Author: Dr. Thomas Maples
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The Art of Readiness
Inspirational Words of Wisdom When the student is ready the teacher will appear. When the student is truly ready… The teacher will Disappear. Lao Tzu The Philosopher’s Stone When we are ready, life creates the means from which the teacher appears. But the lessons taught can only be integrated when the soul prepares for the…
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To Be Present
Inspiration for the Soul… A Philosopher’s Stone The source of anxiety occurs when we assume a future perspective. The source of depression happens to us when we focus too far on the past. Either way, we miss the moment and trip over ourselves. Hopefully, we do not make a mistake to assume that just because…
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Let Dead Leaves Fall…
A Philosopher’s Stone Fall is here! The season, like the leaves, vibrant in warm colors of retrospect, for a wonderful year gone by. Yet, as the leaves fall, and I rake them from the ground, I cannot help but wonder, why don’t we do this same exercise with the dead leaves in our life. Seasons…
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What Do You See?
Inspiration for the Soul A Philosopher’s Stone I have always been fascinated by this saying from novelist Aldous Huxley. It speaks to the relative nature of reality at its finest. What we believe, we perceive, and what we perceive, we ultimately see. I wear reading glasses. When I remove them, the written world becomes blurred,…
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A Work in Progress
Inspiration for the Soul The Philosopher’s Stone Psychoanalyst Erik Erikson once stated that “Healthy children will not fear life if their elders have integrity enough not to fear death.” When we look at life from the perspective of our inherent growth, doorways to bliss open where there were once only walls. Youth is the gift…
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Slight Changes…
Inspiration for the Soul The Philosopher’s Stone Change: The most frightening word many will ever face. But why is this? Change within the environment elicits fear. This one emotion, while valid, creates a whole host of secondary responses in the body that primes us for one thing, fight or flight. Salivation turns off, digestion turns off,…
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The Price of Knowledge
Inspiration for the Soul A Philosopher’s Stone Knowledge is never free. It is paid for by the hard work of digging deep into the recesses of what is not only readily available to us but found in the work of digging itself. When we go beyond the Facebook post, the Tweet, or the newest viral…
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Practical Parenting and Teaching Accountability
A Throwback from the Past We all need to teach the next generation values. If we don’t as parents, who will? That is a significant question we all face these days, as who knows what deviance the education system exposes our children. Do we know if the places they spend most of their days teach…
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Engaging the Inner Will – To Live, Die, or Persevere…
Inspiration for the Soul Philosophical Food for Thought Words to base a life upon. We all have a calling. What is yours? History is written about those that stood directly in the face of status quo, and persevered despite the way the proverbial wind blew. That is why we remember Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.…
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Nurturing the Mythic Masculine – Engaging the Father Within
Inspiration for the Soul It has been a while since I last worked on the podcast. I had to undertake a katabasis, to engage the vision I have for this channel, this website, and the direction of my career. I have always turned to the classics to find inspiration that can touch the depths of…
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Courage to Fly
Inspirational Quote A Philosopher’s Corner Analysis Paralysis. Ever have it? It is real. For us bloggers, we may view it as writer’s block. But whatever form it takes, the underlying emotion of anxiety can cause even the strongest-hearted to freeze over in perpetual “what ifs.” But why is this the case? Anxiety is a natural…
