There is a vast difference between being "happy" and finding a genuine inner peace that "passes all understanding" to quote the book. Happiness is often confused for inner peace. The two are not the s…
A VISION FOR YOU | AA EXPLORER:VISION FOR YOUThe age of miracles is still with us. Our own recovery proves that!…
A VISION FOR YOU | AA EXPLORER:VISION FOR YOUClear away the wreckage of your past. Give freely of what you find, and join us. We shall be with you, in the Fellowship of The Spirit, and you will surely…
King Alcohol, shivering denizens of his mad realm, the chilling vapor that is loneliness settled down. It thickened, ever becoming blacker. Some of us sought out sordid places, hoping to find underst…
For most normal folks, drinking means conviviality, companionship, and colorful imagination. It means release from care, boredom, and worry. It is joyous intimacy with friends, and a feeling that lif…
Nothing ever happened in the past that can prevent you from being present now; and if the past cannot prevent you from being present now, what power does it have?…
Instead of asking “what do I want from life?,” a more powerful question is, “what does life want from me?”…
To end the misery that has afflicted the human condition for thousands of years, you have to start with yourself and take responsibility for you inner state at any given moment. That means now.Relate…
The higher consciousness we seek is not something we seek or grasp. There is an effortlessness to it. We cease to resist. We relax into our body and as we do, our awareness becomes less dull and more…
Suddenly I stepped back from myself, and it seemed to be two of me--- The "I", and this "self" that I cannot live with. Am I one or am I two? And that triggered me like a koan. It happened to me spon…
I was unhappy, depressed and anxious. I was not trying to become enlightened or anything like that. I was looking for some kind of answer to the dilemma of life, but I had been looking to the intelle…
A Secret to HappinessMany people who choose to seek the spiritual path do so because they are, quite frankly, miserable. They have lived a life that lacks meaning, feels empty, is filled with reactiv…
The addiction to drugs, food, alcohol, etc. is nothing compared to the addiction we humans have to thinking. Sitting quietly in silence is so foreign to most of us that the mind quickly starts thinki…
Take 5 seconds just to be quiet. Everything that disappeared in those 5 seconds for you, that’s what’s not real. So when you are not thinking, everything that disappears… that’s what’s not real. For m…
Everything that disappeared in those 5 seconds for you, that’s what’s not real. So when you are not thinking, everything that disappears… that’s what’s not real. For most people, that’s about 99% of t…
If Life has no interest in the past, why should you? –Michael Jeffreys …
It doesn't matter what it is--an atom, a thought, a sound, a situation, a body, a mental state, a plant a storm, a mountain, or a galaxy--everything that we know of is changing, either quickly or slo…
DREAMWARRIOR teaches how to become fundamentally present and how to arise in mastery of your mind and ego, so that you are no longer involuntarily pulled out of Presence. teaches that the fully awaken…
The world we see merely reflects our own internal frame of reference--the dominant ideas, wishes and emotions in our minds. We look inside first, decide the kind of world we want to see and then proj…
" I can see why you are disturbed to hear some A.A. speakers say, 'A.A. is a selfish program.' The word 'selfish' ordinarily implies that one is acquisitive, demanding, and thoughtless of the welfare…
AA First and the “Selfish” Program I shudder, shudder, shudder when I hear someone say AA is a selfish program. Back to the dictionary and the meaning of words. Selfish, the way it’s commonly used, …
"A Selfish Program?" I can see why you are disturbed to hear some A.A. speakers say, "A.A. is a selfish program." The word 'selfish' ordinarily implies that one is acquisitive, demanding, and thoug…
Feel gratitude for everything. When we see every situation as being perfect just the way it is, happiness grows and grows. -Daniel Levin…
Your true self is perfect; it wants/needs nothing. Your ego is imperfect; it wants/needs everything. -Michael Jeffreys…
The ego treats the present moment in 3 ways: 1. As a means to an end. 2. As an obstacle. 3. As an enemy. –Eckhart Tolle…
Your ego’s biggest trick is getting you to spend your entire lifetime looking outside yourself for something you already are. -Michael Jeffreys…
The liberation of consciousness from all illusion, so that the true nature can shine and an embodiment in life that is an alternative to the patterns of manipulation and greed that dominate our curre…
Whether you’re mid-bite, mid-sentence or perhaps mid-sleep, do you react to that ‘bing’ from your smartphone? Or, is it the flashing red light that gets you?You’ve programmed your phone to alert you t…
The Hoffman Institute, founded over 40 years ago, continues to develop in collaboration with experts including health professionals, therapists, educational advisors, spiritual healers and others fro…
So there are going to be even more CBT therapists - on top of the 10,000 we’ve already been promised, the Health Secretary has just announced plans to fast-track hundreds more. All these therapists…
