How to Make It Our Own — Find Our Place in the World
People often ask me, "If we want to do what you do, how can we make it our own?" That's tricky to answer because you can't make what I do your own;…
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October 11, 2014
Discipline — Time To Say Goodbye!
I Got OWNED Recently, I had the OWN (Oprah) channel on while doing some housework. The producers set up a help desk where people could ask questions of "spiritual" advisors. Three…
October 7, 2014
How Roles Can Screw Us Up, and How to Escape Them
Roles 101 I really enjoyed my ex-husband's father. When everyone went off to church on Saturday night or Sunday morning, we would turn off the television, drink an icy cold…
September 11, 2014
Letting Go Leads to “I Never F**king Believed You Anyway!”
Am I Letting Go? People often say to me, "I don’t know if I’m letting go or not.” That's because letting go feels odd. Holding on feels normal. Often knowing…
September 7, 2014
Freeing Yourself From a False Masculine Authority Figure
By Cathy Eck You left home years ago. You felt that you were now the creator of your own life. And yet, mom and dad keep showing up. You've married…
August 25, 2014
Letting Go Isn’t Like Therapy or Self-Help
Letting go is natural. But we've been trained to use our minds in a very unnatural way to keep the illusion alive. It all began with the all-pervasive psychological reversal, the belief…
August 11, 2014
Testing to See if Our Desire is True
Desire You've got this nagging desire that just won't go away. How do you know if it's really a good desire to pursue? Is it a True Self desire? Or…
August 8, 2014
Too Good To Be True, Etc.
In my mentorship program, I require participants to write down their personal version of Heaven on Earth. It isn't the same for any two people. But there is a harmony among them.…
July 27, 2014
Help! I Can’t Find the Causal Belief
Not a day goes by that I don't hear, "Help Cathy, I can't find my fucking belief. I know it's there because my life sucks or my body is screaming…
June 29, 2014
I Want Freedom BUT I Already Fixed That
People are becoming more and more aware of the illusion; they hide from it, vent about it, or feel like they're stuck in a prison with no parole. No wonder so many people…
June 1, 2014
Excitement and Tears of Joy
I'm often asked about excitement and tears of joy. In both cases, an emotion appears to be positive until we take a closer look. The Gift of Emotions Our emotions…
June 1, 2014
Buying Freedom Versus Earning Freedom
Most people associate freedom with wealth or power. There's good reason for that. The most joked about interpretation of the Golden Rule in the illusion is: "Those with the gold make the…
May 17, 2014
A Different View of the Story of the Tower of Babel
The Lord's Version Today is my 200th post. In honor of that milestone, I thought I'd write about my favorite fucked-up Bible story, the Tower of Babel. It's sad that…
May 1, 2014
What We’ll Do To Get Rid of Our Emotions
Releasing Emotions People hate to let go of their seemingly good emotions, like excitement, hope, or pride. "What would life be without excitement?," they ask. To get off the bottom of…
March 26, 2014
What If I Like My Beliefs? What Do I do With Annoying Believers? Etc.
Beliefs and Believers Beliefs aren't really a problem if we truly understand that they're all false. Believers of all sorts fear other peoples' beliefs; they think the others' beliefs can…
March 12, 2014