The Art of the Way

January 20, 2026January 21, 2026

Hate, it has caused a lot of problems in the world, but has not solved one yet

This quote struck a chord with me, with everything that is going on in the world right now. Right now, thousands are dying in Iran, with protests going on against the government. Right now, there are thousands in protest in the US. There is a lot of hate right now, and it is difficult not to be swept up in the tide. There is also a group of monks doing a walk for peace. Jesus did that once, and they nailed him to a cross for his efforts.

That only made him a martyr. The killing of an evil person will just make them a martyr as well.

Sad, but true.

It looks like the only way out of this safely is using love. Peace to the monks on the walk of peace.

January 2, 2020

Don’t Take Things Personally

There is a huge amount of freedom that comes to you when you take nothing personally. - Don Miguel Ruiz — Don’t Take Things Personally

Don Miquel Ruiz is most well known for the book he wrote, “The Four Agreements”. I cannot remember if this quote was from this book or not but I have found him to be a great spiritual advisor.

If you are able to not take things personally you wouldn’t believe how much weight gets lifted off of your shoulders. Besides the thing that was said to you that you took personally may have not even been about you at all.

Instead of getting overwhelmed trying to not take everything personally take baby steps doing a little at a time until you grow strong enough where almost nothing bothers you at all.

January 2, 2020

Don’t Worry

One day you will look back and realize that you worried too much about things that don't really matter. — Don’t Worry

Don’t waste your life worrying. I know that is much easier said than done for most people.

To help you with this think of something in the past that you worried about and then think about it in the grand scheme of things. It didn’t really matter, did it?

If something happens to you that you can do something about then worrying makes no sense and if something happens that you cannot do anything about then worrying would not help you solve it, will it? What does that leave out? Nothing!

January 2, 2020

Ego vs Spirit

Ego says: "Once everything falls into place, I will find peace." Spirit says: "Find peace and everything will fall into place." — Ego vs Spirit

I like this quote a lot and am very guilty of “putting off” happiness until certain conditions are met. This kind of thinking sets up my life of never being happy.

If you are happy or at peace with yourself, you will find that the universe will provide you with events that will naturally fall into place.

Remember: There is no way to peace, peace is the way.

January 2, 2020

Expect Nothing and Appreciate Everything

With this meme, the author of the quote looks like they are trying to avoid disappointment in their lives.

It is dangerously close to the theory of expecting nothing and you will never be disappointed which is a horrible thing to believe because you will be setting yourself up for failure every time. If you put your mind to something not happening then the universe will provide that for you. I think I will delete this meme from my meditations.

January 2, 2020January 20, 2026

Extending and Receiving Kindness

The more you extend kindness to yourself, the more it will become your automatic response to others. - Dr. Wayne Dyer — Kindness

Smiles are contagious and when you smile at someone they can’t help but smile back and if you scowl at someone they are likely to scowl back.

But in this quote instead of externally showing kindness, Wayne Dyer is saying that if you give yourself kindness then it becomes easier to show kindness to others.

If you are looking to improve how you react to others try reacting better to yourself. Do you know the phrase you cannot love another until you love yourself? It has some similarities.

January 2, 2020

Eyes Useless When Mind is Blind

The eyes are useless when the mind is blind... — Sight

This is a nice little reminder showing me that some people even when shown the facts right in front of their faces that they still cannot see it if their mind is not open. It is like the play on words the book Wayne Dyer wrote, “You’ll See It When You Believe It: The Way to Your Personal Transformation” instead of you’ll believe it when you see it.

It also reminds me of the lyrics from the song “Casey Jones” from the Grateful Dead. “Trouble with you is. The trouble with me. Got two good eyes. But we still don’t see.”

December 13, 2019

Fix Problems by Thinking

"I do not fix problems. I fix my thinking. Then problems fix themselves." - Louise Hay — Solving Problems

Louise Hay if you didn’t know founded Hay House where you can get all of these great books, CDs, DVDs, etc. for spiritually-minded people.

This is a unique way of looking at things. Wayne Dyer also said something similar to this. It was, “When you change the way you look at things, the things that you look at will change.”

Same principle, same result. So the next time you have a problem with something change the way you look and think about it then you will discover that many of your problems will go away with little effort.

Tony Robbins also said something similar to this as well by instructing his listeners to ask yourself the right questions like, “How can I prevent this from happening again?” and “What is good about this situation?”. Ask these questions instead of questions like, “Why does this always happen to me?” If you ask questions like this your brain will come up with an answer and it will just get you into a worked up frenzy!

December 13, 2019

Friendly or Hostile Universe?

Here is a great quote from Wayne Dyer from one of his DVD sets. I remember a story he related when he went for a walk and came across two different people asking him what it was like there because they had just moved there.

The first person asked and Wayne asked them what was it like where they have moved from and they replied that people were wonderful and they were hoping the people would be like that here as well. Wayne told them that they would find more of the same here.

Another person asked Wayne the same question and Wayne again asked how the people were like where they had come from and they replied that they were just horrible. Then Wayne said that they would probably come across the same thing here.

What Wayne was trying to teach in this little story is that where your focus and expectations are on is what you will experience. Another example from Esther and Jerry Hicks related to the same type of incident. They were dreading getting booked at this same hotel that they always had trouble with but they decided to look at it with positive expectations instead of going in expecting problems. They were pleasantly surprised that the hotel worked out well this time with their little experiment.

December 13, 2019

Fuck It

Excuse my french here but I have a tendency to hold onto things for far too long. Are you like this too?

Don’t let the actions of others from years ago affect your present day. They have probably long since forgotten what they did to you to make you angry.

Anger is like holding a lump of hot coal hoping that it will harm the other person.

If the situation is something that you can do something about then it makes no sense to worry about it. If the situation is something that you cannot do anything about then worrying makes no sense as well. So what does that leave out? Nothing! So chuck it in the fuck it bucket and move on!