Once upon a time I had a profound revelation from pain. Off and on, I’ve been prone to plantar’s warts. Several decades ago, I was in the MD’s office and he was endeavoring to burn a wart off the ball of my foot. Every time he zapped my foot, it was shocking. I flinched and my […]
Continue readingOne of my favorite independent thinkers shared research which shows why flu shots CAN’T work. Keep reading… One thing I really appreciate about the Master Key Experience is that we are encouraged to become independent, creative thinkers. We know we are responsible for how our life unfolds. One self-directed thinker whom I’ve followed for years […]
Continue readingSometimes music is simply fun, and sometimes it’s soul-stirring. We were stirred last Sunday. I’m musical director of “Resonance”, the choir of the Unitarian Fellowship of Peterborough (Ontario). The choir sings once a month, and Nov 5th was our day to sing. We chose a lovely piece, Jason Shelton’s “All Lifted Hearts”, for that day. […]
Continue readingA couple years ago I adopted ‘Spark’, a little 9 year old ‘rescue’ dog. She’s a ‘poodle mutt’. She came to me very smart, but uneducated. I’ve taught her a number of skills and tricks. Forget that stuff about not teaching old dogs new tricks!! She loves them. I’m starting to feel like all the exercises and […]
Continue readingFor months we’ve been studying “The Master Keys” by Haanel. In many chapters, he mentions the words omnipresent, omniscient, and omnipotent in regards to God or the Higher Power. There’s nothing unique about ascribing those qualities to God. What’s unique for me, is that over the last few weeks I have spent more and more […]
Continue readingWe were just given an assignment to spend one or two days in silence and contemplation. HUNH??!! What was I supposed to make of THAT??! I had no idea, and I felt we were given no guidance how to proceed. Then I remembered that somewhere right around now is Mahasivaratri. Siva is one aspect of […]
Continue readingI’ve played piano since I was seven years old. When I was in high school, my keyboard agility was easy, natural, and quite accomplished. I don’t know why, but sometime in my late 20’s or early 30’s that changed. There was no physical injury, but the ease went away, especially from my right hand. The […]
Continue readingI got home late last night from a week away. It’s been a very mild winter where I live in Ontario, but a week ago Thursday the temperature plummeted. I count myself very lucky that the very next day I was on a plane to Las Vegas (convention) and then on to sunny southern California […]
Continue readingOur theme for the Sit, the meditation, this week is Concentration: become so absorbed in the object of your thought that you are conscious of nothing else… For years, when people asked me if I meditate, I would reply that my 60 to 90 minutes of piano practice first thing every morning just has to […]
Continue readingThought, Attention, Interest. Those three words are important in Haanel, Part 18. I’m also inclined to add the word Awareness. I promised Tony that I will record his piano piece, “Dream”, burn it to a CD and send it to him. The project is long overdue and I put it on my Service Card for this […]
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