The Pout
Earlier I posted on Expectations and the root of suffering. As we begin to see through the illusion and see the stories playing out in our life, it can sometimes be a little surprising. As …
Category: Ego
Expectations = Suffering
I’ve talked here about expectations. Also about being present, in the moment. Essentially, our mind has a tendency to be attached to certain results. We desire and crave certain things. Desiring is natural, it is …
The One Truth
I talk a lot on this blog about perspective and reality. I harp a lot about what is true or real because a lot of people don’t quite grasp what these are. We are in …
What is the sub-conscious?
Once again over at Tom Stine’s blog, we discussed this question – what is the sub-conscious and does it actually exist? Certainly there are many theories about it. And some experiential details. For example, its …
Stop, Look, Listen
Over at Tom Stine’s blog, the discussion about thoughts continues. To a client he said “You will discover, if you are open to it, that much of what goes through your head, your thoughts and …
The Usurper
The ego identity is quite the cunning fox. It will take anything that comes up – events, feelings, thoughts, and intuitions – and bend them to suit its story. The ego loves doubt as that …
Eckhart on Oprah 10
The 10th and last class in the New Earth series was, i think, the best. ‘You are the universe experiencing itself in this form.’ ‘You are the universe, not separate.’ Everything is in cycles of …
Belief and Identity
I’ve spoken about this here before but its worthwhile mentioning this from another voice. My mate is reading Gregg Braden’s book “The Spontaneous Healing of Belief“. She brought the book in again to share an …
What is True?
What is true? What is real? Over on Tom Stine’s Blog we had a good discussion about these questions. I thought it worth summarizing some of the points that arose. Are thoughts true? That depends. …
In the wings
It rather startles me sometimes how throughly the ego prepares its dramatical scripts. Recently, quite separately, a couple of friends of mine have gone through very difficult emotional periods, breaking away from old dramas. After …
Eckhart on Oprah 9
Finally had a chance to watch the 9th class of Eckhart on Oprah, this one on Purpose. Here are a few notes. There is no substitute for finding your purpose. There are 2 purposes: Outer …
On Stress
From a Discussion on Shilpan’s guest post. (now offline) Hans Selye was an early researcher into stress. He defined 2 types – distress and eustress. The second of course a positive stress like falling in …