We MUST Choose, Part 2: Conscience and Reality and the Dark Side of Daydreaming and Fantasy

We MUST Choose, Part 2: Conscience and Reality and the Dark Side of Daydreaming and Fantasy The opposite of sanity is insanity.  The opposite of truth is lying, which includes self-deception, lying, half-truths, rationalizations, denial, scapegoating, transference, projection, i.e. the vast majority of our defense mechanisms.  It’s clear that truth will not only make us [...]

We Must Choose

We MUST Choose “This above all: to thine own self be true.” – Shakespeare, “Hamlet” Yes, but what part of thine own self to be true to?  What’s best in oneself?  Or what’s less—sometimes even much much less—than best in one’s self? “For human beings, there is a possibility of making a choice of influences; [...]

The Present Moment

The Present The past is history, The future a mystery, All we have is this moment— It’s the Universe’s gift to each of us; That’s why it’s called The Present. This moment—the present moment—is all we have. How many present moments we each have in life, and how much presence we each have to the [...]

The Four Agreements. The Second Agreement: Don’t Take Anything Personally

The Four Agreements The Second Agreement: Don’t Take Anything Personally I get the gist of what Ruiz is trying to communicate with his advice of “Don’t take anything personally,” and there’s certainly some wisdom to it, but unfortunately he’s trying to make an absolute out of something that likely isn’t meant to be an absolute, [...]