SERVICE WITH A SMITE! Not conductive to visiting Heaven at night, unfortunately. Or so I’ve recently discovered.
In the book “The Essence of Buddha”, Ryuho Okawa has a disturbing and thought-provoking idea. Disturbing because it is so plausible, based on the notion that Heaven and Hell are not “elsewhere” but inside us already in this [...]
“Wow… I’m part of ‘everyone’…” From the family-friendly and encouraging anime “Kimi ni Todoke”, which probably means “reaching you”. It really is heartwarming, and no, it is not made by Happy Science. It is still good though.
For a number of years, I have spent more and more time alone, to the point where I finally [...]
I try to say that which rings true for me personally, regardless of where it came from.
In the foreground Itlandsen the Peacebringer. Does playing a superhero improve your physical body? My tentative experience so far is, yes, slightly. This seems unlikely, but what is the alternative?
It happened again. I came home from work and almost immediately hopped on the exercise bike. I stopped after a few minutes though, because my pulse [...]
Spiritual practice causes timelessness to flow into time, and with it the people who live in it.
Not exactly apocalyptic cloud.
“I am disappointed in the ash cloud” twittered an old friend. “I had expected something more apocalyptic.”
I certainly wasn’t disappointed, but I understood the part about it not being very apocalyptic. In fact, it looked like normal summer clouds, white and varying from gauzy to cottony. I would not have known that [...]
This morning, I once again took the opportunity to step on the bathroom scales before getting dressed. I was mildly surprised to see that I had lost another pound. I am now definitely in weight territory where I have not been since I fully recovered from the Purgatory Weeks of 2005, when I could hardly [...]
Suitable illustration picture from the animated movie “The Laws of Eternity”, also by Ryuho Okawa. Florence Nightingale points out that it’s up to us to become the force of love. This book applies this to the family, for those who have that.
I already finished reading through the book “Tips to Find Happiness” by Ryuho Okawa. [...]