The Roots of All Evil
Money.
Why do we love it, and hate it?
How did we get so messed up about money?
Money does seem to be at the root of many problems.
- People commit crimes for money.
- They betray their integrity and their beliefs to get a little more money.
- Countries go to war for land or natural resources or trading rights.
- Men and women sacrifice their relationships and their health for money.
Is money (or love of money, if we want to get the quote right) the root of all evil?
I think money has some real competition for that title.
There are many beliefs, ideas, and things that are blamed for the evil that people do in the world.
[Continue reading: Is Money Evil?]
Here’s another affirmation poem.
(For a description of the concept see the beginning of Endless River of Living Fire)
I Face Each Day With Love
Listening to silence,
as I walk through the day.
Emotions fall upon endless faces,
and words surround them like a cloud.
Like a butterfly,
my heart lands,
shares a feeling,
for a moment,
and then,
flies deep,
into darkness,
discovering,
an unending inner world,
with love.
I Face Each Day With Love
[Continue reading: Affirmation Poem: I Face Each Day With Love]
The End of Fear?
Is there anything good about fear?
Look at new age, spiritual, and self-improvement blogs, books, CDs, and seminars.
Fear is bad for your health, your relationships, your personal growth, and your spiritual development.
Fear tells us to avoid and hide from every difficulty in our lives.
Fear tells us to do nothing when we should take action.
Fear tells us to attack when we should listen.
We want to get rid of all the little fears that hold us back.
In fact, we want to get rid of fear altogether.
Do you think that will ever happen?
Will fear disappear someday from the vocabulary of human emotions?
[Continue reading: What’s Wrong With Being Afraid?]
(Here’s the first of a new type of post for me. I call them affirmation poems.
There’s a single affirmation, repeated 5 or 6 times. In between each repetition is some poetic language which carries me into my unconscious and helps me plant the affirmation on fertile ground.)
I am an endless river of living fire.
Not straight or bent,
long or short.
Before I found a shape,
became a man,
I was a river,
swimming upon
a sea of energy.
[Continue reading: Affirmation Poem: Endless River Of Living Fire]
The Fantasy of the Hero
For as long as I can remember I’ve wanted to be a hero.
I’ve loved myths, legends, science fiction, and comic books my whole life.
Sounds childish, right?
It’s easy to psychoanalyze a love of heroes, and dismiss it as a childish or neurotic desire to escape from reality.
- Do I want to be a hero because I want everyone to love me?
- Do I want to be a hero because I feel powerless in the face of unfathomable forces that surround me?
- Am I trying to escape from a seemingly petty existence into a wonderous world?
- Do I want to feel overwhelmingly special and unique, and being myself doesn’t seem to be good enough?
Sometimes I do want to escape.
[Continue reading: Why I Want to Be a Hero]
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The Heart Fountain: Stories of the Energy Mind
The Heart Fountain is an ongoing collection of my stories. They speak about a magical world, but then again, I believe that all stories are full of magic.
The about page on The Heart Fountain site has more information on the stories, and the techniques used to free the unconscious and give it a powerful voice. Video Vision Statements and Credits |
