The Trap of Illusions

Our minds are powerful engines of creation. For most people, just seeing letters arranged in a certain way (say, “tree”) can conjure and entire vivid scene. Perhaps it’s a memory, perhaps just a feeling, maybe it’s something different every time, but it’s almost always more than just the letters. We’re constantly interpreting the world around […]

Harvest Moon

It is said, quite truly, that we reap what we sow. But what grows in a field isn’t always what was planted there. Seeds drift in from other places. Unexpected things pop up. Sometimes, blight or animals get in and eat seeds and young plants. Not everything we thought was going to grow, does. The […]

Death: A Personal Encounter With The Adversary

In the past thirty years, I’ve died at least three times. These deaths I speak of are not a physical death. No, they are more of a metaphorical death followed by a glorious return to a whole new life. It is the death of one version of “I” and the beginning of a new “I”. […]

Know Your Enemy, Know Yourself

“You are your own worst enemy” is an old saw, without question. But like many of its ilk, it holds more than a grain of truth. Nothing can mess with us more than our own mind. And here it is important to note that the mind is different from the brain in this context. The […]

Reconciliation

We are all made up of a multitude of different parts. I’m not talking physical parts here–I’m talking the ethereal parts that are just as, if not more, important than our physical base. We have different moods, different hopes, different fears and different attitudes. And we don’t always want or need to share all of […]

Pride and Vanity

It’s no secret I can come across as quite arrogant at times. I won’t argue the fact, and, if you ask, I’ll be the first to tell you that yes, I actually am arrogant. But only in some circumstances. There are a number of things I was apparently born good at or at least took […]