Spirituality for Living

The first skill a parent needs, and it’s instinctive but we shun it as the infant matures, is simple listening. Is the baby crying? Are they hungry, scared, lonely? Why is this wrong for us to use with ourselves or out intimates? If we kept that listening, would there be neglected seniors? Would we be [...]

The third point was supposed to be the detant breaker. The brain in the head was supposed to allow complete perception. Each brain has a degree of memory. The stomach brain remembers what upsets it.  Moods and distress. The heart remembers what engages it.  What it connects to and how, and they can very naturally [...]

There can be pain in the change of ending one relationship, and starting another. Mourning loss is good, and allowing yourself to grow naturally into the new relationship is good also. Not immediately adopting a positive stance, because “you are supposed to”.
Another may want to fight with you, but you don’t owe any fight. You [...]

In the shadow, the human mind will create “bad” things“, but the bad things are things arising from our nature, the same as those parts of ourselves we praise. But being parts of the one whole truth of who we are, often that shadow mirrors everything we consider worthy, every virtue we claim stemming from [...]

When Jesus went into his meditative retreat, it came to mind that he could claim power. He was being heralded as the next King of Israel, as well as the messiah, and he confronted these. He didn’t just ward himself against the devil, nor was his purity evident in being untouched by darkness, but quite [...]

The first discipline of language magic is listening, and at first you will be listening to yourself. This is necessary. As you listen to yourself, you will see the pattern, and how it impacts the world. At this point you can begin to make choices, but you can’t stop there. That’s just meditation, though that’s [...]

Snakes mostly just lay in the sun trying to get some heat, digesting something they could gulp without too much effort a week ago. Snakes rule. They are very close to the Tao, and it is wise to respect their space. They are as a rule avoidant of any fights, but they will strike as [...]

People are infinite, and saying people are crazy is ego. Saying people are wise is ego. Saying anything and embracing it as an absolute definition is ego. We can see the song, and then we can see the singer, and then we can see the unity of voices, but the perception of unity doesn’t come [...]

We all have one question. It’s really pretty easy to identify this one question. This question is about life. The question isn’t about ourselves.  A very young human being just sort of accepts that they are here and things are around them. They don’t go much farther than that as far as purpose goes.
The question is [...]

The topic is indulgence. At first, I want to start by distinguishing between indulgence and compulsion. Compulsory behaviour is actually very common. A lot is even considered normal thus “common sense”, but it reflects a degeneration of human awareness on all fronts to my view. An abdication of personal responsibility, and an excuse to not reflect [...]

You know, spirit is something that I feel changes in the same way the body changes. Life events can alter the way you see the world… Yes, that is stating the obvious. Well, perhaps folks can use a little reminder.
Spirit is something that develops with age, it can be nurtured and it can be most [...]

So what in our own being is ever consistent? Is anything?
Change? Is the change aimless? If we err but must be consistent, then we must be “damned”? There can be no atonement or salvation, because consistency is virtue?
I think we only get aware of consistency when something changes in our life that we all of [...]