The Power of Now

The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle is truly a spiritual guide with the potential to be life-changing.  Tolle introduces the book by describing his spiritual awakening and its immediate… Read More

Avalanches

I think I know how avalanches occur.  I have seen a few mini-avalanches outside my window on the tree branches.  Rarely does the snowfall in a straight vertical pattern here… Read More

Beyond the Dream

Beyond the Dream by Thomas Hora, M.D. was published in 1996, and although old by some standards, it is a timeless piece of work that is highly relevant to anyone… Read More

The Battle of Epic Proportions

For the last two-plus years, I have been living in a 20-year-old Mexican colonial style home in the Tepozteca mountains in the Mexican state of Morelos, about two hours south… Read More

A Course in Miracles

A Course in Miracles published by the Foundation for Inner Peace. My doctoral training at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln was as a scientist-clinician.  So, as with all psychological and… Read More

Be Not Afraid

Around the year 2000, I was building an addition to my lake cabin. The addition consisted of a double garage and a master bedroom and bath above it. The addition… Read More

Iago or Ego?

(Author’s note: this is the first of four articles about the ego, so I recommend reading this one first, then “The Most Outrageous Belief in the World,” then “Why So… Read More

The Three Practices

  A few years ago I was asked to officiate at a young couple’s wedding.  One of my responsibilities was to give a homily–a short discourse intended primarily for spiritual… Read More