Fear is the domain in which many people live. Our media feeds on this. Fear sells. Fear is an absence of faith - an absence of trust in ourselves, the universe and the ultimate goodness of humankind. Many people live in mind-made stories which evoke fear. Most fear is not 'real' - it is not a response to real and true danger in the moment. Most fear is a negative 'food source' of our mind. When you notice that you feel afraid, ask Continue Reading
The ‘Map of Emotions’ – #3 – Apathy
Apathy is actually more energizing than shame or guilt. There is more potential for empowerment and self leadership here. Although there is an absence of inspiration or active energy, apathy is lighter and less 'fossilized'. In apathy there is a sense of hopelessness and despair - yet these perceptions exist only from within the vantage of being in apathy. As soon as we lift ourselves out of it - into the observer position or into an Continue Reading
Where Anger ‘Fits’ – Part Two
With this map in hand you will recognize the enormous value of befriending your anger - and the astronomical cost of failing to do so. ____________ At the end of this journey I will highlight for you a simple practice of how to - at will - position yourself anywhere on this emotional rainbow you wish to be. This ... is empowerment. This ... is liberation. ____________ Listen to this post as a ‘podcast’! Continue Reading
Where Anger ‘Fits’ – Part One
Anger is a vibration - an emotional vibration. It exists - it arises and it falls away - on a continuum of emotional vibrations. Just like a sound - a pitch - in a song. Just like a light in the sky as the sun rises, burns and sets. I am about to guide you on a journey that you are familiar with yet unconscious of. In-so-doing you will come to recognize where anger 'fits' on the continuum of emotions - what spirals down beneath it Continue Reading
Time Lags
Is there a time lag between when you actually begin to feel anger - and when you notice that you are feeling it or you did feel it, in the past? Does it take some time for you to awaken to its presence? Do you sense that sometimes you don't notice your anger at all? What do you feel 'instead of' anger? How do you mask it with other emotions - more 'acceptable' emotions? Or with activities, behaviors, speech or distracting thoughts? Continue Reading
Underwhelming the Overwhelm – Part 2
And so the isolation of the millions of people who do have tremendous power to influence change – the everyday people of this world – was being essentially ‘turned off’ as a result of their overwhelm and paralysis. Flip forward nearly twenty years, and what is the state of our current civilization? Thanks to the Egyptian, Libyan, and other middle eastern people, we’re all waking up – and remembering the power, innate in all of Continue Reading