BIRTHDAY PARTY - SEPT 25TH!
An invitation to all my
friends to celebrate the start of my 55th year on the planet. See
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Posted Sept 21, 2010
I Refuse To Believe
I REFUSE TO BELIEVE in a God that would put me on a planet without
everything that I need to be happy; for that would make for a cruel God, not
a loving one. And so, if I dont see the abundance in my life, its not
because its not there, but because I am blind to it. All that is required
of me is to open my eyes, and awaken to it.
Posted July 5, 2010
Our Deepest Fear
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
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Posted July 5, 2010
Mastery while unemployed
In February 2009 I was already unemployed for 6 months and moved out of my
girlfriends house in Colorado after a 6-year off-and-on relationship. Not
exactly a great start for the year. And yet, it turned out that Ive never
been happier in my life than during the ensuing months.
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Posted May 24, 2010
All Love Is Conditional...
DEFLECTING ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND COMPLIMENTS
One of the behaviors I've noticed of myself more and more, over the last few
years since taking the Life Training, is how I tend to deflect compliments
and acknowledgments. I've never been able to "figure out" what that was all
about until I took the Power of Love course recently.
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Posted April 14, 2010
RECONNECTING
2009 Christmas Newsletter
Neither cold, nor rain, nor sleet nor snow shall keep me from
writing this years Christmas letter. Its been a tumultuous year for the
planet as well as me personally. What stands out are the new connections
made as well as the old ones I renewed, reconnecting with myself, with Life,
and making new connections with so many people around the globe this year.
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MAStery
The ability to be happy often escapes
many of us. Find out why, and how to become masterful.
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Clueless
How a confused group of health care reform protesters got
exposed by a heretic. more...
The way of EnLightened
being
I commit:
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To support all beings in achieving
enlightenment:
living in alignment with these truths.
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To extinguish all desires counter to
achieving enlightenment.
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To learn all lessons that life offers in
alignment with these truths.
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To strive for full personal enlightenment
living these truths.
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Mastery
Mastery is the ability to be happy regardless of circumstances.
Find out how this is possible by reading
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The value of
unemployment
On July 10th, 2008 I was told that I would be laid from my
company. I am very grateful that I was given 2 months notice, as well as a
severance package worth the equivalent of 3 months' pay. This brings me to the
irony that I only worked 7 months this past year, but was paid and had
benefits for almost the entire year.
WITNESSING SUFFERING
and my own
There is probably nothing worse for me, than seeing others
suffering and not being able to do anything about it. In that witnessing and
inability lies my own suffering. It may be the fate of all Bodhisatvas to be
able to keep our minds clear enough to see what we can and cannot change,
where we can and cannot help reduce suffering, and how we are or are not
limited by our own human limitations.
Vive La Difference !
2007 CHristmas Newsletter
If there is anything that stands out for my
life in 2007, it has to be how my relationship with Polly has developed and
flourished this past year. And what has most amazed me, its how rich our
lives have become because of our differences.more...
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What's Up
For years starting in 1989 I wrote an inspirational Christmas letter,
until the year 2001. I used to mail it out to about 150 people, family,
friends, acquaintances, many of whom kept the messages on refrigerator
doors, or passed them on for their inspirational value. I loved writing
them.
After 9/11 I thought that God had left the planet, and that no amount of
inspiration would ever bring her back.
Last year in 2004, I finally wrote another Christmas letter, but did not
have the courage to send it out. And this year, almost the same thing
happened, and it dawned on me, that it is I who lost my
inspiration to send out the message.
I want to create and re-create what that message was all about for me, for
others, for the world. My talents are God's gift to me, what I do with
them is my gift back. I firmly believe that we are here, all of us, to
create heaven on earth.
Click here for this
year's letter, from my heart. I hope you will enjoy it, and that it will
inspire you, to do all you can in 2006. You all have inspired me, to do
all I can.
Love always.
Marrrek
Take Time to Learn
In our busy lives, the last thing anyone wants to do is waste time. We
want instant gratification. Having to learn something new usually takes
time, time we don't think we have; time that we believe takes away from
getting to our goals.
An Obstacle
When we view learning as an obstacle in the way of our obtaining
what we desire, we become impatient. Learning in that case becomes a painful
reminder about how little we know, how inadequate we really are to face the
daily tasks. So we throw away the manuals, the instruction booklets, the
help files, the classrooms, the teachers, the schools.
A Means
When we view learning not as an obstacle but as a means to get us
the knowledge, the information, the skills, the wisdom to live our lives
more fully, we start valuing those manuals, teachers, schools.
An Experience
Finally when we start viewing learning neither as an obstacle nor as a means, but
rather as a rewarding experience in and of itself, as a testimonial
to our evolution as a species, and as a hope for our future, no matter what
life may bring us, we can feel blessed and in awe at the infinite capacity
for learning that was given us.
That's when we can get to a place of gratitude for the incredible learning
machine gifted to each of us, and the amazing number of opportunities
provided us to use it.
Satisfying his yearning for learning is possibly man's greatest need
today.
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