The depth psychologists tell us that we human beings are composed of multiple layers of being, or consciousness. Some believe that we are innately comprised of a collective unconscious – that we have an archetypal memory that calls to us down through the generations as a species, to fashion our existence with common-enough and familiar […]
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I will turn 80 years old on February 27, 2025. So, I thought I would tell you what I’ve figured out about life so far. * 80 is a number. A BIG number. And to me any number (but especially 80 these days) that ends with a zero seems formidable. I am not exactly sure
How to be Wise in the New Year I have had this life-long desire to find someone who is wise, who, with his or her wisdom, will provide instructions for me so that I might blithely traverse this “vale of tears” (as Shakespeare refers to human existence). Ever feel this way? Ever seek someone who
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Listen to the Nightbirds Sing The thirteenth-century Sufi poet Rumi knows what is required of us at this holiday season: No more words…Stay quiet like a flower.So the nightbirds will start singing. The nightbirds – a symbol of our deeper self; that which understands even beyond our conscious being, that there is more to our
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Don Beaudreau Email: wbeaudreau@aol.com From the Lakeside Living Editor: Please note that deadline for submission of notices about a local cultural, civic, or charitable event is the first day of the month, an entire month BEFORE the article can appear in El Ojo Del Lago. Appropriate notices should include the name of the event, its location,
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Life is a mystery. And it keeps much silence. Still, we humans attempt to gain some understanding of our lives by not being silent. We use words that sometimes stand in opposition to each other, words like “ordinary” and “extraordinary.” By doing this, we set up categories and put our beliefs into boxes. The problem
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Don Beaudreau Email: wbeaudreau@aol.com From the Lakeside Living Editor: Please note that deadline for submission of notices about a local cultural, civic, or charitable event is the first day of the month, an entire month BEFORE the article can appear in El Ojo Del Lago. Appropriate notices should include the name of the event, its location,
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Beyond the Masks We Wear Not until you have the courage to meet yourselves face to face…will you have taken the first steps along the path of wisdom. Judge Learned Hand. Discovering the self that exists behind the mask we wear (that everyday persona we present to others) is a gift. Here in that secret
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Don Beaudreau Email: wbeaudreau@aol.com Las Voces del Lago will present their annual Holiday Concert titled Gaudete (Rejoice) onDecember 12, 13 and 14 at the Lakeside Presbyterian Church in Riberas del Pilar. All concerts are at 3 pm. This year’s concert will feature beautiful choral selections both sacred and secular in Latin, English, and Spanish. Translations will
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Don Beaudreau Email: wbeaudreau@aol.com From the Lakeside Living Editor: Please note that deadline for submission of notices about a local cultural, civic, or charitable event is the first day of the month, an entire month BEFORE the article can appear in El Ojo Del Lago. Appropriate notices should include the name of the event, its location,
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