Awareness Test

by Merci Gracia | Mar 6, 2013 | Attention, Focus, Perception

An awareness test asks participants to carefully note the articles of blue clothing worn by a man passing through a scene in a video. After hearing various answers, the instructor then asks the participants to name the articles of RED clothing the man was wearing....

Judge Another, Forgive Yourself

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...

The Magic in Life

by Merci Gracia | Dec 30, 2012 | Beliefs, Present moment, Worry

If you’re not seeing the magic in life, you may be caught up in unpleasant, fear-based stories created by your mind. When you stop giving those scenarios so much credence and start paying attention to what’s happening in this moment, without fear about the...

Clear Consciousness

by Merci Gracia | Sep 29, 2012 | Conditioning, Conscious, Judgments, Truth, Understanding

Clear consciousness results when you’re present in this moment, without judgment of yourself or anyone else. It is then that you see beyond the filter of your beliefs about what should or should not be and into the understanding that ‘what is’, is...

Make Believe

by Merci Gracia | Dec 1, 2011 | Beliefs, Conditioning, Truth, Understanding

Even though your experience of reality seems so real, that version is only true for you. Whatever you perceive ‘out there’ passes through your particular filter and becomes part of your story. It’s useful to remember that everybody writes his-story a...