by Merci Gracia | Jun 13, 2013 | Awareness, Beliefs, Conscious
If you believe life is hard, it is. If you believe you’re lucky, you are. Reality is neutral until it’s filtered through your belief system. You aren’t responsible for the way your filter was formed, but when you become consciously aware that...
by Merci Gracia | Jun 9, 2013 | Beliefs, Judgments, Perception
When what you’re experiencing is unappealing and you wish you were somewhere else, doing something else, try radical acceptance. No matter how useless, nonsensical, uncomfortable or annoying it is, view it as being necessary and therefore, okay. Square off to...
by Merci Gracia | Jun 2, 2013 | Beliefs, Choices, Understanding
Some people don’t realize that the way they think is the single greatest factor in determining how they feel. They claim to be modern thinkers basing their understanding of life exclusively on scientifically proven ‘facts’. However,...
by Merci Gracia | May 31, 2013 | Beliefs, Conditioning, interpretation, Self-Awareness
The emotional environment in which you live is based on a mixture of your conditioning and habitual thought patterns. It’s a made-up world created by your spin on the experiences you’ve had. Since this emotional ecosystem is your creation, you can change...
by Merci Gracia | May 17, 2013 | Beliefs, Conscious, Self-Awareness, Thoughts, Truth, Understanding, Wisdom
The importance of self-awareness has been emphasized in various ancient traditions from the Oracle at Delphi to Lao Tzu. The advice written at the Temple of Apollo is to “Know Thyself.” Lao Tzu says, “He who knows others is wise; He who knows himself...
by Merci Gracia | May 13, 2013 | Beliefs, Challenges, Commitment
Even though the human mind is highly effective at creating justifications for why something is too hard or even impossible to do, history has repeatedly demonstrated that this limitation is often self-imposed. The question is: Are you prepared to do whatever it takes...