by Merci Gracia | Aug 16, 2013 | Awareness, Challenges, Discernment
If you’re like most people, you wouldn’t trade even your most painful times for someone else’s experiences. Those difficult parts of your journey were important formative events that shaped you into who you are now. When you live as if everything is...
by Merci Gracia | Aug 6, 2013 | Change, Discernment, Ego, Worry
Concerning yourself with the way others live their lives is a waste of your time and energy. It’s sometimes just a clever ruse employed by your ego to distract you from your issues. Each person is here to live life in their own way. Your job is to understand...
by Merci Gracia | Jun 18, 2013 | Compassion, Conditioning, Discernment, Feelings
When you dislike another person’s behavior, it can be experienced either as a discernment or a judgment. Judgment happens when you view their behavior as wrong and the cause of your feelings. With discernment, you recognize that it’s your own conditioning...
by Merci Gracia | May 6, 2013 | Acceptance, Discernment, Mastery
Symptom ten of Conscious Awakening: A loss of interest in drama. Conscious awakening is the shift from identification with your ego to your authentic self. The essential self, prior to the development of conditioning, has distinct characteristics just as your ego...
by Merci Gracia | Apr 5, 2013 | Choices, Discernment, Judgments
You can find something wrong with just about anything – if you want to. The same goes for finding what’s right. But these two approaches to life have very different consequences. Looking for and finding problems will wear you down and lower your...
by Merci Gracia | Oct 27, 2012 | Choices, Discernment, Freedom, Perception
Knowing how to listen to feedback or criticism from others without getting defensive is a powerful life skill. It enables you to avoid lots of squabbles and take in valuable information that could make you more effective. If this appeals to you, commit to ending your...