Carrying Extra Baggage Recently at the grocery store I was in the express line and the womyn near me in the next line had a bundle of items in her […]
Read morePunishment Is Not Effective If Our Goal Is To Inspire Deep Qualities
Embracing a New Way of Parenting Teaching good behaviour, caring behaviour and loving behaviour through punishment is such a profound contradiction. I look forward to the day that we all […]
Read moreSome Vivek Style Relationship Advice for the New Wife and Husband
My Neice is getting married tomorrow. Here is the letter I sent her and her new husband. Sharing some of my ideas for an enduring relationship. Be A Mirror Reflect […]
Read morePreacher Boy to the Rescue!
Vivek The Travelling Monk About 20 years ago I had nicknamed myself “preacher boy” Because I roamed around the country preaching my style of Spirituality to anyone who would listen. […]
Read moreCelebrate Being Wrong
Be Open To Change Perhaps if someone can argue long enough they can convince themselves of the ‘truth’ they want to believe in. Instead of engaging in an open minded […]
Read moreRespect For Authority Vs Fear Of Authority
There is a difference between respect for authority and fear of authority. This difference is very important to understand both as an individual and as a parent. Fear as a […]
Read moreThere Is Divinity In The Young
There Is Divinity In The Young They haven’t made the transition completely from where we came from to this crazy place we call normal. So they still have residue of […]
Read moreSugar is meant to be played with – part 2 – I forgot the picture!
Hello friends, Yesterday I wrote about making sugar art on the table at the pizza place. It was a way for me to express the play that another child was […]
Read moreSugar Is Meant To Be Played With, Not Eaten – or – We Teach More By Who We Are Than What We Say
Where did we get the idea that it is our responsibility as parents to program the minds of our children through lectures, punishment, guilt and other coercive techniques? Collaborative Learning […]
Read moreSee The One Within The Many
Water, Fire, Earth, Plants, Stars… and Me sitting in the middle of it all. Hands folded Offering a silent prayer of gratitude to have been included in this drama of […]
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