Tag Archive | inner peace
The only way out is up
Dearest readers, It’s become a common-place truism to say that a problem cannot be solved at the same level of consciousness at which it was created. It also seems obvious from the word “revolution”, that by rebelling against a situation or system that is causing pain, discomfort, or which has been observed to not work […]
Racism, animal abuse, child abuse, drug abuse: the final gasps of a victim/savior paradigm
Dearest readers, My experiences growing up in a highly co-dependent, enmeshed family system where emotional abuse was a normal way of being led me on a path where I did not know how to love myself anymore. I had to learn to remember. The path to remembering, or putting myself back together again, was a […]
The Stranger & the mirror: How looking inward changes our cultural paradigm towards outsiders
Dear readers, I recently reread Albert Camus’ iconic novel, The Stranger. It struck me as I was reading that Meursault’s detached personality and precise, yet objective truthfulness would probably place him somewhere on the autism spectrum today. As most people know, the bizarre cultural mindset of the time in which the novel is set (1950’s […]
How Do You Love Your Enemies?
Hello readers, During this past week or so, I have been contemplating the meaning of the commandment / expression: “love your enemies”. Obviously not meant to be a simple task, nonetheless, there is a lot to think about regarding the meaning of this phrase. Do you have enemies? If you live in society with other […]
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