My kids offer me endless opportunity for being creative in how I teach them. One of my biggest issues with them is their fighting, and trying to teach my son to be nice/not harm his sisters. In this video I explain how the ego is like a computer software program. Our suffering is being […]
Read More →Movie: “Very Bad Things” and Mind Based Spirituality
The movie Very Bad Things (starring Cameron Diaz, Christian Slater and one of my all-time favorite actors, Jon Favreau) is an extreme portrayal of what happens when we reach a heightened state of mental acuity without God, usually through meditation and other “spiritual” activities. In the movie, Christian Slater’s character starts out seeming like a highly […]
Read More →What Is Practical Spirituality?
What is “Practical Spirituality”? “Practical Spirituality” is the Practical Application of Spiritual Truth. We live in a world where spirituality is viewed as something that is our of our reach. To be spiritual, some people think they must leave their families and go to India, enter a monastery, shave their heads, and pray for 14 […]
Read More →Does God know the future? A conversation with my son, Simon.
I was having a conversation this morning with my son, and he basically in a few words summarized the argument of predestination. We agreed to disagree LOL He believes that God knows the future. I believe that the future depends on our choices. I told him, that removes responsibility. That means that it doesn’t matter […]
Read More →Zero Point Education: Foundation Concepts
Proposed foundation concepts for Zero Point Education. 3 Pillars: Education. Consideration. Transcendence. Education is simply the gathering of knowledge about certain concepts. The subject matter will range from caring for the body, correct diet and exercise, right relationship- both emotional-sexual and non-sexual relationships, child rearing, environmentalism, spirituality, meditation, and every subject related to right living. […]
Read More →The Power of Journaling: How “The Artist’s Way” Changed My Life
I’ve settled into a new habit of journaling every morning, and it’s been amazing. I used to journal in the mornings, first thing, then I started journaling at night, then in mid-day, and now I’m back to the mornings, first thing when I wake up. I don’t even get out of bed! It’s great. 🙂 […]
Read More →Does Religion Mean Division?? The Root Truth and Root Error of Religious Division.
The Religious Traditions of Humankind Seek The Divine There are many religious traditions in the world today- Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism are just a few. Each tradition has its own set of stories, books, moral codes, and holidays. They all approach the Divine, in both similar and in different ways. Unfortunately, some religious people […]
Read More →What I Learned From Charlie, My Kitten
Today I was playing with Charlie, my kitten, and I couldn’t help laughing at how small his brains are. He’s REALLY stupid! I was wiggling a string around for 10 minutes, and he would just keep on grabbing for it and biting it, non-stop. Why does he want the wiggling string?? My wife will take […]
Read More →Why do we feel stuck and miserable?
It’s so funny because we walk around living life stuck in our heads and in our patterning, WITHOUT US EVENING KNOWING IT. We pay $5 for a cup of coffee very day, without even flinching. We fight with our husbands and wives about the same stupid things, over and over. We yell at our kids, […]
Read More →Taking Care of Love IS Taking Care of Yourself
This morning God said to me, “what’s more important, trying to take care of your body so you can feel good? Or spending your attention on me?” I said, “focusing on you my Lord.” Then he said, laughing, “and that’s when you will naturally be taking care of yourself and feeling good!” When I allow […]
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