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Unconditional Love and Conditional Love Defined

posted by Stevie B on May 7th, 2008

, as we have already defined it, is simply . However, given the idea of love being thanks, what is conditional and unconditional love? Are we to give thanks to someone regardless of what they do to us or others? What if they , like try and kill us, are we suppose to give thanks for actions such as that? Is it okay to love people conditionally or is there another reason why we love conditionally? Why is it that people can love unconditionally towards certain people but not towards others? Since these questions are… ...Continue reading

Perspective: The Truth Behind It

posted by Stevie B on May 7th, 2008

Perspective is a very interesting concept that actually dictates how you live your life, how you improve your life and, a lot of times, how you feel. However, the idea of perspective is often misunderstood. For instance, is there another perspective when it comes to who wins a hockey game or is the winner the winner? What is the difference between perspective and truth and can you guarantee that your perspective is truth? Since we act based on what we know, then don’t you act based on your perspective of things? If so, then how do… ...Continue reading

How Do I Figure Out What I Want If I Can’t Judge?

posted by Stevie B on April 18th, 2008

You can do this by understanding who you are. Since we found out that you are not your thoughts, emotions, actions or results in your life and instead you are the gardener that plants the seeds that give you your thoughts, emotions, actions and results in your life. Therefore, you can treat your thoughts, emotions, actions and results as objects. However, there must be a recognition that a person can change because they can change their thoughts. Therefore, someone’s previous thoughts, emotions and actions are not a reflection of who they are today or tomorrow. It is only ...Continue reading

How Do You Get What You Want From People?

posted by Stevie B on April 18th, 2008

There are two types of thoughts you can have to get what you want.  The intention of wanting and the idea of expecting. Since I am not an object, and neither are you, we cannot expect, which leaves us only one type of thought left.

What we want.

This is how we, as living beings, should communicate with each other. Your interactions with people should be about what we both want. Therefore, if you wanted to sell a product to someone so that you can make money, what must be understood is that you cannot control this person to buy it ...Continue reading

Is Money The Root Of All Evil?

posted by Stevie B on April 18th, 2008

Some people have a general hatred towards money, which is confusing since in another post we have just determined that money really is someone saying thank you.  If money is the root of all evil, how can it also be a way to say thank you? Lets explore this inconsistency shall we…
What Happens When You Objectify Others For Money?
If we take what we know is true from the what is money post, then we know that the way you get more money is to give more people what they want. The more thanks you give, the ...Continue reading

So How Can I Make More Money in My Life?

posted by Stevie B on April 18th, 2008

Start by Following These Principles
By taking the principles that we have talked about here and applying it to your life. To summarize the principles, we must:

- Not work for money, but instead work to give people what they want

- Do not expect money back when you give people what they want. Money should not be conditional, as money in its truest form is thanks and conditional thanks is not thanks. It is a form of control.

- Do not control people to get them to give you money, as stealing removes the original intention of money, which is thanks

Now that we ...Continue reading

Why Does Love Hurt?

posted by Stevie B on April 17th, 2008

Love is not always a bed of roses. Sometimes people are hurt emotionally and sometimes physically over the very feeling of love. So why does love drive so many people to get hurt if the feeling of love is generally a positive experience?

To begin to answer this question, we need to understand why people will first walk away from love in the first place. To do so, we need to separate what someone wants and the feeling of love, as they are two separate things.

Appreciating someone is an act of love that causes the feeling ...Continue reading

What is the Difference between Love and Lust?

posted by Stevie B on April 17th, 2008

Are you wondering what the difference is between lust and love? They both sound as if they are related, but yet at the same time they are not. You can have the feeling of lust towards your partner, but you wouldn’t have that same feeling of lust towards your parents. So what is the difference between lust and love?

If you look at the feeling of lust, it typically comes without an act of appreciation towards you. Take Brad Pitt, Jessica Alba or any other type of heartthrob and you will notice that people lust for these ...Continue reading

How Can I Get More Love In My Life?

posted by Stevie B on April 17th, 2008

So if the feeling of love and the act of love is just receiving and giving appreciation, then how do you maximize love or maximize the amount of appreciation in your life?
Strategies to Receive Love
Well let us look at that question in more detail by first examining how we can receive love. There are three ways to receive love. You can refuse to accept love (RAL people); Expect love to come into your life (EL people); and graciously accept love (GAL people). Based on how each of these type of strategies interact with each other will we ...Continue reading

The Ego Mind

posted by Stevie B on April 17th, 2008

The “Ego Mind” has been referred to as the mind that gets you in trouble, causes you to do bad things, is the cause of you being arrogant and it is responsible for your search for acceptance of others. Ecarte Tolle even alludes to the Ego Mind being the source of all conflict and if you train your Ego Mind so that it stops appearing in your life, then you will be free of conflict within your life. If all of this is the case, what is the ego mind and how does it relate to what ...Continue reading

 

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