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...]
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...]
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...]
Having A Breakthrough
LovingSelf.com is dedicated to the great journey of life. Helping and supporting your breakthrough as you navigate the obstacles of self perception. So where do you start and how do you get going? Most of us require some sort of catalyst. Some person or event that jars us into a self-realization that we could not see previously. Often our catalyst is something that causes us great enough … [Read more...]
Victim of Wrong Perceptions
Much of the suffering in our life comes from our wrong perceptions. Our strong views and beliefs have made us blind to the things happening around us. Everything we see, hear or experience comes from a specific viewpoint that is biased from our past, our beliefs and our thinking processes. Most of the Time Our Perceptions Are Wrong Unfortunately we are victims of our own wrong perceptions. … [Read more...]
Understanding the Mirror of Life
Life can be very frustrating if you don't understand how the "mirror of life" actually works. It is easier to place blame on others, get caught up in the drama or bad things that happen to us. We try to set expectations and to control things but it only leads to disappointment and unhappiness. Our minds don't want to accept that we are actually the ones that are making these bad things happen... … [Read more...]