How you are treating the entire universe
Think of how you are treating whoever or whatever is in front of you right now as being how you are treating the entire universe. Love, Dex
Love remains the core of our being
The basic contribution to life is to love, and along with that to accept, welcome and feel love from others, for these two qualities are really one quality. And while we err in “defensively“ denying these, love remains the core of our being.
90% of the emotional energies we need to process, digest and be free of is in the energy of our resistance to what is inside of us.
Resistance is the only reason anything is hard to process. Projecting something to be "too painful" or "too much" is in itself a form of resistance. 90% of the emotional energies we need to process, digest and be free of is in the energy of our resistance to what is...
The bedrock of the feelings, attitudes and reactions you need and want to fix in yourself
Things that have affected you as a defenseless child, and moments and episodes of hurtful unacceptance, rejection, abandonment, neglect, and betrayal, the things that have had you taking on self-protective ways of being, these are where the gold is, in terms of...
Spirituality and Religion, and what attitude or feeling toward others is being promoted
If your form of spirituality or religion promotes, supports or reinforces feelings of unacceptance of others, attitudes of condescension or superiority, or colors certain others as enemies, these aspects poison the soul with hate, and so it is detrimental, or being...
Pure being, devoid of investment in any perspective or way of being
All religions and spiritual groups seem to promote the idea that they alone have the one and only true special knowledge and understanding of what's really important, and they all are not as secure in their beliefs as they present themselves to be, and they seek to...
Why we react as we do to each other
That which we don't understand or have difficulty accepting, we classify and categorize. When someone regards you as offputting, it is because the very same feelings you emanate are resonating within them, and it is actually their own internal qualities they are...
On the subject of “being strong”.
The need to feel or appear strong is irrelevant when you don't fear to be vulnerable. These energies are an inadequate substitute for pure and simple presence.
Adopting a decision based on one moment to be applied to other moments
Adopting a decision based on one moment to be applied to other moments is inherently flawed, and will always turn out to be detrimental in the long run. Every moment is unique, and there is no comparable substitute for being present in the moment.
Anxiety vs Presence
It’s not about worrying about things not being the way they are “supposed to be”, that will only get in your way. That is the very definition of anxiety. Set your projecting aside, that you may be able to appreciate the joy, beauty, love, and happiness of having all...