On Waking Up — The Attack of the WhyBut Monster
On Waking up — Why and but are stop words. They are useful for getting us off-track, as we pretend to be working on our issues. Uttering either means that you are stuck, pure and simple.
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On Waking Up — Awake as Compared to Asleep
On Waking Up — Awake as compared to Asleep It’s hard to admit, but our lives are mostly lived on autopilot. While there are plenty of reasons for “sleeping while awake,” (brain efficiency, etc.) the main reason we do it it is that we fear the work being awake entails.
The Finger That Points to the Moon…
The Finger That Points to the Moon… — our internal representations are neither real, nor necessarily accurate.
Finding Compassionate Wholeness
Compassionate wholeness happens infrequently in our world, because of the downward pull toward security and safety — things valued by
About No Past – 12 Ideas
No Past — One of the toughest ‘sells,’ both in therapy and in life, is this: there is no need, nor is there any way, to resolve the issues of the past.
About Happiness – 12 Ideas
About Happiness — The key to happiness and contentment: happiness is determined by your intention.
About I‑am-ness — 12 Ideas
I‑am-ness — One particularly interesting way to look at ourselves as human beings is to explore our free-flowing-ness versus our rigidity.
About Being Chained – 12 Ideas
About Being Chained – I must take full responsibility for my choices, decisions, and directions. Just as there is no one to compare myself to, there is no one is to blame for any choice I have ever made.
About Knowing Yourself — 12 Ideas
Knowing Yourself — I suspect that most people are more concerned with perfecting their defensiveness and whining than they are with radically altering their way of being in the world.
About Results — 12 Ideas
The usefulness or validity of an action is always determined by the result. If it ain’t working, doing more of it isn’t going to work either.