How happy are you? It’s a question that is difficult to answer. Are you really happy, or have you settled for something less? Perhaps a lot less and rationalized your dissatisfaction? Are your personal passions stifled? Are you frustrated with your work or your relationships? Look at the people around you. How many of your friends are trulyRead more
The Spiritual Path
"Why Are You Here? Part II"
One question that vexes almost everyone is, “What is the purpose of my life?” “Why am I here?” When he was asked this question, the Buddha replied, “Life is pain.” Although true, his answer could stand a little explanation. You came to earth to learn to love yourself. How will that learning take place? Because you don’t yetRead more
Why Are You Here? Part I
Some humans respond well to challenges. Present us with an unclimbed mountain, an unexplored ocean or an unknown continent and we’ll be there, pushing the frontier, exploring the unknown. Tell humans they cannot do something, and they will find a way or die trying. We have walked on the moon, split atoms, air-conditioned the desert and cloned sheep.Read more
Is There A God?
This isn’t a religious question. The connection between most religions and God are tenuous at best. Churches are more concerned with internal matters and God tends to get lost in the process. Besides, ultimately it’s a question you have to answer yourself. First of all, there is the question. When raised for other than purely intellectual pursuits, itRead more
No Other Gods
There are two great competing forces in The Spiritual Universe – God’s love and your fear. Those two cannot exist simultaneously. This is a continuum with pure egotism (fear) at one end and the God Space – love and compassion, at the other. You fall someplace on that scale. At one end you are either with God andRead more