by Merci Gracia | Dec 16, 2013 | Embody, Truth, Understanding
Your emotional experiences, whether wanted or not, get stored in your mind/body. The only way to be free of programming that stands in the way of positive change is to actually feel your emotions physically, rather then just think them. When you feel frustrated, sad...
by Merci Gracia | Jun 30, 2013 | Create, Focus, interpretation, Truth
What you call the past is actually a made up story created out of a relatively small collection of remembered tidbits of life as you interpreted it. Your version of the truth is the result of your unique filter. It’s not the absolute truth and you are not...
by Merci Gracia | May 17, 2013 | Beliefs, Conscious, Self-Awareness, Thoughts, Truth, Understanding, Wisdom
The importance of self-awareness has been emphasized in various ancient traditions from the Oracle at Delphi to Lao Tzu. The advice written at the Temple of Apollo is to “Know Thyself.” Lao Tzu says, “He who knows others is wise; He who knows himself...
by Merci Gracia | May 1, 2013 | interpretation, Love, Perception, Truth
Symptom five of Conscious Awakening: Loss of interest in wanting to be right. If you’re a little addicted to being right, you may be suffering from rightitus. It’s a condition in which you operate under the erroneous notion that being right makes you...
by Merci Gracia | Apr 4, 2013 | Awareness, interpretation, Perception, Truth
People have such different opinions about the world, it’s a wonder they can ever agree on what’s true and what isn’t. It’s not just that they perceive reality differently, they interpret what they see differently. You may not see something...
by Merci Gracia | Feb 19, 2013 | Acceptance, Compassion, Conditioning, Forgiveness, Judgments, Truth
Because your subconscious mind doesn’t distinguish between thoughts you have about yourself and those you have of others, all your judgments are felt by you first and foremost. And since you are seeing others through the filter of your unique conditioning, your...