#526 – What's happening to your life while you wait?If, according to poet Dorothy Hunt, "Peace is this moment without judgment," to me, waiting feels like the opposite: I judge that things are not what they should be, and I'm not at peace.I could kee...
#525 – What do your Ego and the Ghosts distract you from?We seem to live in a distracted state. We scroll our feeds, listen to podcasts, do mindless tasks, go to meetings (where we scroll our feeds...). What would happen if we faced ourselves?Today,...
#524 – What happens when you block your True Self's expression?In times of political polarization, many creators (including me) may hesitate to take a stance––because, what if they (we) offend someone who feels differently?Of course, that's just...
#523 – Why does your Ego want you to doubt yourself?"Better safe than sorry" is the Ego's best descriptor. Whenever success, growth, and self-realization require taking a risk, your Ego will try to convince you not to. It'll tell you that you'd...
#522 – What dreams did your Ego steal from you?Financial institutions know it: "Past performance is not a guarantee of future results." And we all know it when it comes to money: anything can happen and send the markets crashing––or rallying.Why...
#521 – What untruths does your Ego push you to cling to?For the Ego, clinging to injustice, blaming, and victimization are a way of life. For you, they're the death of your consciousness.On January 7, the blatant lies about the video of the ICE...
#520 – Where do you go for refuge when life feels unbearable?In the Buddhist tradition, only three refuges provide true liberation from suffering:Buddha––awareness, presenceDharma––truthSangha––love, spiritual communityIn modern life, though, wh...
#519 – How do your meticulous plans for the future pay off?"I place the future in the hands of God." – A Course In Miracles, lesson 194When you think you're in charge of the future, every decision you make requires an exhaustive audit of the potentia...
#518 – How does your Ego paralyze you?Fear is the Ego showing up. Sometimes, the Ego is right to be afraid: if a car is about to hit you or the riptide pulls you in. But mainly, making you afraid is what the Ego does because it thinks fear is going t...
#517 – What makes you choose problem over peace?What if, where I see a problem, it's just life unfolding? In other words, am I "problemizing" life?Earlier in my Milwaukee house and job hunting, I'd noticed that whenever things got too easy, I gr...