by Merci Gracia | Feb 19, 2013 | Acceptance, Compassion, Conditioning, Forgiveness, Judgments, Truth
Because your subconscious mind doesn’t distinguish between thoughts you have about yourself and those you have of others, all your judgments are felt by you first and foremost. And since you are seeing others through the filter of your unique conditioning, your...
by Merci Gracia | Feb 9, 2013 | Conditioning, interpretation, Reality, Understanding
You live in a self-constructed reality and look at life through the lens of your own experience. Since everyone else is also interpreting reality from their unique point of view, assuming you understand their motivation can mean trouble. When somebody pushes your...
by Merci Gracia | Nov 8, 2012 | Beliefs, Choices, Conditioning, Reality, Self-Awareness, Understanding
You possess that uniquely human quality called free will, but have you ever stopped to think about just how limited your choices are? Your range of options is created by your beliefs about what is possible and is based on your experience. Innovators say that solutions...
by Merci Gracia | Sep 29, 2012 | Conditioning, Conscious, Judgments, Truth, Understanding
Clear consciousness results when you’re present in this moment, without judgment of yourself or anyone else. It is then that you see beyond the filter of your beliefs about what should or should not be and into the understanding that ‘what is’, is...
by Merci Gracia | Sep 14, 2012 | Acceptance, Conditioning, Freedom
When you accept the fact that you won’t be liked by everyone, you enjoy the freedom of just being you! No matter how hard you try to alter your personality to fit the preferences of others, you’ll inevitably come up lacking in some peoples’...
by Merci Gracia | Sep 1, 2012 | Choices, Conditioning, interpretation, Kindness
Every person on the planet is doing the best they can. If they knew how to be kinder, more loving or more caring – they would be. Their life experience and belief systems inform their actions. Thinking you would behave differently under the same circumstances is...