Posted by Ricardo Hidalgo on Monday, June 13, 2011,
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Awakenings
Barry Schwartz in The Paradox of Choice points out that too much choice leads to indecision and dissatisfaction, and he suggests to limit choices. When it comes to emotional and spiritual well-being this is not a problem, as there is only one choice between two options as I will illustrate below using text from A Course in Miracles.As it points out, "You do not ask too much of life, but far too little" because you value what is valueless. So how do you know what is of value? "The laws that... Continue reading ...
Letting the Past Go
Posted by Ricardo Hidalgo on Saturday, June 11, 2011,
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Awakenings
"By the notion of paying for the past in the future, the past becomes the determiner of the future, making them continuous without an intervening present, [and] the present [becomes] only...a brief transition to the future, in which it brings the past to the future by interpreting the present in past terms [and] 'now' has no meaning....
By this notion "The present merely reminds [us] of past hurts and [we] react to the present as if it were the past. [We] cannot tolerate release from the past... Continue reading ...