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(Blog on…48) ANATOMY OF FAITH

Posted on July 26, 2015
by Joseph Rain
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Faith comes from understanding and trusting what we believe to be real and true. Understanding leads to trust, which leads to faith. When our understanding is false, our trust and thus faith are false. For this reason our first understanding must be the commitment to…

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(Blog on…47) COMPETITION vs. COLLABORATION

Posted on July 20, 2015
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Charles Darwin presented us with the theory of evolution and Herbert Spencer extended his concept of “Survival of the fittest” into the realms of sociology and ethics. Somewhere in the process new thinking emerged, which used Spencer’s interpretation for political, economic and/or racial agendas. The…

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(Blog on…46) ON MY BIRTHDAY

Posted on July 11, 2015
by Joseph Rain
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Life is an amazing experience and I make a point of celebrating it continuously, every single day, with friends, family, partners, children, strangers, beings. But on my birth-day I switch off the phones, lock the doors and take a few extra long hours to myself.…

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(Blog on…45) HORIZONTAL VS. VERTICAL

Posted on July 8, 2015
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We are conscious living beings identified with the world of form, where change, measurement and limitation set president over our reality. Achievement can only be superseded by a better achievement, need by more need, expectation overruled by a new expectation and so on. In this…

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(Blog on…41) WHY SEEK POWER?

Posted on May 30, 2015
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Why do we seek power? What is it that drives our hunger for material wealth and dominance over others? Is desire for power a part of our pleasure seeking mentality or is there more to it?We are not discussing powerful people. We are discussing people…

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(Blog on…40) DEFINITION OF A DYSFUNCTION

Posted on May 16, 2015
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In our pursuit of happiness we are resisting, disregarding and violating each other, other beings and mother Earth. We created a system of competition where everybody is trying to lay their hands on as much as possible as quickly as possible. We are offending, disobeying…

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(Blog on…38) NEXT STAGE IN HUMAN EVOLUTION?

Posted on May 6, 2015
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Fundamental to physics, the second law of thermodynamics predicts that matter and energy over time disintegrate to dis-order. This disintegration is the boiling core that propels all change; it leads to chaos as it leads to growth. Nature always seeks balance. To counteract possible degradation…

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(Blog on…37) DENIAL vs. NON-ATTACHMENT

Posted on May 3, 2015
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Various religions and spiritual doctrines promote denial as the necessary path toward spiritual growth. I disagree. Nothing great has ever been achieved through denial. In fact, the greatest hindrance of humanity has been our consistent denial of truth. Some will argue it’s impossible for the…

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(Blog on…48) ANATOMY OF FAITH

(Blog on…47) COMPETITION vs. COLLABORATION

(Blog on…46) ON MY BIRTHDAY

(Blog on…45) HORIZONTAL VS. VERTICAL

(Blog on…41) WHY SEEK POWER?

(Blog on…40) DEFINITION OF A DYSFUNCTION

(Blog on…38) NEXT STAGE IN HUMAN EVOLUTION?

(Blog on…37) DENIAL vs. NON-ATTACHMENT

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