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Archive for November, 2007

Day 4 (2007-11-30): Who am I?

Source of inspiration: Life, episode 9, “Serious Control Issues”
A 16-year-old boy who’d been abducted when he was 3 learns that the man he thought was his father isn’t. He asks, “If I’m not his son, then who am I?” The police detective tells him that because of what he went through, he won’t be like [...]

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Source of inspiration: Conversations with God by Neale Donald Walsch
I’d like to focus on the creative power of thought today (and maybe the next few days, in fact). I’ve been focusing on stopping the continual stream of thought. Now I want to practice using my mind proactively, instead of it using me.
I’m going to be [...]

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Source of inspiration: A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle
In addition to sensory input, there are many other ways to stop the continuous stream of thought and enter the present. I can notice stillness in life, I can pay attention to my breath, and I can observe my egoic patterns (how I assert, build, and boost [...]

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Source of inspiration: A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle
Sensory input triggers a break in the habitual stream of thinking. The idea is that when you hear a sound, for example, there is a moment when your attention is on the sound and your mind has stopped chattering. As Tolle puts it, “Consciousness is diverted away [...]

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