I found a road to walk where there are almost no people. This suits my needs during these times, and I am grateful for the space to romp and exercise. 15 minutes up, 15 minutes back. It’s near a beach I came upon where there are also few people. As a writer, I am used […]
Tag: self-help
Don’t Be Fooled by Your Imaginings
You really are somewhere very specific, but perhaps believe you shouldn’t be. That is so odd to consider. Why would someone doubt reality? The attachment to the surface we’re on, right now (chair, couch, bed, floor, ground), is just as absolute as the attachment of our ribs to our spine. The surface is undeniably that […]
Mindful Reality and the Coronavirus
I am thinking about my readers, those who have found my writing helpful in the past, whether you have read my books or just enjoyed my blogging. It is a time of buckling down to practices that soothe and bring us out of unnecessary mental stress. Easier said than done, I know, however, it is […]
What’s the Matter?
Your body is simply where it is. You can see this. And, here it is again, with the next stroke of the clock. There was nothing to do to make that progression of time or presence in space happen. No effort. This is how our whole life will be, never anything more complicated, even if […]
On the World Map
I receive joy in knowing we get everything that will ever be for us for free. Nothing can be left out. This is because our body is never not existing in the space. If it is in a state of constant existence, it is in a state of constant somewhereness. Somewhere means engaged in some type […]
Absent of Meaning
Where we find our body is the only place it can be. There is no other possibility of action for any given moment. This removes choice in the way we generally think of it. Without the option of choice, we are left with the physical conditions of our body and its activity, no differently than […]
Where Is What
You cannot not be where your body is because there is no “you” other than the organism that is your body in space. This whereabouts is our only action, “I am standing in the kitchen making coffee.” There is no additional action occurring by our person the way it feels. Those feelings are thoughts, distractions, […]
Actions Are Involuntary
Involuntary. What do I mean? I mean that the event occurs without a will. How can we prove this? Because all our bodily movements occur, from our perspective, no differently than our breath or heartbeat. They’re just happening, and they are our only actions. Actions feel like something mental, so that is how we identify […]
Wanting to Know
I want to know what is coming next in my life. When I have been creative or productive, I long to know if I will continue doing those things, with hopes that I will. I am someone who tends to track patterns of good things because I believe they will inform me that those things […]
Look into Your Crystal Ball
I believe we all want to know how we are supposed to be spending our time. It feels like there is a specific answer to this question, a designated path we should somehow match with perfection. I remember growing up with the movie “The Wizard of Oz.” In the 1970’s, this movie aired on t.v. […]
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