Musings for the Modern Mystic

Mind

“We may not be responsible for the world that created our mind, but we can take responsibility for the mind with which we create our world.” ~ Gabor Maté

It’s fairly obvious when somebody comes up to you and says “I don’t like you,” but less so when that person takes a disapproving glance at your car, or makes a backhanded critical remark about someone famous that you happen to know or admire. In many cases these are almost like long-term subliminal negative advertising campaigns, where someone will make repeated but barely perceptible stabs at something you like and identify with. And there is the key to your freedom. Right there in the words “something you like and identify with.” Because if you didn’t identify with your car, you wouldn't take it personally if someone were to disapprove of it. If your sense of self weren’t invested in knowing or admiring that famous person, that critical remark would not have anything to do with you personally at all.

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While the leading thought on intelligence (and having a high IQ) is that it's genetically determined, what about wisdom? What about emotional intelligence?

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True leadership is a complex & paradoxical process. From the Dalai Lama to George Patton, here are 5 leadership lessons from 5 of history's greatest leaders.

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Those who are best at what they do, whether they’re in the arts, sports, or medicine, tend to be the best because they understand that their work is “bigger” than them. Like those people, your...

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Many people posit themselves as realists but consistently speak about the negativity around them and the lack of goodheartedness and integrity. This position doesn't add anything positive or assuring to the world or those who surround them. Not only is it totally ineffectual, it's actually harmful-- mostly to the perpetrator themselves. This kind of 'high-horse' attitude is simply a cleverly veiled form of cynicism, working very hard to hide the heart that pumps at its core: cowardice.

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In a world where it is old-fashioned to be private & suspicious to be secretive, we must work to hold the rights to our own story. Oversharing robs us of...

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If you are living on this planet, you are brainwashed, in one way or another. Here are 4 ways to take the power back, get to the business of unlearning, and give your brain the long-needed bath it's been waiting for. One administered by the best person to do so: you.

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There is no time more rife with mistakes than our 20's, but there are easter eggs in the wreckage. Here are 5 mistakes everyone makes in their 20's...

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Is LSD a "back door to zen"? Many experienced meditators, including Eckhart Tolle & Sam Harris have spoken of their experiences with enlightenment & LSD.

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Facing your fears needn't be terrifying. Here, Dr. Neil Thompson writes about the 'extend, recover, renew' mindfulness process adapted from physical fitness routines...

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Believe it or not the #1 problem in the world is an addiction to thinking (too much). Ask any buddhist monk: quitting it will change everything. Here are 5 reasons to.

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It has been said that theoretical physicist Albert Einstein was a mystery, even to himself. Here are 25 of the most intriguing Albert Einstein Quotes.

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5 Timeless Leadership Lessons From 5 of History’s Greatest Leaders

How Realizing It’s Not All About You Can Enable You to Do Some Amazing Things…

Four Reasons It’s Not Cynicism, But Cowardice.

Oversharing & Online Privacy: Why You Don’t Owe Anyone Your Story

How to Stop Sabotaging Yourself Just When You’re on to Something Good

How to Clean Your Brain: 4 Steps to Unlearning the Concepts that Lead to Crummy Consciousness

Why The Fear of Negative Emotions Is Really A Fear of Life

5 Mistakes People Make in their 20’s, and Why They’re Important

The Enlightenment / LSD Connection

The Simple 3-Step Process For Muscle Development That Can Be Used In Mindfulness

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A Core Secret of Happiness: How to Not be Offended

The Only Difference Between Heaven and Hell? Your Mind.

So You Have a High IQ. Why That’s Only Half the Story.

Neuroplasticity Examples and Exercises Laid Out In A Beautiful Infographic

5 Timeless Leadership Lessons From 5 of History’s Greatest Leaders

How Realizing It’s Not All About You Can Enable You to Do Some Amazing Things…

Four Reasons It’s Not Cynicism, But Cowardice.

Oversharing & Online Privacy: Why You Don’t Owe Anyone Your Story

How to Stop Sabotaging Yourself Just When You’re on to Something Good

How to Clean Your Brain: 4 Steps to Unlearning the Concepts that Lead to Crummy Consciousness

Why The Fear of Negative Emotions Is Really A Fear of Life

5 Mistakes People Make in their 20’s, and Why They’re Important

The Enlightenment / LSD Connection

The Simple 3-Step Process For Muscle Development That Can Be Used In Mindfulness

10 Quotes on Soothing Fear and Anxiety From a Meditation Master

5 Reasons to Quit the World’s #1 Addiction: THINKING (Too Much)

25 of The Most Intriguing Albert Einstein Quotes

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What Do You Care What Other People Think?

How To Heal Fear of Success & Imposter Syndrome

15 Quotes From “The Sleeping Prophet” on Mind, Body and Soul

8 Historical Geniuses Who Had Mental Illnesses

5 Self Help Books That Actually Helped

A Core Secret of Happiness: How to Not be Offended

The Only Difference Between Heaven and Hell? Your Mind.

So You Have a High IQ. Why That’s Only Half the Story.

Neuroplasticity Examples and Exercises Laid Out In A Beautiful Infographic

5 Timeless Leadership Lessons From 5 of History’s Greatest Leaders

How Realizing It’s Not All About You Can Enable You to Do Some Amazing Things…

Four Reasons It’s Not Cynicism, But Cowardice.

Oversharing & Online Privacy: Why You Don’t Owe Anyone Your Story

How to Stop Sabotaging Yourself Just When You’re on to Something Good

How to Clean Your Brain: 4 Steps to Unlearning the Concepts that Lead to Crummy Consciousness

Why The Fear of Negative Emotions Is Really A Fear of Life

5 Mistakes People Make in their 20’s, and Why They’re Important

The Enlightenment / LSD Connection

The Simple 3-Step Process For Muscle Development That Can Be Used In Mindfulness

10 Quotes on Soothing Fear and Anxiety From a Meditation Master

5 Reasons to Quit the World’s #1 Addiction: THINKING (Too Much)

25 of The Most Intriguing Albert Einstein Quotes

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Musings for the Modern Mystic

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