http://www.theleaderinside.com Ron's Esoteric Thoughts and Ideas Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:59:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Big Picture -- Yep! Still More to Say ... “Peace comes within the souls of humans when they realize their oneness with the universe.” ~~~ Black Elk, Oglala Last week we talked about the disparities we have in our culture today compared to where we were only a ... http://www.theleaderinside.com/the-big-picture-yep-still-more-to-say.html The Big Picture -- It Continues “The truth that many people never understand, until it is too late, is that the more you try to avoid suffering the more you suffer because smaller and more insignificant things begin to torture you in proportion to your fear of being hurt” ~~~ ... http://www.theleaderinside.com/the-big-picture-it-continues.html The Big Picture -- More Thoughts "Poverty is the worst form of violence." ~~~ Mahatma Gandhi How many of you were, or are, fans of Star Trek? I know that I certainly did enjoy all those episodes of the far-out problems those folks would encounter on their voyages ... http://www.theleaderinside.com/the-big-picture-more-thoughts.html The Big Picture " In this world the wise one holds onto confidence and wisdom. Those are the greatest treasures; all other riches are pushed aside. ~~~ Buddha As I mentioned last week, for the next few issues of this blog, I'm going to write about something that has ... http://www.theleaderinside.com/the-big-picture.html Meditation -- and True Reality "The wise ones, ever meditative and steadfastly persevering, alone experience Nirvana, the incomparable freedom from bondage." ~~~ Buddha Since I already started working on this article last night, I'm going to go ahead and publish it even though I have something else on my ... http://www.theleaderinside.com/meditation-and-true-reality.html Spiritual Cinema Circle Films for June, 2008 I'm so excited about our Vol. 6 films featuring the full length film If I Never See You Again, which was the winner of 6 Ariel's (the Mexican equivalent of the Academy Awards). Remember, new members to sign up for Spiritual Cinema Circle before ... http://www.theleaderinside.com/spiritual-cinema-circle-films-for-june-2008.html "We need to teach the next generation of children from Day One that they are responsible for their lives. Mankind's greatest gift, also its greatest curse, is that we have free choice. We can make our choices built from love or from fear." ~~~ Elisabeth Kubler Ross Last ... http://www.theleaderinside.com/meditation-wake-up-to-new-choices.html “It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you're doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about." ~~~ Dale Carnegie Here's hoping that you had a great weekend. I know there were holidays in some countries, ... http://www.theleaderinside.com/meditation-you-are-happiness.html "Just as the dawn is the forerunner, the vanguard of the rising sun, so too, possession of virtue is the forerunner, the vanguard of the rising of the Noble Eightfold Path." ~~~ Buddha Last week we started our discussion about Buddhism and how it relates to meditation and ... http://www.theleaderinside.com/meditation-and-buddhism-part-two.html "There seem to two kinds of searchers: those who seek to make their ego something other than it is, i.e. holy, happy, unselfish (as though you could make a fish unfish), and those who understand that all such attempts are just gesticulation and play-acting, that there is only one ... http://www.theleaderinside.com/meditation-and-buddhism-part-one.html