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When someone says “Don’t let somebody else…”, “Watch out for this type of person”, etc.
Any practice, group, system, philosophy, or individual that promotes being distrusting of others, or blaming other people or unseen forces for your own condition or circumstances, well-meaning or otherwise, is leading you into A trap that will perpetuate For you the...
“Expectations become projections and filters…” An excerpt from my book, “Honoring Your Spiritual Compass”
Expectations become projections and filters, compromising the purity of “Simply take what you get” Spiritual digestion is an effortless process of letting what is relevant find you. Effortlessness includes letting go of the drive to explain things or find answers....
How We Live, and How We Could be Living
We often seek, create or frame situations so as to justify the attitude of the person that we are posing as being. And we seek to derive some satisfaction by having and exhibiting the feelings of that persona. But that it’s always a very hollow feeling. What really is...
From my forthcoming book, “Honoring Your Spiritual Compass”: Magic and Mechanics
There are two basic approaches to life, and we all have a mix of both, in varying degrees: magic, and mechanistic. By "magic", I mean, simply deciding what it is you really want to have or experience, envisioning that, and allowing it to materialize for you. By...
Practicing Mindfulness
Try this spiritual exercise first thing every morning: walk around outside, in a beautiful, natural environment if possible, barefoot if possible. As you slowly walk, get the full sense of the ground supporting your feet your body, and the sense of your body being...
The Perfect Functionality of your Spiritual Compass (book excerpt)
Your spiritual compass is at the core of your being. It is your thrust and drive toward the goals, desires and needs that are important to you. It points toward, or presents, your goals, driving you forward, and when a goal of yours is being opposed by some condition...
On simplicity (from Geir Isene)
This is a beautiful post and video from Geir Isene which I have reposted below... A talk on simplicity - in coaching, in life, in games, in the search for truth and free will. I pulled up the phone and my mini-mic and did this raw and personal talk in the woods. First...
All About the Fascinating World of Your and Others’ Game-Self Identities
We assume the identities of our game selves in interacting with the game selves of others, to play the endless varieties of the games people play- “get the most attention”, “make people fear you”, “be invisible”, “smartest guy in the room”, “shock people”, “get...
“We have met the enemy, and he is us”
I have written about the commonalities between the rigid defensive attitudes (aka stubbornly held protective attitudes) we take on and the personas (aka adopted identities) we take on before. And now, over the past year, in every case, I've noticed perhaps the most...
“Impatience”: A volatile condition, a huge entrance point for major relief in addressing!
Impatience is the melding point between fear, one of the most primal of emotions, and abusive anger, so damaging, and which is in fact an effort to bury fear. If you desire relief from the most troubling emotions, avail yourself of the opportunity to process your...