“For the last hundred years or so religion has been beset with a relentless attack. You have been told it’s the ‘opiate of the masses,’ that it’s unscientific, that it is primitive; in short, that it is a delusion. But beneath all these attacks on organized religion there was a more fundamental target: the spirituality…
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I've worked in many capacities over the years, so a profile for each occupation might make me sound like a different person! The main areas are nonfiction book editor, fiction and nonfiction author, and scenic photographier. Running throughout all has been my desire to find and know truth in life, to understand people, and to help them when and where I can.
What Is Our Real Nature?
Originally posted on Magical Mystical You!:
I am sharing with you today the most fundamental truth I know. It won’t be real to all of you. That’s okay. Consider it, and also realize that it stands as truth outside and above all else – everything we know. You can know and appreciate and experience this…
What Is Our Real Nature?
I am sharing with you today the most fundamental truth I know. It won’t be real to all of you. That’s okay. Consider it, and also realize that it stands as truth outside and above all else – everything we know. You can know and appreciate and experience this even if you never set foot…
Read MoreWelcome to Magical Mystical You!
I started Magical Mystical You to help others searching for answers to existence to begin to understand their spiritual nature – and what that means, in a fuller sense than one normally hears about. I have been inspired to share and explore these ideas and experiences with you because I want you to experience the…
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Inseparability of Native American Spirituality and Everyday Life
I’m reposting this original article because I think it says best what I wanted to express on this subject. I did recently write a second article on this subject and you’re welcome to check it out as well.
I recently learned about this aspect of Native American life through the writing of Ohiyesa (Charles Alexander Eastman), a part Santee Sioux raised in a traditional Native American home, who later was educated as a doctor in American colleges. He wrote eloquently about Native American life in the early 20th century. He wrote that daily life and spirituality, as lived purely by original peoples, were not really even two elements tightly interwoven. Rather, the people viewed their existence and lived their lives AS a manifestation of spirituality and spiritual creation. To them, there was no difference; they were inseparable.
Happiness – Your Birthright and Native Condition
Many have said that happiness is our most desired quality and state of being. When we are happy, we feel pleasurable emotions and states of mind – carefree, warm, active, loving, devil-may-care, adventurous – or secure and confident – or more powerful than anyone who would try to harm us! When we’re happy, we…
Read MoreAre We Really Living in Wonderland?
Here’s some food for thought – a different view than you usually hear about. Everyone agrees that the physical universe is solid and real. It contains awesome levels of energy, unimaginable reaches of space, and immense solidity of matter. It also persists through infinite expanses of time. Most physical objects last indefinitely until they are either…
Read MoreDreams – Random Imaginings or Gateway to our Spiritual Selves?
Little-Understood and Mysterious, but Part of Us All Everyone has their own ideas of what dreams are, and what they mean – if anything! Dreams might be the most often discussed yet little understood phenomenon common to all humans – though animals also dream. Certain professions claim dreams as their exclusive turf to define and…
Read MoreHow Takoda Taught Tacu: Learning Through Observation, Experience & Practice
American Indians have always had many ways of passing skills, knowledge and wisdom about life to their
children. America’s First People knew that observation, experience and practice were essential to prepare young tribe members to participate in
and excel in life. So, one of the most interesting and effective methods was to take each child out into the plains, mountains and forests to observe. An animal, its tracks, clouds, birds,
rodents—anything could be observed until the child attained …
Are Animals Spiritual Beings?
Hello after an absence of some months! I look forward to continuing to explore the world of spirit in a common-sense manner through this website. I want to begin by reposting this article from a year ago. Many people enjoyed it – I hope new readers will find it now. This article is addressed to…
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