The Ramblings of the Titanium Don
Explorations of Conscious Reality Creation, Mindfulness, and Other Matters
How do you find the line between being informed, and being overwhelmed by information? This is the question I find myself contending with fairly regularly of late. Given all that is happening both in the USA and around the world, I find I need to remain informed, and keep in the know. However, there are so, so many things happening that this quickly becomes overwhelming. World news can be pretty crazy, but all the insane political actions happening in America
Empathy is not a weakness. Empathy is not simply about understanding how someone else feels. It is about understanding that, like you, other people have feelings, too. We all have desires, we all have wants, we all have needs. Some are similar, such as food, shelter, clothing, companionship. Yet even with the similarities, they still will vary from person to person. The foods and quantities of food vary, the desired shelter differs, we like different clothing based on our individual
We live in an abundant universe. Society, however, strives to contradict this fact. We endlessly are bombarded with messages of insufficiency, wanting and lack. It seems like everywhere we turn we are told there is not enough money to go around, dwindling resources, too little security, and overall an insufficient amount of this or that to accommodate everyone. Worse, even where lack doesn’t exist, there are plenty of people who use the fear of lack to maintain control. If we
Presumption can be majorly detrimental to your health. What am I talking about? I think it’s pretty safe to say that everyone, at one time or another, has stumbled across something that caused them to make a presumption about the future. For example, you find an unwrapped present your loved one acquired, or a letter that’s not addressed with either good news or bad news, or you find a job listing from your own company that looks suspiciously like your
How clear is your vision? This is the question I have been contending with for a while now. It is, to some degree, due to a lack of clarity in my vision and my end goals that I find myself not achieving them as I most desire. Part of my problem is that I sometimes want to hedge my bets. I have a Plan A, a Plan B, and maybe even a Plan C. The best part is, none of
Why does anyone want to be wealthy? What is wealth? American society, at least, has long believed in the idea that you can pull yourself up by your bootstraps, rise to the top and make yourself into a rich, successful individual if you just work hard enough. Put your nose to the grindstone, work your ass off, and viola, you will be successful and rich. Wealth, however, is a much broader topic. Being wealthy is not achieved by counting the
One of the hardest questions for many people to answer is – what do you want? For some, the reason this is difficult is because of fear that if they answer wrong, they’ll be unhappy with the outcome. For some, there are many things they want and that is causing them to waffle. For some they sincerely do not know what they want. However, in all probability, it’s some combination of all of the above. Decision making can be surprisingly
Sometimes keeping things in your head is exhausting. I am a thinker. I am constantly thinking about things, great and small, major and minor, important and less so. From food I want to eat to world situations to speculation about the next Star Wars movie to finances, I am constantly thinking. The problem with constantly thinking is that I am frequently finding darker thoughts clouding my emotions. When you start to let negative emotions dominate, you wind up having a
Carl Jung stated, “What you resist persists.” This was talking about avoiding or denying aspects of the self, but it is still completely applicable to consciousness creating reality, and overly focusing on what you do not want. One of the important aspects of Pathwalking in Practice is awareness. What am I aware of right now? Beyond that, and possibly more importantly, what am I thinking about right now? Subconsciously, we may be chewing on something we read, we may be
This week I continue to work with Pathwalking in Practice. Last week I broke down the three means I believe everyone lives their life by: letting life live you, curling up in a ball and waiting to die or living the life you want. Pathwalking is a means to the end of living the life I want to live the most, and has evolved into a self-help philosophy I believe I can do more with, for myself and for others.