According to Buddha the root of all suffering is attachment. Many people have the mistaken impression that attachment is limited to being attached to our material things, but it is more wide ranging. What is suffering? Suffering is that mental anguish which accompanies the drama of life. Drama is the after effect of trying to […]
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In a recent blog I wrote about Zero Sum thinking. Briefly stated zero sum thinking is that if you win, I must lose. Think, Believe, Receive My first published book was called Think, Believe, Receive. Since the time I wrote it I have updated the book and added a new title; Think, Believe, Receive 2.0.
Those conversations in our heads; you know how they go. You get so angry at another person and you want to tell them off. You want to show them how wrong they are. Around and around the conversation goes in your mind. They say this, you respond with a withering reply that is insightful and
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As we travel our individual paths to ascension we often find ourselves thinking “As far as I know, I am a delightful person!” Unfortunately, from others we are hearing quite a different story. Our immediate reaction may be to bless them and their ideas, and move on. Or, we may feel hurt or angry about
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There is nothing wrong with being wrong. There is simply no way we can know everything, every time. What we do this moment is the best we know how to do at this moment. Given the same set of choices at another moment in time we might choose to do things differently, but there ya
Anger is fear turned inside out. Now, there is nothing inherently wrong with feeling anger, until anger overtakes our well-being. Anger has the potential of literally eating us up from the inside out. Anger has been linked to many diseases, anti-social behavior, and self destructive actions. Anger, when properly channeled and recognized for what it
Flying over the Pacific Ocean from Japan to the US time, at first, goes by quickly, then slows to a veritable crawl. In the arms of a loved one time does not exist. When we are on vacation, time whisks by all too quickly, so what is time? Why do we get so sideways about being
Practice makes perfect. We have heard that line countless times, and we have heard it so often because it is totally true. My question for you today is just what are you practicing? Are you practicing love for those around you, or are you practicing judgement about others worthiness? Are you practicing patience and acceptance
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Popeye, right? We are who we are, we do what we do ,we think the way we think and we like what we like because of every experience we have ever had. Doesn’t matter if we thought of that experience as negative, or positive, doesn’t matter if it was painful or joyful; every experience we
There, that is the whole message of this blog. OK, I admit it, I am weak, I simply have to expound on this thought. At times in the past I have been able to generate really, really good anger at other people. I was completely justified in my anger, I had tangible evidence to support
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