Tag: philosophy
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Your Personal Myth
Positive Motivational Life Thoughts Science and technology revolutionize our lives, but memory, tradition and myth frame our response. Arthur M. Schlesinger How to Create Meaning and Purpose in Your Life with a Personal Myth Do you ever feel like you’re just going through the motions without a real sense of purpose or meaning in your […]
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Greatness in Responsibility
Words of Wisdom You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today. Abraham Lincoln The price of greatness is responsibility. Winston Churchill Greatness in Responsibility Where has the responsibility gone? As I see so much screaming about rights, what is right, and privileges people feel entitled to, I cannot help but think, where […]
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The Will to Persevere
Words of Wisdom Philosophical Food for Thought Far too often, we fear failure. But there is beauty to be found in failing forward. You see, failure is a mindset. It doesn’t happen to us; we create success by perception, self-talk, and willingness to persevere. While this is known as a core principle of developing a […]
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Success Is… Repetition of the Small Things
Words of Inspiration Success is the sum of small efforts – repeated day in and day out. Robert Collier A Philosophy of Psychology Want Success? Form great habits, repeat day in and day out, let go of expectations, especially as it relates to time, and reap the rewards. What are your success habits. Namaste, my […]
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Stillness of Mind
Words of Wisdom Finding Stillness Wake up. Wake up, young one. It’s time to wake up. There is all this business, but to what end? Lao Tzu gives us a basic philosophy here, but its depths reach far beyond the fallibility of human rationale. They touch upon the imaginal, that realm where all possibility exists, […]
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A Gift of Love… When One Becomes Two
Tending the Depths of the Soul Love is the natural state of the human condition. Even at a quantum level, quarks operate in symbiosis, not in opposition to one another. Some have called this the law of attraction, others have likened it to new wave psychology, but I pose a simple question: What would the […]
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Evolutionary Wisdom
Inspiring Words Psychological Tidings To evolve we must be willing to let go of that pesky notion to revolve. History repeats itself in that way; thank God this usually happens only when we don’t learn from it in the first place. What kind of a man, father, lover, or even human can we be if […]
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The Secret Life of Understanding…
Words of Inspiration Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less. Marie Curie Philosophical Tidings Nothing in life is to be feared, not even fear itself. When we are scared, we enter the fight or flight mode, […]
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The Genius of Attitude
Inspiring Words A Philosopher’s Inquiry I am reminded here of Sigmund Freud’s idealized citation comparing the mind of adults to children. What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult. Sigmund Freud As a child, I yearned to hear the repetitive nature of […]
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Perceptions of Infinity
Through the Eyes of Psyche What a beautiful poem from William Blake, wouldn’t you agree? What does it mean to hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour? What lessons can we take from this beautifully written stanza of wisdom? Perceptions of Infinity Let us start by defining these seemingly […]
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The Myth Within: ReCycling History
The Myth Within In today’s episode, Dr. Tom explores the cyclical nature of history, the father archetype as portrayed from the blowing wind and warming sun in Aesop’s classic entitled the NorthWind and the Sun, and its effects on our personal development. Blessings, my friends. May your path bring good fortune as you advance confidently […]
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The Beauty Within…
Words of Inspiration A Philosopher’s Stone To be thankful, grateful, and to stand in awe at the miracle that surrounds us. Beauty formed the foundation of my Thanksgiving weekend, as I realized the true blessing of all there is to be grateful for. Do you sometimes wonder from where does all the anger and despair […]