A touch of Common Sense...... We are all human children, in that we get lost in our minds very easily, and often find it hard to get back out.That is not evidence of some “evil” entity thing going on, there is no boogeyman..... and at the root, there is truly nothing “wrong with us”.Yet, we… Continue reading A touch of Common Sense…… great medicine for our soul
Category: Reflections on Life
Some thoughts on physical activity in the modern world…
Just thinking........ If we are primarily physical beings in a physical plane (DNA in a material world which operates essentially on Newtonian physics)..... and that we are wired with a brain that operates on quantum principles (a world where our body plane physics does not rule.... i.e. we can fly in our mind to places… Continue reading Some thoughts on physical activity in the modern world…
How much of our life is lived in dis-satisfaction?
Here is a list (of things i know personally) which holds us in a tug of war in our human life.Any of one of them, can give rise to a sense of resistance or dis-satisfaction between what IS and the way we THINK or WISH things would be: - I want to have something that… Continue reading How much of our life is lived in dis-satisfaction?
Are humans basically good or evil?
The common western viewpoint of a human being, is that we are tied up in the world of good and evil. It is quite widely believed that humans have a bent towards this dark side, and if left to their own, the dark side wins out, and the person becomes bent. It is due to… Continue reading Are humans basically good or evil?
On Jungian concept of Deity – Walter Bagot
i thought this was a very well thought out " Jung's concept on god was not the existence of a deity but rather a mythology that varied throughout the world, often defined by custom and/or ritual of which the genesis was the psyche's attempt to find wholeness in and of itself and secondly union with… Continue reading On Jungian concept of Deity – Walter Bagot
Life Lessons from an Onion
Life Lessons from an Onion..... Summarized thoughts...... Life is multi-layered...... 🙂 Thoughts on the subject..... "Peeling off a layer reveals things inside that you wouldn't have seen otherwise." "The center is white (unstained) no matter how dirty the outside gets, it is unchanged at its center." "The rules which govern the outside skin might be… Continue reading Life Lessons from an Onion
What is truly important in Life?
This morning, i began writing about “What is of ultimate importance in life?” i think it is a question which often gets asked... especially when we are set back on our haunches... when things are not going as planned, or when we are looking back at our life and taking stock...... perhaps when we are… Continue reading What is truly important in Life?
The Satisfaction of Neediness
A question I am asking myself................ Can emotional needs ever be truly filled? Can all the acceptance, respect and affirmation which we struggle to obtain from others ever fill the void of need which causes us to go looking outside for it? Is the root problem (at this level) the neediness itself? If you “follow… Continue reading The Satisfaction of Neediness
Religion as Kindness/Art of Arguing
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/monkeymind/2018/04/my-religion-is-kindness-a-zen-priest-reflects-on-the-mysteries-of-the-human-heart.html?utm_medium=email&utm_source=BRSS&utm_campaign=Buddhist&utm_content=116 http://www.paulgraham.com/disagree.html
Life Lessons from Tibetan Buddhism
Great thoughts from the Tibetan Mandala https://www.bbc.com/ideas/videos/a-few-life-lessons-from-buddhism/p05prvb4?playlist=beyond-belief
Reality is Dharma 