From My Spiritual Journal, Volume 2, Dated September 17, 2024

"The important thing is to live on the fine line between doing and not doing. We come here [to the Earth] to overcome [/work out] our karma -- how we…

I remember as a child I longed to be a scientist. To this day, I hold a deep appreciation for science; its devotion to being methodical in learning the truth of the universe in which we find ourselves, to painstakingly…

Imagine if you will, a still, mountain pond. Nothing is moving over the surface except a gentle breeze that does not disturb the pond's surface. Then a tremor in the earth dislodges a pebble, named James, and he falls into…

We have few traditions in our spiritual practice, but welcoming in the new year is one. We connect in person or on Zoom and sit in deep meditation as the old years rolls on and the new one is born…

We all have learned certain “truths”/"lessons" in life of which leave no doubt in our minds as to important keys to the living puzzle. I am going to share some of mine in this post and I invite everyone who…

“Hope is not the answer and neither is belief.” (From Firebird on our On Letting Go CD). In our culture, “hope” is considered a positive, pure emotion, something to place faith in. But it is not. Hope us akin to…

Each of us enters this life from a previous state of development. We all have our own individual karma to work out during this life. In order to work out our karma, we must evolve to a higher spiritual place…

KARMA. A word with so many layers of meaning. It seems the more I understand karma, the less able I am to explain what it means. I suppose on the simplest level it reflects the notion that one gets back…

Mei Linn spied her Grandfather relaxing by the koi pond and ran to embrace him. “Papa!” she cried, throwing her small arms around the old man.

“Little Flower!” Grandfather replied, delighted to see her. “And how is my beautiful blossom…

When teaching creative writing in High School, I always taught a unit on creating and motivating characters. I often was asked what was melodrama? The basic answer is characters performing actions based on unrealistic motivations. So what does motivates people…