Archive for June, 2007

A Little Bit of Danger

Friday, June 29th, 2007

Or, ‘How We’re So Afraid of Dying (or Getting Hurt, or Getting Fat, or Losing Our Money, or Having Someone Look At Us Funny) That We Forget to Live’
When I was in grade school, my friends and I would get on our bikes, arm ourselves with garbage-can tops and heavy sticks, and joust each […]

The Nature of the Soul

Friday, June 22nd, 2007

On The Nature of Human Souls
Here is an interesting question:
Do we have souls?
Like any good spiritual teacher, I should probably tell you that you do. That you possess a higher self, an immortal essence that will continue on, in some form, after you die.
But if you’re a regular reader of this site, […]

What We Really Want

Friday, June 15th, 2007

A Rude Awakening
At some point in our life, (often it’s called a ‘midlife crisis’), we suddenly discover that we’ve been working and slaving our entire lives, and we don’t even know what we’ve been working for! This is usually a rude awakening, and leaves one with the feeling that the entire first half of […]