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By Adam BenedettoRecently published1 topic

Releasing Old Habits

We all walk through life differently, seeking different options and looking in different directions, but there is one thing we are all the same at and that is how we believe in ourselves plays a huge role in our success as a person. In letting go of old habits we are releasing something that is not only old, but no longer a part of us. It is just a habit that has been formed, a pattern that has been given strength and is no longer serving a purpose. All habits are an occurrence given strength by our previous behaviors.

Primary topic: Enlightenment

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By Adam BenedettoRecently published1 topic

Letting Go Of Patterns In A Relationship

It is easy to get locked into patterns with another person and to find yourself expecting things to always stay the same. Patterns evolve usually because we are not allowing change to take place. We behave in set ways to either make ourselves feel comfortable or to protect ourselves. Patterns are a way of controlling our world around us. When we establish patterns with another person, the pattern become hard to let go of. The pattern itself has taken on a bigger role and has more of a purpose because there are two people involved.

Primary topic: Enlightenment

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By Adam BenedettoRecently published1 topic

Letting Go Of Fear

When we are faced with events or moments in our lives that cause us to fear something it is easy to slip into the role of always behaving this way. If an event or moment were to come along that reminds us of something that came before, something we had a hard time with, it is easy to associate it with the current moment or event. We often look at life as a repeating pattern, especially when it comes to our fears, for that which we fear the most we expect to happen again. Why is it this way, why do we make it so hard on ourselves?

Primary topic: Enlightenment

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By Adam BenedettoRecently published1 topic

Relating To Time Differently

When we project ourselves forward in time, we alter our behavior now. We change how we feel based on what may be. We begin to think differently because of our thoughts about the future. By being only in the moment you are in, you let go of your future, you let go of planning and trying to control everything. You let go of maintaining any form of awareness you have of yourself in the future. Time is not how we think it is. We believe we will exist as the same as we are now, with only time passing. We believe that we will continue being as we think or imagine we will.

Primary topic: Enlightenment

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By Adam BenedettoRecently published1 topic

Relax and Let Go

In life we find ourselves always pushing, working, and striving for something better, whether it is ourselves, our situation, or something around us. We work very hard at this, sometimes to the point of exhaustion, finding that we can never fully relax and let it be. Who we are is capable of moving past this, of accepting the moment, and thus being able to relax. The constant striving and working at something can leave us feeling restless because there is always more to be done, always something that is left to take care of. But this isn’t true; we are the ones deciding this.

Primary topic: Enlightenment

926 views

By Adam BenedettoRecently published1 topic

True Self And Empowerment

When we choose to come from a place that is real, that touches who we really are, we are then coming from our true selves. We are empowering our destiny, our truth, and our calling in this life when we act from our true form, from who we really are and not just from our idea or perception of self. What does this mean? It means looking at ourselves truthfully and really seeing if we are true to who we are. It is looking deep within and asking if how I am and how I act is who I really am.

Primary topic: Enlightenment

921 views

By Adam BenedettoRecently published1 topic

Find Balance In Life

Do you feel like you are not fully you? Like you are holding yourself back, waiting for something to change about where you are and what you do? Are you overburdened by the day to day stuff that has extended into being your whole life? Is this how it is supposed to be, does it really feel like it? You know the answer is no, there is more but what is it? There is a balance between your duty to job, family, even life and what you really are meant for.

Primary topic: Enlightenment

918 views

By Adam BenedettoRecently published1 topic

Healing Your Heart

During certain experiences, we may find ourselves trying to protect ourselves by closing off our heart. We close off our emotions and shield ourselves from others and their behaviors so that our heart will not become hurt even more than it is. How others behave toward us affects our openness. The situations we experience alter our perception of how open we can be with our heart and with ourselves. If we are trying to protect ourselves because of past experiences by closing off our heart, then the past is all we will feel.

Primary topic: Enlightenment

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By Adam BenedettoRecently published1 topic

Living Without Depression

Depression is a form of escapism; it is a way of protecting one’s self from the outside world. By reverting inward one is able to let go of reality, to turn off events and withdraw. Depression can be caused by many events, real or imagined. It is a sense of being overwhelmed, being overtaken by emotion, the world, or even ourselves. Sometimes the idea of who we are and how we interact with the world becomes too much. And the easiest behavior is to pull back, withdraw, and wait it out. Best not to deal with the situation, for even the idea of it becomes overwhelming.

Primary topic: Enlightenment

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By Adam BenedettoRecently published1 topic

Feeling Better After A Stressful Moment

Learning to recover from moments of stress can be a valuable tool to have. Letting go of the stress connected to a moment that has passed can feel hard and sometimes difficult, for even though the moment has passed, our bodies and minds are still replaying the event and holding onto how it felt. How then does one let go when the time has passed and there is a new moment beginning? It can be far too easy to carry the stress forward and to keep it locked into our bodies; this causes fatigue, anger, worry, discontentment, and even sickness.

Primary topic: Enlightenment

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By Adam BenedettoRecently published1 topic

Relating To People When You Have Changed

Do you find yourself stuck in the same role in life, not only with yourself but with the people you know? Because people see you in a certain way, do you keep acting that way? Sometimes it is hard to be who you really are when the interactions you have with people keep you locked in a certain role. How others see you, respond, and relate to you can make you feel like you have to stay in a specific role in life. People do this to each other all the time, even to themselves.

Primary topic: Enlightenment

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By Adam BenedettoRecently published1 topic

Dealing With Hard Moments

How do you relate to the moment you are in when you feel like you are struggling or having a hard time? First, one must look at the reality of what is happening and where you are. It is very important not to confuse the present moment with moments from the past or worry about the future, simply see the moment only as it is. We often take the moment we are inside of and overlay our emotions and our thoughts on it. We perceive things as being a certain way from past experiences; this may not be valid with the truth of where we are now.

Primary topic: Enlightenment

890 views

By Adam BenedettoRecently published1 topic

Living Without Fear

Fear is something we all have at one level or another. Why is it there, what good does it do us? It used to be important as a tool to warn us of danger, to keep us on our toes, and to be more aware. Now, we live in a time where this is almost uncalled for. We go through life aware enough to get from one place to another with very little danger in our lives, but what do we do with the fear that is still present and real within us? Fear can be detrimental to our happiness; it overrides our thoughts and emotions.

Primary topic: Enlightenment

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By Adam BenedettoRecently published1 topic

Existing With Peace

To obtain peace one must first find the path that leads us to ourselves. By finding one’s self, one’s true self, we open ourselves up to the possibility of existing without fear, worry, struggle, or blockages in our lives. To be free of withholding ourselves and to exist with nothing in the way, that is peace and all its possibilities that it brings. We are not meant to struggle against life or ourselves. And when we come from a place that is our true self and not the shell we present to the world, then we are free.

Primary topic: Enlightenment

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By Adam BenedettoRecently published1 topic

How To Be Free Of The Past

We may all have experienced something in our lives that overshadows us. Something that we find somehow defines us, makes us who we are or who we think we are. We pull our past along with us constantly. We give it far more importance than it deserves. We think of it as us, as I, as who we are. Our past is our past, simple as that, experiences come and gone, no more. Yet we believe it is our past that has created us. Therefore, our past is present with us in every moment. This couldn’t be further from the truth.

Primary topic: Enlightenment

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By Adam BenedettoRecently published1 topic

Intuitive Child Raising

As parents, we feel drawn to do our best, to provide all that we can to our children. We want to give them everything they will need to grow up and succeed at life. But each child is different, just as we are as parents. The connection between parent and child is immense and so important. How you interact, provide, listen, and behave with each other is the groundwork for their life. For you as a parent it can be hard to grasp and understand what your child needs, the uniqueness of the issue, and how to respond.

Primary topic: Enlightenment

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By Adam BenedettoRecently published1 topic

Life Is Not A Pattern - How We See It Is

Seeing the world as new is about letting go of what feels old. It is about realizing the world is constantly changing and that you are too. Because of this, everything around you is constantly evolving, growing, changing, and nothing is repeated. The only thing that holds onto repetition is our mind. We relate what we see through our mind first. Our perception of reality is often far different than what it really is. We believe that what we are experiencing in the moment has already occurred in a very similar way at one point.

Primary topic: Enlightenment

879 views

By Adam BenedettoRecently published1 topic

Releasing Fear

Whether you realize it or not, a lot of our actions and reactions are based upon fear. For we believe what has happened will happen again. We let our imaginations run wild with the possibilities, whether harmful or not. We see the world through eyes connected to our past, for we can not imagine a future unrelated to something we haven't experienced, if it has happened before, it will happen again. But life doesn't work this way, there is no pattern of repetition except in our minds. We even see something as the same even though it is unrelatable.

Primary topic: Enlightenment

879 views

By Adam BenedettoRecently published1 topic

Losing Weight Without Dieting

In order to lose weight you must first look at why you have become overweight. What choices, subconscious or unconscious, led you to this point? Sometimes it may feel like you have always been so, that it is out of your control. But this is the furthest thing from the truth. Weight comes by choices we make every day. The most important step to realizing your weight goal is to let go of the idea that this is you, that you have no options and believe you can’t be who you want to be. Sometimes we block ourselves from happiness.

Primary topic: Enlightenment

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By Adam BenedettoRecently published1 topic

Eating Intuitively

Intuitive eating is the idea that if you listen to yourself you will find balance. You will eat in a way connected to you and what your real needs are. Each of us intuitively knows deep down what we need. This goes for food as well, and what we eat can be a reflection of our body’s true desires. Do you ever crave something deeply without knowing why? This kind of craving doesn’t necessary linger for it is not picked up by the mind and obsessed over. It is not a thought of what you would like to eat, what you deserve or want.

Primary topic: Enlightenment

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By Adam BenedettoRecently published1 topic

Dealing With Stress

Stress is a development of how we see things; how we perceive the world around us changes how we feel. Do you take it all in or do it one step at a time? Do you look at all that is to be done and believe it has to happen now, that you must take care of it right away? Are you overwhelmed by things out of your control? Do you try to control things, thus only adding onto what you should do? How we interact with what happens around us has a lot to do with how we feel.

Primary topic: Enlightenment

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By Adam BenedettoRecently published1 topic

Dreams and Destiny

Waking up to your destiny is about finding your path; it is about letting yourself be led by instinct, emotion, feeling, knowledge, and with what feels right. Destiny is not about control or how you see things. Instead, it is about becoming part of where and who you should be; it is not about what you are forcing yourself to be and do. Destiny is a word we use to give meaning to our lives. It is what we are meant for, where we belong in our life.

Primary topic: Enlightenment

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By Adam BenedettoRecently published1 topic

Become Enlightened

The true path to happiness in life comes from not only knowing one's self, but seeing clearly all that is around us. We can perceive things as they are in relation to how we feel, how we think, and how we act. To reach a state of pure enjoyment, that flowing feeling of being connected, one must let go of the act of controlling ourselves and surroundings. To see what is real in our present state of being is to transcend the belief that we must alter it first. In judgment, we align our thoughts with how the world must be.

Primary topic: Enlightenment

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By Adam BenedettoRecently published1 topic

Being Successful By Being Yourself

Becoming who you are meant to be is to set yourself up for success in life. It is allowing yourself to become not only the best possible you, but activating all the initiative related to your success. If we live our lives in the dark, pretending to be happy because we see success in a certain way, and yet do not feel it from within, we have not reached our true inner goal. Success is really about succeeding at who we are meant to be. Sure, we could feel like we are portraying success to the rest of the world by our actions, our beliefs, and what we have.

Primary topic: Enlightenment

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By Adam BenedettoRecently published1 topic

Find Peace and Happiness

By existing in a state of continually staying present you will find peace. You will enjoy a tranquil state of happiness because you have let go of the struggle with your past and future. Many of life’s problems can be connected to these moments. How you see your past or what is to come often overrules our existence in the moment we are in. If you were to exist fully in the now of the moment, without clinging to issues of your past or worry for the future, there is nothing but being.

Primary topic: Enlightenment

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By Adam BenedettoRecently published1 topic

How To Achieve Personal Growth

There are many ways to seek the ability to become who we are. There are many paths we can use to alter ourselves to become better. But if we come from a place of changing what is on the outside, we will never find peace nor come to the conclusion we were hoping for. True change must first begin from within, that way when it comes to the outside of ourselves we are really finding the correct paths. We cannot alter ourselves so much as listen to what we need, see ourselves clearly through our actions so that we can become who we are destined to be.

Primary topic: Enlightenment

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By Adam BenedettoRecently published1 topic

How and Why To Be Free Of Sadness

Sadness may feel like a part of you that is always there, never letting go, but it is only a state of being and not your true self. So how do you find your way out of it? What can bring you back up and help you to feel happy again? How do you let go of sadness? As crazy as this might seem, any emotion we hold onto and identify with has been a choice we have made. How you see yourself, believe yourself to be, even if it feels out of your control, was at one point a choice.

Primary topic: Enlightenment

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By Adam BenedettoRecently published1 topic

Understanding How To Relax

Understanding the best way to relax is something that is very personal. It of course has a lot to do with what is bothering you and what is going on in your life. We tend to hold onto the stress, the worry, and the tension in our lives which causes us to lose a relaxed state of being. Although, when we can come from a more relaxed place, stress and worry are less overwhelming. By staying balanced and relaxed, all moments are manageable and easy. But once we reach a state of tension in our bodies and minds, it can feel hard to release it.

Primary topic: Enlightenment

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By Adam BenedettoRecently published1 topic

Open Up To Your True Self And Destiny

Each of us is meant for something in our lives. We have a purpose, a destiny, and a calling. We each have a plan laid out for us, a true purpose that is part of us. Many may never find this or feel it, never knowing their destiny or calling. It is there, everywhere around you and in every cell of your being. It is so strongly connected to you that it exists within you in ways that surface constantly. It begins with choices and ends with your desires. We sense it, feel it, sometimes find it, and are led by it.

Primary topic: Enlightenment

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By Adam BenedettoRecently published1 topic

Co-Workers and Your Job

Sometimes the people we work with are not the ones we would choose to be around. We often do not click our co-workers and we find it hard to accept our place within the confines of who we must be to do so. Work alone can sometimes be stressful and hard to cope with, but adding the stress of dealing people we can not get along with only amplifies it and may be the hardest part of the day. When we find ourselves in this situation of having to hold back what we think or feel in order to fit into the workplace we can then experience resentment and a feeling of a loss of control.

Primary topic: Enlightenment

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By Adam BenedettoRecently published1 topic

The Alte ative Method To Weight Loss

We relate to food in many different ways. We find it exists to satisfy us on many different levels. So it is not a surprise that it is used as a tool and is manipulated as such. It can be a friend to turn to in moments of crises or depression. It is something that takes our mind off things so we can relax. We are feeding our hearts and minds, not our body. When food is accessed in this way, when it becomes a stabilizing factor for our behavior it has become more than just food. Yet that is all it is, food, substance and energy for our body.

Primary topic: Enlightenment

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By Adam BenedettoRecently published1 topic

Releasing What Is Old Within Us

Letting go of everything that has been holding you back in life is not only beneficial, but it is also imperative for your well-being and who you really are. We are constantly changing and evolving, but often we lack the ability to free ourselves up from old ways of being and old habits. In order to fully grow and completely be as we are meant to be in this life, we need the ability to let go of who we used to exist as. Often times in life, we develop habits and behaviors and do not let them go.

Primary topic: Enlightenment

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By Adam BenedettoRecently published1 topic

Learning To Forgive

Forgiving someone after they have hurt you is the best and only option you have to release what happened. Forgiving something that happened in your past is also another way to let it go and move on. Forgiveness is a powerful tool that is often left abandoned, for we often choose to instead condemn the past and the people that hurt us by staying mad and angry. When we choose to hold onto anger and resentment instead of forgiving, we create a host of problems for ourselves. We change how we interact, how we perceive the world around us, and how we think and feel.

Primary topic: Enlightenment

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By Adam BenedettoRecently published1 topic

Feel and Be Empowered

Empowerment comes from a place of being present in one's self, of acting from a place that is solely a jou ey of personal truth. To become one's self more so is really to be who you are. Not to act differently to suit the moment, but to come fully into who you are. To be present through all your actions, thoughts, and words. Not to let yourself fall behind so that you will fit in, be liked, or gain something. When we come from a place that allows our true self to come forward, we enact the beginning of our true purpose.

Primary topic: Enlightenment

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By Adam BenedettoRecently published1 topic

See Yourself For Who You Are

We all know what it is like to not feel or be fully present with who we really are. Sometimes life seems only just barely manageable, with so much to do and take care of, that we get pulled away from our true self and yet it is our responsibility to and for ourselves to maintain this balance. It is so important to be clear with who we are, not only to better ourselves or become who we are meant to be, but so that we can understand where we are coming from.

Primary topic: Enlightenment

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By Adam BenedettoRecently published1 topic

Exist As Your True Self

In order to awaken who you really are, you have to set free everything that is not you. Any part of yourself that has been built up, transformed, or altered and doesn’t feel real is not you. By becoming your true self, you are able to find peace within yourself. True happiness and contentment can occur when there is no internal conflict between your true self and how you exist. We may believe that we exist as the person we are meant to be, but if we are not happy, then we are not.

Primary topic: Enlightenment

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By Adam BenedettoRecently published1 topic

Become A Better Communicator

Communicating in a way that is easily understood can happen when you are truly present with the conversation and the person you are talking to. If we are lost in our thoughts, then what we say and how we say it could be different than what we mean. If we are emotionally distracted, our words could contain emotions we do not intend to deliver. When we are present and fully with the other person, with no other thoughts or distracting emotions, then we become very clear.

Primary topic: Enlightenment

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By Adam BenedettoRecently published1 topic

Opening Up To Inspiration

We are all meant for something; that is what is real in life. When this thing we are meant for is not part of us, not with us, that is when we are at a loss in life, in our careers, and in our personal lives. All of this is connected, for when we connect to what we are meant for, where we are meant to be, and in the end who we are meant to be with, that is truth. That is our inspiration and that is how we really live our lives. We all can find this; we can find our home in the life that is in our heart and a connection to it that is real.

Primary topic: Enlightenment

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By Adam BenedettoRecently published1 topic

How To Gain Confidence

There can be times in life where we feel like we are not up to the challenge, lost, or in need. We tend to look elsewhere for comfort, acceptance, and for our desires to be met. However, unde eath it all we are really looking to ourselves for self-acceptance so that we can fully see our potential. Do you believe you can do anything, that you are worthy of everything, and that you can be everything you want to be? If you answered no to any of these questions, then perhaps you already know you lack some self-confidence or need to strengthen it in yourself. How does one do this?

Primary topic: Enlightenment

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By Adam BenedettoRecently published1 topic

Being Connected To Truth

Contemplation of our existence is primordial; it is forever within our consciousness. It is part us to question where we come from, who we are, where we are going, and what is really important in our lives. We may think that we are living how we are meant to; holding onto the idea that what we were given in this life is all that we are meant for. But what if this wasn’t true? What if there is more out there for you, beyond today and what you are doing in this life? What if there was a connection to be made that required no thought, but excited your heart and who you really are?

Primary topic: Enlightenment

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By Adam BenedettoRecently published1 topic

True Self and Your Destiny

We often go through life feeling like we are floating along, waiting for something real to happen and show us who we are and what we are meant for. But what happens when time keeps going by? Are you meant to be satisfied with your existence even if you still feel like you are waiting? Of course not, that feeling is you being in need of more. Of needing to not only connect with your true self, but to do what you are meant to in this life. When you find that, and can exist from this place, it is so unbelievably powerful.

Primary topic: Enlightenment

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By Adam BenedettoRecently published1 topic

Contentment and Money

We often find in life that we are always seeking wealth, that we always need more, that somewhere around the corner we will find the excess we are looking for. There must be more money to be had, more wealth to be made, that we never have enough. Always looking, always seeking for more, leads us to feeling empty. Of course we believe we could all be happy with just a little bit more money. That to be fantastically wealthy would open all the doors we need. But the truth of the matter is that always seeking for this leads to disappointment.

Primary topic: Enlightenment

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By Adam BenedettoRecently published1 topic

Purpose To Life

Throughout our lives we may come to points where we ask why are we here, what are we meant for? We may look this question in the eye, wonder for a bit, and then move on. For to ask, you need to know, how does one go about succeeding at this? Where do you gain your own personal knowledge about your jou ey here?

Primary topic: Enlightenment

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By Adam BenedettoRecently published1 topic

Your Body and Self-Image

The way we look at ourselves has a lot to do with our happiness. If you believe in yourself, see yourself as acceptable, you will have an easier time being you. When you look outside of yourself for acceptance this leads to failure and low self-esteem. We all tend to believe, at one time or another, that if we were just a little more this or a little less that we could be happy. If only your hair was different or your body more like something else.

Primary topic: Enlightenment

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By Adam BenedettoRecently published1 topic

Struggle In Relationships

When we are in a relationship we often have a hard time seeing the bigger picture, for under all the emotions and thoughts is the purpose for you being together. We are brought together with another person to find balance and love, not struggle, resentment, and confusion. Often we let the parts we fight against crowd out the truth of the relationship. We begin to not see why we are together but why we shouldn’t be.

Primary topic: Enlightenment

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By Adam BenedettoRecently published1 topic

Releasing Tension and Stress

As we go through life, we tend to add up what has happened to us, what has gone wrong, and how we made it through it. We take and add up what has come before and hold onto it, instead of letting go of it. Therefore, by adding up our troubles, our mistakes, and our problems, we are creating a closet full of discontent, not only in our minds but in our hearts as well. By adding the pressure of what came before onto today, we are then waiting for more to come. Our body feels this, as does our mind.

Primary topic: Enlightenment

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By Adam BenedettoRecently published1 topic

Finding Yourself

Often in life we find we are not being who we truly are, that we are holding something back, a feeling that we are not fully connected to what we are as a person. It is like we are going through life as someone else, playing a role and not being true to who we really are. Often the truth of who we are escapes us unintentionally and we do not fully understand where or why we lost ourselves.

Primary topic: Enlightenment

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By Adam BenedettoRecently published1 topic

Personal Growth

Personal growth is about reaching a place that is a new you, the real you. It is about releasing parts of you that you no longer need and finding out about who you really are. To achieve any kind of growth is to find what is holding you back and then what you need to do to set it free. Becoming who you are and letting go of what is old is one step. Realizing that you can change is another. We so often hold ourselves back in life because we have accepted who we are.

Primary topic: Enlightenment

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By Adam BenedettoRecently published1 topic

Accepting and Becoming Yourself

When we go through life sometimes we create an idea of ourselves, one which may not correlate to who we truly are, but only fits with what we think we are. There can be an imbalance between the two, that one outweighs the other. How do you find yourself when you have created layers of supposition and false reality upon yourself? By going within and realizing you can accept yourself for who you truly are, with nothing else. You do not need acceptance from another. It your acceptance of yourself, your true self, that is real and powerful.

Primary topic: Enlightenment

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By Adam BenedettoRecently published1 topic

Opening Up To Acceptance

Acceptance is about letting go and releasing any and all battles with the truth of the moment. Acceptance is forgiveness, it is being who you really are, and it is letting everything else be just as it is. When we release the unending battle with the truth of reality, we open ourselves up to be who we really are in the moment that we are in. By accepting everything we see and allowing it to be, we are then free of struggle in our lives.

Primary topic: Enlightenment

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