Problems are Airplanes

Problems are Airplanes

My 16 year old son, Noble, is working on a group project at school. His entire grade is spending this week on national and global problems and how to solve them (poverty, homelessness, immigration, racism, etc.). In sharing his thoughts, I was surprised to see how...

Beware of Compensation!

I’m not big on New Year’s resolutions. I do, however, like to think about what I’ve experienced and observed over the past year, and I try to create some rules, boundaries and things I’d like to improve or work on in the year ahead. During my time of reflecting over...
YesterdaysTodayTomorrows

YesterdaysTodayTomorrows

All of us have things about our past that we wish were different. All of us have things that we like today and that we hope will never change. And all of us have things we want to create for our lives tomorrow. The thoughts and feelings we carry with us are a...
Life’s too Short

Life’s too Short

All of us have experienced anger towards another person in our lifetime. Anger towards another is one of the most detrimental voluntary transfers of energy and power that exist. If life is “too short” for this and “too short” for that, then life is surely too short to...
Letting Go

Letting Go

A thought is a “thing.” It has energy and form. The mind with its thoughts and feelings controls the body; to heal the body, thoughts and feelings need to be changed. What is held in mind tends to express itself through the body. The body is not the real self; it is...
Freedom

Freedom

The 4th of July. Today is the day when we Americans celebrate freedom and independence. I find it no coincidence that today I am reading “Letting Go,” by David Hawkins. This book is about “the pathway to surrender,” a simple and life-changing mechanism whereby anyone...