“If we wait until we’re ready we’ll be waiting for the rest of our lives.” – Lemony Snicket Everyone who has kicked ass chose not to wait. They stretched themselves beyond what they felt comfortable doing, and did it. That how life works. If you sit and wait, you keep waiting. Nothing happens until you start. Is it time to start? The post Time to start? appeared first on Healthy Mind Heart Body.
Spiritual Power Tools
When I talk about spiritual power tools, I'm really talking about your spiritual power tools. These are the tools that turn the wheel of your growth, healing, and spiritual awareness. You don't need to do much with a spiritual power tool. It's not like a weeklong kundalini yoga …
GBOT Excerpt
In response to the comment in the other thread, I posted an excerpt from the new book. See it here: BECOMING SEXUAL
Always Regretting What You Did and Didn’t Say? How to Communicate Under Stress
No matter how clearly you get your point across in a work meeting, or how renowned you are for having the gift of the gab, if you are anything like the rest of us the second you find yourself in a stressful situation your communication skills can seem a thing of the past. Family functions, …
I am but a traveller , a man on a journey on the path of life
I am but a traveller , a man on a journey on the path of life. I have been many places I wish I could had avoided and a few I was glad to had visited. I had spent many years just wandering in search of who and what I am. Many…
3 Habits to Help Create Your Best Year Ever
1. Create a BFG. A Big Fun Goal. A BFG could be anything you want to experience or accomplish in 2015. It should be a BIG goal because it’s important to dream and think big. And it should also be FUN in that you have fun going after it and enjoy the process of trying to make it happen. I have found that we too often get so serious about our goals that we don’t have fun pursuing them…
What will you allow?
“What you allow is what will continue.” – unknown Until you stop it, what you allow keeps coming back in your life. The habits, distractions, toxic people, on and on; all the stuff that gets in your way today will continue to get in your way tomorrow – until you change, until you decide to stop the nonsense. What will you allow today? The post What will you allow? appeared first on Healthy Mind Heart Body.
Is Time the True Essence of Life?
Do you wear a watch? Most people do, but just in case you forget yours; there’s a clock on your cell phone, dashboard, computer screen and hanging on the wall in almost every room you will enter today. Why are we humans so obsessed with knowing what time it is? The reason is rather obvious, don’t you think? We only have so much time! That’s right; we only have so many hours in a day, days in a week, and so on. Once they’re gone, there is simply no way to get them back. So we schedule and plan according to the clock. We make appointments and arrangements. We calculate travel time, meeting time, mealtime, bed time and wake up time. We use a schedule …
Depression and Location – Is Where You Live Affecting Your Moods?
by Andrea Blundell Depression is a condition which can be triggered by a myriad of factors, including childhood trauma, major life changes like breakups and redundancy, and low self-esteem. And a new factor has just been earmarked by two studies as something else to consider if you think your depression has struck out of nowhere …
Wisdom Books: Uniting Humanity by Sanderson Beck
Before we leave our earthly bodies at death, we could ask ourselves these questions: Are we leaving our Mother Earth and the human race in a better condition than they were when we were born? What kind of a society and world will our children and grandchildren inherit? Since my birth in 1947 human population … Related posts: Wisdom Books: NonViolent Action Handbook by Sanderson
The actions you take, the contributions you make
“Those only are happy who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness.” – John Stuart Mill Happiness and joy are not goals, they’re results. They result from focusing beyond yourself, focusing on things larger than yourself – and taking action. The harder you try to be happy, the more distant the result becomes. Don’t work so hard at it. Let happiness joyfully flow into your life as an outcome, as a result of the
Happiness that Comes From Giving
Giving becomes big business during certain times of the year, so I thought we could take a closer look at the whole concept of giving. Once you back away from the commercial aspect of giving, what comes to your mind? Do you think it’s possible to spend a fortune on gifting and still miss the happiness of giving? The wisest man who ever lived said: “There is more happiness in giving than in receiving.” Do you believe in this principle? If so, then perhaps you have wondered what kind of giving is the most valuable. What kind of giving really produces that deep sense of happiness that eclipses receiving? Giving that …
The Spiritual Teacher and Spiritual Student Relationship
The spiritual teacher and spiritual student relationship gets some attention in conversations and spiritual blogs, but I felt like offering my thoughts on this topic. I think it can't be emphasized enough how powerful of a relationship this can be, and like any powerful relationship, a lot of things can get stirred up in both people. So if you are a spiritual teacher, healer, or other spiritual helper, you have as much to do and be mindful of in this relationship as the student.Many of you helpers already know …
How to Survive A Family Gathering Emotionally Intact
by Andrea Blundell What is it about family gatherings that reduces so many of us to behaviours we’ve long left behind in the rest of our life and leaves us feeling unbearably annoyed and swearing off ever attending one again? The problem is often one of habit. Even though we’ve long grown up and had families of our …
Enlightening Lectures: The Trivium – Mark Passio
The Trivium is an ancient method to learn and think effectively, and therefore to come to truth. It is like a manual for how our mind, as a “processing unit” works, and for how to use it in an effective way, without prejudging and logic errors. It is the “Three-Fold Path to Truth”, consisting of … Related posts: Educational Talks: The Trivium Method – Gene Odening Enlightening Talks: Mark Passio – What in the World is Happening? Enlightening Talks: Mark Passio – New Age Bullshit & The Suppression Of The Sacred Masculine Enlightening Talks: The Matrix Trilogy
Hall of Fame Integrity
A few weeks ago I attended the Cornell University Athletic Hall of Fame dinner where 11 new people were being inducted and honored. For the record, I was not one of them. : ) As I sat in the audience and listened to the honorees give their speeches, the stories they told contained lessons that went far beyond sports and I knew I had to share a few of these gems with you. Kate Varde, a record setting softball player who graduated in 2004 didn’t talk about herself. She talked about her teammate Joanne Keck instead. Kate said, "…
It’s between your ears
“I’ve been poor and I’ve been rich. Rich is better.” – Beatrice Kaufman Why is it that you can find two people in very similar situations, with very similar finances, very similar lifestyles, and yet one is miserable and the other has joy? Abundance lives between your ears, not between the folds in your wallet. You grow
Some day is this day
“Grow a backbone, not a wishbone.” Take full accountability, take control of your life. Don’t wait for some day when somebody will do something. Some day is this day, and somebody is you. The post Some day is this day appeared first on Healthy Mind Heart Body.
10 Simple Ways to Instantly Build Self Confidence
Lets face it, self confidence is the difference between feeling unstoppable and feeling scared out of your wits. Your perception of yourself has an enormous impact on how others perceive you. Perception is reality and the more self-confidence you have, the more likely it is you will succeed. Although many of the factors affecting self confidence are beyond your control, there are a number of things you can consciously do …
Post-breakup Holidays
This blog started on November 29, 2006. This post below was one of the first posts and received ASTOUNDING responses from around the globe! The blog was only meant for a handful of seminar students I had at the time, … Continue reading →
Spiritual Awakening and Holidays
Spiritual awakening is a big light bulb that illuminates all of life, and the holidays and their myriad of cultural illusions, beliefs, obligations, and myths get illuminated much like everything else. For many of you, you may suddenly be wondering, "Why am I doing this?"I'm not writing to say that any holidays are bad, but there certainly is lots of unconsciousness around them. People don't really know why they hand out candy for Halloween in the U.S. or what flying reindeer have to do with the birth of Jesus. But since everyone else seems to go along with it, we do too. Then the light goes on, and we have to look. We can't close our eyes anymore, …
The Grieving Process and the Internet – Should You Mourn Online?
The last decade has seen a new way of mourning the passing of those we love and care for in the form of the social and psychological phenomenon of ‘online mourning’. And it’s gone much further then just Facebook and Twitter condolences. Websites have popped up that offer anything from online memorial services, in the …
Inspirational Words from Marcus Garvey on Self-Knowledge
A speech by Marcus Garvey extolling the virtues of self-knowledge. Related posts: Enlightening Talk: Alan Watts – Stop Trying To Change The World Educational Talks: The Trivium Method – Gene Odening Enlightening Talk: Know Thyself Enlightening Talks: The Matrix Trilogy Decoded by Mark Passio Enlightening Lectures: The Self That Thinks by Manly P. Hall
Your thirty second ride
“See your reflection in the elevator.” Everyone gets off at their floor, and you’re left staring at the shiny silver door. Who’s really there? Do you like who you see? What would you change? And why? And how would you change? Why would it matter? Moments of life altering insight can occur on a thirty second ride. Pay attention. Life passes quickly. The post Your thirty