"You must choose between your attachments and happiness." ~Adyashanti I used to live in a world of āif only.ā If only the right partner would show up or I wouldnāt get caught in traffic or my family life would improve. It was a self-centered lifeāand so frustrating! If only things would be the way I wanted them to ...Read More
The Highly Intelligent Approach to Difficult Emotions
āThis is a very important practice. Live your daily life in a way that you never lose yourself. When you are carried away with your worries, fears, cravings, anger, and desire, you run away from yourself and you lose yourself. The practice is always to go back to oneself.' ~Thich Nhat Hanh Have you noticed this ...Read More
The Gift of Difficult People
āYou have no friends. You have no enemies. You only have teachers.ā ~Ancient proverb I recently spoke to a friend who is concerned about her tendency to judge her partnerās behavior. (Sound familiar? Is there someone you tend to judge?) As she became curious about what was behind this pattern, she had an ...Read More
Anxious Thoughts? How to Find Your Way to Freedom
āI wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness the astonishing light of your own being.ā ~Hafiz As you may know from your own experience, anxiety can be overpowering. The mind loops in worry and fearful thinking, and the agitation in your body wonāt let go. Itās just plain uncomfortable. When weāre ...Read More
9 Loving Ways to Be Free of Inadequacy
āNothing ever happened in the past that can prevent you from being present now.ā ~Eckhart Tolle From what I can see, the unexamined human mind inclines toward thinking negatively. And the target of those negative thoughts is often ourselves. We believe weāre broken, damaged, and inadequate. We live ...Read More
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