The Practice of Your Life

The Exercise and Pursuit of a Consciously Created Life

Are beliefs true?

May 14
2008

Because you believe something does it make it true? There was a time when educated people believed the world was flat, that ships could not be made of metal, the earth was the center of the solar system and indeed, the universe. The answer should be obvious yet, this is a very deep question. How you listen to it will depend on your view of the truth. If you have the truth as something that exists out there, apart from you that is real, describable and unchanging, then the answer is it may or may not be. If you believe that the “truth” is not something that exists apart from you but rather is part of you, and is affected by your attention to it, then the answer is… Continue reading

What is your concept of truth?

May 12
2008

What is your concept of the truth, and why is it germane to the practice of your life?

Well think about it. If you live your life according to things that you believe are true, and they’re only partially true or flat out wrong, what do you think the impact would be on your life?

Pretty dramatic.

More often than not, unexamined beliefs cause people to place artificial limits on themselves and others, and cause people to separate themselves from others.

And what about you? Do you think this applies to you? Probably. Unless you’ve already been spending a considerable amount of time on self-reflection, I think it’s a pretty safe bet.

How do I know that?

How much work is it to live your life as a practice?

Mar 29
2008

Yesterday I wrote about my concern that living your life as a practice will occur for many people as a lot of work. And they would have a point. When I think about what’s involved it covers the following:

  1. Inventing a story or vision of your life. And oh, by the way, your life has several different areas, or categories like, family, career, community, wealth, health, spirituality/religion etc. and you’ll do well to create a story for yourself in each domain that is important to you.
  2. Inventing practices that keep you on track with your story or vision of your life
  3. Inventing practices that transform limiting beliefs. These are beliefs that operate to stop you from having what you say you want in life.
  4. Developing “essential” or “foundational practices” e.g