On this National Day of Service and Remembrance, nine years already since 9/11, and one year since I began this blog to explore ways we can remember who we are deep within us, we may still wonder how far we have come in uniting the great divide between us. A little service to others goes [...]
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Service is a step toward peace, both inner and outer
Posted in changing the world, connecting with others, empathy, spiritual practice on September 10, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Who Are You, Really?
Posted in changing the world, consciousness, mystic knowing, purpose/meaning in life, soul's story, spiritual practice, transformation on August 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
At the heart of our quest for understanding life are three questions: “Where have I come from?” “What am I doing here?” and “Where am I going?” The mystery of our origin, purpose, and destiny is intricately tied to the nature of the soul. The world’s sacred traditions have always provided answers to these mysteries [...]
How Does Remembrance Transform All Our Relationships?
Posted in changing the world, connecting with others, mystic knowing, soul's story, spiritual practice, transcendence, transformation on July 30, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The ancient legends shedding light on the unborn soul tell us that we already know where we came from and where we are going. The part of us that always remembers, that always lives in close proximity to God, is called the “secret soul” in the Sufi tradition. What we seek is within us, as [...]
How Big Is Your Family Tree, Really?
Posted in changing the world, connecting with others, purpose/meaning in life on March 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Ancestry.com and NBC have partnered on a new TV program – “Who Do You Think You Are?” – that puts tracing family roots in the living rooms of families everywhere in a way that not even Alex Haley’s “Roots” could have. Using a worldwide network of genealogists, the world’s largest online resource for starting your [...]
What Does Remembering Who We Are Have to do With Climate Change?
Posted in changing the world, climate change, soul's story on October 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On this Blog Action Day 2009: Climate Change, I thought I’d offer a short answer to this complex and intriguing question. In a nutshell, remembering who we are is a spiritual practice (more about that next week), which contributes to our spiritual development, which expands our consciousness of the universe we are part of, which [...]
Life Stories Can Change the World – Part 3
Posted in changing the world, soul's story on October 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
When Brother Blue, the African American storyteller, made the statement, “Enough stories can change the world,” he was most likely thinking of the traditional role of stories in community life. From the earliest times, stories have been central to life. Through stories, what is enduring is transmitted. Traditional peoples understood the importance of sharing not [...]
Life Stories Can Change the World – Part 2
Posted in changing the world on October 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“When things are investigated, knowledge is extended; When knowledge is extended, the will becomes sincere; When the will is sincere, the mind is rectified; When the mind is rectified, the personal life is cultivated; When the personal life is cultivated, the family will be regulated; When the family is regulated, the state will be in [...]
Life Stories Can Change the World!
Posted in changing the world on September 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Like the timeless wisdom stories of the past, our life stories can bring order to our own personal experience, help us center and integrate ourselves, assist us in forming an identity, affirm, validate, and support our own experience socially, clarify our relationship to those around us, help us understand our commonalities with others, as well [...]
