“Not good enough”

Are you listening and believing that inner voice of self-hate? The same one that says you are “not enough, not good enough, not doing enough, must do more”, etc. How do you stop listening to this voice? what are your tools? What do you listen to instead? Once I discover I am in this self-destructive… Continue reading “Not good enough”

Recognize-Replace-Repeat

So you know how our mind constantly chats away in the background. Pay attention to what all is being said. The “you” voices, the “I am” voices. Most times these seem all over the place, but if we pay close attention, they can be categorized into two types. A positive/encouraging/cheerleader, and a negative/degrading/beating me up… Continue reading Recognize-Replace-Repeat

The inner critic

At first we may not notice this inner voice of criticism. In the early parts of our spiritual journey we start to recognize its existence and may find it shocking, the vile that it projects toward us. The most common ones for me are these “you are a failure”, ” you have too much to… Continue reading The inner critic

The stories we believe

Humans love stories. We tell our kids stories when we put them to bed, we tell our friends and families stories about funny or dramatic things that happened to us, we are now using various social media outlets to tell these stories to the world. We are also constantly telling ourselves stories. Consciously, and usually… Continue reading The stories we believe

The observer effect

We are such a beautiful stew/melting pot/potpourri of human-karma-spirit-observer-consciousness. Human me is bound to karma, ego, conditioning and generational trauma hurt. If I see myself as human only, the suffering would be unsurmountable! I would live in that place of hell and fire where I would be incapable of holding my own emotions and blame… Continue reading The observer effect

The Four Pillars I lean on

The four pillars I lean on in my life are these- Awaken, Trust, Transform and Live. Awaken to “this, here, now”. The present moment is all there is. This is where life has brought me the experience I need to observe. I am only here to observe the experience. Awaken to what is here now.… Continue reading The Four Pillars I lean on

The Inner Holy Trinity

My inner self has this beautiful holy trinity, my Spirit, my adult human self and my inner child. My inner child has conditioned with ego growing up, this child has listened and believed everything that their adult caregivers have fed them growing up. This child is easily afraid and often feels scared and alone. Often… Continue reading The Inner Holy Trinity

Higher Mind-Lower Mind

In his book-Meditation, Ivan Antic states that the mind is virtual reality, and as such a really useful tool. In the diagram above, he states how the consciousness of mind is always connected with a level of understanding of the nature of reality. in order to understand the nature of reality, we firstly need to… Continue reading Higher Mind-Lower Mind