It is interesting to look at language, it is the source code of your thinking and your thinking has a huge effect on your perception of life. Often times when we change our language we change our experience.
Read MoreIt is strange but I often notice that we have a hardship economy. I mean that we like to accumulate hardships like they are valuable.
Read MoreIf you were to write a list for Santa what would you put on it? What do you want? If your list is full of material things - what will those things give you?
Read MoreEvery so often I get inspired to do all of the little things I have put off for one reason or another. Today I bought some shelf pins so I could put up a couple of shelves, I took something out to the garage that had been sitting by the door, cleaned up my email and a few other things. I love the feeling of less clutter.
Read MoreOur minds are constantly making up stories about what things mean. Particularly about what other people’s behavior means about us. What other people do is rarely about us, it is about them.
Read MoreInquiry Method has a powerful tool for knowing if what you are doing actually serves you. It is called light and heavy. We are used to using our minds and our thoughts to make decisions. This is important for learning facts and analyzing a situation but not very useful to see if something is right for you.
Read MoreMost of us in our culture are perfectionists, we are taught to judge. As we look around we think this is good, this is bad. We may get more sophisticated and judge “this is better”, “that could use some improvement”, “that should not be like that”. We can also turn it on ourselves and judge “if only I was”, “that was stupid”, “I am too…”, “I am amazing”, “I know how that should be”, ...
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We spend a tremendous amount of time and energy avoiding feelings. Sometime when you are triggered, simply stop and feel what you are experiencing. Instead of justifying, avoiding, explaining, talking, drinking, exercising, checking out, arguing, complaining, criticizing, sleeping, watching TV, eating, having sex, etc… just feel what you are feeling. Close your eyes, feel your physical body, where do you feel the energy?
Read MoreThere are two aspects to the Inquiry Method perspective. One has to do with our external orientation, our interaction with life. This is the externalized aspect of inquiry. When we use inquiry to interact with life, we approach the world with curiosity and wonder.
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