by Merci Gracia | Jan 23, 2017 | Inner Presence
If your happiness depends on the world meeting your demands, you’ll suffer repeated disappointments and disillusionment. Since all conditions are temporary and unpredictable, relying on outer circumstances to please you is fool hearty. Even when you do get what...
by Merci Gracia | May 27, 2016 | Inner Presence
Your self-perception determines not only how you feel, but what you communicate to others. If you let little frustrations weigh on you, you’ll lose touch with your inner light. That internal glow needs support and loving energy. If it’s neglected and your...
by Merci Gracia | Dec 11, 2015 | Inner Presence
Meditation is a technique to enhance relaxation, reduce stress and bring about a peaceful state of mind. Withdrawing the mind from the outside world of stimulation and refocusing it inwardly on just being, has a calming effect, which gives us a chance to see how...
by Merci Gracia | Aug 22, 2015 | Inner Presence
The Inner You has nothing whatsoever to do with the external details of your life. It can’t be sullied, compromised or victimized. It’s a witness to everything that happens. It’s beyond the tension of the polarities that makeup everyday existence. It...
by Merci Gracia | Jun 20, 2015 | Inner Presence
The possibility of traveling to remote ends of the planet is a realistic proposition. You can climb the highest peaks, visit ancient temples, experience unchanged tropical rainforests and safari through the savannah. As entertaining as these journeys may be, none can...
by Merci Gracia | Jan 21, 2015 | Inner Presence
Although you seem separate from others, your fundamental nature is a unique expression of the single energetic force that exists in everything. This force animates every part of you and the world you live in. It experiences itself through your senses. Your ego is your...