We have in us -- built over time as part of the construct of our personality - a literal host of demands. Things that over time have been thought over and over and over again until the construction of those thoughts becomes an unconscious attitude. For instance, if you think enough times, "Why are they doing this? I shouldn't be treated like this!" Gradually, you walk around with a chip on your shoulder, but you don't know it's a chip on your shoulder...
Topics covered: How long do you want to live a life in which you can be carried off at any time, beaten up, and then released whenever your captor is done with you?; The beginning of the end of useless suffering is in seeing that, at present, you do not really know why you suffer. There is not one solution that you think you know that is going to save you; If you ever want to stop being thrown into a prison whenever conditions seem to conspire against you...
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We're often led to act against ourselves by an undetected weakness that goes before us -- trying to pass itself off to others -- as a strength. In effect, we pretend to be something we're not -- a commonly accepted behavior these days. But any time we feign anything, we do so out of fear that without that "persona" to protect us -- to make that impression we want -- we won't get what we want.
When You Command Yourself, You Command Everything We never know what life will bring. And if we're not sure if we will be able to handle it... if we're not sure how we might react that could make things worse... we can't ever feel comfortable or at ease. But it doesn't have to be that way. It's not supposed to be that way. You can stop being afraid of life. You can stop being afr...
Most people would rather complain about some painful life pattern than dare to meet the level of their own consciousness responsible for its repeated appearance.
Are the laws in the Bible really God's, or are they man's interpretations? It seems that man destroys whatever he gets his hands on, so why should the Bible be any exception? When Jesus told his disciples that they must lose themselves to find themselves, was this the process of finding true self? Is the Bible a good resource for living truth? Each generation thinks that the Book of Revelation...
What's wrong with knowing that someone or something outside of me is responsible for making me feel unhappy? Over and over I fall into the trap of wanting to lash out and blame other people for what seem to me to be injustices in their actions. How can I learn to suppress that immediate reaction to point the finger at someone else? After certain negative events take place, I think I'll regain...
Is 'awakening' the ultimate goal in our spiritual journey? The sleeping nature rules my life most of the time. If I keep working to come awake in small moments, will there be a full awakening for me at some later time? I have had moments of spiritual awakening. Yet, these moments seem to fade all too quickly. When such moments arise, I have a new depth of clarity and silence. Are there any spe...
Part I: See through this trick and triple your productivity: Those stressed parts of us always asking us how will we get everything done that needs to be done, especially when there is so much to do, are themselves incapable of doing anything other than wasting the precious energy we need to proceed... Even as they use these same forces to lend themselves a heightened but false sense of impor...
Do you find yourself going through your day, running around like some mad human being, trying to juggle the pieces of your life to make them fit into some picture you've imagined? Have you had enough of suffering uselessly over your best attempts to change those daily experiences? Then here's what you need to consider...