The Better Life Awareness Blog
Tips, practices, and teachings for living a happier, more awakened life.
Learn to handle painful emotions and destructive beliefs in a mindful, healthy way.
(By Eldad Ben-Moshe Reading Time: 5 minutes)
Loved ones
Ram Dass, one of my favorite teachers, shared this story once:
There was a monk who lived in the monastery up on the hill.
The local girl down in the village got pregnant by the fisherman.
She didn’t want to...
(By Eldad Ben-Moshe Reading Time: 9 minutes)
The surprising thing that so many people get all wrong about A Course in Miracles.
So here’s a surprising question:
Can it be that A Course in Miracles doesn’t speak of miracles at all?
Maybe I should ask it this way:
...
(By Eldad Ben-Moshe Reading Time: 9 minutes)
Growing up, I had a problem with God.
The biblical God.
I was never religious, but growing up in a Jewish family in Israel,
it’s almost impossible not to be exposed to the bible (the old testament).
Amongst other reasons, we learn it at...
(By Eldad Ben-Moshe Reading Time: 3 minutes)
Loved ones
Emotional pain is tough to handle sometimes, isn’t it?
Life contains suffering and sadness alongside joy and pleasure.
In a world of duality, it's an inevitable part of the music of life.
How do you deal with...
(By Eldad Ben-Moshe Reading Time: 7 minutes)
Well over 600 pages.
That’s how big the theoretical part of A Course in Miracles is.
And there’s even more theory in other parts of the book.
That’s a lot of information.
365 days.
The practical part of A Course in...
(By Eldad Ben-Moshe Reading Time: 8 minutes)
Belief->Thought->Emotion->Action.
We all want a happier, better life.
And behind the scenes, in our minds, our beliefs are running the show.
Our beliefs are the key to how we try to achieve such a happier, better life.
How do you make...
(By Eldad Ben-Moshe Reading Time: 6 minutes)
Loved ones
Last week a good friend asked me, “why do we have to suffer to grow?”
She’s having a hard time for some years now, and if that’s not enough,
about 2 months ago her big love left her, broken-hearted and...
(By Eldad Ben-Moshe Reading Time: 4 minutes)
Loved ones
In truth, starting a new year means nothing.
It’s just another story we’re telling ourselves.
It’s not a fact that a new year just started - it’s a story.
It’s not a new year in China.
It’s not the...
(By Eldad Ben-Moshe Reading Time: 12 minutes)
Loved ones
Please note:
The point of this post is not to say which path is better than the other,
but rather to raise the question ‘are A Course in Miracles and Christianity as it is commonly practiced the same,...
(By Eldad Ben-Moshe Reading Time: 9 minutes)
Hey there Better Lifers!
My 7 months old baby is sick for the first time in his life
The poor guy has a cold, but he is not used to it at all.
For the first time in his life, he’s experiencing a congested nose,
difficulty to breath, throwing...
(By Eldad Ben-Moshe Reading Time: 5 minutes)
Oh, decisions and choices...
One of the most common issues I hear from students, coaching clients,
and friends is a difficulty with making choices,
also known as decision making:
How to choose?
How to make wise decisions?
How to choose from love...
(By Eldad Ben-Moshe)
Loved ones
Anger, frustration, depression, stress, anxiety…
Not exactly what comes to mind when you’re thinking about gratitude and giving thanks, is it?
More to the point, it’s the opposite of what gratitude feels like.
It’s the opposite of...
(By Eldad Ben-Moshe Reading Time: 7 minutes)
Loved ones
What if you found out that you’re never upset for the reason you think?
I know, it might sound strange.
You might be asking me in your head:
“Eldad, what do you mean?
Of course I'm upset because of her/him/what...
(By Eldad Ben-Moshe Reading Time: 1 minute)
Loved ones
I met Lungala Rubadiri in an arts & crafts fair.
His smile, the light in his eyes, and his loving-kindness caught me right away.
I approached him to have a closer look at his paintings,
and he was telling me beautiful,...
(By Eldad Ben-Moshe Reading Time: 3 minutes)
Loved ones
The belief in reincarnation is almost automatic to those who follow spiritual paths.
But should it be?
A Course in Miracles answers the riddle of life after death in a surprising way,
and more importantly -...