It is not up to You You have no say in the matter The vast majority of your experience, what it feels like for you to be living your life right now, the vast majority of that, is totally out of your control. You couldn’t change it if you wanted to. Sure, yes, you can change your life. But the vehicle, the process, and all the elements involved in enabling you to have this experience, has nothing to do with you (as your ego). In other words, your body doesn’t need you (the ego). You can get knocked unconscious and your body goes on, until you return. The day you were born, you had a body, but didn’t have an ego. You, the ego, are not a required element for the existence of your body. Your mind, that your ego is running this narrative on right now, also existed the…
From a Struggle to a Gift What have you been carrying? So, I have been delving into my family dynamic lately. Focusing on my Father. My dad was a WWII vet that fought in the Pacific Campaign. The emotional demands of intense battle, that impaled him in the theater of war, turned out to be quite the gift for me. But I spent most my life not knowing that. My Father was a very intense man. With fierce resolve, tenacity, focus, determination, courage, etc. These traits, as far as I can tell, were not part of his demeanor before he entered the war. Perhaps you are familiar with the HBO series, “A Band of Brothers”, which followed men who fought in the European Campaign of WWII. The makers of that series then made a similar series, called “The Pacific”, which followed several men as they fought in the Pacific Campaign.…
