Understanding what our "ego" is and how it works will increase our happiness and deepen our understanding of our suffering. When hearing someone talk about "the ego" we might think it is something related to inflated sense of self or arrogance. However, ego is more closely tied to our self-perception, our mind and our natural defense systems. Perception is the ability to see, hear, or become … [Read more...]
Learning to Let Go
Learning to let go can be extremely difficult. Sometimes our thoughts simply wont allow us to detach. Even when we know our thoughts are unhealthy, our brain keeps replaying the same negative thoughts or feelings again and again. Deep inside of us, we feel that our survival depends on having our situation the way we want it versus the way it currently is. But why is this happening and why cant … [Read more...]
Understanding FEAR
Fear, certainly should be near the top of the list for "should have had a class on this topic as a child". Fear is one of the strongest emotions we experience in life and is the underlying driver of many of our decisions and behaviors. All of this impact and yet we invest very little time into understanding how fear really works and how we can handle it better. Fear's overall purpose is … [Read more...]
Why Relationships Fail
Have you ever realized the connection between the challenges we face in life and the challenges in our relationships? There is an amazing parallel between the two. In this article, we will dig into the connection between life, our perceptions and the relationship challenges we likely will face. Relationships can be beautiful and make us feel amazing but they can also be devastating and highly … [Read more...]
The Tricks Our Mind Uses Against Us
In this article we are going to explain the tricks that our minds use against us and why. This is Part 3 of the "Understanding Our Mind" series. We learned in Part 1 - how the mind works and what consciousness is. In Part 2 - we dug into the different parts of the mind, mental nourishment and the issues with the monkey mind. Why Does Our Mind Fight and Resist Us? The untrained mind will … [Read more...]
How to Stop Feeding Your Monkey Mind
In part 2 of the "Understanding the Mind" series, we are going to go much deeper down the rabbit hole and learn: The mind's connection to others (the collective)What the "Monkey Mind" is and why it happensWays to calm the storms of our mind In part 1 we learned the basics of how our minds work, what our awareness is and the basics of mental seeds and mental nourishment. Parts of the … [Read more...]
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- Next Page »