Your Judgments Inform You

by Merci Gracia | Apr 27, 2012 | Compassion, Forgiveness, Judgments, Love, Self-Awareness

The degree to which you dislike someone is an indicator of the degree to which you’re withholding love from yourself. The more you love yourself, the more you look with compassion on the shortcomings of others. However, your judgments do provide you with...

Take Care of Your Own Life First

by Merci Gracia | Apr 12, 2012 | Attention, Authenticity, Discernment, Focus, Habits, interpretation, Perception, Self-Awareness

If you’re in the habit of stewing over the injustice in the world, it might be useful to take a look at what’s going on in your own life. You may be distracting yourself from what needs fixing a little closer to home. Getting worked up over events that you...

Find Your Calm Center

by Merci Gracia | Apr 1, 2012 | Acceptance, Attention, Conscious, Natural, Relax, Relaxation, Self-Awareness

The fast pace of modern life can distract you into forgetting that a calm equilibrium is your natural state. Even though it’s obscured by the running list of activities and obligations, it’s always there beneath the surface. Find it by closing your eyes...

Your Story

by Merci Gracia | Mar 23, 2012 | Feelings, Focus, interpretation, Self-Awareness, Vibration, Visualize

The internal narrative you run throughout your day creates the tone of your life. Happy stories make you feel good. Disgruntled ones deflate you and spur you on to find even more to feel displeased about. You attract experiences in alignment with your most dominant...

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....

Wake Up

by Merci Gracia | Mar 11, 2012 | Attention, Change, Choices, Conditioning, Habits, interpretation, Perception, Present moment, Self-Awareness, Thoughts, Understanding

There are countless of ways you can focus your attention in any given moment. Your choices are heavily influenced by your habits. Looking for what’s wrong leaves you fearful and worried. Looking for what’s right brings you peace and joy. You may think...