Explorations of Conscious Reality Creation, Mindfulness, Nontoxic Positivity, and More
A simple act with a deeper meaning. As I sit here, trying to figure out what to write about today, it occurs to me that the lenses of my blue blocker glasses are seriously smudged. How often do I notice that and ignore it? Today, I paused, grabbed the spray and cloths, and cleared the schmutz off my glasses. That’s better. These glasses I wear when I work at my computer don’t correct my vision. I only wear them to
No, seriously, who do YOU think you are? It’s all too easy to worry about what others think of you. Hell, whole industries exist to address this. Almost every single advertisement sells you on the idea that if you don’t buy this product or service, you won’t get laid, everyone will think less of you, you’ll miss out, and so on. Be the envy of your friends and family by buying “X” rather than the butt of the joke or
That’s more positive than negative. We are living in a bizarre, uncertain, distressing world right now. Tons of progress made toward a more equal, diverse, inclusive, amazing world are being shredded by scared, greedy, uncertain, thoughtless people on many levels. It’s hard to find positivity in much of anything regarding the world at large. It’s hard to accept anything in your personal life that’s good without feeling guilty or selfish. Yet, truth be told, there’s almost nothing you can do
When you’re distracted, you become disempowered and cede control of your life. It’s easy to get overwhelmed. The biggest downside of the information age, the internet, and social media, is how much junk is out there to distract you. This, coupled with the inherent fear-base of our society, is being increasingly weaponized to cause chaos, misguidance, and disempower the masses. It’s gotten to the point where there are distractions from the distractions. All of this is designed to move you
Applied nontoxic positivity can help answer this question. No two days are alike. Similar, sure. Alike? No. This is because variables will make every single day different and unique in some way or other. For example, even if you wake up at 6am, on the dot, every morning, the sun isn’t precisely where it was the day before. No matter how close the temperature of the air is today to what it was yesterday, the humidity and barometric pressure are
Because conscious reality creation is a neutral force in and of itself. You’re bombarded every day with messages that tell you to take a stand against this, in opposition to that, and so on. It’s as if there’s an endless loop of things to take a stand against. While on the surface this seems like a good way to resist awful things happening in the world, its depths tell a very different story. That’s because consciousness creates reality. This is
Unless you’re being actively mindful, the answer is probably yes. The world is not the giant, insurmountable ball of negativity you read about in the news. Before you disregard that statement, pause a moment the next time you’re in a grocery store, public park, or anywhere else with lots of people. What do you see? Is everyone being terrible to everyone around them? Is it a war zone of people taking, pushing, shoving, and doing naught but harm? Or is
The past has come and gone, and change is the only constant. One of the central tenets of the current American administration – if they have any genuine tenets to speak of – is to undo decades of progress. Environmental protections to ensure people have access to clean air and water? Fuck that, it cuts into corporate profits and economic growth. Equal rights for women, LGBTQA+, and people of color? Fuck that, the white men need their shining mediocrity to
Guess what? You can make a new one now. Everybody makes mistakes. There isn’t a single person on Planet Earth who doesn’t err, make a poor choice, or fuck up. Not. A. One. You have made a poor choice in your life. I know that because you’re only human, and humans can, will, and do make poor choices. Guess what? You are not alone. So, so very not alone. Everyone. Every. Single. Person. Chooses badly from time to time. Yes,
Yes, because nobody else is in your head, heart, or soul. People spend endless amounts of time and money to understand things. Often, finding answers leads to stagnation because of one simple universal truth: Change is the one and only constant in the universe. Nothing, and I mean nothing at all, is static. Everything changes. Sometimes change occurs so quickly that you blink and it’s done. Other times, change is so glacially slow that no matter how hard you look
