Purpose and Work

10 Tell-Tale Signs That You Are A Working Mystic

March 22, 2007

You meditate on your lunch break. Your response to the elevator “how are you?” is an enthusiastic “GREAT!“ During the project status you say that you are having a “challenge” with your part of the project, rather than passing the buck to the guy on the right. You have a copy of the Dhammapada on [...]

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How Do You Spell S-E-R-V-I-C-E

March 19, 2007

Sometimes we can get caught up in the prestige, money, or general good feelings involved in service. So much so, we lose sight of why we are doing it in the first place. Nothing wrong with prestige, money and good feelings. It’s just that when our attention is on service, they come to us. When [...]

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Do We Really Have Free Will? Open Secrets Part 3

March 7, 2007

This is the third installation in the review and discussion of the book Open Secrets by Rami Shapiro. The book is an easily digested, metaphysical interpretation of Judaism. In this section, one of the chapters is “Why Be Jewish?” The master Rabbi writing to his protege explains that Judaism is a path to become one [...]

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How Do You Know You’ve Made The Right Choice?

February 28, 2007

Earlier this week, I had a moment of doubt. Actually, it’s been creeping in for a few weeks. I started thinking about what I was doing here on this site, whether I could really change the world or not, if spirituality really could be discussed openly, let alone applied to life, and, quite frankly, whether [...]

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Monday Morning Musings

February 26, 2007

How do you know that you are on the right path (for your purpose)? I’ll be back later today to let you know what I look for. In the meantime, have at it I’m back! I asked this question because I’m wondering if I’m on the right path. I’m selfish that way What I’m inclined [...]

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5 More Reasons To Blog

February 20, 2007

In my ode to blogging (which may have been misinterpreted) I ran with an unofficial tag and expressed my love for blogging. To recap, here are the 5 reasons I gave: Having a blog gives me a platform and a voice. It’s introduced me to many like-minded people who have become friends. It’s given me [...]

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Waiting On The World To Change

February 12, 2007

One day our generation Is gonna rule the population So we keep on waiting Waiting on the world to change We, the 30-somethings in the Northwestern part of the world, have at our disposal all the technology, knowledge, and resources to do anything that we want to do – including change the world. However, as [...]

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Presenting Phil Gerbyshak

February 5, 2007

Exuberant, ecstatic, and excited, are just a few of the words I would use to describe Phil Gerbyshak, author of 10 Ways to Make It Great! and the voice behind the Make It Great! blog. Phil hails from a little north of Milwaukee with a built-in furnace. Phil writes for Joyful Jubilant Learning, and the [...]

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I Have A Dream

January 16, 2007

Martin Luther King, Jr delivered his famous I Have A Dream speech almost 44 years ago on August 23rd, 1963. The speech detailed a vision that he had for America. A vision of freedom for all, but in particular a dream of freedom for black people in America. How many of us are taking the [...]

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Say YES to Your Purpose

January 9, 2007

In the summer of 2006, I finally figured out my purpose. To express God in every moment, To passionately experience and share physical vitality, soulful relationships, and financial abundance, To call forth the Divinity within others and help them uniquely experience it, and To heighten spiritual awareness. It took a long time for me to [...]

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