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- Romantic Relationships: When the One You Love Disappoints You - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2011 from David Robert OrdDaily Insight from the Story of The Little Prince When someone comes into our awareness in a dream, they usually aren’t quite the same as the person we actually know in everyday life (presuming they are someone we know at all). In our dream we are creating the characters as a reflection of ...
Views: 3128 - What "Do You Love Me?" Really Means - The Little Prince Series - by Submitted on Sep 07, 2010 from David Robert OrdWhen someone says, “I love you,” it really means, “Do you love me?” What I’ve just shared with you is a quite profound statement from a movie set in Dublin, Ireland, in which the complexity of romantic love is portrayed. Long ago the German playwright Goethe, author of the play Faust, ...
Views: 2755(4 votes) - When Life Seems to Be Against You, It's Actually Working for You! - by Submitted on Dec 14, 2010 from David Robert OrdDaily Insight from the Story of The Little Prince It’s easy when situations become painful to imagine that our life is going all wrong. But there has long been a mystical sense among humans all over the world that the divine Presence that pervades everything is the only reality there is. ...
Views: 2528 - How Can We Love If We Don't Like Ourselves? - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2010 from David Robert OrdNo matter what our spiritual bent—and even if we have no form of "spirituality" as such, but are atheistic and subscribe to a humanistic view of human beings—few of us would disagree with the idea that we ought to love others. The idea of loving each other is pretty universal. Yet when you ...
Views: 2354(1 vote) - Romantic Relationships: How Initial Attraction Can Turn into Real Love - by Submitted on Jan 03, 2011 from David Robert OrdDaily Insight from the Story of The Little Prince When we feel a strong affection for someone, there is invariably an element of fantasy in this affection. If we are on a path to becoming a spiritually conscious individual, it's possible we will become aware of this element of ...
Views: 2187 - How to Shift into Higher Consciousness - by Submitted on Oct 24, 2010 from David Robert OrdDaily Insight from the Story of the Little Prince When it comes to becoming present in our life, I find so many people want some kind of "magical" event to happen that will catapult them into a new state of being. The reality is that for few does the ability to be present throughout their ...
Views: 2081 - How to Be Yourself in a Workplace of Giant Egos - by Submitted on May 07, 2011 from David Robert OrdHow can you be who you really are in a corporate, government, or nonprofit workplace when you are around giant egos that challenge you and seek to control you and get the better of you day in and day out? An interesting article was sent to me recently entitled "A bigger ego is the only way to ...
Views: 2040 - Do You Lose Yourself in Relationships? - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2010 from David Robert OrdIn the movie Eat, Pray, Love Elizabeth Gilbert is portrayed as someone who has a tendency to distance herself from real intimacy in a romantic relationship because she’s afraid she will dive in so deeply that she all but disappears. It’s a tendency many of us have in common with her. Why ...
Views: 1859 - When Jesus "Flew Up into the Sky" - by Submitted on Oct 12, 2010 from David Robert OrdMillions think that Jesus literally flew up into the sky to God, who was working things like a puppet master from a place somewhere up there called heaven. They get the idea from the Gospel of Luke and its second volume, the Book of Acts. Both are actually one single work in two volumes, which ...
Views: 1842 - Why Relationships Are Often So Disappointing - The Little Prince Series - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2011 from David Robert OrdDaily Insight from the Story of The Little Prince Whenever we experience a chronic difficulty relating to another person, it's a mirror of unresolved issues within ourselves. If we fight with another person, it reflects the fact we are fighting with ourselves internally. The issue here ...
Views: 1700 - Society's Conditioning: Why Do We Develop an Ego in the First Place? - The Little Prince Series - by Submitted on Jan 17, 2011 from David Robert OrdDaily Insight from the Story of The Little Prince Have you ever considered just how much energy, whether mental, emotional, or physical, you put into trying to impress other people? I grew up with my entire self-concept oriented to what others wanted me to be. I so wanted the approval of ...
Views: 1676 - Is It Really More Blessed to Give than to Receive? - by Submitted on Dec 06, 2010 from David Robert OrdDaily Spiritual Insight from the Story of The Little Prince “He’s got more presents than me!” Jimmy yells when, on Christmas morning, he discovers that his brother Tim has two extra packages beneath the Christmas tree. “That’s because I’m Santa’s favorite,” Tim taunts. “He always gives me ...
Views: 1647 - The Joy of Santa: Does Claus-trophobia Rule Your Life - by Submitted on Jan 03, 2011 from David Robert OrdYou know what claustrophobia is, don't you? It's the fear that Santa Claus will get stuck in your chimney. There's another kind of claus-trophobia, and that's the fear of "being" Santa. Santa may well be the most universal symbol in western culture. Why does Santa have such ...
Views: 1614 - The Real Meaning of Bread and Wine - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2010 from David Robert OrdThe bread and wine served at the Mass, the Lord’s Supper, the Eucharist, or Communion—whichever your tradition calls this occasion—started out not as isolated elements of bread and wine, as they are in churches today, but as essential parts of a normal dinner. As the followers of Jesus spread ...
Views: 1578 - Myth of the French as Great Lovers Exploded by Poll - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2010 from David Robert OrdHow deeply connected are your relationships—all kinds of relationships, but especially romantic ones? How exciting is your connection with those you are close to, particularly your romantic partner if you have one? We think of the French as great lovers, the British as not so great. But ...
Views: 1511(1 vote) - Recapturing Our Joy - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2010 from David Robert OrdLaura was drowning in self-pity. After Dan called off their relationship, she began driving by his home in the hope of catching a glimpse of him. She also phoned when she knew he was out, just to hear his voice on the answering machine. She told herself she wanted to feel close to him, but all ...
Views: 1511(1 vote) - Why It's Difficult to Stay Present in Difficult Times - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2010 from David Robert OrdWhen we most need the ability to stay present is when we are are going through a difficult time. Yet this is precisely when many of us find it the hardest to stay present! Lots of people who have been on a spiritual path for years are even struggling right now. The economic downturn has ...
Views: 1504 - Do You REALLY Have an "Inner Child?" - by Submitted on Oct 26, 2010 from David Robert Ord“It’s really quite shocking now that I see it. Here I am, a grown woman, behaving like a lost little child.” “The way you phrased what you just said is important,” I responded. “You’ve been acting as though you were a child. But you’re not a child.” “No, I’m a mother with three children of ...
Views: 1467(1 vote) - Why God Notices You - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2010 from David Robert OrdIt’s so easy for us humans to get bogged down in the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves, which are mostly not good stories. Our mental chatter goes round and round about how inadequate we are, how much we mess up, how we aren’t as good as someone else is, how we ought to be better, ...
Views: 1443 - Crucifixion: a Symbol of What We Do to Ourselves - by Submitted on May 07, 2011 from David Robert OrdThere are people who think we ought to get rid of all talk about the crucifixion of Jesus in the 21st century—that it is a negative, unhelpful, even harmful image. Those who have moved away from Christianity point to how Christendom has even taught people to crucify themselves, put themselves ...
Views: 1409 - How on Earth Did We Get Here? - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2010 from David Robert OrdIf there’s a God, why doesn’t this God just appear on television and spell out how we came into being and why we’re here? It would seem a simple enough miracle for the kind of being most imagine God to be. Are we the product of seven days of creation, as millions believe? Or, as Richard ...
Views: 1374(1 vote) - Do Truly Spiritual People Ever Feel Really Sad? - by Submitted on Nov 18, 2010 from David Robert OrdIf you are a truly spiritual person, should you ever feel really sad? Well, the Little Prince, who represents our inner being, felt very sad. In fact we will find as we proceed through the Little Prince’s story that he experienced the full range of emotion—including emotions that it’s often ...
Views: 1346 - You Can't Please Someone by Shaping Your Own Life the Way They Want You to Be - by Submitted on Feb 11, 2011 from David Robert OrdSpiritual Insight from the Story of The Little Prince For many of the earlier years of my life, whenever I had a decision to make about what I ought to do with my life, I sought the input of others. Often I’d discuss and discuss the pros and cons of the various paths that lay before me, ...
Views: 1344(1 vote) - Who Determines the Course of Your Life? - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2010 from David Robert OrdTo live a self-determined life is the essence of consciousness. A self-determined life is fundamentally different from a life that’s determined by our ego. When the ego is in charge of running our life, we only have an illusion of determining our life, not the actual experience of doing ...
Views: 1335 - Achieving Fulfillment: How to Live Life Beyond "Having a Nice Day" - by Submitted on Jan 03, 2011 from David Robert OrdDaily Spiritual Insight from the Story of The Little Prince Everybody is seeking fulfillment. But how do you achieve fulfillment? A great many people live at a surface level, seeking to be entertained in life, to have fun, to "have a nice day,” hoping to experience fulfillment. But they ...
Views: 1330 - Why God Notices You - by Submitted on Oct 25, 2010 from David Robert OrdIt’s so easy for us humans to get bogged down in the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves, which are mostly not good stories. Our mental chatter goes round and round about how inadequate we are, how much we mess up, how we aren’t as good as someone else is, how we ought to be better, ...
Views: 1326 - A Royal Romance Is Announced - by Submitted on Nov 16, 2010 from David Robert OrdDaily Insight from the Story of The Little Prince The announcement from Clarence House in London, city home of Prince Charles, of the engagement of Prince William, eldest son of Prince Charles and Princess Diana, to Ms. Kate Middleton has already captured the attention of much of the ...
Views: 1294 - Giving Thanks When All Is Not Well - by Submitted on Nov 21, 2010 from David Robert OrdIn the northern hemisphere, the harvest is in, winter is upon us, Canada has already celebrated, Britain too, and this week it is the turn of people in the United States to gather to give thanks. A question: What does it mean to give thanks when everything "goes wrong"? Are we supposed to ...
Views: 1284 - Authentic Gift Giving Is An Expression of Who You Are - by Submitted on Dec 05, 2010 from David Robert OrdDaily Spiritual Insight from the Story of The Little Prince “I just don’t know what to get him,” Cathy, forty-two, confided in her twin sister as she tried to decide on a Christmas gift for their father. “He always says he has everything he wants.” Amy chuckled. “Just the other day I was ...
Views: 1280 - Have You Discovered the Power in the NOW? - by Submitted on Oct 07, 2010 from David Robert OrdYou have no doubt heard of the “law of attraction.” Literally millions of people are trying to attract to themselves things they want, especially greater financial prosperity. The books that teach these concepts have been a phenomenal publishing success, but that some are concluding isn’t ...
Views: 1260 - How You Can Begin to Feel Really Good about Yourself? - by Submitted on Nov 12, 2010 from David Robert OrdLearning to be present in my life—to simply enjoy this moment, right now, with no thought of the next moment—didn’t happen quickly for me. So if you are discouraged by your own progress, take heart. I can tell you that today I dwell each and every moment in the now, experiencing an enduring ...
Views: 1259 - An Insight about Christmas that Will Change Your Life Forever - by Submitted on Dec 22, 2010 from David Robert OrdDaily Spiritual Insight from the Story of The Little Prince The Little Prince is going to trigger a massive change in the life of the pilot who has crashed in the desert. He will accompany the pilot on an inner journey that will totally transform how he understands himself, how he feels about ...
Views: 1251 - A Different Focus for the Bread and Wine - by Submitted on Oct 21, 2010 from David Robert OrdWriting to the Corinthians, St. Paul corrected the way they were participating in what we today know, depending on our particular tradition, as the Mass, Eucharist, Communion, or the Lord’s Supper. “When the time comes to eat, each of you goes ahead with your own supper, and one goes hungry ...
Views: 1239 - When Those Close to Us Don't Agree - by Submitted on Nov 15, 2010 from David Robert OrdWhat do you do when you love more than one person in your life, but they are at odds with each other, and you find yourself torn between them? It's a pretty common scenario. For one reason or another, a daughter or son doesn't approve of who you, as a divorced person, are dating. A mother or ...
Views: 1237 - Getting Caught Out in an Untruth - by Submitted on Feb 04, 2011 from David Robert OrdDaily Insight from the Story of The Little Prince Whenever we are caught out, such as being found making an egoic statement we can’t back up, we have a tendency to deflect the fact we've been caught out onto the person who caught us. Until we are firmly grounded in consciousness, the state ...
Views: 1233 - If You Feel Tired All the Time, Take a Look at What Motivates You to Do the Things You Do - by Submitted on Feb 04, 2011 from David Robert OrdSpiritual Insight from the Story of The Little Prince Where does your motivation come from? You hear people urging, “Get motivated!” And there are all kinds of tricks you can use to develop a degree of motivation. The Little Prince’s visit to the fifth planet and his talk with the ...
Views: 1229(1 vote) - Come Fully Alive By Learning to Die to Your Ego Daily - by Submitted on May 07, 2011 from David Robert OrdSpiritual Insight from Eckhart Tolle's Stillness Speaks In the British television soap EastEnders, an elderly character called Dot says that at lonely times in life, she always had herself, so that she was never totally lonely. Her concern about the fact she’s aging is: what if she loses ...
Views: 1218 - A Lesson from South Korea - by Submitted on Nov 30, 2010 from David Robert OrdDaily Spiritual Insight from Eckhart Tolle's Stillness Speaks How calm, present, and non-anxious can you stay in a life-threatening crisis? A BBC News report from John Sudworth in Seoul, South Korea, says that the recent skirmish between North and South Korea “is of a different order” from ...
Views: 1202 - Trying to Imagine God - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2010 from David Robert OrdDaily Spiritual Insight from the Story of The Little Prince The way millions upon millions, in fact more likely billions, picture God isn’t really very different from the king the Little Prince encounters on the first planet he visits. If I had to sit on a throne all day—and for all ...
Views: 1200 - Are You Truly Being You, or Living from Childhood Brain Patterns? - by Submitted on Feb 04, 2011 from David Robert OrdSpiritual Insight from the Story of The Little Prince Have you ever considered how much of what we do in life is the result of the way we have been programmed while growing up? We in so many ways act out brain patterns that weren’t of our making. We just picked them up from family, school, ...
Views: 1193(1 vote) - In the Spirit of the Season: How to Access Your Inner Holiday Cheer - by Submitted on Jan 03, 2011 from David Robert OrdAfter an hour delay waiting for the plane to arrive in San Francisco, the anxious passengers rushing off to celebrate Christmas with their families finally boarded the crowded 747 for Chicago. Shortly after the push back the captain announced on the PA, "I'm sorry ladies and gentleman, we ...
Views: 1159 - A Universe on a Journey - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2010 from David Robert OrdFrom the minute to the mammoth, order emerges spontaneously in the Universe. The natural state of things is to pull everything toward patterns. It works a lot like a magnetic field. If you put a magnet under a glass table and move it around, iron filings scattered on top of the glass line up ...
Views: 1158(2 votes) - Coping with the Demands of Seasonal Giving - by Submitted on Dec 05, 2010 from David Robert OrdDaily Spiritual Insight from the Story of The Little Prince It isn’t only children who expect gifts for the holiday season. Adults want to be catered to also and can be just as demanding as children. The issue when we have expectations of gifts of a particular nature, significance, or ...
Views: 1151 - Why the Pursuit of Happiness Never Works for Long - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2010 from David Robert OrdHow happy are you in your everyday life? In the television miniseries The Impressionists, which is fascinating viewing, someone comments about one of the artists that he sounds happy. The other responds that he doesn’t think happy is on his palette. How about you—is happy on your ...
Views: 1145 - A Peaceful Passage Through the Holidays - by Submitted on Nov 22, 2010 from David Robert OrdWhat I want to introduce today is a practice that any two or more people can use. But for the sake of clarity, I will set it in the context of a couple. I learned this from Michael Brown, the author of the Namaste books The Presence Process and Alchemy of the Heart. It is a simple but ...
Views: 1139(2 votes) - Trust Is the Transforming Factor - by Submitted on Nov 02, 2010 from David Robert OrdWhen it comes to personal growth, at the very time life feels most threatening—as if it’s perhaps even about to sink our ship—instead of seeing it as our enemy, we need to trust it. It may seem crazy, but I have seen over the years how there is an incredible wisdom in the way life has brought ...
Views: 1139 - Do You Think You Really Matter? - by Submitted on Nov 26, 2010 from David Robert OrdDaily Insight from the Story of The Little Prince How greatly do you suppose the world, the country you live in, or even your local community values you? We like to live in the illusion that we are important to others, perhaps even almost indispensable. The other evening I watched a ...
Views: 1135 - There's a Well of Joy in the Center of Your Desert of Despair - The Little Prince Series - by Submitted on May 12, 2011 from David Robert OrdSpiritual Insight from the Story of The Little Prince What is the purpose of the “crash in the desert” that seems to have to happen in our life if we are ever to enter into the bliss that Eckhart Tolle describes in his books? I’m talking about the abiding peace and exhilarating joy that ...
Views: 1121 - Are You a Spiritual Seeker? Here's Why You Might Not Want to Be if You Ever Hope to Be Truly Spiritual! - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2011 from David Robert OrdDaily Spiritual Insight from Eckhart Tolle's Stillness Speaks When people say, “You have to go inside yourself to find out who you are,” which is something you hear often, the mind has a way of playing tricks on us. It leads us to believe there’s some objective “me” that we’ll find if we ...
Views: 1119 - When Life Throws You a Curve, Is that Okay with You? - by Submitted on Nov 09, 2010 from David Robert OrdDaily Spiritual Insight from the Story of The Little Prince How we see reality has to do with our beliefs. If you hold one set of beliefs, you will interpret what happens to you in a very different way than someone who holds an opposing set of beliefs. However, at a deeper level our ...
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