How does The twinkie defense get you off the hook, over and over?

I am noticing marked difference in the way people of different religious, geographical, or ethnic background perform in my courses. Also I see marked difference between island people and continent people. This is due to social evolution differences, they are … Continue reading

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How does The twinkie defense get you off the hook, over and over?

A great little exercise to cause self-love… Unconditional Love

otters_huggingLast night, in bed, I accidentally hugged myself. Then, unexpectedly, I said to myself: I love you, little one. And then the “fun” began… The emotional dings, the doubt, the questioning, the grief. Hoho… I said, what’s going on? The … Continue reading

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A great little exercise to cause self-love… Unconditional Love

Happiness is a rope dance, walking a thin line. No wonder you are not happy… or how lack of humility is the big issue

going from unhappy to unhappyLittle more about humility… the cog in the wheel One detrimental functions of “lack of humility” as a capacity, is that you can’t change your mind about your past. My Playground program was about changing your mind by changing your … Continue reading

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What is the connection between respect and appreciation?

jumping-into-pool-without-preparationWhat is the connection between respect and appreciation? Both respect and appreciation are spiritual capacities… states of being. I am having a lot of insights lately. Of course, it was predictable: I am running an experimental workshop: it is driving … Continue reading

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How to manage yourself for change?

poorly-planned-change-effortsI guess it is that time of the year… where the broken faced child comes out of the woodwork… Life is cyclical. In addition to the visible cycles, there are invisible cycles. They are intimately connected to some early life … Continue reading

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The risk of living a life without a purpose…

It’s not automatic Do you think that a person who is good at something gets the results automatically? I am finding, especially with the unaccomplished segment of my students, that they think that a capacity will do the work for … Continue reading

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Will your cultural predicament to be powerless, feel powerless, fail you in becoming a human being?

Another issue that has been driven up by the “Gate of Heaven” workshop is this: In certain cultures women are told they are inferior. They are supposed to be pretty, but not smart. They are property: they are treated as … Continue reading

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Will your cultural predicament to be powerless, feel powerless, fail you in becoming a human being?

What’s the difference between a spiritual assignment and a spiritual practice?

Your life is full of assignments, things you have to do to survive, things you have to do to fit in, things you have to do to make a living, etc. etc. etc. What you don’t have is conscious practices. … Continue reading

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How Can This Simple Exercise Be The Ticket To Happiness? To Achievement? To Passion?

do one thing a day that scares youI wrote this article more than four years ago. I assigned this simple exercise to about a hundred people, and to my dismay, all failed. I discovered two days ago why… and now I can start teaching it again, and … Continue reading

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How Can This Simple Exercise Be The Ticket To Happiness? To Achievement? To Passion?

Being in your head… being out of your head… choose one

I don’t do well with people who are intense. I am not sure why, but my physiology gets all tense, resistant, and I just want to go away, or watch a movie, or go to bed. All those sensations are … Continue reading

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Being in your head… being out of your head… choose one