"Response is request"..."We live in a Universe that's friendly"..."Everything that happens to us, we asked for it"... they are all ideas you speak about that I have no problem assimilating... However, ours is a terrible world. Millions of human beings suffer in countries ravaged by famine, disease, and poverty. It seems that almost two thirds of the world's population does not live under the r...
How does one live the "spiritual life" yet achieve, prosper and turn loose one's natural gifts? This could apply to business, to sports or to teaching my children the "Great Lesson." Is this like dancing but not caring if anyone is watching or singing and not caring if anyone is listening?...
I have long been investigating my personal career goals and see how they contradict what I really love and wish to do. I have been guilty of pursuing money first , but after years of feeling like I haven't really succeeded (despite aiming for seemingly better circumstances), I see I am no better off financially. In fact, I have less comfort and material possessions and more debt. What steps do...
My mother died when I was only 12, and my father died just recently. He was 88. I have always fervently believed that someday I would be reunited with my parents, somewhere? But now I'm beginning to have doubts. Does everyone's energy just become something else and no one is ever again who they were? So in that case I would never be with my parents again?...
Why isn't there actually a "secret" or technique for fearless living?...
You have said that, "A person who is highly allergic to something usually craves what he is highly allergic to." But then you ask: "How can one body crave what creates conflict and destroys it?" Many people suffer allergies without the knowledge or means to really help themselves. Some of us can't always afford to choose "healthy" foods. Perhaps you have some words of encouragement to those wh...
You have said that there was a time when men and women understood that without a relationship with something higher, they didn't have a real life. Their lives were built on the understanding that they were working, growing, developing. They may have had jobs and families, but their lives were based in a completely different relationship with life -- a relationship that is all but gone today. C...
I have been trying so hard to meditate and to see myself as I truly am. I just can't help but wonder if I'm doing it right? I worry that I won't get it right before my body dies and then I won't be able to enter the kingdom. If God is a loving God then why would he make it so difficult to reach Him? What if I can't figure out what He wants of me? Do I go to hell because I didn't do what was ne...
My sister died yesterday, but the weeks preceding her death were filled with some horrific incidents involving choices her husband made (refusing her pain meds, chastising her for not trying hard enough, not letting anyone help her, keeping family members out). Needless to say the entire thing was way more painful for everyone than it could have been. We do feel that now that we know who is re...
I divorced my husband just over two years ago after a 20+ year marriage. He was on a path of self-destruction and I could no longer be a part of what he had become. His decline accelerated over the next two years until this morning when he called to tell me he intended to kill himself and he just wanted to say goodbye and thank you for trying my best. A part of me is attempting to convince mys...
Vernon Howard was a bit harsh in his assessments of people. He believed you shouldn't help others. I think we all need help because many of us are blind. Would you help anyone that came to you, even "undeserving" people? Aren't we all undeserving? Vernon spoke of "super-sickies." Are there such people?...
My mother died this year and I have never felt such agony of grief. To say I am tortured in my misery would be an understatement. I admit that I neglected my mother and I accept responsibility for that. But even if I dedicated the rest of my life to serving others, it wouldn't compensate for the suffering I caused her. It is a given that I should not take my life. For me to try to alleviate my...