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Gina Lake's Articles in General Spiritual

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What to Do About Judgments Judgments are a problem. They are constantly arising, and they harm our relationships and make us feel bad about ourselves. What do we do with our judgments, which seem so meaningful and true but cause so much pain? Finding Love in All the Right Places The ego thinks it knows what will make it happy in relationships and will settle for nothing less than what it wants, but what it wants is just not a good guide for love or for happiness. What we want in relationships is not always what will make us the happiest. Following our desires is not the key to happiness. It is what we think will make us happy, but it isn’t what actually makes us happy. Choosing Love To love others requires taking responsibility for your conditioning and not trying to change others’ conditioning to fit yours. Love is more important than any conditioned idea or belief, but if you take your conditioning more seriously than love, you will lose love. The Cause of Suffering Explains the true cause of suffering. Suffering only happens in response to a thought. Quieting the Mind and Being Present How to quiet the mind so that you can experience the happiness, joy, and contentment of your divine Self. The mind keeps us at a distance from real experience in the present moment and, instead, substitutes thoughts about experience. It distances us from the present moment, where life is rich and alive. We can learn to be more present to the moment by just noticing what is going on. Noticing Happiness You can be happy simply by noticing that happiness is already present rather than noticing your thoughts about your current experience. The Fullness of the Now A meditation on and exploration of the now—the present moment—and how knowing and action come out of the now. Examining the Reality and Truth of Thoughts Thoughts deserve questioning. They aren’t what they seem to be. Many are false and lead you down a path of suffering. Find out how thoughts keep you from happiness and from an experience of your deepest Self. Noticing as a Doorway into the Now Now is where happiness and peace reside, but how do you get there? Noticing is one very simple way. Find out how to use noticing as a doorway into the now. Who Creates Your Reality? The ego and mind are not the only creators of your reality. Essence, the divine self, also has intentions for your life and is also orchestrating and creating your life. Developing the Connection to Your Heart How to develop and improve the connection with your Heart, which is the seat of intuition, so that you can live more in alignment with your true Self. How the Heart Guides You How to tell the difference between the Heart’s desires and the ego’s. Listening to the Heart How the Heart, or the divine self, speaks to you and how to listen to it and follow it, which will lead you to happiness and fulfillment. How the Heart Speaks to You When you stop allowing your mind and feelings to determine your actions and responses to life, something else steps in and unfolds your life according to its intentions. That is divine essence, which speaks through the Heart. Who You Really Are We are programmed to think of ourselves as our thoughts and bodies and overlook the true experience of ourselves as consciousness. Who You Really Are How we are programmed to think of ourselves as our thoughts and bodies and overlook the true experience of ourselves as consciousness. The Truth When spiritual teachers talk about the Truth, they are talking about the truth that you are not this false and limited self but the greater Self that gave birth to this Illusion. This is the Truth that will set you free, the truth about who you really are. Healing Relationships Shows you how to improve your relationships by choosing love over your conditioning. Conditioning is what causes the conflict and problems within relationships. The Way of Acceptance The ego’s way is to reject life, but the way to happiness and alignment with the deepest Self is acceptance. Attention Is an Act of Love You can increase the love in your life by putting your attention on the now instead of on thoughts. Shifting Your Perspective Through Gratitude Explains how you can increase gratitude and use expressions of gratitude to align you with your deepest Self. Forgiveness Can Set You Free How a lack of forgiveness interferes with happiness by keeping you tied to negativity and how to forgive. LIstening as a Spiritual Practice How listening can be used as a meditation to align you with your deepest Self. Clearing Negative Thoughts Offers insight about negative thoughts that will help you free yourself from them and find happiness and peace. Clearing Negative Self Images Self images are just images—ideas—but they can have a powerful impact on our lives and on our happiness. This article explores how self images limit us, and offers tips on how to clear negative self images.

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