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The Art of Peace
Recently, I was pondering this quote: “The Art of Peace is the religion that is not a religion; it perfects and completes all religions.” – Morihei Ueshiba I love this idea because choosing Peace is...
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Prejudice Separates
Prejudice is never intelligent. Prejudice is born of ignorance; Applying one observation To a whole class of individuals. Love is found in Unity Prejudice is embraced by small minds, who, in their...
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Testing my Growth
Saturday I needed to wash an oversized comforter and since this mission could be combined with some of my wife’s errands, I visited a small Laundromat out west of the city and stayed there for a couple...
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Love What You Think “Is”
Recently on Twitter I posted a quote from Byron Katie which said, “I am a lover of what is, not because I’m a spiritual person, but because it hurts when I argue with reality.” This post prompted one...
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Freedom Through Loving What Is
When I write or talk about learning to love ‘what is’ I seem to find a lot of resistance. People hear me say that and they imagine themselves doormats to life, just lying down and letting whatever...
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Resist Nothing. Learn from Everything.
Every honest examination, into the requirements of living a value-filled life, contains elements of self-honesty. We cannot hope to live a life that has meaning if we are not able to be honest with...
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Peace is the Prize When we Forgive
Friday I mentioned that next to meditation the greatest gift I have discovered in my own spiritual journey is the ability to forgive. Also, I listed a few reasons, which I had heard in my practice, for...
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A Really Simple Secret to Peace
This morning I was preparing some tweets to share on Twitter when I noticed this quote from Paul Ferrini’s book Love Without Conditions: “Let go of the past, and you will have no grievances. It is...
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Releasing Judgment
Have you ever heard of something dreadful happening to a friend or someone you know to be a kind or generous person and felt or maybe expressed some form of the question, “Why do bad things happen to...
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Set a Positive Intention for Each New Day
Irish poet and philosopher John O’Donohue had a strong influence on me in the early days of my spiritual journey. When I read or listened to him read his words, I felt them move straight into my heart...
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Prayer for an Open Heart and Mind
Today just nearly got away with me, before I remembered I had not posted to Secrets to Peace. I have been doing energy healing and spiritual counseling ever since 1997 when I took my first Reiki...
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No Regular Post Today
My laptop, which has been steadily going downhill for the last year finally quit today. I have ordered a new hard drive, ram and a battery for it in the hopes that I will be able to be up and running...
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Thinking is Dangerous
It is not what happens to you, but what you think about what happens to you that creates your sorrow. You have heard these words, probably hundreds of times, if you have been on the spiritual path any...
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Enjoy the Holidays
This year’s version of the holidays are upon us, with Thanksgiving only two weeks away. This is a very busy time, for me, as many of my household projects must be completed before filling our home with...
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Forgive Everything Now
Several months ago, actually it was in the Christmas Day edition of the Kansas City Star newspaper, I read about a man named Darryl Burton who had spent 24 years in prison for a crime he did not...
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