The Practice of Your Life

The Exercise and Pursuit of a Consciously Created Life

What we can learn from Bing vs. Google

Jul 16
2009

I was reading an article recently about Bing vs. Google Search by David Pogue where he gives a very clear summary of how Bing is better.  Bing by the way is Microsoft’s answer to Google search which has become the closest connection most of us have to God.  You can get an answer, or rather almost every answer there is to any question you have by typing your query into Google.  And therein lies the problem with Google, or rather the opportunity for other search contenders to take some market share: there are so many results it’s often hard to find what you’re really looking for.

You can read David’s article for a more detailed understanding of the way’s Bing actually has improved upon Google’s offering so… Continue reading

Two Wolves

Apr 11
2009

One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people.

He said, “My son, there is a battle between 2 “wolves” inside us all. One is Evil. It is anger, fear, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.

The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith.”

The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather: “Which wolf wins?”

The old Cherokee simply replied, “The one you feed.”

Author Unknown

Someone sent this to me a couple years ago, and I saw it again in a book I’m reading now.  Brilliant isn’t

Oceans of Truth

Feb 20
2009

Most people are taught that the truth is some final answer that can be fully known, comprehended and owned, that it is finite and describable.

Well, it is so NO-OOTT, as the valley girls would say.

There are two major aspects to the truth that when acknowledged could make this world a very different place.  The first is that it’s ability to reveal is only limited by our willingness to look, and the second is that apparent contradictions are contained within it.  Here’s where the ocean as metaphor is helpful.

Everyone can agree on what an ocean is, but what do we know is the truth about it?  Only recently have we been able to peer into the depths of the ocean, yet still for most of… Continue reading

Are there no lies then?

May 16
2008

This question only makes sense as a follow up to my last two posts so if you haven’t read them please do.

The answer to the question is there most definitely are, and you can consider a more powerful relationship to lies that is less destructive to relationships and more supportive of your being a compassionate loving human being. You can more successfully weather the detours from your quest for truth when the people in your communities willfully choose to not tell you their truth – when people lie – by learning to distinguish a lie from another interpretation of the truth. Your job is to first be clear that someone is being authentic in their efforts to communicate their truth to you.

It doesn’t matter that their… Continue reading

Are beliefs true?

May 14
2008

Because you believe something does it make it true? There was a time when educated people believed the world was flat, that ships could not be made of metal, the earth was the center of the solar system and indeed, the universe. The answer should be obvious yet, this is a very deep question. How you listen to it will depend on your view of the truth. If you have the truth as something that exists out there, apart from you that is real, describable and unchanging, then the answer is it may or may not be. If you believe that the “truth” is not something that exists apart from you but rather is part of you, and is affected by your attention to it, then the answer is… Continue reading

What is your concept of truth?

May 12
2008

What is your concept of the truth, and why is it germane to the practice of your life?

Well think about it. If you live your life according to things that you believe are true, and they’re only partially true or flat out wrong, what do you think the impact would be on your life?

Pretty dramatic.

More often than not, unexamined beliefs cause people to place artificial limits on themselves and others, and cause people to separate themselves from others.

And what about you? Do you think this applies to you? Probably. Unless you’ve already been spending a considerable amount of time on self-reflection, I think it’s a pretty safe bet.

How do I know that?