Become all you can become by raising yourself higher on the Tree of Life

The Binary, The Pendulum, The Tedium, The Lifeless Life…

Do you work on your mind to make it better? You are making the bars of your prison shinier…

One of the activities of the mind that takes you out of the present is comparing.

If you are new here, you probably think that I am talking about your brain… but the mind is only a limited function of the brain. The brain is like the world, and the mind is like a room in your house… much smaller, and totally insulated from the world. Continue reading “The Binary, The Pendulum, The Tedium, The Lifeless Life…”

Horizontal Plane vs the Vertical Plane: so what?

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I like to start my day with Reddit. Reddit is a site with lots of different threads and topic, and some days it can give you an insight you could never have anywhere else.

Today was one of those days.

The topic was Anti-choice, unless it’s my choice

And the choice or no-choice was abortion. Continue reading “Horizontal Plane vs the Vertical Plane: so what?”

Overwhelm, survival mode, resignation, dead man walking

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I had an important and eye-opening insight today. A looking back…

Let me tell you the story so you get the fact that the likelihood of me ever discovering this was between none and zero.

It began some 30 years ago. Continue reading “Overwhelm, survival mode, resignation, dead man walking”

Freddie Mercury, Anne, Me… About Death And Dying

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Freddie Mercury, Anne, Me… About Death And Dying, About Shedding The False Self: A Series Of Small Deaths.

I am not a pop music aficionado, but I went to check out Freddie Mercury because my horoscope by Rob Brezsny recommended that I be like him. Continue reading “Freddie Mercury, Anne, Me… About Death And Dying”

Transformation? Can a frog really transform into a prince?

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What is transformation? How does transformation help you to live a life of purpose, grace and ease? And how is transfiguration a whole different ball of wax? Continue reading “Transformation? Can a frog really transform into a prince?”

If it is all a process, then every single person needs…

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If it is all a process, then every single person needs to create a transformational ladder for themselves.

A transformational ladder is a process with milestones… Step zero, step 1 result 1, step 2 result 2,…. end result. Continue reading “If it is all a process, then every single person needs…”

The results of coaching depend on the client

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No matter how skillful the guidance, the teaching, the coaching, the results will depend on the guided… On their skill and diligence.

And willingness.

Any guidance, any teaching, any coaching is choosing. And when you choose, unless you unchoose something you’ll stop and flail and stop moving. Continue reading “The results of coaching depend on the client”

How you look at something changes what you see

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How you look at something changes what you see. Everywhere.

If you manage to change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.

This is a PhD level statement… and a popular meme. But that is the essence of context. Continue reading “How you look at something changes what you see”

You can be in love with yourself and yet not love yourself

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I just finished listening to a 30-minute audio where the dude was sharing how great he was, what great things he does, and how much money he was going to make with it.

I muscletested. His narcissistic measure from the Starting Point Measurements) was 99%.

Then I muscletested if he loves himself… and the answer was no.

Self love is a function of integrity.

Continue reading “You can be in love with yourself and yet not love yourself”

Looking. Noticed that I get up way before the squirrels

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This article is not about the squirrels, it is about you. What you can see, what you can notice. Or don’t.

This article is about looking. (Or listening, or any looking you can do with a perception organ, perceive incoming signals: light, sound, gravity, acceleration, chemical substance, position, motion, temperature, pressure, aka incoming… Not from memory, not from the mind.) Continue reading “Looking. Noticed that I get up way before the squirrels”