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The Illusion of Control

March 5, 2015

Here in Boston we have suffered a difficult and seemingly endless winter. Frigidly cold temperatures and mountains of snow—over 100 inches in just the last 8 weeks alone! There’s been plenty of collateral damage for many people, in the form of lost work, lost school, lost income, the breakdown of the public transportation system and other infrastructure elements, increased costs for everything, especially snow removal, heat, and repairs, and more—all adding to the cumulative stress that comes with enduring such a long and bitter winter. In the midst of all this I had a quite unexpected … [Read more...]

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How To Be Here

December 31, 2014

As we embark upon 2015, I share with you some simple wisdom from the Lakota people, beautifully summing up "How to Be Here".  Lakota Code of Ethics: Rise with the sun to pray. Pray alone. Pray often. The Great Spirit will listen, if you only speak. Be tolerant of those who are lost on their path. Ignorance, conceit, anger, jealousy - and greed stem from a lost soul. Pray that they will find guidance. Search for yourself, by yourself. Do not allow others to make your path for you. It is your road, and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for … [Read more...]

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The Steve Jobs Conundrum: Difficult People With Great Accomplishments

March 26, 2012

Over the winter I read the authorized biography of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, written by Walter Isaacson (Simon & Schuster 2011).   And I have been puzzling for two months now over this question:  How to reconcile the nasty, very often heartless, and narcissistic traits of Steve Jobs with his great accomplishments.  What explains, or justifies, success at the expense of others, and how do we integrate this into a spiritual understanding of how to succeed as whole individuals, spiritually and morally developed? Walter Isaacson, hand picked by Jobs to be his official biographer, pulls no … [Read more...]

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Free Will

November 11, 2011

Free will is complicated. We all have it, and we all want it—as long as it is our own free will we are exercising.  But it is more difficult when someone else is exercising their own free will—against our interests or better judgment.  Whether it is a two year old throwing a tantrum or self-governing nations in armed dispute, it comes down to a battle of wills. Of course we agree to submit to the will of others in many ways, for good reasons.  So the parent must teach and protect the two year old, and in doing so denies the child her will, and properly so.  Likewise, to organize ourselves … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Being, Co-Creation, Full Selfness, Incarnational Spirituality, Independence, Sovereignty, Uncategorized 4 Comments

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