#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...
#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...
#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...
#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...
#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...
#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...
#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...
#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...
#299 – What can be hiding behind high productivity?I learned a new term today: "high-functioning depression." It's the sort of depression that hides behind a highly productive, often successful, and always full life.Listening to a psychiatrist discus...
#298 – How does the Ego cover up its fear?The Ego fears two things: not knowing, and knowing it's wrong.When it doesn't know, it floods you with second-guessing, flip-flopping, brain fog, or endless polling. Anything to prevent you from trusting...