“The process of change requires unlearning. It requires breaking the habit of the old self and reinventing a new self.” ~ Joe Dispenza This unlearning, my friend, this process of breaking the old habits takes work. Even when you’ve consciously made a decision to change, the pull of the familiar old habits is strong. It’ll…
“The symbolic language of the crucifixion is the death of the old paradigm; resurrection is a leap into a whole new way of thinking.” ~ Deepak Chopra While Easter may still be a few weeks away, we’re all experiencing a long, drawn out crucifixion of sorts. The paradigm of life as we’ve known it is being destroyed.…
“You are the only problem you will ever have and you are the only solution. Change is inevitable, personal growth is always a personal decision.” ~ Bob Proctor Like or not, my friend, life as you’ve known it is no longer. Are you ready to change with it? You can do it consciously, with your…
“…They deny the need to change by making up all sorts of ideas about why their own [structures] are better than others. This has always been the Sufi critique of religious or cultural institutions: These institutions are human creations, intended to serve human development and happiness. The real religion behind all religions, according to the…
“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.” ~ Carl Rogers As we teachers teach a Bikram Yoga class we see who is able to focus on themselves in the mirror and who isn’t. When necessary we will subtly, continually remind everyone to focus on themselves…
“When you focus upon an unwanted aspect of something in an effort to push it away from you, instead it only comes closer, because you get what you give your attention to whether it is something that you want or not.” ~ Abraham-Hicks Know why you feel so relaxed after a Bikram Yoga class? Because…
“Evil (ignorance) is like a shadow — it has no real substance of its own, it is simply a lack of light. You cannot cause a shadow to disappear by trying to fight it, stamp on it, by railing against it, or any other form of emotional or physical resistance. In order to cause a…
“People who have the most to teach us are often the ones who reflect back to us the limits to our own capacity to love, those who consciously or unconsciously challenge our fearful position.” ~ Marianne Williamson, A Return to Love Did you get that, my friend? It’s those who get under our skin that are…
“Resistance is Hell, for it places man in a ‘state of torment.’” ~ Florence Scovel Shinn Are you feeling tormented, my friend? Well, I suppose there can be varying degrees of torment as at some level we’re all resisting something. What might you be resisting? I have learned that hiding behind that thing I’m resisting…
“The pain you create now is always some form of nonacceptance, some form of unconscious resistance to what is. On the level of thought, the resistance is some form of judgment. On the level of emotion, it is some form of negativity. The intensity of the pain depends on the degree of resistance to the…