We must recognize what is not always recognized, that the growth of mind and character takes time, just as the growth of trunk and limbs takes time. A man does not begin to mature and become what he is likely to be until he is past thirty. Since involvement is not directly visible but can … Continue reading
It is the Legal Tender that Souls Enjoy
When a child smells something he likes, his natural impulse is to taste it. This also applies to human adults, repressions notwithstanding. It is simply repression of one kind or another that keeps an adult from following up his desire to tastes an object which smells pleasant. Most repression are those which are taught, some … Continue reading
What Have You Done for Me Lately?
The heart that leaps at the thought that life has some higher meaning, some better worth has learned the art of living. There is only one way under high Heaven to get anybody to do anything. Did you ever stop to think of that? Yes, just one way. And that is by making the other … Continue reading
With a Hey Nonnie Nonnie and a Hotcha Cha
When it comes to extinction: not only can you do worse, you can go completely out of business. We can illustrate the conditions that favor encouraging variety by considering the stinking case of the Linux computer operating system and the method used to organize the work of its developers. The method is known as open … Continue reading
The First Day in Kindergarten, You Cried Because You Broke the Yellow Crayon
The only way out of today’s misery is for people to become worthy of each other’s trust. In American society, it appears that the individual is expected to exert a kind of discipline or tension in regard to one’s body, showing that one has one’s faculties in readiness for any face-to-face interaction that might come … Continue reading
See the Flowers that Blossom at Your Feet
I cannot but have reverence for all that is called life. In the hope of reaching the Moon, men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet. Now we must return to the study of centers and to the study of attention and self-remembering, because these are the only ways to understanding. Besides … Continue reading
Under My Coat is a Weary Heart
Being gunned down in a shower of lead is the growing fear many people face as crime soars out of control in America. Guns are not the problem, but more than likely socioeconomic conditions, felon coddling policies, corruption, and people being allowed to evade the law are. On May 7, 1931, the most sensational manhunt … Continue reading
Beloved, Believe Not Every Spirit, but Try the Spirits
The magical is a great hidden wisdom…no armour can shield against it because it strikes at the inward spirit of life. Of this, we make restore assured. In recent years there has been a growing inclination to interpret any human awareness that cannot be readily explained as E.S.P. or Extra Sensory Perception. Of course, it … Continue reading
Grand Central Station at Noon
Especially if you are in business, dealing with people is probably the biggest problem you face. If you are also a housewife, architect, or engineer, that is also probably true. Research done a few years ago, uncovered a most important and significant fact—a fact later confirmed by additional studies. These investigations revealed that even in … Continue reading