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What is “consciousness”? Is there such a thing as “higher” consciousness? Does it matter? There are a lot of questions that swirl around in the Consciousness Movement, and these are just a few. A couple of says ago a person posting here as “Sara E.” asked a couple of questions that caught my ear. She…

What is the nature of human energy…and can it affect us in a negative way? Do we have to protect ourselves from the incoming energy of others who can “drain” us? Got a note yesterday from “Sara E.” on this blogsite. Said she… Neale, I have a question. Ok, a few questions. I don’t know…

Does simply observing that something is true mean that we are creating it as being more true? Can a thing be more true than “true”? Wow, what a lively discussion we’ve had here on the question of whether talking about something, or reacting to a set of facts in a particular way, is actually creating…

The next time you hear a politician use the word ‘billion’ in a casual manner, think about whether you want the ‘politicians’ spending YOUR tax money. Have you seen this, now going around the Internet? A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one advertising agency did a good job of putting that figure…

When you see a train coming, should you say anything about it? When the weather forecast calls for a blizzard to leave 3-feet of snow on the mountain pass, should you warn those in your family preparing to travel? Yesterday I wrote a piece here about the uptick in the violent comments being made in…

What is it that lives in the heart of Man that produces anger, hatred, and the idea of using violence and killing for any purpose whatsoever? I wonder this today as we hear from the Secret Service that threats against the life of our newly-elected president have skyrocketed. An Associated Press report by writer Eileen…

As comedianne Joan Rivers says, “Can we talk?” We are facing an extraordinary and uncertain future, and now is the time for all of us to enter into new discussions about old things looked at in new ways. That is what last week’s election in the United States was all about, and that is what…

I learned something new the other day. I learned about a spiritual principle called pikkuah nefesh. It is from the Jewish tradition, and the principles states, roughly: “To save a life, you can violate almost any commandment.” That interpretation comes from Rabbi Asher Lopatin of the Anshe Sholom B’nai Israel congregation in Chicago. He is…

Yesterday a person who posted in the Comments Section here without a name indicated that he was close to suicide. I need to respond to that post, and I invite you to do the same. Here is the comment as originally entered… No Name November 12, 2008 8:31 AM I am as close to suicide…

Who and what is God? This question has occupied the mind of humans for thousands of years. And it is clear that, after all this time, we have still not come to any conclusions upon which all of us can agree. This is rather amazing, when you think about it. How it it possible for…
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