We have noted already that the default psychological protection against fear and anxiety is neurotic defense. It is a way of dealing with complexity by withdrawal from contact with the world and so not dealing with it at all. Persons of tomorrow, by contrast, embrace the world. They engage with their existential reality in a spirit of hope, courage, invention and play. Continue reading
A human being is a citizen of two worlds, and he or she has to develop the ability to have access to both without any confusion. Clarity of mind comes if you have learned to direct your mind according to your desire and goal. Continue reading
To walk on despite all the pleas for you to come back is to know that you are free from the clutches of guilt. When you are free of the grip of guilt and fear, love blooms—love of the truth. Continue reading
The journey of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi to Mahatma Gandhi was highly challenging. During the course of his life, Gandhi sought to resolve the constant plaguing of self-doubt helped him put his truths and beliefs through tough tests of realities that helped him see an issue from different dimensions and perspectives.The ‘take away’ factors from his life are many. And the more one reads him, the lessons from his life increase with the number of interpretations you can make from the text. Read between the lines, if you must, when you read Gandhi and the essence of his life (and ours, too) increases by manifold to the reader.
“If there is anything in us, it is not our own; it is a gift of God. But if it is a gift of God, then it is entirely a debt one owes to love, that is, to the law of Christ. And if it is a debt owed to love, then I must serve others with it, not myself. Continue reading
To Let Go” doesn’t mean to stop caring it means I can’t do it for someone else.
“To Let Go” is not to cut myself off, it is the realization I can’t control another.
“To Let Go” is not to enable, but to allow learning from natural consequences.
“To Let Go” is to admit powerlessness which means the outcome is not in my hands.
“To Let Go” is not to try to change or blame another it is to make the most of myself.
“To Let Go” is not to care for but to care about, not to fix but be supportive.
“To Let Go” is not to judge but to allow another to be a human being.
“To Let Go” is to not to be in the middle arranging all the outcomes, but to allow another to affect their own destiny.
“To Let Go” is not to be protective; it is to permit another to face reality.
“To Let Go” is not to deny, but to accept.
“To Let Go” is not to nag, scold, or argue but instead to search out my own shortcomings and to correct them.
“To Let Go” is not to criticize and regulate anybody, but to try to become what I dream I can be.
“To Let Go” is not to regret the past but to grow and live for the present and for the future.
“To Let Go” is to fear less, and to love more…”
– Robert Paul Gilles, Jr.
Much of our suffering comes from wrong perceptions. To remove that hurt, we have to remove our wrong perception. Continue reading
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