books
Holy Bible: Read At Your Own Risk
Somebody Poke Me, I Must Be Dreaming
Somebody poke me: the government of Syria has made the move to block Facebook inside their borders.
According to sources speaking with Reuters, the official statement from officials is that they fear “Facebook could become a conduit for Israeli penetration of our youth”. Critics of the government say that it is really to cut off access […]
The Only Message You Ever Need to Send to Anyone
Last night I feel asleep with the following words echoing in my mind, taken from Tomorrow’s God: Our Greatest Spiritual Challenge by Neale Donald Walsh. ’God’ discusses how when people are being anything other than the grander aspects of God and Life (meaning: Love, freedom, joy, peace, unity…), they have forgotten Who They Are in their grandest version. […]
The Books That Crossed My Path in India
One of the things that played an important role on my recent trip to India (besides the amazing people I met there - but that’s a whole other post…) were the amazing books that seemed to ‘cross my path’ at just the right moment.
Whether running across them at local bookshops or recieving them for free […]
Who Cares?!
A story of a spiritual Zen Master and his disciple:
Every month the disciple faithfully sent his Master an account of his spiritual progress.
In the first month he wrote, “I feel an expansion of consciousness and experience my oneness with the universe.” The Master glanced at the note and threw it away.
The following month, this is […]
All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
Thanks to Lena for pointing out the following excerpt from Robert Fulghum’s book, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten:
“All I really need to know about how to live and what to do and how to be I learned in kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate school mountain, […]
Paris Hilton: A New Spiritual Leader is Born
Barbara Walters reported on a telephone call she had with Paris Hilton a few days ago. Paris told Barbara that she’s had some sort of spiritual awakening and when she gets out she wants to devote herself to different charities and use her so-called ‘power’ of fame for better causes.
Paris said, “I used to act […]
Be Here Now
I am currently working on learning to finally ’step out’ of my thoughts and realize the underlining of simple ‘being’.
The best person to learn more about this from would be Eckhart Tolle (he has some really interesting lectureson that available on video.) He also wrote the book The Power of Now.
Transcending your thoughts really is […]
The Secret Life of Plants - A Hidden Stevie Wonder Treasure
I recently cam across a beautiful song written and performed by the legend Stevie Wonder called “The Secret Life of Plants.” It is taken from the soundrack to the 1979 movie “Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants“, which was based on the famous 1973 book.
As Wikipedia describes:
Published in 1973, The Secret Life of Plantswas […]
The Ones That Leave a Mark
I was up the other night, thinking about my life, my writing and what was holding me back.. when all of a sudden I stumbled across an old book report I had written back in high school on the Catcher in the Rye, graded by the most influencial teacher I ever had in my life: Mr. […]
