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Inside Out or Outside In: You Choose

May 30, 2010 by Andre Best

Insights are interesting in that they can appear at any time and any place, provided one is staying open to their appearance. I had an insight appear recently when I was talking with a group of friends, and it was so impacting to me that it left me speechless and unable to effectively communicate what it was that just happened. When insights are powerful enough they have the effect of doing that, at least that is my experience.

Posted by Andre Best on May 30, 2010

Want the Perfect Relationship? Get Real.

January 31, 2010 by Andre Best

Everybody has at least one. Everyone never has enough. Everyone wants more. But how many people actually have a real one? What is it that is being riddled about? Relationships. We all have at least one relationship, the relationship with our-self, by the fact that we exist on this physical plane. We also have relationships with our parents, whether we know them or not. And we have relationships with any alive or deceased family members up our personal familial genealogical chain. We have relationships with every other related human being on this twirling orb we live on. And, of course, we also have relationships with every other living creature and inanimate object in existence on this spinning ball in space. And, let's not forget the relationships which can't be spoken about: the ones that are so personal that only we know how they make us feel.

Posted by Andre Best on January 31, 2010

Being Spiritually Bent

August 27, 2009 by Andre Best

After writing this e-rag for four years now, it has become clear to me that spirituality is important to me, even thru this venue. I didn't intend for this avenue of communication to turn out this way when I first started it in 2005. Did I start it with the intent to share so many articles on spirituality? No. Did I start this virtual tome to share what being a spiritual human means to me? No. But here it is, once again. Whether one likes it or not, it is what it has been shared to be.

Posted by Andre Best on August 27, 2009

Becoming Dad Before Father's Day

June 21, 2009 by Andre Best

Dead or alive, loving or ignoring, present or absent: we all have a father, whether we like it, or him, or not. May all of you enjoy celebrating Father's Day in whatever manner you do, or don't.

Posted by Andre Best on June 21, 2009

A Mother's Day Thank You

May 11, 2008 by Andre Best

Well, today is Mother's Day. That ubiquitous day, at least for North America, where we all give thanks to the woman who gave birth to us. At least that's what we're supposed to be doing. We're also supposed to be giving loving praise for our Mother, whether she is dead or alive, for the undeniable fact that she is half-responsible for who we are. Without her, we wouldn't exist.

Posted by Andre Best on May 11, 2008

Getting Closure on Closure

April 29, 2007 by Andre Best

Life is full of beginnings. And Endings. Sometimes the beginnings are very far spaced from the endings, but to quote that famous line out of The Matrix movie, 'everything that has a beginning, has an ending'. And when Life offers us an ending, we have to go through the process of closure. Completion. Letting go. Ending. Why? Well, for the most part, it's not healthy to continue to hang onto aspects of our lives that are meant to have an ending, a finish. Experiences are brought into our life so that we may experience them and then let them go.

Posted by Andre Best on April 29, 2007 | Comments (1)

Relationship Advice: Go Deep

December 18, 2006 by Andre Best

Have you ever paid particular attention, usually retrospectively, to the usually at first hidden fact that the inside of a person is not in sync with how they look on the outside? Sounds pretty basic, but it isn't. I'm reminded of the movie 'Shallow Hal' wherein the main character is put under a mental trance by the real Anthony Robbins (the internationally famous motivational guru). This character, Hal, is led to only see the inner 'person' and to have this inner person manifest itself as an external image of the person, to him and no one else. Hal ends up seeing people who are not particularly physically attractive become incredibly attractive and the opposite occurs as well.

Posted by Andre Best on December 18, 2006