“Content with an ordinary life, you can show all people the way back to their own true nature.” Lao-tzu, The Tao Te Ching   John Cali How simple and uncomplicated is your life? Probably not as simple and uncomplicated as you’d like it, at least if you’re like so many people in our modern world. [...]

At one time or another you’ve probably pondered this question: “What€™s real and what€™s illusion?” I certainly have.   John Cali Webster’s Dictionary defines illusion this way: “A perception which fails to give the true character of an object perceived.” I was a maverick even as a little kid. And I still am — just [...]

Last week I got a powerful, and painful, lesson in balance.   John Cali   Spirit and I wrote about this subject around six years ago. That article was also titled Balance. Now, given last week’s events, it’s obviously time to revisit the subject. First, a little background. I’ve lived alone the past 17 years, [...]

In last week’s newsletter article, Lost, I mentioned a private conversation I had with Spirit. He was helping me interpret a strange dream I had.   John Cali There was a part of that conversation I didn’t talk about last week. The part where Spirit “lectured” me about my habit of intellectualizing everything. I’ve had [...]