Spirituality

  • Bookends

    Only boring people get bored; interesting people will always find something to do. It is better to die an interesting and honorable death, than to experience the frustration and despair of old age. Continue reading

  • Ethics

    Ethics is the study of morality, and the act of building a logical structure from theory and experience to guide a specific community towards a clearly stated objective. A complex society is a community of communities, each community with a… Continue reading

  • Morality

    Morality has always been the rationale for resisting or acting against our basic instincts, but its focus has evolved with the times. It began as a justification for not stealing from or murdering other people, and has evolved to include… Continue reading

  • Orienteering

    Allowing only fear to dictate our choices turns us into fascists.Allowing only love to guide our choices turns us into narcissists. All emotions have equal value on life’s compass. Continue reading

  • The Institution Triangle

    The household where there is no disagreement or arguments is weak and two dimensional. Finding balance makes us stronger and more effective; as individuals and as a family. An organized, institutional religion that does not challenge other secular institutions –… Continue reading

  • A “Do As I Say” Culture

    Here in the west, we have a “Do as I say, not as I do” social/political structure. “Do as I say” is overbearing, unbalanced, inefficient, and unsustainable. It nurtures, and wastes a lot of energy with, unnecessary internal conflict. The… Continue reading