A friend from San Francisco, California, USA wrote, “I recently returned to the frenetic world of haste and schedules, but they are part of life. I’ve found it difficult to return to my studies. . . I always try to remain alert, to enjoy each day and see even the smallest things that happen around me!” (more…)

Deny Lemaster, a Preaching Minister in Missouri, in one of his recent blogs made reference to James Taylor’s song, “Look up from Your Life”. And he writes:

“It’s a great thought. We can get so busy with our nose to the grind stone that we forget to look up.

“Kids grow up so fast, look up from your life!

“Your marriage can so easily be pushed aside and the dedication it needs given to other things, Look up from your life!

“We can get so wrapped up in doing that we forget……look up from your life!”

From my perspective, Deny’s comments dramatize the power of higher inspiration. He is highlighting the power to pay attention to our highest priorities in life.

In our exploration for inner peace, ideals are peaks that invite the individual to climb. They bring new levels of inspiration to the seeking soul.

Ideals have the power to create energy and direct our efforts to attain ever-higher goals.

Expanding on conflict resolution, I once received the following question in a radio interview:

How, then, can we confront conflict collaboratively?

I would like to share with you some of my comments from that discussion. Something that is important is to be ready and open to listen to the points of view of others, making a significant effort to understand their ideas and motives. (more…)

Today I wish to share with you a thought about an element of my philosophy of life and core values. I believe an important spiritual principle is rooted in the simple psychological fact that we live in each other whenever we outreach in our interactions with other people. So my point here is that my commitment is to respect each person’s personality and in that mood, to make a constructive contribution in all details to life. We are social beings and sharing in peace is at the core of all I do.

Conscious existence is in community living.

Sometimes our relationships with beloved relatives can suffer from our unwilling mistakes. I have been thinking about the tremendous pain that may be caused when it becomes difficult or even impossible at first to forgive someone. (more…)

A radio host recently asked me about conflict resolution and I would like to share here some of the comments I made to her and her audience. Her question was: In our relations with others we are used to having conflicts. Are they extraordinary occurrences that happen in our lives or something we all face sooner or later? (more…)