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Careless Words – Stop the Carnage

Posted on by Michael Rose
My 12-year-old tells us of how at school there is a practice of “burns”.  Burns are insults intended (so they say) to be humorous.  They make a sharp comment, someone feels stupid, hurt or embarrassed and the other kids laugh saying ‘You just got burned!”  And sometimes, after a scathing burn, they follow up with “just…
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Motivated by Meaning

Posted on by Michael Rose
A fascinating 1972 video clip of Viktor Frankl, filmed in Toronto, Canada.  In this video, Frankl is calling humanity to aim to a higher standard, to pick a target beyond ourselves and while we may fall short, he argues we will reach further or closer to wholeness than if we aimed for something less.   In…
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A Hell of a Difference

Posted on by Michael Rose
Once upon a time, there lived a woman who wished she could understand the difference between Heaven and Hell.  She petitioned God for such an experience, and one day God came to her in a dream. God said to the woman, “I have heard your prayer, and I am willing to grant your request.  I…
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Thorns

Thorns of Life

Posted on by Michael Rose
I came across this story while listening to the audiobook version of The Untethered Soul by Michael Singer.  It struck me so profoundly I spent the next few kilometres repeating the stunned mantra of “Oh wow… oh wow…”.   I was so moved that I wanted to retell it in my own words to reduce…
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Heaven in Hell’s Despair

Posted on by Michael Rose
“Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care, But for another gives its ease, And builds a Heaven in Hell’s despair.” -William Blake, from The Clod and the Pebble Love is the primary element in the alchemy of the Beautiful Way. It is the creative, restorative force that enlivens and sustains…
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