Much has been said and discussed about meditation and the benefits of mindfulness. One of the biggest goals I feel that comes from it is and introduction to your best friend you never knew. You will never see this friend in the physical sense. They are the spiritual side of yourself. The side that already…
Category: My Thoughts
These are my personal thoughts and writings.
It’s a New Year but it’s more importantly a new day
I have been doing a lot of thinking about the coming New Year’s celebrations. You hear a lot of people talk about New Year’ resolutions and doing something they want or feel is important because the calendar advances a year. I think you should make one final New Year’s promise to yourself. That promise is you will…
A real reminder life is short and needs to be lived
I recently went to a high school basketball game and during the intro of the players, after the national anthem, a cheerleader just dropped to the floor. They were out mid court cheering the players on and seemed to have no worries and be having fun. It took a minute before anyone even realized something…
How to stop absorbing other peoples negative emotions
I have always experienced feelings that almost didn’t seem my own. This was especially true in an environment with groups of people. I could “feel the room” if you will. Both positive and negative emotions would come over me and I had no good reason as to why. I have since learned it’s an empathic trait and…
Has your spiritual journey cost you friends and relationships?
I have noticed, to my surprise initially, that as I work on me, and the understanding of both my spirit and ego, my relationships with others have become different. I very much find every single one I look back upon has served a purpose if not for me then at least for the other person. Almost…
You can relive your past so as to change your future
I have spent a great deal of time in reflection. Not just thinking about one event or part of my life but the whole thing. I have gone event by event and moment by moment reliving it. I have found two things to be true. One is we can, in a way, time travel back…
Connected
Everything in the universe that affects or touches something else is forever connected. Craig
I bet you’ve never seen a sunset
Now before you think I’m a bit crazy for making such a statement let me explain. When most of us look at a sunset I bet it starts out for a split second being admiring how beautiful it is but it doesn’t last. We either wish we could be somewhere else to watch it, have…
Remove the labels
I have spent a lot of time thinking about how everything that causes us ups and downs, highs and lows, and good and bad days is because of labels. You have no doubt heard you shouldn’t have expectations. We respond usually by saying yep I know that and I will work on it. Do you…
Einstein’s optical delusion of consciousness
I came across this quote from Albert Einstein while reading today. If I didn’t tell you who said it I bet you would guess maybe someone similar to Buddha or the like. It never ceases to amaze me how across time and the ages so many of the wisest and most respected people all say…
Christmas in solitude
I have spent much of this holiday season alone and doing large amounts of thinking. While this has been at times hard it’s also been eye opening. I have quietly watched from the mainstream sidelines as this holiday season unfolds. What I’ve noticed is what seems like expectations on a massive scale. I have heard…
Many things come from our pain and the lessons we learn
Many things come from our pain and the lessons we learn. It’s important to move forward with a clear heart and a solid sense of self. Our experiences, especially the bad ones, aren’t meant to hold us back. It is true at times they keep us from where we want to be, but they always…
No endeavor we start
No endeavor we start ever really ends like we imagined it. While this can be disappointing and down right painful at times know it has purpose. We could never learn about ourselves or others and grow if everything went as planned. –Craig
The Order of Love
It is without doubt hard to make our way through this world. It seems doubly hard to do it alone. We see the pain and void of loneliness as something we must set out to fill and rectify. There must be another person that understands us and how we feel. They will complete us and…
Guideposts
Everyone on this journey through life takes a different road and path. Sometimes we get lost. We take wrong turns. Sometimes we get it right and enjoy the blessings life has to offer. We serve as guideposts in each others lives. None of us have all the answers but each of us have pieces to…