I hope the holiday season is going well for you and your families. Christmas is my favorite holiday. Some of the reason for this is - it is a time when people are a bit more compassionate towards others. We all know that being compassionate should be the norm all year...
Well – the holidays are behind us and it’s time to take a look at what our dreams are for this year. I am not talking about New Year’s resolutions. Some people make New Year’s resolutions and others don’t put any stock in them. I tend to be in the camp of not making...
In this article - let’s talk abut that dreaded word for some "forgiveness”. At one point or another in our lives, we have all been told to we must forgive. We have either heard it from a family member, respected elder or the minister in church - saying we must...
"You can be the most beautiful person in the world and everybody sees light and rainbows when they look at you, but if you yourself don't know it, all of that doesn't even matter. Every second that you spend on doubting your worth, every moment that you use to...
– A Buddhist perspective Hello Everyone: Welcome to this month’s article. Spring is here, at least in some parts of the world and I hope you are taking advantage of season – planting new seeds of joy and happiness. This past weekend I spent at a two day class on...
Last month we talked about suffering and its causes from the Buddhist point of view. This month’s focus is karma – specifically we are answering the questions, "What is it?”; "How is it generated?”; and "What can be done about it?” For starters – Our former President...
Hello Everyone: I hope this month is going very well for all of you and that you are looking forward to summer. I’m in the middle of preparing for my ‘Open House’ here in Santa Rosa – exciting. It brings me great joy to prepare for such an event - knowing that I have...
Hello Everyone – Welcome. I hope all of you are having a terrific month. The idea for writing about this month’s topic – How Spirit Speaks to us, came about through a conversation I had with a friend several weeks ago. We were talking about how signs from the...
Hello Everyone – Welcome to the latest article addition. It is now September and most of us are back from vacations – if we took one. The kids are in school and we are thinking about fall and all that this implies. Maybe some of us are looking forward to the holiday...