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- Is Too Much Testosterone a Terminal Illness? - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2007 from Steve RyalsSo here we are in the twenty-first century. Sounds like a long time, doesn’t it? So much has happened. Certainly times and experiences have waxed and waned. So many families, children, laughter, terrified screams, unutterable joy, unimaginable savagery. And we now know of at least sixty ...
Views: 1597 - A Weeping Man - by Submitted on May 29, 2007 from Steve RyalsPresident Harry Truman said that, "a weeping man is an abomination." Truman was president from the close of World War II into the early 50s. I saw this quote just the other day, and was reminded of my grandfather, Oren Ryals. Oren was my father's father, and when I was a boy I idolized him. He ...
Views: 2125 - Creating a "To Be" List - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2007 from Steve RyalsLike many people today, I have “to do” lists that I often seem to measure by the foot. Sometimes I measure a successful day not by how many tasks I accomplish, or even how good a job I do in completing these tasks. Rather, I measure success by how many inches I knock off the list. I ...
Views: 770 - Don't Go Back to Sleep - by Submitted on May 27, 2007 from Steve RyalsRumi, the legendary Sufi mystic and luminous poet from the 13th century, famously advised, "Don't go back to sleep." He was referring to the idea that most of us, most of the time, are essentially sleep-walking through life. We're "asleep at the wheel" whenever we're allowing our old, ...
Views: 1395 - Feeling is Healing - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2007 from Steve RyalsFrom my perspective, our emotional wounds don't live in our minds. So healing our minds, as Dr. Eve Woods teaches on her show Healing Your Mind, Body, and Spirit, from September 19, 2006 titled "Rewrite Your Internal Script," does not actually get at the core issue. I find this idea - that ...
Views: 3267 - Hugs are Healing - by Submitted on May 26, 2007 from Steve RyalsIt is clear that safe, caring physical touch is as important to our health as food, air or water. It's been amply demonstrated that newborns deprived of nurturing touch can actually die, even if their other physical needs are met. Sadly, in our culture physical touch, particularly in the form of ...
Views: 1155 - Is God Real? - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2007 from Steve RyalsIn a recent Newsweek (4-9-07), avowed atheist and best-selling author Sam Harris squares off with Rick Warren, pastor of the Saddleback Church in Orange County, CA and author of the world-wide best-seller The Purpose-Driven Life, in a piece titled "Religion: Is God Real?" I found it to be ...
Views: 1048 - Pain is Inevitable--Suffering is Optional - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2007 from Steve RyalsOn a recent walk I had a remarkable opportunity to experience a deeper level of the truth behind the phrase, “pain is inevitable – suffering is optional.” As I headed out on a warm summer afternoon, a steady breeze kept the temperature from becoming unbearable. About half way ...
Views: 1195 - Trust - by Submitted on Sep 05, 2007 from Steve RyalsLearning to trust continues to be one of the most challenging spiritual practices of my life. A long time ago, when I was a boy, I clearly remember making the choice to trust people I met. When I was young, friends seemed rare and precious. I felt fortunate to be able to call even one person a ...
Views: 839 - We Are Pure Energy - by Submitted on May 26, 2007 from Steve RyalsQuantum physics clearly demonstrates that energy, in one form or another, constitutes the most fundamental building blocks of the universe. To be even more precise, these building blocks, called quarks, or quanta, are actually the potential for a particular frequency, or state, or amount of ...
Views: 2343 - What if Peace Broke Out? - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2007 from Steve RyalsI recently realized that I have a story (yes, I have lots of them, even though I've written at some length about letting go of our stories so that we may more fully embrace our spirituality). This particular story says that in order to be "spiritual" I need to stay above the fray of messy human ...
Views: 778 - With Enough Love - by Submitted on Oct 21, 2007 from Steve RyalsWith enough love, anything can be healed. It's easy enough to say, but how does it work in the real world? People such as Victor Frankel, who wrote Man's Search for Meaning, the now classic treatise on the subject, chronicled how, with a enough love, even years spent in a concentration camp ...
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