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...]
Society’s Values vs. Life’s Values
The more we learn about and understand life, the more we realize almost everything we have been taught originates from society's goals for us and not our own. Today, we are going to compare the core values of society's goals to life's goals for us. We will see how it is actually society that influences our plans, our thinking and our actions. Lets start by defining what "values" are: Value: … [Read more...]
Why We Resist, Delay and Avoid
We spend most of our lives fighting against the natural flow of things. Something in our nature simply does not want to surrender our control. We often find ourselves opposing things without even realizing why. When we begin to understand why we resist, we can transform this tendency and improve our acceptance and happiness. It All Comes Back to Fear Whether we are resisting, delaying or … [Read more...]
Calming the Storms in Our Life
A mother on vacation with her family, took her 3 young children on an ocean ferry traveling from one port to another. It was storming that day and the waters were very rough. As waves crashed into the boat, the water came up over the rails and began to flood the decks. The other passengers on the boat quickly became very nervous talking about the waves. As the mother looked around, she could see … [Read more...]
Learning to Trust Life
Its always important to remember that our thoughts, words and actions have great "life" energy associated to them. This power can just as easily nourish us or poison us. Our brains are constantly and automatically evaluating the world around us. This can make it difficult to let go and simply trust in life. Without our awareness, our brains have built numerous associations to situations, … [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...]