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Category Archives: Happiness
Knocking on Doors…
For much of my adult life, I’ve hidden my inner self from others…my questions, my doubts, my fears, my terror over being judged or worse rejected. In these last few years, however, I’m learning to be more honest, more transparent, … Continue reading
Posted in Happiness
Tagged door to freedom, dr steve mcswain, Happiness, rumi, steve mcswain, stevemcswain
The Paths are Different; the Journey, the Same
“We are all on the same journey,” remarked a spiritual teacher. The paths may be different, the journey is the same. “How so?” you ask. For one thing, we all want happiness. I once heard Deepak Chopra tell of research … Continue reading
Posted in Happiness, Inner Peace, Spiritual life
Secrets of a Divine Life: Lessons I’ve Learned from Jesus, the Buddha, Lao-Tzu and Other Spiritual Masters
I’m putting the skeletal framework together for a new book on the things I’ve learned from Jesus, the Buddha, Lao-Tzu and other spiritual masters. I’d love your comments and suggestions. Read and tell me what you think. Be assured I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Awakening, Buddha, Christian, Dr Steve McSwain, ego, enlightenment, Faith, Happiness, Inner Peace, Jesus, Religion, Spirituality, Steve McSwain, steve-mcswain, The Awakened Life, The Enoch Factor, Uncategorized
Tagged Awakening, buddha, christianity, Christians, divine life, enlightenment, Happiness, Jesus, lao tzu, secrets, spiritual masters, The Buddha
Ever Felt Misunderstood? Unfairly Attacked? What Do You Do?
ver felt misunderstood? Unfairly attacked? Betrayed? Like you’ve been set up by someone who asks what you think about something but, when you answer, they turn on you like a pack of wolves? Such was the case most recently. Continue reading
Posted in Attacked, ego, Faith, Happiness, Misunderstood
Tagged ego, enoch, enoch factor, misunderstood, personal attack
Secrets to Living the Life You’ve Always Wanted
It seems rather odd to refer to any of what follows as secrets. For one thing, the word “secret” implies that something is hidden and the wisdom below is anything but secret. In some form or fashion, you could find … Continue reading
Posted in Awakening, Buddha, Happiness, Spiritual life, Spirituality, The Enoch Factor
What Elizabeth Gilbert, Jesus, and the Buddha can teach you about prayer
She says it’s her favorite book ever. And, lately, all my wife talks about is seeing the movie version of Eat, Pray, Love, starring Julia Roberts. So, I finally decided to check it out for myself. Continue reading
Eat, Pray, Love Many Gods: Why Elizabeth Gilbert’s book inspired so many to find God off the beaten path
It made little sense to me why my wife would hide Eat, Pray, Love in the nightstand beside our bed. So, when I decided to see what all the fuss was about, I reasoned, “No need to buy a copy since there’s a perfectly good one in the nightstand beside our bed.” Continue reading
Secrets to Happiness and Inner Peace – Part One
What are the secrets to happiness and inner peace? Is there really a science to happiness? Continue reading
How To Be Happy: The Culprit in Virtually All Human Unhappiness
Robert Louis Stephenson once wrote: “I have a little shadow who goes in and out with me; and what can be the use of him is more than I can see. He is very, very like me from the heels … Continue reading
Posted in Happiness, How to Know God, Spirituality
Tagged chief culprit, clever poem, deepak chopra, ego, Happiness, human unhappiness, illusory image, immanuel kant, inner character, life experiences, little monster, little shadow, martha beck, necessary steps, nietzsche, old and new testaments, philosopher immanuel kant, robert louis stephenson, social mask, social self, wayne dyer
Why Are People So Unhappy?
Why is there so much unhappiness in our world? Where does it come from? How can we find the source of real happiness, bliss, and peace? In groundbreaking new book, The Enoch Factor: Sacred Art of Knowing God, author Dr. Steve McSwain explores the way to find happiness. Continue reading
Posted in Happiness
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