In Yoke

“There is an underlying attitude that cripples and blinds each of us. It can be so pervasive that we do not often question it. This attitude is a perversion of the natural order created by our loneliness and insecurity, by the illusion of separateness, by ignorance. The problem, in a way, is quite simple: we think of ourselves too often and in the wrong way . The result is self importance (or its’ opposite, self hatred), and greed.” As I share the long and sometimes sordid story of my own autobiography, I do so from a “Spiritual lessons” point of view, keeping this aforementioned premise in mind. I can really relate to this…because for a great portion of my life- I have thought of myself too often and in the wrong way . I have been studying the enneagram as a way of self revelation and understanding for the purposes of transformation by the Spirit of Yahweh, through Jesus Christ(YESHUA-His Aramaic name). As an Enneagram three, who is seeking redemption from my natural b...

Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes. -Oscar Wilde I will be 56 years old this year. I am not as young as I once was. There are some good things about growing older. Older people have much to contribute when they are able to draw on the wisdom gained from direct knowledge of life. It takes considerable experience of life to understand the fleeting nature of physical satisfactions and personal profit. I had a conversation with an old friend today who recently retired after coaching high school football for 27 years. We concluded together what he is now learning: that there is indeed wisdom in the discovery of the separation of "who you are" from "what you do for a living". This is a gift, especially for ego driven, success oriented males. In the first half of life, we all have a wide margin for error, and youth often is a time of experimentation. Certainly this was true for me. I was an experimenter for much too long. It is usually in the second ha...