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Guided Acts

Posted on Aug 21st, 2009 by Hal : Poet , Author and Essayist Hal

  The diverse response and grades of significance that an object elicits can be illuminated this way: An animal may see an oddly shaped black and white object, a tribal person a rectangular flexible object... More »

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Blinding Brilliance

Posted on Aug 15th, 2009 by Hal : Poet , Author and Essayist Hal

  While evidence of our intellectual and technological genius is all around us, there is growing concern that in other ways we have seriously underestimated ourselves. In part because of the blinding brilliance of our... More »

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Knock A Hole In The Wall...

Posted on Oct 22nd, 2008 by Hal : Poet , Author and Essayist Hal

  Growth means overcoming our own personal resistances. Our usual conventional condition may be a form of collective developmental arrest. All of us harbor enormous but usually unrecognized potential for growth. Spiritual practices are the... More »

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My Choices!

Posted on Sep 30th, 2008 by Hal : Poet , Author and Essayist Hal

  After a long hard climb up the mountain, the spiritual seekers finally found themselves in front of a great teacher. Bowing deeply, they asked the question that had been burning inside them for so... More »

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Always Be A Lover...

Posted on Sep 29th, 2008 by Hal : Poet , Author and Essayist Hal

  Wherever you are, Whatever your condition is, Always try to be a lover.   That short but powerful thought was written by Rumi 700 years ago. Love as I think of it in physical... More »

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The Eye of the Now!

Posted on Sep 24th, 2008 by Hal : Poet , Author and Essayist Hal

  When there is no vision the people perish.   That's an old Jewish proverb and I think at this point in this time/space experience that thought is actually a reality for a species that... More »

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