No borders travel is a perspective of travel that helps to free our mind. It helps us to lose our fear of others. It helps us to accept our differences more easily. Travel can provide valuable initiation insights. It can teach us a lot about ourselves. Travel can expose us to situations and people that we would not meet in our ordinary daily life.
This series of articles offers insights from my own travel around the world as a cruise guest speaker, an ordinary tourist, and someone who loves to understand the human experience in all of its many forms. I focus on the idea of eliminating mental borders (not physical borders). I offer suggestions for how to know the difference between truth and popular cultural beliefs. It’s common for people to consider their beliefs to be true. This is often difficult to deal with. When we understand why people have such beliefs, and how they impact their lives, we can be more compassionate and understanding. We expand our own mental (and even physical) freedom.
The above newscast shows one recount of the final moments of the Tinkerbelle voyage. They are saying that their were 12,000 people greeting Manry. The film (or the Q&A after) said that there were 50,000 greeters because there were people gathered in other nearby towns, hoping to catch a glimpse…
Most people accept that we modern American's gave the native Alaskans the gift of civilization. This article presents the native point of view.
God and/or Goddess? Just a few weeks ago, I was touring ancient holy sites. I visited Jerusalem, of course, the place where the three major western religions converge. It makes you think about God to visit Israel. I can't say that I really felt the presence of God. But…
Michelangelo's First Love Michelangelo is best known for his incredible frescos in the Sistine Chapel. But he didn't enjoy painting. He really didn't want to do the chapel ceiling. He was coaxed into it, and he sometimes complained and felt resentful. His body took a pounding due to the strange…
Many people believe that the ancient art of sun worship was primitive, even stupid. But that belief is born out of an inability to see through ancient eyes. Once you can see the ancient point of view, you might even find it to be a truly enlightened perspective. The sun…
By Cathy Eck Egyptian Taxi Drivers I've traveled all over, and I'm very trusting of taxi and bus drivers. It is a rare occasion when I don't thoroughly enjoy being driven. I love soaking in the scenery and snapping an occasional photo. But my foot is usually pressed tightly to…
A chance meeting with an angry Muslim woman provokes some deep thinking and a lot of letting go before I can truly love her.
A chance encounter with a delightful juice bar operator reminds me that heaven is just a local call away.
The pyramids are unique in that they cannot be explained. This article reminds us that in a world of answers, we have lost our right to doubt and to challenge the accepted point of view.
Most people don't realize that the modern tale of the Lion King was a remake of the ancient Egyptian tale of Isis and Osiris. Simba was the Son of God, Horus.