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Going Within…Changing Your World!

posted by smcswain

Nepo says that when he was young he talked fast and loud. Sometimes, I still do. What he did not realize until much later in life is that “I kept talking faster and louder to the world around me because [...]

Destinations! Or, Today?

posted by smcswain

It was Mark Nepo who observed, “Birds learn how to fly, never knowing where flight will take them.” I have spent the greater part of my life worrying about my destination…where the flight of my life was taking me…instead of [...]

Giving Your Attention Too Quickly to the Next Thing…

posted by smcswain

“Much of our confusion in life comes from giving our attention too quickly to the next thing…” says Mark Nepo this morning. Ah, now that touches a nerve in me. It does some of you, too. Which is precisely why, [...]

What IS Enlightenment? Salvation? Awakening? Here’s the Short Answer…

posted by smcswain

I find Mark Nepo thoughts so inspiring. His devotional today inspired the following insight. Enlightenment (or, salvation, or awakening, or whatever you’d like to call it) is not some lofty place of achievement reserved only to those who struggle, strive [...]

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The Madness that Must End Among Christians...
The Dalai Lama is coming to Louisville this Sunday. I was thinking the other day, "It's about time. After all, I visited his part of the world for the first time when I was but fourteen." It's true. It was the first of many trips around the world that I was fortunate to take. My mother was a t

posted 12:42:56pm May. 17, 2013 | read full post »

Seeing the Most Obvious...or, the Measure of Enlightenment
Two little fish are swimming along in the ocean one morning when they meet with an older fish who casually asks them, "Hello fella's, how's the water today?" They responded with equal casualness, "Fine, sir" and then, they continued to swim on. After a moment passed, one of the younger fish turns

posted 6:33:47pm May. 15, 2013 | read full post »

What Is the Sign of Spiritual Maturity?
How do I know when I am advancing on the spiritual path? What is a "sign" of spiritual maturity? I would answer that question as many spiritual teachers like Jesus did when questioned...with a question of my own. Must everyone believe as you believe in order to accepted by you? Must you ins

posted 12:18:19pm May. 14, 2013 | read full post »

Why Coach Young Executives...and, People Like You?
I had a client coaching session late yesterday afternoon. The first of many sessions to come with a young, executive who is driven, ambitious...a rising star in his corporate environment. I asked, "Why did you come to me as your personal coach?" "I need balance in my life," he answered without

posted 11:50:49am May. 08, 2013 | read full post »

Mystery of Mysteries...You Say, "Jesus Is the Only Way!"
To those who know me, it is no surprise that I was born with a WHY chromosome. Because I was so fortunate as to travel the world during my teen years...those highly impressionable years...I've seen things, heard things, experienced things that became fertile soil to my many questions. I was ra

posted 12:36:21pm May. 03, 2013 | read full post »


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