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Memoir Groups

So here I am, making suggestions on how you can run your own Memoir groups, only to discover that most of my former students have already done just that.

As I understand it, several of you have taken the initiative and meet regularly to read and comment and share, which is music to my ears. Better yet is that the writing is definitely happening. Pages are being completed, and cover letters to publishers have been drafted; submissions have been sent out.

This all makes my heart swell with...

Writing True

Those of you who visit this blog regularly, and who are kind enough to comment as well, may have noticed that I haven't been posting much recently. There is a reason, and that is that I've been writing, drafting a new book about how we can get into the flow of the universe, how we often fail to, what the pitfalls are, and what we can do about them.

Once we contact the flow, of course, we move in a different relationship to our own sense of destiny, if only because we agree to work with the...

Form Your Own Memoir Group

Since the book came out several people have asked me about forming a memoir group and what it requires. The first thing is to have people who live close to you so you can actually form a group. You can use this site to find them. From that point on it's easy.

If you're interested - no matter where you live - I can send you my seven golden guidelines (they're free) so you can use my book as a starting point.

It's about the single most important thing any of us can do, whether we have a...

Memoir - more food for thought

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Personal Writing and Memoir

Another Youtube on how we can use memoir….

All Saviors Disappoint

This week's cover for the 'New Yorker' shows four cartoon frames. A small figure walks towards us. As it gets closer we see that it's Obama, walking on water. The final frame shows a surprised Obama as one leg disappears beneath the surface.

Very witty. Some people really felt that, like Jesus, Obama could walk on water. Now he's suffered some set-backs. We grin.

But the metaphor has a deeper level. All Saviors, including Jesus, disappointed their followers (think about the crucifixion...

Memoir as Soul Work

I'm going to be putting a series of videos up in the coming days, giving hints as to how you can turn your memoir (or in fact any kind of personal writing) into something that will grow you as a conscious being. You may not like the words 'Soul Work' because they seem religious. They're not. They're simply a way to describe how we can access our deepest wisdom - - because when we do that we grow our ability to show compassion, understanding, and use our wisdom more effectively.

That's how ...

Memoir - It's still about Soul Work

I've just uploaded another video to Youtube

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With luck the link should work, otherwise try this address:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdWh4Z....

Memoir writing is not just about proving oneself more right than anyone else (Sarah Palin might be an example of that way of thinking). It's about digging deeper so that we can grow in understanding, compassion, and love. That's Soul Work.

Memoir -and the Buddha

Some of you may know the famous Buddhist saying; "I am in the Buddha and the Buddha is in me". In other words, without me, the things taught by Buddhism, such as peace and love, cannot come fully into existence. Buddha energy needs me to help express it, and it needs you, too. And we need it, because I can't think of anyone who has too much peace in his or her life.

The same is true of Memoir - at a less exalted level, perhaps. Your life history needs you to express it to others, for if you d...

Money and Haiti

The BBC news this evening told me that $200 million had been pledged to Haiti by various foreign governments as aid and relief. The news anchor seemed impressed.

This effort is commendable. Yet it still adds up to about the same amount as three F21 fighter jets.

People, it may, once again, be up to us ordinary citizens to make all the difference. Please give.