Certain basic concepts are not matters of degree. They are all true or all false. It is impossible to conceive of light and darkness, or everything and nothing, as joint possibilities.

Innocence is one of those concepts. It’s meaningless until it’s total. So what does total innocence mean? And how does it link to total wisdom?

We are all familiar with the topic. Someone feels deeply wounded by his parents, who bequeathed to him a poor self-image. This victimization explains who he currently is and how he feels about himself. It also justifies his own anger and viciousness; because of the massive injustice by his parents in his formative years, life has overall been unfair to him. Why wouldn’t he be angry? Robert Perry, founder of the Circle of Atonement, dives deeper into the issue.

We all experience strain in our lives. It can occur on “bad” days or it can occur multiple times everyday. It is usually experienced as a feeling that things are out of control. In this article, we explore why strain occurs and how we can correct it for good.

We like to think that we have a free will that it is wholly without limits. We can choose to do whatever we want and however long we want to do it. If we review the idea carefully, we will realize that this is not true.