Author Archives: Major Tom

Accept Where You Are and Work From There In human life, if you feel that you have made a mistake, you don’t try to undo the past or the present, but you just accept where you are and work from … Continue reading →

From Tricycle: When people genuinely meet the dharma, they realize it directly within themselves. So the Buddha said that he is merely the one who shows the way. In teaching us, he is not accomplishing the way for us. It … Continue reading →

The Choppy Seas of Conversation Like surfing, staying present is always a challenge, but doing it while interacting with others tends to be like managing in choppy, cross-current seas. We have not only our own thoughts and impulses to contend … Continue reading →

The brain acts as a receiving set for energy patterns … which exist as conscousness expressed in the form of thought.  It’s the vanity of the ego that claims thoughts as “mine.”  Genius, on the other hand, commonly attributes the … Continue reading →

Lead by Being Led. – MLK

True peace is not merely the absence of negative force, but the presence of positive force. 

A – The beginning of life. The wonder. Ahhh. U – The life itself. Full of experiences, agony, pleasure, love and distrust. M – Life’s end.  Hmmm. It was a good life. Then, the silence before the cycle continues.

“Your life evokes your nature and you learn more about yourself as you go on. Put yourself in situations which evoke your higher nature.”  — Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth

When we recognize our metaphysical connection to others, we enable the Hero within us.

“I don’t know.”

Funny how this classic Dualistic day is the end of Dualism for those that believe in dualism.

When Descartes met Ramana Maharshi he asked him: “Do you believe in Dualism? What was he answer?

If there is judgement, then there is duality. If there is duality, then there is good an evil.  In Unity, it feels as though there is no judgmental nature. It’s a paradigm of Christianity that gets lost many times.  But, … Continue reading →

I think about the Unity message of “put your own mask on first” which is a metaphor of how airlines instruct passengers – you’re no good if you can’t breath yourself.  But, my problem, even though I like to give, … Continue reading →

One experience I had that has stuck with me, I believe, is based on the invisible connectivity of humans.  It’s also part of the whole competitive paradigm.  Let me explain. Bellefontaine and Urbana were arch rivals.  From the first games … Continue reading →

Sorry for not writing lately, been busy. Not much better today, other than including this video: http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/caddy-shack/A5C82AA1CB82F4550930A5C82AA1CB82F4550930 Next: Peak Experience

Charles and I first met at the Dalai’s abode.  Within the first several minutes, Chuck and I found ourselves deep in a punning exchange. I think it was about cameras (a topic that “lens” itself to puns), but over the … Continue reading →

Charles, more than the Dalai, and I had a competitive streak. The Dalai played the course, of course, except when he “had to” grind. Anyway, since the Dalai was typically a stroke or more better per hole than Chuck and … Continue reading →

One “event” that the Dalai, Chuck and I used to play was on a particular Par 5, which had a wide open fairway was the “Thunderbirds from the Tee.” Somewhere in the Dalai’s past, he had a passion to fly … Continue reading →

Another conundrum: Although I know what the Dalai means when he says that Eastern philosophy accepts more that doesn’t fit into the logical / reasoning / “have to have an answer” ORDER of the Western approach.  Then why am I … Continue reading →

When I putt, I try not to think of too much. In fact, the more I think, the worse I putt.  To me, it’s all about being comfortable. Heck, I don’t even really like to read the green much, or … Continue reading →

Golf is who you play and where you play – not the score. If you’re with friends and having fun, either the score will come, or you won’t care. At one point, when we were in shape, the Dalai Lama, … Continue reading →