“The world is a hostile place”“You’ve gotta get yours before somebody else does”“I hate mean people” Whatever song your listening to, you can always change the channel. Even so, we have a tendency to bitch and complain about the song playing, and don’t take notice that its because that’s the channel we’re tuned to. We will never hear the right music until we change our channel.
Anxiety abounds when we compare our successes and failures to others’. Our culture has indoctrinated us into this mindset, and advertising pulverizes us with the message “You’re not good enough”. Let’s not forget that Grandma Moses, renowned American folk artist, began her painting career at 78. All of Nature happens in its correct time, and we are no exception, for we ARE Nature. You are not late, and you’re not a loser. You’re Running a solitary race; the race of…
What happens to us, happens. It may very well have a reason uniquely ours. This doesn’t necessarily infer that there is an otherworldly Being who decides that reason, but just as there is a reason acorns sprout and leaves eventually wither and die, there is a reason…It is a process. The meaning we give to that process however, if we are brave enough to look, will determine if it was a blessing…or a curse.And will most definitely influence the processes…
When awakened by the “a ha” moment, we are aware of something that, just a moment ago, we weren’t conscious of. We didn’t need to make it happen, in fact we couldn’t have made it happen…like the automatic laugh at the end of the funny cat video. When we become aware that the object and the observation co-arise, we begin to let go of the need for control. We begin to see that it was never out of control, and…
Your body is literally made of stardust. The fact that it made it’s way to this place and time, just in time to be part of you, is miraculous. You are perfect just the way you are, just as much as anything in the cosmos. In fact, you ARE the cosmos. you’ve already survived Hell fire. And you’re still here.
We tend to hide scars as imperfections. This is in error, because scars come from conflict, and conflict gives birth to growth.Scars are evidence of the willingness to engage the battle without backing down. Scars are a visible statement that says:I am willing to engage, and I am committed to survival.I will not go quietly.
Stage one, we see life in us/them terms. When the other doesn’t do what we like, we want them to change so that we can be happy. Not very effective life strategy, for sure. Stage two, we realize the we are inextricably intertwined with the events of our lives, and the outcome depends on the meaning we attach to the event. Stage three…we realize that, as stage two suggests, we must blend with the situation, but there also exists the…
Irreverent in voice and delivery and lacking the āpious pomposityā of most spiritual self-help methods and guides, āOut of My Mindā shoots straight at the heart of the human condition to provide effective strategies to combat the tragedies and hardships that befall most of us at one time or anotherā¦ with mathematical precision. āOut of My Mindā, born out of the wisdom of the ancient Martial Arts traditions and fused with global philosophical teachings and scientific principles, reveals a strategy…
What do we really have control over? We try to control our finances, our neighbors, our pets. We rail against the government, the IRS, and mainstream media. When we realize that we are wasting all of our energy trying to control that which is out of our control, we may start to realize that the only thing that is ours to control is our reaction to the present moment…and maybe not even that. After all, when was the last time…