(6-minute read) - Bird notes and rustling on the forest floor punctuated the silence. The sounds were gentle reminders of a forgotten Eden - a former paradise. Now most of the animals were wiped out and the rich diversity of plants was reduced to only the commercially viable one. Humans protested … [Read more...]
Meditation and Existential Depression
(5-minute Read) - Ice cold isolation visits from time to time and steals away the warmth of connections. We may feel a sense of separateness or of not belonging. We may be wracked by a sense of loss with profound sadness in our hardest times. This experience may be existential depression if it lasts … [Read more...]
Racism
(6-minute read) - It was the start of my third day in England. I walked along the platform of a train station somewhere in the south of London. An uncommon bright yellow hue of light reflected off the concrete floor between the roof-covered portions. “Good grief, it’s the sun,” I heard my bemused … [Read more...]
Bumper Sticker Love
(5-minute read) - I saw a man in his car in the glorious morning sun and the haze of urban traffic. The car had nice clean bumpers and a bumper sticker that read, “I Love Jesus”, all clean and bright in red and white and black. “That’s wonderful,” I thought. I wondered if he really loved Jesus, as I … [Read more...]
Spiritual Psychology
(6-minute read) - Transpersonal psychology offers great hope for the salvation of our species and protection of our planet. Transpersonal psychology is a meeting of spiritual and scientific methods. It appeals to many people. Our spiritual and psychological dimensions are only separated in theory. … [Read more...]
Daily Meditation
(4-minute read) - Daily meditation helps us react appropriately to this aggressive world. At the same time, daily meditation makes us more sensitive to the aggression. I was reminded of these truths recently. I was driving to the Mindmark Retreat Centre. It was a lovely spring morning. The radio … [Read more...]
Spiritual Love
(6-minute read) - The concept of spiritual love is alien to the youth of our first world. They’re bombarded instead with sex and addictive pseudo love. And they mistake this norm of our age for spiritual love. The status quo Surveys are finding that online sexual harassment is becoming a normal … [Read more...]
Spiritual Awakening
(5-minute read) - I looked out my dining room window at eight o’ clock one morning and had a spiritual awakening. Beauty has many truths. It really is in the eye of the beholder. The pigeon Time stood still. The water rippled and splashed as a light-weight, feathered mystery moved. A little beaked … [Read more...]
Debate About Mother Teresa
(6-minute read) - I heard so much debate about Mother Teresa. Everyone seemed to have a strong opinion ranging from “one of the greatest saints” to “vile person who loved poverty more than poor people.” I didn’t have a strong opinion. But I opened my Facebook feed and the first two posts were about … [Read more...]
The Car Guard
(5-minute read) - The blonde lady hurried across the parking lot, pushing a full shopping trolley in front of her towards her car. Suddenly an old man with a reflective vest approached her to help push the trolley. He was a car guard. Men like him stood guard over cars in parking lots across South … [Read more...]
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