The ego is an act of separation from the divine. It acts merely out of the human self, and it never feels complete and worthy. Recognizing your depth, your soul and the divinity you are is essentially realizing your power and who you truly are. When you act from this space, you feel complete, worthy and capable of achieving all odds. All great creation, harmony and unity comes from this space of egoless acts. All authenticity comes from this place of worthiness and compassion. When you know this fully, you’re able to shine your light in your unique and authentic way. This creates the new version of you and your newfound life. Danny G.
Greater Awareness and Peace
When you find the inner peace and joy that surpasses all understanding, you do not wish to change the past or rectify it. You know it brought you to this very moment. You know each season had a purpose and mission. You’re grateful for everything you learned and remembered in this physical plane. You know with this insight you can change your world, and shine your light for greater peace and love. Danny G.
In Sync With the Universe
When you practice the laws that govern the universe, you live as the true masters. You’re in sync with the divine, and you know you’re in control of your thoughts and emotions. You know your thoughts and emotions create your life story. They don’t control you, as you’re completely aware of your power and guidance as you steer the vessel to your destination and dream. Danny G.
Greater Awareness
People are constantly looking for one means of living, one truth to live by, bound by one belief system. Individuality and humanity is constantly changing and evolving, and what was right yesterday, has now expanded to greater awareness. Greater awareness doesn’t make yesterday wrong, it just expands to the whole. Don’t seek to conform others, for everyone has their own journey and path to enlightenment. And don’t allow others to conform you, because if you do, your authenticity and uniqueness will never shine through. Danny G.
Know Your Power
The first step to achieving greater insight and awareness is asking questions. By asking questions, I don’t mean only asking our spiritual leaders and teachers. By asking questions I mean realizing we have a source within us all that transcends the universe, and it has the answers we’re looking for.
Remember, life is an unending journey, for as soon as we get our answers, we have a new platform to ask again and create anew. We’re all Gods and Goddesses in human form. As before we depended on a God outside us, and we would rely on him to solve our problems and provide answers. We would rely merely on healers to heal us or mentors to teach us, which sometimes worked and other times it did not.
Recognizing we all originate from the divine, and that we’re all divinity housed in a physical body, is acknowledging our power and self control. Every spiritual master of our time teaches self reliance. If we can’t rely on ourselves, we’re depending on something outside us, and with this approach, we lose our power.
Being dependent on an outside source is saying we don’t have what we need within to achieve our desires. With this philosophy, we always seek outside ourselves to get fixed, which has no guarantees.
However, we can always rely on ourselves, and when we do, we know change and growth is always within our reach. We’re all unique, and when we seek our authenticity, and ask our inner being questions, we know we always have something to give to ourselves and others.
There’s not one being on this planet that is created exactly like another, so know you have reason and purpose to be on this physical plane. You have something unique to share with the world. Realize this, know your power and role in your evolution and the evolution of humanity.
Open Arms
Aging can either be a blessing or a curse. Accept that your body and life is always changing, and evolving. Don’t fight the inevitable, embrace it fully with open arms and know that with it comes wisdom, faith and strength. With wisdom, faith and an awareness of your own power, you can conquer anything. Life has its seasons, so learn to embrace every season with open arms. Danny G.
Quote for Today
It’s ok to not understand at times, and it’s ok to feel weak at times. The only failure is remaining in this frame of mind, and allowing it to control you. Danny G.
Refocusing Your Energy
Instead of spending time worrying about the future, fearing it, or dreading it, spend time refocusing your life and vision. Be productive with your time and energy. When you focus all your energy on your concerns, less energy is left to be proactive. Be conscientious with your time, and seek wisdom beyond the physical. Seek the source within you. Seek the Phoenix you were created and born to be. Danny G.
Prayers of Faith
When you look at the adversity that once petrified you, and you smile at your possibilities, and capabilities, you know you achieved a new state of awareness. When you achieve this state of awareness, challenges become stepping stones for a brighter outcome, and challenges become trivial to your own power. You hold the obstacle in the palm of your hand and say with God, all things are possible, and prayers of faith conquers all. Danny G.
The Work is Within (Blog Article)
There are many different causes for mental health challenges, but at the root of almost every mental illness is a lack of self control. When we don’t feel in control, we indulge in addictive behaviors, not only substance abuse but our behavior and emotions as well. We can be addicted to our emotions if we cannot stop them. An addiction can be described as anything that you feel has control and power over you. If I was to say all day long, this disease has control over me, what would I create, and what would I act on? It’s our thoughts that move us to action. If I was to say all day long, I want to eat a cheese burger, what would happen eventually?
This feeling of being out of control stems from a long perpetuating set of beliefs that have in many cases been lingering for a long time. What we believe we expect at one point or another. What is OCD, other than an overactive mind focused and obsessing over a particular situation, or event?
Overcoming your mental health challenges is about discipline and retraining your mind into self empowerment. It’s remembering you created these thoughts from your misconceptions, environment, or others’ opinions. Saying it’s merely a chemical imbalance is stating that’s it’s something outside of you creating the disorder. When we leave it to an outside source, we have no control, and we’re destined to a fate out of our control. The only control we’ll ever have is through our thoughts, words and actions. Recovering is about creating a new set of beliefs, and expectations. What creates anxiety other than your expectation of fears about your future?
One of the best means of eliminating or reducing your anxiety is to be still. What is the opposite of anxiety or an overactive mind? Quieting your mind. Relaxation, mindfulness or meditation are a few examples and there are many more. The more you apply relaxation practices, and quiet your mind, the more you train your mind to be in a space of tranquility. Setting a time for a relaxation technique such as meditation can retrain your mind. Consistency is key. When we stop the practice, often we revert back to old ways of thinking, because our mind needs persistence and discipline to be retrained. Nevertheless, you’ve been programming your mind for so long, sometimes, it takes time to see progress.
What is anxiety, depression or manic depression other than a belief you cannot control or manage the illness? If it was controlled or managed, would you always be having reoccurrences? There are physiological reasons for it, and biological reasons as well. However, the only control we have is our reaction to the illness, and the action is expressed through thought, word, and behavior.
Mental illness doesn’t have to be a reoccurring theme in your life. You can heal and you can manage your health challenges, and not allow the illness to control you. Recovery requires a persistent determination to reprogram your mind into self empowerment and discipline. Practice being at peace with life, practice being optimistic, and practice the art of letting do. Set the course, speak to your challenge saying you’re nothing but a belief or expectation, and I can change you now.
There’s a time to focus on the solution but there’s also a time to focus your energy in another positive direction. Give yourself a break every once in a while. Be your source of inspiration. Find things you’re passionate about so you will stop focusing so much on your illness, and you’ll feel a greater purpose as you discover your dreams and goals. Sometimes a fun or uplifting distraction is the best way to focus on a new chapter, and create a new life for you. In doing so, you’re focusing on something more productive than your addictive behaviors and emotions. You’ll discover a balance of discipline and distraction from your problems is the means of recovering one step at a time.
Healing is always occurring, as your body is constantly changing. Allow it to change gracefully, and allow your soul to discover the wisdom that comes with age. Embrace the journey, and appreciate the moments of change. Allow yourself to break free from the cage of confinement, and allow yourself yourself to break free from the cage of powerlessness, pessimism, and bitterness. Mental illness doesn’t have to reoccur throughout a lifetime, and even if it does at times, you can practice and retrain your mind into self empowerment and self discipline.
Practice, repetition, and balance is key to recovery and greater peace of mind. You’ll discover the best means of letting go, and retraining your mind, is focusing on your potential, and not your lack of self control.