“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.
Is it true that once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen?
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…
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
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.
“I know” is the evil eye
What we are actually saying when we say this, is “I know a memory I have about something that (I perceive) happened in the past.” When you claim to know someone’s thoughts, feeling, or purpose, you are doing what in NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) is called “mind reading.” The factual truth is, unless someone tells you their experience, thought, or purpose, you don’t know.
Creating a New You
The new age movement is awash with ideas of creating a new you. Words like growing, learning, expanding, creating, and co-creating are all the rage. But there’s something very shallow about creating something that can be re-created again and again. It points to the non-reality of it all.
Scary Thoughts
…thoughts have no direct association with reality. They come out of thin air, hang in thin air, and mysteriously disappear into thin air. I can think and speak the thought that the stove is hot, when it’s not. Or that it’s cold, when it’s hot.
Ottawa Deadly Train Crash: Driver may not have seen it coming
Psychologists: “…it’s possible to see an object clearly without realizing it’s there.” On September 18th the driver of an Ottawa double-decker bus ran into a train, killing six people and injuring thirty. The safety barricade and systems were fully operating, and the train was driving relatively slowly. Investigators have found no cause for the collision so far. The driver was only seen trying to brake in the last few seconds before impact. One news article the Ottawa Citizen says, Psychologists say it’s possible for drivers to see an object clearly without realizing it’s there.” I found that to be a stunning expert statement for our society at this time, and very close to my experience of not seeing a man’s face …
How to Change Your Thoughts
“Everything you are running away from is in your head.” It caught my interest because it is both true and funny. Everything we try to run away from is in our heads, and so what we are trying to do is impossible. It also points out that there is no thing to run from. The problem is, that thought is also in your head. So how do you change your thoughts? Until you are free, everything you feel is based upon a thought, but it is also true that everything you think is based upon a feeling.
Faster Than the Speed of Mind
The scooter shot across two lanes, and once again I was thankful there was no cross traffic. The driver of the car was shocked but unhurt. My legs shook uncontrollably and a short while later, the emergency vehicles began to arrive. Most of the pain seemed the same as the old injury, only aggravated, and the x-rays showed nothing broken. But when the doctor cautiously opened the neck brace and checked my neck, pressing along it, one spot drew a squeal from me, and I said “That was new!” He quickly closed the neck brace, strapping me back in, and ordered a CAT scan.