The other day I read yet another blog post by someone who works in the intuitive/spiritual field calling “bullshit” on some details of spiritual knowledge or another. I don’t really remember exactly what it was… I think it was about “soul groups” and negative souls…stuff like that. I must admit that in the past I’ve been guilty […]
Grandfather White Pine
May 5, 2012 By 6 Comments
We live in a wooded area, halfway up a ridge in central Pennsylvania. It’s a cool place to live, for sure…second-growth forest, mostly oaks and maples with a variety of other species thrown in. Classic Eastern Woodlands. Last December our neighbor decided to have some trees cleared, both to make little money and to […]
Money, Courage, and Taking Risks
April 18, 2012 By 4 Comments
One of my main ways of communicating is through my Facebook page (you’re invited to join me through the link over there on the right). I post whatever occurs to me, usually several times a week. The thoughts I share usually are found helpful by at least a few people. It’s easy to tell which […]
The Conformity of the Non-Conformist
April 14, 2012 By 2 Comments
One of the first things I realized (almost as soon as I had any conscious thoughts at all) was that I wasn’t like everyone else. I remember looking around me as a small child and thinking, “WTF? What is this place?” Or at least the baby equivalent of that. 🙂 Oh, I had a pretty good family. My parents […]
Spiritual Awakening: So what?
April 7, 2012 By 6 Comments
We hear a lot these days about people “waking up”. Waking up to their spirituality…to their potential…to the idea that what we see around us is not all there is to the universe. Often, this change in outlook is born of extreme pain. We’ve tried everything we know of to get our lives on track…like […]
Labels and Book Covers
March 31, 2012 By 3 Comments
The way people label themselves has always fascinated me. For most of us it starts at a very young age… even in middle school you have the cool kids, the rich kids, the jocks, the nerds. Even the loners are a group…they just don’t congregate as such. Most of the time we choose these labels for ourselves; sometimes […]
Letting Go of the Pain; Stop Slapping Yourself!
March 22, 2012 By 9 Comments
I recently had a few conversations that provided stark evidence of what happens when we choose to keep ourselves in the “comfort” zone of pain. We can call this choice “subconscious”…but it’s really more properly an un-conscious reaction. It’s conditioning,, and it continues simply because we don’t take the time to examine and become aware […]
Phone Phobia: I Don’t Bite!
October 12, 2011 By 14 Comments
I was recently reminded of a phenomena that I’d best describe as “phone phobia“. It’s an irrational fear of speaking with strangers on the telephone; the roots of this fear are deep and subtle, yet it appears that many people are subject to it to some degree or another. I know whereof I speak. Growing up […]
Consciousness and Responsibility
September 15, 2011 By 7 Comments
Life – both physical and spiritual – is all about constant change. As the old saying goes, you’re either busy being born or you’re busy dying (and in a physical sense you’re really doing both at the same time). This is self-evident in all forms of physical life, and it’s also true when it comes […]
The New Idolatry
August 8, 2011 By 7 Comments
In the Judeo-Christian tradition, we are told (via the Ten Commandments) that “Ye shall have no other gods before me.” Sounds simple enough…if one decides to subscribe to the “one true God” system of that and many other organized religions. Obviously, having God say this also provides an easy solution to the problem of competition […]