Recently I decided to gather up a list of web articles on the Law of Attraction for my mother, who has no web access (by choice) and is in serious difficulty financially (not by choice — at least, not conscious choice). She is in an interesting position spiritually — she’s a Zen Buddhist, and so in theory she doesn’t care what her financial situation is; but, given that she can’t realistically wander the suburban streets of Greensboro, NC, with a begging bowl, she’s a bit stuck. She has been trying to use the Law of Attraction under various forms and names for years, to little avail.

Since I was gathering up the links anyway, I thought I’d post them here, in case anyone was interested. You’ll see there’s a whole pile of Steve Pavlina there, and some of Slade’s fantastic work, too. Read the rest of this entry »

Adam Alexander over at adamspeace.com has a beautiful article up about why he blogs. It’s a moving story about the trauma of his childhood, his attempts as an adult to deal with it, how he found his life’s purpose, and how his blog fits into that. He wrote on the topic because he was “tagged” by another blogger. The idea, it seems, is that you get tagged with a topic by another blogger; then you blog on the topic, and then you tag another blogger.

I’m delighted and honored to be tagged by Adam in this way, since I take it to mean that he enjoys my writing and wants to see more of it. The feeling is definitely mutual! I’ll have to dig around and see if I can find some topic I can tag him with…

I think Adam’s reason for blogging is a lot more moving and inspirational than mine — although my reason might be a bit more odd. Simply put, I’m blogging because Apollo asked me to. Read the rest of this entry »

Someone once famously asked, “Where we all going? And what are we doing in this handbasket?”

Predicting the future is an old game. It’s popular because it’s fun and frequently profitable, especially if you are sufficiently vague or incomprehensible. The Book of Revelation is a good example. John’s vivid accounts of horn-blowing angels, floods, devastations, numbered beasts, and a harlot riding a 10-headed monster (only to be devoured by it) has been popular for nearly 2000 years, though I wouldn’t recommend it for children’s bedtime reading. People have a great time trying to figure out what he was talking about; they’ve suggested everything from Nazi Germany to Al Qaeda. Most biblical scholars agree that a harlot was actually a reference to the Roman emperor Nero, who was alive at the time Revelation was written, and that the ten-headed beast was the Roman Empire itself. John, they say, was simply writing a prophecy of what he wanted to happen: Nero to be overthrown and Christianity to prevail within the Roman Empire. But where’s the fun in that? Read the rest of this entry »