Things in the world show up based on the way we look at them.  The more we look at the imperfections of the world, the more imperfections we see.  The more we see things as perfect, the more the world shows us its state of perfection. Our Challenge One of the most difficult tasks for [...]

Whenever someone tells you that things have to be either one way or another, it’s best to question that assumption.  Although we naturally gravitate to black and white thinking, drawing comfort from its certainty, more often than not things aren’t “either or” — there is usually an option that incorporates both ways simultaneously… it’s one [...]

My vision for a positive future is a world that works for everyone.  This means at a minimum that everyone has the opportunity to live their lives expressing their unique creative abilities, to have a basic standard of living, to live in freedom, and to have the chance to strive for personal success.  One should [...]

A week ago I offered for your contemplation four questions posed by Deepak Chopra as part of a EnlightenNext Magazine web article (questions repeated in bold below).  I thought I might give you my thoughts on them as of today.  One caveat — these answers are subject to change as I grow and change!  1. [...]

I recently spent a week driving on the left hand side of the road in Ireland and England.  I have to admit I was a little nervous about it.  Not only do you have to overcome your years of conditioning to stay to the right on the road, you sit behind the wheel on the [...]

Today we briefly look at John Stewart’s “Evolutionary Manifesto”…..no, it’s not a comedy routine by the Jon Stewart on Comedy Central….it is a blueprint for  change offerred by the other John Stewart, author of “Evolution’s Arrow”. I wrote about John and referenced his book in my article published a few weeks ago in the Integral [...]

Here is something to ponder…. “It’s only normal to be abnormal….if you were completely normal, you would be abnormal.”  You can quote me on that. If there is one thing that most of us learned as kids, it’s to try to fit in as much as possible.  We want to be liked.  We want others [...]

Why are we here?  What is the meaning of life?  What is consciousness?  These are the questions that have been behind so much of my spiritual seeking for all of my life. I remember as a child, laying out in the grass behind my house and looking up at the sky and wondering about life. [...]

As mentioned last week, an integral piece of the evolutionary journey is our personal expansion of the groups for whom we have compassion and empathy followed by our desire to be an agent for positive change.  Today we look at a number of resources which may be helpful to you in meeting that end. Charter [...]