Thoughts &
Inspirations
The Brahmin
Below is the final chapter of the Dhammapada (Easwaran translation), the teaching of Buddha. I find this beautifully inspiring and something I aim to experience in my life. I hope you enjoy this and attain this in your life. ... ross the river...
The shocking truth: You may never reach the destination you set out to find – and it doesn’t matter
“Everything we do, we do it all for ourselves.”
And that’s ok. In fact, it’s great.
We all have desires. We all want things, and we are all ultimately looking out for #1. If you step back and look at your life, you will see that your own self-interest is behind all your actions (even if it seems like you are doing things for others).
And that’s ok because we are with ourselves forever.
The 10 Phases of Craving And Fulfillment of Limited Desires (and what to do about it)
The Cycle of Endless Desire... The cycle of endless desire is hard to break. When we’re in the midst of desire's seductive grip, we can neither think clearly, nor resist the powerful impulses running through our minds and bodies screaming for us to act them out. And,...
“Everything we do, we do it for ourselves.” Why Enlightened Self Interest Is A Good Thing
“Everything we do, we do it all for ourselves.”
And that’s ok. In fact, it’s great.
We all have desires. We all want things, and we are all ultimately looking out for #1. If you step back and look at your life, you will see that your own self-interest is behind all your actions (even if it seems like you are doing things for others).
And that’s ok because we are with ourselves forever.
Letting Go – Releasing The Stack Of Negativity Inside
When we let go, we are releasing “stacks” of negativity inside of ourselves. Throughout our lives, we have accumulated various states of negativity through our experiences, including unhealthy attachments, desires, addictions, and cravings. All of these are stored within us right now like karmic stacks, layered one upon the other.
Your value is not based on how you look – but who you are
We live in a sleeping society that values us based on external appearances. If you are young and attractive by societies standards, people will like and praise you (or hate you behind your back).
The Hidden Danger of Vision Boards
When I first started doing coaching, I used to recommend all my clients create a vision board of what they wanted to manifest. The vision board used to be the first thing we started with. You’ve probably done this yourself at some point, getting a stack of magazines, cutting out images and words of the things you want and then looking at this wondrous vision of your future self.
How to manifest your desires without stress (the new model)
There are many ways we try to manifest the things we ‘want.’
Most of the methods are based on “old paradigm” models of success that no longer work.
Feeling Good Now (not later)
Having been a spiritual teacher and author for many years, I’ve noticed that until we learn a lesson, those same lessons come up over and over and over again.
Our Higher Self continuously inspires us to deal with everything that no longer serves us.
The Never Good Enough Myth
We’re living through the most excessive consumer culture we’ve ever known. And it’s not making us happier.
We all have a pot of JOY inside of us, and this joy is being suppressed by all the excess in our lives.
The Social Media “Echo Chamber”
The internet and social media is designed to create an “echo chamber” so we only see and watch the things we want to see. What this means is we are literally living inside a virtual bubble, and it’s very hard to see outside it unless we take time to look for other information or log into someone else’s account or move to another country.
The Millennial’s Guide To Freedom & 5 Mistakes to Avoid
If you were born between mid-1980 and 2000 you are considered part of the ‘millennial’ generation, also know as Generation Y, Generation Me and Echo Boomers.
Are You Using All The Freedom You Have?
We have far more freedom than we take advantage of. What would happen if we used it all?
Is Money Evil? The Importance of Money for Spiritual People
Can we be both spiritual and rich? Or are all spiritual people destined to be poor and all rich people destined to be evil? Now and again I come across spiritual people who are triggered about the idea of having a lot of money or making a great living doing what they love.
The Dynamics Of Perception (and is Donald Trump really Evil)?
Many blessings, After the 2016 US Election, Donald Trump shocked the world and became president. Almost instantly, a huge wave of negativity erupted across the globe. Some of these negative reactions were based on things he had done and there was some genuine reason...
Two Steps Backwards, One Step Forward…
To move forward of this journey into your Dharma is paradoxically to take few steps backwards, gently detaching from the unsatisfying roles we’ve come to identify with and opening up to a much deeper awareness of ourselves as spiritual beings.
Your Magic Power Of Thought
We have between 30,000 to 60,000 thoughts per day. Apx 95% of these thoughts are the same thoughts we had yesterday! And most of these 30,000-60,000 thoughts are mundane or negative. (So it’s no wonder it can seem hard to change our lives if we’re thinking the same things every day!)
Make it small – don’t sweat the small stuff
Feel your feelings. See your stuff. Be with what is. The more you allow this to come up and be, the less scary it is.
The unexamined life is not worth living
Socrates said: The unexamined life is not worth living. f we simply want to re-enforce our old ides and beliefs, little or no change will occur. We will simply blunder through life, living out the programs we inherited from our parents and culture....
