Pathways
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“It’s not the destination—it’s the path ”
The point of the exercise
So, here we are at the end of this mini series, and I want to give you some [...]
Stories
In all cases, our egos are invested in keeping us stuck. We get to a certain point-call it your comfort/discomfort point-and some aspect of your ego starts to toss up excuses not to move forward. So, ’stuck’ means ’stuck in our present story.’
It’s Your Life
As you look at your list, there should be 5 or so people who are Life Mentors. By this I mean people you engage in dialog with about the meaning and direction of your life, as you discover, enact and evaluate your life purpose.
The Path to Curiosity
In the past, I’ve said that emotions are like thermostats. They let us know that something is “up” for us (metaphorically, that ‘our temperature is rising.’) So, really, no matter what arises, the point of the feeling is to get us to pay attention.
Seeing the Light
It takes both courage and persistence to change what does not and has never worked into something that does work. This is radically different from what I see a lot of. People expecting others to change so they can be happy, for example. Then they learn a few skills and find better ways to talk, but the message is the same: “I expect you to change, or the world to change. I have all my beliefs and affirmations in place, and here I sit, waiting.”
Dropping the Excuses
The Buddha said some variant of, “All that you are is a product of what you have thought.” He meant that how we think determines our self-identity and our view of the world. It’s not the ‘right’ view, but rather how we frame our reality. Once we get the joke that the frame is warped by our perceptions, we can have a laugh and let it go.
Zen Based, Present Living
