"Teach only Love,
 For that is what you are."
       from A Course In Miracles

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Life Meanings

  1. Foreword
    Chapter 1 - The Importance of Meaning
    Chapter 2 - The Meaning of This Moment
    Chapter 3 - My Eco-Print = Ecological Foot Print
    Chapter 4 - My Energy Matters
    Chapter 5 - Marriage & Divorce American Style

  2. Abundance & Scarcity:
    Dinosaur Eggs

  3. My Tantra experiences:
    Sexuality, Sensuality, Nudity

  4. Teenage Visionquests in the Utah Canyonlands

  5. Cocaine, nicotine, coffee, marijuana, alcohol, sex

  6. A Course In (Spirituality)

  7. Reclaiming my cuteness:
    Self Acceptance

  8. Meditation:
    Giving Meaning to Inner-Peace

  9. Forgiveness:
    Letting Go of The Illusion

  10. Keeping a Clear Mind:
    Verifying The Truth of Thoughts
     

 

 

E-M-R
Event-Meaning-Reaction
 

Event
Life is basically a continuous succession of events.

Meaning
Our mind receives data from each event through our senses. The sensory data has no inherent meaning (heat on my fingertips, fast heartbeat, a visual image, a sound, a smell, a taste). Our mind assigns meaning to the data. WHile the data is always true, the meaning is subject to truth verification. When we "change our mind" it's really a re-interpretation of the meaning we previously assigned to an event.

Reaction
Our reactions are hence NOT determined by the data (the event), but the meaning our mind assigns to everything. Many reactions are hardwired through our DNA, others are learned from past experience. Most of our emotional reactions are not under our immediate control, much as we would like to be able to control our emotions and feelings.