Tuesday, December 12, 2017

46 On Seeing Simple Truths



EXPERIENCE has taught us that there comes a time in our lives when we must cross barriers or change paths if we are to get on with change and with facing our destiny. 
This is often referred to as “giving it up,” or “letting go,” or “turning it over.” 
But what are we giving up or letting go of? 
Simply put, long-held sacred cows. 
Often, we interpret these times of transition, of giving up sacred cows, as difficult.  Not necessarily because they are, but because we believe they are supposed to be. 
If, in our old mind-sets, we have programmed a belief structure that difficult is a necessary part of change, then the process of change will seem to be difficult.  Otherwise, we don’t believe it’s change.
We blend this misconstrued thought into what we have predetermined to be the only route available to the new and different, and we believe that the journey through change has to be difficult. 



What If It’s Not?
What If You Just Think It Is?
(Heads up on this one. It is a corollary to you depending on you!)



Experience Has Taught Us – 175 Missing Pieces –

An Explorer’s Guide to Developing a Handbook on Life


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Tuesday, December 5, 2017

45 On Seeing Simple Truths


EXPERIENCE has taught us that there are gifts in life that most of us do not recognize as gifts.  Sometimes we may have to stretch it a bit to understand them as gifts.
The gift of fear is the restoration of our capacity for wisdom and freedom.
By embracing our fears, we gain the opportunity to notice what is life-destructive and what is life-enhancing. Both avenues of investigation require risk.
Peck says, in The Road Less Traveled,
“When We Extend Ourselves, Our Self Enters New And Unfamiliar Territory. . .The Experience Of Change, Or Unaccustomed Activity, Of Being On Unfamiliar Ground, Of Doing Things Differently Is Frightening. . .Courage Is Not The Absence Of Fear.  It Is The Making Of An Action In Spite Of The Fear, The Moving Out Against The Resistance Engendered By Fear Into The Unknown And Into The Future.” [1]




Experience Has Taught Us – 175 Missing Pieces –

An Explorer’s Guide to Developing a Handbook on Life

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[1] Road Less Traveled Scott Peck

Tuesday, November 28, 2017

43 On Seeing Simple Truths

43     On Seeing Simple Truths


EXPERIENCE has taught us that there are basic truths we can operate from in our healing processes—basic guides, if you like.  These truths are all about us, and none are about our supposed circumstances. All, if respected, will allow us to step a little deeper into our conundrum, develop an appreciation of our life’s predicament and, possibly, if we are paying close attention, reveal how to get out of it.


1.   Each one of us holds beliefs, some conscious and some unconscious.  Our behavior is shaped far more by our unconscious beliefs than by our conscious ones.
2.   Most of our unconscious beliefs were formed early on in our lives (before age three) and are strongly influenced by the culture we grew up in.
3.   There are structures of our consciousness, or states of being, that further the hurt and pain within us.  These are places or conditions of non-peace, states of fear that verge on terror, and places of buried or denied hurts, deep distrust of humanity, and frustrated hostility that is always ready to boil over.
4.   It is normal for any of us to exhibit strong resistance to even recognizing any evidence that challenges the legitimacy or the adequacy of these deep-set unconscious beliefs.
5.    Despite the resistance, unconscious beliefs can be changed.

Experience Has Taught Us – 175 Missing Pieces –

An Explorer’s Guide to Developing a Handbook on Life

Available ... Amazon.ca as eBook