The Art of the Way

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.

October 29, 2019October 29, 2019

Relax

Relax, nothing is in control. Situations outside of you are not in your control so relax and accept life for the way it unfolds for you. Check out the post “Secret to Happiness” where I go over this in more detail.

In short, just because things are not under your control and not doing what you would like it to do does not mean anything. The way life unfolds is the Universe’s plan, not yours and it may make your life turn out better this way.

October 29, 2019November 11, 2019

Secret to Happiness

A secret go happiness is letting every situation be what it is, instead of what you think it should be. - Loubis and Champagne — Secret to Happiness

You can get rid of a lot of misery in your life by accepting what is instead of what you want it to be.

People, events, and situations happen all outside of you. Just because any of these do not happen the way you wanted it to or the way you expected it to does not mean that you are in control of it. Relax nothing is in control.

Once you can let go and let it be you will be able to handle situations like this easier. You will be a lot happier once you relinquish control and let things unfold as the universe directs it to.

Just because the situation did not do what you expected it to or it seems to make things worse does not mean that it was meant to be. This could be a blessing in surprise that you do not realize yet. Maybe you got fired from your job and in a few months you end up doing what you really wanted to do and are much happier. Maybe this is the universes way of kicking you in the butt and getting you fired so that you can do what you were really meant to do and be happier!

October 23, 2019

The Goal of Meditation

Thoughts. There are many types of meditation out there so it is impossible to say which one is right but instead, pick one that is right for you.

Some people try to clear their heads by allowing no thoughts enter and if they do they quietly dismiss it and go back to clearing their mind. In this emptiness and clearing answers and ideas come to them easier.

Others treat meditation as a brain-storming session and only focus on the end result or outcome and let ideas come to them one at a time while quietly dismissing or categorizing ideas as they come along.

Both of these meditations’ goals are similar to the quote. They both have the goal to control your thoughts instead of letting them control you.

“If you don’t control your thoughts, they will control you.”