DaveDorgan

Happy New Year! Here are some wonderful thoughts from Sri Swami Chidananda on how to begin the new year. http://www.dlshq.org/discourse/jan2011.htm Radiant immortal Atman! Beloved children of Light! My first request to you, is: Begin the New Year by lifting up your heart, mind, and your entire being to God and asking Him earnestly and sincerely that the New Year may be an ideal year filled with 365 ideal, golden days divinely lived, filled with truthfulness, compassion, kindness, purity, and... Read Full Story

We find great fulfillment in helping others. We do it in a multitude of ways, with our time, with our money, anonymously, unselfishly, sending energies of love, health and joy. We try to live our lives as an example of how to live happier more fulfilling life, and those examples are just the tip of the iceberg. The rewards are priceless. Ironically, as we head down the path or our Spiritual Journey, helping others can become an obsession. If we do not stop and look around once in a while, we... Read Full Story

Some people just need to have something to complain about. I wish they would stop, because my head hurts from spinning around so much in utter awe at the pettiness of it all. The Washington Post had a story that proves my point. Apparently, there is a minor stink on the internet, because of the fact that Saturday Night Live is using the white-Asian comedian, Fred Armisen, to play Barack Obama in its sketches. Hey, he does a great impersonation and he’s funny. No one complained when he played... Read Full Story

I've been waiting for this to happen for weeks. So far it's been all social issues and political rhetoric. Clinton and Obama talk about heath care, education and the middle class. McCain and Huckabee talk about the war on terror, who is more conservative and occasionally border control. Ugggh. A fine collection of calculated, safe pandering to the voters. The reality, at this point in the process, is that the candidates all sound like the teacher in a Charlie Brown TV special, wa, wa, wah... Read Full Story

(candidate comes on the screen) I'm (candidate says name) and I approve this message... (for 23 seconds we see a Still Shot of the candidate accmopanied by total silence) ( candidate comes back on the screen) I'm (candidate says name) and I stand by this message. Read Full Story

This is very inspiring! I wonder what da Vinci would have done if there had been a hardware store down the street. Click on an image to view the full size version. Read Full Story

Well, it's started. The presidential candidates have come to Wisconsin and it's amazing how fast The Race for the Least Annoying Candidate has hit full stride. The he said/she and he said/he holier than though local TV news interviews, the political ads, and the constant changing of the “message” to always be focused on the opponents strongest support issues is, at best, tiresome. Only on this topic, would I ever be able to , or even consider to, slide down the speech writer’s drool into the... Read Full Story

I had to laugh at one of the headlines in the news today, "Artificial Sweeteners Could Make You Gain Weight". I had to laugh. A study by scientists at Purdue University on laboratory rats showed that those eating food sweetened with artificial sweeteners ate more calories than their counterparts whose food was sweetened with normal sugar (read the story) . Now when I think about some the great writers that were very adept in predicting the future in their stories and essays, a couple of my... Read Full Story

This is the Part II in my series of posts on Oneness. The symbol to the left is my symbol for Oneness and in Part I , I discussed the "o". To briefly recap, the symbol is "one" - specifically (little "o", the infinity sign, and little "e"). I also explained that in our physical universe, an illusion of God's creation and ours, we can start by thinking of the "o" as "We are all One." However, in our ultimate reality where we are our purest energy, our souls, we can broaden the idea of Oneness... Read Full Story

Schools of bright yellow thoughts Orange and black stripes down the sides Joy, compassion, happiness, and love Move in unison as they dart back and forth, and up and down. Thoughts that are pale, ruddy, and snub nosed Appear as to have swam through soot Loneliness, boredom, and sadness Plod along through the water. Bottom feeding thoughts, sunless and ashen Ferret through the silt of the past Regret, hurt and loss Feed on old memories, no longer needed. Playful dolphin thoughts chasing boats... Read Full Story