Explorations of Conscious Reality Creation, Mindfulness, and Other Matters
“The Warrior of the Light does not always have faith. There are moments when he believes in absolutely nothing. And he asks his heart: ‘Is all this effort really worth it?’ But his heart remains silent, and the Warrior has to decide for himself.” – Paulo Coelho, Warrior of the Light. I have been Pathwalking on and off for years, really. I began to formulate what this notion was in earnest last year, and am constantly developing my approach to
You are pretty amazing. It doesn’t matter what anyone else tells you – you are pretty amazing! You know that thing you do, that only you can do so well – keep doing it! I don’t know you. And with some exceptions, you probably don’t know me, either. But that doesn’t make this statement any less true. You are pretty amazing. We all need words of encouragement along the way. Everybody has bad days. Everyone gets brought down because of
The past two posts have been discussing the topic of failure. This week, I want to take an in-depth look at the most important aspect of handling failure – how to let it go, learn from it, and continue along the path. As we have discussed prior – failure is NOT a bad thing. Failure is a lesson either great or small that causes us to alter our path. Some of the greatest achievements in history have come about due
Rapists are never the victim. Shame on anyone who believes otherwise. Anyone who committed an act of rape and was found guilty is a criminal. Period. Rape has very little to do with sex. Rape is about power. Dominance. Aggression. Anyone who is a victim of rape should receive care, should receive sympathy and assistance. They should not receive scorn, derision, or shaming. I am astounded that our society today leans towards explaining away a terrible crime, focusing on a
I am taking a stand for equal rights for homosexuals, bisexuals, transgendered, – everyone, really. The topic of rights for the non-hetero population of the world has come up again and again. Whether the topic is adoption, marriage, or general discrimination issues, this is the civil rights movement of the 21st century. In the interest of full disclosure – I am a never married, heterosexual male. In college I majored in theatre, so of course I was privy to pretty much
Let’s take a closer look at accepting that failure will happen. We all receive so many messages expressing how negative failure is, how horrid it can be, that we cannot come to accept failure can happen. But it will. Plain and simple. Harsh though this statement is, it is unavoidable – you will fail. I will fail. In some way, failure will happen. It might be grand, it might be miniscule, but whenever you set out to do something, there
Let’s touch on an unpleasant topic – failure. No matter how clear a path might be, no matter how much effort I might put out, how perfect my focus might be…it is still possible to fail. Some people fear failure above everything else. Failure is the ultimate unpleasantness, some people feel. Failure is viewed as the absolute testament of a lack of worth. Failure is not an option has been a bold statement made by many along the way. And
Thus far, in exploring the “six core human necessities”, we have examined the needs for certainty, uncertainty, significance, growth, and contribution. These core human needs, as mentioned prior, are borrowed from Tony Robbins, but all tie into Pathwalking rather well. So far, we have taken a look at those that are almost entirely from within. Now, I want to examine the one that must ALSO be about the world outside of us. I am talking about, of course, love and
Following my last couple of posts, I want to continue to examine the “six core human necessities”. As suggested by Tony Robbins, these are certainty, uncertainty, significance, love and connection, growth, and contribution. Let’s take a closer look at significance (the need for feeling wanted and worthy), growth and contribution. All of these come from within, and are core to everything we need in order to walk the paths of our choosing. Significance in particular is tricky. Why? Because often
No offense, ladies, but this is a letter specifically to the rest of the members of my gender (but feel free to read on). Gentlemen, We need to take a stand. It is time to stop letting a minority make the rest of us look like fools and idiots. It is time to be heard. I am writing about these men who are working so hard to limit the rights of women. I am talking about these crazy politicians and