Archive for October, 2007
Día de los Muertos – A Day for Living
There are several religious and secular holidays at this time of year: All Souls Day, Hallow’een, All Saints Day, Día de Los Muertos. I shall focus on the latter, as many Día celebrations take place nearby. I live in the beautiful Sonoran desert, which encompasses parts of California, Baja California, Arizona, and Sonora, Mexico. Although [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 9 so far )Am I authentic? Who will judge?
A thought-provoking discussion on “living an authentic life” occurs in this 7-minute video from Monday9am. Waiting to be Found Out describes the state in which many of us find ourselves, working or living a life not congruent with our real selves. I was inspired by this man who cannot stop grinning and can’t imagine retiring. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 5 so far )Being of Service?
Most of the spiritual and religious teachings I’ve encountered, as well as many of the secular/humanist ones admonish their adherents to “be of service” to some portion of humanity. There are many ways and definitions of “being of service”. I’ll discuss the most prominent ones I was taught. There’s the one that goes: We should [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 18 so far )Update on “Intention”
I’ve attended two sessions of my book group now, and I’m starting to think I and others engage more in talking about reaching a level of satisfaction rather than just being satisfied. Our book is The Power of Intention by Wayne Dyer, and in my first post on this book, I talked about why I [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 9 so far )Monday Morning Philosophy
If you have a spare six minutes, here’s an opportunity to take a step back from “running around and thinking we know what’s going on.” The video is a perfect complement to my last few posts and comments. It gives a fresh perspective on the question of what or who is the intent behind our [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 5 so far )Observations about Observations on Observation
Well, this is turning out to be quite a topic for me. This latest post is a response to fellow blogger Stonehead‘s response to my previous post! Whew! His detailed comment generated an idea explosion in my head, so it seemed prudent to create a whole new post about it. If you haven’t already, I [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 6 so far )Observations on Observation
I got into a mini discussion over on Anthony‘s blog the other day, during which the question “What is observation?” came up. I really wanted to know the answer, as science appears to base many of its theories upon observation. I would love to wholeheartedly embrace science because it is just so much fun, but [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 11 so far )Environment of the Self
I and thousands of others took up the challenge to write about the environment on Blog Action Day. I read lots of uplifting, inspiring, and a few complaining posts, and during the day I began to notice that most of us see “The Environment” as something outside ourselves. Now that the official day has come [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 13 so far )Blog Action Day: The Environment!
It’s Here !!! http://blog.blogactionday.org/ October 15 is the first annual Blog Action Day. We’re told the ‘action issue’ is THE ENVIRONMENT. So here is my one voice of thousands: As I am wont to do, I’ll start with a definition. en·vi·ron·ment noun. the circumstances, objects, or conditions by which one is surrounded. That seems pretty [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 14 so far )Talking of Intention…
I have, with some trepidation, joined a spiritual book discussion group. I generally like to be “left alone” when reading. It’s a highly personal thing to me, and I’d rather not have others “help” me to interpret literature. That goes double for English teachers. With apologies: I know any English teacher who happens to read [...]
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