DISQUS

Jenn · 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing, Monika! It's so nice to know that there are others out there looking for better ways. For me, the key has been to keep everything simple and to know that I'm never going to be perfect. If I'm perfect, then there's no room for a power greater than myself (God, Nature, Intention, whatever you choose to call it). Maybe tackle one problem at a time and trust that the others will work out. I wish you the best!

MoJo · 1 year ago

Thanks Jenn - you hit the nail on the head with that one! One of my favourite quotes is 'Perfection is, by definition, unattainable...' All the best to you on your path too ;-)

Traci · 1 year ago

Hi. My name is Traci and I'm also a seeker. My last fix was a few days ago, but that's only because I'm deep in the process of moving houses. My eagerly anticipated reading list is truly impressive.

Thanks for this, Monika!

MoJo · 1 year ago

Traci - I can tell by your posts that we are 'sisters in seeking' (as well as sharing a birthday!) Good luck with the move and can't wait to see some book reviews once you tackle that reading list...

DanielleLaPorte · 1 year ago

yeah...I hear that eternal bliss is really a bore. Seekers unite! Wonderful article.
xo
Danielle

FionaJane · 1 year ago

LOL... I read this in between chapters of "Awakening the Buddha Within" which I am reading for the third time, wondering if I'd missed anything in the first two readings.

Absolutely brilliant.

Hi, My name is Fiona and I think I'll join you :)

MoJo · 1 year ago

Ahhhh - Lama Surya Das - one of my faves (I have the hardcover version in the ultra-special section of the overflowing bookcase!) In fact, I think I'll read it again ;-) Welcome Fiona, and thank you!

EcoDiva · 1 year ago

Self help, self discovery, buddhism, yoga, joy, bliss, relationships, beauty, creativity, bliss....I'm just looking at my latest stack of books....LOL....I am so proud to be among this lovely, unperfect and loving it brilliant group of women.

adrian Fiebig · 1 year ago

Hi Monika. That was brilliant ! I think you should write your own book. Love ya Adrian xoxo

Carolynn · 1 year ago

I've looked at the collection of self-help books on my bookshelf and wondered those very things. Then, I shrug my shoulders and accept with a smile, that it is what it is and it makes me happy to read them.

Hi, my name is Carolynn and I'm a seeker. My last fix, was about 10 minutes ago when I logged onto this website...it truly is an addiction. *sigh*

MoJo · 1 year ago

Carolynn - so true, it is what it is. And I'm addicted to this site too - there's nothing like a little dose of inspiration throughout the day - happy seeking!

Sally · 1 year ago

Monika, I was truly delighted to read your post. I thought I was alone! I'm wondering if part of it has to do with motherhood of young ones...as I really started compulsively buying self-help books when my first was born. Now I have a full bookcase. I guess they make me happy. I like to highlight in them and fool myself that this one will indeed truly change my life. At least I am hopeful...

MoJo · 1 year ago

Thanks Sally - you are definitely not alone ;-) I love to highlight too - and use those little post-its to mark the great quotes and bits to refer back to. Yes, motherhood has pulled me out of my navel quite a bit...I think seekers are predisposed to conscious parenting, which can only be a good thing!

sarah · 1 year ago

I loved it, and I know that every word of it is true (I've seen your overflowing bookcase.) If only more people would admit that the little quirks in life are what make life worthwhile.

Kristin · 1 year ago

But you have found answers, haven't you? Sorry, what is the question?
Love you!
K.

J · 12 months ago

This is so funny!

As I walked into work today, thinking about all the things I could be doing and how I was feeling and whether and how they linked in with the learnings that I had had with my coach last week and from the books and audios I had listened too over the weekend....huh! Arh! No puncation, no breathing and it came to me I have become a self help junkie.
Am I trying to fix the unfixable or is the unfixable not even broken?

I decided to google self help junkie before I blogged and discovered this! Very funny and I'm up for joining the group!

Many thanks
J
x

MoJo · 12 months ago

Welcome, J! I guess whether it's broken, or everything is alright...for a lot of us the seeking is just the way we satisfy that curiousity and explore the wonder. Hope you're at a fun point in the ride - enjoy!
M xo

Silvia · 12 months ago

"Suffering...the pain of life...or a search for something better than the perfection of exactly where we are right now." Curious comments indeed. Seeking what? At what price? In a blink a daughter will become a lady. Is a quest for something "better than perfection" (yet to be defined) worth the life of a child? One's worth is not found, it is made.

MoJo · 11 months ago

Insightful - point taken. Thank you...

celeste keller · 11 months ago

Beautifully put!

Hi, my name is Celeste and I am a seeker sneaker...just get me to the good parts!!

h e l p

CMC · 4 months ago

The thing that fuels the seeking is the need to complete ourselves, but you can't find what you already are, so it is futile until you have that realization. The seeking really is a disease, and the cure is in fully realizing what you are. And who belongs to the voice that tells you eternal bliss is a bore? Probably not the Universe/God/Consciousness, eh?

MoJo · 3 months ago

Just as serial-seeking is a 'disease' of mistaking the vehicle for the destination, so is holding fast to an identity of having 'fully realized what you are'. Both are delusions that are inevitably tested by reality - most are either seeking, or holding fast to what they think they have found. The grace is in the spaces in between...