Shaun's Holistic Living Notes

The moment that judgement stops through acceptance of what it is, you are free of mind. You have made room for Love, for Joy, for Peace. ♥ ~ Eckhart Tolle I have been practicing this a lot lately ... just trying to accept what IS ... without judgment ... and remain in a place of gratitude. Let's make today about (1) allowing what IS to just BE. And (2) focusing our attention and thoughts on more of what we WANT to see, create and experience. Those two together are the recipe for happiness, folks. Another thought about judgment:  Every time I find myself secretly (or openly) judging someone for aNyThInG, I am always able to turn my pointing finger around to realize that it is actually something in MYSELF that I am noticing and wanting to change. My natural tendency to judge others is a great tool for self-development when it is used that way.  "Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves." ~Carl Jung

This is a wildly unpopular note about daily goals and why they are unnecessary to people who are on their spiritual journey… Daily or weekly goal-setting is futile and it only creates opportunities to feel like a failure. Don’t believe me? How many times have you felt like crap because you only accomplished half of the things on your “To Do” list? And did anyone die because you didn’t accomplish those lost tasks? Of course not. They probably weren’t even as important as you convinced yourself that they were. Some of your “to-do” tasks may have actually even been counterproductive to what you actually hoped to achieve. So then, how do you succeed if you don’t micro-plan? How do you stop obsessing over your activities and start celebrating success? ALLOWING is our greatest tool. Allowing Spirit to influence and guide my actions brings me to everything that I want and need. Nothing that truly needs to be done is missed. But many things that I would have unnecessarily done a...