The Power Of Mind

Today was the grand opening of Strength Camp Acworth, GA. There was a free workout, BBQ, and we got to meet Elliott Hulse, the founder of Strength Camp. Elliott Hulse has been in my life for 7 years now. His advice on youtube helped me become the person I am today and it was a pleasure to meet him. I would have been happy just to meet him, but me and a few other guys got to talk to him for over 2 hours about life. These are some reflections of a few of the things that resonated most deeply with me. Matt, Elliott Hulse, Marshall (me!), James left to right I have been on the spiritual path for about 2 years now, and have been pretty insightful as a child. Some of my humility was lost because I actually thought I knew enough where no insight in the field of personal development could blow me away. I've heard and pondered so many amazing ideas that it just didn't seem possible that there could be something in that field could shock me. Elliott managed to shock me. Fo...

One of the most divisive concepts in the history of the world is the question of God. Although there are many conceptions of what “God” is, most religions share a few common factors. First, no matter if there is one God or many gods, there is the uniting force from which it all comes. Buddhism has their idea of emptiness. Hinduism has their idea of Purusa. Obviously Islam, Judaism, and Christianity have one God. The second similarity is that God is eternal, infinite, and beyond comprehension. The philosopher Spinoza believes “ There is only one substance in the universe; it is God; and everything else that is, is in God . 2 ”  This illustrates how God can be seen as Nature, or the Universe, or every single thing in existence, including everyone reading this post. From my exploration of religions and spirituality, I have taken a perennialism viewpoint of religion; subscribing to the belief that religions share the same metaphysical “truth,” but present it in different ways. I do n...