As of this initial posting, Halloween is tomorrow, and I felt like taking an opportunity to offer some thoughts on the spiritual side of Halloween, the Mexican Day of the Dead, and afterlife celebrations. It’s very common in many societies to have beliefs focused on honoring the dead or warding off “bad” spirits, and I’m […]
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An ego trigger is any way that we unconsciously respond to a situation. If someone says a joke, the ego triggers you to laugh. If someone calls you a mean name, the ego triggers you to be upset. These triggers go on in so many ways that we truly are not living our lives; we’re
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Every now and again, I get a message from someone or am talking to someone in a session who has a quiet mind. Thoughts don’t run constantly through it, and that, of course, is a beautiful thing. However, there seems to be a confusion that not thinking and being in intellectual silence means that there
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Everybody has different kinds of comfort zones, and some people are already comfortable and able to work through certain types of pain and discomfort. For instance, an ultra-marathoner may know all about physical pain. She can push herself through excruciating segments of a long race and has little to no fear of her body’s limits.
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Spiritual awakening rips the bandages off our wounds, and the subsequent healing process starts a powerful transformation in how we feel about all of life. The more wounds we have, the more upsetting sensations can be. This kind of hypersentivity can lead many people to incorrectly think that something is wrong. But really, the loss
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