Apparently, flu season is upon us. Every time I enter the one drugstore here on Kaua’i or Costco or many other place that promotes western medicine, I see the sign “Get Your Flu Shot Here…” I’m all for medicine and doctors and anything that releases us from physical pain, and I use them. However, I […]

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I had the honor of listening to a short talk by Anita Moorjani, the author of Dying to Be Me, and now: What if this is Heaven. She was visiting the Global Truth Center in Los Angeles, which is where I graduated from ministerial school. If you do not know her story, she came back […]

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Ernest Holmes wrote in Love and Law, “There is only one thing that I ask of you and that is that you will believe absolutely that this thing works. If you do not believe It works, It will not work; because everything is belief.” When he is talking about this thing that works, this “It” […]

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I remember the childhood poem by Christina Rossetti: “Who has seen the wind? Neither I nor you. But when the leaves hang trembling, The wind is passing through. Who has seen the wind? Neither you nor I. But when the trees bow down their heads, The wind is passing by.” I remember my mother reading […]

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Last night we watched a film called “The Wisdom Tree.” The plot seemed very complicated, and we got a lesson in quantum physics along the way. My head was spinning when the film was over. Some of it landed in my logical mind and the rest of it just seemed too deep to even comprehend. […]

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“We cannot live a choiceless life. Every day, every moment, every second, there is a choice. If it were not so we would not be individuals.” Ernest Holmes Do you believe this? Do you believe that you have a choice? What if something happens like a car accident or an illness? Does this statement still […]

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I am more and more grateful every day. Yes, I am grateful for the people in my life and the things and experiences I enjoy, but it is even more than all of this. I have a deep abiding feeling of gratitude that colors my world. Ernest Holmes once wrote one of the most beautiful […]

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“Ideas are the beginnings of all things, and imagination is the faculty that engineers them into form and function. Unfortunately, among humankind, this imagination is much more skillful in digging holes than in rearing structures of peace and happiness.” This statement was written by Dr. Ervin Seale in 1986. Mr. Seale wrote much on the […]

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“Every single person who’s drifted in and out of your life is a part of your divinely chosen experience. So, give thanks for all of these people,and take serious note of what they brought you.” It’s Thanksgiving week and the country is focused on giving thanks. It can be lip service or we can really […]

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Last night I watched an interesting independent short film. It was about a man who decided to end his life through assisted suicide. He had a terminal illness and he felt that this was the better choice for him. I’m not sure where it took place, but everything seemed legal, as the doctors came to […]

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