My father was a warrior by profession and by deed. He fought in World War II, Korea and fought twice in the jungles of Viet Nam. He was not a very religious man but he was especially spiritual. In this regard he aligned more with the code of Bushido, the code of honor developed among the samurai, the military warriors of Japan. During World War II while fighting in the Pacific theater my father came by a katana, a samurai...
They Are Among Us (Part II)
Knowing that we are not complete is the first step to becoming whole. We feel it bubble up from deep inside when we are very quiet. It is a feeling of incompleteness, a sense that something is missing. One way we often try to drown out that uneasy feeling is by becoming busy, very busy. The more that feeling of emptiness tries to poke its meddlesome head into our conscious business the more we work to trample it under the...
They Are Among Us (Part I)
They are among us. They look like us, speak our language, eat our foods, and work alongside us. Unless you know what to look for you will miss them. They are rare but they are there. These people have made the transition to adulthood and not lost the innocence, joy and power of childhood. These exceptional people are content as they are, where they are. They are more responsive to beauty. They are less driven by egocentric needs and more...
Who Knows What Spiritual Means?
With the increasing problems and negativity facing this world, global warming, wars, financial uncertainty, the disintegration of the family unit, etc., it is only natural that we try to tip the scales back toward positivity. One of our strongest attempts to neutralize negativity is to uncover our spiritual side. There seems to be an innate necessity to point out that we are spiritual beings who have lost our way and if we could only learn to be more spiritual than...
