Change Your Mind

The reason why there are so many people who are unhappy, angry, anxious, depressed, frustrated, and unfulfilled is because they have failed to apply THREE KEY PRINCIPLES in all aspects of their lives. Truth. Compassion. Calm.

I saw a photo of a woman hunter with a big smile on her face standing in front of a giraffe she had just murdered. It made me literally cry to see the pride and joy on her face. It is a sickness of the soul that one would get pleasure out of snuffing out the life of another animal who is innocent and unable to protect itself from such heartless savagery. The giraffe is now on the endangered species list because of soulless idiots like that woman. We need to defend those who are weaker than us, rather than dominate and destroy them.

Do you wait till you're about to go to sleep to start worrying and scaring yourself over the difficult, anxiety-provoking issues in your life? If so, STOP IT! I don't mean you should stop worrying, that's okay, worrying can be helpful, but not before bedtime. Put aside a time earlier in the evening to worry about stuff and then when it's time to go to bed you won't have to keep yourself up worrying because you already did it! It works. Takes practice. It can be done. Personal growth is a matter of developing good habits. And so is mental health.

When people tell us to act our age it usually means they are uncomfortable with our behavior and want to shame us into stopping it. If we are doing something that is wrong, we should stop it. But if we're doing something that is not hurting anybody and people simply don't like that we are doing it, that's their problem and we shouldn't feel the need to change who we are. We should be authentic. People always have the choice to not hang out with us if our behavior makes them uncomfortable.

Our thoughts create our reality. Our subconscious thoughts are the prime movers of our reality manifestation. To avoid victimhood and failure, and to harness the Law of Attraction in the best possible way, it's best that we program both our subconscious mind and our conscious mind for success, that we pay attention to our environment, that we are vigilant over our thoughts and that we maintain a positive attitude.

Social Anxiety Disorder is about being afraid that when we speak people will judge us harshly, think we're stupid, foolish, etc. Social Media Anxiety Disorder is about being afraid that when we tweet or post, people will judge us harshly, think we're stupid, foolish, etc. What's the best way to deal with either disorder: Tweet Others As You Wish To Be Tweeted.

It is best we unload our regrets. They are worse than a waste of time, they keep us stuck in the past, they keep us depressed, anxious, angry, sick in mind and body. No good comes from regrets. Best to let them go and spend our time and energy being in the Now, experiencing as much joy and peace as we can in every moment of every day with every interaction we have with the people and world around us. Best to look forward with optimism rather than backward with sadness and remorse. Best we use the past to make better choices today so as to manifest a satisfying and prosperous future for ourselves and our families.

What if this world that we refer to as reality is really a collective illusion, a mind game of monumental proportions so huge, so fantastical BECAUSE our minds literally can't handle the truth about reality and that we are not bodies, we are limitless in power and peace? If it is, then when we replace our collective fear, judgment and hatred with love, acceptance and forgiveness, this nightmare we call reality will fade away, will disappear into the nothingness that it always was, and in its place will be heaven on earth. Joy. Peace. Oneness. And then I get into riffing about other stuff. I mention God here and there. No offense intended. I touch upon an inconvenient truth regarding guns. Again, no offense intended. And I ramble a bit more. All food for thought.

America needs the ROSEANNE show right now. We have lost our way. We are caught up in so much divisiveness and rage, we can't seem to disagree without demonizing and attacking each other. The ROSEANNE show is a return to humor that pokes fun without churning up violence and hatred. It's about tolerance and acceptance when we don't agree or can't understand where our opponents are coming from. It's about trying to bridge our differences, unify our nation, and prosper with compassion and forgiveness rather than defeat ourselves in the long run with grievances and hostility. Roseanne's show has reappeared at a tipping point in our culture, and I believe it will be part of the solution that heals our wounded hearts and minds. I encourage everyone to support it.

If we have to tell someone that they owe us an apology, then that someone is really missing the boat and we need to look closer at the relationship and at our communication skills. Any apology we might get after insisting we're owed one is likely to be a hollow victory, not satisfying, and leave everyone resentful.

We're all very busy posting, tweeting and sharing, much of it designed to change the minds of others. This is understandable but not the best use of our time because change is extremely difficult even when we are motivated. So to try to change people to see things our way who aren't particularly motivated to do so has some degree of futility embedded in it. Better perhaps if we use our time to try to change our own minds, to try to get our own house in order. We are the only ones who we have any real control over. And perhaps if we do manage to change and improve ourselves it will be reflected in everything we do and rub off on those around us.

I have loved Jim Carrey's work for decades. I have admired and respected him, particularly for what I perceived to be a spiritual path he was on. Consequently, his recent onslaught of personal artwork brutally attacking Trump and others around him has concerned me. Not because he is attacking Trump and others around him. But simply because he is ATTACKING. This is contrary to the spiritual path I believe he had embraced. And so I see these attacks of his as a descent into Ego and Darkness, which will keep him from Inner Peace. And so this video message is an attempt to encourage him to put aside his rage and find a non-violent way to share his concern for humanity under Trump's regime.

There is an expression in "A Course In Miracles" that "Only the Mind can be sick. Only the Mind is in need of healing." The premise is that we are not a victim of our bodies but rather that we invented our bodies, and that we attack our bodies with diseases and maladies because our Mind at an unconscious level is filled with guilt, shame and self-loathing. This is a massive oversimplification. Will likely seem like total nonsense. But keep in mind that Elon Musk has put forth the idea that we live in a holographic universe. So I'm not by any means alone in pondering the complexities of consciousness. As Groucho Marx once said, "Keep an open mind. But not so open that your brains fall out."

I posted a photo of Mahatma Gandhi dancing. Someone commented that he slept naked with young girls so "He's not my role model." This is emblematic of what is going on today. Throwing the baby out with the bath water. If we identify a bad behavior in someone, we don't simply point it out and ask them to take responsibility for it, we also totally demonize them, negate any positive contribution to society that they made, and focus on that one bad act as the sum total of who they are as a human being. This is wrong. Gandhi in many ways is an excellent role model. Obviously, not when it comes to sleeping in bed naked with young girls. But if we're willing to put our rage and harsh judgment aside we might see there is great value in examining the sum total of his life, there is much to learn and grow from. And this tends to be true for most of the people we demonize and attack ferociously on a daily basis.

Most of the greatest talents we have on the planet have failed before they succeeded. Many times. What distinguishes their success perhaps more than anything else is their perseverance. Their unwillingness to take no for an answer. Their unwillingness to give up. The truth of the matter for most of us is that when we submit our work to someone else for their approval and they say "No," it doesn't mean that our work is bad. It doesn't mean we're bad. It doesn't mean we're losers. It doesn't mean our project isn't going to manifest. It could mean that. But usually what it means is that the person who just said no isn't going to be the one who makes it happen. That's all. It means we haven't found the right person or people yet who will say yes. So we don't get discouraged, frustrated, angry, depressed or anxious over people rejecting our work. We tell ourselves that every No we get is one step closer to success, paving the way to the people who will want to cooperate with us and make the magic happen.

Many of us have goals we are working towards and we put off our happiness until the day when we accomplish them, when the world favors us with success and blessings. This is a mistake. Best to spend every day discovering and sharing our Inner Joy with others. Best to find joy and meaning in our lives every day in our transactions with the world and our fellow travelers. Then -- if we achieve our goals, the success and blessings are icing on the cake. If we don't achieve our goals, we haven't wasted our lives being depressed, anxious, angry and frustrated waiting for the future to reward us and make us happy. Happiness is a choice regardless of what is going on all around us. Happiness is not dependent on positive outcomes in our lives. Happiness is dependent on our attitude, our gratitude, our perspective, our acceptance AND our forgiveness. Be happy now.

Tell that Inner Critic voice inside of you that keeps telling you you're not good enough and it will never happen to SHUT UP! And stop indulging in ruminations, resentments and regrets from the past. And stop obsessing on catastrophic fears about the future that terrorize, depress and immobilize you. Bottom line: We Can Have It All! But first we have to learn how to control and discipline our mind so that it is not sabotaging and defeating us. So that it will do our bidding and manifest the life we want and deserve.

Many of us define happiness by what we've got rather than what we've given. We tend to be happy if we are validated by the external world, whether it be with praise, a great job, a lot of money, etc. and we tend to be unhappy when the external world ignores us, rejects us, deals us a bad hand. It is a mistake to link our happiness with external validation or invalidation. It is better to link our happiness to the Truth of who we are, how we treat our brothers and sisters, our moral fiber. And to remember as well that no matter what has happened in the past or what might happen in the future, we have a choice today to be happy or not. It's a matter of attitude and gratitude.

Self-forgiveness is the key to happiness and inner peace. It's our ticket to Heaven if you will. So what do we need to do to forgive ourselves? Forgive others. Love Others. Be of Service to Others. Without conditions. Without Exceptions. See the Light in people despite how they're behaving. Forgive them for they know not what they do. But for the Grace of God go I. We hate the sin but love the sinner. We forgive others for our own peace of mind. We forgive others so that we can Heal.

When it is raining out, the roads are slippery, the pavement is slippery. Accidents are more likely to happen. Best we go slower and pay closer attention to avoid a mishap. The same is true when our lives are "raining" stressful circumstances on our parade. We are more likely to be distracted, more likely to make a mistake. Best we go slower and pay closer attention. And the same is true when our minds are consumed with depression and anxiety-generating thoughts. We are more prone to distraction. More prone to self-sabotaging behaviors. Best we take it slower and pay closer attention to avoid making mistakes in judgment and compounding our problems.