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Paradoxes of Giving

I’ve pondered for a while the psychological paradox that democrats give less to charity than republicans, that those who eat environmentally friendly food are similarly ungenerous, on average. I’ve not written about this issue before, because it’s so easy to be judgmental about it … Those goody two shoes people aren’t so good after all… [...]

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The five stages of the soul transformation process: Michael Mirdad

Two weeks ago I wrote about spiritual evolution from the perspective of long term cycles. This week I will go into the more practical day to day questions relating to our own soul transformation process. Personally I can’t take 2012 seriously enough worry about it. I do however have to deal with personal challenges just [...]

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Is spirituality a lifestyle or a quest?

I have been pondering recently the difference between spirituality as a life style and spirituality as a quest. Consider the following Blavatsky quote (the modernized English is mine) from The Voice of the Silence, The Seven Portals: Before you stand on the threshold of the path; before you cross the foremost Gate, you have to [...]

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Disadvantages to kindness…

Alright – that title is a bit over the top. The thing is, I’ve been pondering the difficulty of managing groups filled with people who all mean well (you’ll read why later on). Or rather – the majority means well, wants to be kind and all that. The disadvantage is… that unkind people can create [...]

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The Dalai Lama – a peaceful response to violence

It is a good blogging tradition to pay attention to important dates. Today it is 50 years since His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama fled Tibet, because it was being occupied by Chinese forces. I’m not going to go into the whole story here. Follow the links in this post for more details. Got Enlightenment? [...]

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"Love is the opposite of fear" ?

What is love?” “The total absence of fear,” said the Master. “What is it we fear?” “Love,” said the Master. (Anthony de Mello) Do you all agree? Is Love is the opposite of fear? Dozens of blogs and articles online say this. Personally I don’t think it’s that simple though. I think various emotions can [...]

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Those times when life forces rest on you…

Whether it’s illness, unemployment or some other reason – sometimes life forces us to sit still, think things through, relax – because there is just no other alternative. I don’t think anyone is ever grateful for unemployment or disease, but sometimes we can be grateful for their side effects: a chance to reevaluate life. One [...]

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Compassion in business – aka rational giving

After the deep stuff yesterday I was out of topics, so I asked for ideas on twitter. Sheridan King came up with the one I am trying on for size in this blogpost (literal quote, though spell checked): How about compassion in business? In these tough times we could use it instead of being chased, [...]

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Concerning 'loving your neighbours'

A reader asks: Concerning cultivation of love…when a person senses they have very little love for themselves and others, are there ways to cultivate genuine love?  (I sense that my efforts to be loving are futile because the motivation is really selfish: the actions are not real, but are done with the intent of trying [...]

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