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The Freedom From the Illusion Game and How to Beat It
By Cathy Eck The Game of Life It sometimes helps to look at life from different angles. When I get stuck, I find the analogy of the video game to be very helpful. Modern gaming can provide a magnificent touchstone for the initiate. Video games are generally organized in levels. You beat one level, and [...]
Spiritual Power Versus Physical Power (from a Private Session)
Introduction Below is a wonderful account of a recent session, written by one of the people who I mentor. This detailed description of her experience beautifully illustrates a belief pattern that causes most of the problems in our lives and in the world. Most people have an entirely physical perspective of the world, where God [...]
Incurable Means the Cure is Within
By Cathy Eck Incurable Every day billions of dollars are spent on therapists, doctors, drugs, and insurance companies in order to heal mental and physical diseases. What if all diseases are nothing more than an illusion? What if they are simply a lack of ease as the word disease suggests? What if we are all hypnotized to believe that [...]
Near Death Experience or Letting Go of Everything at Once
By Cathy Eck Near Death Experience About every six months, I get an email with the story of Mellen-Thomas Benedict’s near death experience. In case you have missed this frequently circulated email, here is the link to his website: http://www.mellen-thomas.com/stories.htm. I’ve always enjoyed his story. I read it nearly every time it comes my [...]
Why People Snap: The Black Sheep Syndrome
By Cathy Eck Looking for Blame in all the Wrong Places After a shooting or tragedy like Sandy Hook Elementary, Columbine, or Aurora, Colorado, people always look for something or someone to blame. And they never look in the right place, the cause. I watched an interview recently with a young woman who was [...]
Proof, Initiation, and the movie, “Life of Pi”
By Cathy Eck The Initiation Story The movie, “Life of Pi,” is a perfectly crafted initiation story. As a young child, Pi grows up in a zoo. One day, he pays a visit to the Bengal tiger’s cage. He reaches into the cage and holds out a piece of raw meat. The tiger approaches [...]
Addictions, Habits, and Obsessions: Breaking the Circle
Help! I’m addicted to food, drugs, porn, sex, washing my hands, television, cleaning, pleasing people, watching CNN, Facebook, Toddlers and Tiaras, gambling, wearing my wife’s bra… Addictions, Habits and Obsessions I often get questions on the topic of obsessions, habits, and addictions and decided it was time to write a post. This is a [...]
Letting Go of Beliefs 101
By Cathy Eck How Do I Know A Belief From the Truth? I’m often asked the question, “What do I mean by beliefs?” People can relate to a belief in ghosts, Santa Claus, or the bogeyman. They can understand a belief in a certain religion, cultural concept, or family ritual. But few [...]
Look Under the Rug (The Anatomy of Personalities)
By Cathy Eck Always Look Under the Rug My little sister was a real handful. If she didn’t want to obey my mother, she just pretended to do whatever my mother wanted and then hid any evidence to the contrary. She was a skinny child and so my mother bought her some tiny chewable [...]
Positive Thinking Versus Letting Go
By Cathy Eck The new thought movement has convinced people that positive thinking is the Holy Grail. But it is not. It is simply a pretty good band-aid that will eventually come off and reveal the unhealed wound. The Dark Side of Positive Thinking Given the power of the new thought movement in the last [...]