Florida House Experience

Why Resolutions? by Peter Marinelli As we approach another New Year, anticipation surrounds many, along with promises, hope and resolutions.  All very worthy of their initial intent, but rarely followed or realized by those who make them.  How many last but a short time and the very thing we wanted is quickly forgotten ... Read More

We can live along the lines of God consciousness or live along the lines of human consciousness. The former is one of discipline and freedom, the latter, one of bondage. How often does my mind point the finger at others, whether my accusations are right or wrong? I then will justify my inappropriate behavior and make ... Read More

The Holidays by Peter Marinelli Not all of us are fortunate enough to spend time with those we love or perhaps even those we still love but are no longer are a part of our lives or have passed on. So while we see and hear the Holiday chatter of others in our shopping malls and parents with their children and lovers ... Read More

Leap of Faith? by Peter Marinelli I have heard the phrase “it’s a leap of faith” said many times throughout my sober life and believed it to be true. Yet as time passed I have found that what I believe to be true its true, until I find out it longer isn’t. “Leap of faith”. Now most of understand what is mean here. ... Read More

No Resistance by Peter Marinelli A Buddhist Monk once told me: “All I have learned in the twenty years that I have been a monk I can sum up in one sentence: Al that arises passes away. Tis I know.” What he meant, of course was this: I have learned to offer no resistance to what is; I have learned to allow the present ... Read More

Does My Mind Use Me or Do I Use It? By Peter Marinelli Most humans are still in the grip of the egoic mode of consciousness: identified with their mind and run by their mind. If they do not free themselves from their mid in time, they will be destroyed by it. They will experience increasing confusion, conflict, ... Read More