To Google, or to Doodle? That Is the Question

It had been a long trip traveling throughout South Africa to various cities including Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth, Durban and now Cape Town. I would be leaving on the afternoon flight to Athens. I wanted to go somewhere just to...

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The Renaissance of Thought

Reality begins with a thought. Thought in turn creates feeling and attitude, which is called consciousness. This inner, subtle world of consciousness manifests externally and it is called living, which includes expressing, interacting,...

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Is Mindfulness Enough?

Mindfulness, an awareness of everyday living, creates the capacity to see how one's thoughts, words, feelings and actions impact and create our reality. One of the aims of mindfulness is to create new possibilities for betterment...

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Pole Vaulting and Spiritual Knowing

The first step into experience, particularly the meditation experience, is knowledge. What does it mean to "know"? Knowing involves four steps, which ultimately give the meditator the experience of realization: The first...

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Meditation and Motivation

Meditation, in the form of reflection and examination, helps me to create and maintain my motivation. For newness and clarity of perception, ideals and aims, we need to relax our grip on old habits, on old ways of thinking and...

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Is God Relevant Today?

As people are faced with crises from every angle, tossed into the midst of human-made tragedies and natural calamities, they ask, "Where is God?" As traditional securities crumble then do we agree with the famous quote of Nietzsche,...

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Divine Friendship

Friendship is probably the most valued of all relationships because a friend is totally our own choice. Parents and relatives are not chosen but given to us. That also has its own inherent value. However, a friend is someone who...

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