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You Do Not Live in a Real World …

I receive lots of email forwards and most of them are junk. I delete them. One stuck in my memory. It was short film and showed an elderly widower cleaning out his house because he had to move to an assisted living facility. He was going through some boxes with his son’s effects. His son…

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A Grain of Sand Can Help You!

There are times when you are beset with worries and your mind is a fevered sac of vain imaginings and gloomy forebodings. There is darkness all around and you are so troubled that you cannot sleep. At such times it may help you to try a thought experiment. Consider a grain of sand. Would you…

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What’s Truly First in Your Life: Earthly Attachments or Divine Purpose?

Have you ever wondered about Luke 14-26? It goes “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.” I have written about this in an earlier blog. It makes more sense if you combine…

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Did Steve Have a Good Day?

Do you take stock at the end of each day and decide whether you had a good day? Would you like to have a day similar to the one Steve had in the account below? Steve was tired, pleasantly tired. It had been a splendid day. One of the best days he could remember in…

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Stop Sabotaging Yourself. Stop Now!

What would you do if you had a friend who slipped into a gloomy, depressed state every day? You care for this friend and know he has many good qualities. He can do much good – to himself, his family and the world. But so much of his life is taken up with dealing with…

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Why Aren’t I As Rich As Jeff Bezos?

This is a topic and question that pops up over and over in the webinars I hold and the workshops I conduct. I have written about it in a previous blog. What is Fate or Destiny and how does Free Will fit into all this? In the West we are conditioned to believe that we…

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More on Little Children and the Kingdom of Heaven

I have written about little children and the Kingdom of Heaven in an earlier blog. My daughter, son-in-law and all three of my grandkids visited us a few weeks ago. My grandson, Krish, is older now and wants to do things with me. He loves playing dominos and I sent him a box with more…

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What Does ‘Just Being’ Mean?

I received dozens of responses to my last blog. Here are some: I do believe that our primary purpose in this life is to know – and experience – who we really are, i.e., become aware that we are pure awareness, pure consciousness and are part of the whole universal consciousness. However, I also believe…

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I Want To Grow. No, You Don’t!

I received many responses to my last blog. A dear friend wrote: “When I think of my purpose as simply ‘being’ … well, it’s not so inspiring to me and doesn’t seem very fulfilling. If I was to simply sit somewhere or walk somewhere and ‘be’, I may be fulfilling my ‘purpose’, according to your…

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The Purpose of Life!

One question is perennial during my talks, workshops and coaching sessions. People want to know what their purpose is. Some want to know what their ‘true purpose’ is. Behind this question is the notion that there is, somewhere out there, something that they need to do or find. Something that is the ‘reason’ for their…

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