Category: Spirituality
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In the Blink of an Eye…
In the blink of an eye, everything can change. You’re having the time of your life when all of a sudden you get that life-changing phone call. Someone close to you has died, and things will never be the same. You’re driving along listening to your favorite music, feeling the warmth of the sun on…
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Grow Down
How many times were you told to grow up when you were a kid? Unfortunately, after a while, we listened to our parents and teachers and other adults. We grew up, and life was never the same. When you watch a normal young child you’ll notice he’s always smiling, always playing. Pure bliss is his default…
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Infinity
We all know what “infinity” means but I don’t think we’re capable of conceiving of it. Every now and again as I sit under the moonless midsummer night sky out in the woods and I can see millions of stars blanketing the surface of our pond, our sky, I feel unbelievably small and insignificant and…
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Lord of the Pigeons
I walk out of my office building at 11:17 to get a wrap at my favorite deli. It’s sunny and hot out. Lots of people on the sidewalk. I walk past a young girl waiting for the bus wearing a tight little sundress. She’s looking at me. I smile and keep walking. At her age,…
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We’re All Connected
As you sit or stand there reading this on your computer or your phone, you’re connected to me. You have a direct line to my mind and my personality. Some of the ideas I write about become part of you and you spread them to others around you, and they spread them to others.…
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The Moments We Live For
Life is a series of moments laid out on a long, undulating film strip, each individual strip intersecting with those of others, sometimes merging, and although some people’s moments are in the same time and place, each perspective is unique. There are highs and lows where the focus is perfect and the details are crystal…
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Purple Stars
This is from a lucid dream and astral projection I experienced on 10/29/12 I was taking some kind of philosophy class, located in some kind of strip mall. I left the class to retrieve something (I forget what), and went through the mall, down the escalator, and I kept getting sidetracked by conversations with people.…
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Sounds
I just spent the last two hours in my backyard enjoying the day, enjoying the sights and sounds, the smells and the sensations. For thirty minutes I lay in the grass on my back, eyes closed, listening to everything I could hear. Many species of birds chirped and cawed and sang, and I was able…
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Morning
The first trace of day appears on the horizon, a dim, surreal pink conflating with the dark blues of the atmosphere, breeding an ephemeral tinge of beauty. A low-hanging cloud begins to glow a slowly brightening red, then orange, from its edges to its heart, and a white-throated sparrow awakens from his slumber, whistling his…
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People and the World
When I stop to think about the world and its 7 billion people, it blows my mind. As I write this I’m waiting to get my oil changed. The TV in the room is on the news, covering the happenings in the USA. Storms spewing softball-sized hail, murder trials, gunmen holding kids hostage, ideas for…