Present tense

Posted on April 9, 2007 By

Recently, somebody close to me was involved in a minor car accident. The other driver – the one causing the crash- was too busy looking in his rear-view mirror while driving across a busy street and into a parking lot, hitting my loved one in the process. In other words, he was too busy focusing…


Around a chip

Posted on April 8, 2007 By

So if the body is a temple, why do the chips taste so good? And if they taste so good, why do they make my eyes hurt and my belly a little nauseous an hour after eating them? And if I feel a bit ill after eating chips, and I know I’m likely to feel…


Distractions

Posted on April 5, 2007 By

Aaaarrrrrgh!!! Heaps of distractions from all kinds of directions! But what is a distraction from a goal if we don’t understand what the goal is? Is there more than one goal? How do we achieve our goal(s)? Achievement. Oh boy – now what is that supposed to mean? Achieve what? The goal? What goal? Why…


The American Dream

Posted on April 2, 2007 By

It’s Spring. The weather is warming up, the plants are sprouting, the trees budding, the birds are returning to their more northern homes and making their nests. It’s Spring Break. It’s April. This time of year is all about growth and new life and possibilities opening up and blooming to their full potential. That hope…


Finding my way

Posted on March 30, 2007 By

I’m reading a lot these days; trying to find my metaphysical and spiritual ways a bit more. I am trying to find the specific path I am meant to tread, knowing that my time is “now”, and that it is time to call past experience to bear the fruit that has been many years in…


Intrinsic Nature & Separation

Posted on March 28, 2007 By

Aaaaaah… as a bug goes across my computer screen and I automatically go to smash it, the question of the day: What is our intrinsic nature as human beings? What is our base nature? Are we tainted, or are we pure? Are we physical or are we spiritual? Are we both? Are we neither? This…


Hello world!

Posted on March 26, 2007 By

So it starts – my blog. So why a blog? Why a site at all? Well, simply put, it’s just the right thing to do. Ok, so that sounds a bit corny to a lot of you… but *why* is it the right thing to do? And what am I hoping to accomplish here? Well,…