JUNE 2013
“Your life was never meant to be a struggle. Neither was living it.”
do we struggle?” and “Why do we struggle collectively as a society and as a species?” The answer is simple. We have the power of thought which provides us with what is called Free Will. This is our ability to choose for ourselves in any given moment. It is the root of our struggles. It is also the solution to end them.
A long time ago in a far-off land, the human species chose to incorporate the basic survival instincts known as “fight or flight” into all aspects of living. In other words, over time, we became so afraid of, literally, our own shadow that we couldn’t help but see life as a struggle. There was never to be another moment of peace. Just look at the history of our modern civilizations over the last five thousand years.
and all its’ experiences are made up of, as Winston Churchill put it, “One damn thing after another.”
Do you believe that to be true for you? If so, we feel it is worth repeating that life is not meant to be a struggle. If you are struggling in your life today, know that there is hope. It does not have to remain this way. You have the power to change your circumstances. Are you willing to do so?
Let’s also ask these questions: “Why
Yes, long ago life was hard. The life span was a lot shorter than it is now. True, we are much better off today; yet over the centuries behavior patterns rooted in the need to survive were passed on from one generation to the next through mind conditioning. Years ago we coined the phrase to describe this shared mind conditioning as “the chain of emotional pain.” It is from this chain that struggle arises. It is the breaking of this chain that struggle ends.
Struggle is, therefore, inherited. Like eye color, big hips like your mother,
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