In the West, the guidelines/commandments say: No stealing, no murdering, no adultery, no harming of others. In the East, the Yama Niyama say: Nonviolence, truthfulness, non-stealing, patience, compassion, honesty. Do they sound the same? These are guidelines to live by. When these guidelines become vague, lessened or not followed, confusion, pain, resentment and more will […]

In the West, one of the guidelines is to Honor your mother and father. When we honor our mothers and fathers, and all that represents (i.e., all that gives us life, nature, animals, the very air we breathe), we are honoring ourselves. How is that? Because those who we honor and what we honor are […]

Today I refer to my Higher Power directly and personally. Referring to the God of my understanding as something impersonal…as It…or The Absolute Truth…is not fulfilling for me. It feels too vague. (Although to refer to God as the It or the Absolute is not incorrect; God is everything, therefore God is IT!) Today, I […]

The August Ah-Man Newsletter focuses on Feelings and Being Judgmental, and I’m continuing the discussion in my blog posts this month. You can catch up with the newsletter discussion HERE. So if we are being judgmental about something, are we being also being punitive or is it just a consequence? If someone is continually breaking the law […]

The August Ah-Man Newsletter focuses on Feelings and Being Judgmental, and I’m continuing the discussion in my blog posts this month. You can catch up with the newsletter discussion HERE. I often hear it said that we shouldn’t judge others…or that judging others is not right…or who are you to judge others? As we all know, life […]

The August Ah-Man Newsletter focuses on Feelings and Being Judgmental, and I'll be continuing the discussion in my blog posts this month. You can catch up with the newsletter discussion HERE. Sadness…grief…separation…loneliness. These feelings can be overwhelming, but they also are barometers, as are all feelings. Remember that our feelings can help us either process […]

The August Ah-Man Newsletter focuses on Feelings and Being Judgmental, and I'll be continuing the discussion in my blog posts this month. You can catch up with the newsletter discussion HERE. What a wonderful part of being human. Could you imagine us not having feelings? Everything that we have…all that we experience…can be helpful. Feelings […]

In the July Ah-Man Spiritual Recovery Newsletter and in the blogs that followed, I spoke about what faith is, and the difference between faith and belief and how one might start to bring about faith. It’s a law of metaphysics that what you put your focus on; you will bring about different degrees of it. What you […]

In the July Ah-Man Spiritual Recovery Newsletter and in the blogs that followed, I spoke about what faith is, and the difference between faith and belief and how one might start to bring about faith. Once that faith is established, you will be able to feel the difference between the old you and the new […]

In my July Ah-Man Newsletter, I spoke about the difference between Belief and Faith. I’ll recap that discussion here, so that we have a base to go from: Belief is brought about from logic, effort, argument and conflict. Belief is something that is more tangible. It really comes from intellect. Faith, on the other hand, can […]