Two of my favorite writers are Henry David Thoreau and Laura Ingalls Wilder. Both preferred the simple life.
At his rural cabin in Concord, in the American state of Massachusetts, Thoreau had this sign: I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life. And see if I could learn what it had to teach, and not when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.
Laura once said It is the simple things of life that make living worthwhile.… Read more
If you know your true worth, you do not need anyone else to confirm it. ~ Alan Cohen, author of the best-selling The Dragon Doesn’t Live Here Anymore.
Most of us have probably underestimated our true value. After all, our modern world is constantly de-valuing humans. This is especially true if you have the courage to put yourself and your ideas out there for everyone to see.
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Johnny grew up in the Roman Catholic Church.
As many in his generation experienced, the Roman church could be pretty harsh and dictatorial.… Read more
Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
One of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s core beliefs was that divinity is not found in some outside force, but within the human soul.
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Many humans spend most, or all, their lives on a fruitless search for happiness, peace, riches, perfection, and so on. There is nothing wrong with wanting the “good” things of life, the gifts the world has to offer.… Read more
Alan Cohen tells an interesting story about the Burning Man festival. It seems an unidentified man went around to various people, all strangers to him, and said “It’s not your fault.” He said nothing else to them, just those 4 words.
The people’s reactions were amazing, ranging from joyful laughter to bursting into tears. So what happened?
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What happened at the Burning Man festival was a perfect example of what we consider the major problem facing humanity today.
The problem is simply this: You have forgotten who you are.… Read more
Depending on your spiritual/religious beliefs (or lack of them), our title today could have radically different meanings for different folks.
Below is a recent, slightly edited conversation between Spirit and Berna. She had asked Spirit for clarification of the terms “conscious being,” “sentient being,” and “souled being.” As Spirit says below, the terms you use don’t matter—it is all God.
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You and Johnny believe—to put it simply—God is All That Is.
If that’s true, then God is in everything, in all that exists.… Read more
