The Ramblings of the Titanium Don
Explorations of Conscious Reality Creation, Mindfulness, and Other Matters
Sometimes this walking-your-own-path stuff can be tiring. You get footsore, like with any long walk or hike; and that’s a perfectly normal thing. When it comes to pathwalking, it may be yet another opportunity. One aspect of Pathwalking is the goal at the end. But equally, if not more important, is what you encounter on the journey itself. When the journey makes you footsore, that doesn’t mean in any way you abandon the path. You just pause. When I go
Pathwalking is not easy. In especial when the path you choose is not “the norm”. There will be resistance from multiple sources. I have long believed that we are not simply here to follow rote routines. Life is so very much more than get out of bed, go to work, come home, have dinner, watch TV, go to bed, repeat. Yes, we all need to be able to make money to pay for the essentials, let alone the toys we
When fear interferes with your attempt at Pathwalking, how do you overcome it? This is a really difficult question. Fear, an intangible, never quite feels the same. Different fears produce different reactions. But I believe it can still be overcome by any number of processes. The first step is to analyze it. What am I fearing? Why am I fearing it? Is my fear warranted, or nothing but a visceral reaction? What should I do about the fear? Can this
Probably the single greatest obstacle to Pathwalking is fear. FDR famously said “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” Yoda stated that, “Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering.” And in Dune, Frank Herbert gave us the Litany against Fear: “I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through
Do I deserve to be happy? Have I earned the right to walk my own path? Am I good enough, smart enough, wise enough, deserving enough to be one of those people who can choose and walk their own path? Yes. Yes I am. And Yes, you are, too. One of the biggest problems with seeking, finding, and walking your own path is exactly this. Am I deserving of having this choice? There are a lot of factors, a lot
It’s a trap! A lot of people believe that this entire concept – consciousness creating reality, the law of attraction, the power of positive thinking, etcetera – is nothing more than hooky-spooky, crunchy hippy, new-agey bullshit. They think life happens, you cannot direct it, control it, you can only do your part, do your job, and get on with it. All this feel-good reality creationism is ludicrous drivel. This is the easiest trap to fall into. Especially when you are
Over the past several weeks I have explored many of the aspects that go into my Pathwalking concept. This week, let’s take a more in-depth look at a single, necessary aspect in successful pathwalking: Accountability. More than once, in writing entries on topical rants in this blog, I have touched on this topic. It is my belief that the single greatest problem in the world today comes down to accountability. No one seems to care if they take responsibility for
Distractions are everywhere. All sorts of things can distract you from your path. Some of these are good things – family, friends, fun activities…and some are less so – work, bills, anger, frustration. Accepting and balancing the distractions while remaining on the path can be really hard to do. I often suffer from something I refer to as ADOS – Attention Deficit “Ooooooooooooooooooooh, SHINY!” disorder (NOT my phrase, by the way – I have borrowed it from a friend or
I have long said that there are three ways to exist in this life. The first is to let life live YOU. You go about your day-to-day business, let the pattern carry you along, let life happen to you. No real control, you just go with what happens. This is REALLY easy – but not tremendously rewarding. The second is to curl up in a ball, and wait to die. This is not just a literal thing – I believe
When we are feeling defeated, and we can no longer conceive of the path, or find it at all – how do we let it go? As I mentioned in last week’s post, the first step is to acknowledge and accept this limitation. We are imperfect beings, and as such we are going to falter, we will lose the path completely. This is not a weakness – it is a part of our nature. So we have to accept the