Hiding Our Talents by John Cali

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How many of us deliberately hide our talents or downplay our strengths? I certainly have in years past, many times.

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I know many of you are familiar with Ann Albers. Among her many activities, she publishes a wonderful weekly newsletter of channelled information from her spirit guides whom she calls, simply, “The Angels.”

In Ann’s newsletter last week The Angels said this: “Your talents, when hidden, do not serve you or the world. Change yourself, be willing to share what you love and do for the joy of it, and receive in return.”… Read more

Toxic Living by John Cali

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Thich Nhat Hanh, the Vietnamese Buddhist monk, activist and writer, talks about “mindful consumption.” What is mindful consumption?

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Nhat Hanh’s use of the phrase, “mindful consumption,” has its roots in the Buddhist Fifth Precept. Here is part of that precept:

“Aware of the suffering caused by unmindful consumption, I am committed to cultivate good health, both physical and mental, for myself, my family, and my society by practising mindful eating, drinking, and consuming. I am committed to ingest only items that preserve peace, well-being, and joy in my body, in my consciousness, and in the collective body and consciousness of my family and society.… Read more

Have We Done Enough? by John Cali

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I grew up in a small farming town on the shores of Lake Erie in western New York State. It’s a quiet little town, pretty and peaceful. I suppose that’s part of what attracted so many Italian immigrant families, including my own family.

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One of my family’s old neighbors and friends, Tony, was recently featured in the town’s weekly newspaper. Tony died many years ago, but I still remember him clearly. He was a multi-talented and colorful character.

Tony was a self-taught artist.… Read more

Point of View by John Cali

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The other day I was chatting with Grant Connolly of ZPoint. Our conversation turned to the topic of perspective, and how powerfully our personal perspective or point of view can affect us, for good or ill.

The conversation reminded me of an article I’d read a few days earlier. The article, “Turning the Clock Back,” published in Cosmic Lighthouse, was an interview with Ellen J. Langer, Harvard Professor of Psychology.

Dr. Langer talked about a study she and a partner conducted with chambermaids.… Read more

Attachment by John Cali

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In his brilliant best-selling book, Illusions, Richard Bach said “We teach best what we most need to learn.” I had a minor, but painful, reminder of this recently.

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Spirit and I are forever telling people it doesn’t matter what other people think or say about you, especially if it’s critical or destructive. All that matters is what you think of yourself.

The details of my painful experience don’t matter. What does matter is I allowed myself to get upset by a remark about my channelling from someone I love and respect.… Read more

God and Glaciers by John Cali

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Last week the Washington Post talked about the Great Aletsch glacier in southern Switzerland. What do glaciers have to do with God?

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In 1678 the devoutly Roman Catholic people of the isolated Swiss mountain villages of Fiesch and Fieschertal made a deal with God. They vowed to live virtuous lives if God would spare them from devastation by the then-expanding glacier descending upon them.

Today Great Aletsch is Europe’s largest glacier. And it’s melting, posing a different threat — flooding and the potential loss of the area’s primary water supply.… Read more

How Do I Stay Out of My Body’s Way? by John Cali

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One of our newsletter readers recently wrote us asking “How do I get out (and stay out) of my body’s way to facilitate healing?”

Great question!

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Here’s the letter:

I was delayed in reading your article on physical disease. So sorry for the late response. But there is a question I would like to ask.

Would you offer some suggestions to assist with releasing resistance (mine is resentment). Or as Spirit puts it “Quit rubbing the poison ivy on your body .

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The Loaded Gun by John Cali

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Last week I received a brief, but powerfully moving letter from one of our readers, a Vietnam War veteran.

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Here’s the letter:

“Thank you so much for this (the video of The Way of the Warrior). It made me unload the gun. It stopped me from taking my life. I am a Vietnam vet who has chronic progressive multiple sclerosis.”

(Name withheld)

In a follow-up letter this man told me:

“If my letter will help others, please use it!… Read more

Danny by John Cali

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Danny, my 33-year-old next-door neighbor, died last week. Nearly everyone is saying he died too young, and what a tragedy it is.

Can we die too young? And is it a tragedy if we do die young?

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Here is part of Danny’s obituary from our local newspaper:

“He was a free spirit and loving person. He loved life and lived it to the fullest. He never met a stranger. . . . He was the best kind of trouble, the kind you knew had nothing but love for his friends and family.… Read more

Physical Healing by John Cali

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Last week there was a great discussion on physical healing at a forum I belong to.

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The forum, Earth Heart Spirit, was started some years ago by my good friend, Mikala St. Germain. Mikala is also the moderator.

What particularly intrigued me was a question one of the members asked, and Mikala’s answer:

Member’s Question:

“Dear Mikala,

“. . . the question I’ve had for a long time . . . . Once we release the cause, (for) example, a habit, thought pattern, emotion, etc.,… Read more

Expectations Revisited by John Cali

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You’ve probably heard it said you get what you expect. Do you really believe that? Many people I know don’t. Yet they always do get what they expect.

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We’ve talked about expectations in two earlier articles, one on July 8, 2008 and the other October 7, 2008. But I thought it time to revisit expectations since it’s a subject riddled with fear and negativity. I was reminded of this when I went for a haircut recently at Frank’s Barber Shop.… Read more

When Will You Die? Follow-up by John Cali

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When Will You Die?, our article from two weeks ago, generated some interesting feedback from our readers, all of it positive. Except for one email.

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Here’s that one email, exactly as I received it — except it was in all-capital letters. In email lingo that’s called “shouting.”

“Do you always need to be so negative and morbid?

“Can’t you ever share a positive, uplifting, spirit empowering message to help us feel joy in our day?

“There are so many sad and depressing, doom and gloom messages out there, generated by the dark.

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Self-Esteem Revisited by John Cali

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How do you feel about yourself? I mean everything about you, especially your physical body. Good or bad or somewhere in-between?

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Spirit and I have talked about self-esteem before, most recently in this article. It’s obvious that many — probably including ourselves, at least at one time or another — suffer from low self-esteem. It’s one of the worst causes of human misery on this planet today.

A Gallup poll reports 2 out of 3 Americans suffer from low self-esteem.… Read more