Trucking with Rowdy Humpback Whales
The pictures and videos by Nancy Ehrke were filmed during a trip to the Silver Banks, which is 70 miles off the shores of the Dominican Republic. Many of the Humpback whales from the Atlantic Ocean breed and birth their calves there. It was never found by the whalers...
Dominion and the Dangers of Dichotomous Thinking
After reading an article about the India/Pakistan Partition of 1947, dominion and the dangers of dichotomous thinking came to mind. Polarized politics is not a new phenomenon. Sadly, once again black, and white thinking is resurging. News is now considered...
Pain, Suffering and Self-Realization
Illusion provides opportunities for humans to explore what love is not. Pain is a precious tool, prying our hearts openand pointing us toward our destiny. Childhood trauma and/or the absence of love foster illusions of separateness, abandonment and/or...
Six Laws of the Universe.
Structure is provided on earth so humanity has a reliable platform to explore desire, create a dream and assist our effort to embody our divine nature. This structure and the following universal laws serve creation because every soul needs a reliable, predictable...
The Record Keepers
The few years back my wife Nancy and I participated in a Dominica sanctioned research project, which was studying sperm whales. Everyone on the boat was assigned to photo and record tail sightings and video when possible. Known as “The Nature Island of the Caribbean...
Something Dies Inside When We Believe Our Lies
Frank Morgan as the Wizard of Oz, 1939 During dark times, transformation is needed. Changing minority rule to equal rights for all is daunting at times. Perhaps we can learn something about change from the Wizard of Oz...
Harmony’s Song
Intro: Several years ago, my wife Nancy and I traveled to Maui, Hawaii rented sea kayaks and found a Humpback whale singing right below our boat one afternoon. The sound rattled our bones as we slipped into the water and recorded the song. We never saw the whale, but...
10 Rules for Being Human
You will receive a body. You may like it or hate it, but it’s yours to keep for the entire period. You will learn lessons. You are enrolled in a fulltime informal school called “life.” There are no mistakes, only lessons. Growth is a process of trial, error,...
Terror in Oz
In the original book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz before the terrifying flying monkeys took flight, Nick Chopper, thewoodsman later called the Tin Man, fell in love with a humble maidservant from Munchkin Country named Nimmie Amee. When she returned his...
Transformation
When an infant scrapes his or her knee, they often run to their parents in tears. When a nurturing mother/father or sensitive caretaker scoop this child up, holds them close to their heart and spontaneously offers compassion many good things happen. Comforting...