Fearful as I can be of repeating painful history, it is important for me to understand that in a very fundamental way, it is impossible-the forces of nature are against it. In this alive world, billions of neurons are passing through each moment, altering the probabilities constantly. If I can release my self-defeating patterns, nature
I am part of a larger plan, the evolution of the human mind. If evolution is natural to the species of plants and animals, then I must be evolving as well. The true scholar seeks to build on what has been developed. He or she continues to test and prove, to grow theories and then
Today I recognize the futility of trying to change someone else’s behavior. If I postpone my own growth and happiness until such time when others close to me recognize what I am doing, approve of it and act as I wish they would, I might wait forever. If someone else could act better, they would
I will not hide my shame. All living persons, even animals, carry shame. It is a fundamental human feeling. When I carry shame in secret, it distorts my inner world. It makes me feel as if I have something bad inside of me that I need to keep hidden, something that, if it were known,
Today I see that truth and love are constant and more powerful than illusion. It is my belief in the illusion that keeps me powerless. I am a child of God in the most real sense. This is a status that I share with my parents, my grandparents, my children- even plants and animals. There
I will lose myself in a task today. Oftentimes I seek soul by sitting and ruminating in an effort to comprehend the mystery, but the self is too full of paradox to understand in any one way. Losing myself in meaningful activity is another way to journey toward soul. I thrive on a sense of
Today I accept that life is full of transitions. As a child, change came to mean trauma. I never knew what to expect in my dysfunctional home. Would all be calm and loving or would everyone be frantic, tense and at each other’s throats? Either was possible. Both were unpredictable and frightening-the good, because if
Soul is not some disembodied entity-it is part of me, part of my struggle. When I bring deep conflicts housed in my unconscious to a conscious level, I am making more of soul conscious as well. Every aspect of life or thought has soul present within it. Conflict that is locked in a frozen state
Today I recognize that spirituality is not so much a question of doing as of being. It is not where I am going to as much as where I am coming from that counts. God-centered living is a space that I live in, in my mind. There is nothing to prove by doing. There is