I am holding a self-image of wanting to see myself as lovable. I also fight against the painful self-image of being unlovable. Both of these images seem so fundamental to my experience. Any comments? How can we maintain after an epiphany or mountain top experience? Nothing seems to fade faster than inspiration in the face of the mundane. Is there really the ability to heal oneself from majo...
Convinced that the limited world their own thoughts reveal is the only world there is -- and that this world holds the only possibilities there are -- most human beings spend the predominant part of their earthly lives being washed back and forth within the confined space between their past memories and future hopes. And the "reality" of this, their tiny thought world, goes on virtually..."
Sadly for those deceived, and dangerous for the spiritually unwary they encounter, many humans have unknowingly abandoned themselves to dark spirits in exchange for the strong sense of self the presence of such negative energies provides as it courses through them. These souls who are taken over don't know their actual state as part of the "pleasure" in their condition is their certainty that...
Everywhere we look, people are concerned with essentially one thing: getting what they want, when they want it, and as fast as possible. The fires that fuel their appetite for this envisioned success create so much smoke that they lose sight of the fact that all they reap for their insistent sowing are the cold ashes of regret raked out of broken relationships. If we are ever to realize the i...
Everywhere we look, people are concerned with essentially one thing: getting what they want, when they want it, and as fast as possible. The fires that fuel their appetite for this envisioned success create so much smoke that they lose sight of the fact that all they reap for their insistent sowing are the cold ashes of regret raked out of broken relationships. If we are ever to realize the i...
Letting go is the journey and it never ends. Never. It only begins -- over and over again -- each time we can glimpse something higher than our own painful certainty over who we think we are. So it is here, within ourselves, that the work of letting go must be done. To fully see what is unwanted by us begins with revealing what is unknown...
What does it mean to put the truth first and foremost in one's life? And why should one even try to do this, when it's so much easier to just continue doing what one wants to do for oneself before all else? The answer is surprisingly simple: what we put first, the choices we make in life are a direct reflection of what we value. What this means is that our experience of life -- for its pain...
Several times a week the Foundation receives emails from people who are bitter, broken-hearted, or just plain angry because of what happened to them while growing up and going through the myriad miserable relationships they had no choice but to go through (especially as abused children). In short, these people feel almost fully defeated in their effort to put a painful past behind them. I sa...
From this day forward, be a careful observer of the moving pictures in your own mind. Learn to watch all the various scenes without casting yourself as any of the players on the screen. Remember, nothing you see in that darkened theater is who you really are.
Here's a special spiritual exercise designed to develop harmonious human relationships -- it's called the "You-I" Maneuver...
Learn to detect negative feelings that imply there's nothing that can be done about the way you feel at the moment.
You have an unlimited storehouse of untapped energy lying dormant in your own heart and mind. It is the secret source of all that is wise, loving, timeless, and truly you. To touch this vibrant force of Life is to be lifted above any limitation... given the solution to any painful problem... and gifted with a new whole way to look at a life whose beauty never fails to amaze you...