From childhood, we have fed our minds with different beliefs to help us get through life. Some beliefs empower us, while others slowly wreck our lives.
Here’s the problem:
Whatever you plant in your mind grows.… READ MORE
Believing in the subconscious has improved many people’s mental health. But it doesn’t always help your mental health. In fact, believing in the subsconscious can often leave you powerless.
Why?… READ MORE
We take sound for granted. When we hear something, we don’t give ourselves enough credit — but we’re the one creating the sound! Otherwise, it would only be vibrations.
And you can extend this to every aspect of your senses.… READ MORE
I’ve noticed a lot of support groups zeroing in on being addicted to lust. The trouble with thinking you’re addicted to lust is that lust doesn’t exist — it’s simply an experience.
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Labeling your addictive behaviors with an abstract, vague term like lust makes it even harder to leave your addictions in the dust.… READ MORE
Most people try to solve their problems by simply talking about them. But this only deals with your thinking brain — not your sensing or feeling brain.
That’s why you can talk endlessly about all your problems, but you can’t kick the root cause of why you feel that way.… READ MORE
Religion is supposed to lift you up. But too often, we fall into the trap of letting authority figures indoctrinate us — whether it comes from religion, a 12-step program, or something else.
Falling into this trap makes finding true happiness impossible.… READ MORE
Humans think about life like it’s a war. So we try to conquer all our problems by going to war with them.
But there’s a glaring problem with this:
War is a miserable way to live a life. It deprives you of the boundless joy life was meant to be experienced with.… READ MORE
It’s in our human nature to glamorize the past — both in our own lives and in the stories we learned growing up. For example, the Bible is full of mysticism that we think we’ve lost today.
But the past is no different than right now.… READ MORE
Too many of us carry around a bitter cup of pain, suffering, and misery. When these negative feelings flavor our “tea bags” it’s no surprise that finding peace and joy is so hard. Your cup doesn’t have any room for feeling better.… READ MORE
We live in a “scapegoat society.” From an early age, you’ve been subconsciously trained to blame others for your problems instead of yourself— whether your brainwashing comes from religion, school, your parents, or therapy.… READ MORE