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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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