Explorations of Conscious Reality Creation, Mindfulness, and Other Matters
Some days it feels utterly impossible to walk a path of my own choosing. There are days when the notion of living a life of my own choosing seems equally dissatisfying as letting life live me. It just seems like too much work, too much effort, too much focus. I sit in front of my computer, pondering researching something or writing something or some other useful thing…and I have no desire. Expending any effort seems like a struggle. I move
We are all creators. We live in the world we make. This is so very easy to disbelieve. Circumstances put us in places we never wanted to be, and we don’t always live in the world we would make. But the statement is still true. “If you will it, it is no dream.” – Theodore Herzl I Pathwalk because I do not want to be a victim of circumstance, and I want to make my own world. I want to
Time factors into so very many aspects of our lives. So many of the things we do in our day are dictated to us by time. There is a time to sleep, a time to wake, a time to eat, a time to work, a time to play, time for this, time for that. And of course, on the other side, there is a lack of time. Running late, out of time, too late, the time is getting away from
“Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson. Luck is an interesting topic. Many people believe that it is luck, good or bad, that makes our lives. Luck of the draw. Luck of the Irish. Good luck. Bad luck. Lucky in love. Unlucky in love. Pathwalking is about finding and making your own path in life. Luck has nothing to do with this. Yes, I will not deny that sometimes it is
One of the most often used phrases people throw around is “forgive, but don’t forget.” While many are champions of applying this to others in their lives, this is somewhere many of us fail at when it comes to ourselves. Last week I talked about the “forgive” portion of this, but did not get into the “don’t forget” aspect. To put it simply, the importance of forgiving without forgetting is to avoid repetition in errors. I can forgive myself for
One of the most often used phrases people throw around is “forgive, but don’t forget.” While many are champions of applying this to others in their lives, this is somewhere many of us fail at when it comes to ourselves. What do I mean by that? We are good at forgiving but forgetting when others do wrong by us, but not so good at this with ourselves. When it comes to our own mistakes, errors, stupidities and such, we are
Do not let them win. Who are they? They are the people who are against us. They are the people who are working all the time to do whatever they can to change how we live, and more – to have us live in fear. This is not just about the horrid people who would set off bombs in public and murder innocents. This is about the world in which we live, and our increasing willingness to sacrifice how we
I want to walk my own path, but there are multiple goals I want to achieve. How do I choose? While it is possible to head towards more than one goal at a time, I find it often necessary to prioritize. Sometimes this is purely organizational, sometimes its to prevent putting the cart before the horse. An important thing we need to acknowledge and take into account before this discussion goes much further – Pathwalking is about the path. The
If Pathwalking is about choosing a direction and walking a path, what do you do when there are multiple goals you seek? I have been perplexed by this very question pretty much all of my adult life. And when I was younger, this actually tripped me up frequently. I wanted to do and be different things that were not necessarily congruent with one another, which made my choices even harder. For a long time, I was an expert at explaining
Is there anyone who does not want freedom in their lives? Don’t we all want to be free? Free to do what we want, free to live how we want, free to explore this world and love and laugh and find peace and happiness? Doesn’t nearly everything we choose have to do with having freedom? Pathwalking is an expression of freedom. Freedom of choice, freedom from oppression and a dull, pointless existence – freedom is part of why I want