June 21, 2009
Becoming Dad Before Father's Day
It's Father's Day once again. And although the celebration of this day sometimes gets lost in the lazy days of the coming summer season, and even seems to take second-seat to Mother's Day every May, it is still an especially important day for me, in many ways. As part of Father's Day this year I'm simply adding a short introduction and preamble to a piece of writing that I gave to my Dad in 2002.
It's still apropos, and some days even more so as the years go by with my own fatherhood, as I witness the subtle traits that I have that came from my Dad and the parental modeling he displayed as he was (sometimes struggling with) being my father.
Being a parent, and in my case, a father to three burgeoning male souls has time and again proven to be the most incredible blessing and honoring I have been given in this lifetime that I now share with my three sons. So, with that written, this past short writing is all the more fitting and one day may serve to have a similar impacting influence in the minds of my sons when they grow into manhood and pass on the baton, possibly to their own male offspring.
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May 31, 2009
Death: The Great Equalizer
Admittedly, death is not a topic that many people are fond of. It's not something that is broached during everyday conversation, at least here in North America. The old saying of there being only two things that will never go away: death and taxes, still applies. We all pay taxes and we're all going to die.
Death is not something that people like to ponder over, or dwell upon. Why? Because it's not fun to do so.
We want to live, not die. We want to have fun, not cross over to the other side: whatever, wherever, and whenever that is.
For those of us who live, death is but an abstract concept. Something 'out there'. Something that other people who are so unfortunate have to think about or deal with, perhaps while living.
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April 28, 2009
Exorcising Egoistic Expressionism
We all know people who have egos. We all know people who have big egos. We all know what an ego is, in the usual sense of the definition of the word as it is used in current language. Sigmund Freud coined the term a century ago, and then it was used by Carl Jung with reference to the conscious part of the brain that we all have and most of us use. Now the word 'ego' is generally considered a Freudian term to describe that part of the mind that is present during our waking states as humans. Humans being, that is.
The word ego is also used with reference to spirituality and spiritual teachings. In this context it is meant to reference that part of the mind that is the thinking mind and that is present when we are conscious. Or unconscious, depending on how aware the person is who is being asked to define the term. I take the term 'ego' to mean very simply: the mind.
It is the thoughts that we have and it is the part of our consciousness that serves us when we have practical needs and dis-serves us when we don't want it to be serving us such as when we try to be quiet and aware of our self.
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March 14, 2009
Want a Home-Based Web-SITE or a Home-Based Web-BUSINESS?
This is the first article I've written for the Home Based Business category at andrebest.com. One can call this a home-based business, or work from home business, or even a how to work from home category article. None of these really matter though.
What really matters is that the need for people to have more home income coming into their home is higher than ever, with consideration of the current fiscal and economic state of, literally, the entire globe. Everyone is getting into lockdown mode with their money, but there is still money being 'left' on the Internet table, so to speak. I'll explain.
I added the home-based business category to this blog when I first created it back in 2005; however, I didn't feel the need to write on this topic. Until now.
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February 10, 2009
A Conversation with Consciousness
There has been a fair share of books written in recent years about peoples' experiences with having conversations with God/Truth/Reality. If I were to be so blessed so as to have my own Conversation with Consciousness this is what the first of many inquiries, on my part, and answers, on the part of God/Truth/Reality, would include:
ANDRE: I've read about Consciousness and all of that. And it occurred to me that although we come from Consciousness and we go back into Consciousness when the body dies, we are also to be doing everything within our power to wake up out of un-consciousness while we're alive.
And then it struck me. The question, that is.
CONSCIOUSNESS: What question is that?
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