Can You Be Happy?

Can You Be Happy?

Your boss is unreasonable, you haven’t been intimate with your spouse in weeks, your kids won’t pick their clothes up off the floor, and traffic is a nightmare. Trying to change the people and the situations in your life is normal. You want to be happy. ...
I’m a Moral Relativist.  Are You?

I’m a Moral Relativist. Are You?

Moral relativism is what our religious, societal, and political systems are deathly afraid of.  They tell us that unless we obey the rules, the laws, and the credos of our society, society will fall into chaos. Moral relativism is fed by the erroneous beliefs that...
Love

Love

“My bounty is as boundless as the sea, my love is as deep.  The more I give to thee, the more I have, for both are infinite,” (Shakespeare). What can we infer from this quote?  Perhaps that unconditioned love is boundless, energizing, and endless.  When...
Meditation Paradox

Meditation Paradox

The meditation paradox is this:  While it is true that most of us take up meditation for a specific purpose (i.e., anger management, inner wisdom, stress relief, lowering the blood pressure etc…), using our practice as a means to an ends impedes true progress....
Faith

Faith

Over the years I have learned that the ultimate stress reliever is practicing faith.  We are stressed because we can not forgive the past and we are stressed because we are worried about the future.  We lack faith. Faith in what?  Faith in yourself, and faith that...