Ted Seymour - Explorations of Truth
“Do not speak unless you can improve the silence” – Proverbs You know, lately, I just don’t seem to have a lot to say, and it’s wonderful. It’s as if something has fallen away and I can just sit there with others and not feel as if I have to fill the space […]
Here’s my shortlist of things that I am thankful for this Thanksgiving: All of the people in my life whom I love and/or who love me Peace of mind Health Financial stability Living life in a beautiful place Opportunities to travel Path on which I seem to continue to grow daily Life at home free […]
In my opinion, Thanksgiving is the most spiritual of holidays in America. For those of you who bristle at the word “spiritual,” I hope you will see that the term doesn’t at all have to include God, church, or past-life regressions. Thanksgiving is pregnant with spirituality, and if we don’t allow it to be bastardized […]
I’m in a very interesting place right now, one which has been fraught with struggle as well as blessed with perfection and liberation. What I’ve seen lately is that the more grounded and still I become, the easier it is for me to just “be” with others and listen to them. I’m finding that when […]
My friend Diane stopped by for a visit for a couple of days on her way back home to Vancouver and since she’s an avid photographer, we went out a couple of times to the shore for photography excursions. One of the first things to note would be this excerpt from a High Surf Advisory […]
Yesterday there was a confluence of events that has helped to open my eyes to the Practices of Kindness and Generosity. Three different things pointed that way and when multiple fingers point the same direction, it’s at least worth a look. So here’s the look… The first act of generosity and kindness came from my […]
“Two roads diverged in the woods and I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” ~Robert Frost I am coming up against a dilemma in my life which has to do with my spiritual life and spiritual path. For approximately the past 6 years, I have be a student […]
Many of us seek some form of enlightenment, a release from the mind, so that there can remain a simple capacity to just “be.” So off we run to workshops, travel to ashrams in India, chant on mountaintops in Tibet, sit on our meditation cushions, go to church, read spiritual texts, and even fall to […]