Drama is exhausting. The ego's job is to maintain the status quo. When something threatens to violate the norm, let's say a change is habit or an evolution, there will certainly be some resistance. This can be internal or in the form of other people. When someone close to you or peripheral attempts to pull you into a drama, a desire to stop or … [Read more...]
How to Handle Negativity
What do you do when someone offers you a backhanded compliment or makes a biting comment? We can choose to not take it personally - by recognizing that it has nothing to do with you. What helps in that process is to understand what they are actually doing. They are, consciously or not, trying to engage your ego. They are trying to even the … [Read more...]
Welcoming Miracles
Written on February 20th, 2014 One of the benefits of spirituality is the path it provides to dropping out of drama. I'm noticing myself reacting to a friend's "bad news" with sadness and questioning ("Why does a little girl have cancer, God? WTF?"). This is natural, I know, and, for me, it is basically a powerless place, as I'm just reacting. … [Read more...]