February 2021 - I Will Teach You a Formula That You'll Have For The Rest Of Your Life

Your Perceptions, Beliefs, and Thoughts Control Your Genes

Now that I've shared the above statement from the field of neuroscience with you, I need to explain how it works.

To some of you, my explanation will sound unbelievable.

One of the many functions of the brain is to watch what's going on in your surroundings... just to keep you safe. The brain does this by formulating perceptions of the world around you.

Your brain's perceptions are the ways in which it "sees" the reality around you. But... does your brain really see that reality, or does it rather see its "perception" of that reality?

The answer is this: What your brain "sees" is the reality it understands. However, the reality your brain understands may not be reality at all! For example, the brain may perceive the reality as "threatening," even if the reality is not threatening at all.

Whenever your brain has a perception of your surroundings, it translates that perception, right or wrong, into signals that are communicated to the body's cells. The signals might say, for instance, everything is okay or you're in trouble. Without questioning the brain's "opinion" about your surroundings, your body reacts immediately to the brain's signal. If the brain sees a threat as real, your body reacts by preparing you for a "flight/fight or freeze" response, even if the brain is incorrectly seeing a problem when there is no problem at all!

Yes, it's possible for you and me to see the very same reality differently, since our brains perceive our environment differently; this is completely normal.

When your brain sends signals to your body, it's actually giving commands to your cells, thereby controlling their activity and behaviour. Your cells will adjust their activity depending on the signals from the brain.

Now we're getting closer to the main point of the story.

Not only do environmental signals control the behaviour and activity of the cells, but your own mind-set also plays a role in controlling them. Your brain's interpretation of outside signals is transferred to its chemistry, and your body's cells react to that chemistry accordingly.

In other words, your brain's perception and interpretation of the environment around you determine the chemistry of your cells.

The chemistry of your cells is your life. It's your health... or your sickness. Bad cell chemistry (e.g. stress hormones) will kill the cells unless you know how to handle stress, fear, anger, jealousy, or any other emotion that produces "bad hormones" (e.g. cortisol, norepinephrine, or histamine).

Now you know how your perceptions, beliefs, and thoughts control not only your cell activity and your genes, but also your destiny.

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I Love to Cry, What About You? (By Kathleen Dwyer-Blair )

When I say, I love to cry, I do not mean that I love to feel sad, hurt, grief, or disappointment. What I mean is that I love that I have a vehicle (tears) to move my sadness, hurt, grief and disappointment out of my body. I am grateful that I have become comfortable enough with crying that tears just naturally come when they need to.

In a recent article, I spoke about how much I love to laugh. Here I will be talking about how much I love to cry, and how cleansing, and important, it is to do so. Tears are our bodies way of releasing sadness, emotional pain, grief, frustration, anger, and yes, joy.

Stop Crying

Have you ever been so moved, or touched, by something someone said, or did, or experienced something so profound that you noticed you were tearing up? Did you allow yourself to cry freely, or did you suppress, or hide, your tears? So many of us find crying, or being with someone crying, uncomfortable.

How many times have we heard as a child, or adolescent, or even adult, "Don't cry"? This response implies there is something wrong with crying, that it is not okay to do so, or even more so, there is something wrong with us because we are crying. As opposed to the reality that tears are a natural response to distress.

Others of us have heard, or been asked, "What are you crying about?" Again, a clear message that something is wrong with the person who is crying. Or in dysfunctional families, some of us have heard, "If you don't stop crying, I'll give you something to cry about."

The Cleansing Gift of a Good Cry

Allowing ourselves to cry when the tears want to come is a gift we give ourselves. If we are with someone who feels the need to cry, allowing them to do so, and holding the space, is a gift we give them. So many of us push back our tears hoping we can contain them. Others feel sad, hurt, grief, and yet the tears are stuck and don't come. Our culture doesn't encourage and support crying, it's just the opposite-it discourages it. How many times have you noticed oneself, or someone else, crying and the person is immediately handed a tissue? This nonverbal gesture may imply, wipe your tears.

Your Tears are Welcome

In my psychotherapy office, although there are tissues on every table, I do not hand them to someone out of concern that they will misinterpret that I'm wanting them to stop crying. Instead I encourage someone who is crying by saying something like, "Just let that come. Your tears are very welcome here. It's okay."

Often, when I say this, the tears come in full force. Later when we process what happened I hear something like, "This is the first time, or one of the rare times, someone has been okay with my tears."

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Why I Don't Care About Lucid Dreaming

In the field of mind training, sooner or later someone mentions lucid dreaming. It's one of those skills that's practically a superpower. You spend so much time asleep. Reclaiming that time, while still resting deeply, would be valuable. In a dream, you can learn and explore without the limits of time, space or matter. Your own virtual reality training pod.

I get why people like it. A younger version of me almost learned how to do it. What stopped me? I realised that, as incredible as the technique is, it wouldn't do much for me. I already knew something better.

Yes, I am confident enough to dismiss something that I call a superpower. Here's why.

I once built a library in my mind. Its tall shelves are packed with gorgeous, leather-bound books. It doesn't have any ladders or anything - I can fly to reach the top shelves. The entrance to the library has clear line of sight to the sitting area, which overlooks a beautiful forest. In the sitting area is a statue that changes every time I enter the library. I'm surprised by new rooms in this library, including an alchemy lab guarded by a metallic sphere.

If you turn right as soon as you enter the library, there's a room I call the auditorium. It's like the Room of Requirement from Harry Potter - its contents, layout and size change according to my needs. I go there to practice skills. I'm not bound by time or logic - if I'm in the right trance, I can spend hours in there while only minutes pass in real time.

Somewhere far from the library, I once spent time with a Martian farmer named Sam. Unlike me, he's pragmatic and grounded. I asked him for life advice and he told me things I never considered before. But I had to work for it - my manual labour in exchange for his wisdom. Oxygen ain't free on Mars, so even talking has a price. I offered to use my godlike powers over this mental scenario to build whatever he needed. The offer offended him. Strange guy.

In my mind, I have two places where I go to heal, dozens where I can relax, even a couple where I feel safe.

This sounds like lucid dreaming, except I can access these places in seconds while fully awake. And I can create new ones as easily.

To learn lucid dreaming, most instructors will tell you to interrupt your sleep. Spend the last two hours of your sleep napping in chunks of 20 minutes. Or set alarms randomly through the night. This wakes you when you are most likely to remember your dreams. Remembering dreams, they say, is the first step towards controlling them.

My hat comes off to these people. It takes discipline to change your sleep habits. And a lot of practitioners recommend spending weeks, if not months, on this step. I think it's great that people are willing to invest in themselves like this, to power through difficulties to reach the promised rewards.

I wish they knew what I knew, though. It took me a couple of days to learn something better than lucid dreaming. No need to disrupt my sleep.

So learning my approach is quicker, easier and more fun than making chicken scratchings in a dream journal.

What is my technique? You could call it meditation or self-hypnosis. Neither term is as cool (or as precisely defined) as lucid dreaming. But it works, so who cares about labels?

When you enter a trance state, random thought like to bubble up. Normally, you learn to ignore those distractions. For this technique, those thoughts are the raw material for your waking dream state.

In a dream, your unconscious mind controls the situation. Unlike your conscious mind with its fixation on details, your unconscious views things holistically. Its worlds are strange but they always draw inspiration from reality. And they draw inspiration from you. As you dream, you are open to all of this. Your conscious mind can't block or filter any of it. It pours into your awareness and consumes you.

The waking dream technique recreates this experience. It's easiest in a trance, so enter one if you know how and it's safe to do so right now. Hand control of your mental experience to your unconscious. Don't block, deny or judge anything that happens.

What do you do then? It depends what happens next. If nothing seems to be happening, then you're still holding the reins too tightly. Relax, focus on your breathing and wait a while. It'll come. Daydreaming is the easiest thing in the world - this is just a hypnotically enhanced version of it.

If you experience nothing but churning thoughts, the kind you get as you drift off to sleep, the congratulations. It's almost working. Focus on the experience. Calmly request a stable landscape from your unconscious. It'll provide one, or not. If not, try again a little later.

When a landscape appears - to matter what it is or how stable it is - interact with it. Touch the floor. Look around. Breathe the strange new air. Experience it. Accept it.

Sometimes your mind will throw something at you. A monster, a disaster, a group of thugs. Whatever it is, accept it. Talk to the monsters. What's the worst that they'll do? Kill you? So what? If they do, calmly reset. If your unconscious throws a tantrum, don't get angry. Show it patience and it will come around.

Carl Jung hallucinated terrible demons, even in an everyday state of mind. He wouldn't let them leave until they told him something valuable. That's the attitude I want you to take. Politely expect gifts from your inner monsters. They'll oblige.

All of this is the foundational skill for waking dreaming. Practice this until its smooth. Don't judge your unconscious mind. Kindly accept what it offers and politely request some changes. If your inner world is full of monsters, criticising yourself is their source. Treat them well. They'll come around.

When you feel ready with the foundations (take at least a day with this, longer if needed), then you can start to take more control. Not too much control - if your mind surprises you, you're doing it right. In time, you'll have a catalogue of mental landscapes to switch between. Entering them is as easy as accessing a memory. They're but a thought away.

The waking dream technique allows more conscious control than lucid dreaming. If you want less conscious control - if you want your mind to be truly free, to really surprise you - then you can program your dreams. Again, this is easier than lucid dreaming. You might not even remember your dreams. Even so, you'll awake with answers to whatever problems you choose.

I use dream programming about once a week, as it complements waking dreaming perfectly. It works most of the time, especially when I define my problems well.

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Abraham Hicks | Miracle Formula For Your Manifestations (REPEAT EVERY DAY) | Law Of Attraction (LOA)

Multi-Dimensional If You Please

Many people are unaware of the new energy field Planet Earth is moving into. It is commonly referred to as 4D or the 4th Dimension. It is accepted among scholars that our planet has moved from the first and original dimension to the second and finally into the third dimension we have existed in for slightly more than 36,000 years. That is a long, long time to develop habits, ideas and foundations for civilization to progress through. Every reader was born into and existed in the 3rd dimensional energy field. What does this change mean and why is it important to us, the planets inhabitants?

In some fashion we are all aware of the passage of time, some acutely so. Rarely do we allow our thoughts to drift into or try to imagine another dimension. It is almost impossible to imagine something we have never seen and are barely aware of. Yet time passed, lots of time and it happened. We arrived here in a dimension that was far progressed beyond the first or the second one. We are aware of advances perhaps back to 2000 or 3000 years. But 36,000 years; it's hard to go there for anyone! This current time we believe is filled with technological advances will one day be referred to in the annals of history as barbaric and simplistic.

Imagine an approaching hurricane with wide bands surrounding it that contain some of what the actual storm will bring. We refer to these as the outer bands. That is exactly where we are in approaching the new dimension. We have begun to feel the change even if we do not understand what it will bring. A planet approaching a new dimension is a graduation of sorts and something to celebrate. Just like a graduation, there will be enormous opportunities combined with the challenges of change. The complete entry into this new energy is more than 80 years away. Every new decade of babies born into the newer energy field will be more aware of what will be than what was. They are born with enhanced genetics that equip them for this new experience. That 90% of our brain that we always said was dormant is actually multi-dimensional proving this was always a part of the plan for humanity.

Should we ignore this or try to understand it and benefit from what is already available? The choice is yours, as always. What is changing? One vitally important thing that is beginning to be available to us is understanding intent. That is a small word with a huge impact. In the new energy we will see and have a sense of real knowing about the intent of every person we encounter. Imagine how this can change our lives. You will always know if the person next to you or approaching you has a benevolent intent or has practiced charm to deceive you or harbors the intent to harm you! You will be able to know what their real intentions are and then make a far better choice about how it can impact your life. The final choice will still be yours but deceit will be far more difficult to engage in. We will exist in a time far more engaged in truth in our future. But how can you take advantage of it now?

We must consciously begin to read the energy of other people. But how can we do this? Practice taking even a slight moment for your mind to be still and listen. You have to engage your gut to learn this. Allow the signals from your 'gut instinct' to be relayed into your consciousness. Try this with every new person, place or situation you encounter. Be aware of what is before you and then instinctively direct your attention to what your gut interprets from the signals you are receiving. It is the place where real truth is discerned. In this newer energy these signals are felt much more powerfully because there is less interference in the transmission of them. Tune in and don't ignore the information you receive. It can alter the course of your life and help you avoid costly and painful mistakes.

This is just one of the many new opportunities opening to us in the new energy as we adjust and learn to become multi-dimensional, as we were created to be!

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Are You Living Life Looking Forward or Backward?

Do you ever ask friends or family what they are looking for or expecting from life? Mostly we reserve these questions for children growing to adulthood or first time encounters with people. Otherwise we assume we know the answer. You may be surprised by what others are expecting from life, even you.

Many people set goals and carefully make plans to reach them while others goals have long since departed from their consciousness. Complacency allows us to just take life as it comes, celebrate some things and bemoan the things we would rather have avoided. It's human nature to do this. Still, even if you never set a goal, you are heading somewhere! Is it an accident, those places you find yourself as you wonder through life? The truth is you mapped the course and followed it; hence your arrival at your own today.

We exist in a wide expansive world, aware but not really imagining that it matters to us beyond the lane we choose to travel in. Like any careful driver on the road who commands the direction, detours and exits on a journey all of us are commanding our future. We are the driving force in our own life; where are you going, do you know? It's easier than you imagine for anyone to determine their destination.

Just like any driver on the road you are destined to arrive at the place you have focused intently on. Are your conversations mostly about how things used to be, about people who were in your life or the pain or joy they created in your memories? Do you believe you are in a no- win situation where misery is a frequent companion, where maybe life has even taken you to a place where you require the anesthesia of some kind of substance to get through it? Does life mostly feel like a hopeless rerun with little or nothing to excite you about tomorrow? If so, you have chosen to take the exit ramp at 'Barely Get Along Street.' It is a hopeless, hapless place where people park their dreams permanently. They get along with barely any emotions save anger and bitterness, never realizing how much energy is required to fuel despair. All of theirs is allocated to keeping that fire of remorse burning. Their life is being lived looking through the rear view mirror, a much smaller view of the opportunities they are passing. They can barely see anything at all except what is behind them. This is living life looking backwards, believing the very best has come and gone; and so you stare at what was with no faith in what can be.

The other option is so much more exhilarating and fulfilling. When you are always looking forward you rarely miss an opportunity. You can be fearless as you imagine what can be, must be around the next curve or turn. You are free to embrace life, to dream and imagine that this dream or something better will absolutely be your reality. Your life is filled with hope, joy and the faith that the very best can and will be. You understand that what appears to be a setback is intended to guide you to the right turn you just passed, a detour to return you to the path that will take you where you were really going. The pain of losing someone in life is encircled by the warm memories of what was shared together. Losses are not less painful, they are just not crippling because you have enough faith to accept what you cannot change. Life is bigger than you. This is a life lived looking excitedly through the wide expansive windshield where you enjoy the passing scenery, are aware of the vast possibilities and pay attention to your own inner voice that guides you to a place where possibilities become probabilities. It is not happenstance that you are heading to a place you were always hoping to go; it is the expected result of based on what you were focusing on. This is living life looking forward.

You don't necessarily need to plan the steps to get to a desired destination, or even narrow down the probabilities. This common practice limits your own higher consciousness, much like choosing a limited menu at the best restaurant. Leaving the details out allows far more possibilities to emerge. Dare to look forward and know that all that you can see is a small sample of what can really be.

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Create Your Life Now Through The Power Of Manifestation

If you take this action of manifesting true desires even more, then exactly what do we indicate by pessimistic and wrong-minded versus right-minded and optimistic, anyhow?

From a spiritual perspective, all experiences are simply discovering occasions.

For, if you think that favorable things can be developed by believed energy-- which is born of thought, I presume, exactly what you do think-- then why should unfavorable things not be developed in the exact same manner as how my snapdragon flowers had a willingness to flourish and grow?

The secret to manifesting and creation is a really basic sentence: perceptions and thoughts turned into ideas end up being things.

I presume you are trying to figure out in the Power of Manifestation, likewise called the 'Law of Attraction,' otherwise, you would not have landed on this article.

Well, this is the law of the universe that makes things appear in your life, or, we may say, to manifest.

If you question this, then get a notepad, and head it with the title, "My Thoughts and Perceptions which Manifest my World."

For me, if you manifest desires like wealth, there's always a life of purpose and passion behind it.

One that serves you (by supplying total satisfaction and completion) and serves the world (it makes a distinction).

Well, you most likely do think in the area of manifesting desires, but perhaps you most likely do not know how it works.

It may even appear like a wonder of the universe. You'll see how easy manifesting desires actually can be when you comprehend the laws of the universe.

Live the Life you Want

And those things which you can not discuss-- the unfavorable things, the difficulty, the misery-- think it or not, even that is the items of options and choices you've made at some level, at a long time.

Yes, of course we are accountable in some method for producing the truth around us.

In some cases it appears difficult to think such a thing, especially when things are not going well for us.

Well, the fact is that you can do all these things, and you are undoubtedly able to manifest whatever you desire.

You Desire Evidence ?

Previously I discussed the free information kits and e-books available online today for learning to go within and create your life now.

If you look within you, deeply, you will note that how much of exactly what you think your life will bring you does indeed bring you that.

Now, do you see how you have the power to begin manifesting desires in this instant right now?

And understanding that you have that power, maybe the time has actually come for you to begin manifesting love and other objectives and goals for the future.

A Definition of Manifestation

That is what creativity is all about, and you can specify it as your capability to create your life the way you want it to be.

Now list those things that you currently have actually brought into being like, your relationships, your kids, your marital relationship, your successes, and so forth.

And, if you care to, the failures you have actually developed in your life through the choices and options you've made.

Manifesting desires whatever it might be is the natural law of the miracle.

The Course in Miracles states, "There is no order of difficulty in miracles. All expressions of love are maximal."

Well, the fact is that you can do all these things, and you are undoubtedly able to manifest whatever you desire.

In some cases manifesting desires might appear difficult to think such a thing, especially when things are not going well for us.

For me, and for others who I have learned from, manifesting and manifesting desires love, or wealth, or health, or whatever it might perhaps be, there must be action taking and purpose and passion as the foundation.

( Please note, I also suggest searching the net for further helpful material and free tools and ideas for how to create the life you want for a better life.)

To your happiness and success!

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Learning To Let Go of Control

During a recent vacation, I picked up the book "From Chaos to Confidence, Surviving Strategies For The New Workplace" by Susan M. Campbell. It was an enlightening read. I was specifically impacted by her concept of how to practice the art of letting go, and I think you will be, too.

Since several of my speaking/training programs focus on how to manage change in the workplace, I was delighted to see how Campbell's book supported my beliefs, and yet also deepened my own understanding.

Her point-of-view is that we have trouble with change because we don't approach life or work as a continual learner. We find confidence in what we know rather than continually looking for a greater understanding/learning, and that ultimately holds us back.

Here's a quick look at six common ways we block learning by holding on, as featured in Campbell's book.

1. Holding on to a self-perception or habits that no longer serve you.

The main thing to take away from this point is that we too often hold on to patterns in how we work and live because we benefit from them, giving us a false sense of security or confidence. These pattern benefits won't last forever (in fact they may have already expired), and we need to recognize that by persistently trying to learn, we can constantly build new habits that benefit us.

2. Fear of the past repeating itself.

We've all taken risks or put ourselves out there and then it didn't work out. If we hold on to that fear, we let it drive our careers and lives - which never gets us to our goals! You can't move forward until we let go of the past.

3. Fixating our attention on things we have no control over.

I see this all the time. The key is to turn your attention to what you can control, and let go of things you can't do anything more about.

4. Avoiding our feelings through addictive or compulsive habits.

Whether it's gambling, food, or emotional outbursts, we often defer to the things we can control in our "outer" world when our "inner" world is out of control. These too are aspects of life we must let go of.

5. Suppressing our feelings.

I love this line of Campbell's - "What you can feel, you can heal. Expressing feelings is a form of letting go."

6. Trying to control other people.

You can never perfectly predict how your coworkers or manager will act, nor should you. This is out of your control - and the sooner you can accept that, the better.

I hope you'll dig deeper into this topic by reading "From Chaos to Confidence, Surviving Strategies For The New Workplace" for yourself!

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The 6 SECRETS To Completely HEAL YOUR BODY & MIND | Marisa Peer & Lewis Howes

The Dangers of Stress and How To Manage It

This is a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense. The body functions in a cyclical manner. There are periods when it functions at a peak and there are periods when it needs to rest and replenish its energies to face more challenges of future activities. Through relaxation, the body is reenergized. It is then able to restore the brain processes of focusing attention and performing subtle cognitive and social tasks.

A lot of stress in our lives causes great havoc to our body system. Some of the negative effects of stress are:

i. Muscular tension-

This is the physical condition of stretching or overworking the muscles. The muscles, like machines, needs time to rest to replenish their energies to work for the body. If this break or rest is denied it, it puts a strain on it and can cause its breakdown. If this does not even happen, the efficiency of the muscles will be drastically reduced and the individual will start experiencing short term sicknesses. A long-term effect may have serious consequences such as stroke or render the individual paralyzed.

ii. The reduction of the flow of energy-

Stress causes the body to lose a greater quantity of energy to undertake its activities. This weakens the immune system which is supposed to protect the body from foreign substances and pathogenic organisms. This makes it very easy for the individual to be attacked by diseases.

iii. The feelings of fatigue-

Fatigue is a temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work. It is boredom that results from overexposure to work. When this occurs, the individual begins to experience tiredness which can be disastrous to his health. Working in this state can cause a person to commit serious mistakes in the course of work.

iv. The reduction of flexibility and range of motion in the body joints-

Stress can also cause the joints of the body to be stiff and may cause it not to enjoy its natural flexible manner of working. This reduces its speed of work resulting in the individual slowing his or her pace of work. It can cause the person to lose his employment because he works below the standards and expectation of his employers and thereby affecting his mental health.

v. Strain and injury-

Strain and injury are the visible end products of stress. The victim of stress usually exerts himself or herself too much to be able to perform even a simple task. If the task to be performed is physical in nature, the stresses person vigorously attends to the work resulting in injury. Stress has been the cause of numerous accidents, injuries and in some cases death in workshops, firms, industries and on our roads. Therefore, do not yourself good and maintain your healthy lifestyle by taking a rest or relaxation whenever you feel stressed up.

Stress is part of humans because we all toil to make ends meet and to take care of our families. There is, therefore, the need to manage stress. Stress can be managed through deep relaxation and massage.

i. Deep relaxation - a way of resting and enjoying yourself. It helps in keeping away from external detractions and to restore the lost energies that the body needs to function effectively.

ii. Massaging/touch therapy - the act of pressing and rubbing the body manually with the hands or mechanically with a machine, to help them relax or to reduce pain in the muscles or joints.

A creative person has to use his/her own imagination to come out with something new. He needs to have critical thinking, innovative and problem-solving skills. When the body is stressed up, fatigue sets in and critical thinking etc. are affected. This makes it very difficult for the creative person to come out with fresh original ideas. The artist should not get stressed up in any way since it can affect his abilities to create or bring new things into existence.

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The Magic Of Acting As If... Change Your Reality

Message From the Universe: Be True to Yourself, That's What Matters!

"At the end of the day, no matter how they behaved, no matter what was said, and no matter how things turned out, rest assured, dear friend, that your goodness was known by all.

You rock,

The Universe"

Everything that you do on a day to day basis should be aimed to make yourself happy. Yes, during that process, you may or may not make others feel the same, but the key is for you to be proud of your accomplishments. Never feel like your actions are not being perceived, and that you try to hard to make others happy at the expense of making yourself miserable. It is important to do your very best to not put anyone in danger, including yourself, when working hard towards your dreams. Do whatever it takes to make them happen so you will never regret anything, whatever the outcome. Not everyone will like how things turn out, and because of your strong determination to make things work, the results can be disappointing. Remember that your intention were good, and whoever else supported you have to learn that you've done everything in your power to make things succeed, but it doesn't always happen that way. You need a long list of failure to have that ONE success. It takes ONLY one great success to propel you into the stars. Les Brown once said: "Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss it, you will land among the stars". Very deep and inspirational quote. No matter what you do in life, as long as you put your all into it, you are still a star to everyone who saw your struggles and desires to succeed. That takes a lot of determination that many do not have.

It is easy for people to just look and pray for others to fail because of their lack of desire to make a change in their lives. They get jealous because of your strong desire to succeed, which they do not have. Your love for adventure and stress free mentality makes them wonder how did you achieve this sense of self acceptance. How can you just move forward in life without any worries or concerns if you fail or succeed? What is your secret? All the ones going for their dreams, including me, are somewhat concerned about success or failure. We are NOT immune to it. We sense that risk are involved but we do not let these feelings control our destiny or desires to move forward. We control as much as we can the possible outcome by anticipating errors that might occur. We are not always right but because of the so many failures we had in the past, we manage NOT to repeat the same mistakes and prevent from falling in the same trap. It becomes a gift that is available to EVERYONE on earth who is willing to fail many times to finally acquire this gift. Not many are ready to experience hell before they see heaven. Focus on what you want in life, and don't let anything stop you.

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"This Is Why You're TIRED All The Time!" (How To Get Out Of A RUT) | Marisa Peer

The Hybrid Mind

Optimistic researchers are suggesting that digital technology is creating the smartest generation yet, freed from limitations of geography, weather and distance - those pesky inconveniences of the physical world. However, other people, such as philosophers and sociologists including many educators, are skeptical of the benefits of technology. They believe that technology alone is detrimental to our overall mental health and well-being.

In order to get the benefits of the digital world, we need nature to help us out. In other words, we can't leave out nature out of the equation and take the time to commune with nature if we are to have a healthy mind and body.

The hybrid mind combines the use of computers to maximize our ability to process intellectual data and natural environments help to ignite our senses and accelerate our ability to learn and feel. So, we need both the digital and nature to have a healthy mind and brain.

The digital era has led to sensory dysfunction. Nature is the way to counteract sensory deprivation and to augment our minds with something that gives us meaning and balance as well as a feeling of well-being and connectedness.

Here are a few ways to counteract our sensory deprivation:

• Take time to be out in nature. Play tennis and badminton with your family and friends. This will get you outside.

• Listen to the birds. Take time to get outdoors, whether it is into your back yard or going out for a walk. Try and name at least two to three different bird songs that you hear along your walk.

• Take a walk in the woods. This will give you a chance to commune with nature in its rawest form. You will be able to bask in the smells and sounds of nature.

• If you are a jogger, make sure that you jog in nature as often as you can. Go to the park or river bank if you live close to one, and run there.

• Choose times to walk when the world is not bustling and busy. Perhaps early morning or evening would be a good choice, depending on where you live. The quieter it is, the more clearly you will hear and commune with nature.

• Have at least four or five picnics every summer. This is another great way of spending time in nature.

By taking these steps, you could be getting the best from nature and you can also get the best out of the digital world by using your devices most efficiently so that you can have time to get out into nature and do the things that you enjoy the most.

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You CAN Control the Outcome in Your Life!

Harmony in the world within. That's the goal. The key. When you have that, you have the ability to control your thoughts and...

... to determine for yourself how any experience is going to affect you.

Think about it!

You are related to the world without by nothing other than the Objective Mind. And your brain is the physical organ of this mind. Likewise, you are related to the world within by the Subconscious Mind. The solar plexus is the organ of this mind. This system of nerves presides over all subjective sensations, such as joy...

... fear...

... love...

... anger...

and imagination.

The Universal Mind is the consciousness pervading the entire universe...

... occupying all space and...

... being the same in kind in every point of existence.

It is all powerful...

... all wisdom...

... and always present.

It is all in all. You might know all of that. And it goes even further. You are connected to Universal Mind through the Subconscious Mind. In this way you are brought into relation with the infinite constructive forces of the Universe.

Read that again.

The.

Infinite.

Constructive.

Forces.

Of.

The.

Universe.

Your consciousness is part of Universal Consciousness like a drop of water is part of the ocean. While it is like in kind, it is not "the ocean." But that's okay because the consciousness that focuses in your brain cells is the same consciousness that focuses in the brain cells of everyone else. And that's huge because each one of us -- you, me, your neighbor down the street, Elon Musk -- is but an individualization of the Universal.

The world within is the cause. The world without is the effect. Thus, to change the effect you must...

... change the cause.

Most people attempt to change effects by working with effects. They keep repeating the same mistakes over and over again. And the effects keep producing more of the same effects.

So what are you to do?

Simple. Change the cause! Work on your world within. Attain harmony in your world within. When you understand this, you will have the power to control the effects in your life. You will begin to substitute abundance for poverty...

... health for sickness...

... wisdom for ignorance...

... harmony for discord, and...

... freedom for tyranny.

You will create the outcomes in your life that you want and desire.

Cease being a plaything of destiny!

Declare your own path!

Clear your own way!

Think!

And you will win.

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If I Were You

The minute I closed my eyes to take a nap one beautiful afternoon, my playlist skipped to another song, I guess the last song had finished playing, how can I not notice that? Maybe for the reason that I was already drifted to another realm and was about to be carried away completely in a deep sleep. But Here I am listening to "if I were a boy" by Beyoncé and R-Kelly. The lyrics of the song sank into my subconscious mind. I kept on wondering and thinking about the lyrics all day long. Can I completely understand nature and its processes? Can I comprehend fully the various forces of the universe? Can I predict what I will do or what others will do the next minute? Can I fathom how another individual feels or why most people do what they do at a particular point in time? I don't think so; there are some many things in life that cannot be understood. The more you think about them, the more you discover you don't know. Often times I think I do understand but over time I realized that I misunderstood.

Life and Death, Space and Time, Faith and Chance; these are the forces of the universe that man in his present being cannot and will not fully understand. They are mystery human cannot unlock. From the moment we entered this life, we are in the continuous flow of it, we measure it, we mark it and we cannot defy or disobey it. We cannot even speed it up or slow it down, Or can we? There are so many occasion where we experience the sensation that each beautiful moments seem to pass to quickly and that we wondered if we could make it linger or wait a little or felt time slow on a dull & unhappy day and wished we could speed it up a bit and make it pass quickly. This is the meaning of nature and we can't do anything about it. It takes so much to be who we are and much more to figure out what others are, and how to deal with them. We know ourselves too well that we assume others can be predicted. We might be right sometimes but most times we are mistaken. Most people think they clearly understood the truth about life and its continuous progression and can clearly predict other people and how they felt but clearly they all have no idea whatsoever, I guess we are all wired to feel that way.

If I were you, I wouldn't do that, I will be much more careful, I will do it right, I will be patient, and I will be the best of you, on and on and on. The fact still remains the same" If you were me, you will do exactly as me or much worst", if you were in my shoes, you will definitely understand.

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Simple Technique to Release Tension and Anxiety

What if you're holding tension in your body right now that affects how you think, feel, and act without you even knowing it? This unrecognized tension keeps you in a state of subtle stress that drains your energy, makes you perpetually anxious, and sets up chronic neck pain, back pain, and illness. Over time, you can become so numb to this stress that you don't know what deep relaxation feels like. In this post, you'll learn a simple technique to release subconscious tension, so you feel lighter, freer, more relaxed, and energized in just minutes.

In the book, "Meditation: An In-Depth Guide" (Tarcher/Perigree, 2011), authors Ian Gawler and Paul Bedson tell a funny story that illustrates how most of us are so accustomed to holding tension in our bodies that we don't even know we are tense.

Gawler and Bedson describe a participant in one of Ian's meditation classes named Brian. Brian came to meditation class wanting to relieve back and shoulder pain that had plagued him for years. In their first class, Ian slowly guided the class into a meditative state and then opened his eyes to check on how people were doing. He noticed Brian "sitting there, deep furrows across his brow, shoulders hunched, and hands tightly squeezed in two fists." (p.81, MAIG)

When the meditation was over, Ian went around the room and asked about people's experience. When he got to Brian, Brian said through clenched teeth, "Oh, fine, really relaxed" and he seemed to mean it.

Ian had seen this many times. As a result, he used simple exercises to help people both become aware of tension and become familiar with what relaxation feels like. After doing these exercises for a few weeks, Brian reported that "I have a lightness in my body. The backaches and shoulder pain have gone and I seem to have more energy." (81, MAIG)

The Tension You Don't Know You're Holding

Tension comes from stress. Here's how this happens:

You are faced with a challenging situation. You don't know if you have the resources to handle this situation well. This perception initiates your body's stress response.

Immediately, your amygdala, the part of your brain responsible for monitoring threatening situations, fires up. It sends alert signals throughout your body to mobilize you to action. Your hormone system switches to adrenaline mode and electrical signals shoot through your connective tissue preparing you to be on guard.

If you are facing a major, or life-endangering threat, this reaction is dramatic. You feel your heart race, your breathing quicken, and your muscles tense. If and when you handle the threat, these physiological responses subside and you return to a resting state of recovery.

Since the situation and the resolution are somewhat dramatic, you will likely notice and feel the effects. The sensations are strong and the contrast between alarm and recovery is great-so you can easily sense it.

However, there are two situations in which the tension does not subside-and you don't notice it. In both cases, tension is subconsciously stored in your body.

The Tension of Trauma

The first case is when a situation is dramatic and you are not able to fully process it-it overwhelms you. Being in a car accident, being subject to physical or emotional abuse, being the victim of a crime, or experiencing intense trauma such as war, will likely exceed your coping resources. In these situations, your stress response is initiated and your body goes into shock. Your body "freezes" in this state. You lock into stress mode and do not recover.

As time passes, the tension locked in your body moves to the background of your awareness and you no longer notice it. It becomes "normal." However, it continues to affect how you think, feel, and act.

For example, you may become anxious in related situations. You may "flashback" to the original stressful event or have persistent negative thoughts and feelings that seem to come out of nowhere. You may have persistent mental chatter related to the traumatic event such as "I'm unsafe," "I better stay on-guard," and "the world is a dangerous place."

These thoughts and related feelings will continue to cycle in your mind and body until you are able to consciously process and resolve the trauma and release the associated tension.

Subtle Tension

The second cause of subconscious stored tension is more subtle. It's so subtle you will probably be completely unaware of it, until it builds into something like digestive issues, chronic back or neck pain, migraines, or cancer.

I began to notice this subtle tension when I was stretching my clients. In one dynamic stretch, my client lies on their back. I stand and hold them by their ankles. I rhythmically pull one leg and then the other, creating a side to side rocking motion at the hips. This is a great way to release hip and lower back tension.

As I stretched client after client in this way, I would notice that most people would at first have their hips "locked," so that I was not able to move them. I would have to say something like, "O.K. now, let your hips go." With this simple instruction, most people were able to let go and get some degree of lateral movement.

I generally kept this rhythmic stretching going for at least 60 seconds, so the hips and back let go and release more and more. Yet, I would notice that a few seconds into the motion, many clients would lock up again. Their hips would go rigid.

Intuitively, I began to ask, "What did you start thinking about just now?"

Invariably clients would say, "What do you mean?"

I would tell them that their hips just locked up. When I questioned them further, they would say things like, "Oh, I just started to think about this or that that I have to do later," or "I started to worry about such and such."

It was fascinating to see how initiating a slightly stressful thought would immediately produce tension in the body.

How many stressful thoughts, worries, or anxious moments do you have in a day? How many of these thoughts or worries are persistent? For example, with your finances, work, or family situations? Can you imagine how much subtle tension gets stored in your body-without you even knowing it-as a result of stressful thoughts, worries, and concerns?

Stressful thoughts and feelings immediately translate into physical tension. I became persistently aware of this insight as I worked with clients who had chronic neck pain and low back pain in particular. Yes, these relate to physical issues such as muscle tightness, weakness, and imbalance-AND they were invariably accompanied by stressful thoughts and feelings.

For example, I learned that when someone has an acute attack of neck pain or back pain it is invariably traceable to a stressful event or series of events. Yet, most people do not make this connection. Most are looking only for physical causes and physical cures and fail to see the mental-emotional events that set the tightness and pain in motion.

Recognizing and Releasing Subconscious Tension

Fortunately, your body and mind are equipped with resources to recognize and release tension and the accompanying pains, thoughts, feelings, and memories. These tensions may exist in layers that take time and persistent attention to release, but it does happen if you work with it. A practice such as meditation is a gentle way to release these tensions as they arise in awareness-whether they come from traumas in the past or are momentary tensions of the present day.

Here's another simple way to recognize and release tension in just a few minutes.

The Contract/Relax Technique

Above, we talked about how intensely stressful experiences are palpable when first experienced and noticeable when they subside-if we handle them well. There is a sharp contrast between alarm and recovery that provides a clear awareness of the difference between tension and relaxation.

When I learned meditation in the Kriya Yoga tradition, the initial instruction capitalized on this feeling of contrast to train a feeling of deep relaxation. The idea is simple: move your attention through your whole body, from toes and feet, to legs, buttocks, abdomen, chest and back, shoulders, and face, first gradually tensing each area into a strong muscular contraction, then slowly releasing the contraction until you feel the muscles completely soften.

Go ahead and give this a try just with one body part and see how it feels. I suggest trying it with one hand. It's a pretty cool sensation.

Place one hand, palm up, on your leg. Focus on the sensation in your hand as you slowly curl it into a fist and then gradually tighten it to about 70% of maximal contraction. Hold this contraction for ten seconds... Then, VERY SLOWLY release the tension until your hand is completely limp.

When you think your is completely relaxed, see if you can let go even more-until your hand and fingers are softly resting on your leg, like a cloud floating in the sky. Notice how your hand feels. You may feel a lightness in your hand, a warmth of circulation, or just a soft, spacious feeling.

Compare the sensation to the other hand and notice any difference.

If you want to experience a deeper, whole-body state of relaxation, you can perform a Contract/Relax sequence, first with both feet, then both legs, both hips, your abdomen, chest, back, shoulders, and face. This technique, sometimes done from head to toe, is generally known as "Progressive Muscle Relaxation." Once you are finished, notice how your whole body feels. Record this feeling in every cell, so it forms a strong impression that you can return to more easily and deepen the next time you practice.

If you practice consciously relaxing using this technique, meditation, or some other method, you'll begin to have a reliable baseline of relaxed awareness you can live from and return to whenever you need.

Enjoy your practice!

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Creativity of Engineers and Eminent Achievers (By Lance Winslow)

Not long ago, I was talking with a brilliant engineer about the challenges that engineers have in coming up with creative ideas. No, not all, and this certainly isn't meant to offend, in fact we have many engineers in our think tank that are the absolute exemption to that rule. Now then, my engineering acquaintance noted that he believed that;

"Creative thinking people need to continue moving to different positions and areas because in the first couple of years (more or less based on how difficult the areas is) a person will give all the new fresh insight and their mind and in their previous experience to an area and then basically that person ends up placing themselves into a box of their own making. This reduces a person's effectiveness the more time they are in the same field."

Wow, that was a bold statement but think about, he's absolutely correct, and yes, another way of visualizing the same stated problem and a viable solution. I sometimes wish Google X would try to re-arrange their search engine - a secondary system for cross pollination. Twitter should be used for people with ideas to post them to the world, fully searchable, not stupid messages or BS party line gotchas. The Internet needs an upgrade for human forward progress.

"Does this once again bring us back to stagnation vs growth?" he rhetorically asks, adding that "Maybe all thinkers should be constantly moving around to different areas, while doers who are non-thinking should be in that same area doing the ideas brought forth by the thinkers. I am sure a graph could be created depicting the bell curve of time vs effectiveness of a creative mind in any given field."

Ah, now we are getting somewhere, do you see where he's going with this, have you considered this, he's right isn't he? Sure he is, but I think that the graph is also not static, the charted line moves with culture, domain, money flows, nations, etc. One paper I read stated that any more than 2-years in an upper-end college was of detriment to the "eminent achiever creative genius" as Dean Simonton professor and expert in the subject calls them. And there are lots of examples; Dell, Gates, Jobs, etc., and other problem is boredom, people stop thinking once they learn something, stop asking questions.

An interesting book to read is; "The First 20-hours" by Josh Kaufman (I highly recommend this book - CYA I was sent an advanced copy by the publisher to read), where he empirically shows that the fast uptake, interests, questions occur at super-fast rates in the very beginning. Once someone masters something and becomes in the top 1%, that could take 10,000 hours, then they often find a breakthrough too. So, maybe there is a gap in the middle, and maybe someone with fluidity of the mind can maintain the innovative thought process the whole time, through; passion for the domain or endeavor.

What I mean to say is that maybe we need to turn that Bell Curve on its head and watch for the trap in the gulley! That's why you need a think tank, to bridge the gap. Now then consider the "Inflection Points" of a Bell Curve to maintain innovation? What if you bridge the gap with additional "channels" or frequencies, then you get all sorts of humps in your inverted Bell Curve inverse, and you play that, just as you would investing in Inverse ETF's using a derivative algorithm? Please consider all this and think on it.

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3 Strategies to Improve Your Fashion Confidence

If you don't feel good in your clothes then you have the power to change that. This article will discuss 3 strategies to help you improve your fashion confidence. Of course, these are not the only 3 strategies, but they are 3 critical strategies to get you and your fashion confidence moving in the right direction.

1. Wear clothes that are flattering for your body:

Have you ever gone to the store and bought something that you saw on the mannequin or purchased something online that you saw on the model, only to get the outfit and it doesn't look the same on you? Well that can be pretty disappointing, and it can also cause you to waste money. And worse if you try to wear the outfit anyway you can look and feel uncomfortable. And that affects your self-esteem. The reason that not all clothing looks the same on every woman is because we are not all the same body type. It is important that we purchase clothes that flatter our body type and clothes that we look good in. When we wear clothes that flatter our body not only do we look better but we feel better too.

2. Release the unwanted pounds:

If you are carrying extra pounds that are affecting your confidence you can work on getting them off. I know personally how that feels. When I had unwanted pounds it affected my confidence and the type of clothes I wore. Even though I never lost my fashion flair, I didn't feel as good as I wanted to in my clothes. I am not telling you to lose weight, I am just saying that if you have a desire to lose some pounds, then go for it, especially if you feel like it will help you feel better in your clothes.

3. Choose colors that suit you:

It is important that you wear colors that make you feel cheerful and stylish. But colors not only affect your mood but colors also affect how others see you. So you want to choose colors that make you look youthful and vibrant. It is also important that you choose colors that go well with your skin tone. When you choose the right colors you can feel more confident in your clothes.

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Are Meditation and Mindfulness Dangerous?

When I began meditating in 1984, most people I talked to about it would stare at me blankly, then quickly change the subject or shake their head and walk away. These days, discussions of meditation and mindfulness appear everywhere from business and medical journals, to addiction and trauma recovery groups, to education conferences. In this article, you'll learn why so many are turning to these techniques and how to avoid common misconceptions, dangers, and potential pitfalls.

By recent reports, you might think meditation and mindfulness are a "panacea" (cure all) for everything that ails you. Programs are sprouting up in hospitals for pain management, in prisons for inmate reform, and in military, police, and emergency response settings to help handle intense situations and recover from PTSD.

These techniques are used as a support in psychotherapy-for addiction and trauma recovery, defusing self-sabotage, increasing self-awareness, and taming self-criticism. They are increasingly sought after for dealing with the stress of living in our fast-paced, threat-sensitive world. To feed this demand, countless apps promise to bestow the benefits of these practices at the push of a button.

Yet, with the rise in popularity of mindfulness and meditation, I've begun to see some contrarian headlines, such as "New Study Shows Meditation Doesn't Make You Happier, More Creative," "Meditation Not a Panacea," or "Christians Should Be Wary of Meditation."

As a meditation teacher, I hear beginning students say things like:

• "Meditation was supposed to be relaxing-but it made me irritated."

• "Meditation was supposed to feel good, but it made me more stressed out."

• "I thought meditation would help me sleep, but it gave me nightmares."

• "I thought meditation was supposed to help me accept myself, but it made me more self-critical."

• "I am more aware of my impulsiveness than ever. How is this helping me?"

What's going on here?

(Hint: Meditation doesn't "make these things happen." It reveals them. Meditation and mindfulness make you more aware of what's happening in your subconscious mind.)

Let's demystify meditation and mindfulness by defining them clearly, so you can assess their function and effectiveness, understand misconceptions, and avoid dangers and potential pitfalls.

Meditation and Mindfulness Defined

By meditation I mean, "Mindfully focusing your attention on a specific focal object for a period of time." It's about training your mind to consciously focus your attention. It's that straightforward.

A focal object in meditation can be the sensations of breathing, a mantra or focusing phrase, the stream of your thoughts and feelings, the presence of God, a blank wall, or a candle flame. Focusing on chosen focal objects develops your ability to pay attention, be present, and fully engage with what you are doing.

"Mindfully" in the definition means that you exercise "mindfulness" during meditation. Mindfulness means, "paying attention, on purpose, in the present moment, without judgment." In other words, you adopt the attitude of a curious observer, just noticing what is happening without judging it as "good or bad." A non-judgmental attitude enables you to see more clearly, instead of reacting from fear, bias, or prejudice-which distort insight.

To sum up, "meditation" is an attention-training technique and "mindfulness" is an effective attitude for practicing this technique. You could also say that meditation is an opportunity to practice mindfulness. Together, meditation and mindfulness give you a deeper understanding of how your mind works.

Here's how it goes in practice:

As you meditate on a specific focal object, you notice moments when your mind wanders off to other things-such as an argument you had yesterday, a childhood memory, a presentation you have later today, or what you might have for lunch. Mindfulness enables you to recognize when and where your mind wanders, accept this as something a busy mind does, and gently return your attention to your chosen focal object.

During meditation, you will have a whole host of different thoughts and feelings. Some may feel good: some may scare you. Mindfulness treats them all the same-as passing bits of information. Using mindfulness, you come to realize that all thoughts and feelings come and go. They offer information, but they are no more substantial than that. They are nothing to be afraid of when you approach them mindfully. This insight can free you from anxiety about what is going on inside you.

The 3Rs of Meditation

I call the process of managing your mind during meditation the 3Rs: Recognize, Release, and Return. You recognize when you have wandered from your point of focus, release paying attention to that "distraction," and return to your chosen object of attention. It's that simple.

However, like any learned skill, it can be challenging at first. You may find your mind wanders most of the time. You may find yourself caught up in negative thoughts and feelings. You may find yourself irritated, self-critical, bored, or wondering if you're doing it right-or if you're doing anything at all!

That's OK. Recognizing all of this is part of meditation. Meditation increases awareness. You do this by mindfully focusing your attention, recognizing and accepting what your mind does, releasing distractions, and returning to your chosen focus-again and again and again.

As you repeat this process, you develop a sense of ease with managing your thoughts and feelings and a freedom to choose what you focus on and what you release. By practicing mindfulness during meditation, you grow your ability to relate to all kinds of moments in your life with greater freedom and ease.

Further Benefits of Practice

As you meditate for a period of time (say 10-20 minutes) consistently, your mind quiets down, your emotions calm, and your body relaxes. You de-pressurize, let go of over-thinking, and release built-up stress. As you release stress, energy is freed up that your body and mind use to recover, repair, integrate, and heal.

You start to feel like yourself again. You realize that "who you are" is much more than "the chatter" in your mind or the emotions that can "take you over." You are a deeper witnessing presence who "has" thoughts, feelings, and experiences, but is not defined by them. This can be a life-altering discovery!

These benefits don't happen because you are trying to clear your mind, they happen as a result of practicing the 3Rs. As you practice consistently, you develop the skills of recognizing where your mind is focused, releasing what is not serving you or others, and returning to what matters most.

These are invaluable skills that serve you in anything you want to do, overcome, or accomplish. I would go so far as to say they are fundamental skills you need to live your life well. Why, then, weren't you taught these essential skills in school when you were young? Regardless of the reasons, at any age, you can learn them with a few simple instructions, insight into how they work, and consistent practice.

Personally, I like to practice first thing in the morning. For much of my life, I woke up feeling anxious about what I had to do in the day ahead. Yet, now, no matter how I feel when I wake up, I feel relaxed and centered after my morning practice. I have a calm reference point I can return to when I get irritated or stressed out, caught up in negativity, or feel overwhelmed by what's happening in the world around me.

Why Meditation and Mindfulness Are Especially Important These Days

Today there are infinite demands on our time, energy, and attention-and they call to us 24/7-making us feel as if we always need to be doing something productive. We feel compelled to respond instantly on social media and gather a steady stream of tantalizing bits of information to keep us informed and amused. Even entertainment becomes a "must-do" as we feel compelled to binge-watch to get "caught up" on as much enjoyment as possible in our "free-time."

Yet always being "on the go" is not healthy.

Our bodies and brains are not made to run in constant overdrive. We are designed to engage in activity, then to rest and recover from what we've done. In our downtime, our body repairs itself, integrates all that we've experienced, and heals cellular damage we've sustained.

If we don't honor this balance, our systems go haywire. We get exhausted, hold increasing levels of tension in our bodies, and become persistently anxious or depressed. In this "overcooked" state, we invite the host of chronic illnesses like cancer, heart disease, and auto-immune disorders that are epidemic.

Meditation is a structured time-out from all this activity, so you can focus inwardly, rest, and recover. At first, it may feel like "doing nothing," but, as we've seen, the process is a gentle, yet active, training of your mind. It allows you to step back from the frantic pace of life, consciously unwind, and observe what's going on inside.

Meditation and mindfulness reveal your inner workings. They uncover the subconscious biases that lead to arguments, poor judgment, and bad decisions. They shine a light on habits that drive unwanted results in your life. They help you more objectively observe what you are doing, so you can consciously choose healthy habits and let go of unhealthy ones.

Maybe most importantly for us in this hyper-driven consumer culture, they encourage us to slow down, take a deep breath, and pay attention to the relationships, gifts, and opportunities we already have, rather than always trying to be, have, and do more.

Conclusion: Are Meditation and Mindfulness Dangerous?

Are meditation and mindfulness dangerous? Yes. They threaten to make you more conscious and intentional. They are dangerous to your negative thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and beliefs. They release the stifling grip of fear, bias, and prejudice. They shine a light on what needs to change.

By practicing mindfulness in meditation, you learn to evaluate all sides of any situation more objectively, so you can make better decisions. You recognize what no longer serves you and others, so you can shift your time, energy, and attention to what does. And, you become more present, focused, and fully engaged in your experiences, so you live a richer, more purposeful life.

So, let me ask you, "Do you have a regular Meditation/Mindfulness practice?" If so, please share what works well for you.

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Enjoy your practice!

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