Does Emerson have it right, that once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen? That may be what appears to happen, but knowing what I know now, after what happened to me in the woods, I know that nothing is separate, and that there is no separate “me” deciding…
Creative Compass Series 3
In this installment we get up close with a childhood writing experience Dan Millman can’t forget, how The Way of the Peaceful Warrior first flopped and then became a best-seller, and more!
Creative Compass Series 2
In this installment we discuss the origin and development of characters as devices to write creatively. These concepts are also useful in everyday life when you feel stuck or trapped!
Creative Compass Series 1
Dan and Sierra discuss language, writing, being an insider and outsider, fiction vs. non-fiction, story telling, the five stages of creativity, getting feedback, and what makes a best seller.
Dan Millman & Sierra Prasada Interview Series
With 13 books and a major motion picture under his belt, Dan has been bringing personal transformation to people via the power of the pen, and now he and his daughter Sierra are passing that skill on in their new book, The Creative Compass.
Do Thoughts Make You Suffer?
No. Thoughts are powerless, harmless, in and of themselves. Left along they can come and go because they only have a momentary existence, and no reality. Thoughts are powerless The brain’s job is to offer you thoughts, as options, not as mandatory, and it does a brilliant job of that, automatically churning out 40,000 thoughts a day, it is said. But you don’t believe them all, nor are you even aware of them all. So thoughts cannot “make” you suffer. Only when you
Mooji speaks with Cindy about her Direct Seeing
Mooji speaks with Cindy about her Direct Seeing – This video was made April 26, 2010, and the direct seeing happened three months before, and nine months after the discovery of joy within. “I had been seeking God, to see and know the Divine, or Source, directly, not as a thought, concept, or hope, but to have final knowing of Truth.”
What do you see?
That is the strange thing about common experience, people have come to see everything as ordinary, as mundane. For most, it takes a dramatic change of seasons for them to notice anything, for them to appreciate and enjoy anything. It is common place on my excursions in the woods to meet people who try to see what I am seeing by looking in the same direction, peering, narrowing, and squinting, only to finally ask, “What do you see?” If I told them, they’d not believe me.
Thoughts: How can I control my thoughts?
The questioner asks if thoughts she chooses and the decisions she makes based on them affects her daily life.
The Cause of Love and Pain
The Cause of Love and Pain. You can be stable and peaceful, even while others are not. Do you know why and how? If not, now’s the time to learn how to use the three powers you were born with…Candid Conversation with Cindy #1.