Finding Meaning

What does it mean to be called to something? We use the language of calling all the time in the human endeavor. But what are we really called to?

In this episode, we explore why people function out of things like jealousy and envy. Why people function out of a sense of low self-worth and why we demonize others.

Quite often we find ourselves living out of a sense of disappointment and a sense of victimhood. Because we have attached ourselves to the expectation that someone is going to behave a certain way, or a certain circumstance will turn out a certain way. Expectations are attachments, attachments create disappointments, disappointments become our reality.

When we judge other people what we are doing is trying to solidify a false notion of self by comparing ourselves to someone else. That's why you hear the admonition in many religions to not judge.

This is the last of a five part series on words and phrases that I use in Finding Meaning. One word that I repeat often is the word ultimately. We look in this episode at why I use that phrase. Thank you.

I use the term matrix a lot. I talk about the matrix and today in this particular episode. I will explain what I mean when I say that.

This is part three of a five part series on the terms and meanings of those terms of Finding Meaning. Today we talk about what it means to become one's true self. Which in my journey means becoming love itself.

This is the second part of a four or five part series on the language of Finding Meaning. Today we look at what I mean when I talk about the false reality, the matrix, the collective or individual ego.

Today we begin a four part series on the terms in the language of Finding Meaning. Today we look at what I mean when I say authentic spirituality.

In this episode, we look at the language of enlightenment. Which is the language of inspiration. It comes in the form of art, music, sermons that contain the message of love, books, photography. That which inspires us to be more loving is the language of enlightenment.

One of the hardest things I attempt to do in finding meaning is explaining non-deistic thinking. Here is my clearest attempt so far.

Today is the Christian holiday of Easter. I am taking this opportunity to talk about what lies at the core of all religions, I believe. What is the singular goal of all of us.

What does the story of Easter really mean? What does the story of Buddha under the Bodie tree really mean?Here is my take. Thanks for listening!

In this episode, we explore the fact that we could never go back to the old paradigm. We can't go back to the old way of thinking once we begin to understand that we are love.

We humans are busy believing ourselves to be something different than the other. When in fact, spirituality brings us to the fact that we are one thing we are singularity of love.

Life is ever changing! We can fight it or we can be a part of it. To fight against the change of life that it offers is futile. Because the change is going to come. The question is, how do we approach it?

In this episode, we look at the fact that the concept of leading spiritual life is an easy concept to understand, but a difficult thing to practice.

In this episode, we look at how the human mind convinces itself that even the wrong things we believe are right.

In this episode, we look at how the mundane and everyday life that we can lead is actually the spiritual life. And how we can live that life in such a way that expands our awareness of self and can give us meaning.

In our western cultures, we are taught to seek the truth external to us. To have belief in God or a belief in a political party or in a relationship. We are taught to look external. While the whole time the great spiritual thinkers of human history are begging us to go within. The truth is within us, and that's where we have to look.

In our lives as human beings, we encounter suffering. We lose relationships, we lose people we get ill. We also encounter suffering that we create and this episode is about that.

In this episode, we look at the vital importance of being kind. It is a transformative action in our life. Kindness is the doorway to love.

You, me, all of us are all connected. That's not a abstract theory. It's a fact proved by physics. And since there is no difference between the physical world and the spiritual world, according to Finding Meaning, all things are connected.

Yes, we have to vent, yes, we have to discern yes, even sometimes complain. But we cannot hold in our hearts, bad intent for others. It rots us from the inside.

In this episode, we look at the core understanding of what Finding Meaning is about.

In this episode, we look at why people practice, superstitions and what they can mean.

The podcast is called Finding Meaning. What does it mean then to find meaning?

We have to learn to live in the world, but not to be of it. And that means we have to deal with other people, maybe we have to deal with work. Maybe we are in a relationship or we practice a religion or we follow a politic. It is the search for truth that matters and that's how we navigate the false reality.

This episode of Finding Meaning is about how we are lost in self doubt, self-loathing, and a selfish world. It is also about how we find our way home, within ourselves by practicing love and generosity and kindness.

In this episode, we look at navigating relationships. What awareness we have of ourselves, and what awareness other people have of themselves is what we bring to a relationship. Take a listen thanks!

In this episode, we look at my hope that there is a collective awakening happening. The more people are seeing the false reality for what it is than ever before.

In this episode, we look at the challenge of practicing and remembering our spirituality.

For years I was taught that faith is belief. I no longer believe that. Faith for me is something much more substantial, take a listen. Thanks.

In this episode, we look at how the universe keeps us humble if we allow it to.

In this episode, we look at how the idea of achievement and achieving a goal actually interferes with being present in our moment. Which is where enlightenment is.

This episode comes from a question I received about why people believe what they believe. What's the motivation behind what they believe?

In this episode, we explore how deeply personal the spiritual journey can be.

Our minds constantly have a need to create a category to make sense of reality. It is what we have learned! We have learned to categorize things in order to make sense of things. From a non- dualistic standpoint categories become much less necessary.

This episode, we look at how we all create addictions out of the false reality.

In this episode, we look at the fact that there are literally billions of ways to find oneself. Each person having their own path. However, with love being the center of our focus we do have that in common.

One of the great skills of spirituality and of spiritual living is to understand we are going to make mistakes. And then to see the mistake for what it is learn from it and move on.

If we are not careful my friends, the fact that we are victims quite often will define who we are. When we do that, the people who are doing the victimizing still have control over us. It's a very subtle shift, and a lot of people do not make it.

There have been many people throughout history who have offered ways to find peace. But we as a human race do not buy it because it does not entitle us to hold onto hatred and racism and poverty. Take a listen thanks

In this episode, we look at the false persona of others and even ourselves. How do we deal with that?

In this podcast, I talk about how people believe that empathy is a weakness. However, I'm speaking to you from about 100 miles south of Florida.

The spiritual journey can seem like a lonesome, solitary journey. And sometimes it is! But you're not alone there are others. Take Heart and stay on the journey.

I am convinced that 90% of the reality that we live in can be created through how we perceive and project. Take a listen thanks

We are participating and our participants in the illusion. Just like the magician uses sleight-of-hand so too we use the manipulation of attention to live in the illusion, in the matrix.

We live in a world where we are taught to be controlling people. Mainly because we are terrified of the outcome if we don't control it. This is another part of the illusion and the false reality.

In this episode, we look at how we have learned to do, spiritual, emotional and physical violence because we see ourselves as separate from others.

We have these ideas, derived from society about what it means to be spiritual. In other words, we romanticize spirituality. When in fact, it is simply being who we truly are.