1/2/2006
- Happy New Year 2006
I just want to wish you a wonderful New Year. May it bring you many good and positive things. May you have the strength and courage to overcome challenges and difficulties. May you have blessings and good fortune too.
12/27/2005
- The 2 Key Success Factors
Recently, Donald Trump was on TV and described his two major keys to success. He said:
(1) You have to do something you really love.
(2) Be willing to overcome any obstacle - even go through a brick wall, if necessary - in order to achieve your dream.
Now, while this may not sound like particularly new information to anyone who has read a lot of motivational material, let us try to look at it with new eyes. After all, it’s coming from one of the most financially successful men in the world today.
12/22/2005
- This Unfair World
“Why is everything unfair and unjust in this world?…”
It’s a question a lot of people have on their minds. Frankly, it’s a very big question too. Philosophers and mystics have pondered this for as long as humans have been on this earth. Hence, it’s impossible to give a definitive answer. However, here are my personal thoughts on the matter.
We have to see this from two points of view simultaneously; two viewpoints which are ultimately paradoxical to each other. The first is our standard personality consciousness. From this point of view, many things in life do seem unfair. Not only do they seem unfair, they actually ARE unfair.
11/18/2005
- Making The Most Of The Moments
Have you ever wanted to write a book, but could never find the time to get started? Or study a course, but never managed to sit down to do it?
Our lives are frantic. There’s less time available to do an ever greater number of critical tasks. So how do we ever get around to do what we thirst to achieve in life?
Well, one way is to make the most of the moments you DO have. By this, I mean those scraps of time that we esteem so little and throw away without a second thought. Rather than try to block out large amounts of time for your dream project, and never actually getting around to doing it, you can make use of the scraps that crop up here, there, and everywhere.
11/2/2005
- The Science Of Getting Rich by Wallace D. Wattles
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10/21/2005
- If I Could Go Back In Time (1) …
Although it’s true that you can’t change the past, and “there’s no use crying over spilled milk”, there is nevertheless much value in pondering your life with a view to seeing the mistakes you have made. In this way, you can avoid making similar mistakes in the future. You can also learn to accept responsibility for what you have in your life, and the fact that you yourself created it through the things you did, or left undone.
8/27/2005
- The Da Vinci Flaw
Do you have a lot of different projects that you start but never finish? Instead, you just start yet another new one?
Well, I do this all the time. So do many other people.
Now typically, most people almost have a strange form of pride about this sort of thing. They may regard themselves as “creative”, or even a highly intelligent multi-tasker. After all, Leonardo da Vinci started a huge number of projects that he never finished!
Well, this speaker had a different point of view. He said that….
8/19/2005
- Living With Your Negatives
If you have been studying personal growth materials for any length of time, you have probably heard it said over and over again that the name of the game is positive thinking. In other words, you must work to reduce and ultimately eliminate negative thinking and emotions from your life.
Well, yes. It’s a nice idea in theory, but the practical reality is something different altogether.
7/31/2005
- On Discovering Your Bliss
There is something we came here to do, and we feel incomplete until we have done it. This is what Joseph Campbell so aptly called “following your bliss”.
Following your bliss simply means living without compromise with regards to all the “Thou shalts” in life. There is a force in your ego consciousness that creates rules of conformity. Like a thermostat keeping the temperature of a room constant, most people have a thermostat keeping them beautifully in tune with the expectations and demands of society. In doing so, they give up their soul, and the very purpose for why they manifested in the first place.
7/19/2005
- Beyond Good And Evil - The Center Of Perfect Peace
Why do we consistently fail to do the good we know we should? All too often, why do we do the evil we hate instead? Is there really an external force that acts upon us and tempts us into evil as many religions seem to believe? Or does our own inner fragmentation lead us ever into frustration; willing one thing but doing another?
7/4/2005
- God Idea Of The Ancients
Hello,
I have uploaded the entire text of an excellent metaphysical spirituality book entitled “God Idea Of The Ancients” by Eliza Burt Gamble. You can find it at:
God Idea Of The Ancients Book
It has many interesting and valid mythological and mystical ideas, and engages in a comprehensive discussion of the many major religions. Enjoy!
Asoka
6/8/2005
- You Will DEFINITELY Die - And You Could Die Today!
There is only one certain fact, and that is that every one of us will die one day. Yet, most of us go about our lives as if death only happens to other people. As yòung people, we feel immortal. As we get older, we study ways to prolong our lives through exercise, diet and a range of other precautions. Our society goes to incrèdible lengths to conceal death from us. It is even possible to go for many years in the West, even an entire lifetime, without ever seeing a dead person.
6/5/2005
- In Search Of The Feminine Archetype
I often wonder what the world would be like if women were in charge of it instead of men. It would definitely be an altogether different place. Moreover, it’s hard to escape the sneaking suspicion that it would probably be a far better place too.
In watching the 9/11 attack on New York, and the resulting military response, this masculine aspect to events is most striking.
6/4/2005
- The Hidden Power Within You
There is within you a power that, if awakened and harnessed, would unfailingly create almost anything you can dream of. That force is the infinite power of your Mind, and the power of manifested THOUGHT.
Your Mind, and the way you use it, is the single factor that can cause you to wallow in the masses of the boringly average, or rise to levels of success undreamed of.
6/3/2005
- The Buddhist Metta Meditation For Inner Peace And Happiness
One of the most powerful and transforming meditations in Buddhism is the Metta meditation, also known as the Loving Kindness Meditation.
If you practice this meditation regularly, it will fill your heart with Love and Compassion, both for yourself and for other people. It is very simple, and yet extremely powerful. Moreover, it is a meditation you can do whilst formally seated for meditation, or at any point throughout the day, in the midst of the daily rush.
5/27/2005
- Seeking Spiritual Guidance From The Higher Self
Much of what we think about habitually is negative and unproductive. Not only are most of the thoughts we have the same as the ones we had yesterday, the majority of them are also unhelpful and do real harm to our bodies, minds and spirits.
5/26/2005
- Everyday Karma & The Golden Rule
“Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.” A famous person said that, and you doubtless know who it is. Often called the Golden Rule, it forms the cornerstone of every major religion.
Does it sound like nice advice, if you had the spare time, or if you are planning to be a saint? If so, it may astonish you to discover that, not only does this make sense from a spiritual and altruistic viewpoint, it is also good advice if you are acting from purely self-serving motives. It actually makes sound business sense too, although very few businesses operate that way.
5/24/2005
- The Game Of Life & Death
It is often said in spiritual teachings that the world is an illusion, suffering is unreal, and that Good and Evil are dualistic fantasies. Doubtless, this is all well and good. Yet, how do we reconcile this with the fact that all of this seems very real indeed to the vast majority of us?
As I pondered this one day, an interesting metaphor came to my mind that might well go some way towards illustrating this…
5/21/2005
- Star Wars, The Force, & The Higher Self
In case you hadn’t noticed, Star Wars is back!
And while everyone is talking about “May The Force Be With You!”, the fact of the matter is that it already is. Anybody who has watched the films cannot fail to be struck by the continual metaphysical allusions throughout.
5/19/2005
- My Reality Is Better Than Your Reality - Or Is It?
What is reality? Each of us has our personal read on it. Yet, nobody knows for certain. Each of us is locked into our own paradigm, and can only see things that way. The same world in which we all live, is actually totally different, depending upon who is viewing it. It is perhaps for this reason, more than any other, that the world abounds with conflict.
