There are many programs and organizations that describe what they do as empowering people. Empowerment of people might even be in their mission statement. This is common language among personal development and personal growth organizations. The idea is appealing, and the organizations probably do good work. However be aware that there [...]
Archive for December 6th, 2006
Dear Gary,
After reading the articles on your website (very inspiring by the way). (early website I don’t know which article she was reading.)  I was wondering how you would describe the concept of ‘God’. I find myself struggling with the meaning and the word ‘God’. For me the word God is associated with a person [...]
Gary,
My lover consistently takes actions I feel are disrespectful and my reaction is that my desire to do loving things for her (sweet talk, flowers, even regular conversation) decreases dramatically.
Q1 How do you determine whether you are withholding your love or preferring not to be disrespected?
Curiously,
J
Consider that it might be both. We want to be [...]
It is sometimes said that the truth hurts. Â
This isn’t my experience. Often there is a pain that comes with a truthful realization, but the hurt isn’t from the truth.  The pain is from the shattering of our illusions in the mind.  There is literally an energetic field of energy that breaks ups when an [...]