The Hardest Thing

Question: What was the hardest thing you had to do and once accomplished, your life was changed forever in a positive way? Answer: The hardest thing I had to do, and I am still trying to accomplish is escaping the overwhelming tyranny of my inherent ego, that governs all my thoughts, desires, plans, thus preventing … More The Hardest Thing

Humans: Perfect, Sentient, Objective Observers

Question: How are we experiencing/feeling/living life? What are we? Answer: Thank you for the beautiful question that grabs the core of our existence! We are “sentient/emotional” creatures, our “matter”, the engine that drives us is an overwhelming desire for pleasure for ourselves. We want to “feel good”, and we justify our existence and the existence … More Humans: Perfect, Sentient, Objective Observers

Changing Viewpoint

Question: If you could, what would you change in this life? Answer: Before we make any changes in life we first need to examine what “this life” is. Is there an independent reality around me with the inanimate, vegetative, animate and human levels of Nature? Can I make any absolute, objective assessment about what I … More Changing Viewpoint

Changing Opinion

Question: What’s something you were convinced was true but are now convinced is crazy? What changed your mind? Answer: I was convinced that I was in control of my life, I made all the decisions, that I was an independent individual. Now I can see how crazy this thought was! After all how can anybody … More Changing Opinion

Awakening Emotions

Question: Why I feel emotionless all the time I don’t feel mad, sad, nor happy how do I stop feeling this way (I’m not on any antidepressants nor do I have PTSD)? Answer: We are emotional creatures. But our emotions do not “originate” within ourselves. They are the result of our connection to other people, … More Awakening Emotions