Why is it hard for us to do the things we know are good for us?
What is with us? Why are we not able to do the things which are in our self-interest? What is it that is so difficult about making loving choices?
Here’s a simple example. If I want to lose weight, it’s technically [...]

Last week I wrote about the “Dark Night of the Soul”, a common experience of confusion and “spiritual depression” during the awakening process. Brenda suggested a much more appropriate title, and here it is!
The dark night is about transformation.
When we are seeking higher consciousness, we are seeking to end the tyranny of the ego so [...]

Optimism is so much easier than pessimism–it’s more fun, more effective, more validating, more energizing, and closer to Awareness. When we’re jazzed up, people love us and want to be around us. We do more, and we do more with more energy and more enthusiasm and more flow.
We want to be positive but many of [...]

The Law of Attraction is not wrong. It’s just upside down.
The Law of Attraction does work–Patanjali mentioned it two thousand years ago in the Yoga Sutra, and the ACIM says thoughts can move mountains, and the Buddha said everything we are, we have thought. The Bible says “Ask and ye shall receive.”
The problem is wanting. [...]

(A little break from posting the Awakening is Simple book excerpts…)

The problem with the human condition is the attachment to thought and fear.

We can’t get rid of thoughts or the ego–nor do we need to. Developing awareness—a passive watchfulness–helps us see through thoughts and beliefs and the ego.
The fear of separation is the root fear [...]