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We Feel Fine / by Jonathan Harris and Sep Kamvar

We Feel Fine / by Jonathan Harris and Sep Kamvar

An exploration of human emotion, in six movements
by Jonathan Harris and Sep Kamvar

This is an ingenious site. It continously searches blogs around the world for posts that contain the words “I feel”, “feeling” etc.  You can sort the searches by gender, dates, country, states and even down to the city.

If nothing else, it is a great diversion to play around and read random postings. This world is full of emotions. Why not share them!

 

Triad Life Balance - Personal Development, Wellness, Spiritual Growth and Business Building Strategies

Triad Life Balance - Personal Development, Wellness, Spiritual Growth and Business Building Strategies

Practice and study spirituality and spiritual growth, and many benefits will transcend in your personal and business life – a powerful ingredient for your personal development. Visionary French philosopher Pierre Teilhard de Chardin put it this way: “We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience.”

Beware of the Dogma » Jehovah’s Business: Going for a higher share of wallet (part 1)

Beware of the Dogma » Jehovah’s Business: Going for a higher share of wallet (part 1)

“Faith has become a powerful market driver as more and more Christians want to look their best in order to be walking advertisements for God.”

I never forget when my mother came to visit me from Switzerland – the very first time to the US. I lived in Kentucky then. We went to church on Easter with her (a Catholic church), and she commented after the mass: “What a show it is. Everyone is showing off to everyone; everyone counting to see who is here and who is not, checking out each others dress. It is so fake.” I argued that at least people here care to go to church while in Europe the churches are empty…

One can argue and say that Europeans are more critical and think, while Americans seek comfort and peace in the community – without thinking too critically about the depth of their religious behaviors.

Well, a church is an institution with its powers aiming to control its members. It is up to the members to (blindly) follow instructions, or try to derive a meaningful and practical message from them. It is a challenge for the modern world. Follow the link and read more.

 

 

What is Spirituality?

This is a topic with which I have wrestled all my life. As a kid, I was brought up to believe that the church is the center of spirituality. I suppose this is true for many. However, I challenge the institutional powers of churches (and I am primarily talking about the Christian churches), because these powers are based on realities of hundreds of years ago.

Here is an excellent book that I just finished reading. Read it with an open mind! The author is a bishop and still serves as a bishop, but he is doing a remarkable job discussing the challenges Christianity encounters nowadays.

 

 

 

Here is a definition of spirituality I can relate to

Transformation/Spirituality: Spirituality is not a set of beliefs or dogmas and is not institutionalized religion. Spirituality is connecting deeply to one’s own creative source/sou/spirit and removing the obstacles a) that prevent us from recognizing our creative purposes and b) prevent us from aligning our personalities and our life missions to that which embodies the ultimate values and concerns that give our life meaning; or, in other words, attuning the will of the personality to the will of the soul. Spirituality is being in contact with, and raising awareness to, the process of the personality’s transformation towards embodying the will of the soul. Spirituality embodies practices of raising awareness to our interconnectedness with one another and all things. It involves connecting deeply with others and removing the obstacles that prevent us from connecting deeply with others. Spirituality is developing awareness and connection into the processes of spirit contracting into will, mind, and body; and the individual’s expansion into relationship, the world community, and ultimately universal source energy or spirit. Spirituality is removing the obstacles that prevent us from realizing these processes. Spirituality includes an enormous scope of awareness from which to view oneself and one’s creations as well as others and their creations. 

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