Category: perseverance

Feeling the Spirit, conquering depression

March 17, 2007 | 3 comments

I was reading an article in the March 2007 Men’s Journal titled, “Anderson Cooper’s Private War,” which reports on what motivates Cooper to cover the life and death stories he often brings to his audience’s attention. The aftermath of Hurricane

A higher perspective on troubles

January 25, 2007 | 4 comments

Have you ever made great spiritual leaps forward then suddenly hit a brick wall that gave you grief or got side-swiped by an unexpected problem and then wondered why the trouble? “I was making so much progress,” refrains a common

Goals worth pursuing

January 8, 2007 | 3 comments

I had a very enjoyable time this weekend getting obliterated in a doubles tennis tournament by some opponents far superior in tennis talent than to me and my partner. Let me explain… It was the Deep Freeze Doubles Tournament in

Go higher

January 4, 2007 | 1 comment

Someone asked me yesterday, “How do you conquer reappearing fear?” I replied, “Go higher!” I explained that fear is a limited view of spiritual reality. As the familiar acronym states, False Evidence Appearing Real Take in the true evidence and

Finding God

December 1, 2006 | 3 comments

A student asked his spiritual teacher one day, “How do I find God?” The teacher pondered for a moment, and then replied, “I’ll show you later.” Puzzled, but obedient, the student patiently waited for an explanation. Several days later, the