Thoughts are Things?

When I Didn’t Know My Thoughts Mattered For much of my life, I didn’t think my thoughts mattered. In fact, I didn’t think about my thoughts at all—I just had them. I call this the unconscious period of my life, and it lasted until I was about 45 years old. The Awakening: Thoughts Are Things […]

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To Begin or Not to Begin…

Let me take a little liberty with this famous quote from Shakespeare’s Hamlet. To begin, or not to begin: that is the question. Do we suffer the slings and arrows of procrastination, or do we decide, trust, and move forward? In Hamlet, Shakespeare shows a man trapped by indecision—to his own detriment. Life imitates art! Indecision […]

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I See

“The mind within does the real seeing, the real interpreting of what the eyes look upon.” — Ernest Holmes Have you ever listened to someone explain something and then said, “I see”? In that moment, you aren’t seeing with your eyes—you’re saying, “I understand.” I believe we do not see with our eyes; we see […]

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The Atmosphere Of My Thinking

When I look up the definition of the word “atmosphere” I see it has many definitions. The one I am writing about today in regards to my thinking is “the surrounding influence or environment.” Ernest Holmes, teacher, mystic and author wrote this: “We are all immersed in the atmosphere of our own thinking, which is […]

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