Explorations of Conscious Reality Creation, Mindfulness, Nontoxic Positivity, and More
How you express it is another matter. Let me begin by making it clear that I am not placing blame here mainly because blame is an utterly useless concept. What I am doing is establishing a background to help us connect and understand one another. That said, here’s my story. My parents divorced when I was 5 or 6. This was the late 1970s, before divorce became more normal. As a bright, sensitive child, this impacted me hard. While I
Straight to the point, I’m not going to sugarcoat this. Before my premise hits anyone instantly wrong, please allow me to explain myself. First, and foremost, in no way, shape, or form am I dismissing anyone’s circumstances. The world has gone mad, lots of people are suffering, and your life might be shit right now for any number of reasons. In no way am I dismissing that, your feelings, or you. What I’m on about here is those who accept
Everyone. Everyone needs kindness, compassion, and empathy. Somewhere along the way, a certain sector of our society decided that being kind, compassionate, empathetic, and caring about anyone outside yourself or your immediate circle was a sign of weakness. They took this further and labeled it as being “woke”, like that was a horrid, unacceptable thing. What’s the opposite of awake, or “woke”? Asleep, or unaware. (Or let’s apply the thesaurus here, oblivious, ignorant, and unconscious.) Tell someone who takes umbrage
Every Day Can Be a New Opportunity No matter what’s happening in the world at large, this is true. Sometimes, it feels like all that’s happening in the world is terrible things. Another unthinkable, insane act on the part of the US Government. The latest awful move on the part of Putin and Netanyahu. Friends and family terrified they’ll be targeted, because nothing is certain. When it comes to other people, no matter if they’re remote or close, there is
Venturing into the unknown always comes with challenges. When I had the opportunity to write full time, I took it. In the 5 years that I’ve been walking that path I’ve managed to finish and publish 18 books. I have 1 finished now that I’m editing and am working on another. Additionally, I’ve put out over 780 blog posts. I don’t think anyone can argue that this is a lot of writing. I knew I wanted to be a writer
The choice to live in a world of doom and gloom is yours. Social media is the ultimate distraction. Even science tells us that social media has been specifically designed to grab our attention in unhealthy, addictive ways. On the one hand, social media can be a great way to keep in touch with friends. On the other hand, it’s a deluge of information, outrage, fear, and unchecked consumerism. I think social media is shortening our collective attention span and
Yes. But what that looks like depends on your actions. I write this frequently: The one and only constant in the universe is change. Change is inevitable. It can, will, and does happen. Sometimes it’s so slow that you hardly know it is ongoing, but it is. Other times, it’s so abrupt you can hardly believe what happened. In either case, for the most part, change in and of itself is neither good nor bad. Another thing I write frequently:
You are, after all, the only you that is or will ever be. There’s an inescapable truth about you. You’re the only one in your head, heart, and soul. You, and only you, are in your mind, feel your feelings, and experience your spirit. Despite what anyone else might say, do, or want, they can’t be you. You’re it. It’s all about you. This, for many, is terrifying. So much so that they would, they think, actively give up their
Learning is essential to life. Have you ever had a big, burning question you felt an overwhelming desire to answer? Did you take any and every path you could to find the answer to it? Then, did the answer lead to new questions? Congratulations, welcome to the Human Condition. For as long as human beings have been capable of logic and reason, we’ve asked questions to understand the universe around us. Lots of things can be explained by science. Thanks
That’s a very, very good thing. One of the most daunting aspects of the world today is how many people want you to bend to their will. Give them what they want, to hell with what you want. Accept mediocrity, take your place among so-called lessers, and don’t think for yourself. Some people resist such things actively. Some passively. Others, not at all. Because of how fear is weaponized, many people allow themselves to be the victims of a religion,
