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Neutrality Is Indispensable To Peace

by | Aug 28, 2017 |

It is not possible to cultivate a consciousness of peace without actively maintaining neutrality in the activity of my thoughts and feelings. This does not just apply to some of my thoughts and feelings. It applies universally to all of my thoughts and feelings. If peace is my goal, neutrality is absolutely essential. Peace will not be without neutrality. Since my peace is my personal responsibility, I must maintain neutrality around all of my thoughts and feelings, about anything and...

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The Commitments of Peace – Part II

by | Jul 7, 2017 |

In last week's blog article, The Commitments of Peace, I gave a brief introductory overview to three of the seven commitments we need to make in order to create and experience peace in our lives. This week, I am continuing the series by briefly exploring the 4th and 5th commitments:  Truth and Creation. The Fourth Commitment: Truth The fourth commitment we must make in order to create and experience peace in our lives is to Truth. There are many layers to this commitment and we do not have the...

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The Miracle of Disillusionment

by | May 20, 2017 | ,

Have you ever been disillusioned? Of course, you have. Everyone has. Disillusionment occurs in those life moments when something we had previously believed to be true is revealed to be an illusion, a lie. We had placed our faith in the world being a certain way, only to learn it is not that way at all. Everything upon which we had built our worldview suddenly comes crashing down, potentially sending our lives spiraling out of control into a vortex of cognitive dissonance, psychic trauma and...

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These Truths Are Made For Walking

by | May 3, 2017 | , ,

This is the ninth and final installment in the “Walking the Unity Talk” series exploring how to live the Unity Principles in our lives. In this article, we conclude with an exploration of Unity’s Fifth Principle, which I style as the call to action principle. Living the fifth principle is how we demonstrate the truth we know and how we express our creative power and spiritual potential. What Does the Fifth Principle Actually Say? As with the previous articles, I have been using two different...

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Breaking Down To Break Through

by | May 14, 2011 |

Have you ever felt frustrated? At any time, or about anything? Of course, you have, and so have I. Truth be told, I have been frustrated more times than I can count just this past week alone! Frustrated as a friend, a father, a partner, a lover, a songwriter and various other assorted "roles" I play. I'm speaking figuratively, of course, about the "roles" I play, and I don't actually feel frustrated all the time. By and large, I consider myself a spiritually optimistic person and do my best to...

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