by Merci Gracia | Feb 4, 2012 | Beliefs, Create, Empowering, interpretation
Are you conscious of the fact that you’re making up the stories you tell yourself and others? It’s your interpretation of any situation that creates its meaning for you. Your overall feeling about life is determined by the cumulative effect of your...
by Merci Gracia | Jan 27, 2012 | Attention, Awareness, Beliefs, Discernment, Focus, Freedom
It feels good to accomplish, make a name for yourself and get attention. But don’t forget that these are really just attempts to help you feel good. You established these prerequisites for contentment; real freedom lies in simply allowing joy… With no...
by Merci Gracia | Jan 17, 2012 | Acceptance, Awareness, Beliefs, Flow, Focus
You only feel dissatisfied when you have expectations that aren’t met. Others with different wants and needs could be in the same situation and be totally happy. This is proof that it’s just your perception that generates the discontent. Do your best to...
by Merci Gracia | Jan 15, 2012 | Attention, Beliefs, Commitment, Conscious, Create
If you don’t believe you deserve to have good relationships, the odds of having them is rather slim indeed. The same goes for any other aspiration you have: you need to maintain a firm expectation that what you want can and, in fact, will happen. Without this...
by Merci Gracia | Dec 11, 2011 | Attention, Beliefs, Conscious, Faith, Visualize
The placebo effect is a remarkable phenomenon that demonstrates the power of your thinking. Patients unknowingly take an inactive substance yet, because they have a strong expectation that what they’re taking will cure them, the condition improves. Apply the...
by Merci Gracia | Dec 1, 2011 | Beliefs, Conditioning, Truth, Understanding
Even though your experience of reality seems so real, that version is only true for you. Whatever you perceive ‘out there’ passes through your particular filter and becomes part of your story. It’s useful to remember that everybody writes his-story a...