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A while ago, a reader asked us to talk about the spirituality of sex.
If you were raised as we were, in the Roman Catholic Church, you’ll undoubtedly remember sex was something you didn’t talk about. You got the idea it was evil. So how could it possibly be spiritual?
Among the Church’s rules was sex, and even thoughts about it, were evil. Except, of course, within the narrow and strictly controlled confines of marriage. Any violation was sure to send you to Hell for all eternity.… Read more
We sometimes hear our children are the last best hope for humanity and our planet. Whether that’s true or not, Spirit has some thoughts about raising children in today’s world.
If you’re religious, you may remember the Ten Commandments God reportedly gave to Moses. The second commandment is “Honor thy father and thy mother.”
Today, we’d like to turn that around and say to you who are parents, “Honor thy children.”
Becoming and being a parent today in your modern world, particularly in Western society, is an awesome responsibility.… Read more
There’s a saying you’ve probably heard, Seeing is believing.
But that’s not true, in our opinion. It’s the reverse: Believing is seeing.
There’s a story about Christopher Columbus (or Cristoforo Colombo), the Italian explorer back in the 1400s. As the story goes, when Columbus first approached what is now North America, he and his crew were met by a surprised band of native people.
The natives reportedly could not see Columbus’s three ships. Never having seen one before, they had no idea what a ship was.… Read more
Over the years I’ve been the target of occasional hate mail. That “goes with the territory” when you put yourself into the public eye. I’m sure any of you putting your work out to the world have had similar experiences.
When I was in college my major course was history, which I’ve always loved. One of my favorite historical figures was US Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. He was an articulate speaker and writer. Here’s one of his quotations:
“…if there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than any other it is the principle of free thought—not free thought for those who agree with us but freedom for the thought that we hate.”… Read more
You’ve probably heard it said, “There is nothing to seek and nothing to find.” (Attributed to Marty Rubin.)
Many humans spend entire lifetimes looking outside themselves for what they will never find “out there.”
Do you want to change the world? To eliminate all violence, war, and hatred? Do you want to live in a world filled with love, kindness, and compassion? Do you want to find the perfect person, perhaps your soulmate, to travel life’s road with?… Read more
