Category Archives: 1) Welcome!

My new dog! Hope to train him as therapy dog!

Posted on November 21, 2010 by Jonathan

Meet Buddy. Meet Buddy. He’s 11 months old, male (neutered), Basenji mix (probably lab, heeler, or shepherd, maybe some of each, but mostly Basenji). He’s really laid back and relaxed, but at playtime, he is definitely playful (and I’m sure … Continue reading →

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www.RamDassNow.com

Posted on October 21, 2010 by Jonathan

www.RamDassNow.com Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the release of Ram Dass’ classic Be Here Now, HarperCollins/HarperOne Publishing and the Love Server Remember Foundation are presenting a very special blogging project with Ram Dass! They have chosen 7 people to blog … Continue reading →

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Empathy: the highest form of Love

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Jonathan

Compassion is the highest form of Love (I’ll add the citation to the person that said this when I find it; if you know, please add the comment and I’ll insert it). For our purposes, Empathy is compassion; I used … Continue reading →

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Trust: are you noticing the theme of honesty here?

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Jonathan

Nakedness of the soul. I just heard that on the TV and it sounded like a very good description of true trust. A genuine (g) trust (t) that you are deeply aware (a) of (‘gat’ of gate—you’ll pick the ‘e’ … Continue reading →

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Awareness: the ing, in ‘ing-ing’ (look for the post by that name)

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Jonathan

Beginning to live consciously implies a certain awareness, doesn’t it? It also implies a certain truthfulness, genuineness. So, genuine awareness is the truthful experiencing, or ing-ing as I like to call it, of each moment. Awareness involves bringing more unconscious … Continue reading →

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Genuineness: The beginning of awakened mindfulnes

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Jonathan

To completely experience the here-and-now, truthful mindfulness is at least helpful, if not required. So I use it as a way to explain the beginning of healthy living. Genuineness first relates to one’s inner honesty about instincts and emotions—even when … Continue reading →

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The GATE explained ~ information on the GATE philosophy

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Jonathan

The GATE is an acronym representing 4 components of healthy living (Genuineness, Awareness, Trust, Empathy). While each letter is an independent concept, it also has traits of the preceding letters (Empathy is built from G, A, and T; Genuineness is … Continue reading →

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A Big Welcome to the Gate Blog!

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Jonathan

This is the new integrated location of the Gate’s integrated blog! New posts appear below this one (A Big Welcome . . .) To view posts that are more psychoeducational in nature, please click the “Topics and Practical Information” Category … Continue reading →

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Be Here Now Blogging Project with Ram Dass!

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Jonathan

We are LIVE at www.ramdassnow.com !! Please join me, along with 6 other writers as we share our walk through the 108 Brown Pages of Ram Dass’ bestseller Be Here Now. It is the 40 year anniversary of it’s release, … Continue reading →

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