"Love Thy Neighbor," Is it too much to ask?: Freud's Super Ego and the Golden Rule
The Oppression of Plants
Big Dog: Man's Other Best Friend
Framing Reality: Language and the Mind
The Black Robe: Religion and the Courts
Why I Am a Hedonist: Making Sense of the World
After 911 in a Parallel Universe: Reflections on What Might Have Been
Conversion: The Psychology of Sudden Change
Miracle or Madness: Bending the Rules of Nature
The Life of Ideas: Exploring Thoughts as Living Entities
Bugs Bunny and the Revolutionary Character
The Philosophical Method: An Approach to Life and Living
Myths for Tree Huggers
The Omega Man and the End of Civilization
Transformation: Becoming What You Always Have Been
Yes Einstein, there is a Santa Claus
Guest Speaker: Phil Smith (Audio/MP3 only)

Transcending Mystery

Guest Speaker: Phil Smith (Audio/MP3 only)
Transformation: Becoming What You Always Have Been
The Working Class Mystic: Remaining Spiritually Vibrant in a Hectic World
Of Divine Origin: Remembering Where We're From and Why We're Here
Polishing Your Sword: "Use the One to Strike the Many"
Still Life: The Joy of Being
Atheistic Mysticism: Not God, Not Self, Not Knowing, Not Doing
God's Shoe: Does One Size Fit All?
Entelechy: The End Within
Relational Being: The Interdependent Web of All Existence
Peace Begins Without You: Why We Need Conflict
Spiritual Rebirth: Dispelling the Myth of the Midlife Crisis
Snuffed Out: Spirituality Without Ego
The Law of Harmony: Living as One with All
A Whole in One: Holding the Universe in the Palm of Your Hand
The Mystic Breath: Immanence & Eminence
Mystic Fire: A Hot Topic
The Velveteen God: A Metaphysical Look for God
Ten Centimeters: The Art of Giving Birth in Everyday Life
Co-Creating the Universe: Everyone is an Artist
Neurosis to the Rescue: Sweating the Small Stuff
Saving Space: Making Room in Our Lives
My Most Profound Religious Experiences: Personal Reflections
Giving Birth to God
The Virtue of Stupidity: Or, Avoiding Ignorance
The Mystic Path
God as Principle
Where Do We Go From Here? A Message of Commitment, Reconciliation and Hope
How I Intend to Take My Years of Study and Doctor of Ministry Degree in Creation Spirituality into My Work and World: An Impressionistic Response
A Spirit on Fire: Rumi & the Love of God
The Yin & Yang of Light & Darkness
The Living Tradition: Sources of Inspiration
The Art of Love: Erich Fromm & the Expanse of Love
Human Being: Why are we here?
Cleansing My Doors of Perception: My First Ayahuasca Journey
The Philosophy of Reality: Then & Now
Body of Light: The Spirit of Matter
Frozen Light: The Radiance of Being
Abandoning Those We Love: Family as Neurosis
Creating the World: A Beginner's Guide
Fingering God: The Folly of Identifying the Divine
Friends of God: A Struggle
If the Gods Can Be Stupid, Why Can't We?
That is Always Best Which Brings Me to Myself
The Mystic Thread
Bipolarity: Embracing Opposition
The Disenchantment of Everyday Life
Today is a Good Day to Die
Oracles
Mystery
Virtual Reality
Firewalkers: How to Change
Field of Dreams: The Underlying Nature of Reality
The Mystic Fabric
The Business of Mind
Running in Circles
The Soul
The Subtle Body: Chakras and the Energies Inside Us
Climbing Jacob's Ladder: A Commentary on the Film by Bruce Joel Rubin
The Velveteen God
Being Mooned by God
Dirty Dancing with Divinities
Guardian Angels: What Are They Saying?
Breaking the Chains that Bind You on Moving Into the Future
Having Presence of Mind
Kirtimukha (Face of Glory): Divine Creative Energy
The Significance of My Scars
My Daddy Scared Me
I Want My Mommy
Father Thinks He's God
Flight of the Soul: Reconnecting
Dream of the Vamp
Natural Mind
Persona: Facing the Public
Practicing Birth: Experiencing Rebirth in Everyday Life
Silent Gods: How Do Ancient Divinities Still Motivate Us?
Natural Mind: Evidence of Non Local Mind Part I
Universal Mind: Evidence of Non Local Mind Part II
2 + 2 = 4: An Elementary Look of C.G. Jung’s Four Functions
Leggo My Ego
Me & My Shadow
Negative Capability: Celebrating Uncertainty
Reconsidering Oedipus: Breaking Family Ties that Bind
The Shadow of Joy: The Relationship Between Joy & Depression
The Virtue of Downwardness: Challenging the Upwardly Mobile
"You darkness that I come from..." The Via Negativa in Worship & Life
Practical Mysticism: Experiencing Mystery in Everyday Life
Reflections on my first Intensive at UCS
Death to Romance: Embracing a Larger Kind of Love
Entelechy: The End Within
"I've Fallen and I Can't Get Up: Standing Up to Who You Are
Changelings: Reflections on Transformation
Loving God: The Mystic Quest for Love
Walking through the Valley: Living Intimately with Death
The Haunted Planet: An Eerie Look at Reality
More than Meets the Eye: The Split Between Ego & Self

Social Justice

The Omega Man and the End of Civilization
CUUC Reports: Where Fewer Americans Get Their News than Any Other Source
The Freedom of Authenticity: Avoiding the Tendency Toward Fascism
The Fear of Freedom: Why America is Moving Toward Fascism
The Fixated Patriot: Nationalism or Universalism?
Continuing the Dream: Why We Need Faith and Fairness
Prophetic Drama: Standing Up and Out in a Crowd
Pointing Fingers: Healthy Shame and the Golden Rule
The Powerless Powers-that-Be: Reclaiming Power as a Life Affirming Principle
The Sky is Falling: Putting our Theological Feet on the Ground
Making Monsters: Frankenstein as Modern Myth
Returning to the Promised Land: Post-Globalism and Connected Productivity
Spiritual Activism
Owning Your Power to Change the World
Horizontal Transcendentalism: Sounding into the World
The Beauty of Justice: Living Artfully
The Wrongness of Being Right
The Profit of Prophets: Discovering Your Divine Voice
Demon Possession: Fallen Messengers
Moral Justice & the Purity Code: Toward a Higher Ethic
Rage of the Heart: Four Ways of Expressing Anger
Daddy Dearest: The Four Destructive Patriarchal Establishments
Gandhi, King & Jesus: Similarities & Differences
The Seeds of Ahimsa: The Forces that Shaped the Non-Violence of Gandhi and King
Todd for President: Announcing My Candidacy
The Social Gospel: Its Origins & History
Grandpa Gandhi: Reflections on Arun Gandhi’s Recent Lecture Concerning his Grandfather
Opiate of the Masses: Religion as Socio/Political Control
Living in the Land of the Free: How much does it cost?
A Land of Milk & Honey: Property as a Right
Dominator Messiah: Rethinking the Myth of Redemptive Violence
Gandhi on Drugs: Applying the Principles of Peace in America's War Against Her Own People
Sharing Common Ground
The American Dream
The "Evil" of George W. Bush: A Case Study in Ethics
An Arkansas Democrat in King Arthur's Court
Working Stiff: Finding Meaning in Your Work
The American Work Ethic: If We Don't Work, Are We Broken?
The Scales of Justice: Defining Justice as Balance
I Want My Mummy: Ancient Perspectives & Practices Concerning Death, Funerals and Graveyards
Lessons in Learning: Exploring the Education Paradigm
Hungry Ghosts: Being Consumed by Consumerism
Life, What a Beautiful Choice: Challenging the Death Penalty
Discovering Your Inner Sloth: A Disinclination to Work or Exert Oneself
Domination & Ecstasy: Claiming Our Birthright
Inside Outside Upside Down: Finding Balance Between Spirituality and Social Responsibility
The Human Tribe: Are We Too Advanced to Live Together?
All Alone in Babylon: Surviving the Myth of Exile
The Palestinian Trail of Tears: Exposing a Grave Injustice
Enchanted Kingdom: Waking Up Our Neighbors
The Best of Us Did Not Return: An Unfinished History of Peace

World Religions and Myth

Vampire Reflections: "All the Damn Vampires"
Sheep in Wolves' Clothing: Why are some people so cruel?
Heyoka II: Living on a Backward Planet
Following the Guide: The Only Inerrant Authoritative Word of God
What's in a Name?: Remaining a Transformational Church
Rudolph, Santa & the Red Scare: We're All on the Island of Misfit Toys
"Where Two or More are Gathered...": Relational Theology
Flying Saucers: Todd F. Eklof's Weird & Wonderful Theory of Molecular Space Travel
The Midas Touch: "All That Glimmers is Not Gold"
The Golden Rule of Thumb: "If it feels good, do it!"
"To Love Alike": A Unitarian Universalist Mythology
Paris Hilton as Guru: On Becoming a Mystical Good-for-Nothing
Who Says, "Father Knows Best?" The Strict Father vs. The Nurturing Parent
Chutes & Ladders: A Spiritual Path
The Eagle & the Mouse: Two Views as We Look Ahead
The Heyoka: Living Life Backwards
The Dreamer: Seeing in Technicolor
The White Buffalo: Personal Reflections
The Dominator Myth & the Mother
Stepping Over Serpents: Reawakening Our Intuition
Dancing with Your Opponent: The Art of Peace in Everyday Life
Frankenstein Meets the Exorcist: Embracing Your Inner Monster
Cousin It: Seeing Other as Subject
Moral Development & God: Is God a Person or Principle?
The Ship of Theseus: What Makes Me, Me?
The Queen of Death Valley: A Shoshoni Legend
Our Stories: Myth as the Language of Spirit
The Sun of God: Helping the Old Man Across the Sky
Heart and Habit: The Quest for Good as the Cause of Suffering
Dickens Goes to Washington: A Politically Incorrect Christmas Carol
The Howling: A Reintroduction
Finding Our Mosque: A Place of Prostration
Parzival: The True & Spontaneous Self
One God is Never Enough: The Abrahamic Tradition & The Failure of Monotheism
Out of the Ashes: The Flight & Fall of the Phoenix
Our UU Principles: What do UU's stand for?
3,224 Miles: Getting Away From it All
Unitarianism/Universalism and the Holy Spirit
The Transcendentalist Controversy: A Bit of UU History
The Humanist Debate: A Unitarian Universalist Predicament
The UU of Pooh
Francis David's Tower: Strength through Peace
Beyond the Walls - A Look at the Life and Times of Buddha
Hinduism 101
The Word of God: An Introduction to Islam
"Just Outside the City of Good People": Parable of the Remorseful Serial Killer
The Sound of One Hand Clapping - Zen as a Life Principle
Abu Kasem's Slippers
Going South: An Introduction to Mexican Mythology
The Magic of Kalevala
An Intro to Indian Mythology
Are these Raelians for Real: Or are they just cloning around?
Gods of China: A Look at Chinese Mythology
Celtic Mythology
Vampires: Exploring the Myth of the Undead
Looking Through Persephone Colored Glasses
Mesoamerican Religion: Blood Sacrifice
The Five Pillars of Islam: Welcoming, Praise, Generosity, Reflection & Seeking
Diving into One River, Many Wells
The Religion of Zuni: Harmony with the Cosmos through Collective Ritual

Judeo/Christian Tradition

The Pharaoh's Heart: Changing Our Habits Before they Destroy Us
Fundamentalism as Fixation: Black/White, Might Makes Right, & the Wounded Inner Child
The Bible & Homosexuality: The Preexisting Homophobic Response
Hildegard von Bingen: A Woman Before Her Time
St. John of the Cross as Modern Mystic: Do His Thoughts Still Apply?
The Wisdom of Jesus: An Environmental Prophet
Return to Eden: Innocence through Forgiveness, Not Ignorance
The Blessing: In Loving Memory of My Father
The Ten Commandments: A Social Justice Perspective
The Dysfunctional Ark: Noah's Family System
Holy Moses: Separating the Man from the Myth
Resurrection: Is it Possible?
The Christian Ethics of Joseph Fletcher: Love as Predicate
Humanity & the World in Christian Doctrine: A Psychological Perspective
Biblical Morality: Justice or Purity?
The 13th Apostle: Who Was he Really?
Kabbalism; An Introduction to Jewish Mysticism
Resurrecting Jesus
Jung and Christianity
The Bible & Homosexuals: A Christian Approach
The Beginning: Genesis on Loving One Another
The People vs. Satan: Playing the Devil's Advocate
Response to James Hornback: A Letter
Response to James Hornback: A 2nd Letter
If Jesus Had Been on the Titanic, Would He Have Walked Away?
The Hanged Man
Dusty Feet: Why We Can't Follow Jesus
A Jesus for Non-Christians: Staking our Claim
The Problem of God: Raising the Questions
God is Sharing: Can it Really be that Simple?
Would the Real Jesus Please Rise: An Educated Guess
Biblical Philosophy: An Introduction to Old Testament Wisdom Literature
God's Divorce & Custody Battle: If God's Our Father, What Happened to Our Mother?
Rising to the Occasion: A Larger Look at Resurrection
A Big Fish Story: Universalism as Interconnection
Revelation: It's Not the End of the World

Reason and Science

Yes Einstein, there is a Santa Claus
Dancing With Dragons: Secrets of the Reptilian Brain
Should We Do the Right Thing or the Best Thing?: The Fundamental Question of Ethics
Sophistry Today: A Renewed Look at this Classic Greek Philosophy
Dancing with Dragons: Secrets of the Reptilian Brain
Imagine That! A Christmas with John Lennon
The Picket Fence: Deconstructing the Anthropocentric Paradigm
Higher Mind: The Method of Critical Thinking
A Letter to the Far Future
Free Willy: Chance or Determinism?
Moral Development: And the Revelation of Janet Jackson's Breast
The Center of the Universe: Living the Multiverse Perspective
The Kolters: The Life and Times of Charles and Lena
The Underlying Intelligence: Mind Beyond Matter
Kierkegaard's Existence: The Absurd Life of Existentialism's Father
Dragon Holes: Discovering Moments of Transformation
Mary Shelly and Her Monster
Singing the Song of Sanger
Rod Serling
Trail of Tears
The Spirit of Thomas Paine
My Story: A Twenty-five Minute Autobiography of Todd F. Eklof
Fight, Flight & Your Higher Calling: Are we more than the sum of our fears?
Freudian Fallout: Surviving Psychoanalysis
Integrity vs. Tensegrity: On Being the Same all the Time
The Soul's Code - Reflections on James Hillman's Work
Tree Climbers: Reclaiming and Championing Your Inner Chimpanzee
Epicurean Righteousness
Parallel Universes: The Art of Paradigm Shifting
Prayer: For Medicinal Purposes Only
Amoeba Proteus: Moving Forward through Change
Neoteny: Becoming as Children
All is Fair in Genetic Love & War: Blurring the Line between Male & Female
The Gospel According to Mickey Mouse: Looking at Life through Beady Eyes
Ordinary Greatness: Celebrating the Life of Mike Reynolds
Oh Rats! There are More of Them than Us
Philanthropic Society: An Argument for Natural Selection
Church as Symbiosis: An Opportunity to Serve
Managing Chaos: The Creativity of Confusion
Pattern in the Stone: Reality as Paradigmatic

Earth and Environment

Fired Up!: Honoring the Four Elements, Part IV
Windwalkers: Honoring the Four Elements, Part III
Earthlings: Honoring the Four Elements, Part II
Got Water?: Honoring the Four Elements, Part I
Homo Mechanicus: Revitalizing the Human Heart
Aikido & Creation Spirituality: The Teachings of Morihei Ueshiba in Light of the Four Paths
Bless the Beasts: Loving Animals
Holy Cow! Modern Meat Production & the Environment
Green Acres: Agriculture and the Dominator Culture
Red Witness, Green Witness: Which Are You?
The Last Moriori: On Being a Sustainable Species
The Creation Spirituality of John Denver
Moist Mother Earth: A Brief Foray into Slavic Mythology
The Sixth Great Dying: ...and What Can Be Done About It
Via Dreamativa: Unconscious Explorations in Creation Spirituality
New Cosmology, New Wineskins & the Stories of Our Lives
From the Big Bang to Me: Reflections on the Universe Story
Earth as Goddess: Honoring Our Mother Earth
On Being a Cat: Lessons From the Feline Masters
People Who Laugh with the Coyotes
Dances with Werewolves
Reflections of a Circling Opossum
The Midas Touch: What Does it Really Mean to be Rich?
The Greening of God: Recovering Panentheism
Integrity vs. Tensegrity: On Being the Same all the Time
It is Good: The World as Blessing
Outgrowing Problem Solving: The Old Man, Bighorn & Antelope
Conversing with Mother Nature: Listening for the Divine in Creation
Wolf: Letting Your Hair Down
Exploring the Universe: Why We Need More Space

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