At times we may have thought that the mind was one thing and our soul or spirit was separate from it, and that we have no control over any of it. However, we are a "package deal".

We are always in relationship... with ourselves, our mind-body and soul, with the people around us, the animals in our lives, the plants, the earth -- in other words, with anything and everything.

One thing we can be sure about is that, in life, there is always a new path we can take... and perhaps that path is very different than the one we've been on, or that we've even ever considered taking...

One thing we have control over is our attitude. No one can impose that upon us. We choose our attitude, albeit sometimes unconsciously.

The movie The Matrix introduced us to the concept of "red pill" or "blue pill" depicting a choice between two ways of life, two different perspectives, two very different paths. However, the choices presented to us may not include all options.

One thing we humans seem to be very good at is to complicate things. And often, it's with the purpose of simplifying them...

As much as we may at times feel overwhelmed in the face of the forces that we are confronted with, we are not powerless. And our power is reinforced by connecting with others...

The common saying is that time flies when you're having fun. Well, we must all be having a lot of fun because it does seem as if time is flying by.

There's a lot of stuff going on "out there" in the world, and how we deal with it has to do with what "in there" in our mind and our heart. We always have a choice as how to react...

For many years, in the personal empowerment spiritual teachings, we were instructed to look within. At times, some were accused of...

As the picture above shows, no matter what is happening on the outside, on the inside remains the small child we all were: innocent, loving, vulnerable.

Over the years, we have hand-selected and prepared, for our readers, over 20,000 articles at InnerSelf.com.

We bring some more new articles for you this week, as well as a few "oldies"...

We have some new articles for you this week...

Our InnerSelf welcomes your inner self. Over the years, we have hand-selected and prepared, for our readers, over 20,000 articles at InnerSelf.com.

The articles, as usual, are geared towards providing you information, insights, and inspiration. 

Connection is important... whether we are speaking of connecting with others, with ourselves, or with animals and nature.

Good communication is the basis of living in harmony with ourselves and with others. This includes communicating with co-workers, family members, friends, animals, ourselves, as well as anyone we come in contact with.

We are connected to each other, to nature, and even to those things we don't want to be connected to like the coronavirus...

Everything starts with a glimmer of light, a thought, as well as hope and faith in the future. And even when things look like only doom and gloom, there is always hope...

We create our future using our feelings and our imagination combined with our higher vision of what is to come. 

Life is often, or perhaps usually, a mixture of energies... basically the good, the bad, and the ugly. Yet in the midst of the latter two, we...

Things are not always as they seem... and your task, as it is for each one of us,  is to discover what is real, what is true, and what we can do about it all.