Category: Understanding Thought

  • Moving Past ‘Agreeing to Disagree’:  A Deeper Approach to Community Conversations

    Let’s consider a common scenario in community decision-making:  Imagine a small town is debating how to use newly available funds. Some residents want to build a new community center, while others argue for road repairs.   The typical approach might be to find common ground (everyone wants to improve the town)…

  • What Does It Mean to Let Go of the Past? 

    Transcending the limitations of thought through awareness and attentiveness in the present moment.  We often hear the advice, “Let go of the past.” It sounds simple enough, but in reality, it’s not just a verbal agreement we make with ourselves. Saying, “I’m leaving the past behind,” is only the beginning.   Letting go…

  • The Allure of Tomorrow: Why We’re Always Chasing the Future 

    Have you ever caught yourself excessively planning for the future, imagining a life where everything falls perfectly into place? It’s a common human tendency, isn’t it? We’re constantly projecting our thoughts into what tomorrow might bring, filled with hopes, plans, fears, and dreams. But why is this? Why do we…

  • PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

    Life span gets divided into three parts, the PAST, PRESENT and the FUTURE. PAST means having existed or taken place in the period before the PRESENT and FUTURE means time that is to come. FUTURE is projected by thought on the basis of PAST experience and knowledge. No one knows…

  • Self Created Prison

    A Lizard ran out on a rock and looked up, listening No doubt to the sounding of spheres And what a dandy fellow! the right toss of chin for you And swirl of a tail If men were as much men as lizards are lizards They’d be worth looking at…