Today I saw a mother bird, desperate to feed her babies, attempting repeatedly to get to them. Would she die of exhaustion trying to feed her babies, who would then die of starvation? Watch the video. Until you are free, you need a “why” stronger than your attachment to free yourself. Mother bird had a pretty big “why.” Several of them. If she had a mind, on the 22nd try she may have thought, “I can’t get in,” believed it, and gave up. Whether or not birds have any sort of thought, we don’t know, but if she did, she certainly did not believe it.
Hate Taking Tests?
Instant Alchemy Tip Does taking tests feel out of control, dependent, at risk of failure? Look closely: Does the pending test, which hasn’t happened, actually “make” you feel afraid, judged, and out of control–or are the fearful or frustrating thoughts *about* the test causing it?
Nobody is Ever Rude
“She was so rude! And it was how she said it, with that tone of voice.” Now this friend has known me long enough to know something about my perspective, and she was not particularly surprised to hear me say, “No-one is ever rude to you,” but she was resistant.
Do Relationships Become Stagnant After Two Years?
Do relationships become stagnant after two years? That’s like saying life becomes stagnant after two years! There is no such thing as stagnancy. Everything is constantly changing. Even mind, which can stink with the idea of stagnancy, is always changing, moment to moment.
Putting an end to mental pain and suffering–and sleepless nights
…I guess I was just having trouble pinpointing what it was, so I examined all things I was concerned about. And thinking of the cumulative was my attempt to understand what was causing the alertness and racing thoughts…
Webinar: Racial Slurs, Judgment
Author Cindy Teevens speaks about the happiness lie, the truth about happiness, and racial slurs and judgment.
The Truth About Happiness Webinar
Free Happiness Lie Webinar, for love, joy, and inner peace – Technology is making it possible to present the happiness lie, and the truth about happiness, around the world, live, right from my office.
What if everything you learned about happiness was wrong?
What if everything you learned about happiness was wrong? Where did you learn what you learned about happiness anyway? Scientists don’t understand it. You learned your ideas about happiness from family, friends, society, movies, and the media, right? Where did they get it from? The previous generation. What if we’ve been living the happiness lie?
Antidepressant drugs may make mental illness worse
CBC news report: “What if mental illnesses like depression aren’t really caused by chemical imbalances, and that millions of the people who are prescribed those drugs derive no benefit from them? And what if those drugs could actually make their mental illness worse and more intractable over the long term?”
Nothing New on a Detour
On the road, detouring through a new town that these eyes have never seen, still there is a knowing, a recognition of something that has not changed with the clocking of kilometers. Nothing here is new. Nothing here is not known. Nothing here is separate. Actually, it’s been that way the whole trip, something has stayed the same, all the way from Brampton. A vastness, peace, and joy comes with this eternal, unchanging recognition.