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Spinoza on Divine Mind, Divine Thought

Our Inadequate Knowledge In both the Tuesday and Thursday night discussion groups the topic of Spinoza‘s theory of inadequate knowledge (falsity of thought) seemed to be of great interest to everyone. So I’ve decided to create post a PDF version … Continue reading

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The Role the Ego Has Played in Human Evolution

So why do I have to put up with this incessant chatter? “Who am I?” is a fundamental question that most of us ask ourselves. “Where do I fit with the rest of the world? and “Where am I going … Continue reading

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Why I do not trust my emotions

Why I need to be on guard whenever an emotion surfaces I have recently discovered that, in certain situations, my emotions have a tendency to distort my perception of reality. Let’s look at an example of the simple emotion of … Continue reading

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Rushing is guaranteed to make you misreable

Even small obstacles are seen as a conspiracy by those in a hurry Hurrying to get to the next moment is clear evidence that you are out of sync with what is happening in the present moment. It is evidence that … Continue reading

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Oprah Interview of Byron Katie

This is a message that everybody should hear For those of you who are in my classes such as What Everybody Should Know About the Law of Attraction, The Secret to Dealing With Overload and Letting Go of Detrimental Thinking, you already … Continue reading

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Why change is so hard

We are hard wired for comfort When we are at ease our brain cells are bathed in soothing chemicals. Along comes the desire to change and as our brains to develop new synaptic connections those chemicals require greater resources. Our … Continue reading

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Why changing our thoughts changes our reality

Welcome to the wonderful world of priming Have you ever noticed that if you think about flowers and recall the image of a rose, the other flowers you have stored in your brain are likely to fire as well? This … Continue reading

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Confronting Financial Fear and Worry

Our Newest Class Confronting Financial Fear and Worry ”Coping With Financial Fear and Worry” is the newest offering in our class line up of life-long learning experiences. The course has been created to help people survive and thrive in the … Continue reading

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Saving Time, What’s the Use?

Saving Time and Anhedonia A student in my class Organize or Agonize, posted a comment this morning from a book that I read years ago: Thanks for sharing your readings. I am an avid reader as well. I’m currently reading  To … Continue reading

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Multitasking Study Exonerates Me

Multitasking . . . screwing up several things at the same time “Multitasking Performance Was Horrible” Back in December 2007, I wrote an article onmultitasking denouncing it as modern information age malady, that was seriously affecting the performance of our concentration; … Continue reading

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