James Blake Beene

(originally posted May 9, 2018) We all wear them. Mom. Dad. Brother. Sister. They classify our family roles. Our sexuality. Our personality. Some people wear their labels proudly, while others are forced to wear the labels that society designates them. The labels that divide us strip away the multi-faceted aspects of our spirit. We are truly capable of all things. Labels pose limits on these capabilities. But labels are merely a classification of the ego. The ego, which likes to place everything into little boxes. The ego which puts up walls of you and me. What would happen if we stripped away these labels?… “read more…”

(originally posted Dec 1, 2014) Some people would argue that self help techniques are actually counter productive to their very aim, because self help implies that there is something within you that needs to be fixed. Are we becoming too heavily concerned with correcting imperfections when our very existence was actually intended to be perfectly “imperfect,” or are we actually creating a “better” version of ourselves? For many years the question, “What is wrong with me?” has plagued me. Always striving towards perfection, searching for a way to be a better person, to become more likable in the eyes of… “read more…”

(originally posted Dec 1, 2014) Why are we here? What is the meaning of life? These questions pervade my mind almost daily destroying any shred of serenity I have garnered. Is truth subjective or objective? The Hermeticists would say that in this illusive reality of dualities there are no truths but half-truths, because they are experienced from finite perspective. Existentialists would have you believe that life has no meaning but that which you give it, for we are all operating on free will. While Christians believe in free will, evangelicals would say that we must make choices in accordance with… “read more…”