Captured by consumerism. That’s literally our minds, our beings, these days. But we don’t want to be that. Do we? How do we get out of it when it’s so deep? One good way is to play around with yourself. Play around with ideas and you’ll find that you can shake yourself up. Take an …
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Nature Can Teach Us
Nature can teach us the second that we just stop and look. Even cars driving by can teach us.
Captured by Consumerism
As spiritual Seekers today we have a huge advantage over, say, people who were alive during Buddha’s time. Ot the time of the ancient Sufis. Our advantage is the fact that we are really, totally, completely messed up. Most of us could describe our inner world as as painful, full of confusion. We have completely …
15 Seconds Well Spent
Every 15 seconds that we can stop, and just remember that we’re part of everything, is a good 15 seconds.
We Belong Here
It’s helpful to be told every day that we belong here: You, me. All the other eight billion human beings; the trees; the wind; everything.
Indigenous Knowledge Isn’t Facts
Indigenous knowledge isn’t facts and figures. It’s method and process. This is one of the reasons it can’t be written down well. It has to be handed from one person to another. It has to be discovered and integrated. You can discover it on your own, if you are able to drop all your preconceptions …
Listen to Indigenous Voices
Listen to indigenous voices, native voices. We are in this amazing time right now where the internet, YouTube particularly, is allowing a new generation of indigenous speakers to start bringing forth their different perspective. Yes. I realized that this means not me. Right? Just think of the timeline we are on. White civilization came and …
What if Life is Hard?
What if life wasn’t meant to be safe and secure, and clean and perfect, or convenient? Could we deal with that? What if we accepted that stuff happens, and we can deal with it. Pure and clean isn’t always best. There’s a high number of kids these days who have allergies and they’re starting to …