Explorations of Conscious Reality Creation, Mindfulness, Nontoxic Positivity, and More
I am. Two of the most powerful words anyone can utter. What follows them will help in building up the self. I am happy. I am strong. I am attractive. I am wise. I am worthy. Unfortunately, following “I am” with negatives is equally, if not sometimes more powerful. I am broke. I am angry. I am weak. I am fat. I am unworthy. All you have to do is read the news. All you have to do is read
Science has taken a lot of abuse over the past decade or so. A lot of ‘faith based’ organizations have been working overtime to discredit the scientific community. And this is something we should all be far more disturbed by than we are. What is science? Let’s visit Dictionary.com for that: sci·ence noun 1. a branch of knowledge or study dealing with a body of facts or truths systematically arranged and showing the operation of general laws: the mathematical sciences.
Independence is one of the primary reasons to walk one’s own path. The best definition from Dictionary.com for independence is freedom from the control, influence, support, aid, or the like, of others. This is one of the main reasons to choose to walk our own path. We want to be free, we want to be independent, we want to ultimately be in control of our own fate, our own destiny. Sometimes winning that independence is easy. But sometimes it is
We are all different in so many ways. Race, creed, color, gender, sexual orientation, nationality…but instead of focusing on our differences, and creating gaps and divides over them – we need to start focusing on all the ways we are the same. The business and political and religious leaders in this world love to explore, exploit, and emphasize all of our differences. They use them to create fear of one group or another, to control whom they can, and to
I regularly use the phrase Consciousness Creates Reality. The question you might ask is – what does that mean, and how does it relate to Pathwalking? I borrowed this phrase long ago from my best friend, and find it is probably the truest phrase I have ever heard or spoken. The meaning is both deeply simple and utterly complex. Consciousness – this is awareness. Awareness of the self, awareness of one’s surroundings, the general acknowledgement of being. Creates – the
What if we all focused on ourselves for a while? I don’t mean everyone should become selfish – I mean rather than focusing on all the outside influences and all the negatives of the world, we redirect our focus on ourselves, and work to improve what we can in our own lives. This might be a radical idea, but as I read the news and all the negative things going on out there – be it political, religious, monetary, whatever
Thought + Feeling + Action = Pathwalking. But another important element in this equation – quite possibly the glue that binds it, in fact – is discipline. Last post, I explained my issues with feeling. Thought I have little problem with, but feeling is a whole other issue. It is time to discipline myself to work on feeling out my thoughts. Discipline, unfortunately, has never been my strong suit. Without discipline, accomplishing the act of walking one’s path, let alone
I am a thinker, not a feeler. I am all about thought, rather than emotion. And while, at times, this is advantageous – at times it really is not. It’s all well and good, in the process of this whole Pathwalking notion, to think about what I intend. But to really do it, to make it actually happen requires more than thought. It requires intent. It requires feeling. And that, for me, is the challenge. Feeling. I know a number
The concept of Pathwalking has a lot of different definitions. What is means for me is not what it will mean for you, or him, or her, or anyone else. The idea is that you choose a path that you want to choose. But an important aspect of this is that you can only choose for yourself. You cannot choose a path for anyone else. For some people, the path that brings them ultimate contentedness and happiness is utterly simple.
Why are we letting the reactionaries have so much power right now? Politics and religion in particular are both currently being attacked by reactionaries – and they seem to be winning. And this makes no sense at all. What does it mean to be reactionary? Dictionary.com says this: re·ac·tion·ar·y (adjective) 1. of, pertaining to, marked by, or favoring reaction, especially extreme conservatism or rightism in politics; opposing political or social change. This covers a lot of politics and religion at the moment. Pick a topic – gay marriage, censorship, propaganda, global warming, health care reform, taxes…every one