Poison for the Mind and Heart

My egoic mind is poisoning my mind and heart... I can feel it...  The need to be distinct and different is creating resistance and defensiveness within me.  I'm becoming easily irritated and annoyed, a place I usually do not venture...  I'm holding on to labels too tightly... I want "To Be Seen As" and it's affecting me.

C, H, N, O, P, S?

C, H, N, O, P, S = Oneness for materialists?

Do What You Love, but Without Ego

To be in alignment with our more authentic selves, it's wise to do what we love, but without ego.  Though is always a challenge, since what we love is so personal to us.

Ideally what we do is an expression of our inner being, rather than an attempt at creating an outer image.  When we're fully engaged and we self-forget, this is when we act with authenticity.  But when we start to put too much ego into it, we experience too much self-concern.  We become filled with fear. With fear there's a Fight or Flight response, and we can respond in a multitude of ways with the common theme of experiencing afflicted emotions within.

Truly seeing and connecting with others versus having our own eyes constantly pointed at ourselves is key... With true understanding there's a lack of separateness.  To see oneself is to see another.  To see another is to see oneself...

The problem though is that every moment presents a challenge...  Every moment we're faced with our Hero's Journey...  Can we see past the illusion we try to create?  Trying to look like the Hero in our journey versus Being the Hero in our journey...  To recognize the Dragon is to understand.

If There Existed a Creator Who Gave Us Gifts...

If there existed a creator who gave us gifts, what gifts would the creator be pissed off at us or disappointed in us for not using?

The Gift We Can All wish for during the Holidays

To be infused with spirit... with warmth that emanates from within...  This is the gift we can all hope for,  and hopefully receive...