ByAnthony Altman
I have learned, that one of the most important principles of life is to be more observant of yourself than your partner, spouse, or person with whom you are relating. Self-observation will help you to understand yourself, which can never be done through the observation of another, other than observing your responses to stimuli, or…
ByAnthony Altman
While I was growing up in South Africa, and experiencing the challenges created by a dysfunctional family, I came to rely heavily on our pet dogs. During the fifteen years I lived in Cape Town, we had had several dogs which became my personal confidants, companions, support mechanism, and best friends. I can honestly say…
ByAnthony Altman
It seems from my observation that there is, currently, much more disorder all over our planet, with demonstrations of increasing madness or lunacy. This entropy and madness are, in my opinion, precursors to the breakdown of established structures in all countries on Planet Earth. These established structures have been in place for centuries, or much…
ByAnthony Altman
My grandfather took me to the fishing pond when I was about seven, and he told me to throw a stone into the water. He told me to watch the circles created by the stone. Then he asked me to think of myself as that stone person. “You may create lots of splashes in your…
ByAnthony Altman
This is my first blog on my new website, and I wish to say that I have been quite reclusive, working on myself, healing, and resolving issues. This has been going on particularly intensively for the past year, and now I am beginning to surface again, as I feel like the Phoenix, arising from the…
ByAnthony Altman
Suffering has been with humanity since humanity began I would suppose, and there has always been someone to help guide us, humans, through this nightmare, if we would only listen, observe and learn how to do it. Gautam Siddhartha, better known as The Buddha, from India. devoted his life to helping people transcend their suffering…
ByAnthony Altman
Recommendations for a Changing World In consideration of all the information set out in Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3, here are my understanding, comments and recommendations; 1. In order to make your positive mark in the, ‘Here and Now Moment of your life,’ choose a likely ‘Intent.’ Such would be what you want…
ByAnthony Altman
The Buddha’s Gifts Gautam Siddhartha, otherwise known as The Buddha (the Enlightened One) gave the world two gifts; The Four Noble Truths The Eightfold Path The Four Noble Truths are (with some of my own commentary); The Truth of Suffering (Dukkha) is caused by the desire by people to find ultimate satisfaction from all physical…
ByAnthony Altman
A Revolution in Consciousness A revolution in Consciousness means that those who can, will do whatever it takes to grow in consciousness, which means that they will expand their conscious awareness. This is the only way to transcend the problems we are facing at this time, and be in a position to resolve them for…
ByAnthony Altman
Changing World! How to Use Change Wisely The Story So Far Our world, our planet, our people, our human society, and even the animal world are all changing, in the biggest change we know. The human population is higher than ever, the pollution of our air, water and earth is higher than ever, the suffering…
ByAnthony Altman
Suffering has been with humanity since humanity began I would suppose, and there has always been someone to help guide us humans through this nightmare, if we would only listen, observe and learn how to do it. Gautam Siddhartha, better known as The Buddha, devoted his life to helping people transcend their suffering 2,500 years…
ByAnthony Altman
According to Western Astrology, we have just emerged from the Piscean age, which was a 2,000 year period, where the general characteristics were; extreme competition, greed, avarice, violence, ego-mania, control, aggression, and war. Of course, there were also positive traits, but the lessons that were to be learned by humanity centered around the negative traits….