Inner Peace: Letting yourself be known before you die
"Death is the only thing in your life that will always tell you the truth. If you have any lingering, unresolved questions about life, consult your death." —Carlos CastenadaLately, the interest in...
View ArticleInner Peace: An extraordinary moment facilitated by inner peace
Summertime, 1969. She was treated like she was a witch by family members because she had coal black hair. She lived in an isolation unit in a children's cottage at a state hospital where I worked one...
View ArticleInner Peace: Keeping still can help you find holiday peace
Oh, oh — the holidays are upon us! How many of you are grinding your teeth because your least favorite relative or uncle will be in attendance? Relax, it happens to all of us, but by calming your mind...
View ArticleInner Peace: A different take on pesky holiday newsletters
I admit it. I love to write yearly newsletters. I even enjoy — for a totally different reason — receiving them.Yet so many don’t — and I completely understand. I agree that many are holiday non-stop...
View ArticleConfessions of a political junkie
I am a political junkie, one of those Americans who obsessively watch the unfolding drama of world events and opinion about those events. It's a nice substitute for sports: it's real.Sports events take...
View ArticleThe promise of Christmas is love
It was recently reported in the news that a gentleman in Philadelphia gave away several thousand dollars in $100 bills to individual people in his community. One of our local TV stations gathers new...
View ArticleOur common ground: Atheist to evangelical — and beyond
My heart and I are very concerned about the conflict that exists throughout our world. I keep wondering what it would take to increase the possibility of a more peaceful world. My conclusion is that we...
View ArticleInner Peace: The power of affirmation
Today is a new day. I welcome new ideas, thoughts, feelings, people and opportunities that are positive and life affirming!One of the most powerful and practical tools I know of, for self-healing and...
View ArticleInner Peace: My life as compared to another's
The big farmhouse on which I had bid in a bank-owned bidding war, and won, had finally closed so, I was getting ready to move, which required obtaining boxes. I do hate moving. I find it spiritually,...
View ArticleInner Peace: Santa cancels Christmas
Yes Virginia, there is still a Santa Claus and he just cancelled Christmas.On Sept. 21, 1897, almost 120 years ago, an 8-year-old girl named Virginia from New York City wrote a letter to the editor of...
View ArticleInner Peace: A brief history of consciousness
To me, important elements of inner peace are knowing who I am, where I come from and what constitutes a good life. People have struggled with these questions for millennia, but we in the 21st century...
View ArticleInner Peace: How can politics promote inner peace?
How can politics promote inner peace?I am moved to respond to Jeffrey Gillespie's column, "Alan Kurdi: Person of the Year" (Tidings, Jan. 8). Initially I simply wanted to agree with his assertions that...
View ArticleAwakening of the inner spirit leads to true freedom
Imagine two apples with seeds in the middle which represents core beliefs. One is sour and the other is sweet. We came on this planet to learn and become smarter, to release that of which is not...
View ArticleInner Peace: Simple steps to cure What-is-itis
In doing spiritual counseling, so many people come and want to tell their "story.” They expound on what’s wrong, this happened to me, this person did this to me, etc. If someone is hurting, we need to...
View ArticleInner Peace: Nietzsche on peace of mind
The German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) encourages his readers — among other controversial things — to be egoists.In aphorism 95 of his "Human, All-Too-Human" (1878), one of his earliest...
View ArticleInner Peace: Mending the mother wound
Deep inside a wound seeps the inner child’s longing to heal, to be loved and cherished. Some of us grew up wrapped in the safe haven of a mother’s protection. Some of us needed protection from the very...
View ArticleInner Peace: Transforming jealousy produces a heartfelt smile
“I'm jealous of you! I knew you were coming. Others were talking about it. I've heard about you and I am jealous. You always bring good cheer. I always bring people down. Maybe because I tell the truth...
View ArticleLook within and ask: Is war necessary?
Many beginning metaphysical students become excited when they learn that they can create and mold their lives by their thoughts and feelings. A new sense of having control over their lives motivates...
View ArticleEaster peace: 'All are welcome here'
“Hate has no business here. We stand with our Muslim Community Members. We stand with refugees and immigrants in our community. All are Welcome Here.” That's what it says on a poster on the door of the...
View ArticleInner Peace: The real truth can set us free
If our intention is to focus on creating a better world for everyone, then striving to ascertain what is true is a necessary mandate. Comingling the truth with non-truth can create an interesting...
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