There is a disease in the Western World, and it’s called “self-improvement.” The fundamental sense of inadequacy so many people feel is not linked to any actual deficiency or inability to achieve; it arises from a universal belief that we’re not already whole and complete. A baby doesn’t suffer self-worth issues. It can’t walk, it [...] Do You Suffer from the Dis-ease of Self-Improvement?
April 26, 2011 By Leave a Comment
There is a disease in the Western World, and it’s called “self-improvement.” The fundamental sense of inadequacy so many people feel is not linked to any actual deficiency or inability to achieve; it arises from a universal belief that we’re not already whole and complete. A baby doesn’t suffer self-worth issues. It can’t walk, it [...] Do You Have a ‘Broken Art’? How to Own Your Creative Power
March 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment
If you fancy yourself a “creative type,” you might feel like you have to fight a never-ending battle for your art, whether against the “system” or against the daily minutiae that threaten to suck the life out of your creative soul. But the only enemy we ever have to face is “the enemy within our [...] What is the Law of Emergence?
March 16, 2011 By 1 Comment
“More tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones” — Mother Teresa I once knew a guy who used the law of attraction to ‘attract’ a Mercedes into his life. “Wow, this stuff really works!” he declared, becoming an instant convert. Two weeks later he lamented that the Mercedes was in the shop – [...] Tongue Shui: Harness the Energy of Your Words to Transform Your World
March 15, 2011 By Leave a Comment
“My husband and I can’t say two words to each other without drawing blood,” a woman cried to her therapist. “The second he walks through the door, we’re at each other’s throats. Deep down, I know the love’s still there, but it seems hopelessly buried.” Listening intently, the therapist reached into his drawer, pulled out [...] Opening Your Art
March 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
As conscious artists and enlightened-entertainers-in-training, we have to fight a never-ending battle for our art. Or so it seems. Our implements of war are not guns and bombs, but awareness and attention. And the only enemy we ever truly have to face is “the enemy within our own household.” (Mystically speaking, this refers to our [...] The Urgency of Emergence
March 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment
There is nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come. – Victor Hugo The impulse for freedom seems to be sweeping the planet, from the Midwest to the Middle East. And no matter how hard people resist, nothing can hold these evolutionary energies back for long. Of course, this emergent impulse is obvious [...] From ‘Me, The Person’ to ‘We, The People’
November 15, 2010 By 1 Comment
As I watch the ongoing healthcare debate, the angry townhall meetings, the well-monied corporate lobbyists, and the political infighting that seems so often to have much more to do with defeating each other’s party, lining their pockets, and winning elections, than actually governing and improving this country, one glaring question keeps coming to mind: How [...]
You Have No Problems
August 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Are You Living YOUR Values or Someone Else’s?
August 5, 2010 By Leave a Comment
It’s interesting to contemplate the question, “Who were you before your parents were born?” Then to ask “where do my current values, desires, goals come from?” Are they from your parents, schooling, society, or do they come from that pure, unconditional place within you? Are they a reaction to a limited sense of self? Perhaps [...]
Silence & The Law of Emergence
July 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Just returned from a 10-day silent Vipassana retreat. Something like 18 hours a day of meditation. No talk, no phone, no email, no internet, no nothin’! Just me and my consciousness. Powerful insights. All of which I know will probably sound like cliches. But they’re not when you’re having them anew. There was the realization [...]
