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overcoming suffering

Life is suffering and let no man or woman tell you different. We suffer because we perpetuate the same conditioned thinking handed down to us by our parents, peers, culture, etc., that were handed down to them. These “Sins of the Fathers” can be stopped only when we at last turn within and examine that which we believe to be true about ourselves and the world around us.

The Power of Surrender

When I was a kid my mom used to caution that I was “too smart for my own good.” She was right. We’ll circle back to this in a moment. Recently I’ve been marveling at – and feeling gratitude for – the many and varied…

April 18, 2014

Truth: The Keys to Our Cell Doors

One of movie history’s great lines comes from Jack Nicholson’s Marine Corps character in A Few Good Men, when he barks, “You can’t handle the truth!” He’s right. We can’t. Well, we can, but that requires a turn of the worm, a willingness to…

January 29, 2014
prisoner of life

Ever Want to Punch God in the Nose?

The most maddening thing about existence is that you can’t just turn it off, can’t exit the stage, can’t really put an end to any of it. Suicide, you say? Well, sure, that’s an option, but given that nobody has yet to blow out…

January 12, 2014

Happiness is to Drop the Search – and the Searcher

Many moons ago a sibling asked me why I was investing so much of my time and energy searching for life’s meaning. “It doesn’t get you anywhere, it’s not making you any happier,” or words to that effect. Oh but it will make me…

December 4, 2013

What Do You Demand of Your Life?

What do you demand of your life? What, more than anything else, do you insist that this life produce for you before you exit the stage? Fame, fortune, longevity, cool new experiences? (We’ll return to the question in a moment.) If I am honest…

November 19, 2013

People Who Need People

More often than not, if I’m suffering someone else is involved. That’s about as straight-forward as I can put it. I suffer because of other people. Put differently, I rarely if ever can recall a time where I was unhappy when I was, say,…

November 13, 2013