by Merci Gracia | Dec 10, 2015 | Mastery
We can change our jobs, home, clothes or friends, but unless we change the way we think, our habitual emotional responses will continue to create the same quality of experience and nothing that happens in the external world will make much of a difference. The only...
by Merci Gracia | Oct 6, 2014 | Mastery, Practice
When learning something new, it’s often best to drop your preconceived notions and try to adopt a fresh perspective. It’s difficult to improve when you think you already know everything you need to. Whatever your expertise now, assuming there’s more...
by Merci Gracia | May 18, 2014 | Mastery
To get really good at something you have to spend time developing your skill. Committing to a regular, daily practice is necessary to keep the momentum going. Every now and then your brain needs time to synthesize and absorb what you’ve learned and you’ll...
by Merci Gracia | Jan 15, 2014 | Mastery, Thoughts
If you want to live a joyous life, learn how to regulate your thoughts. Your thinking is not merely a rational and objective response to external events. It’s an endless series of instantaneous micro-decisions that cumulatively create your emotional landscape....
by Merci Gracia | Sep 1, 2013 | Commitment, Effort, Mastery, Practice
If you want to become really good at something, do it everyday. Whether learning a musical instrument or developing a physical skill, when you do it regularly, you make the sort of progress that builds on itself. Doing something everyday creates mental, physical or...
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...