Who's at the wheel when people seem "difficult?"

#309 – Who's at the wheel when people seem "difficult?"When certain people bother you because you find them "difficult," look inside yourself.We're all triggered by things that other people do or don't do, at times. But, as the owners of those t...

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May 12, 2025
How do you know your decision was right?

#308 – How do you know your decision was right?Decision-making has become a science.According to my Claude.ai assistant, 5,000 to 7,000 books were published, around 90 TED Talks were given, and 500 to 700 formal courses exist on the subject.I don't k...

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May 11, 2025
What's the meaning of "good luck?"

#307 – What's the meaning of "good luck?"If good and bad are meaningless categories, according to the Taoist principle ("who knows what is good and what is bad?") what do we mean when we wish someone "good luck?" What does "luck" even mean?Yeste...

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May 10, 2025
Why do we say procrastination when what we mean is fear?

#306 – Why do we say procrastination when what we mean is fear?These past few days, not gonna lie, I didn't want to write my daily email––resistance was at it hard inside of me.I saw the Ghost of Not Following Up with its typical why bother kind of a...

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May 09, 2025
What's the meaning of true freedom?

#305 – What's the meaning of true freedom?Today in court, the Judge, once again, denied release conditions for my son, in jail for 206 days today. Yet, I feel at peace.Is this what true freedom feels like? To be okay with what's going on?In this stat...

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May 08, 2025
How will wanting make you suffer?

#304 – How will wanting make you suffer?The feeling of want is energizing, motivating, inspiring at first––"I want to build a house in Portugal, with an edible garden, and power everything with solar energy."It makes me joyful, excited with the poten...

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May 07, 2025
Who talks in always/never terms?

#303 – Who talks in always/never terms?Nuance requires the capacity to handle uncertainty with grace. But for the part of your mind for which uncertainty equals danger, nuance is an obstacle to safety.That part is your Ego. It's the voice in your hea...

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May 06, 2025
What do you stand to gain when you're angry?

#302 – What do you stand to gain when you're angry?When you feel that someone (or the world) has wronged you, you feel right––and righteous. Anger may then come to the rescue, to fuel, motivate, and give you the energy to defend yourself.This mo...

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May 05, 2025
Why are your Ghosts in cahoots with the outside world?

#301 – Why are your Ghosts in cahoots with the outside world?When you're able to see a tree and think "just tree," you'll be free. Your Ghosts, unemployed, will be lazily filing their nails and yawning at an empty wall.Years ago, I helped a researche...

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May 04, 2025
What makes you give up your inner peace?

#300 – What makes you give up your inner peace?Whenever we allow external circumstances to bother us, we're making a choice. But we do it because we feel we don't have a choice––how could I be happy when my son's in jail?Yesterday, we were again...

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May 03, 2025