Namasté ॐ

Karma, dharma, dogma —three pillars that appear across scriptures, commentaries, and modern self-help shelves. Their roots run deep, yet in everyday speech the meanings often tangle. What follows is a gentle untangling: tracing each word to its classical soil and offering ways the trio can still nourish a contemporary life. Karma is the sum of our intentions and the momentum of our habits—helpful or harmful—the subtle force we plant with every choice. Dharma is the guidance we invite onto the journey: teachings, mentors, and principles that steer us toward clarity, compassion, and peace. Dogma is the outward form—prayers, rituals, rules—originally meant as friendly signposts, but prone to becoming mindless habit when we forget what they point to. As an anolgy, imagine personal development as a hike to the top of a tall hill: karma is both the aim that pulls you uphill (fresh air, a summit view) and the distractions or discomforts that tug you off course (a rock in your boot...

Tonight was amazing... Inspired by what I had read regarding the 10/10/10 gateway and what it means for our awakening Earth ( Archangel Metatron, 09/16/2010 ), I made my way out of the house tonight, heading for Balboa Park, where I intended to sit in the rose garden and meditate as 10:10:10pm passed. As I was leaving the house, I realized that I wanted to grab my phone - only to find that while it was showing the "charging" symbol and had been plugged in for hours, it had 0% battery and was about to die... so - I left it plugged in, deciding that I didn't need it. I grabbed my journal, my flashlight, a light jacket and my bag (with a couple of bits of spiritual reading and my iPad in it) - and I set out. As I drove across San Diego, I found myself smiling at the fog which was starting to rise over the city - lowering the visibility and giving everything a sense of mystery and silence. I was having trouble keeping my window defogged, and so I drove for a while with ...

What an amazing awakening today has been for me. On the 10th, I left for a 10-day trip to the Mediterranean. We started in Spain, then sailed to Italy, then on to France, with day trips to the Vatican and Monaco. Five countries in all, not including our stop-overs in Germany and Canada. On the trip - I was inspired... I saw so many beautiful buildings, amazing pieces of sculpture, famous paintings, ancient cities and even the enshrined resting places of some of the world's most famous people. It filled me up with this amazing sense of appreciation for the richness of our world and the beauty that it contains. My desktop background, now, is a picture of the Coliseum in Rome - a picture I took with my own camera while standing within the building itself. In my collection of photographs, I have pictures of Michaelangelo's David - and Michaelangelo's grave, where his bones lie even today. I have pictures from Pompeii - where Mt. Vesuvius destroyed a city of 20,000 people in...

Religion asks the question "How do I do spirituality?" (Body) Philosophy asks the question "How do I think spiritually?" (Mind) Personal Development asks the question "How do I be spiritual?" (Soul) True enlightenment comes from an understanding that the answer to any one of the above questions is to ask the other two - and therefore all three must be pursued simultaneously. I believe that there are three distinct yet interrelated aspects to our existence. The Mind, the Body and the Soul. As we grow - we travel a path around each circle, cycling through aspects of our understanding within each of these realms. As we grow - so must our circles. Each circle represents our understanding, our skills and our awareness within the realm of that circle's influence. The interior of the circle, or the "volume" of the circle, represents everything that we know. Outside the circle is everything we don't know. The edge, most import...