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# The Old Dirt Road

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- [Does Sex Make You Stupid?](https://theolddirtroad.com/does-sex-make-you-stupid/) - Below is an outline I created some years ago on the potential problems with sex outside of marriage from a Biblical perspective. For simplicity, I have chosen to put this in outline form. Why Sex During Dating Can Be Harmful Once sex has started the two persons who are not right for each other
- [Thoughts on Hebrews 6:4-6](https://theolddirtroad.com/thoughts-on-hebrews-64-6/) - Some random thoughts on Hebrews 6:4-6. or it is impossible to bring back to repentance those who were once enlightened... then turn away from God
- [When Someone Advances and No Longer Has Time for You](https://theolddirtroad.com/being-ignored-when-others-move-on/) - Often when a person advances, old friends or supporters will notice that the person no longer has the time for them that they once did. Youe may think...
- [Pulling Out Life's Weeds](https://theolddirtroad.com/pulling-out-lifes-weeds/) - As I pulled weeds listening to an MP3 on Forgiveness this morning, I realized how much working on yourself is like pulling the weeds, they are both something you would
- [12 Pitfalls and Blocks to Personal Growth and Improvements](https://theolddirtroad.com/12-pitfalls-to-personal-growth-and-improvements/) - Why do so many self-improvement projects fizzle away? The best of our intentions sometimes seem to dwindle away within weeks. Why start only to quit?
- [40 Days of Forgiveness – What Can Be Learned?](https://theolddirtroad.com/40-days-of-forgiveness-what-can-be-learned/) - The cost of not forgiving is steep. It is unhealthy emotionally. It helps fuel the bitterness and anger that is part of the root of many diseases and other...
- [Is Your Spirit Nature Pure?](https://theolddirtroad.com/is-your-spirit-nature-pure/) - It’s common for many members of spiritual disciplines to designate the spirit as pure and the body or the material world as not pure, or contaminated. However..
- [John14:20 Explained in Pictures](https://theolddirtroad.com/john1420-explained-in-pictures/) - John 14:20 is explained in pictures. Helpful, fast, and easy to read. In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.

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- [Multi-Slacking Makes You a Better Worker](https://theolddirtroad.com/multi-slacking-makes-you-a-better-worker/) - Multi-slacking - It’s fast simple, efficient, and allows you to do even more slacking than before. Plus you don’t have to give up your coffee and snacking!
- [Your Teacup is Full -  A Zen Story](https://theolddirtroad.com/zen-teacup-story/) - Once, a long time ago, during the Meiji era, there was a wise Zen master named Nan-in, People from far and near would seek his counsel and ask for his wisdom.
- [Thoughts on Facing Problems and Fears](https://theolddirtroad.com/thoughts-on-facing-problems-and-fears/) - What is the best way to face our problems and fears? We are told many ways not to face them. Do not dramatize them, as that makes them bigger. Fighting them also makes them worse. If you push them down, swallow them, or run from them that makes them bigger too. Everyone knows ways to
- [The Life of Sri Ramakrishna](https://theolddirtroad.com/life-of-sri-ramakrishna/) - Gadadhar Chatterjee was born in a remote village named Kāmārpukur in West Bengal. It was an area of rice-fields, banyans, palms, a few lakes, and a nearby...
- [The Ego and the Tyranny of the Superego](https://theolddirtroad.com/the-ego-and-the-tyranny-of-the-superego/) - The Ego deals with the outside world. Per Freud, the ego mediates between the id and reality. It works to fill the id’s drives and needs in sensible ways and...
- [Ramana Maharshi and Lakshmi - The Story](https://theolddirtroad.com/ramana-maharshi-and-lakshmi/) - By Paul Nieto Lakshmi was one of Ramana Maharshi's most devoted and enlightened devotees. What makes this story so special and interesting is that Lakshmi was no regular devotee. She was a cow. This story comes from the work of David Godman, who wrote about the life and teachings of Ramana Maharshi. It starts in
- [Gangaji - What do you want?](https://theolddirtroad.com/gangaji-what-do-you-want/) - What do you really want? Is there a faster way? What do you really want? Do you know? Could you possibly only think you do? Maybe thinking about it seems as a waste of time. There are so many responsibilities. “It’s just pie in the sky.” Life dictates too many other obligations. Suppose you are
- [From the Dark Side of Light Chasers](https://theolddirtroad.com/from-the-dark-side-of-light-chasers/) - Story of the Golden Buddha. In 1957 in monastery in Thailand was being relocated and a group of monks was put in charge of moving the giant Clay Buddha. Amid the move one of the monks noticed a crack in the Buddha. Concerned about damaging the idle, the monks decided to wait for a day
- [Thoughts on the Ego, Discontent and Ambivalence](https://theolddirtroad.com/thoughts-on-the-ego-discontent-and-ambivalence/) - Thoughts on the Ego, Discontent and Ambivalence
- [Psychosomatics and the Rewards of Illness](https://theolddirtroad.com/psychosomatics-and-the-rewards-of-illness/) - Initially, the idea someone is creating their own illness does not sound very credible to them. They may become angry for mentioning such an idea.
- [Is the World Getting More Violent?](https://theolddirtroad.com/is-the-world-getting-more-violent/) - The Dalai Lama's book “The Art of Happiness in Troubled World” (the third in a series) has an interesting take on violence in general (and fear). Unfortunately, it is more the writing of the psychologist, Howard C. Cutter, backing up the Dalai Lama with scientific studies than it is the Dalai Lama speaking. Therefore, it
- [Healing the Adult Wounded Inner Child](https://theolddirtroad.com/healing-the-adult-wounded-inner-child/) - As young growing children, we were all wounded to some degree. It is impossible not to be. The wounded inner child carried into adulthood received its wounds...
- [Caring for Your Dying Pet](https://theolddirtroad.com/caring-for-your-dying-pet/) - The last days of your pet’s life are hard. One day you notice things are changing. Your friend or companion is not as strong as before. He can’t move as fast.
- [A Quick Look at the Story of Ramana Maharshi](https://theolddirtroad.com/life-of-ramana-maharshi/) - Ramana Maharshi was born in 1879 as Venkataraman Iyer, in what is now Tiruchuli, Tamil Nadu, India. After a near-death experience and spiritual awakening ...
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