Your soul is the constellation of your being, of your true inner identity. Its peculiar pattern of organization is the result of both inner and outer factors, or put in other terms, of things heavenly and earthly. The colors, shapes, shadings, and textures of your soul are unique to you. You are an individual for …
In a world gone mad, measuring our sanity by how well we conform to what the world expects is madness. The world we've created for ourselves has long been plagued by wars and rumors of wars, misery, and suffering. Tribal identities wax and wane, empires rise and fall, novel ideas come and go, all of …
“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.” – Harry S. Truman How much of what you do, would you say is ego driven? One indicator of this is whether you await or actively seek the approbation of others when you accomplish things and then don’t feel …
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Meaning and purpose are not isolated, segregated things. Your meaning and purpose relates to my meaning and purpose and vice versa. No man’s meaning and purpose is isolated unto himself. Moreover, all meaning and purpose rolls up to one central pattern. There is oneness in meaning and purpose, but not sameness. Like snowflakes, no two …
Man loves to grapple, to wrestle. He loves to struggle with ideas, contend with demons, fight his adversaries, and battle evil. He loves to fight the “good fight,” to rally against injustice, and to vanquish an oppressor. His history books are filled with tales of toil and resistance, the refusal to submit to forces greater …
“A mere theory of life, that remains but a theory, is about as useful to a man, as a gilt-edged menu is to a starving sailor on a raft in mid-ocean. It is irritating but not stimulating. No rule for higher living will help a man in the slightest, until he reach out and appropriate …
You may have fancied yourself as important, impressive, or highly capable in relation to your peers, but the truth of the matter is that your life is contained in a vast cosmic drama that is far greater than you might ever have imagined. Your talents are of value, but of far greater importance is your …
Suffering is not necessary, but it is a fact of life these days. We as a race have accumulated hundreds if not thousands of years of dysfunction, which is caused by living based on the judgment of surface appearances rather than living according to the underlying reality of being. That disconnect is the root of …
My eldest son, Christopher, turned 15 a few days ago. What a critical, transitional time in life! The passage of his birthday left me with these thoughts on becoming a man: Manhood is not simply a matter of reaching a certain biological age, rather, it is attained when the naturally self-centered state of youth yields …
In a world governed by men who are naked and ashamed, success is measured by material prosperity, physical prowess, and the size of one’s tribe. Rather than valuing that which distinguishes him in the natural world – his ability to perfect reason and embody virtue – his highest aim is to accumulate the trappings of …
Gregory Hake 