I’m sure you’ve heard the argument a hundred times before – your spiritually aware, new-age-leaning, gentle hippie friend says “Ah, but it’s all perfect!” And sooner than you can allow yourself to contemplate that, your other friend, a self-proclaimed pragmatist, an undying realist, shouts: “But how can […]
Category: Life Insights
The Illusions we Live With
The notion that this world is some kind of illusory phenomenon is not a new idea. As far back as about 6000 years ago, the philosophers of India were talking about the theory of Maya, meaning illusion. And in modern times as more and more in the […]
You need Nothing!
What do you need right now? A cigarette?! Some coffee? A new car? Financial stability? How about perfect health? Maybe peace of mind? Or do you need love? Whatever you think you need, take a moment to really think about it, and ask yourself whether these are […]
Embracing Loss and Destruction
You have no doubt experienced the loss or destruction of something you held dear in your life. You probably even mourned the loss or feared the destruction of something you once had. But if you take a closer look at the principle of destruction, you will see […]
A sacred opportunity for you and me
We are all one – not as a mere concept, but as a reality beyond our realm of concepts. Our true Self, the innermost you and me, is intimately connected with the infinite consciousness that pervades all things and enables all experience. From this oneness emerges this […]
Celebrate your Individuality
Once we make the decision to enter onto a spiritual path of purification, salvation or enlightenment, one of the major obstacles we are confronted with is our ego and individuality. Many spiritual traditions would ask you to thwart your individuality and curb your individual expression. It certainly […]
Moving from “Sheep Syndrome” to Conscious Expansion
If we continually choose to believe what others believe, and choose to live as others live, as most people do most of the time, all we do is re-live the cultural story of those that came before us, as a lot of them did themselves! (and how’s […]