The Way It Is: How to Avoid Good Health

When we left off last month, BOB was playing infinite “Whack-a-Mole” with our thoughts, bopping each one with a “YES” when it pops up. There’s more to it, of course, get the whole story at www.spiritwithasmile.com. Since all us moles…

Without Gratitude You’ve Probably Got a Bad Attitude!

Everyone has something to be grateful for. Whether it is clothes on your back, food on your plate, family, your job, your car, your health, your divorce, the death of someone who is suffering, friends, or your pet, there is something to be thankful for. Often the things that we judge to be bad are simply events we are not enjoying in the moment – without any regard for the blessing that change can bring in the long run.

The 100th Monkey: Creating a Shift

In the book The 100th Monkey Ken Keyes, Jr. tells the story of a scientific research study on monkeys that supports the notion that quantum shifts can occur when a population reaches a “critical mass.” This phenomenon is often referred…

Make the Shift to a Bigger Mind

Why is our society fascinated with people who have a “big” life? Headlines in every supermarket line shriek about the lives of entertainers, royalty, and the privileged as though our own lives aren’t quite good enough. While I’m deeply concerned…

Atomic Contrast

I was invited to present a seminar in Hiroshima, Japan, the city devastated by the atomic bomb in 1945. As I approached the city’s train station via the bullet train, I felt uneasy, wondering if the psychic shadow of the…

The Way It Is: Watch Your Mouth

There’s more to it, of course, get the whole story at www.spiritwithasmile.com. Now for the good news: It’s a Power, It’s real, and you can use It. Like It or not, right now BOB looks out through your eyes, feels…

Optimism vs. Pessimism: Is your cup half full?

There is something about a birthday that causes me to become reflective. I have been writing this column for many years now and it seems as if June’s installment is always slanted toward something that is on my mind due…

Mike Dooley: 21 Ways to Live Your Dreams

You are here on this earth to thrive and live your dreams. The key is to first understand the mechanics of reality and then choose to take charge of your life. This means being aware of your thoughts, words, and…

The Way It Is: The Hero Mindset

Previous columns introduced the concept of BOB, the Being Of Bliss—The impersonal Intelligence, Love, and Substance out of which It creates everything. We are expressions of BOB, and It experiences life through each of us with the single operational tenet,…

The Way It Is: Attachment

There’s more to it, of course, get the whole story at www.spiritwithasmile.com. Meanwhile, BOB enjoys Its latest creation, people, where It experiences a variety of dramas and emotions through them on their way back to Love, BOB’s essence. Since they…