When Two Tangle

by Merci Gracia | Nov 6, 2012 | Conscious, Forgiveness, Judgments, Self-Awareness

No matter which side of an issue you’re on, when you’re in a tangle with someone, you’re both vibrating at the same level. What you’re arguing over doesn’t matter nearly as much as the energetic charge that keeps you stuck in the...

Impress Yourself

by Merci Gracia | Nov 2, 2012 | Authenticity, Self-Awareness

Basing your behavior on what you think will impress others is risky business. Since they are seeing through a filter created by their unique belief system, what they think of you tells you more about them than it does about you. On the other hand, when you act...

The Benefit of Self-Awareness

by Merci Gracia | Nov 1, 2012 | Awareness, Conscious, Evolution of Consciousness, Self-Awareness, Understanding

Information can help you earn money, impress your friends and possibly even save your life. Skills can help you win in sports, cook a delicious meal or build useful widgets. Beauty can open doors, grab attention and create whiplash. As delicious and appealing as all...

Your Brain’s Plasticity

by Merci Gracia | Oct 23, 2012 | Beliefs, Discernment, Self-Awareness

The human brain is amazingly adaptive. An experiment from the early 1890’s demonstrated that brains of people wearing glasses making them see the world upside down, were able to adjust to seeing the world right-side up after just 3 days. If the mind is that...

You Aren’t Good Enough

by Merci Gracia | Oct 15, 2012 | Acceptance, Beliefs, Now, Present moment, Self-Awareness

Isn’t that what you think? If you look within you’ll probably find some aspect of you that doesn’t feel good enough. It’s this part of you that motivates and induces many of your actions. But if all your former striving didn’t do the...

You Are Not Your Story

by Merci Gracia | Oct 7, 2012 | Awareness, Beliefs, Focus, Self-Awareness

You are so much more than where you live, what you do, who your family is or how well you play by society’s rules. When you identify too much with the external markers of your life, you forget the truth: You are an unending spring of happiness innately endowed...