Are you aware that your perception shapes your experience of reality with impressions from previous experiences? It only changes when you stretch into new territory to discover more authentic aspects of yourself, when something unexpected challenges your fixed ideas, or when certain events completely shatter your illusions. Otherwise, your ego-mind tends to reinforce outdated beliefs and patterns of perception simply…
Tag: emotional freedom
Key Aspects of Introversion and Extraversion
Are you an introvert or an extravert? A lot of people get confused about the distinction between these categories and call themselves “extraverted introverts” or “introverted extraverts.” I think this comes from a lack of understanding that the terms introversion and extraversion are psychological concepts referring to the natural orientation of your psychic energy rather than your personality as a…
Why You Need Courage To Be Yourself
Fear rules the world. I’m not just saying this because of recent events making it look like a scary place filled with injustice, violence, and disease; in truth, fear has dominated the world for thousands of years, more so as it turned increasingly masculine and ego oriented (see Why Martial Souls Rule The World). It has shaped most of the…
The Spiritual Power of Non-Action
Once upon a time, a group of Indian sages lived together in the forest with their wives. They focused on practicing certain rituals known for granting supernatural powers, with the hope that this would lead them to enlightenment. However, Lord Shiva (a manifestation of the Divine that destroys ego) was determined to show them their error. He appeared to the…
Balance Your Life To Help Balance the World
When I was a young girl, my father used to take my siblings and I to a department store on the weekends to get things we needed for school. The rule was that we could each choose only one thing, which had to be practical—so no toys but things like socks, pens, and such—and also reasonably priced, because he didn’t…
Do You Have a Fixed or an Open Mindset?
The protests we’re witnessing are a natural response to the blatant racism and abuse of power that has created and continues to create suffering and injustice (see Why Martial Souls Rule The World). But they’re also a reflection of our individualized perceptions on the collective movie: the eternal battle between the egoic illusions of separation, power, and control, and our…
