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addiction belief system Journey

Elephant in the room

When we choose to accept easy solutions to complex problems, we ignore the elephant room.

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belief system

Why believing is seeing

Our perception and beliefs shape what we see and determine how we respond to people and events we encounter. Our thoughts determine our future.

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belief system

Fooled by words

Words are not simply letters on a screen. They are memes capable of transmitting powerful ideas that can create reality and determine our future.

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belief system Identity materialism Spirituality

Is God dead?

Does the death of traditional religion mark the end of God? Have we now been set free from the irrational impulse to worship?

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belief system materialism Spirituality

Searching for a God beyond names

Words point us to something beyond themselves. When we confuse the word for the reality it points to we make it into mental idol. We must abandon our ideas of god if we want to find God.

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belief system False Thinking wisdom

Don’t let blind guides determine your destiny

Religion was meant to connect you back to reality but the rigid legalistic application of it separates us from one another and from the very Source we claim to worship.

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Identity Journey mindfulness Wisdom & Learning

How to accept difficult things that cannot be changed

Acceptance is one of the keys that can help us deal with the pain and suffering we experience.