Strength

The greatest strength in life come from overcoming yourself. This is one of the many attributes that cannot be measured.

Pace Yourself

1. Who are the four main characters?
The four main characters are Bryan, Tara, Devin, and Jordan.

2. What are their strengths and weaknesses?
Tara is steering the canoe. Bryan is was the power in front of Tara. Devin and Jordan were in the other canoe. Tara is good at steering, Bryan is a strong rower.

3. In five sentenses what is the story about?
The story was about a boat race on Lake Magnolia in North Carolina.  It was a canoeing race. Tara and Bryon were in one boat. Devin and Jordan were in the other. Adults in boats were every hundred miles.

4. Does slow and steady win the race? Explain.
Not this time. Bryan and Tara, who the story was about came in third. Not that bad.

Authority verses humanity

Some people blame police for the lack of order within society. I think it is more of a generational thing. Adults need to be treated as children sometimes and be put in time out. Not in jail or made to do community service, but for a few minutes to slow down, relax, think things through and listen to their conscious and do the right thing. I think adults are more like children than they want to admit. Except there is no corner we could send adults to sit and think of what they have done.

Stop blaming others and maybe we can have some harmony in the world. This may just be some pipe dream, but we as a species need to co-exist with our habitat before it takes us over. The major difference between adults and children is adults toys have leathel outcomes whereas childrens toys hurt only a few children if that.

5 virtues to share with the world

For some people, it takes major events to make them think and ponder about what matters most in life. Dr. Carmen Harra shares about the death of her 20-year old cat, Bebe. She further unravels that she has learned so much from this happening in her life. In her article for Huffington Post, she gives emphasis on the value of sharing our virtues to others. She says that it is not enough to just take pride in our virtues and morals. The best way is to share with the world – to create that ripple effect to others. With her wisdom, she wants to inspire others to share these 5 virtues to share with the world.

Isn’t it amazing that the passing of her dear cat has moved her so much? It is only with an open heart when we truly feel the essence of virtues – it is only in that way we can definitely see it from the smallest sources.

1) Our presence

More than money, more than loudness, nothing beats the virtue of our presence. It is when we are “present” when we truly share a connection, care, affection, and assurance. Dr. Harra remembers fondly how Bebe was always there especially when she got sick. The mere presence of her loyal friend kept her warm and secured.

Imagine how we can share this beautiful virtue to those we love and truly cared for. Can you remember the time you really spent time with someone in quietness? Even when everything is still, being present enables us to move someone or to be moved by someone. So in these busy world, do reach out when someone is in need. You need not go far, to start with your own family and friends is already a gift.

Here are other ways to share the grace of presence to others:

Take a long walk with someoneTake someone’s handPut off gadgets when talking to someone2) Undying patience

When was the last time you sincerely waited for someone or some appointment without feeling so bad? We are all in a hurry, we are all growing more impatient each day. All these mobility, gadgets, and all these instant stuff around are just making our patience short.

As shared by Dr. Hara, her cat waits for her to come home each day. She believes that we need to be composed in those times when we are waiting for someone or something. We must not let out temper go bad in case someone arrives late or something does not come on our most expected time. The virtue of patience is worth-sharing. Remember that is OK to let someone go first in a long line, it alright to smile when someone you are supposed to meet runs late because of some reasons.

Here are little ways toexercise your patience:

Do not whine a lot when things go wrong in a busy restaurant or mallTry not to raise your voice over someone who accidentally steps on your foot in a busy placeSmile even when waiting, find a little activity that can entertain you while you waitBe mindful no matter where you are3) Loving devotion

Has someone never given up on you no matter what? How does it make you feel? Loving devotion makes the world go round. Remember not to give up on people so easily. Let your heart be vulnerable and forgiving to those you care for. Your loyalty will surely pay off one day when people realize that you are always there for them no matter what it counts and what it takes. For Dr. Harra, Bebe has always been there for her. Her devotion transcends any form of spoken language humans share. Bebe’s loyalty has touched the Doctor’s heart beyond. Can you hold on tighter for those you dearly love? Can you forgive instead of revenging? Can you stay despite the many reasons to leave? You can never tell when someone draws hope from your loyalty. Imagine the world when people feel less alone and lonely.

You can simply share your devotion through:

Not giving up on a friend who has acted immaturelyForgiving a loved-one who has offended youTrying to understand someone who has a different opinion from yoursTrying to calmly explain to someone why your point of view is different from his/hers without having to make that someone feel so bad and pointless4) Humble observation

It can be so easy to get involved in conflict these days. When tempers are limited and people are wary, it is easy to get caught right in there. Bebe had this trait of just observing her other housemates fight. We can also share this great virtue to the world. When others enjoy judgment and conflict, stay calm and just observe. This is a good way to humble yourself down and learn from others mistake. Come to think of it, not all conflicts are necessary and beneficial. Never join a misunderstanding unless you are directly involved. Never be trapped in some situation just because you are bored or not-in-a-good-mood.

5) Power of healing

You are a healer. Perhaps, you may not have recognized it deeply but you indeed are capable of giving others relief and healing. When someone is down, your presence makes that person feel better. When a loved-one is encouraged by your words and patience, they won’t give up on their own selves that easily. Your healing is so powerful that even sometimes, it’s just you who believes in someone – and that someone fights on. Your faith does not only heal you but o those whom you affect, you touch, you move, and you inspire. You are a healer and it is only you who can unravel that truth, that gift.

These 5 virtues that are really worthy of being shared to the world. Your presence, patience, devotion, observation, and healing can truly make a difference.

Individuality

Becoming an individual is easy. However with all the distractions, staying one is very difficult. We have all these distraction, but somehow we keep our individuality.  It is our first and what makes us champions everyday of our lives.

Masterpiece

No masterpiece was ever created by playing it safe. You have to leave your comfort zone to create a true original work. When you leave your comfort zone you are confronted with do many obstacles. In confronting them you are truly living.

Obsticles tend to be hidden everywhere and even in plain sight.

With all the hype about detoxes and cleanses circulating today, it can be overwhelming to know how to detox the right way.
 
Ayurveda considers this build-up of toxins to be the underlying cause of all disease. So how do you minimize the toxins that come into your life, and maximize the toxins that go out?
 
Toxins enter our worlds by what we eat, drink, breathe in, and process in any way. Here are 10 ways to reduce the toxins in your every day to help you restore optimal health and balance.
 
1. Stay hydrated Drinking a minimum of eight glasses of clean, not-too-cold water every day is one of the best things you can do to detox and purify your body in a natural way. Good thing, because it’s also the easiest tip.

2. Eat clean Try to stick to organic, pesticide-free foods, and eliminate antibiotics and hormones from your diet.

3. Meditate Find time for stillness in your day to cleanse your mind and improve your ability to handle stress. Click here for a free guided meditation to get centered now.   

4.Move your body Getting regular exercise is an important step to staying healthy and strong. Whether you enjoy light exercise like yoga or walking, or like to get your heart pumping by running or dancing, build an exercise routine that you’re excited about to make sure you keep it consistent. Enjoy this chair yoga flow that you can do anytime, anywhere.

5. Supplement with Detoxifying Herbs Eating a balanced diet rich with fruits and vegetables is important, but taking it a step further may be your next step. Try adding Ayurvedic herbs to assist with the detoxification process, like Purify™, the seven-day total Ayurvedic cleanse system. These supplements are made of Ayurvedic herbs and botanicals to eliminate toxic build-up and leave you feeling energized and strong.

6. Add heat Break a sweat and hit the sauna or steam room … sweating is a great way build heat and eliminate toxins from your body.

7. Avoid processed foods, caffeine, and alcohol Try to stay away from ingredients you can’t pronounce, white flour and sugar, caffeine, and alcohol to assist your body’s capacity to process toxins.

8. Quit a bad habit Are you a smoker? Pack rat? Chronically sleep deprived? Stuck in an unhealthy relationship? Toxins come into our lives in many forms. Consider if you’re participating in any unhealthy patterns or holding onto anything that no longer serves you, and find a way to limit or remove those things in your life.

9. Regulate and eliminate Healthy digestive function is important to keep your body eliminating the toxins you build up in the body. If you find you’re “stuck in an elimination rut” and not balanced or eliminating naturally, address those concerns with a health care provider.

10. Join us at Perfect Health  Ready for the ultimate detox? Our comprehensive, six-day mind-body healing immersion incorporates delicious Ayurvedic cuisine, daily spa treatments, a medical consultation with a board-certified physician, cleansing herbs, and other healing modalities. If you’re interested in learning how to find optimal health and balance in your life, we’d love to support you at an upcoming program.

Jafree's Soul Gazing Intimacy Exercise

The very first thing is you both commit to a time and place where you and your partner will not be disturbed by anyone,
and can have 15 minutes of conscious time together. 

Sit across from each other on your bed or couch, holding hands and look into your partner eyes.

Do not speak to each other, just remain silent.

Simply gaze gently at your partner with soft eyes and see if you can and feel what is happening inside them.

Energetically reach out with your heart and see if you can feel what is truly going on inside your partner's heart and the experiences they are having of their life.

Notice any reactions, judgments, assumptions or intuitive experiences you have. Continue to remain present, open and open to feeling their experience.

The secret is to remain open, quiet and continue soul gazing with each other for at least 15 minutes. To remain in continuous eye contact at all times, you willwant to set a timer.

Be free to giggle or laugh anytime if necessary, yet do your best to return to
being present with each other, feeling everything that is happening inside your partner.

After 15 minutes, exchange stories about the experiences you both had.  

Life expands to fill your dreams.
Believe in yourself. Dream big dreams.
Set important goals. Take action on those goals.

To live a great life requires two steps...
1. Plan your life goals.
2. Act on your plan - every day.
Enrich What You Do

Often tasks feel like a chore because we forget to see what we do as an opportunity to enrich and be enriched.

See things differently and then find something called enthusiasm inside of you.  Now put enthusiasm into what you do and not only will you get tasks done better and faster but you'll also feel enriched.

When Someone is Complaining

When someone is complaining about someone else to you, you can:
- change the subject or try to lighten the mood
- stay quiet & not say anything
- step away graciously from the person complaining, without hurting their     
  feelings
- share something positive to change their perception & feelings for the other person

What makes the difference is realising that we don't have to engage in the complaining & add fuel to the negativity.  We can positively influence the person complaining.

Heroes

Is a hero more than his gadgets? Batman Beyond

Yes, the human aspect of a hero makes the quick decisions,  and must have the energy to carry on the battle. He must have a character that is able to make the quick thinking and energy to make it in the life he has chosen.

Here's what I learned

It starts with me. You really can’t push your family to change unless they want to. So what I do is change myself, and be a living example that there’s a different way, and that it might be interesting and maybe better. I talk to them about the change so they know why I’m doing it, what made me consider it, what steps I’m taking, whether it’s hard or not, whether I like the change. In seeing my change, they might consider trying the change, or they might just think dad’s crazy, but either way they see a different possibility. So for example I might start decluttering my closet and drawers, or scanning all my paperwork so I can go digital, or clear out a storage shed. This is a great thing for them to see, but at the same time I’m letting them be themselves with no expectations that they’ll join me.. Minimalism isn’t about getting rid of all your stuff and living with barely anything. In a family, minimalism is really a conversation about what’s important. What’s necessary. Why we own things and do things. A lot of times, a family never really has this conversation — it’s all just implied in the way we live. But minimalism is about bringing this out in the open and talking about it. The result of the discussion will be very different for each family — some will keep doing what they’ve been doing, because they like that best, but others will decide to try various changes, and there’s no single right way. The important thing is to start the conversation, and to keep it going basically for the rest of your lives.Enjoy the simple pleasures. Eva and I started doing fewer things with the kids that costs a lot of money (though we still do some of that), and instead focus on playing outside together, playing games together inside, cooking together. I’m not saying we do these things every single day (we don’t always have the time or energy) but we started showing them that the simple pleasures are amazing, and you don’t need to spend a lot of money to enjoy life.See setbacks as learning opportunities. If you start decluttering as a family, you’ll be really happy with the changes … but sometimes there are setbacks. Your daughter might all of a sudden want a thousand Littlest Pet Shop dolls because she saw some cool videos online. You might all of a sudden have a bunch of stuff given to you by family members. These can be seen as setbacks and can be frustrating … or you can use them as ways to learn about how to deal with these kinds of issues, which are after all part of reality. You have to learn to deal with them, or you’ll struggle. There’s a lot to be learned when a grandparent doesn’t understand why you don’t have very much stuff.Challenges are incredibly fun. I love family challenges. We’ve done a pushup challenge to see if we could all stick to a tough physical routine as a family. But some of my favorite challenges are seeing if we can do without stuff. See below for more on the challenges we’ve done. But basically, a challenge is a really fun way for a family to tackle an experiment.Change traditions in a positive way. There are lots of things we do simply because it’s the way we’ve always done that. But these traditions can be challenged — why do we need to buy so many Christmas gifts? It’s tough to change traditions, though, because people are loathe to let go of what they’re used to. So present the change in tradition as an opportunity to do something awesome. In the case of Christmas gifts, we were going to save the money we would have spent on useless things they didn’t need … and use it for really fun experiences. We’ve gone to water parks or taken family vacations, as our holiday gift to the kids, instead of buying toys. The kids might miss the toys, but they love the experiences.Talk to other family members. When you start making any kind of big changes, other family members (aunts, uncles, grandparents, siblings, friends etc.) might question what you’re doing. This is because you’re doing something outside the norm, and not everyone agrees with that. However, this is a great opportunity to talk to these family members about what you’re doing, educate them, widen the conversation from your immediate family to your wider family. And again, you’re setting an example for these people, and showing them there’s a different way — sometimes they even get inspired to make changes themselves!Find new ways to replace stuff. Lots of times we think we can’t go without things, but if you get creative, it turns out you don’t really need them. For example, we got rid of photo albums by digitizing photos and using them as screensavers — instead of never opening a dusty photo album, we see the great photos on our computer every day! I digitize all papers, including artwork and school papers (when they were going to school) and little notes from them to me.Be present with each step. The most important thing isn’t the changes you make — if you focus on the outcomes, you’ll get frustrated, because you don’t completely control your family members. You might influence and inspire them, but you can’t force change, you can’t force opinions to be different. Instead, you can be present each step along the way, learn from each step, enjoy that step, and be the mindful example of change for your family.

We’ve done a series of family challenges that have been incredibly fun. Here are some of them:

Move to San Francisco to Guam with one backpack & one box. When we left Guam and moved to San Francisco in 2010, we decided to start with a clean slate and sell or give away all our stuff. We talked to the kids about this, and they were hesitant at first but went along with the challenge. So we packed one box each to ship to SF, and got on a plane with just a backpack of stuff. It made the move so much easier, and I loved reinventing our lives with the move.. Moving to SF allowed us to go car-free, walking and using public transportation and car-sharing. This was one of our greatest experiments, and I’ve loved it. Unfortunately we’re getting a car as we move from SF to Davis this month (we’ll try to bike as much as we can), but it’s been a great four years of walking.Travel with a small backpack each. When we go on family trips (Europe in 2012, for example), we go with one small backpack each. At first they were reluctant, but they’ve seen how much lighter and easier it is to travel that way. It’s really such a big difference, being easily able to hop on trains, go into subways, run through airports, and walk around a new city without flinching. Even Eva has embraced it, which I didn’t think she would at first, but she’s amazing.. As mentioned above, we’ve gone 4-5 years without giving gifts except experiences and maybe a few small stocking stuffers (usually things we can play together). Read moreNo cable TV. We gave up our cable TV as a cost-saving measure but actually I love that we don’t watch commercials or have the TV on all day (we watch some commercial-free shows at night). Advertisements are one of the biggest enemies of minimalism, so reducing or eliminating exposure to advertising is a huge step.

If you’re interested in minimalism, I highly recommend Josh and Ryan’s new book, Everything That Remains. They’re on a massive tour of the U.S. and other countries, so check out the tour dates that remain if you’d like to meet them in person and get a free dose of minimalism and a free hug.

Do we live in a computer simulation?

This question was first raised in 1641 by Renee Decart. The most recent person who asked this was a Oxford professor of philosophy Nick Botrum.

You have no way to disprove or approve this thought. It would occur to a transhuman or a cyborg or mutant. If this can occur this world is more then likely to be one. This is extremely difficult to detect.

Quantum scientists break into the study of Quantum Chromodynamics(QCD) have found the following forces. Strong and weak nuclear force and also electromagnetism and the weakest force of gravity. QCD looks at reality at four space time dimensions. String Theory dictates that there are no less than 11 dimension in which to work with. QCD is built upon the Latus Gage theory frame work.

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10 Words Created in the Science Fiction Universe

These are a number of terms which were created im the science fiction universe that may eventually become real science terms. The concept of nanotechnology became reality from StarTrek. The terms I have chosen for this paper are as follows: Zero-G which was first stated by Arthur C. Clarke, Warp speed which was stated in StarTrek by Gene Roddenberry, Time travel by HG Wells, Cyberpunk by William F. Gibson,  Alien, nanotechnology, clone, cyberpunk and virus. Now most of these terms are popularly used, but some are not.

Robotic is a common word in this day and age, however it wasn't in 1941 when it first came out. It was first published by Isaac Asimov in a novel called Astounding Science Fiction. This word actually  became part of really took off in the 1960. By the 1980s "Robotics" had become an everyday term. Its root comes from a Czech term meaning slave.

"Time Travel" was first stated by H. G. Wells in the "Mahabharata." This very well used term was coined in 1894 within the book, "Time Traveling: Possibility or Paradox." One year later he also used it in "The Time Machine." Within this Wells explores time traveling in more detail as the characters move backwards and forwads within time, while encountering mythical creatures.

"Zero-Gravity" also known as Zero-G was first stated by Arthur C. Clarke. Within the story, "The Sands of Mars," which was his first science fiction novel. A year later he published "Island in the Sky" where Zero-G definition was truly explained. This term was officially used in 1960, by astronauts.  Its viewed now as a science term as opposed to a science fiction term.

The phrase "Warp Speed" means your traveling more than the speed of light. The phrase comes from an olde English term, wearp, meaning threads running over fabric. It became popular in 1968 due to StarTrek. It has become its own metaphysical term because of this.

"Droid" or "robot" in human form was used as early as the 1700s. However it was first published in 1950s, within the magazine, "If," which printed science fiction short stories.  In Star Wars the term was brought into the media. "Droid," is registered to Star Wars, which has caused legal issues with the Smartphones.

"Alien" comes from the Latin term "alienus" which means "belonging to another world." In the 1300s it was brought to the English language.  Its meaning was outsiders, someone given birth to in another country or someone unfamiliar.  In the 1920s the word reached science fiction, where it means an intelligent being from another world.

"Nanotechnology," "Nanites," or tiny robots built on a small scale were a concept first in scifi.  In fact some of them have a real life application now. The term was made by Nikolai Leskov who described them in 1881 as needing 5 million time magnification to be seen.

"Clone" was first used in 1903 in botany, the study of plants. The word originated in Greece, in which klon means a twig which is related to "klondus," meaning "offshoot of plants." "Clone" later became a science-fiction term meaning artifically duplicated in Alvin Tofflers "Future Shock." In the 1980s science started considering this method. In 1996, the first mammal clone of sheep was created.

"Cyberpunk" is a science fiction sub category which was first seen in the second half of the 19th century. It features a plot related to computer's.  In 1983, it was first introduced by Bruce Bethke in "Cyberpunk."

"Virus" and "cyberpunk" are usually used interchangeably. "Virus" was first used by Gregory Benford within "virus," where a virus infects a computer system via web. These ideas were used by a great many authors such as Michael Chriton and influenced book and television shows such as Startrek.

Many science fiction terms have traveled to science fact. Through writing this I have identified many such terms. These are growing by leaps and bounds. After all the future is what we imagine it to be. Life is exciting and will become whatever we make of it. So keep on imagining.

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Cherishing Practice by the Dalai Lama

1. Spend 5 minutes at the beginning of each day remembering that we all want the same things in life.  We all want to be happy, loved and know that we are connected to one another.

2. Spend 5 minutes cherishing yourself and others using your breath. On the inhalation cherish yourself and everything about your life. On your exhalation cherish everyone else that you know. If you have difficulty cherishing certain people, extend a positive feeling to them anyway.

3. During the day extend this cherishing energy to everyone you meet. Practice cherishing everyone. Even cherish the "simplest" people like clerks, attendants, etc and even those people who you dislike.

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The Windows Through which we Look

A young couple moved into a new neighborhood
The next morning while they were eating breakfast,
The young woman saw her neighbor hanging the wash outside.
'That laundry is not very clean,' she said.
'She doesn't know how to wash correctly.
Perhaps she needs better laundry soap.'
Her husband looked on, but remained silent.
Every time her neighbor would hang her wash to dry,
The young woman would make the same comments.

About one month later, the woman was surprised to see a nice clean wash on the line and said to her husband:

'Look, she has learned how to wash correctly.
I wonder who taught her this.'
The husband said, 'I got up early this morning and
Cleaned our windows.'
And so it is with life.
What we see when watching others depends on the window through which we look.
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Sight

 

We tend to see things from the light that we cast upon the object we are viewing. Seen from a point of happiness, everything looks of goodness, everything has a remarkable authentic and true quality. 

When seen from a angle of fear it is extremely hard to impossible to overcome any of the feats that we set for ourselves.

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May all Your Dreams Come True

Lean against a tree
and dream your world of dreams
Work hard at all you do
and try to overcome all obstacles
Laugh at your mistakes
and praise yourself for
leaning from them
Pick some flowers
and appreciate the beauty of nature
be honest with people
and enjoy the good in them
Don’t be afraid to show your emotions
Laughing and crying make you feel better
Love your friends and family
with your entire being
They are the most important part of your life
feel the calmness on a quiet sunny day
and plan what you want to accomplish in life
Find a rainbow And live your World of dreams
And live your
world of dreams
---Susan Polis Schutz
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Trust in Relationships - By Kim Olver

We have been taught to believe trust is a commodity to be earned by others. Once they have passed certain tests, then we feel safe to extend our trust. I would like to entertain the idea that trust can be a verb, rather than a noun. It's a choice you make and says much more about you than it does the person to whom you are extending that trust.
When you are involved in a relationship and you say you trust that person, it is more than a noun. It's not just a thing you extend to a person like a gift--it is followed up with behaviors--things you do and things you don't do.
When you trust someone, you know he or she will do the right thing. You know they have their affairs (no pun intended) under control. They are faithful and loyal. You don't need constant reassurance of this--you just know.

What you don't do is constantly grill a person about where he or she is and with whom he or she is spending time. You don't have him or her followed looking for proof of infidelity. You don't snoop around in his or her personal belongings or private places. You trust that he or she can be trusted.

Trusting has so much more to do with who you are as a person than it does with who your partner is. When you are secure in yourself and know that you are worthy to receive love, then it is natural to trust.

The Law of Attraction

The Law of Attraction says that if you look at life and see positive things then you will attract more of that positive energy into your life and vice versa.

If you always find yourself in relationships where you have been disappointed and lied to, ask yourself what it is about you that brings dishonorable people into your life. I'm not in any way blaming you for your misfortune, but I know people attract what they think about.

If you want more trust in your life, you have to be more trusting and more worthy of trust. You can't get from others what you don't possess in yourself. You must ask yourself, "Am I a trustworthy person? Does my partner realize that I have integrity and can be trusted? Do I extend trust to him or her?"

Of course, there will inevitably be someone you trusted who didn't deserve it, but don't allow that to shake the foundation of your self-confidence. It is right to trust the person with whom you are involved. If he or she is undeserving of your trust, in time this will be revealed to you and then you can move on and forgive--whether or not you choose to stay with the person. It does no good to stay if the trust is forever gone.

Beyond Lost Trust

I was recently talking to one of my clients about her readiness to begin a new relationship. This woman, Susan, had been divorced for about five years and believed she was ready for a new dating relationship in her life but nothing was happening for her.

I asked her if there was something holding her back. She is an attractive and fun-loving person. I suggested that maybe her ex-husband was still holding too much power over her emotions to allow her to engage in a relationship with someone new.

She thought about that and realized that what really happened is that when her husband had an affair with a much younger woman, it totally shook her self-esteem. If she doesn't like herself, how can someone else be attracted to her?

So often, when our trust is shattered, we tend to look at ourselves. What's wrong with me? Why did someone I love betray me? Why didn't I see it? Instead, we need to look at the character flaw in the other person. When someone makes a promise to another and breaks it, then that is a flaw in them, not you.

Trusting really comes down to which is most important to you--trust or self-protection? If you are more concerned with keeping yourself safe, you probably won't trust because you are afraid of being hurt. However, can you really protect yourself? Won't you still be hurt to learn of a loved one's deception? Without trust, you will never achieve that level of intimacy a trusting relationship provides. What will you really lose by trusting?

The most important thing, though, is to not lose respect for yourself. You are a worthy person. Spend some time engaging in some self-nurturing behavior. Learn to love yourself again. Your self-esteem cannot be based on the frailties of another person.

I have two questions. Do you want to be in a relationship with someone whom you can't trust? And do you want to be in a relationship where you are behaving as a jealous, crazy person?

Trust is Multi-Level

The trust one needs in a relationship is multi-level. At the base level, there is a trust in your partner. Your partner may deserve your trust or he or she may not. You have no control over that at all. If a person is unworthy of your trust, that in no way diminishes you.

At the next level is a trust in oneself. At this level, it is important to trust your own instincts in people. You may not always be right. People are very good at deception if they want to be. However, if you trust in yourself and your good judgment, when you make a mistake you won't be devastated. You just realize that you were involved with a person who was a master of deception and you move on undaunted but perhaps a bit wiser.

Finally, there is trust in the universal order of things--a divine spirit, if you will. If you have total and complete trust in the Universal Spirit or your Higher Power then that trust will never be betrayed. The Universal Spirit will always provide you with what you need whenever you have a need.

Have you lost your trust? Do you want to get it back? Let go of the wrong that was done, trust in yourself again and ultimately trust in the Universal Spirit to provide you what you need when you need it. You will discover a sense of peace and calm that will sustain you through the difficult and lonely times.

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Curiousity Never Leaves

Curiosity is fundamental in life. It never fully vacates from our humanity. It leads us to the discovery of new adventures and grants access to new situational attributes that promote growth.


Curiosity is one of the driving forces of life. It causes new ideas to initiate, while changing the structure of the old.

Without curiosity we would have little pain or pleasure. In taking away the negative, you remove the positives in life as well.

Love of being curios is very powerful. It acquires the energy needed to give curiosity all that it desires.

Yeremiah Hardt
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Views are basically interpretations of the outside world. These interpretations mold you in unforeseen ways. You have to slow down sometimes just to get your bearings and enjoy what you have. Take a minute to enjoy the wonders, because literally there are no schedules, except the ones we have placed on ourselves. We are very powerful entities. We should enjoy all we can. There is always an extension on everything.


Points of view are easier to manipulate then viewpoints. They are so because only one has a point of view. Some views are so ingrained they are extremely difficult to change.

The more petrified these viewpoints become the harder it is to coerce them.

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How to Become Truely Wealthy

Wealth is caused by being unstoppable in life, not taking no for an answer. You can have no money at all and still be wealthier than a person with a gold mine. Your attitude with life makes you as rich as you let it.

Wealth is neither a goal nor a destination, it is a way of life. If it helps you spread happiness you are truly a person that has wealthy characteristics.

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Knowledge isn't Knowing

Knowledge today is cheaply found on the internet or in the brain of the false, pretender of knowing what has not been actualized in self proven experience. Knowing is the real thing that separates the ‘gold from the fool’s gold’. Knowledge can be power without really knowing if it’s reality, applicable, or self experiential. ‘Knowing’ is not personally unproven, that’s knowledge. Knowledge of how to do something is less reliable than knowing it from clear, actual positive experience.

Religious salesmen and politicians have been selling loaded knowledge and misinformation to the masses for eons hoping that they don’t become aware and educated of contrary and better information, or worse yet, a contrary experience to what they have been fed. These ‘mind controllers’ have depended on the ignorance of the people who are often just too busy digging out of self created holes that they have created for themselves. Power of the controllers depends on the continuing ignorance of the controlled.

Buddha comes from ‘buddhi’ which means ‘intelligence’. Only through intelligence can people become aware, and then the use of discernment of that intelligence to reach it’s highest form. Intellect is more ‘knowledge oriented’. Intelligence comes with knowing first hand. Fake is at best a mirror image of reality.

‘’I know that’’, is a common use of language but quite different than being able to actualize behavior into a consistent pattern far removed from ‘just saying it’. Frequently the user/abuser of intoxicating, mind altering substances claim ‘to know’ better ways of living or doing things, but in fact it is just knowledge unproven from their experience. Water seeks it’s lowest level as do most who ‘follow the crowd’ with out deep consideration that it’s not in the direction of knowing the conscious self. Thinking that leads to actualization of thoughts removes one from being the ‘Humpty Dumpty on the wall’ espousing trinkets of fake wisdom without having both feet on the ground.

Fear of walking away from the ‘crowds of knowledge’ for the asleep, takes the courage of intelligence and awareness that evolves one into an authentic knowing human, instead of a robot or parrot of someone else’s words’. Truths are found in knowing, not in borrowed knowledge. Always seek the highest level of knowing and truth!

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Addiction

Everyone can be addicted to something. The obstacle is not to let your addiction take over your life. You have to maintain control over your addiction, only then will you have authentic power over your life. We all have to guide ourselves according to our own beliefs. However there are those who will not agree with our belief systems, it is best to limit your interactions with them. yeremiah@aol.com Yeremiah Hardt

Greed

Everyone is afraid of poverty, but it’s all in the way you handle this fear. Fear of poverty is the real dilemma that leads us astray. It creates such anguish that quite literally causes the downfall of the person you could have been. Cold is one way to represent the greed surrounding you. How it is overcome is the essence of true life.


Happiness has a great effect on the life that we lead. If you are happy nothing seems to get you down for a period of time. Give thanks for all and you will be happy in all that you do. Happiness does spread further then fear of poverty ever could.

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Control

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Lying

As children, we are taught not to lie. But as we age the truth usually gets stretched so thin it is impossible to see. Why are we so embarrassed show our true face? What are we afraid of?
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Heart

You need a heart in order to live. To be alive, without heart is a real tragedy. You have to believe. The adventure is clear ahead. Make your own path through life.




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Blue Skies

From sunny days to stormy nights, the unpredictablity of weather is fascinatingly similar to the human psyche and emotional levels we all have.




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Spiritual Energy

 Your energy beautiful. This energy is united and never leaves. It is always in existence and always present.
This presence is so substantial and so everlastingly sublime.It creates such magnificence throughout existence.

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Water

This has the ability to both give and take life away. It causes death by freezing or drowning a living entity, both which are reversible, if the time factor is observed

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Unknown

Fear of the unknown is only natural. It is in essence being afraid to take chances and show your true self. By being spontaneous and living life you truly expose yourself to all the wonder and magnificence of reality. Yeremiah@aol.com Yeremiah Hardt

Not what I am

I am not my religion I am not my address I am not my nationality I am not my country I am not my brain I am not my beauty I am not my head I am not my personality I am not my height I am not my weight I am not my figure I am not my health I am not my feeling I am not my intellect I am not the clothes I wear I am not the titles I bear I am not my age I am not my experience I am not the praises and accolades I am not the mistakes I made I am not the school and degree I am not the licenses I earned There’s more to a person -- body, soul and spirit, than the CV and certificates ~Champs Ulysses Cabinatan *poem experiment, inspired from a form I’m filling up. Yeremiah Hardt yeremiah@aol.com yeremiah@aol.com Yeremiah Hardt

Sunshine

We only get one chance at being someones sunshine, so why not take it and bring up someone. Being happy is a state of mind, however others can help you be happy. Happiness is contagious as is laughter but you have to ne open to it. yeremiah@aol.com Yeremiah Hardt

A few things to encourage an Amazing life

1. I am ONLY taking inspired actions in my life. I only do that which inspires me and makes me feel happier, lighter and more free! 2. I always replace worry with wonder, and this will make my life "wonder-full" 3. I immediately cancel and replace heavy thoughts that arise like I...."should", "could", "would", "have to", "must", "need to" and "I've got to". Instead of these heavy thoughts, I think and feel thoughts like, "I want to", "I get to", "I'd like to", "I'd love to" "I can" “I will” “I am!” 4. I accept myself, approve and appreciate myself exactly as I am no matter what the situation or experience I’m going through. 5. I explore each experience in life (especially those I have trouble with) with a gentle, compassionate, conscious childlike curiosity. 6. I am independent of the good and bad opinions of others. 7. I remain centered and at peace with myself the world, even when others are not. 8. I think and speak only positive empowering things about others and about myself in a way they can easily feel and understand. 9. I exercise, meditate, eat healthy, and get enough sleep at least 6 days a week. 10. I create loving long term relationships that are fulfilling. I always keep my heart open to fully experience every person and situation that comes my way. 11. I have healthy boundaries with the demands of others and can simply and effortlessly say NO when I feel taken advantage of or dis-empowered in any way 12. I am 100% committed to these amazing life transformational commitments for the next 90 days! yeremiah@aol.com Yeremiah Hardt

Here’s a process for one single task, whatever you have in front of you right now:

Pause and consider. Why are you doing the task? It’s on your list and also because someone sent it to you? Or because it will make a difference in the world, help make someone’s life better? Is it a compassionate act? Is it part of a project that matters? Know why you’re doing something, and then imbue the task with that intention.. Sometimes, we resist a task, procrastinate on it. I mean, not you, of course. Most other people procrastinate. This procrastination is rooted in fear, and so the trick is to see the fear, to feel it in your body, to accept it as part of you and not “wrong.” Then to give it compassion, and act anyway in the moment. Don’t let your mind run away from the task. Have you ever been reading an article (like this one) and had the urge to switch to something else? This urge pushes itself on us, all day, because of the nagging feeling that there’s something else we should be doing, something else more important, more fun, that we might be missing out on. Instead, forget about those something elses. Make this one task about yourself, and give it the space to fill up your entire mind. Put yourself fully in this one space, and pretend there’s nothing else.. Even with this task becoming your universe, there will be the urge to run away. This is fear again. Don’t let it rule you. Stick with the task, even just for a couple more minutes. Be curious about it: notice its qualities, wonder how it will go if you stay with it, don’t think you know everything about it. Pay attention, and see what it’s like. Bow when you’re done. Don’t rush off to the next task, but instead pause. Create a tiny bit of space before you move on to the next thing. Wash your bowl. Check the task off your list. Breathe, and see how your body is feeling. Now consider what task you should do next, not just because it’s in your inbox or task list, but because it matters yeremiah@aol.com Yeremiah Hardt

Tips for a Better Life

Mind your own business; don't interfere in other people's personal matters unless they request you... it keeps you free from extra tension.

Don't be too curious; never try to investigate or inquire about a person's schedule, as these inquiries usually make you and the ones questioned uncomfortable.

Help yourself; always do your work yourself, try not to use help unless you actually need it. It keeps you busy and secondly it saves you the hassle of another's carelessness.

Help other people; you get a lot of pleasure by helping the needy. Always be ready to lend a helpful hand. Thanks and warm wishes will make your journey, life, happy and safe.

Recognize small achievements; don't aim too high as small goals are equally important. Always remember little droplets make up the ocean. Your small achievements and virtues will also prove your worth.

Give thanks and say sorry; never hesitate to say thank you and sorry. It shows your kind and caring nature. It also compels other to respect you and advise you.

Remember God; always remember God, the Almighty. Pray for success and satisfaction in this life and after death.
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Hero of the Tarsiers

In the Philippines, 12 year old Carlito Pizarras went towards his prey, a animal in a tree. Both he and his brother shook the tree and stopped when the animal fell. He was smiling as he was heading home with the animal under his shirt. As a boy his expertise was capturing cute little monkeys. He gave these to his father to sell in the marketplace. In that time he had no idea that he would be their protectors. He gave the pet plenty, but couldn't keep his health from deteriorating. He decided to take one as a pet, not knowing how to keep the animal a live. He studied them in the town library. However the only information he found was that they consumed charcoal. He then found out they eat the insects inside of the charcoal. His next pet got the right of insects from crickets, grasshoppers to other bugs. They weren't ideal pets Carlito soon found out. They didn't belong in cages. In fact they would injure themselves trying to escape. Carlito kept catching them for his father, despite his feelings of it being wrong. He had to search a lot more, because they were disappearing. People were both hunting them as well as destroying there habitats. Carlito now devoted his time to their protection. He showed people how to plant crops on the flatlands, showing people that they didn't have to kill them. He was busy, all day he worked the farm and at night he tended to the Tarsiers. Behind his home he built a huge cage for them with trees inside. He learned how to keep them alive and how to have them to have young. When they matured he released them to the wild. Carlito was not able to keep them as pets unfortunately.

Strength of a Spirit

In London 2012 Olympic games, Tatyana McFadden, who is in a wheelchair, sets a new world record of 52.97 seconds, winning her first gold medal. She won two more golds and one bronze medal more then any other female athlete in London. Because of this she is the fastest wheelchair racer in the world. In July 2013 she became the first to ever win six gold medals at an International Paralympic Committee world championship for track. She was known as "The Beast," because of her broad shoulders, bulging bicepts and seemingly superhuman strength. She was born in Russia, in the year 1989, with spina bifida. This defect meant a portion of her spine didn't close during her development which caused paralysis in the lower half of her body. She grew up in an orphanage and taught herself to walk on her hands. She refused help from others. When she was six, Deborah McFadden, the commissioner for disabilities in the US department of Health was touring Russia and visited Tatyana's orphanage. Deborah was drawn to Tatyana, "She was crawling on the floor bright-eyed and engaging." That night Tatyana told everyone at the orphanage that Deborah was her mother, which was a surprising first. After arriving at Baltimore, her new home with Deborah, she was given a dismal prognosis of living for a year at most. Well needless to say she proved the doctors wrong because of her strong heart and mind. She even joined an athletic group for children with physical disabilities, called the Bennet Blazers. She was competing in wheelchair track in the summer before ninth grade. Tatyana and her mother flew to California so she could try out for the Paralympic Games. She made t1he team at 15, the youngest competitor to date. Because of this she went to the 2004 Olympic Games in Greece and won a silver in 100 meter race and a bronze in the 200 meter. She won four more medals in the Beijing games. In 2013 she was the first athlete to win the Boston, London, Chicogo and New York City Marathons in the same year. She says, "I don't let little things set me back, lime being sick or being in a wheelchair. If I stay mentally strong, I can do anything. I don't even see myself in a chair. That's a little thing." She now has her sights set on skiing in the winter olympics. I wish her luck.

Distraction Syndrome

We’re all suffering from Distraction Syndrome.

This causes people not to be able to study for class, to get important or difficult work done, to create, to be mindful throughout their day.

So what’s the cure for Distraction Syndrome?

Here’s what works for me:

1. Become aware. See when you’re switching tasks, being pulled by social media and other distractions. See your mind rushing from one thing to the next. If you’re not aware of the habit, you’ll never change it. This awareness can be increased over days and weeks, if you just start paying attention, and notice when you’ve gone a few hours without noticing.

2. See your main distractions. What are the things your mind runs to? What about these things appeal to you? What fears are you running from?

3.  Find one thing to focus on. You might have a long list of things to do, but you can’t do them all right now. Just pick one: something to study, a novel to read, something to write, a harder task that you’ve been putting off. You know you should do this task, but you’ve been too distracted and have been putting it off. (Note: I’m testing out One Task on the Mac — excellent single-tasking to do app. But don’t let finding the “perfect” to do app become your distraction.).

4. Close all programs you don’t need. Close your computer if you don’t need it. Otherwise, close your browser, or at least all browser tabs you don’t absolutely need for this task. Turn off your phone or put it on silent and hide it. Just have this task in front of you..

5. Set a Timer. 10 minutes, or 15, if 20 seems too long. During this time, you’re going to do nothing but focus on the one task you choose. No switching to other things. At all. If you finish the task before the 20 minutes is up, you can pick another task to focus on for the remainder of the time (and then do it again if you finish early), but no going to your distractions.

6. Watch your mind try to run. This will inevitably happen. It’s a part of the Distraction Syndrome. It’s just you and your task, and you’ll want to run away. You’re afraid of the focus, afraid of the difficulty, afraid of the discomfort, afraid of the confusion/uncertainty. That’s OK. You can stay with the task even with the fear. The fear is what causes you to be distracted, but you don’t have to give in to it. It’s just something that arises in your mind. Sit with the urge to go to a distraction, without acting on the urge. Watch it, let it rise, then let it fall. Stay with the task.

7. Take a break. After your 20 minutes is over, set the timer for 10 minutes, and take a well-deserved break. Allow yourself to go to the distractions. But when the break is over, go to the next task on your list (or back to the one you weren’t finished with). This break will give your mind some relief, which it needs. It just doesn’t need the relief all the livelong day.

I Can See Clearly Now

The five principles featured in the program are:

The Willingness to See More Clearly Now
Dyer shares stories of his youth in Detroit, his favorite childhood book, the importance of being willing to do anything to make your dreams come true, the truth behind a Mark Twain quote about how it’s not what you don't know, but what you know for sure that gets you into trouble, and ends with “The Cookie Thief” poem.The Determination to See More Clearly Now
This principle concerns the importance of having, and acting on, a burning desire. Dyer shares stories about his time in the Navy, his determination to get into a good university despite a lackluster high school record, and the book he read that changed his thinking forever about having the power to go within and heal. His youngest daughter Saje, now 23, joins him onstage to recount how she got rid of her childhood “bumps.”
Dyer explains the subtle ways fear lives within all of us, and how he faced very personal fears at several key junctures of his life. He also talks about the fearlessness we need to recognize the teachers in our lives, who can have such a strong impact on us.The Compassion to See Clearly Now
Dyer explains that it is often the lowest moments of our lives that reveal our true purpose. He speaks publicly for the first time about his separation from his wife, who is in the audience, and how the dissolution of his marriage taught him compassion. He also makes the audience laugh with a story about his youthful ego.
The highest rung of the ladder is the principle of love, which allows us to see our lives more clearly and reach our greatest awareness. Dyer invites his daughter Serena to join him onstage to share a letter she wrote to him after observing him lecture in Ephesus, Turkey. That letter was turned into an original song by singer/songwriter Alex Woodard, who performs it with Dyer's daughter Skye on vocals. The program ends with “In A Treehouse,” written by the great Middle Eastern poet Hafiz.

Beauty

Everyone has an inner beauty. They just need to get through the obstacles life sets before them, and let the light shine through. This is only as difficult as you make it. We all have a light that shines right out of our souls when possible.

The 10,000 Hour Rule

No matter what one has a talent for full greatness for an activity takes around 10,000 hours.

Anti Depression

Below is the list of ten anti-depressing super liberating actions which are guaranteed to alleviate any level of depression from your life.  There is no need for pharmaceuticals people, we were fine without them 100 years ago, and you don't want to be addicted to pills the rest of your life that simply make you emotionally numb.  Simply follow these 10 secrets for the next 3 months of your life and you'll be soooo high that you'll have no reason to be depressed about anything again...enjoy! 

1. Stop resisting the experience you are having.  Whenever you feel the most depressed during your day, take that precious moment to stop everything and lay your body down on the ground.  Connect with the earth, let your entire being surrender to this planet beneath you and drop into core of your innermost being.  Let your self dissolve into the experience and do not move a muscle.  Surrender as if you were a corpse and if needed go through the death experience in your mind. Surrender to all the feelings and resistance that is arising.  If you're feeling resistance to feel deeper into your resistance, then merge and melt with that resistance. Open yourself to explore every little body sensation that you are having.   When you do this, don't stop until you feel completely peaceful and serene with every aspect of your life.  The great secret here lies within not fighting, avoiding or resisting the experience you're given on any subtle level.

2. Stick to eating 70 percent 80 percent raw fruits and vegetables.  If you want a super high vibe, stay far far away from any food or drink that is in a box, bag or can.  Processed foods made by a machine will not bring out your highest consciousness and a raw veggie fruit diet will.  Raw foods contain the highest and most potent energy (from the sun) and lays the foundation where your brain can access expanded levels of energy making it hard to fall into any form of perpetual sadness.

3. Stay away from alcohol or drugs of any kind.  Most people who are depressed are drinking and smoking frequently to numb some deep emotional pain, abandonment, death or relationship breakup buried deeper inside.  The temporary elated high experience received from drugs or alcohol only later bottoms out, leading for the need to detox the brain and body.  The day after one always has to fight their hangover, and battle their way out from the long chemical crash it induces in the brain. This makes it very difficult to think and feel happy thoughts for several days which addicts who cannot handle the low often "bite the hair of the dog" and re-introduce the drug/alcohol back into their system.  This cycle will then numb out their low, and jump back on the chemical rollercoaster again.  The best advice is to not start at all, and when you go out at night simply order a water, lemonade or a virgin bloody mary instead.

4. Stop eating food for 36-72 hours.  One of the most powerful and effective ways to truly conquer the depths of long term depression is making the commitment to do a 2-3 day fast or cleanse.  Depending on your severity of toxicity, it may take any where from 2 days to 2 months to reboot your system.  You can do a water, fruit juice, and/or vegetable juice cleanse as a way to retrain your brain to let go of attachment to the thing it thinks it absolutely needs to survive...food!  When you stop eating food, the mind then becomes void of all thoughts including the ones that make you feel sad and hopeless.  You have a clearer consciousness that can see through the story and liberate you from the powerless place you were once in.  A stomach that is truly empty of food will purify the mind, cleanse out the internal organs, and as the liquid moves through you liberates the mind from all grasping.  For more information about how to do a juice cleanse click here.

5.  Jump up and down with joy because you are alive.   An amazing technique that will truly trick your joy valve to start pumping dopamine into your brain is to physically jump up and down every morning yelling with excitement!!  Yes, physically jump up and down for at least 15 seconds and yell the words "l'm excited!  l'm excited!  l'm excited!  l'm excited!"  This will instantly flood a happy creative cocktail of positive chemicals into your brain, and force you to think about what you are actually excited about in your life.  In this life changing experience you may need to fake it until you make it, pretend it until you transcend it, until you truly start feeling exciting about this opportunity to be alive again.

6. Exercise your body for at least 20 minutes every morning.  Bringing more oxygen to the body and brain is essential for feeling high, horney, happy and free.  If you really want to feel good about life, then do any exercise as soon as you get up. Go for it until you break a sweat, and continue on until you feel a sense of exhaustion.  This will flood the brain with positive happy chemicals that make it much more difficult to feel blue the rest of your day. 

7. Get out of your box and socialize.  At least 6 days a week get out of your box and go meet with one person and/or a group of people. A group is considered to be 2 or more people that are including you in the conversation.  Learn how to be social and don't talk about intellectual things that bring everyone further up into their head!  When in your group, speak from the heart and share something that is real, emotional, heartfelt, or you are thankful for in life. Speak only in a positive perspective especially if you feel the need to share about something traumatic,  negative or depressing.  Let yourself let go of your stuck story and laugh a deep belly laugh each time you socialize. You can bring out a lighter side to your story that contains some level of appreciation and gratitude so as not to bring everyone's vibration down.  This is your special social time to be honest with everyone about what you're facing inside, and yet look deeper beneath your story to share what is positive inside you, and discover what you are truly thankful for in your life.

8. Give and receive at least 3 hugs a day.  We are energetic beings with a bio-magnetic need to be affectionate and give/receive touch with other people.  Science has shown that we have longer, healthier, and happier lives the more physical loving contact we create each day. Stop being afraid of touching others or imposing your heart upon theirs! Open your arms to hug every single person that enters your home, even if its a total stranger!  Allow yourself the gift of being touched and touching others with sincerity. Who knows it may be the last time you see them. Be real with people and meet them where they are at. Other things you can do to create contact are to get a massage, ask a friend to hold your hand, or sit with your intimate partner touching each other gently in a very slow, quiet and conscious way. By increasing the level of conscious physical contact you have everyday, you'll shift your body's bio magnetic field and alter the brains happy chemistry in the process.

9. Become more sexually active. A good orgasm always leaves one feeling high, free and more enlightened. Initiate and instigate sensual sexual connection with your partner several times a week.  If you don't have one, go find one!  There are many people online looking for the same thing you are.  So don't judge the sexual experience, be safe, adventurous and do something that you are afraid to do yet have always dreamed of doing.  After a wild night of tantric lovemaking it's very hard for the brain to be sad about life the next day.  The most powerful manifesting vibration happens right after you orgasm. You can create basically anything you want from this highly blessed state. If you are picky and just cannot find the right partner to be with, then pleasure yourself as frequently as you can.  Don't be shy, this is your life and opportunity to experience being free alive and joyous!

10. Initiate contact with the God Source.  Meditate and pray to the Universe for healing and guidance every morning, noon and evening.  Nobody can be depressed when they discover their own personal connection with the Divine.  Just sit for a few minutes a day and meditate on where is the source of love.  Think about where the source of love comes from?  Relax into this exploration, and rest deeply into your body, ever so gently and deeply, until you become aware of that which is aware.  Breathe deeply and remain conscious of this divine all powerful intelligent divine consciousness that is always here now.  Practice this awareness all throughout your day.  Whenever you discover that this divine Love is at the core of each experience, you'll find yourself giggling instead of crying, and truly understand the cosmic joke of it all when you remove the veil that was once pulled over your eyes.

The 3 Do-What-You-Love Conundrums

By Leo Babauta

I make a living doing what I love, and I recommend it to my kids.

Doing what you love for a living is fantastic.

However, it comes with three conundrums:

Will earning money for what you love make you stop loving it?Can everyone do what they love?What about stuff you don’t love but have to do?

Those are excellent questions, and numerous people have asked me variations on all of them.

Here’s what I’d say:

When you do what you love for a living (let’s say, writing or helping people), don’t show up every day for the money. That’s a lousy motivation, and eventually it’ll become drudgery, because money isn’t something you can really love. Instead, show up every day for a better reason. I show up every day and put in my hours because I hope what I do will help people, and I love helping people. It never gets tiring, never becomes drudgery.Yes, everyone can do what they love — but not necessarily for a living. I realize I’m extremely lucky to be able to do what I love for a living. You might be able to get lucky too – I’d give making a living from what you love a shot before dismissing it. See if it’s possible. But if not, still do what you love, on the side, for no money. It’s still worth doing, even if you have to do something else to put food on the table.Even if your income comes from what you love, you still have to do stuff you don’t love. Tasks that are no fun. Things that have to be done, but no one likes doing them. So what? Sometimes hard stuff needs to be done in order to make the stuff you love possible. Show up and do it. Hard things aren’t that bad. I use them as mindfulness practice, and by the way, I love mindfulness practice.

  

Masks

We all wear them, we have no choice. But we do have a choice of how many we wear.

Ten Reasons Why You Don't Need To Give Up

REASON 1: You have already started. There is no need in stopping half way. I am sure stopping half way would not bring back all the time you have invested in ensuring that you achieve this project/plan.

REASON 2: You are almost there. Most times, problems don't come until you are almost there. Remember, one painful thing about life is not achieving something you knew you could achieve, something that was almost within your reach.

REASON 3: You are stronger than your current problems. Even your problems are not there to intimidate you but to challenge you to get better and move higher. Your current problem that looks like your number one enemy is actually your friend in disguise, always trying to ensure that you bring out the very best in yourself.

REASON 4: You believed you could do it in the first place, that was why you started. You believed you could achieve it, which was why you put all your effort together to start it. Why have you decided to betray this strong belief you had in yourself?

REASON 5: You have realized the benefits you will get when you complete this project/plan/mission of yours. Don't you want them?

REASON 6: Every problem of yesterday is the success story of today. I am sure you want to be nicely dressed up in your suit, be on the center stage with a microphone probably in your hands, telling people how you made it to the top.

REASON 7: The problem you are facing now is what will give you the experience you need when you get to the next level. People that learned from their problems are able to cope better when they get to the next phase of their life.

REASON 8: The problem and your promotion are directly proportional. The bigger your problem, the bigger your promotion. The more you run from your problem, the more you lower your promotion. So it's up to you to decide now. Be wise.

REASON 9: You were probably tired of your previous position, title or state, which was why you tried something new. Are you willing to go back to your previous position?

REASON 10: You have a Big GOD that is ready to support you. He knows the beginning and he knows the end. He created you to experience life fully and he believes in you. God has given you power and authority over everything including your problems, so you have no reason to allow your problems to subdue you.

Rules of Life

Life doesn't have any rulebook. No schedule or itinerary either. All you can do is live on the spur of the moment. Even the schedules we make, we often don't keep.

Popular New Years Resulution

1) Make changes to your behavior.Changing your routine can bring different results. Instead of trying the same thing over and over again, expecting a different outcome, people need to modify their behaviors.

2) Define SMART goals. When setting targets, use the SMART acronym: specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and time-specific. Norcross says that individuals must go further than simply saying, "I want to lose weight." "Specifically, what are you going to do so that you can measure and track [your weight] over time, for say, the next three to four months?" he said.

3) Track your progress. Norcross calls this technique self-monitoring. A calendar, or a calendar app, is a handy tool you can use to track your goals. "It also can show you what the triggers of your behavior are and it can alert you to any early slips," Norcross says.

4) Reward small achievements. When you reach a portion of your goal, as an example you lose 10 of those 25 pounds, be kind to yourself. Recognize the accomplishment and perhaps do something nice for yourself. This will help keep you focused and excited about the overall goal.

5) Make it public. When individuals announce their goals on social media, to their families or in the workplace, they are being held accountable by those closest to them. The upside to this, Norcross says, is it can keep you on track. The downside: "It potentially increases embarrassment if they fail," he said. So, it depends on how open you want to be about your resolutions.

6) You are human. Chances are you may slip up once or twice during this process. It's OK. Norcross says it is important to deal with failures by getting back on track and continuing along your journey. Seventy percent of successful goal-setters said that their first slip actually strengthened their resolutions. Norcross says to adopt the outlook, "I'm human. Let me learn from it, and let me keep going."

Physical addiction

From Zen Habilt

The physical addiction — this is hard but it only lasts a few days. Fortunately, I can tell you that if you really put your mind to it, you can do anything hard for a few days.The reliance on it as a coping mechanism — this is a problem because we’re so used to using the addiction as a crutch when we’re stressed or sad or things are difficult or we need to socialize. Fortunately, there are plenty of other healthier ways to cope.You don’t believe you can do it. This is the worst one, because if you give in to this obstacle, the other two are not conquerable. Fortunately, this one is entirely self-caused, and so the solution is entirely within our hands.

37 Ways to Make a Difference to Yourself and Others

Hell is a State of Mind

Misery is a choice to feed, or not. The mind is self manipulated for positive or negative conditioning. The ‘karma of mind’ is to react to what it’s fed in kind. Being positive, negative or whatever is a learned conditioning and becomes like a ‘hamster’ in his revolving spinning cage going no where. The ‘state of mind’ is a quality of thinking and being that becomes almost ‘hard wired’ as a serial habit of conduct.

Feeding your misery relentlessly is only to give it food to continue. Like- wise feeding the positive makes the positive more hungry for the same. Remain aloof, apathetic, unconcerned about ‘misery thinking’ as giving it attention is to merely feed its growth. Slowly give negative thinking less and less attention to see its influence begin to become smaller and smaller. Substitute positive being and actions as the negative fades away.

Magnify the positive! Attention is food! Anything you pay attention to grows. Pay attention to the garden eliminating the weeds while nourishing it with sunlight, water and fertilized, and it grows beautifully. Neglect it or be apathetic to it and the negative weeds proliferate. Condition yourself to distance from the negative. Develop personal techniques to measure your success with becoming more and more positive. Feed with paying attention and using discernment to make higher choices.

The world is a kaleidoscope of colors and viewpoints. Doing my ‘free speech displays’ in public, there have been many amusing moments. One recurring one is when two people step up independent of each other to remark. One has read the message as I meant it to be while the other often is angry at what they read, and is in a judgment that has nothing to do where I was coming from. My observation is that likely the ‘negative reaction’ is symptomatic of many layers of negativity of numerous things that have actually been so embedded as to become the ‘false self’ of the person.

We become prisoners of negative thinking and actions, or free to be a creative, positive, loving individual. It’s all in the application of techniques to rise above the madness of the cacophony of dissonance in the world and especially, within.
Yeremiah Hardt 
yeremiah@aol.com

You are Special

Your presence is a present to the world.

You are unique and one of a kind.

Your life can be what you want it to be.

Take the days just one at a time.

Count your blessings, not your troubles.

You will make it through whatever comes along.

Within you are so many answers.

Understand, have courage, be strong.

Do not put limits on yourself.

So many dreams are waiting to be realized.

Decisions are too important to leave to chance.

Reach for your peak, your goal and you prize.

Nothing wastes more energy than worrying.

The longer one carries a problem the heavier it gets.

Do not take things too seriously.

Live a life of serenity, not a life of regrets.

Remember that a little love goes a long way.

Remember that a lot goes forever.

Remember that friendship is a wise investment.

Life’s treasure are people together.

Realize that it is never too late.

Do ordinary things in an extraordinary way.

Have hearth and hope and happiness.

Take the time to wish upon a start.

AND DO NOT EVER FORGET., FOR EVEN A DAY HOW VERY SPECIAL YOU ARE!

Yeremiah Hardt
yeremiah@aol.com

Homeless and Hungry

We as a nation should provide food that is healthy and sound for the homeless and make healthy foods more easily accessable to all. This example would be set for ourselves as well as the rest of the world. It isn't enough just to solve the hunger issue, we need to promote health as well.

Be at Peace

If you are at peace with yourself and you will be more happy than not. Nothing is able to harm a person who is at peace with themselves. Peacefulness should not be confused with passiveness, but often is. When you are truly at ease, nothing whatsoever can alarm you. You can truly accomplish greatness in all that you choose to do.

Push the unsure thoughts that you deem unworthy of your time as well as your attention away. However do not impose on others what you see as pertanant, just suggest and advise.

Panic

What is the productivity in panicing? This emotion causes more grief than it is worth. It just makes people anxious.

It's true you have to have knowledge of event, however you do not have to get so emotional about them. This anxiety can lead to hysteria and fear of the unknown. The  has to be welcomed or else. There is a difference between observing what has happened and learning from it, than getting emotionally involved with it.

Hunger

This should really not exist, the world has enough food for everyone. The struggle is that food is tied to wealth which is tied to greed. This is one of the great human dilemmas.

This problem is so easily solved. We as a people of the world have the capacity to alleviate the issue, by being more concerned with health, rather then the almighty dollar, which has its power simply because we give it freely to it.

Genius

Genius is best with a minuscule amount of insanity. If it has to much it cannot be controlled, and then it can harm people.

Control can sometimes prevent ideas from forming. This makes it very complicated in getting true genius ideas formed and processed.

Thoughts

All thoughts are islands,
It's what connects them that produces conversations.

Impossibility

Attempting the impossible is what makes us grow. Everyday the impossible is set in front of us. This brings joy to the living experiance which we all our part of.

Is Red really Sexy?

Yes, subconsciously it has a certain sexual appeal. That is not all it brings to the table. It means much more. It means importance, for example a red carpet. Red on woman is sexual in nature. In nature red is sexual for sure. Estrogen causes the flushing of cheeks. Genitals in both men and woman turn red when aroused. Red is also a bold color, it gains attention. Look at red carpets and restaurants. It also is a bold color. Women were encouraged to wear red in Germany to show their patriotizm.  To sum up red has a decimated root in the physical response.

Stones

People are like stones. They have rough edges at times, but eventually they smooth down.

Be Content with your Life

There are nine requisites for contented living:

1. HEALTH: That you have enough to make work a pleasure.

2. WEALTH: You have enough to support your needs.

3. STRENGTH: You have enough to battle with difficulties and forsake them.

4. GRACE: You have enough to confess your sins and overcome them.

5. PATIENCE: You have enough to toil until some good is accomplished.

6. CHARITY: You give enough to see some good in your neighbor.

7. LOVE: That you have enough to move you to be useful and helpful to others.

FAITH enough to make real the things of God;

HOPE enough to remove all anxious fears concerning the future.

-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Eight Tips for Letting Go

Dealing With Separation -Breaking Up, Letting Go And How To Move On -By Lilly Calandrello

Why do we get so attached to anotherhuman being? The depression that follows the break-up of a relationship is considered by mental health professionals as a normal part of grieving. However, to those going through it, the pain can seem unbearable, and the accompanying behavior, embarrassing. But when a relationship is no longer flowing --either because one partner wants out or for any other reason --it is time to release. The magic of releasing gracefully may actually bring the partner back. However, it doesn't work to fake it. One must truly release without expectations for the future. And it is much easier to release than to go through the agony of holding on after it's over. Below are some guidelines for releasing when it's necessary. They make it easier to let go and even expedite the process so you can be free to move on.

1. Allow yourself to cry and grieve without judgment. Embrace the tears. Even welcome them, because they are healing. Don't fight your feelings of depression and sadness. Let them be, knowing that they will pass. Meanwhile, realize that the pain won't kill you. By letting your grieving flow freely, you will recover quicker.

2. Surrender to the Divine moment-by-moment and day-by-day, especially during the hard times. Stop trying to make something happen with your ex. Trust that if you're meant to be together, eventually it will be. But for now, you must release. There's a magic in this. Each time you manage to surrender, putting your pain in God's hands, you will be met by some unexpected good. I've seen this come in the form of a distraction, a visit from a caring friend or an inspirational email that lifts your spirits. This will build your trust. Understand that you are and will be taken care of, even in the midst of your sorrow. Watch for what shows up for you each day in the form of support and love.

3. One of the best methods of stopping obsessive thoughts about the otherperson is to focus instead on yourself and your own life. What we may look for in a lover is something we think is missing in our self, so it makes sense that attention to the self is what can actually fill this void. By turning your attention to yourself, you heal. Open to the Divine vision of yourself as a fulfilled, sacred being with an amazing life. Declare that it is time that you come into your own. Every time you slip into obsessing about your former partner, take steps toward realizing your potential. The goal in letting go is to eventually be neutral about the otherperson. This means that you don't waste time thinking about her, either with longing or with bitterness. Wish her well, but be too busy with your own life to waste much time on something that is now in the past.

4. When pain arises, embrace it but don't feed it. There is a hilarious bit in the film Broadcast News, in which each morning, the television producer played by Holly Hunter spends a few minutes in her closed office bawling her eyes out. Then, she puts away the Kleenex and gets on with her day. This is not a bad approach to the sadness of release. Yes, you must embrace and allow the pain, but there are times when you must put it on the back burner and get on with life (like at your job). Furthermore, you don't want to become a drama queen (or king) in which you allow your life to become a tragedy of unrequited, doomed love. There is too much loving and living waiting for you. Notice ways in which you feed your pain. Notice when you think of the person or your pain and how often. This alone will begin to dissolve the pattern. Say to yourself, "I'm thinking of him again." Watch yourself do this as if you suddenly realize you're sitting in a movie instead of being completely caught up in the movie. You will notice that the pain actually goes away as you dis-identify with it. Start understanding that you are not your thoughts, and that you can instantly pull yourself out of mushrooming negative thoughts or pain. As you master this practice, you are living in the present and leaving your past in the past.

5. Forgive so you can be free. Whether you blame your ex-partner or anotherperson for "breaking up" your relationship, hanging on to bitterness will not serve you. If you feel victimized, remember that you chose to stay in the relationship, ignoring the warning signs that were invariably there. Now, it's time to move on, and that's good. Be glad that you have finally seen the truth and can be open to something better. And don't bothertaking anything personally. Refrain from thinking there is something wrong with you.

6. Take the high road as a way of practicing self-love. Don't name call. Don't scream. Don't act childishly. Don't be petty. If you're a parent, don't put your children in the middle with little digs or get into a custody battle unless your children are truly in jeopardy. You may think vengeful thoughts but don't act on them. You will respect yourself much more by being above this "small" behavior.

7. Do a formal release of your partner. It's not necessary to do it face-to-face or over the phone. Write a letter that you don't send or perform a ritual, releasing him to his highest good. Imagine the ties between the two of you --between your hearts, between your sexual organs, between your minds, between your souls -being cut. Then, say good-bye out loud and in your heart. This may be extremely painful, but you will feel much lighter afterward.

8. Don't let your heart close. There is no such thing as a broken heart, only one that's opening wider. A heart in pain is simply feeling love and loss fully. This means that it behooves you to embrace your grieving while continuing to be open to love in whatever way it appears in your life. A heart that remains open heals faster. Time does help. So does meeting someone new or cutting off all contact with your ex. But it is also true that seeing your former partner regularly (if, for example, you work together) forces you into doing deeper internal expansion. If you have ever been in love before and gotten over it, you know you can do so again, even if this love has seemed like the greatest love you've ever known. Rest assured that there will be much more love for you and that this ending is actually a new beginning in your life.