Get unstuck and shift into your next level.
“You cannot solve a problem from the same consciousness that created it. You must learn to see the world anew.”
Albert Einstein
In 2006 I had the revelation that if I did everything I thought I should do, I would finally attain the life I imagined possible. So I set about exactly that: I ate a
We hammer wood for a house,
but it is the inner space
that makes it livable.
We work with being
but non-being is what we use.
– Tao te Ching, Stephen Mitchell translation
How we look at things changes how they show up for us.
This is not a new concept, however it is not quite as simple as we might believe.
“An archer must pull back the bow in order for the arrow to fly.” – Richard Hittleman (paraphr.)
A few months ago I taught a class on how to handle pressure. It was a popular topic and apparently an important subject for today’s culture. Perhaps the most fundamental part of the class was a lesson that recently
I post this during my vacation in Hawaii, which has been as wonderful an experience as one might imagine. The only bother has been a sunburn acquired on the first day, followed by another more extreme burn a few days later when I thought I’d learned my lesson. The lesson? Wear sunscreen.
The song below
“Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is
obliged to stick to what’s probable. Truth isn’t.”
Mark Twain
In the summer of 2010 the BBC launched a three episode mini-series called “Sherlock”. It tells the story of Sherlock Holmes in modern day. After a 17-month hiatus, it debuted a second season, also consisting of
This letter was posted on the website, “Letters of Note”, http://www.lettersofnote.com/ which gathers real-life letters, postcards, etc that are significant in some way. A friend brought this website to my attention, and I felt moved to share this particular part of a letter on my own blog.
In July of 1931, author and philosopher Will Durant wrote
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our
deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.”
Marianne Williamson
“It’s a dangerous business, going out your front door.”
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
When starting my business I decided the best way to market my work was to speak to groups and offer sample readings. This quickly led
These are quotes that have had lasting effect in my life. I found they awoke a positive aspect inside myself, and persistently nudged it into staying awake. I thought it worthwhile to share them, since I can’t seem to forget them.
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“We can do no great things, only small things with great love.” Mother Theresa
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Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling.
Margaret Lee Runbeck
How does it serve?
This is a question I was taught to ask in place of, “does it make me happy?” The idea is to learn to make choices outside of the reactive realm of emotions, and to base them on developing
What am I holding onto?
Feeling upset is often another way of feeling threatened. An idea or story is coming in that we don’t like because it threatens a belief we are holding onto that might lead to deeper truth if released. If you can observe what feels threatened, often the need to keep it
