Ancient Life Hacks for Anxiety

Adapted from the article: Chaos-Proof:  Using Ancient Wisdom to Hack Modern Anxiety 

“Why is everyone so anxious these days?”  The word anxious meaning “greatly troubled by uncertainties” comes from an ancient word meaning “tight, painfully constricted.”

Recent health surveys show that more than 40 Million Americans suffer from disorders of anxiety.  How MANY is 40 million?  That is roughly the current population of the entire state of California. Really.  It is about 10 million more people than the entire state of Texas!  That is some 10 to 12% of the population of the USA.

It seems that the younger people in our country are particularly anxious and getting worse.  A 2024 study found that new cases of anxiety disorders in those ranging from 10 to 24 years old rose by MORE than 50% worldwide.  Young adults told researchers that they feel on edge, lonely, directionless, and that they worry about financial security.  Many reported that they were achieving just to achieve, finding little meaning in what they were doing.

There are ways to hep manage your emotions instead of allowing your emotions to mange you.  More than just “strong feelings” the word emotion indicates a motivator to action.  Some emotions, like righteous indignation may motivate you to take an action to right a wrong, but some emotions like “the desire to activism”, taking action just to take action rather than achieving an objective, can contribute to the lonely, directionless feelings reported.  Taking action without achieving a meaningful result is merely wasted action.

The ancient Stoics understood this and developed a practical philosophy aimed at cultivating inner stability and emotional discipline.  Let’s look at a few of them.

WORD PLAY: Divinity

Lets look at the word Divinity.

Etymology tells us that Divinity refers to a divine being, God and is derived ultimately from the ancient word root *dyeu meaning “to shine” and its derivatives meaning “sky, heaven, god.”

But have you ever noticed how the word Divinity and the words Divine Unity look like they have been squished together?

Seven Sacred Hermetic Principles

  A review of Hermetic Principles as discovered by author Doreen Virtue:                Divine Magic ~ The Seven Sacred Secrets of Manifestation (2006)

“Where fall the footsteps of the Master, the ears of those ready for his teaching open wide.  When the ears of the student are ready to hear then cometh the lips to fill them with Wisdom”.   The Kybalion

“The lips of wisdom are closed, except to the ears of Understanding”. The Kybalion

In ancient Egypt, there was a great spiritual teacher who wrote books and lectured about  the power of the mind to create and heal.   His teachings were so profound and revolutionary that he was linked withThoth, the Egyptian god of writing and mysticism as well as Hermes, the Greek messenger dieity.  

This teacher is most commonly called Hermes Trismegistus which means Thrice Great or Three Times Great.  The meaning and reference to this title is unknown.  While scholars can’t agree on the dates of Hermes’s life...  it is believed that he was a contemporary (and perhaps teacher) of Abraham.   There is also controversy over “The Emerald Tablet” often attributed to Hermes.

Spiritual Laws That Can Change Lives

"The World is not to be put in order; the world is order, incarnate."     Henry Miller

Spiritual Laws existed before humanity.... before Nature; whether we call them natural, spiritual, or higher laws they are guiding principles that apply not only to the mechanics of Nature, but also to the human psyche.  All we have to do is pay attention and practice them in our daily life.... and align our lives.... habits of diet.... exercise.... and work with them.  Also.... within spiritual laws and sexuality there are challenges that we can approach without struggle by embracing the moment.

Spiritual laws are beyond the concepts of morality and have little to do the cultural concepts of right or wrong. We know that sooner or later life will teach us the consequences of our choices through cause and effect, action and reaction. We eventually come to respect the spiritual laws and the power of nature.

The number of laws that govern the Universe are infinite.   Following are the spiritual laws that will benefit humanity in working toward the most positive expression of their life path. These laws can heal and balance our drives.... fears.... or difficulties manifested in relationships as well as  health.... or other any other type of problems that may arise. As we work the laws relevant to our life path.... we help to transform ourselves in the source rather than struggling with the symptoms.

The key to the power of a law is not just knowing it.... but applying it. We will know we are working with them because we will have changes in our actions.... feelings.... or perspectives. 

Get to know these laws and their practices and watch your life improve!

Discover and Identify Core Religious Beliefs

As many of us are learning to connect more fully with Earth and allowing higher vibrations and frequencies to flow through our hearts and minds…. we are bringing forth aspects of who, what, and where we have been. Understanding these dynamics as an energy flow is a clue and a can be a reflection as to how we have energetically experienced and presented ouselves within different time frames.  

As our hearts and minds come closer into union through higher vibrational flows…. we can readily resolve any issues that are hindering our expansion.  

This allows the regeneration of passion and intelligent creativity as we remember and know that these lower and higher vibrations and frequencies will always find their Balance in Divine timing. 

This Balance attracts Golden particles of Love/Light energy to fill our Souls and lead us into NEW ways of thinking and feeling.

I have listed below seven major religions  and core beliefs that have shaped our cultures and societies of today.  There are many branches of these religions… and their ideas have spanned across centuries. 

Religions and their practices have instilled certain energies and belief systems within us, creating specific patterns of thought and energy that reflect in our relationships with each other.  A look at the basic tenets may be enough to stir your Insight and Awareness as to what may lie unresolved  as well as what your own Truth’s are and where they were initiated.

String Theory and M-Theory SIMPLIFIED

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The 11th Dimensional Human Brain

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That's Life...

Most everyone has, at one time or another wondered about the meaning of Life. Usually they are searching for their purpose in life, but have you ever wondered what the meaning of the words used to define Life mean? Let's look at the meaning of Life.  

The ancient Greeks had three main words for life which are: 

Nearly 6000 Year Old Texas Rock Art

From the news story 6,000-year old West Texas rock art influenced Mesoamerican cosmology we learn that new research, conducted in part at Texas State University, has dated Pecos River rock art to 6,000 years ago and identified complex metaphysical concepts in the imagery that influenced the belief systems of multiple Mesoamerican cultures.

Researchers say “We have securely dated one of the most distinctive rock art traditions in the world—the Pecos River style murals of Southwest Texas, with 57 radiocarbon dates from 12 sites, we’ve learned that Indigenous communities began to paint these sacred, polychromatic murals almost 6,000 years ago. But it didn’t stop there. Using the same graphic style, symbol system and rules of paint application, they continued to create these visual manuscripts for more than 4,000 years.”  

The FIRST Sense – Intuition

 Derived from The Mystery of Intuition: Where Gut Feelings Really Come From

"Your intuition knows what to do. The trick is getting your head to shut up so you can hear it."

We all have heard of intuition.  Commonly it is described as a “gut feeling.”  Intuition is not just superstition, it serves as a sophisticated form of intelligence operating largely beneath conscious awareness.  But where do gut feelings really come from?

ANCIENT WISDOM: Words of Faith

In our first installment of ANCIENT WISDOM, A Series of Exploration into Ancient Faiths – The Beginning we observed that the ancient hunter/gatherers cultivated community cooperation and ultimately observed that some things were more “powerful” than other things.  This led to the cultivation a three-tiered hierarchy:  human level (souls at a “human level” of power), supra-human level (souls more powerful than the human) and sub-human level (souls less powerful than humans).

We also observed that, as the ice of the ice age receded and sustained agriculture arose among humanity, human culture transitioned away from a predominantly hunter/gatherer lifestyle, slowly transitioning from a nomadic hunting lifestyle and into a more settled agrarian lifestyle.  They slowly developed communities of humans often settling around rivers and other water sources.  Eventually accumulating groups of humans who were not of the same family who came to live together in such communities.  

FOOD FOR THOUGHT: It’s “All” Solar Power

Light is essential.  Light is energy.  Energy is the capacity to do….  Without light, without energy, there is no “doing.”  Life can and does exist without light, particularly in deep oceans, caves and underground.  Such organisms use chemosynthesis to get energy by oxidizing chemical compounds.   

Considering the vital nature of light for doing, it is important to know that just in our solar system that: