life surges. 3. Beneath the tormented man darts a light-hearted …
Summer
Summer by Gregg Hake Summer, like her sister Spring, Keeps safe the seeds within her Of glories yet unseen. But when the sun doth beckon She yields what she can give And so in selfless giving She begins to live.
Good End
No imagined good end, no matter how well-rationalized, justifies the employment of evil means.
Your Cares
Your Cares by Gregg Hake I love to hear the thunder Marching on the sea. I love to feel the thunder Trembling above me. I love to watch the lightning Dancing through the air. I love to watch the raindrops Wash away your cares.
The Uniform Tenor
"The uniform tenor of a man's life furnishes better evidence of what he has said or done on any particular occasion than the word of any enemy." - Thomas Jefferson, letter to De Witt Clinton, Dec. 31, 1803 Wise is the man who judges not on the basis of hearsay, for he creates in his …
A Tranquil Life
"Nothing is troublesome that we do willingly." - Thomas Jefferson The key to living a tranquil life is found in maintaining a perfect willingness to undertake that which must be done to remain true to the truth. When willingness is measured according to this one dictate, the unnatural and unrelenting tensions which bind the heart …
Gregory Hake 