“Agreement is the glue that holds realities together.” Lumping is a term I use to describe it when we decide we’re going to be like everyone else. We “lump ourselves in” with a collective of people who are all appearing to have the same thing going on in their lives. As an example let’s say that the crowd believes that gaining weight happens as a result of our eating (instead of our thinking) habits. If we agree with them, then we’ll surely be concerned with every little thing we eat and therefore set ourselves up for getting fat. It works...

I wrote my inspirational essay, A Love Letter to Womankind, From Your Awakening Brother, Mankind, on April 27, 1997. It became a document of my involvement in this spiritual project of making peace with womankind, which began sometime during 1993. So it’s been over 14 years now that I’ve been on this mission. I’ve made it available on YouTube, Google, Revver, and here on my blog will help extend its reach to more people. It is both a tribute and an apology to womankind, from mankind. It’s way past time for peace between the sexes. And I am doing what...

The following article was sent to me by a friend. Its author is unknown, but I give thanks for the wisdom shared by that unseen, unknown friend, and to my personal friend, for sending it. It’s interesting that this piece comes to me at this time. It so perfectly expresses what I’ve been feeling lately. I’ve recently been thinking about how a couple can flow through life like dancers, each one moving in perfect harmony and ease with the other; flowing in and flowing out; moving together as one, as each responds to the subtle urges of the other, sometimes...

What Are You Saying “I Am” To? Double-click the triangle above to hear the author narrate this essay. Despite the dangling participle in the title of this essay, about which my favorite high school English teacher would cringe, and I too, perhaps you’re wondering why I would ask that question in the first place, and why I feel that it’s important for you to answer it in the second place. I’m asking that question because I’ve learned how important it is in my own life to notice that to which I’m saying “I am,” and because I believe it matters...

How to Give Up “Bad Days” Forever Double-click the triangle above to hear the author narrate this essay. A friend wrote to me recently “Challenging times tend not to improve quickly.” Yes, that’s true if we continue focusing on the challenging times. But that doesn’t have to be the case. We do have a choice in the matter. The key to maintaining a state of happiness is, first, to notice when you’re beginning to not feel happy or at peace. At that moment, you have a wonderful opportunity to “turn it around” before it gets too big to readily turn around...