There I was cleaning out my apartment. Taking out everything that no longer served. Clothes I hadn’t worn in over a year gone, shoes, toys for my daughter, anything and everything, I put in bags. Swept the floors, clean the bathroom, kitchen, and opened all the windows. I took a much needed rest on the couch. As I glanced over, my eye caught a ray of light coming into the apartment. I looked at the light. I closed my eyes... Read more
Dear Mother Earth, It has been an honor for me to walk on your sand at the beach, just so I can glimpse the infinite ocean, and watch the glorious sun set and rise each day. It has been an honor to walk your mountains, hills, and travel by water, air, car, and walking. Thank you for allowing me the freedom to build my house on you, raise my family on you, and play with others on you. Thank you... Read more
There is a Taoist story of an old farmer who had worked his crops for many years. One day his horse ran away. Upon hearing the news, his neighbors came to visit. “Such bad luck,” they said sympathetically. “May be,” the farmer replied. The next morning the horse returned, bringing with it three other wild horses. “How wonderful,” the neighbors exclaimed. “May be,” replied the old man. The following day, his son tried to ride one of the untamed horses,... Read more
I used to love those commercials where they would say 9 out 10 doctors prefer so and so product over anything else. Here on Wrestling With Yourself, we are geared toward a community dialogue on connecting to the Presence. My concern here is that each of discover the depths of who you really are. Most of us forget which was where the original meaning of sin came from. We have simply forgot or keep forgetting who we are. We forget... Read more
The other day I appeared on a radio show. The topic was on “unconditional love”. As we continued to dialogue on the topic and discover the core of living an unconditional life, the host kept bring up being. So I asked her, “When you use being, or be this, or that, what actually are referring too?” Logically most everyone speaks about “being” or “be this, be aware, be happy, be love etc…”. Well she listened and stuttered a little bit,... Read more
Anthony De Mello was a mystic Jesuit Priest, who authored many books, lead seminars, and was a therapist. The following passage was taken from his book “Song of the BIrd” : “A man found an eagle’s egg and put it in a nest of a barnyard hen. The eaglet hatched with the brood of chicks and grew up with them. All his life the eagle did what the barnyard chicks did, thinking he was a barnyard chicken. He scratched the... Read more
Taming the Mind After winning several archery contests, the young and rather boastful champion challenged a Zen master who was renowned for his skill as an archer. The young man demonstrated remarkable technical proficiency when he hit a distant bull’s eye on his first try, and then split that arrow with his second shot. “There,” he said to the old man, “see if you can match that!” Undisturbed, the master did not draw his bow, but rather motioned for the... Read more
Are you exhausted? Do you feel tired? Tired of thinking about yourself all day long? Tired of thinking about yesterday, tomorrow, and what others have done to you. Because I am here to break the news to you why you may think so much; it is that you actually believe you are alone and separate from all of life. So thinking, whether it is destructive to you or others makes you feel like you have friends. The moment you begin... Read more
I prefer to look at 4th of July, not as Independence Day, but as Interdependence Day! So what does that mean in regards to each of us. Well independence which most people talk about represents a separation. For example,” I ended my relationship and now feel great independence from them”, which would mean in someway that the person felt powerless, or couldn’t be themselves, or the relationship had control over them, or they felt less than, or even better than... Read more
crit·i·cal [krit-i-kuhl] Show IPA adjective 1. inclined to find fault or to judge with severity, often tooreadily. —————————————————————————————- It has become common practice to be critical on the planet. Turn on the radio and some shock jock is being critical of someone’s clothes, relationship, job, money, spiritual life, politics,etc…and they are paid for it. In fact most relationships find it common place to be critical as a sign of caring for another. So let us on WRESTLING FOR YOURSELF start a CRITICAL FREE ZONE. I encourage you to put a... Read more
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