Alchemist of Learning

"We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is..."

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 07:46:10 -0600

“We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.”

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

My Insights Discovery Personal Profile

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 14:38:46 -0500

My Insights Discovery Personal Profile:

So for those of you that have wondered what I teach at Insights, here’s a core part of it. This is a PDF of my latest Insights Discovery Personal Profile. Enjoy, but don’t post it on the internet…oh wait. :)

"I have learned silence from the talkative, tolerance from the intolerant, and kindness from the..."

Wed, 04 May 2011 05:55:03 -0500

“I have learned silence from the talkative, tolerance from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind. I should not be ungrateful to these teachers.”

- Khalil Gibran

"If you can’t love yourself, how in the hell are you gonna love somebody else? Can I get an..."

Mon, 14 Feb 2011 07:30:13 -0600

“If you can’t love yourself, how in the hell are you gonna love somebody else? Can I get an Amen up in here?!”

- RuPaul

"Love yourself first, and everything else falls in line. You really have to love yourself to get..."

Fri, 10 Dec 2010 09:26:07 -0600

“Love yourself first, and everything else falls in line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.”

-
Lucille Ball

"Perhaps the purpose of crisis, if there is one, is not so much to break us as much as to break us..."

Wed, 03 Nov 2010 08:06:38 -0500

“Perhaps the purpose of crisis, if there is one, is not so much to break us as much as to break us open.”

- Mark Nepo, The Book of Awakening

"Designing a presentation without an audience in mind is like writing a love letter and addressing it..."

Thu, 30 Sep 2010 12:17:23 -0500

“Designing a presentation without an audience in mind is like writing a love letter and addressing it ‘to whom it may concern’.”

- Ken Haemer, AT&T Presentation Research Manaager

"It is only when we have the courage to face things exactly as they are, without any self-deception..."

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:06:21 -0500

“It is only when we have the courage to face things exactly as they are, without any self-deception or illusion, that a light will develop out of events, by which the path to success may be recognized.”

- I Ching via Debbie Ford’s The Shadow Effect

"In every space opened when what we want gets away, a deeper place is cleared in which the mysteries..."

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 07:44:25 -0500

“In every space opened when what we want gets away, a deeper place is cleared in which the mysteries can sing. If we can only survive the pain of being emptied, we might yet know the joy of being sung through. Strangely and beautifully, each soul is a living flute being carved by life on Earth to sing deeper and deeper song.”

- Mark Nepo

"In every space opened when what we want gets away, a deeper place is cleared in which the mysteries..."

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 07:40:48 -0500

Love this song and especially this version. Its message about...

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:59:49 -0500

Love this song and especially this version. Its message about each of us carrying the collective within us is one of my favorites.

asitbreaks:

Eternity - Live at BETA TV

Many thanks to the wonderful people at BETA Records for allowing me and my friends, drummer Jon Powers and guitarist, Dave Preston, to come down to their L.A. studios to perform this live version of Eternity.

"Transformation always involves the falling away of things we have relied on, and we are left with a..."

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 07:17:10 -0500

“Transformation always involves the falling away of things we have relied on, and we are left with a feeling that the world as we know it is coming to an end, because it is.”

- Mark Nepo, The Book of Awakening

My Status Update in Lyrics

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 08:57:47 -0500

There ain’t a thing that could change my mind There ain’t a thing that could change my mind Let the tower fall I’ll play the fool and leave everything behind There ain’t a thing that can change my mind

Cause we’re looking for a way to make it better Looking for a way to change the weather, Whether you or I survive tonight I promise you that I will love you like we’re gonna live forever

Matt Morris, “Live Forever”

asitbreaks: A MESSAGE ABOUT EQUALITY For the past several...

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 11:00:40 -0500

asitbreaks:

A MESSAGE ABOUT EQUALITY

For the past several weeks, there has been a promotional video running hourly in Best Buy’s across the country showcasing my album, When Everything Breaks Open. The exposure has been tremendous. I’ve had the pleasure of meeting a number of Best Buy employees, and they’ve all been extremely kind and supportive of my music.

I first posted this video on Saturday night, the 31st of July. And the very next day, I learned from one of my Twitter followers that The Human Rights Campaign, or HRC, issued on Sunday, August 1st a full-page ad in the Sunday Star-Tribune - a Minnesota Newspaper - calling on Best Buy, and Target, to stop making contributions to the political action committee, MN Forward, a group who supports candidates who oppose equality for LGBT people.

I took the video down. And I did that so that I could amend it with this message.

If you haven’t bought a copy of my CD, go into Best Buy and pick one up. While you’re there, drop of a copy of HRC’s open letter, and in a kind and respectful way do your part in encouraging your community’s businesses to support the equality of all citizens.

Thanks.

"Most people limit their lives by censoring their desires. Don’t censor them: allow yourself to..."

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 12:45:10 -0500

“Most people limit their lives by censoring their desires. Don’t censor them: allow yourself to own what it is you really want. The desire is telling you something. If the desire is appropriate, your owning it paves a path for its manifestation. If not, owning it is also necessary so you can surrender it for transformation. Live in the excitement of being pregnant with the life you truly want.”

- Marianne Williamson

"It is said that Merlin, when training young Arthur in the woods of Camelot, told him that the only..."

Sat, 17 Jul 2010 11:26:01 -0500

“It is said that Merlin, when training young Arthur in the woods of Camelot, told him that the only difference between magicians and the rest of us is that magicians accept that our will is but a dream.”

- Mark Nepo

"Who sees all beings in his own Self and his own Self in all beings, loses all fear."

Sun, 11 Jul 2010 07:48:12 -0500

“Who sees all beings in his own Self and his own Self in all beings, loses all fear.”

- The Isa Upanishad

"One has just to be oneself. That’s my basic message. The moment you accept yourself as you..."

Sat, 10 Jul 2010 11:22:06 -0500

“

One has just to be oneself. That’s my basic message. The moment you accept yourself as you are, all burdens, all mountains simply disappear.

Then life is a sheer joy, a festival of lights.

”

- Osho

"I’m having a private party Ain’t no body here but me, my angels, and my guitar..."

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 22:44:05 -0500

“I’m having a private party Ain’t no body here but me, my angels, and my guitar singin’ baby look how far we’ve come here I’m havin’ a private party Learning how to love me Celebrating the person I’ve become.”

- India.Arie

"I’m learning, pain by pain and tension by tension, that after all my strategies fail, the..."

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 07:26:02 -0500

“I’m learning, pain by pain and tension by tension, that after all my strategies fail, the strength of love waits in receiving and not negotiating; in accepting each other and not problem solving each other; in listening and affirming each other, not trying to change or fix those we love.”

- Mark Nepo, The Book of Awakening