mike's common sense

As mentioned previously, there are many ways to experience the inner worlds. Some are very difficult,(ie. meditation, the whirling dervish) and others are not safe for the physical body, (ie. hallucinogenic drugs like LSD, peyote, and psilocybin mushrooms). The easiest way to explore the inner... Sign in to see full entry.

Once you can accept that there is no separation between yourself, and God, the question becomes; How can I become aware of my divinity? The answer, is to go inside yourself. To do this, one must change one's state of consciousness. There are literally thousands of different ways to do this, but they... Sign in to see full entry.

Man's view of God really hasn't changed much in the last 4,000 years. Even today, most people's conception of God resembles Michelangelo's famous depiction on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican City. There is God, often depicted as an gray haired, bearded old man, and there is man,... Sign in to see full entry.

When I was a young lad, my life was one game after another; not figuratively, but literally. During the baseball season my friends, and brothers, and I, played baseball everyday. During football season, we played football, and during the winter we played hockey. It was a great childhood. When I got... Sign in to see full entry.

This comes as no big surprise to many people but George W. Bush is a lame duck President. This is no surprise, because over 70% of Americans feel he was a pretty lame President. Personally, I never thought I would ever see a President as bad as Jimmy Carter, but, after living through eight long... Sign in to see full entry.

Christmas comes early each year to our normally quiet community here in Homestead, Florida. Santas come by the droves, not in sleighs, but in RVs, and campers, and pick-up trucks. They come here each year to watch the last NASCAR race of the year; the one that decides the NASCAR champion, The... Sign in to see full entry.

Blood is in the water, sharks from miles around are coming to join in on the feeding frenzy. Corporate America has noticed how the American people spinelessly gave in to the bankers, and sent them a 750 billion dollar bailout. I am, of course talking about "The Big Three" auto makers; General... Sign in to see full entry.

Everyone is probably familiar with the phrase "he said, she said", in which a couple is fighting and neither can see anything from the other person's point of view. Each person is so wrapped up in their thoughts, and feelings, that it is impossible to see that each person is correct, and each person... Sign in to see full entry.

This post is about my wife, her name is Rhea. A man is considered to be fortunate, if he has a handful of people he can consider close friends. In a world where everyone is so wrapped up in themselves, this statement is truer than ever. However, when a man finds someone as special as my wife, he is... Sign in to see full entry.

I am a caucasian, a white man. I can't help it, I was born that way; that's the way the European DNA runs. I have learned a long time ago to be color blind in matters of race. The only black and white I see, is the color of a person's heart. That, being said, I am extremely distressed with all the... Sign in to see full entry.