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 16, 2013 | Conscious, Flow, Knowledge
Gathering information and knowledge to enable you to live more intelligently might seem like a worthwhile pursuit, however, those are just tools. Seeking to understand is a more direct route. You may speak many languages but communicate insensitivity. You can know...
by Merci Gracia | May 7, 2013 | Awareness, Conscious, Feelings, interpretation, Perception, Self-Awareness
Symptom 11 of Conscious Awakening: A loss of interest in interpreting the actions of others. Your experience of life is a result of the way you interpret what happens. Your particular spin is created by your conditioning and belief system that formed before you were...
by Merci Gracia | May 5, 2013 | Conscious, Judgments, Understanding
Symptom nine of Conscious Awakening: Judging others or yourself loses its appeal. The habit of judging others comes from a lack of self-acceptance. What you don’t accept in yourself gets projected on to others and disliked ‘out there’. When you...
by Merci Gracia | Apr 21, 2013 | Awareness, Conscious
When difficulties rear their (ugly little) heads, there are many different ways to cope. You can avoid them by distracting yourself or self-medicate in hopes of forgetting the issue. You might even deny they exist. However, these approaches leave you at the mercy of...
by Merci Gracia | Apr 17, 2013 | Conscious, Create, Feelings
You interpret what happens in your life according to an unconscious need to maintain a consistent emotional environment. You might not even like your emotional state most of the time but, on some level, what is familiar is comfortable. If your ‘normal’...