self-awareness helper 307: looking upstream

Would you rather be happy or unhappy? In rather unglamorous terms, happiness involves the absence of malice, the absence of hatred and hostility. Happiness involves the state of being connected in loving, non-hostile ways. It does not mean that everyone's got to be your best friend. Sometimes it's better to love from a distance. Where … Continue reading self-awareness helper 307: looking upstream

health enhancer 168a: on health and honoring 1

States of good health are associated with long-term cultivation of acceptance, calmness, contentment, and other forms of mental-emotional well-being. On the other hand, anxiety, agitation, discontent, and other forms of mental-emotional stress--when chronic and persistent--are associated with disease states. Continuing on an idea from an earlier post, one means to cultivate states of good health … Continue reading health enhancer 168a: on health and honoring 1