If you want to feel better about yourself, it helps to do estimable acts. Estimable are are those things which are going to make us better about ourselves in the long term. One of the main reasons that people feel poorly about themselves is because they don’t do the right thing. Consciously or not, this…
Tag: 365 Days to Enlightenment
[Monday Message] Releasing the Illusion of Lack
When I say that lack is an illusion, I get a lot of push back from people. It is not that everyone has access to everything. It is that when we shift our mindset, the lack does not pain us in the same way. Things do not make us happy. Are there things that can…
[Monday Message] Passionate Goals
If people have goals for which they have no passion, they’re not really goals. Those are things that other people have told them they need to go after. Passionate goals are true goals. What are you passionate about? People learn best, are motivated, strive for new things when they get a glimmer of the goal,…
[Monday Message] Spiritual Problem Solving
The problem, the challenge, lies in figuring out what we are doing. Life is just a series of solutions. In the beginning In the beginning, there was The All. That was boring. The All wanted to better understand itself. It turns out the deepest understanding comes from experience. But how to create experience, when all…
[Monday Message] Fear
At some point in history, that part of us that said “don’t leave the cave and you won’t get eaten” kept humans alive. So that operating system believes that, if it is not in charge, we are going to die. So it makes a lot of noise to keep our attention, and gets louder when…
[Monday Message] Getting Comfortable with Others
How good are you at getting comfortable with others? How do you feel in a crowd? Are you comfortable or anxious? Can you relax? How do you feel at a small gathering? Are you comfortable, interested, engaged? Or are you shy and nervous? How do you respond to meeting a new person? It’s surprising how…
This week’s Monday Message is going to be a little different
I was looking at the original message for 11/7 (reprinted below) with a view towards enhancing it, as I do every week. The writing on contentment seemed fairly complete, but it seemed like it could use a guided meditation. I happen to have recorded one last year right around this time, so I offer you…
[Monday Message] Doing Things in Spite of Fear
I talk all the time about fear being an illusion. That doesn’t mean we don’t have the experience of it on a regular basis. Fear is a fact of being human. Not letting it affect us, not letting it deter us from action, that is the spiritual act. It has been said that fear is…
[Monday Message] Creating or Smashing Limitations
Limitations are a funny thing. You are the co-creator of your reality, of your life, of your Universe – did you know that? As such, you are capable of limiting yourself in innumerable ways. Examples: On a purely practical level, when you believe you have limitations, you limit yourself, because you are operating on that…
[Monday Message] Uncovering Who You Are
Uncovering who you are is much like a sculptor creating their art. I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free. I created a vision of David in my mind and simply carved away everything that was not David. -Michelangelo Your essence, your very core being, simply is. There is…
[Monday Message] Feel the Love
What is love? Love is not an emotion, although we have an emotional response to it. Love is a force, an energy. In its purest form, it is the energy that makes up the All. Until it comes through the ego, through the wounded self, it is unconditional. And what creates the wounded self? Receiving…
[Monday Message] Relax Into the Flow
When you relax into the flow of what is, of how things really work, when you allow the physical to support the mind, and the mind to support the Spirit, all will be well. The things of the heart are more weighty and more powerful than the things of the mind. They carry more energy,…