If we are resolved to give up trying to control life or ourselves, if we are interested in “what is wanted?” rather than “what we want” we need a different technique to make changes.
Read MoreWe all have the thing or things that we feel will bring us happiness. as we strive for these things we have to sacrifice other things that serve us, sometimes we sacrifice our health, families, work, etc.
Read MoreWe have a myth in our culture that success makes you happy. What if the reverse is really what’s true, what if happiness made you successful?
Read MoreI am in the airport right now and the fire alarm keeps going off with the message that the alarm is being investigated, but they are not turning it off.
Read MoreThe first step is the inquiry into the relationship with self, this inquiry is an inward journey that has vast depth and potential for contentment, creativity, and healing. The second step, that can happen in parallel but not in isolation from the inner inquiry is into relationships, the inquiry into others.
Read MoreWe don’t need to struggle in our relationships like we do. The key is so simple.
Read MoreWhat would happen to you right now if you lost all of your entitlement to anything and the reality of your life remained unchanged, the only change being you lost all of your entitlement?
Read MoreI spent a lot of years being unhappy in many ways, about many things. I truly believed in all the great reasons for being unhappy, I had great arguments for my unhappiness that convinced many unhappiness skeptics.
Read MoreThe problem that you and I have is that in order to grow we must be willing to look into our discomfort; in fact the guide to our potential is shown to us through our discomfort.
Read MoreContemplation differs from meditation in that, instead of quieting thought, we examine and engage with thought. By giving time in our day that is unfilled by stimulation and activity we can tap into the useful contemplative and reflective mind.
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