Positive thinking is so often seen as a good thing. We get messages all the time that we should look at life as full of possibilities that can all be …
Clarity and resolution….
Clarity and resolution are always possible, but only if we are no longer indulging in positivity or negativity.
Controlling….
Controlling Laissez faire / open Structured / appropriate rules / boundaries Chaotic / promiscuous
Understanding Grace and Right Effort….
Baba used to say that the bird of paradise has two wings, Grace and self-effort. First, we need the right self-effort to earn Grace. And then, if we fail to …
If we receive the Grace….
If we receive the Grace in the moment and then intellectualize it, we will lose it; if we receive the Grace in the moment and fail to study, we will …
Expert / masterful….
Expert (truly comfortable with subject) / masterful Deficient / neophyte Complacent / arrogant Unpretentious / human
The Authoritarian Disciplinarian….
It is a truism that what we don’t want to face in ourselves we will deny and instead attribute to other people. People in positions of authority bear the brunt …
When a career victim temporarily….
When a career victim temporarily gives up her narrative, if things go well she feels deprived and belittled because it wasn’t “her” that people affirmed or liked. So she scrambles …
Supporting player….
Supporting player Authoritarian Overlooked Recognized
Humoring Our Humorlessness….
Humor is so necessary for spiritual practice. In order to have humor—genuine humor, not caustic wit—we have to be disentangled. We have to be able to laugh at ourselves, not …