Bernie’s Hope vs Hilary’s Insider Status
Like most political virgins I didn’t have a clue what would happen when I walked into the local high school gymnasium. I just wanted to participate in my country’s democratic process. So 9:45 am Saturday morning found me wandering amidst barely controlled mayhem at my...
The Wisdom of Patience
A million years ago when I was 28 years-old I was working in radio as a salesperson selling commercial air time. (Selling time – what a concept!) Anyway, I was introduced to a woman by a client—and we immediately hit it off over lunch. A friendship rapidly developed...
If You See a Messenger of God … laugh
Two Sundays in a row I went to a lovely church called Unity in the Olympics up in Port Angeles to give a talk on “The Heart of the Matter” – a two-part series on the nature of the ego. The congregation was delightful and the first talk went well The second...
Give the Ego a Break
Everybody bashes the ego. But not me. Not anymore. I’ve finally comes to terms with the sucker. The ego is not the Bad Guy people make it out to be. After a lot of years and a ton of meditation and a lot of going back and forth between the ego state and the no-ego...
It Pays More to Lean Elsewhere
Three guys from the sociology department of the University of Toronto recently got a long opinion piece in The New York Times, titled “When Leaning In Doesn’t Pay Off.” In it they discuss their findings of what often happens when women do just what Sheryl Sandberg...
Hitching a Ride on Spirit
Ever noticed how hard most people try to express their uniqueness? And how everybody takes the same well-worn paths of expression? You get your nose pierced, or your tongue. You get a tat—a highly original one of course—of a butterfly or a Gatling Gun. (Now that would...
Imagine …
Imagine you’re twenty-one-years old. You’ve graduated from college or a trade school. Or maybe you’ve been doing some public service or you’re already out on your own. You know who you are. You know what life is about. You understand the pitfalls of perception your...
Coming Apart at the Seams
I hear it everyday in one form or another: people are frightened because they think the world is coming apart. But hey - we’re looking at the possibility of a US presidential candidate getting elected who has no experience as a politician, no military experience, no...
The “Yes” Life
I just got through re-reading a blog I wrote last year in Greece, commenting on how happy the Greek people are—a condition related to the fact that “Yes” (or “ne” in Greek) seems to be the single-most used syllable in their vocabulary. Since adopting the “Y” word as...
Transgendered or Reincarnated?
A close friend of mine is transgendered, and although she has never desired to take physical actions to match her outside to her inside, (or asked to be called "he" instead of "she") there is no doubt in her mind that she is of the male sex, trapped in the wrong body....