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Complaining

Friday, August 17th, 2007

Complaining, like all thought patterns, is not mere observation.  Complaining is a creative act.  The more you complain, the more you summon your creative energies to attract something to complain about.  Your complaints may seem fully justified, but realize that whenever you complain, you are placing your order for more of the same.  Complaining is not […]

Life Sucks, Then You Die

Wednesday, August 15th, 2007

What if you hate your life?  Or maybe you don’t quite hate it, but you’re just not happy with your current situation?  Perhaps you’re depressed, bored, or apathetic.  Or maybe you just don’t see the point in living at all.
If you don’t see the point in living, then you’re missing the point of life entirely.  […]

Achieving Peak Motivation

Monday, August 13th, 2007

Several people have asked me about the origins of the polarity concept I began exploring last year.  Where did it come from?  How does it relate to personal growth?
These ideas actually stemmed from some journal entries I wrote in 2002.  At the time I was asking myself questions like these:  What is the deepest source of ongoing motivation, such that if we tapped […]

How Your Mind Really Works

Wednesday, June 20th, 2007

How is it that your mind is capable of handling new situations you’ve never previously encountered?  How do you solve a problem you’ve never solved before?  Is this just the magic of consciousness, or is there an underlying process — or algorithm — your mind uses behind the scenes to deal with the unique experiences you encounter each […]

I Can Do It! Conference Review - Day 4

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007

The review of the 2007 I Can Do It! Conference concludes.
Day 4 - Sunday
Group Meetup
Steve:  About fifteen people showed up to our 8am meetup.  Not everyone stayed for the duration, although most did.  Fortunately the concourse was not at all crowded and was fairly quiet during that time, so we had a good spot all to ourselves.  We […]

I Can Do It! Conference Review - Day 3

Tuesday, May 29th, 2007

The review of the 2007 I Can Do It! Conference continues.
Day 3 - Saturday
Bill Phillips - Transformation: You Have the Power and Ability to Change
Steve:  After a heart-warming welcome by 80-year old Hay House founder Louise Hay, Bill Phillips took the stage to talk about transformation.  Years ago I’d read his popular book Body for Life, […]

I Can Do It! Conference Review - Day 2

Monday, May 28th, 2007

The review of the 2007 I Can Do It! Conference continues.
Day 2 - Friday
Brian Weiss, M.D. - Same Soul, Many Bodies
Steve:  Friday began with a six-hour workshop on past life regression therapy from Dr. Brian Weiss, author of Many Lives, Many Masters.  The main reason I opted to attend this workshop (there were 9 to choose from) is that […]

I Can Do It! Conference Review - Day 1

Sunday, May 27th, 2007

Last weekend Erin and I attended Hay House’s 2007 I Can Do It! Conference at the Sands Expo in Las Vegas.  This was my third year attending this conference and Erin’s second.  You may have seen our review of the 2006 seminar.  Keynote speakers included Dr. Wayne Dyer, Bill Phillips, Doreen Virtue, Christiane Northrup, and Deepak Chopra.
I Can […]

Making Peace With Death

Sunday, April 29th, 2007

While I have a strong drive to enjoy my physical life, I know — really know – it’s just temporary.  Against the backdrop of eternity, our human lives are very, very short… little more than a cosmic wink.  Some people treat that as a serious problem, but it really doesn’t have to be.
When someone crosses over, such as […]

Spiritual Depth Perception

Wednesday, April 25th, 2007

Stereo vision is one of our more fascinating human abilities.  Our eyeballs capture 2D snapshots of our environment, and our brains and visual circuitry rapidly combine them into 3D images.  So even though our eyes are perceiving reality in two dimensions, by combining the data from both eyes in a specific way, we perceive our […]



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