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Family of Human Beings
Family of Human Beings When I was 16 years old in 1971, I had an answer to the first and ‘cheekiest’ prayer I ever prayed. The prayer was ‘God, if you exist, create the miracle of getting me a scholarship to international high school (6th Form, A Levels,...
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It’s been a real pleasure interacting with people as a result of the (usually) daily posts that I’ve been doing on Facebook. I’d also say it’s a challenge. The challenge is, as I just discussed with a Facebook friend, that the mind habitually wants me to contract into...Ordinary Life
Ordinary Life “When you’re hungry, eat. When you’re tired, sleep.” “Before enlightenment, I chopped wood and carried water. After enlightenment, I chopped wood and carried water.” There is a lot of mythology in the world about what happens when a person ‘wakes up’...The Best Things in Life ARE Free
The Best Things in Life ARE Free In the Northern Hemisphere where I live, the daylight is waning and the darkness is waxing. Winter Solstice is next Thursday, so the days are very short. Nonetheless, I am noticing a few of the many free blessings of being alive:...Thoughts and Feelings are Real: The ‘Self’ They Seem to Produce Is Not
Thoughts and Feelings are Real: The ‘Self’ They Seem to Produce Is Not My own awakening was facilitated by a school that, as small as it was, split into two factions a few years back. In the school, we were taught that we didn’t need to perfect the ego in order to...Why ‘Simply Awake?’
Simply Awake The real ‘difficulty’ of ‘waking up’ or ‘getting enlightened’ is just how simple it actually is but, how complicated we make it. . Academic scholars have written endlessly, people argue about what the ‘right words are’ to describe it relentlessly, and...Worthy or Unworthy?
Worthy or Unworthy? Whether I’m working with clients coming to me for psychological help, spiritual help or both, I notice a consistent pattern: everyone feels and believes themselves to be essentially unworthy. On an ego level this is usually because they’ve started...Using Intuition to Wake Up
Using Intuition to Wake Up When the logical, language-generating mind is ‘foggy’ as mine has been this last week or so, I like to change the focus of attention to my intuition. Intuition is another way of ‘knowing’ or ‘learning something’ that seems to bypass the...Self-Care in Different Seasons
Self-Care in Different Seasons In the Northern Hemisphere, where I live, it’s getting darker and colder by the day. Sunrise is currently at 7:11 AM and sunset is at 4:33 PM. This is a very short day with less than 9 hours of daylight. If I use awareness and check...SUPPORT JONATHAN’S WRITING
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