As humans, when we make a conscious effort to attend to our growth and development just as all creatures of the animal and plant kingdom, we will begin to recognize that humans have distinct mechanisms for their mental, emotional, spiritual and soul development. Just as caterpillars attend to their development to become butterflies or as seeds attend to their development to become trees, we humans have a divine plan for

“The intelligent will shine like the radiance of the firmament, and those who have justified many, like stars forever”  (Daniel 12:3) Not many people know who are meant by “the intelligent” and “those who justify.” The common opinion is that these are the people we call scholarly and learned, especially the ones who have had teaching roles at universities, scientists or even smart politicians. People who have surpassed others in

The Trap of Selective Compassion We often think of people as either compassionate or not compassionate and regard the former as morally superior. But compassion is usually selective, and this poses problems. The most striking example of selective compassion was Hitler. He was a vegetarian and opposed vivisection of animals. His case was extreme, but the syndrome is typical. Millions of people have more compassion for fetuses than for starving

The concept of enlightenment originated from Buddhist teachings, which began with the understanding of nothingness/void or darkness. Out of that darkness, consciousness/light is born. Jesus died, went to darkness, and was resurrected as light. So, if we need to develop our energy, we have to cultivate a relationship with the void. This is why traditional meditation involves closing your eyes and piercing through the dark.  The problem here is that

This message is for the soulful, the ones who are complete beyond body andlife force and carry within themselves a soul that contains consciousness, memories, dreams, insight, love and inspiration. As I have mentioned in the past, -there are those who possess a body and a spirit but not a soul.  From the moment we are born, and we take our first breath, spirit fills our lungs, and we come

Rationality Rational individuals understand that there exists a type of knowledge that is almost instinctual within every being, a profound awareness that guides all animals through their experiences and interactions. Bees know how to collect honey from flowers, build cells from wax in which they store their honey, and so provide food for themselves and their families for the coming winter. Their queen lays eggs, while the others cover them over

Only a life lived in service of others is a life worth living – Albert Einstein It was easy to colonize the entire continent of Africa and most indigenous people around the world because of their value systems. They were welcoming to visitors because kindness was an important virtue in indigenous societies. Unfortunately, the values that were held in high regard amongst the indigenous communities around the world were the

In many stories we hear about courage, the people who fight for positive change end up being ostracized—and sometimes even lose their jobs and reputation. What we have seen in the course of social change tells a more nuanced story. Most acts of courage don’t come from whistleblowers or organizational martyrs. Instead, they come from respected insiders at all levels who take action—be it campaigning for a risky strategic move, pushing

This Book is About 2 Things: Integration & Creativity As with many indigenous people around the world that were colonized and assimilated into western religions and beliefs, we have learned to keep an open mind to the endless possibilities in other people’s ideas. No Indigenous person will hear of the love of Christ and not accept it because the concepts of Christianity was already imbedded in the hearts of Indigenous