By Jim Selman | Bio
Resentment and disappointment are two of
the most unproductive moods we can have. Resentment kills relationship. It is a mood that has embedded in it an
accusatory frame of mind that someone or something is ‘against’ what we
believe or want and will continue to be a threat in the future.
Resentment is a [ Read More]
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By Jim Selman | Bio
Moods ‘color’ our experience of living. They
are all encompassing interpretations of the world—especially the
future—and tend to determine the quality of our lives. When we are in a
positive mood, the world is bright and we ‘feel’ great. When we are in
a negative mood, we typically want to withdraw from or strike out at
everyone around us. One of the most useful things we can learn as we
grow up (at any age) is that moods aren’t personal. First of all, they are involuntary. No one I know decides they will be
in a bad mood (although there are a few who more or less equate their
mood with ‘the way I am’, which can[ Read More]
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By Jim Selman | Bio
In “A Course in Miracles”, there is an
aphorism at the beginning of the book that says “Nothing real can be
threatened and nothing unreal exists.” Although I have never formally
studied the program, I have read the book and it is a beautiful and
compelling insight in the realm of spiritual wisdom. For millions, the
Course has given access to a higher power or transformation of their
relationship to the world. What I found for myself was a clarity and
simplicity that is rare in the sometimes arcane world of philosophy and
our desperate desire to understand the Universe. Specifically, that
when it is all said and done, our experience rests on either Fear or
Love, and fear is an illusion in the first place.[ Read More]
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Moods are central to our lives. There isn’t a time when we are not in
one mood or another. For most of us, our moods are organizing how we
feel, what we do and how we explain just about everything to ourselves
most of the time. For example, can you remember the last time you said,
“I am happy” or “I am unhappy” without following the statement with
“because”? No, we always have a story for why we are in whatever mood
we’re in—whether it is a good one or a bad one.[ Read More]
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