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This Is What Is
October 22, 2011 by Andre Best
When the stepping back from what currently is occurs one is able to see what is truly present in the moment, not just what has been created. More, what is being allowed to be seen. That is, what is. This is what is.Posted by Andre Best on October 22, 2011 | Comments (0)
A Question Not Answered
August 29, 2011 by Andre Best
A friend asked me a question, and I answered the best I could. Q: "What is it when we want to be just mortal?" Why are "feelings" just ego? A: .....Posted by Andre Best on August 29, 2011 | Comments (0)
The Real Fear Factor
October 30, 2010 by Andre Best
Fear is one of my favorite friends. Fear is one of my favorite feelings. I also think that fear is one of almost everybody's favorite feelings, whether they know it or not. Fear is an amazing driving force in life. Some say that we have this innate fear from the second we were released from the cocoon of our mother's womb. Some say that we live our entire lives living with fear as our friend, without knowing it to be present. Think about the fear in your life. Okay, let's not make this personal. Yet.Posted by Andre Best on October 30, 2010
To Be or Not to Be
August 31, 2010 by Andre Best
That is the question. Well, actually, the rhetorical question that most of us are more familiar with is To Be or Not To be. That is the question. Right? I found myself rephrasing this age-old Shakespearean quote a few days ago when I was in the midst of some inner-looking type of work involving this entire topic of the 'I'. It might be necessary to start off with saying that I'm not purporting to discuss the 'I' type of I that we're all used to. I'm taking about the 'I' of existence.Posted by Andre Best on August 31, 2010
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
Who Said Life Is Fair?
March 28, 2010 by Andre Best
Sometimes life isn't fair is it? Sometimes one can do everything within their power to make a situation fair and decent and yet that doesn't amount to anything, in the end. The situation, and the outcome still turns out to the same undesired end. It's not fair when life doesn't work out in the end the way we want it to, is it?Posted by Andre Best on March 28, 2010
Oh, Never Mind
October 29, 2009 by Andre Best
At times it really amazes me how the mind can pick one up and carry one away with no thought as to what is actually being done to the holder of the mind itself. It's as if it has a mind of it's own, which it does. But, let me ask you: Would you bite the hand that feeds you? I surmise not.Posted by Andre Best on October 29, 2009
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
A Conversation with Consciousness
February 10, 2009 by Andre Best
There has been a fair share of books written in recent years about peoples' experiences with having conversations with God/Truth/Reality. If I were to be so blessed so as to have my own Conversation with Consciousness this is what the first of many inquiries, on my part, and answers, on the part of God/Truth/Reality, would include:Posted by Andre Best on February 10, 2009 | Comments (2)
Andre On: Being Spiritual
December 20, 2008 by Andre Best
Spirituality is quickly becoming an overused New Age word and a bastardized description of what is truly a glorious manner with which to be in relation to existence. That's too bad, as the dilution of this spiritual leaning that more and more people are having is truly something to behold at times.Posted by Andre Best on December 20, 2008
Making Meaninglessness Meaningful
October 11, 2008 by Andre Best
Life boils down to nothing. It has no purpose and it has no meaning in and of itself. It is what we make it though. Nothing more, nothing less. It's not about what we are doing with ourselves and our Self's. Rather, it's how we do what we're doing with ourselves that matters. That's what brings the meaning in to life and nothing else.Posted by Andre Best on October 11, 2008
Crying Over Spilled Milk
June 7, 2008 by Andre Best
Have you ever spilled milk? Really. The actual stuff. Milk. Have you ever spilled milk? It could be that some flopped over the edge of the glass you were holding it in. Or it could be that the entire milk jug inexplicably slipped out of your hand as you were carrying the carton across the kitchen to put it back in the refrigerator. And then it happened.Posted by Andre Best on June 7, 2008
An Article About Nothing
April 30, 2008 by Andre Best
Ever watch that old Seinfeld television show which ran for many years and essentially was about nothing? Well, this article is going to be the same. I know some of you might be thinking to yourself, 'Hey, André, what's the change from your usual ramblings?' But, again, I hope to be different with this article. You see, sometimes a person needs downtime, that is, time when they don't need to do anything in particular. Time to be quiet. Time to reflect. Time to shut down the ever-present activities of the mind, which usually starts the moment we wake up each day and our mind 'boots up' with us.Posted by Andre Best on April 30, 2008
Silence, Please
August 23, 2007 by Andre Best
Ever notice how hard it is to be in silence, or to live in silence? It's not easy to sit in quiet is it? The silence makes our ears ring. It haunts us with voices that seem to suddenly arise taunting us to do things that we all of a sudden 'need' to do. Interesting beast, the silence, isn't it? But think how much of our existence we actually don't live in silence. The vast majority of us will do our damndest to not be in silence, to not invite it into our day and our time on this earth. This short time.Posted by Andre Best on August 23, 2007 | Comments (1)
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)
The Art of Letting Go
January 15, 2007 by Andre Best
With my own recent series of unfortunate Life events under my belt, or behind me, depending on perception, I have a much clearer insight into the art of letting go. And I know firsthand that letting go is possible. What is letting go? And why is it even of concern to anyone in their right mind? Well, with consideration of the selling of several hundred thousand books under the title of The Secret of Letting Go, author Guy Finley had something to write about this topic in the early 1990's. And people were listening.Posted by Andre Best on January 15, 2007 | Comments (1)
A Change of Heart
December 1, 2006 by Andre Best
Life is such a brutal foe at times. It's amazing that any of us make it through the times that are thrown at us throughout our forced journey through existence. But this is not to say that everyone handles these battles in the same way, nor even that everyone comes through the battle unscathed. Or alive. Life is not always fun. I surmise it's not supposed to be. That is, like good armor made of quality forged steel: the hotter the fire, the better the forging process and the stronger the steel. And the cooler the fire, the weaker the forging of the steel, the easier it is for the steel to fail when the fire of Life gets hot next time. And we all know there is always a 'next time', eh?Posted by Andre Best on December 1, 2006
Life Changing Moments - a.k.a. Insights
October 18, 2006 by Andre Best
Have you ever had an insight that was particularly troubling yet insightful at the same time? You might think of one of these events as occurring when a time in your life was perhaps most troubling as you struggled to work through an issue that was of then utmost importance to you. You find yourself struggling, perhaps for many years, with the issue. All to no avail. The issue persists and the struggle continued. And then, through your own diligent and persistent efforts the issue is changed via an insight of utmost revelation.Posted by Andre Best on October 18, 2006
Starting Stopping Suffering
September 16, 2006 by Andre Best
Have you ever noticed how the world wants us to think that everything is okay in it? Yet, why is there so much suffering everywhere around this globe? We all can agree... everyone suffers. At some time, some place, with or without someone, everyone suffers. Why does this happen? Is there a need for suffering? Is there a reason that others suffer more than others? That is, their lives are more definable by events and circumstances that are not generally desired by the masses, so we call that suffering?Posted by Andre Best on September 16, 2006 | Comments (7)
Found: The Purpose of Living
September 9, 2006 by Andre Best
If you're one of the few people wondering if there's a purpose to your existence, I'm venturing to add to my continuing series of articles on this topic of a life's purpose that it's not a matter of what IF there's no purpose to life, instead, I purport the concept that there is NO purpose to life.Posted by Andre Best on September 9, 2006 | Comments (11)
Life Isn't Just About Growing Old...
July 30, 2006 by Andre Best
Have you ever wondered why life is the way it is? Why the days turn out like they do and why everything ends up happening the way it does in the manner it does to with and to whom it does? Sometimes I wish there were a way to figure all this out and know what was happening and why it was happening so that the worry and the trepidation and the confusion were not a part of life, nor even part of the equation.Posted by Andre Best on July 30, 2006
An Uncommon Way to Deal with Loneliness
June 15, 2006 by Andre Best
I have recently been thinking about loneliness and the things that go on in one's life so as to make them feel that their life is full, especially when they're feeling lonely on a daily basis. More often than not it amazes me just how much people do to pile stuff into their day so as to stay busy. Loneliness is not a pretty feeling. I know we've all been there at some point, or points, in our lives. And we do whatever we can to appease feeling lonely, or alone. Loneliness.Posted by Andre Best on June 15, 2006 | Comments (3)
A Gratitude Attitude
May 2, 2006 by Andre Best
A good friend and I were recently having a lengthy discussion about life and its sometimes perplexing issues that it brings to each of us in its own empowering ways. And my friend asked me about what I had gratitude for in my life. At the moment it set me back a bit since I did have an attitude about gratitude, but it wasn't about allowing acknowledgement of what I should be recognizing in my life.Posted by Andre Best on May 2, 2006 | Comments (1)
A Study of Loneliness
April 24, 2006 by Andre Best
I've found that loneliness is perhaps one of the most powerful of all human emotions. It leads some people to suicide, drives others into relationships and situations that they wouldn't have otherwise gotten into, and yet still causes others to find new and glorious ways to embrace the state and learn what they can from it to reduce its severity, next time. But loneliness still can be a rather perplexing emotion, to me at least.Posted by Andre Best on April 24, 2006
For When You're Depressed, Defeated, Downcast...
November 25, 2005 by Andre Best
I remember coming back from vacation in Canada earlier this year and I had an insight as I was flying out of my old hometown of Edmonton, Alberta. Let me preface this by stating that I live in Phoenix, Arizona, the land of the virtually eternal sun. I'm used to the sun now after living here for over a dozen years. And after living in Canada until I was 30 I was used to the dreary, depressing, dark days up there. Virtually all year round.Posted by Andre Best on November 25, 2005
Why Live?
November 15, 2005 by Andre Best
Perhaps I'm just reaching the age of mental maturity where I'm beginning to question things but today, and for several weeks now, I find myself questioning why we all exist. Now, before you think I've fallen into an esoteric blackhole and am being sucked into the abyss, don't worry. I can assure you I haven't been. I'm still here with you. But I still do question why we all exist as we do. Let me explain.Posted by Andre Best on November 15, 2005
Awareness is Key. Awareness is Everything.
October 22, 2005 by Andre Best
I stated that I have read all the books of Mr. Howard, and listened to over 100 of his tapes, yet when things start going south in life 'everything I know about Mr. Howard's Truth Teachings flies out the window'. I asked Mr. Russell what I should do at those times.Posted by Andre Best on October 22, 2005
The Meaning of Life Is...?
October 11, 2005 by Andre Best
I find myself continuing to be drawn back into the thoughts about the meaning of life. Now this is not an article trying to presuppose the meaning of existence of humanity. Rather this is an article about one man trying to sort out the thoughts that are recently running through his brain regarding what one's purpose here on Earth is. That is, while we are given our own allotment of time on this physical plane.Posted by Andre Best on October 11, 2005 | Comments (2)
More Insights about a Special Vacation
October 10, 2005 by Andre Best
Regardless, as a result of my special visit, and recent connection, with my parents I find myself continuing to think about the topic of one's meaning for life.Posted by Andre Best on October 10, 2005 | Comments (1)
A Writing on Spirituality
October 3, 2005 by Andre Best
This is a short writing I composed a while ago when I finished reading a chapter out of one of the more esoteric books I read daily. At the time I found the words just sprouting out of my mind and felt compelled to put 'words to e-paper'.Posted by Andre Best on October 3, 2005
