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The Dance Between Knowing and Being
The psyche, the mind, the soul—these are not separate from the organism we call the body. They move as one living unit, two expressions of a single reality. When one suffers, the other contracts. When one grows, the other expands. To pretend the mind and the body can be developed separately is to misunderstand the… Read more
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Coincidences vs. Synchronicity
I read and listen to many non-fiction and spiritual works — ideas drawn from a wide range of cultures and philosophies. So naturally, I’ve come to expect the occasional coincidence: hearing or reading something strikingly similar to what I had just written or spoken about the day before. Yesterday, for instance, I wrote about the… Read more
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The Vehicle and the Source
The Flesh and the Soul My flesh belongs to the universe;my soul belongs to God—or perhaps, it is God. Think of a car. It might be a luxurious machine or a modest vehicle—something admired or something barely noticed. Yet regardless of its form, its fate is the same. At the end of its journey, it… Read more
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Self Responsibility in order to Regain Control
Self-Responsibility vs. Dependence on Others I’ve often reflected on what I call the two within — the seeming duality we live by. Yet, at the core, I believe there is only love within us. The concept of two — love and fear, light and dark, God and devil — may simply be something we’ve created… Read more
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Who Am I? Who Am I Not?
The Labels We Wear I am a father.A husband.A son.A brother.An uncle.A Christian — one among forty-five thousand denominations.A leader.A follower.A neighbor.A citizen.A human being — one among 8.7 million species on this earth. But I am not any of these labels.At least, not all the time. Not consciously. I am not a father when… Read more
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Heaven and Hell
The Two Within: Heaven and Hell We’re told that God gave us free will — yet if we fail to do what we’re told He commands, we’ll be cast into the fires of hell for eternity. Talk about an oxymoron. It’s far easier to lead through fear than through inspiration. Fear is quick and efficient.… Read more
Jimmy Perez 
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