Tag: Personal Development

Plato: Understanding Our World

Plato lived surrounded by poets, mathematicians, astronomers and other scholars. His teachings focused on understanding, individualism and self knowledge. As a great sage, he never felt threatened by ideas and philosophies different than his, on the contrary, he welcomed them. Like any educated mind, he understood “perception” and that closing one to any constructive criticism,…… Continue reading Plato: Understanding Our World

The The Importance of Making Peace With The Past

None of us likes to feel pain, why would we? but not liking to feel pain does not equate to not needing to confront pain in order to become more coherent in our own lives. Most times, people tend to become impostors of their own lives; this means, they will do anything to avoid any…… Continue reading The The Importance of Making Peace With The Past

Letting Go of Masks: Understanding Perceptions

Our perceptions determine how we see the world and our response to events, people, etc. Our perceptions can change over time, depending on our circumstances or our own level of growth; are we healing ourselves or running away from anything that may feel too painful or threatens to shatter our preconceived ideas? Our world is…… Continue reading Letting Go of Masks: Understanding Perceptions

PTSD: A Complex Scenario

What is trauma? by most standards trauma is defined as an event by which the person feels severely threatened either morally, psychologically or physically. Post Traumatic Stress is an anxiety component installed within the person’s consciousness after having undergone a catastrophic situation or at the very least dangerous to the person’s security/integrity. It may occur…… Continue reading PTSD: A Complex Scenario

Accepting And Healing Our Emotional Wounds…

Emotional wounds are the results of the painful experiences we have experienced throughout our lives.  These wounds can be multiple and are known by many different names: humiliation, mistrust, betrayal, injustice, abandonment, etc.  In order for us to properly heal we must become aware of our wounds instead of covering them up.  The longer one…… Continue reading Accepting And Healing Our Emotional Wounds…

8 Simple Secrets To Inner Happiness And Freedom According to Deepak Chopra…

Dr. Chopra has always written about inner happiness, discovering ourselves, loving ourselves and not taking our reality too seriously.  Most of his writings are about letting go of the idea of who you “think” you are and simply just “be”.   His most ambitious undertaking can be found in his work “knowing God” which focuses on…… Continue reading 8 Simple Secrets To Inner Happiness And Freedom According to Deepak Chopra…

Epictetus’ Wisdom

Today I would like to share with you some of Epictetus wisdom, by sharing with you a few of his quotes. Epictetus was a Greek Stoic philosopher, born a slave at Hierapolis and lived in Rome until his banishment. Epictetus was banished from Rome along with other Stoic philosophers by the emperor Domitian, who was irritated…… Continue reading Epictetus’ Wisdom

Understanding Death

The concept of death in modern times is considered to be more or less taboo. People perceive it as a morbid theme rather than a natural aspect of our 3D existence. We talk about faith and science yet when it comes to death, we seem to hit a wall and use neither. Both explain energy…… Continue reading Understanding Death

“The Way”: Samurai Wisdom

The following verses were obtained from Hagakure, which some might know as Hagakure Kikigaki and others as “The book of the Samurai: Analects of Nabeshima”. Today I chose to write about it as tribute to my father. My “padre” (father) was devoted to its code and taught me as much as he could, his admiration…… Continue reading “The Way”: Samurai Wisdom