Month: February 2022
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The Joys of Interactive Learning
February and March are Teacher Convention months, and I was blessed to be accepted as a presenter at several conventions this year. To maximize my time (and to be able to be at more than one convention at a time), I pre-recorded all my sessions… except one. I chose to present a session on “The…
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Seek Meaning to Your Life
The following is an excerpt from our soon-to-be-released book, “The Shin Dao Solution”, co-authored by Tina Thrussell and Neil Thrussell. This excerpt comes from the chapter on the 4th tenet (principle) of the Shin Dao – Seek Meaning to Your Life. What is the meaning of life? A lot of people would probably consider this…
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Belief, Trust and Faith
By Neil Thrussell This is an excerpt from Neil’s talk, “My Faith Assures Me That Every Event in My Life Has Meaning”, delivered at Unity of Calgary Spiritual Community on Jan 16, 2022: For me, Faith is an interesting word. Most people understand faith as either 1. complete trust or confidence in someone or something.…
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Celebrate the Present
by Tina Thrussell “Celebrate the Present” is the third tenet of the Shin Dao. When Neil first presented this tenet to me several years ago, I felt a little lost. You see, to me celebration was throwing a party for somebody’s birthday or retirement. I really had no idea what “Celebrate the Present” meant. I…