Easy to Judge

by Merci Gracia | Apr 7, 2012 | Beliefs, Judgments, Reality, Understanding

Even though judgments about other people often seem justified and accurate, remember that every opinion is filtered through your conditioning and beliefs. Next time you feel the temptation to criticize others, remember that the more you judge, the more you feel...

You Can’t Know Why

by Merci Gracia | Apr 6, 2012 | Present moment, Reality, Relax, Thoughts, Understanding, Worry

You can’t really know why anything happens the way it does. The vast amount of information that you don’t perceive ensures that your interpretation of reality is little more than a good guess. It’s useful to keep this in mind when you’re...

Meditation

by Merci Gracia | Mar 17, 2012 | Advice, Awareness, Inner Guide, Inner Presence, Intuition, Natural, Perception, Present moment, Reality, Self-Awareness, Solutions, Thoughts, Understanding, Vision

Important questions can be answered most effectively by becoming still. It’s then that you access the peaceful place in you where solutions reside. Meditators know what Einstein knew: valuable information doesn’t always involve logic or rational thinking....

The Real Problem

by Merci Gracia | Feb 22, 2012 | Acceptance, Conditioning, Problems, Reality, Truth

You only resist what’s happening in the moment when you define something as undesirable. Your conditioning informs your interpretation, which causes you to feel the way you do. When you allow reality to be as it is, you understand that it’s neutral until...

The Big Picture

by Merci Gracia | Feb 20, 2012 | Awareness, Perception, Reality, Understanding

When you judge something as “bad”, remember you can’t know for sure it shouldn’t be happening exactly as it is. Your own experience has probably shown you that the most painful events can bring about the most cherished transformation. When...

The Wheel of Life

by Merci Gracia | Nov 21, 2011 | Reality, Vision

When something doesn’t go your way, you can fret about it or discover how it’s “for” you. In spite of appearances, reality never gets it wrong. Things may appear bad, but if you look for the silver lining, you’ll usually find it. On the wheel of life your...