Leo Tolstoy was a Russian writer, world famous for writing books such as War and Peace and Anna Karenina. He came from a wealthy family....

Below is a typical translation/understanding of the Mary/Martha story, compared to my revised translation. I feel my revision is...

This post won't specifically be about "buying friends", but more of an explanation as to the logic behind the overall concepts, the...

A baby, a baby, nursing on bathwater, invigorated thus by the shadowy plotter. “Toss the water” is the common encouragement, from eyes...

As Chuang-tzu was fishing in the river P’u, two high officials arrived from the king of Ch’u and said, “Sir, the king requests that you...

ETERNITY- a:) A perpetual perfection that is pervasively permeating all things as per its perennially persevering persistence. b:) God.*...

Take a minute to consider the image above. When your hands are wounded in the middle, as Jesus' hands were, you cannot work with them. ...

That's what Jesus said: "Go out and buy yourself some good quality friends", that just doesn't sound right, does it? But he said exactly...

In the first Wheel of Fortune post, I wanted to show the connection between the concepts of fortune, luck, fate, personal advantage, and...

Before it was this: It was this: Before this wheel belonged to Pat Sajak, it belonged to the goddess Fortuna, hence "Wheel of...

Acts of pity prevent real compassion from arising within the heart. Why? Because pity stems from judgement and superiority, and...

We tend to get caught up by self-focus, to see our choices and actions as playing the crucial role in obtaining a good life. As we get...

This is what Buddhadharma (the guy who brought "Zen" Buddhism to China from India in the 1100s) said about his path: A special...

Because of the eating habits and challenges with my guys at work, I make a lot of stews and things with some kind of gravy or sauce to...

Conformity kills one's ability to fully express their unique purpose in life. With religion, too often people are urged to conform to...

Something that went unsaid in that first part was "how" Curly came to recognize that one voice. What was the distinguishing...

Curly says the "one thing" is something you need to figure out. Neither did Jesus come to tell people what that "one thing" was, no, he...

When Jesus criticized the religious leaders of his day, it wasn't the specific form of their religion that he criticized, but the general...

One of Jesus' best known parables is of the Good Samaritan. The concept of the Good Samaritan is well known in our culture. But I would...