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Spiritual Depth Perception

Wednesday, April 25th, 2007

Stereo vision is one of our more fascinating human abilities.  Our eyeballs capture 2D snapshots of our environment, and our brains and visual circuitry rapidly combine them into 3D images.  So even though our eyes are perceiving reality in two dimensions, by combining the data from both eyes in a specific way, we perceive our [...]

Self-Help Cynics

Thursday, April 5th, 2007

At the other end of the spectrum from self-help junkies, we find self-help cynics.  Self-help cynics are people who’ve become totally disillusioned with anything associated to personal development.  They regard the entire field as nothing but a sham populated by scammers and charlatans.  Cynics don’t subscribe to the idea that people can actually change by conscious intent.  They are who they [...]

For Love of Evil

Sunday, March 25th, 2007

I’d like to clarify a common question about polarity and love:  How does a darkworker experience love?
How lightworkers experience love
Lightworkers express love outwardly through forms such as giving and service.  Love is something that flows out of them and into the world.  This definition of love is fairly consistent with the social norm.  When you feel [...]

Polarity and Your Career

Monday, March 5th, 2007

As a follow-up to the Polarity and Polarization articles, let’s explore some practical applications of polarity-based thinking with respect to your career choices.
Better decision-making
The significance of polarity is that it can serve as a powerful decision-making tool.  It helps you cut through the fog of indecision to reach a new level of clarity.  When you look [...]

Polarization

Monday, February 26th, 2007

This article continues our exploration of Polarity.  If you haven’t yet digested the first article, you’ll probably want to do so before reading this one, since now we’re going to extend those concepts even further.
A quick review
Every thought has two components:  content and energy.  Content is the data portion of a thought, and energy is the carrier [...]

The Dark Side of Financial Abundance

Sunday, January 14th, 2007

One thing that holds a lot of people back from becoming wealthy is the fear that their lives will actually become worse in some ways.
There is in fact a dark side to financial abundance, but it isn’t pitch black.
Here are some items that might genuinely concern you if you dramatically increase your income or net worth:

Your [...]

Setting Your Primary Focus

Sunday, December 31st, 2006

At the start of each new year, in lieu of creating a New Year’s resolution, my tradition is to select an area of primary focus for the coming year.  Whereas a New Year’s resolution may succeed or fail, the choice of primary focus endures throughout the year.  Usually the choice is obvious enough that remembering it is a no-brainer.
How to choose an [...]

Triage

Thursday, December 21st, 2006

In battlefield medicine the principle of triage involves dividing patients into three groups:  1) those who will die anyway whether they receive medical attention or not, 2) those who will survive anyway whether they receive medical attention or not, and 3) those who will survive only if they receive timely medical attention.
Despite its morbid nature, triage [...]

Making Money Consciously

Wednesday, December 6th, 2006

How important is money?  How much is enough?  Is money a distraction from one’s spiritual path?  Is it a necessary evil?  Is it unfair that some people have more money than others?  Is poverty more noble than wealth?  Is it possible to become an enlightened millionaire?
Even among highly conscious people, the subject of money is a contentious [...]

Lightworker Syndrome

Monday, November 13th, 2006

One obstacle that traps a lot of highly conscious people is what Erin and I call Lightworker Syndrome.  This is what happens when someone wakes up to a higher level of consciousness, but they can’t figure out how to live on purpose and feed themselves at the same time.  Such people have a lot of trouble [...]



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