One of the most essential tasks for us to wrap our heads and hearts around is learning to bring love to ourselves since we, as divine beings, are the primary bringers of love to ourselves. No one else has the depth of knowing what lies within our persona facades, and if we can begin to learn how to love ourselves first, before loving others, we will accomplish at least two worthy goals: a) We will be genuine in our love expressions of and for others when we are genuine with ourselves and not until. b) We will avoid a classic trap of codependence wherein we attempt to love others first in an attempt to gain the others' love for us. This trap leaves our inner child/ego/shadow once again aband
In the bank, fear is the prime motivator. Fear of destitution, of powerlessness, of actual hunger and more. The trick for the everyday man banker is to see and appreciate the power of fear and love within the context of the company. If one can begin to see each and every interaction within the context of love or fear, then one can begin to find acceptance of what is versus what is not. When we see ‘what is’, we see an unconditional acceptance and abiding of whatever is going on versus a conditional acceptance, better known as an unmet expectation on the verge of becoming a very expensive and corrosive commodity known as a resentment for what is not meeting our expectation of what we want her
The following is an excerpt from the "How to Quiet the Mind" on-line course from The Daily Om. If you would like to enroll in the course, click here. The mind is a wonderful tool for thinking, but it has a dark side. There is an aspect of the mind that is not useful but pretends to be useful, which is called the egoic mind. It is the aspect of our mind that chats with us as we move about our day. It is the "voice in our head," as Eckhart Tolle calls it. Much of the time, this voice seems like our own thoughts and our own voice, and we often express these thoughts (e.g., "I love doing that!" "I can't wait until tomorrow." "I wonder what will happen"). At other times, this voice is like the
