The Ramblings of the Titanium Don
Explorations of Conscious Reality Creation, Mindfulness, and Other Matters
I love you. Doesn’t matter who you are, it does not matter how I know you. I love you. I love you for your humanity, for your intelligence, for your strength, for your weaknesses, for your heart and soul. I love you for being. Why are we so very frightened to say these words? When did the notion of love become so complicated? Why is love broken down into so many subdivisions and categories and so full of stipulations and
Life is only as complicated as we choose to make it. Last week I began to explore the many ways we move far away from the relatively simple things we actually want for our lives. For most people, these include finding love, peace, joy and feeling good. Previously I postulated that as children we instinctively understand this, but as we grow and develop we start to add layers and steps and these things get complicated. What are some ways in
Finding positivity is not hard, it just requires action. This is not as daunting as it may first appear. We are bombarded daily with negativity. Some is intentional, aimed at causing us fear and distress in an effort to control us. More often, though, it’s unintentional, like a friend trying to share with us a situation that is in need of attention, but is infuriating. We cannot avoid, ignore, or neglect these things. We can, however, choose not to let
Life is only as complicated as we choose to make it. The human race has this incredible obsession with complicating our lives. We create these impossible goals and lofty ambitions, and reject the relatively simple things we all want. Everybody wants to love and be loved. Everybody wants to find joy and peace. Everybody wants to feel good. Yes, I recognize these are pretty massive generalizations, but that doesn’t make them any less true. I know some people appear to
I am determined to find Positivity. Negativity is everywhere. Like, wow, this is so overwhelming how inundated by negative messages we are right now. Anger, hatred, fear, both directed and passive are every way we turn. It feels almost inescapable. The national and international news is so completely full to overflowing in negativity, coupled with unpleasant feelings towards the new work week and weather and…it can feel like it is all too much. I am determined to find Positivity. I
Having faith is important. It is also equally important to have knowledge. Some people seem to believe that these concepts are mutually exclusive. To have faith means knowledge is unimportant, and vice versa. But we need faith to traverse the unknown, and we need knowledge to understand the experiences we have during this life. On the one hand, society has an obsession with grouping often diverse concepts together. For example, spirituality, morality and religion. Three separate tenets that are frequently
There is always something to be learned. No matter how much information you take in, no matter how many books you read, how many formal or informal classes you take, how many masters you study, there is always something more to learn. It is an incredible source of positivity to know that you can always gain something new, acquire previously unknown information, and explore way beyond your current base of knowledge. Whether you learn something new about a topic you
If you want to change the world, you have to begin with changing yourself. It is that simple, and of course at the same time that complicated. Change is challenging. I don’t want to call it hard, because really it’s not that hard to make change. But change IS challenging. Why? Because change is frequently a journey into the unknown. We take steps into unexplored territory, to places we have never been, maybe even never really dreamed about. Change is
The hardest person to forgive is yourself. There is tremendous positivity in forgiveness. Whether you are not meeting what you think other people expect of you, or more likely you are not living up to your own expectations, you probably have experienced a need to forgive yourself, and that can be challenging. It is important that we recognize we are only human, and forgive ourselves when we are less-than-perfect. Thing is, everyone is perfectly themselves, and as such perfectly imperfect.
We all experience things that cause us to have an immediate, negative emotional response. Last week I wrote about not holding onto that and letting it take hold of you. So, what are some means by which to cope with a negative emotional response? Everyone can employ something different, and there is of course no one true response. Also, situationally, different matters may call for a different response. Some options for releasing that immediate negative response could include meditation, crying,