If you're anything like me you've cherished the opportunity to be in the company of those people who by means of their very presence compel refinement. You've no doubt encountered such people, that is, those who carry about them an inspiriting atmosphere which acts as a refiner's fire as you draw near unto them. The …
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Sea of Vicissitude
Human beings tend to pride themselves whenever they manage a little bit of consistency while rocking along in the tempestuous sea of vicissitude called life. I myself paused for a moment when I saw the counter which tracks the number of consecutive daily posts reach 999 this morning and as soon as I finished a …
True or False
True religion is real living, where every thought, word and deed binds fast the material world with the incorporeal. True religion is the generation of the connecting substance which allows for the transmutation of love and truth into tangible, coherent life expression. True religion cannot be limited to a common set of rites, rituals and …
Humility and Gratitude
Even if you are good at something, you will still have the experience of hitting a ceiling, breaking through and then having to face the turbulence and discomfort of function at the new level. That process is best met in the spirit of humility and gratitude. It's fine to celebrate when you reach a new …
It’s a matter of attention
"Each person has inside a basic decency and goodness. If he listens to it and acts on it, he is giving a great deal of what it is the world needs most. It is not complicated but it takes courage. It takes courage for a person to listen to his own good." - Pablo Casals …
Test the Variables
When you are troubled, you are wise to make use of the scientific method. How? It's really quite easy: Formulate a question. Make a falsifiable hypotheses. Predict an outcome. Test your hypothesis. Analyze the results. It's quite easy, though it does require a determination and objectivity that fly in the face of the tightly wound …
The Immovable Object
"And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me." Matthew 11:6 If love is the irresistible force, then truth is the immovable object. Truth cannot neither be owned nor cornered; human opinion pales and quivers in its almighty, imperturbable shadow. Gloria Steinem once observed that "The truth will set you free, but first …
Live in Peace
Ode on Solitude by Alexander Pope Happy the man, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air In his own ground. Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, …
Weekly Photo Challenge: Happy
The folks at WordPress.com issued a multi-photo challenge on the theme of "Happy." I hope that these "left seat photos" (taken from my airplane) of nature's constantly changing display make you as happy to be alive as they did me!
Consent to Concede
Consent to Concede by Gregg Hake We are too much of this world, then and now, Trading birthrights for a mess of pottage; Forsaking true intercourse for frottage, Dominion lost in domination's dow! The sea of glass churned by earth-tiller's plough, Crystal no more but occluded by flotage; Vision enclosed by walls of man's plottage, …
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