Recursive Traps
"It is often possible to discern a structure to people’s difficulties, in which internal states and external events continually create the conditions for the recurrence of each other." — Paul …
Irreversible Change
We don’t receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us, nor spare us — Marcel Proust Even though they know …
An Invitation
. . . to choose the path of greatest advantage rather than yield in the direction of least resistance – George Bernard Shaw Addictions [excessive appetites] and relationship problems that …
Attachment to Outcomes
Do not become attached to the things you like Do not maintain aversion to the things you dislike. Sorrow, fear, and bondage come from one’s likes and dislikes – …
Ruminative Self Focus
The secret to being miserable is to have the leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not. — George Bernard Shaw We are all self-focused. Thoughts related to …
The Serenity Prayer
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference — Reinhold Niebuhr …
Meta-Cognitive Awareness
You can fool some of the people all of the time. – Abe Lincoln Children are not born with knowledge of the world; they tend to believe what you tell …
Suggestion and Other Creative Fictions
Suggestion is an effective method of reifying a particular creative fiction. The method is to pretend, or act as if, the suggested premise was true. You do not have to …
Suggestion and Other Creative Fictions
Self suggestion makes you master of yourself — W. Clement Stone Suggestion is an effective method of how to learn faster to influence subjective phenomena reifying a particular creative fiction. …
Awakening Into Mindfulness
“The best way to capture moments is to pay attention. This is how we cultivate mindfulness. Mindfulness means being awake. It means knowing what you are doing.” — Jon Kabat-Zinn …