FALC

  • Normality in Ambiguity.

    What I got left with, after all the mind twisting and thought turning, was how does a 'kind' person show their boundaries?  If you can't step back or move away from things that insult your soul, then how can we,… Continue reading

  • The Reasons why.

    In the last pages of "I am Malala" she speaks of how quiet her country is about her book, and her message….and how they see her so incorrectly.  Amazingly, the very people she is speaking out for, are not able… Continue reading

  • As an Equal.

    "I Am Malala" by Malala Yousafzai, shows the hard struggle for something so simple; a woman's right to education.   What the girl couldn't understand, was why her being knowledgeable was something that threatened Armies and bad men. All she… Continue reading

  • When I moved away.

    In watching this video on Forgiveness,by Jack Kornfield,   It occurred to me that the old style of forgiveness is to restore things back to normal, that it doesn't mean you ever walk away or end something, but rather that things… Continue reading

  • Called it love.

    Can something be good and evil at the same time?  Is it possible that nothing is one way, but actually it can hold two diverse meanings at one time? Is one man's evil another man's love?  If so is love… Continue reading

  • Away from them.

    In a discussion about the FALC church, and similar others, was…whether it is a cult, cult-like or how it would be defined. I found it remarkable how some will not see the forrest for the trees or maybe how they… Continue reading

  • You don’t know who you are.

    "'No' can be a beautiful word, every bit as beautiful as 'yes', "writers John Robbins and Ann Mortifee declare. "Whenever we deny our need to say 'no', our self-respect diminishes," they tell us in In Search of Balance Discoverying Harmony… Continue reading

  • Believing in the Impossible.

    The following is the transcript from Diane Benscoter's talk at TED…"How Cults Rewire the Brain." My journey to coming here today started in 1974. That's me with the funny gloves. I was 17 and going on a peace walk. What… Continue reading

  • The War of Art

    "The War of Art" by Steven Pressfield "Fundamentalism" "The artist and the fundamentalist both confront the same issue, the mystery of their existence as individuals.  Each asks the same questions: Who am I? Why am I here? What is the… Continue reading

  • Who Believes in Me.

    The kick I had in my gut, I at first named it fear….and then, I thought maybe it was guilt…but today, after letting this sensation ride along for a few days, it felt more right calling it the feelings of… Continue reading