Explorations of Conscious Reality Creation, Mindfulness, and Other Matters
Pathwalking is about choice. It is about being active instead of reactive. And it is about empowering the self. Empowerment often scares people. The idea of power has been twisted and skewed in such a way that we often view it as a negative. But empowerment of the self is healthy, and a central aspect of Pathwalking. The line “power corrupts” is constantly emphasized in our society. You cannot look at a modern election and NOT have that thought. Big
“In order to have faith in our own path, we don’t need to prove that someone else’s path is wrong”. – Paulo Coelho In the process of Pathwalking, we all encounter people who are unsupportive of our effort. But sometimes that goes even further. Sometimes they are determined to show us that our path is wrong. This is ultimately more disheartening than a lack of support. Having someone actively taking the time and effort to show you that your own
Why does empowerment scare the government so badly? The easy answer is because they feel we will need them less if we have our own power. That’s the short answer. The full answer, however, takes a bit more thought. What IS empowerment, anyhow? That’s the tough question. Let’s turn to our friend dictionary.com for the answer: em·pow·er verb (used with object) 1. to give power or authority to; authorize, especially by legal or official means: I empowered my agent to make
What makes a person deviate from the path they are walking? How does a person who has been walking a very good life path wreck that path to the point where the path no longer exists and no other path can be started? I was asked these questions in response to a previous post, and believe that it bears its own entry in the Pathwalking series, and a more in-depth analysis. What makes a person deviate from the path they
Dear American Voters, Vote intelligently! Look at the people running – really look at them, pay attention to what they have to say – and don’t be fooled! Then VOTE! Apparently, a point has been reached in the political discourse in this country where blatant lies and unsubstantiated accusations don’t derail a candidacy. Thanks to the immediacy of the 24 hour news cycle, all they care about is the soundbite…and getting it to the masses. There are some very serious,
Even when walking a chosen path, you need to rest from time to time. Everyone needs to take a break. We all need moments to rest the mind, and to relax and simply be. Pathwalking can still be stressful. Certainly by design less stressful than an everyday life, but stress still exists. Pathwalking is about taking action, and action, even action we desire to take, can still have a toll on us. And so, from time to time, you need
How do you get back to the path if you have begun to backtrack, and why is that important? As mentioned previously, if you have chosen to walk your path, you have chosen to accept control over change. You are choosing how you will live your life, and as such how you make changes. Pathwalking is active, and proactive. Backtracking is reacting, and thus opposite. The difficulties you have encountered along the path have made you backtrack. You have leaped
What is backtracking, and why is it the opposite of Pathwalking? I have said before that the path is not always straight, will turn, twist, double back on itself. Doubling back might imply backtracking, but that is not the case. This notion of backtracking is making a leap from where you are on the path now to a previous point. I’m not talking about switching from one path to another, I am talking about taking a pronounced leap backwards, to
Everyone wants to see results for their effort. We all want to know that we are succeeding in our goals. We are inundated with phrases like “results driven” and “results oriented” in job descriptions. No matter what we do, the results are important to us. Just to add a little fuel to that fire, we are a quick-fix, instant gratification, get it NOW society. We want to see it happen AS SOON as possible. Tomorrow is not good enough, we
Negativity begets negativity. It inundates us at every turn. We are constantly being bombarded with negative messages, negative reinforcement, woe and lack and scarcity and no no no. Read the news about all the bad things happening in the world. Pay attention to politics and be overwhelmed by negative campaigns. Listen to how readily we talk about what we do not have, what we cannot have, and how terrible this, that or the other thing is. Negativity comes easily. Well