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Chris and his mother had issues with listening, which apparently caused Chris great pain. As an adult, the situation seemed only to grow worse. When they did The Work together, Chris told his mother, “I’m frustrated because you don’t listen, and you talk too much and so fast that there…

The Tao doesn’t take sides; it gives birth to both good and evil. — Tao Te Ching The darkness, the void, the space that the mind is terrified to enter, is the beginning of all life. It’s the womb of being. Fall in love with it, and when you do…

When you’re shut down and frightened, the world seems hostile; when you love what is, everything in the world becomes the beloved. Inside and outside always match — they’re reflections of each other. The world is the mirror image of your mind. Not believing your own thoughts, you’re free from…

When You Compare, You Lose When we believe our thoughts, we divide reality into opposites. We think that only certain things are beautiful. But to a clear mind, everything in the world is beautiful in its own way. Only by believing your own thoughts can you make the real unreal. If you don’t separate reality…

When I was in my early forties, I slept with a loaded gun under my bed. I’d become severely depressed in my thirties, and for almost a decade I spiraled down into paranoia, rage, self-loathing, and thoughts of suicide. I weighed more than two hundred pounds (I’m 5'5"), and for…

During a recent event I spoke with Emily. She is a mother that just recently reunited with her husband after six and a half years of separation! It should have been a time for happiness, but Emily felt otherwise. During her separation, Emily served as the single parent while her…