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Omnitheism – Just Another “Ism”?
Everyone ought to worship God according to his own inclinations, and not to be constrained by force. – Flavius Josephus, 37 AD – 100 AD. Omnitheism. It’s one of those words I like to throw around that no one quite understands. From an e...
Where River Meets Ocean
The search for Truth must being with an honest desire for the Truth. This means setting aside what you previously may have believed or thought in favor for the Truth. Too many people go looking for a greater truth and do not follow through, settling ...
Namaste
I’ve recently made the decision to habitually use the word “Namaste” in my interaction with others in everyday life. It may be a touch eccentric for an awkward white guy like myself to use this word in casual conversation, but I just cannot fin...
The Truth: A Qabalistic Metaphor
The text below is stylized after the Qabalistic texts of The Bahir and The Zohar. I wrote this several months ago, but I was not decided on what to do with this text until now. There are quite a few layers of meaning behind what is said here –...
How to Disappear Completely
I thought that I was healthy enough to go back to work today. I got up with my wife, showered, dressed, and stepped out the door with the intention of spending an 8 hour day at work. I didn’t last even 2 hours. I spent most of my time at work ...
Listening to Mystics
Mysticism is the art of listening to God, of being informed by God, of being molded into God’s image. It has been said “As above, so below.” This is a reference to the holographic, reflective nature of reality. Every part of reality is an imper...
Human Evolution
I am a culmination of a long series of success stories. So are you, as is everyone you know, and everyone they know, and everyone they know. Our ancestors survived and brought forth children into this world. They taught these children how to survive....
The First Religion Shall Be The Last Religion
“In the ages that past, many books were pieced from the words grasped through the smoke and scent of the mind. Some were warped by the poisons mankind had consumed, others were broken and still others were misunderstood… All these books w...
How To Be Human: A Spiritual Monologue
Before you may know the truth of another, you must know your own truth. Before you can see clearly, you must open your eyes. Without knowing yourself, you can only respond. In knowing yourself, you can question, giving rise to conversation. Life is c...
Omnitheism - Just Another “Ism”?
Everyone ought to worship God according to his own inclinations, and not to be constrained by force. - Flavius Josephus, 37 AD - 100 AD. Omnitheism. It’s one of those words I like to throw around that no one quite understands. From an etymological ...
The God Equation
I have a formula I’ve been working on. Now, it isn’t a perfect formula, nor is it a particularly original formula, as bits and pieces of it has existed since before the fall of Rome. It is just another iteration of what philosophy, religion, and ...
Wuz Up?
So for the past two weeks or so, I haven’t had a new post. Truth is, I have one post half finished up on my computer screen right now, but I’m just too worn out from work to complete it… I’ve been working quite a bit of over-time; this is...
Crystal Wavers and Indigo Children
New Age spirituality is one of those subjects on which I cannot seem to form a solid opinion. It is hard to define, but generally encompasses a belief in angels, psychic powers, energy crystals, reincarnation, aliens, and divination. My knee-jerk rea...
The Confessionary
Before I had proposed to marry Cathy, I would call her just about every other day. The content of the conversations would usually hit upon the same themes and questions. I would ask, “I didn’t do something to make you angry at me, did I? I’m so...
Sunday Video: Jill Bolte Taylor and The Stroke of Insight
If you ever wondered what universal consciousness feels like? Listen to Dr. Taylor’s description of her experience - as she hits the nail squarely on the head. Click on one link below....
Responding to Comments II
I’ve receive two interesting and well written comments recently on a couple older articles which debate the main points of those articles. Now I could just respond to these comments briefly and then move on, but I am struck with how much time and e...
A Picture of Spritual Teachers
Mindfulness, calmness, patience, and compassion - these are the traits that I picture great teachers, such as Jesus or Buddha, embodying. There in lies the problem; it is merely a picture. Of all the things written about the lives of these great teac...
The Confessional
Before I had proposed to marry Cathy, I would call her just about every other day. The content of the conversations would usually hit upon the same themes and questions. I would ask, “I didn’t do something to make you angry at me, did I? I’m so...
A Personal Unknowable God
Several different and competing views concerning the nature of the Divine seem irreconcilable. The dichotomy that I want to tackle in this article is of the intimate relationship with the Divine and the claim that the Divine is ultimately beyond huma...
Ten Weird, Random Facts About Me…
Photo Above by Angela Hopper. Jules from a UU Deist in Texas has tagged me for yet another blogging meme. I’m suppose to provide ten weird, random facts about myself. I could do much more, but I think I’ll stick with ten. Also, I don’t think it...
Management Philosophy & Spirituality
Photo Above by Richard Rutter. Photo Below by Lee Chisholm. The Master doesn’t talk, he acts. When his work is done, the people say, “Amazing, we did it all by ourselves!” - Tao Te Ching, verse 17, Mitchell Translation. At work, I&#...
Daily Spiritual Nurturing
Photo Above by Mohamed Abdulla Shafeeg. Photo Below by Toni Lozano. At the beginning of this week, I felt restless and discontent, but couldn’t put my finger on exactly what was bothering me. Although I am currently on vacation, I hadn’t been tru...
The Moral of the Story…
Photo Above by Hickory Hardscrabble. Photo Below by Jason Meredith. “Morality is of the highest importance - but for us, not for God.” - Albert Einstein, 1879-1955. It is commonly accepted that morality is intrinsic to religion and spirit...
Living Off Hope
Photo Above by Danielle Blue. Photo Below by Wired Protocol. I come from a lower middle-class family with two blue-collar working parents. When my mother had first met my step-father, he was a union steel worker, which was at the time a secure job y...
Butterflies and Zebras and Moonbeams… and Fairytales
Image Above by Hyun Lee. Photo Below by Kah Zanon. You wouldn’t know it by all the theological terms used and violence done under the banner of one religion or another, but the heart of spirituality is child-like. We, as adults, try to take all the...
Write Your Own Bible
Photo Above by Justin Henry. Photo Below by Wendy. “Make your own Bible. Select and collect all the words and sentences that in your reading have been like the blast of triumph out of Shakespeare, Seneca, Moses, John and Paul.” - Ralph Waldo Emer...
One With God
The nature of the Divine is probably the most debated issue in human history. This question has been the subject of more books, wars, and conversation than any other issue. Debate of what God is and what the Divine represents has divided families, na...
Mysticism Without Superstition
Photo Above by Ed Schipul. Photo Below by Symphoney Symphoney. Final Photo by Roberto Arias. I consider myself a mystic. Also, I consider myself a rather rational person who doesn’t subscribe to superstitions. However, it does not surprise me in th...
Reclaiming Prayer
Photo Above by ButterflySha. Photo Below by Steve Evans. “If the only prayer you ever say in your whole life is ‘thank you,’ that would suffice.” - Meister Eckhart, 1260– 1328. I don’t remember the exact time it first happened, but I do ...
Narrow Minded Old Men
Above Photo by Manuel Canevet. Below Photo by Brendan Dolan-Gavitt. “Intolerance betrays want of faith in one’s cause” Mahatma Gandhi, 1869 - 1948. I’ve never been a man who enjoys conflict. In all my life, from childhood to my present ...
