When We Change

When we change, others change. When we heal, others heal. When we love, others love.

The Road Less Traveled II

I did not realize I had take the road less traveled until I was far along it.

The Road Less Traveled I

The road less traveled has no sign posts.

Freedom

Freedom is the choice to take the keys out of our pockets to unlock the chains we have placed on ourselves.

Time

Time is not for filling, but for feeling.

Memory

Everything will be forgotten.  Nothing will be forgotten.

When the Ground Shakes

When the ground shakes beneath us, look inward.  There is our foundation.

When the Ground Shakes

When the ground shakes beneath us, look inward. There is our foundation.

Surrender

The greater the stress, the more you need to let go and surrender.

Surrender

The greater the stress, the more you need to let go and surrender.

Meeting People

Meet people where they are rather than where you would like them to be.

Dianne and I

Dianne and I sitting across from each other at adjoining tables.  What could be better?

Body Sensations

One of my practices is to focus my awareness on different parts of my body. Today I settled on my foot : particularly the heel, the ball, and each toe. Feeling my toes against a wall not only connects me to my to toes, but it also has the effect of rebalancing the muscles, tendons, and skeletal structure of my feet. It alters my torso as well and also helps to align my head, neck, and spine.

Breaking Habits

Today I realized that breaking habits sometimes gives me more energy. I went on my daily walk, and it rained in a sun shower. That was new and energizing. Then I visited a friend recovering from a heart attack, and just hanging out with him allowed me to relax and feel a sense of calm that was not present earlier in the day.

Name of God (not G-d)

The name of God in Hebrew is yod-heh-waw-heh, with no vowel points, i.e. the Tetragrammaton (“four letters”).  Originally, that word would have had vowel points, but we don’t know what they are for sure.  In order to avoid saying the name of God, the Jews of antiquity changed the vowel points and said “adonai” (“Lord”) instead.  Now we have others who simply say “ha-Shem” (“the name”) which makes sense because yod-heh-waw-heh is in fact the name of God.  But the name of “God” for Jews is “yod-heh-waw-heh,” not “God.”  The word for “God” in Hebrew is “Elohim.”   Thus:  “Elohim” = the concept of God; “yod-heh-waw-heh” = the name of God.  Some have started to spell the word, “God” in the form of “G-d,” equating this with the Hebrew.  This is English, however, and “God” is not a Hebrew word.  There is no need to use the spelling, “G-d,” which in fact communicates the misimpression that “God” is also a Jewish name–it’s not.  The name of God is and has always been “yod-heh-waw-heh.”  The word, “God” is not the equivalent of “yod-heh-waw-heh,” but rather “Elohim.”  In my opinion, “G-d” is a misnomer.

Self-Interest and World Repair

The Source implanted self-interest in humans in order that they might be able to repair the world.

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