Displaying all posts for ‘August, 2006

Death of a Child

by August 26, 2006

 

“When my teenage daughter, Carol, committed suicide, I thought that I must die, too, simply because there was no life left for me. But the sun rose again each morning, I continued to exist, and I found that, somewhere at the bottom of my soul, I still had the will to [...] Read more »

Scarcity is an Illusion: There is enough

by August 23, 2006

Most of us, most of the time want more. We want more money, more love, more happiness, more time, more satisfaction, more respect, and the list goes on. Everything we desire, for most of us, seems scarce. Scarcity is an illusion. Of all the illusions we humans harbor, the illusion of scarcity [...] Read more »

Unconditional Love and the Easy Life

by August 16, 2006

Life is much, much easier when I love unconditionally. What does unconditional love mean? It means to love fully and without conditions no matter what others do or say. It means to love all beings–including myself–all living things, all animate and inanimate objects. Unconditional love means to love simply because love is [...] Read more »

Acceptance and the Easy Life

by August 8, 2006

Life is so much easier when we stop resisting it. Good things that happen are easy to accept: a raise, a new relationship, a big customer contract, and having the bathroom scale display 5 pounds less than you expected. It’s easy to accept these arrivals as things we deserve. But what about the bad [...] Read more »

Beliefs Are Your Brain’s Traffic Regulations

by August 4, 2006

If you live in the United States and drive an automobile you: Drive on the right side of the road on two-way streets Stop for a red light and go on a green light Know traffic lights generally have the red light on top, the green on the bottom Know traffic lights normally [...] Read more »