Four Quotes from Rumi worth Contemplating

Posted on June 9, 2013 by

I was recently reading a series of articles by Antonia Dodge on the Genius Awakening blog. Antonia had quoted 13 insights from the thirteenth century mystic, Rumi, and commented on how they applied to her life. Very thought provoking and … Continue reading →

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A Few Impressions from Boston

Posted on April 20, 2013 by

I am sure the first and most powerful impression we have from Boston in the wake of the bombings has been shock, disgust, sadness and anger. Like the pictures of the planes crashing into the twin towers from over a … Continue reading →

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Three Illusions Misleading Modern Society

Posted on March 25, 2013 by

Finally, in this article, we really get into the meat of the issues this series of articles is all about. We will begin to discuss illusions that have had an enormous influence in shaping the world we live in. But … Continue reading →

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The State of the Blog

Posted on February 11, 2013 by

Since I posted my first articles over a year and a half ago, this blog has received about 4,500 views. I am reassured by the steady growth in readership and how some of my oldest posts are still receiving a … Continue reading →

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Using Scientific Tools to Study Spiritual Questions

Posted on February 1, 2013 by

In the first article of this series, I examined the idea that many of us are misled by certain illusions about what is important in our lives. In the second article, I proposed that one of these illusions involves the … Continue reading →

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The Illusion of an Exclusively Material Universe

Posted on January 12, 2013 by

This article is the second in a series exploring a number of erroneous beliefs that can combine to mislead us about who we are and what is most important in our lives. I picture these illusions as existing in layers … Continue reading →

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Is the world real or is it an illusion?

Posted on December 10, 2012 by

    Since you have at least started reading this article, something about this question must have caught your attention and prodded you to explore the idea further.  After having considered it in some depth, I have come to the conclusion that … Continue reading →

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The Meaning of Life

Posted on August 27, 2012 by

 This is a topic of interest to a lot of people.  If you type the phrase into the Google AdWords tool, you find that, in the last month, about 550 thousand people have typed this phase or one very similar … Continue reading →

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Is mankind really in a process of transformation?

Posted on July 2, 2012 by

We keep hearing that the human race is in a process of transformation, or that we are “ascending” or changing in some dramatic way toward a new level of awareness.  Of course, things are always in a process of change, … Continue reading →

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An incredible book of healing research

Posted on April 21, 2012 by

                               The effectiveness of this treatment has now been proven in ten                                controlled animal experiments, conducted in five university and                                medical laboratories by trained, skeptical researchers.                                                                      From the introduction to The Energy                                                                      Cure by William Bengston, PhD … Continue reading →

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