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Persistence - The story of the bamboo

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

Tag:bamboo, perseverence, persistence, persistentOne day I decided to quit…
I quit my job, my relationship, my spirituality…
I wanted to quit my life.
I went to the woods to have one last talk with God.
‘God’, I asked, ‘Can you give me one good reason not to quit?’      
                     
His answer surprised me…                        
     
‘Look around’, He said. ‘Do you see […]

The Secret Lessons for Christians

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

Tag:commandments, good, law of attraction, law of love, ten, the secretOne principle of the Secret, also known as the Law of Attraction, is that we should attract the good and not the bad. Basically this means focus on the good and not the bad.
For Christians and for practitioners of many of other religions, we are […]

The 10 Commandments ala The Law of Attraction

Saturday, August 9th, 2008

Tag:law of attraction, like attracts like, positive, ten commandments, the secretThe Secret or the Law of Attraction teaches that like attracts like. This means that if we something good then we must use positive language to express our desires or wishes rather than negative language.
Hence, if we want to improve our relationship with our spouse, […]

The Secret - Compatible with Christian Teaching? #3

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

Tag:catholic, mind, power, the secretThe Secret teaches that our Mind is an extremely powerful object. Merely by forming mental images in our mind we can manifest objects physically.
Sounds like new age thinking? On the contrary it’s more aligned to the Bible - the Old Testament specifically. In Genesis, God says that He made humankind in […]

The Secret - Compatible with Christian Teaching? #2

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

Tag:bible, book, catholic, jesus, law of attraction, love, movie, the secretWhat is The Secret? The Secret is the Law of Attraction. The Law of Attraction is also known as the Law of Love.
Christianity is all about love. The two greatest Commandments that Jesus gave us were to love God and to love our fellow human […]

The Secret - Compatible with Christian Teaching? #1

Sunday, August 3rd, 2008

Tag:book, catholic, jesus, law of attraction, movie, the secretI have finally bought the book, The Secret authored by Rhonda Byrne. For the past one year I’ve heard of this book being bandied about and promoted by numerous personal development trainers.
Well curiousity has got the better of me. After just reading a few pages of the […]

Earth - Work in Progress

Saturday, August 2nd, 2008

Tag:earth, james sloman, nothing, perfect, worldI just completed reading a book by James Sloman titled, Nothing. It’s a book teaching us how to discover our true nature.
In chapter 24 of the book, Sloman brings up the issue of people who are attached to saving the world. Sloman says that the world doesn’t need saving as […]

The Right to Only One Child

Friday, August 1st, 2008

Tag:abundance, one child policy, scarcityCatholic Exchange published a rebuttal to Carter Dillard’s belief that we are only allowed to have only one child. Dillard is a population control proponent.
The first problem with Dillard’s proposal is that although he claims that we have the right to replace ourselves, we apparently have the right to only have […]

Balance Sheet of Life

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Tag:balance sheet, lessons, lifeOur Birth is our Opening Balance!
Our Death is our Closing Balance!
Our Prejudiced Views are our Liabilities
Our Creative Ideas are our Assets
Heart is our Current Asset
Soul is our Fixed Asset
Brain is our Fixed Deposit
Thinking is our Current Account
Achievements are our Capital
Character & Morals, our Stock-in-Trade
Friends are our General Reserves
Values & Behaviors are our […]

Jewish History Repeats Itself

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

Tag:israel, passion of the christ, samir kuntarToday I have a controversial sounding piece to write about.
Daniel Pipes has written an account of the state of Israeli politics in the Catholic Exchange. He makes a comparison of the governments since 2000 against the leadership between 1948 and 2000. The contrast is that the earlier governments were […]