In my last post, entitled “Here’s the Thing,” I proposed that we think of the Ego in global terms. That idea seems to have a lot of folks scratching their heads. Normally, we think of “my ego,” or “your ego.” In that personal context, the ego is often thought of as a character defect. You […]
Dealing with Life
A Place to Stand
It seems to me, as I write this during the pandemic of 2020, that we’re standing in a time and place of unparalleled instability. All of the “sure things” I previously took for granted are changing into something else or just disappearing altogether. My personality, my Ego, my being-in-the-world, is constantly trying to readjust, to […]
About That Election…
I’ve been asked by several people to share a broader perspective on the election of 2016. I will begin by saying that it is my deeply held conviction that Spirit, All-That-Is, all knowing and all loving, lives and listens within the heart of each of us. It wants nothing more than to fulfill the deepest […]
Knowing how it turns out…
Yesterday I watched the Indianapolis Colts versus “my” Denver Broncos, having recorded the game last Sunday. Because I follow the news to some degree, naturally I already knew how the game turned out. Perspective through knowing As I watched the game I found myself getting nervous when the Broncos made mistakes or missed opportunities to […]
On Being Impulsive
I think the word impulsive has gotten a bad rap. It certainly has a negative connotation: we speak of making an “impulse buy,” and someone can be called “impulsive” when we judge them to be a little short on self-control. But let’s look a little deeper at the meaning of impulsive The word “impulse” actually has […]
The work worth doing
It occurs to me that the only work worth doing is the work required to take my attention back from the small mind. All-that-is will take care of the rest.
About compassion
I’ve never thought of myself as being particularly compassionate. I know… one is supposed to be compassionate, part of being a “better person.” But what does that mean? I’ve recently been able to see that I habitually conflated compassion with commiseration and sympathy, and that I usually added guilt and obligation to the mix. I […]
Financial Independence
I heard someone this week talking about wanting to be financially independent. And I wondered, what would that mean in the context of the Seer’s Explanation? For me, the phrase conjures up images of having: having lots of money, income, investments, financial instruments and the like. And of course, that brings up questions about how […]
Moving towards mastery – telling a new story
It seems clear to me that to change your life you have to change the story you tell about your life. It’s tricky though. If you tell a story that reflects the life you want, but you don’t believe it, it won’t feel good, and it won’t change your life. Let’s say you feel you […]
Observing the mind
I had an opportunity a couple of weeks ago to view up-close the behavior of the mind when confronted with a glimpse of who we really are. I attended a “salon” at the home of dear friends at which I was invited to present the main ideas in The Seer’s Explanation. I decided to invite […]