I AM

by | Mar 8, 2015 | Perception

You are not your body, thoughts, accomplishments, behavior or possessions. Though these elements create your experience, you aren’t that either. You’re the consciousness that bears witness to it all. Beliefs create a filter that selectively views and...

The Nature of Memory

by | Feb 10, 2015 | Perception

Your memory is not a perfect representation of the past. As your opinions and consciousness evolves, so too does your interpretation of the past. Though you may be dissatisfied about the way some of your previous experiences felt to you, stewing over them only...

Your Life Reflects Your Story

by | Feb 2, 2015 | Perception

It’s not the context you’re in that creates your experience of life. It’s the story you tell yourself about it. Over time your narrative creates such a consistent view of the world that it seems to you as the objective truth. But it isn’t. Your...

Miscommunication

by | Jan 12, 2015 | Perception, Understanding

As a man driving his sports car on a mountain road approaches a bend, an oncoming car rounds the corner out of control, intruding into his lane. She serves back just in time to avoid a head-on collision. As she whizzes by, she frantically shakes her arm at him out the...

Miscalculating Misery

by | Jan 8, 2015 | Perception

Don’t believe that you need to know ‘the truth’ about the horrors in the world in order to be an ‘informed’ citizen. You’ll never know the truth. Anything you can comprehend is a reduction, full of generalizations and...

You’re Not so Different

by | Nov 22, 2014 | Perception

Your take on reality is purely relative and not infallible. Since truth is so nuanced, it’s unlikely that you’ll ever get to a universally agreed upon version. Realizing this can help you loosen your grip on your opinions. Relaxing when others have different...