by Merci Gracia | Aug 10, 2021 | Free Will
Nothing is really the way we think it is. Our lifelong exposure to particular experiences and ideas (programming) determines what we see and how we feel about it. We develop unquestioned habitual responses to external stimuli. If we primarily see doom and gloom in the...
by Merci Gracia | Sep 7, 2019 | Free Will, Yin/Yang
The Yin/Yang symbol is an elegant yet simple visual representation of reality. The outer circle represents everything, totality. Opposite sides, black and white depict the interplay of opposites. The small, floating circles of opposing color remind us that everything...
by Merci Gracia | Sep 29, 2018 | Free Will
We all have to live the consequences of our actions. Our intrinsic freewill enables us to respond to the circumstances of life however we like. In order to do this, we have to be aware enough to know that we have a choice. Failing to recognize our role in our...
by Merci Gracia | Dec 29, 2017 | Free Will, Freedom
We’re all so inundated with messages communicating what constitutes the perfect life that it’s sometimes difficult to remember what’s truly satisfying. In reality, it’s nothing we can purchase, or have bestowed upon us, it doesn’t rely on...
by Merci Gracia | Oct 21, 2017 | Conscious Co-creating, Free Will
Just as the ocean expresses as waves, we are not separate entities, but individual expressions of the same force. Our individual will endows us with the ability to choose how we interpret and react to what happens. As we deepen our awareness of the fact that we really...
by Merci Gracia | Aug 13, 2017 | Free Will
Most of the arguments we have are in our own heads. We imagine what ‘they’ might say and form rebuttals. But no one out there is arguing with us. Engaging in fantasy feuds hypes us up and may even land us in emotional imbalance. The subsequent feelings and...