Don’t try to change the world; just change yourself. Why? Because the whole world is only relative to the eyes that are looking at it. Your world actually only exists for as long as you exist and with the death of you, includes the death of your world. Therefore, if there is no peace in…
Your aloneness is your essential being. Aloneness is the joy of being just yourself. It is being joyous with yourself, it is enjoying your own company. There are very few people who enjoy their own company. And it is a very strange world: nobody enjoys his company and everybody wants others to enjoy his company!…
The knowledge of secrets is a very enticing ship, a very tempting voyage, and one thinks that the highest attainment in life is to find out hidden truths, to seek out what is truth, to know which are lies; to uncover, to discover and to rediscover, to dig up, to expose, to reveal … But…
A hardwired biological component of our physiology, emotions are as essential to survival as other automatic, purely physical regulatory processes such as metabolism and muscular reflex responses. We do not get angry and then have our blood pressure rise – rather, our blood pressure rises in response to some stimulus, which causes our bodies to experience…
Initially, you may feel tender and vulnerable as you open up to graceful receiving. I invite you to actively engage in receiving by taking baby steps. Once you understand the principle of cause and effect, you see how being receptive is part of the magic for the giver. Be willing to receive (without feeling you…
Something changes the moment you decide you’ve found a person you are ready to reveal parts of your soul to. Something stands out and makes the moment unique. A profound multidimensional clarity resembling a piece of carefully gathered stardust; As if you are whispering “finally” and your eyes fill with light and spontaneity. As if…
The Law of Fuck Yes Or No by Mark Manson The Law of “Fuck Yes or No” states that when you want to get involved with someone new, in whatever capacity, they must inspire you to say “Fuck Yes” in order for you to proceed with them. The Law of “Fuck Yes or No” also…
(These are excerpts are from Judith Sills’ “The Power of No” from PsychologyToday.com.) No is both the tool and the barrier by which we establish and maintain the distinct perimeter of the self. No says, “This is who I am; this is what I value; this is what I will and will not do; this…
Robert Augustus Masters said it beautifully: When we are engaged in blind compassion, we rarely show any anger, for we not only believe that compassion has to be gentle, but we also are frightened of upsetting anyone, especially to the point of their confronting us. This is reinforced by our judgment of anger, especially in…
Beyond “No Means No” (Excerpts from an article by Jessica Valenti, in theguardian.com) The biggest paradigm shift on sexual consent in decades may just now be emerging in California, where “yes means yes” – a model for reform … – could soon become law. Late last week, the first state bill to require colleges…