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Here’s a typical situation. See if you know anyone like this: “He” has a job. Doesn’t really like it a whole lot or is getting tired of the long hours. Doesn’t have much time for hobbies or going to the gym or happy hour with friends or spending time with the family, because he’s always travelling and away from home. Either that or he often works long hours and is so tired when he comes home that he doesn’t feel like going out, being sociable or spending quality time with the family. His friends are slowly getting tired of asking him to come out, because most of the time he’s either away or tired or has some other excuse why he can’t come out. Pretty soon they won’t ask anymore and he’ll come home one day and his friends will have new friends and he’ll be left alone. He knows though that he’s not really happy. He knows that he would rather be doing something else, but he doesn’t know what.
Is it worth it? Life is passing us by. If you are not already, put yourself in this guy’s shoes. To know that there is something else you would rather do in life, but to not know what it is and what’s worse, to let the fact that you don’t know, just linger on in your mind without trying to figure it out? Days pass and turn into weeks, months, years and before you know it, either you don’t even think about it anymore, because you have just accepted the routine as being normal or when you are forced to talk about it, you continue to allow yourself to answer “I don’t know.” And then you drop it.
So why am I telling you this? Because you really have two choices. You can either continue to do what you’re doing and be unhappy and continue to hang out with those so-called friends who are doing the “grind” just like you; all of you, auto-convincing yourselves that there is no better way to live your life than the way you are right now or, you can do SOMETHING about it. ANYTHING! Because there are alternatives to working as hard as you are right now and where, if you so choose, you can make just as much or even more money with less effort. If you want more free time, if you want to make more money with less effort. If you would like to spend more quality time with your family, take breaks in the middle of the day, take a day off whenever you want, get up late, take nice vacations, not have to worry about how much money you are spending…well, you get the message, then the next time someone asks you what you would rather do in life, don’t let the words “I Don’t Know” stop you from living your dreams!
‘I don’t know’ is laziness. ‘I don’t know’ is an excuse not to think anymore. It is not an answer. It is a dead end. It weakens you. It means surrender. It let’s you slide. It sucks the life out of you year after year after year, because you have so gotten used to saying it…about everything, that you don’t even realize it. ‘I don’t know is nothing! STOP IT! And take control of your life before it’s too late. If you are like most people, you will say to yourself, “Well, that was an interesting article. I’ll think about it.” You’ll never do anything about it and you know it. Look yourself in the mirror and tell yourself the truth. But don’t finish the conversation with yourself with “I don’t know”!
You are not alone. Many people feel stuck in their niche in life and don’t know how to get out. Don’t give up. Keep asking yourself! The answer is inside of you, you just have to bring it out? Here are some questions that might help you the next time you find you telling yourself “I don’t know what I would rather do.”:
What were you put here on this earth to accomplish?
What about you is special?
What do you have to offer this world?
What do you love to do?
What are your hobbies? (Could you turn them into a profession? Chances are you could.)
What is your mission in life?
What would you like people to say about you when you are no longer around?
What legacy would you like to leave behind?
What would you like to accomplish before you die?
If you could do anything you wanted to do in this world, (Anything!) what would it be?
My company is dedicated to helping people improve the quality of their lives. We’re the Dream Makers. We make dreams come true. But you have to do your part too. Just like Dorothy, you have to put your shoes on, get ready, close your eyes , click your heels together and say, “There’s no place like where I’d rather be right now.”, believe it, look yourself in the mirror and tell yourself the truth about what your heart is telling you and the next thing you know you will be airborne, your ‘house’ will be spinning, and it will land on top of the wicked “I Don’t Know witch of the West” and then finally…you will be home.
I wish you all the best!
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Anthony realized that inspite of the immense monetary benefits the corporate world provided him as an executive in two multinational companies, there was something much more meaningful burning inside him. Since 2003 Anthony has founded several internet businesses and is now a successful motivational speaker, seminar leader, host and actor. Read his story and about the services of JOLTEN Educational Events & Entertainment at http://www.jolten.com
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Becoming aware of the vibratory nature of our bodymind, and learning how to gather, store and circulate energy (qi, prana, life-force) skillfully, is central to any yoga or qigong practice. Yet how exactly do we accomplish this? To “gather” energy would seem to require a kind of “opening” to new sources of energy, yes? Yet to “store” energy implies the creation of a container, of boundaries: a kind of “closing” … And indeed it is (like most things in a healthy, vibrant yoga/qigong practice) a paradox! As support for exploring this paradox, here are a couple of qigong meditation practices: the first one drawn from the Taoist tradition of Internal Alchemy; the second from Osho’s lovely little book, Pharmacy of the Soul.
One of the foundations for the practice of Taoist Internal Alchemy (i.e. Qigong) is learning to access what Eric Yudelove (in his book, Taoist Yoga & Sexual Energy) has called “perineum power”: the energy/intelligence of the pelvic floor, the “base” upon which our entire torso rests. The first step in doing this is simply to let our awareness circulate more freely in the lower belly (the lower dantien), and to encourage an opening or widening of the skeletal and muscular structures of the pelvic floor. Can we actually feel the muscles that flow between our two sitting bones? Can we actually feel the muscles that connect the pubic bone with the coccyx (tailbone)? Each of these sets of muscles is a diaphragm ~ similar in structure to the more well-known “diaphragm” located at the lower edge of our ribcage. And in the same way that our thoracic (ribcage) diaphragm helps us to breathe more deeply, the diaphragms of the pelvic floor can help us to “breathe” energy: to draw life-force from the surrounding environment into the field of our bodymind. We can begin to activate this mechanism simply by imagining that we’re “breathing” through our sitting-bones (as though they were our “nostrils”) … Give it a try! (The next step is the “breathe” through your heels …)
So now that you’ve opened (with the energy of your awareness) the pelvic floor, and by “breathing” through the sitting bones have invited new energy into this area of your body, the next step is to seal or store that energy by “closing” what in Taoist practice are called the two “lower gates.” (Which is at least a rough equivalent to the Hindu yogic practice of applying Mulabhanda.) The basic technique for doing this is simply to imagine moving the sitting bones gently toward each other, narrowing the distance between them. Another way of working with this is to locate and gently contract the muscles that you would use to stop the flow of urination. So we’re creating a feeling of tone (like the head of a drum, drawn taut) across the field of the pelvic floor … and in this way creating a “container” for the energy that we gather in the low belly, a container which prevents this energy from “leaking” out of our body. (For a more detailed description of the practice of closing the two lower gates, and in particular how this practice is different for men and for women, please refer to Eric Yudelove’s book Taoist Yoga & Sexual Energy.)
A second practice that you can play with, in support of exploring the paradox of opening and closing, is a practice which Osho (Sri Rajneesh, one of the most interesting Spiritual Teachers of the past century) calls “The Wall & The Door.” To begin the practice, sit quietly in a room where you’re not likely to be disturbed, for the duration of the practice. Now look at one of the walls … and begin to imagine that you are yourself becoming a wall: feel the rigid, impenetrable quality of the wall, and allow those qualities to enter into the very cells of your body. Feel yourself becoming “wall-like” on all sides of your being: not letting anything in or out, hyper-vigilant, rigid, contracted. Maintain this state of being for ten minutes, or so.
Now, turn to face the door of the room. Let go of those qualities of “wall-ness,” and let yourself, instead, begin to adopt ~ into the very cells of your body ~ the qualities of a door. Feel within yourself the capacity to be open, fluid, completely relaxed about comings and goings … completely open to any and all phenomenon that appear within the field of your senses, the field of your experience as a human being. Be completely open. Maintain this state of being for twenty minutes, or so. Notice how you feel.
Osho recommends that we do this practice, daily (preferably right before going to sleep at night), for sixty days: familiarizing ourselves with this difference between being “closed” like a wall, and “open” like a door … to see if, little by little, we can become more & more comfortable remaining “open” to the experiences, to the flow of our lives. Also important (at the beginning stages of the practice, in particular) is to notice the choices we have along a whole spectrum (from 100% closed to 100% open) … and to become more & more adept at consciously choosing where we place ourselves, in a given situation, along this spectrum. To ask: what feels “safe” to me, and why? And to become more and more comfortable with this (and all!) paradox …
Elizabeth Reninger holds Masters degrees in Sociology & Chinese Medicine, is a published poet, and has been exploring Yoga ~ in its Taoist, Buddhist & Hindu varieties ~ for more than twenty years. Her teachers include Richard Freeman and Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche. For more of her yoga-related essays, please visit her website: http://www.writingup.com/blog/elizabeth_reninger
To understand how Saturn is your teacher, we need to look at the
twelve houses of astrology.
Each house in astrology represents an area of your life: first
house, for personality, second house for personal finances,
third house for thinking and learning, fourth house for home and
family, fifth house for love and romance, sixth house for work
and health, seventh house for relationships and partnerships,
eighth house for sex and creditors, ninth house for religion and
higher education, tenth house for career and ambition, eleventh
house for friends and associates, and the twelfth house for
meditation and the unconscious.
Whatever house Saturn is in in your birth chart, this is where
you have the greatest lessons to learn. Saturn is our teacher,
but most of us avoid the lessons it is trying to teach us.
Saturn reveals our primary fear. This is why we don’t want to
deal with what he is always trying to get us to learn. There is
basically no way to avoid Saturn’s lessons. So, the sooner we
embrace what it is that we need to learn, the better off we will
be.
For example, if Saturn in your birth chart falls in the second
house of personal finances, you have the challenge and the
demand to handle your finances in a responsible manner. If you
do not, you will be jolted by the consequences. This will be
hard for you because you will not want to be responsible for
your finances. This tendency of avoidance is inherent in your
birth. In fact, you might say that Saturn is always uncovering
what we are trying to avoid.
Here’s another example. If Saturn is found in your seventh house
of partners and relationships, you will not like the idea of
being married and taking on all the responsibilities that come
with this commitment. You may even become a monk or nun to avoid
the demand of a close relationship. But, eventually you will be
challenged to learn all about marriage and probably end up doing
it several times just to make sure you get the lesson. Once you
get it right — find a real partner — you have learned the
lesson of Saturn, which is to intimately embrace your partner
and be happy in doing so.
The lessons of Saturn are not easy, but if you are willing to
take on the demands and become responsible in that area of life
where he is located, then you will overcome your primary fear
and learn a very profound lesson.
After all, Saturn is your teacher.
© 2005 Randall Curtis
Randall Curtis is a professional astrologer with world-wide
clients. If you wish to become a certified, professional
astrologer, check out The
Institute of Professional Astrology. Click on this link for
insights into your relationships, free astrology lessons,
the zodiac match guide, and free lessons on “How to Avoid
Dating Disasters.”
The Mind is always busy affecting us every
day clouding our ability to make clear
decisions, causing stress and disease in
our body and thus preventing us from living
life to its fullest and causing Expenses and
Depression, we don’t know how to deal with.
Studies have shown the huge effect the mind
has on the body and our emotions and most
people are caught up in there mind chasing shadows,
talking about it and going to therapy classes
rather than dealing with and fully understanding
how the mind works and how with commonsense
and a little bit of awareness we can learn
to transcend the lower mind or the monkey
mind and reprogram our subconscious mind
to support our true nature and use it to bring
Peace, Harmony and Abundance to our world and
the world around us.
The Universal mind is already happy and balanced within itself
God has always intended and made us as infinite beings, to
Enjoy unlimited abundance, happiness and ongoing personal
evolution in the great progression of life,
rather than the less ideal state of mind
that you find yourself in today.
Try these 3 key exercises to help you calm the mind and
then to reprogram your minds bio computer.
Exercise 1) Calm The Mind
Spend 10 minutes being aware of your breath in and out
of your mouth and be here and now! allowing your thoughts
to float past your mind. Be aware of your thoughts and the
silent gaps between them. Stay present with your breath in
and out of your mouth and move more and more into the
Witness position as your thoughts slow down.
Exercise 2) Self Awareness
As YOU become more aware of your actual thought patterns
write them down especially after calm the Mind exercise,
write down all the negative thoughts, and memory patterns
you are aware of. ie: fears, negative belief systems, any negative self talk such as:
I’m lazy, I’m poor or I always lose…etc
Exercise 3) Reprogram the SUBCONSCIOUS Mind!
The Subconscious Mind is Sublime, that is to say it will
readily and unquestionably accept anything you submit to it
without question, and will act upon your instructions especially
If you have cleaned out old thought programs, thereby bringing
You into complete vibrational and energetic harmony with your
True desires, thus enabling them to manifest in your life.
Now change your negative thought patterns you have written down
and turn them into positive affirmations such as:
I am now Rich and Successful in everything I do.
I now forgive and accept myself and the love and power the
Universe gives me.
Notes:
I Now Trust and Live in the present moment learning
to live life abundantly and joyfully.
Make the affirmation relevant and easy to say to yourself.
Remember it and repeat it whenever you become aware
of negative thought patterns which arise in your mind.
To keep your mind clean and live well these exercises
Must become part of a daily part of life.
Richard Fewster is the owner of Conscious Miracles.com
An Alternative health online articles and directory.
I am a practicing Healer and Reiki Master in Australia,
I also distribute the MindPowerstudio Suite.
I have been studying the Tibetan Bhuddist
Methods of Meditation.
Focusing on the breath can be a truly amazing experience. Ordinarily, of course, the breath works in the automatic mode. Thank goodness for that! If your breathing needed your constant attention, you wouldn’t have time for other adventures.
As an intentional practice, for short periods of time, giving your full attention to your breathing can be a very powerful, simple, brief meditation. A “short period of time” might be measured by numbers of breaths, like, 3 in-breaths and 3 out-breaths. Or the time might be in minutes, like 1 minute or 2 or 3. Or the time might be viewed through or measured by an event, like sitting at a traffic stop light.
Choose whatever means of measurement you want, and then practice focused, intentional breathing many times through the day. This practice will keep you balanced, filled with some good oxygen, and help you to maintain greater stamina.
One dynamic to be cognizant of is the actual shift out of automatic into intentional breathing, in other words, notice the actual transition from unconscious to conscious breathing. The breath becomes different when you’re giving your full attention to it.
I have read that we use different muscles when we are breathing in these two different ways automatically or intentionally. My own personal opinion is that we use the same muscles, but we use them differently. This is similar to the difference between using your glutemus maximus muscles to walk down a hill as compared to walking up a hill.
Another dynamic to pay attention to is finding the pace or rhythm of the breath. There are many aspects of the breath that you can give your attention to. The rhythm of the breath is only one. It’s one I particularly like because it has a discernible resonance.
I like to help people to find the rhythm of their breath because it helps them to attune to other rhythms and movement.
Copyright © 2005 Marshall House. All rights reserved. You may save this article, send it to a friend, or reprint it in your online publications, provided the article remains complete and this information is attached.
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“Anyone who lets himself be distracted from the work I plan for him is not fit for the Kingdom of God” (Luke 9:62 TLB).
We have such good intentions of staying on the straight and narrow path with our Lord. Peter did: “Lord, I am ready to go with you to prison and to death.” Poor Peter not only failed that great proclamation but he actually disowned his best Friend. Then “he went outside and wept bitterly” (Luke 22:62).
We want to follow Jesus and His principles and practices, but it’s too easy to forget our priorities. There are so many distractions and demands today. If we do not do God’s work that He has planned for us, then our other work becomes difficult, uncertain, and mediocre, a poor gift to One who wants us to do our best. What we look back on are our failures; what we can look forward to is God’s forgiveness of those failures. Even spiritual persons can waste much time and emotional energy on feeling that they have committed the unpardonable sin when, in effect, they have been human.
We know that Peter denied his Lord but we have overlooked what Jesus did for Peter: “The Lord turned and looked straight at Peter” (Luke 22:61). What a look of love! It was then that Peter remembered Jesus telling him that he would betray Him. At the same time that He warned Peter of his impending betrayal He also told him: “Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail” (Luke 22:31,32). Was it our Lord’s prayer for Peter that finally saved him? “And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers” (v.32).
The Lord looks upon us with tenderness. He understands our weaknesses for “he remembers that we are dust” (Psalm 103:14). And to think that He prays for us! We can go on with our work for Him and not look back at yesterday’s or last year’s or a lifetime’s sins or mistakes. All we need do is continue to look upon Jesus as He looks upon us.
Timothy Ciciora
Command Master Chief, United States Navy, Retired
Atlantic Beach, Florida
My ship, the USS John L. Hall, a guided missile frigate, had just returned from Desert Storm to its base in Mayport, Florida. As my fellow sailors and I walked down the pier, the first thing I saw was a 500-foot inflatable Budweiser beer can.
What the hell is this? I thought to myself. We had no idea what was going on stateside while we were overseas, nor any idea of what kind of reception was awaiting us. Suddenly, it seemed, we were the flavor of the month.
A giant crowd of families and well-wishers was there to greet us, but this didn’t lift my spirits. I wanted no accolades or honors — I just wanted to get home. My master chief noticed my attitude.
“This reception is a lot better than the one I got when I returned from Vietnam,” he snapped. “So keep it to yourself.”
But after 12 years of service, I was sick of the Navy and thinking about getting out. I’d enlisted right after high school. Back in Chicago, I hadn’t been the greatest student, and I knew there was more out there beyond my own backyard. I wanted to see the world and get a different kind of education. I wanted to be somebody. I wanted to do some good. Besides, McDonald’s didn’t offer a retirement plan.
But now I was at a crossroads. The last nine months had been long ones. We’d been sitting in Haifa, Israel, waiting for our six-month tour to end when the problem in Kuwait unfolded. Suddenly we were on our way to the Gulf. We accompanied the first carrier in years to go through the Suez Canal — right into the Red Sea and on to the Persian Gulf for a three-month extension.
On the way home, however, I began to think about my career in the Navy and soon grew distraught. Although I was a chief petty officer, I was having trouble advancing. I wanted a higher rank — more power, more prestige — but I had been passed over twice for promotion. So I was arrogant. If I couldn’t advance, what was I staying in for? On top of all that, I was tired of leaving my family. I wasn’t getting to watch my three sons grow up. I even missed my second son’s birth. This would definitely be my final cruise.
Back at the pier, the carnival-like atmosphere raged on. Along with those welcoming our arrival were swarms of merchants, some with an arm slung around a sailor, all of them trying to make a buck. Above the crowd waved banners that read We Support Desert Storm.
I tore through the circus and made my way to the parking lot. Finally, I spotted my wife, Terri, standing by our car and grinning from ear to ear. Right away I felt a sense of calm.
My three boys — 11, 9, and 7 — were in the back seat, with their faces pressed against the rear window. The minute they saw me, they jumped out of the car and tackled me on the tarmac. I hardly recognized them — they’d grown so fast! We shared big hugs, though my youngest son was a bit hesitant. Like, Who is this guy?
As I slid into the driver’s seat, Terri announced, “We’re going to your mom and dad’s in Indiana.” This was good to hear. I hadn’t seen my parents in eight years, and hanging out with my three brothers again would also be great. Besides, I needed to go somewhere inland, far away from the water, far away from those mammoth gray ships.
Even though I felt good about making the trip to Indiana, I was troubled during most of the drive. As Terri and the kids slept through the night, I had plenty of time to think. What kind of a job could I get on the outside? The last civilian job I had was as a delivery boy for a medical supply store. I didn’t even know how to write a resume. But if I stayed in the Navy, didn’t I run the real risk of being killed in action? A glance at my sleeping sons in the rearview mirror drove home this awful thought.
My mind buzzing, I didn’t stop driving until we hit Chattanooga the next morning. Figuring this would be a good place to have breakfast, I pulled into a Burger King. It felt good to see the big orange and red sign. It was like a mecca to me. Overseas, they have American-style restaurants, but let’s face it, the food just doesn’t taste the same.
As my wife and kids groggily adjusted to the daylight, I walked inside and made my way to the counter. A teenaged girl stepped up to the cash register. She was tiny, with short brown hair, probably just out of high school. She took my order, and a few minutes later returned with my food. Just as I was reaching for my money, she spoke to me.
“Excuse me,” she said in a timid voice. “Did you just get back from the war?”
I was still wearing my uniform. My hat was on the back of my head, my tie was undone, and I had a five o’clock shadow: But despite my rumpled appearance, my full dress of medals was obvious.
“Yeah,” I grumbled, thrusting a twenty at her. I knew I was being an asshole, but I’d heard this routine before. Civilians always ask the same questions: “Are you a Navy Sea!?” “Did you kill anybody?” “Did you blow anything up?” I didn’t want to hear it, nor was I in any mood for small talk. I wanted to get my food, get out of there, and get home.
The young lady didn’t take offense at my rudeness. Instead, she gently rolled my fingers back around the twenty-dollar bill in my hand. Leaning over the counter and planting a small kiss on my knuckle, she looked up at me and stared for a second, as if she was memorizing my face. Then she spoke one word.
“Thanks.”
Did you ever feel like you suddenly owed the world an apology? That’s how I felt at that moment. Here was this kid who had no ulterior motive, no agenda, no business deal to offer me. And yet she bought my breakfast for me anyway. Her register would probably come up short for that shift, and she’d have to make up for it out of her own pocket. But that didn’t seem to matter to her. Unlike that throng back at the base, all of them jumping on the bandwagon, as if supporting the war was some sort of fad, this young lady’s gesture had come from the heart. She was letting me know that she felt safe, that she knew someone was watching over her. When she spoke that one word, I didn’t see just a girl expressing gratitude. I saw an entire nation saying “Thanks.”
I suddenly felt like the Grinch feels when he discovers what Christmas is all about. For the first time in a long time, I felt like I had a purpose being in the Navy. It wasn’t about money and rank or prestige. It was about raising the flag. We do what we do because no one else can or will do it. We fight so others can sleep at night. And I had forgotten that. So this sudden, unexpected expression of thanks from a total stranger hit me like a lightning bolt. I’d received many decorations over the years, but nothing could compare to the simple tribute she’d given me. It made me remember why I was here. It renewed my faith, not only in my military career, but in life, as well.
I was too choked up to respond to her. With a lump in my throat, and fighting like hell to get out of there before I started crying like a baby, I quickly made my way to the door. When I got back to the car, I discovered that the tears I thought I’d been holding back were now streaming down my cheeks.
“What happened,” Terri asked. “Are you okay?”
“You know,” I responded after a moment. “It really is true what they say.”
“What is?” Terri asked, confused.
I then planted a soft kiss on my wife’s forehead.
“Broiling does beat frying,” I said.
There was no way I could’ve talked about it right there. So I just drove out of the parking lot. A single word from someone I didn’t even know had transformed me. It changed my life, and my family’s. I knew that I would be wearing my Navy uniform for a long time to come.
As I looked for signs to get back onto the highway, the road ahead of me seemed very clear.
Copyright © 2006 Marlo Thomas
Marlo Thomas graduated from the University of Southern California with a teaching degree. She is the author of four bestselling books, Free to Be . . . You and Me, Free to Be . . . a Family, The Right Words at the Right Time, and Thanks and Giving: All Year Long. Ms. Thomas has won four Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe, a Grammy, the Peabody Award, and has been inducted into the Broadcasting Hall of Fame for her work in television, including her starring role in the landmark series That Girl, which she also conceived and produced. She is the National Outreach Director for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. Ms. Thomas lives in New York with her husband, Phil Donahue.
For more information, please visit http://www.rightwordsbooks.com.
A beggar had been sitting by the side of the road for over 30 years.
One day a stranger walked by, “Spare some change?” mumbled the beggar, mechanically holding out his old baseball cap. “I have nothing to give you,” said the stranger. Then he asked: “What’s that you are sitting on?”
“Nothing,” replied the beggar. “Just an old box, I have been sitting on it for as long as I can remember.”
“Ever looked inside?” asked the stranger.
“No.” said the beggar. “What’s the point? There is nothing in there.”
“Have a look inside,” insisted the stranger. The beggar managed to pry open the lid. With astonishment, disbelief, and elation, he saw that the box was filled with gold.
–Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now
Eckhart Tolle used this powerful story to open his book “The Power of Now.”
If you think about the above quote by the author of The Power of Now, a bit more deeply, you will realize that everything you need or want exists already within you. All you have to do to be open minded. Find the key and crack open the box to your consciousness, your knowledge, your innermost treasures that operates behind the scenes.
You have it all inside you.
You probably say to yourselves: “Sure it is easier said than done!” How a simple person like me can crack open the box to my consciousness?
Well, for starters, how about first believing that you posses all the knowledge. Your consciousness is your Higher Self, your Higher Power that operates behind the scenes. It is the real you. Everything you need is stored there. Just like your DNA is there all the time. Your job now to unleash your Inner Power.
Take these steps to:
1. Be more receptive
2. Be more open minded
3. Be more open to new ideas
4. Become an adventurer
5. Take risks
6. Experience the real life
7. Exercise your God given talent
YOUR LIFE WILL RESPOND TO YOUR BELIEFS
The dreams you choose to believe in come to be. When you feel in your innermost being that you will achieve what you set out to do, you open the way for miracles. Choose to believe something good can happen. Expecting it to happen energizes you and actually gives it momentum. What you expect to happen, happens.
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Copyright © 2006 Lea Yekutiel
Lea Yekutiel turned her life around 180 degrees just by changing her belief system and her attitude towards life. It took her twenty years of intensive study of metaphysics and spiritual growth to learn what she now practices and teaches. After overcoming Breast Cancer, Lea helps cancer patients on their journey of recovery, peace and happiness. She relates
many wonderful experiences in her book “Who Am I, God” which enlightens the reader in a unique and healing way. Learn how to turn your life around
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This is an very interesting and inspirational story, This story changed the millions of peoples in the era of the great Gandhi and still has the same effect, This is an story of a The Gandhi and the Lady’s Coin”
Mahatma Gandhi went from every city and village for uniting peoples and collecting funds.
During one of his tours he addressed a meeting in Orissa( Part of India). After his speech a poor old woman got up. She was bent with age, her hair was gray and her clothes were in tatters.
The volunteers tried to stop her, but she fought her way to the place where “Gandhi” was sitting. “I must meet him,” she insisted and going up to Gandhi then from the folds of her sari she brought out a copper coin and placed it at his feet.
Gandhi picked up the copper coin and put it beside carefully. Fund Manager said “I keep cheques worth thousands of rupees and what to do with a copper coin.” in reply Gandhi said, “We have to keep this coin because this copper coin is worth much more than those thousands, If a man has several millions and he gives away a thousand or two, it doesn’t mean much.
But this coin was perhaps all that the poor woman possessed. She gave me all she had. That was very generous of her. What a great sacrifice she made. That is why I value this copper coin more than a millions of rupees. she has not scarified the copper coin for me but for the freedom and welfare of this nation and along with the coin she gave us a lesson of genuine generosity & commitment to the nation”
Gandhi said,” She remind me and all of us the 3 deeds these are
1. in crucial things, unity
2. in important things, diversity
3 . in all things, generosity
Gandhi is a person who changed the peoples, but he never hesitated to change and learn form other peoples too.
This real historic story taught me one thing,
“In life you will learn lessons. You are enrolled in a full-time informal school called LIFE where you will have opportunity to learn lessons, you may like it or think them irrelevant and stupid.”
The lesson of generosity, That’s why this story changes the people; What about you?
Thanks for your time consideration
Nilesh Gore
Professionally author is graphologist & psychological counselor & involved in Personality Assessment / Character analysis, SWOT Analysis, Professionalism Improvement, Success Analysis, Child development, personality Development, Marital -Educational & parental Counseling, Selection of Business Partner & Life Partner, helping bank officials to detect fraud signature, helping people managing their strengths & weaknesses.
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How much time do you waste in comparing yourself with others? Answer to this question is most of time. This is the story of many like you, because you are taught to do this. From the childhood conditioning starts. Parent would like the child to just like them, their carbon copies. They want their child to follow their philosophy, their religion, their ideology; their race and everything belong to them. They want to make the child their vehicle in fulfilling this purpose.
They try to enforce their ambitions on the child and therefore they does not allow child to be him. It is like that a lily flower is told to become like a rose. But they do not know that a rose can not become a lily. From the out side he may pretend to be rose, however inside he is lily. Due to this he will neither be able to become lily nor rose. This creates a real problem for him. The person for the whole remains searching for his true self.
In his state if he tries to fulfill the ambitions of family or society and if he falls short of it then he feels guilty of it. This makes him tense, anxiety ridden and full of anguish. The same energy which he might have used in some creative work is wasted in this anger and anguish. Meditation can help her because meditation simply means undoing what society has done to you. With the help of meditation we can restart our new life.
The mean problem with person is that he does not know himself and tries to be like some thing else. Dropping all goals, dropping all desires, dropping all ambitions can do this. We are requiring being natural. But we are living in bondage, because everybody who brought you up wanted to have mastery over you. And as children we are most helpless and exploited beings. When the child is so helpless he has to accept whatsoever conditions some one puts on him. Just to survive. Putting off all these conditioning can work as second birth to us.
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