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“Don’t let your mind bully your body into believing it must carry the burden of its worries.”  ~ Astrid Alauda; motivational writer.

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“You must learn to let go.  Release the stress.  You were never in control anyway.”  ~ Steve Maraboli; American behavioral scientist, author, and public speaker.

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Living your life expecting and desiring for something to happen is living in the illusion of the ego, in the illusion of the future, and it is not living the moment, enjoying every second of it.

 

You are mentally enslaving your whole body, with expectations, ambitions, desires, stresses which take this same body to illness; thus, you are projecting all these problems that do not exist or desires which are allowed to run your life, and you are inflicting suffering throughout your daily engagement.  These are problems that are not really there but live in the imagination of your troubled mind, they seep into your psyche and then into your subconscious, pretty soon you make them into your habitual personality and your mind starts to think that this is normal behavior, while you become a magnet for illness and all kinds of hardships. 

 

This ignorant process distorts reality itself because our minds live in constant agitation and worry about what we are expecting or about what we think it could happen in the future.

In order to live our lives with a peaceful and harmonious mind we must accept life and its events as they are, we must work towards a higher goal but never become obsessed or filled with expectation; so, just work towards something your heart desires but let it go in your mind, say “if it happens, happens; if it doesn’t, it doesn’t.  It won’t affect me either way.”
And with this, your mind is liberated from all the chains of expectation and desire; then, your body feels free and no stress can overwhelm it, you become stronger and more confident, resilient and agile to endure all challenges.

Stress and all worry can only live and thrive in the past and future, as you recall memories that were and also expect the future to be the way your desire wants it to be.  This is forcing yourself, not respecting nature to do its job; and it is the opposite of love, it is fear.

You owe it to your inner self to be stress free.

You owe it to your inner self to work and focus upon the moment.

This is embracing self-love and wisdom as you live in the Eternal Now for a better life.

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The taming of the brute.

“In the age of technology there is constant access to vast amounts of information.  The basket overflows; people get overwhelmed; the eye of the storm is not so much what goes on in the world, it is the confusion of how to think, feel, digest, and react to what goes on.”  Criss Jami; American poet, essayist, author, and existentialist philosopher.

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“Until you realize how easily it is for your mind to be manipulated, you remain the puppet of someone else’s game.”  ~ Evita Ochel; consciousness expansion teacher, author, optimal health and wellness expert, holistic nutritionist, yoga and meditation teacher, and web TV host.

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When we experience anything at all, our minds create thoughts regarding that experience; however, our task and challenge is to choose those thoughts with wisdom, thus lead ourselves to happy outcomes.
But, having said that, most of the population of the world are ignorant of this, even though they can be good people they let thoughts randomly guide them, thus create the outcomes in their lives; and this is so because the ego lives in the reaction of the ignorant.

In order to tame your own ego, control and choose your thoughts, so people, events, and the world do not control you, you must be fully conscious and aware of your reactions, you must not react but wait, give time to information to be analyzed, gather facts and involve the wisdom of your heart.

If you only react based on knowledge your ego gives you in the moment, you might just fall prey of your stubborn ignorance.

True intelligence to decide does not live in the mind, because in the mind you only find facts and data your physical senses gather; and precisely this most of the time may trick you.
True intelligence is absorbed by your heart through Infinite Intelligence; and there is where you find wisdom to make big decisions.
True intelligence is the one you must use daily, and true intelligence comes from the Infinite Mind, known as the subconscious mind.  The subconscious works through the silencing of your mortal mind/your ego/the brute thoughts popping up all the time.
When your heart is pure, or without the influence of your ego and the beliefs and reactive thoughts it forces upon it, then you can listen to this Infinite Intelligence or subconscious; thus, patient and wise communion with your heart and its whispering give you that mighty insight you need into any decision you make.

Be patient, don’t react, wait for the heart, do not follow simply your impulsive ego.

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The lion walks alone.

“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.”  ~ Alice Walker; American novelist, short story writer, poet, and activist.

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“Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.”  ~ Albert Einstein.

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In order to attain great, first your mind should be great, because all is mind and it all starts from mind; therefore, for a mind to be truly great, such shall be cleansed from the examples of a mediocre society and free from the chains of other people’s opinions and beliefs.  This mind must be unique in EVERY way; no fear shall be validated and fed, for this mind dwells in self-love and in its own purpose, and so that is all it knows.

You have to be yourself and create your own values in your own path, and that way you are the master of yourself, of your inner strength because you don’t depend on society for anything now; subsequently, due to this inner strength you have created within yourself, people can say whatever they want, economies will collapse, challenges will arise, but you will remain strong and resilient to all.

“One of the greatest attacks of the enemy is to make you busy, to make you hurried, to make you noisy, to make you distracted, to fill the people of God and the Church of God with so much noise and activity that there is no room for prayer. There is no room for being alone with God. There is no room for silence. There is no room for meditation.”  ~ Paul Washer; American Christian evangelist.

In moments of great challenges is when we must trust ourselves the most and accept whatever is, and stop allowing the activities and the noise, the opinions and the beliefs of others to affect us.  When it comes to energy vampires, even though most ignorant people would not agree with this, it is about our minds and nothing else; therefore, absolutely no one can take away your peace and love if you don’t allow them, if you do not give in to what they say, to anger and to the fear and negativity they spread around you.



“Sometimes, being different feels a lot like being alone. But with that being said, being true to that and being true to my standards and my way of doing things in my art and my music, everything that has made me feel very different, in the end, it has made me the happiest.”  ~ Lindsey Stirling; music artist.

So, appreciate those times when you can be by yourself and recharge, by knowing yourself, your thoughts and emotions; thus, you can grow in self-confidence and all self-love, so nothing can affect you and your mind becomes wiser to affront the turmoils of life.  Be perseverant and true to yourself, and don’t let the mediocrity of the masses attack and poison your integrity and your determination.

Study Lao Tzu’s wisdom in this: “I have three treasures.  Guard and keep them.  The first is deep love.  The second is frugality.  And the third is not to dare to be ahead of the world.  Because of deep love, one is courageous.  Because of frugality, one is generous.  Because of not daring to be ahead of the world, one becomes the leader of the world.”

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The Law.

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“There’s a natural law of karma that vindictive people, who go out of their way to hurt others, will end up broke and alone.”  ~ Sylvester Stallone; actor, producer, and director.

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“Change is the only universal law.”  ~ Egyptian footballer.

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There are many people in the world who do no realize that life is progress, change, adaptation; thus, this people seem to choose to remain attach to memories of events, objects, ways of living, beliefs, ideas, and even to people who are not in their lives anymore. 

Attachment to these memories is extremely foolish and unwise, not only because you go against the natural forward flow of life, but because you spread poison into the lives of the ones around you.  Remember, you guide others with your example; and if you are stuck in a belief, a memory, or a lifestyle, then you carry no real light in your example.

Carry the light of thriving change, of great adaptation, and transform your life and the life of others around you.

In adaptation to all these changes there is great wisdom hidden, because this is the way life itself teaches wisdom, through change, through new perspectives, through minds which can let go of stupid and old dogmas and beliefs, cultural habits and lifestyles.

Whosoever adapts to change and learns from this change without disturbing the peace of others, respecting the way others choose to live, indeed, he is enlightened.

Bruce Lee puts it so beautifully when he talks about the mind in change, adaptation, in this quote: “You must be shapeless, formless, like water.  When you pour water in a cup, it becomes the cup.  When you pour water in a bottle, it becomes the bottle.  When you pour water in a teapot, it becomes the teapot.  Water can drip and it can crash. Become like water my friend.”

 

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The toxic fool!

“The reality is that the only way change comes is when you lead by example.”  ~ Anne Wojcicky; American biotech analyst, biologist, and businesswoman.

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Have you noticed that most people are always complaining about something, even though they don’t see themselves as complainers…??  And what about all those individuals always focusing on politics and other people while their own lives are a mess and they feel themselves so self-righteous...??  The mediocrity of society.  This sickness is always ready to ruin more lives.

People even complain and feel pity about themselves instead of accepting and moving on.

I don’t think anyone of us is immune to it, but specially this is damaging for the weak mind which sees the world separated from itself.  When you see the world apart from yourself, you think in your own illusion that by complaining or lashing out with condemning words you are being helpful, thus you feel like you are doing something.  Obviously, these are rather pathetic fools that fail to see the reality of it all, namely ‘Oneness,’ that you and the world are one, and that only leading by example aids in changing the world.

Arguing and complaining just feeds the ego to bring more negativity into your persona and into your life; this, certainly so, affects the opportunities you have and the people you attract.  Mediocre minds are the highest percentage of the world’s population, and so we must focus our attention on leading by example–it could very well be on the small things, like helping carry groceries or taking care of someone sick.

As long as you keep complaining and arguing about the world, the outcomes in your life won’t be fruitful, because by being negative your mind is not accepting but denying, and exactly this corrupts your whole existence, it pollutes your whole existence.

 
“We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.” ~ Buddha.

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The Protector.

“A man reserves his true and deepest love not for the species of woman in whose company he finds himself electrified and enkindled, but for that one in whose company he may feel tenderly drowsy.”  ~ George Jean Nathan; American drama critic and magazine editor.

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“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched, they must be felt with the heart.”  ~ Helen Keller; American author, political activist, and lecturer. She was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree.

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We may agree that human love and the many ways we have to share this love between two people romantically involved is complex, and even deeply trying at times; but it is also an important part of our society, because it is certainly deep connection that which drives that society onwards.
And so men and women have their differences, of course, and thus their individual roles in a fruitful relationship; however, they both should aid each other in remaining receptive to love, they must find then ways to see beyond their differences and rule over their individual egos, for the ego is always the one who endangers true love by covering the truth about one another, that we are one and the same beyond our prejudice and known physical roles.

Fears may come up and burden a relationship, struggles, moods, heavy commitments, chaos even; but, nevertheless, the essence of true love, if there really exists one in the couple, is always there, through the changes designed by time and the worries space or any distance creates.

And it is one of the most important roles to protect that flame of love, or to care for it so it doesn’t become a victim of the prejudiced ego.

It is the responsibility and privilege of both man and woman to protect this flame from outside dangers, like other affections, financial roller coasters, the tyranny of aging, and the many struggles encountered in life; however, is man, by his given personality gender, who carries the strongest aspect of it, because as the main protector of the relationship there must be diligence and wisdom in all he says and does, he must then display this safety to the woman he loves so she feels she has a safe place where her emotions may develop further in the relationship.
This does not mean, obviously, that only men should carry the brunt of this job, nor that women should wait for men to display this protection.  The relationship, if it is to be effective and based on eternal love, must be equal parts; and must be also founded on self-love, for if each member does not have self-love then the relationship won’t last, because self-love expands love outwardly onto both. 

Self-love is the only constant in a human being, so learn to embrace it before anything.

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Anger (Part 1)

“Stop trying to leave, and you will arrive.  Stop seeking, and you will find.  Stop running away, and you will be found.”  ~ Lao Tzu.

“The best fighter is never angry.”  ~ Lao Tzu.
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Anger (Part 1)

Anger seems to poison most people in the world, not just violent outbursts of anger but, even worse, intense mental anger which spreads throughout the whole body and boils the blood and corrupts the nervous and immune systems (as well as the other systems of the body).  This anger always provokes frustration and sadness or depression afterwards, it weakens us and it makes us darken our own energy, the aura around the heart gets depleted and we may suffer serious mental and health problems; however, this sometimes does not occur in our bodies right away, but it hides like cancer, and as we grow we get high blood pressure and we develop certain anomalies, and we might even get serious diseases like cancer.

You must understand that our human body works based on the energy which runs though it all day and night, and we cannot develop bliss or happiness if that energy is polluted and dark; that is, no matter what you do and how good of a person you are, if that energy running through you is poisoned and darkened by anger then you will live stressed and frustrated, and be a host for all kinds of diseases.  And people who live stressed and frustrated, with diseases infesting their body, cannot embrace happiness, never, no matter who they are or what they do.

Control in those moments when you feel anger rising in you is key, whenever you feel that heat rushing through you, then you must stop yourself when that happens, don’t follow your thoughts of anger either, they will be the first to poison your body as they create all your emotions.
Most of the time anger happens because we have an image in our minds of ourselves or of what we do, or of what we believe, and someone else might attack that image we have built in our egos; also it happens because we resist change and do not let life or even other people around us disturb our comfortable egos.
 
There is a sick pleasure in this ignorance.  This is indeed self-destruction.  Evil done unto ourselves.
Anger can truly ruin your life without you even knowing it.  Anger works smoothly most of the time, because everything the ego does is smooth and subconscious at first, we are not fully aware of our reactions and of the ignorant processes of our thinking.
There is strength and divinity in controlling one’s thoughts and emotions, specially of anger.
Be patient and wise.

Think about yourself and not about revenge words or thoughts or actions.  Remember, by revenge thoughts, words or actions you are really distancing yourself from love and all beauty, you are poisoning your heart and mind.

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The eternal flame should guide you to prosperity (video)

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Beyond concepts...

“Never above you.  Never below you.  Always beside you.” ~ Walter Winchell; American newspaper and radio commentator.

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Man and woman have sprung out of the same essence, and out of this essence we have our human duality.  Woman and man, when their souls connect and they allow themselves to share ideas and behaviors, to grow and learn from each other, then become one and the same.  This deeper love is going back to Source, merging souls, twin flames, becoming that same essence from which they have sprung before matter was born out of Oneness.

This condition goes beyond human love; for human love, as noble as it can be, is just a thought and an action chained to fear of loss, jealousy, pride, and so on and so forth.  This love goes beyond passion and desire; for passion and desire, as great as they can be, are just born out of flawed human thought.

The similarities and joys of man and woman when they find each other by soul emanation and not merely by physical attractiveness, then, are certainly greater than anything ever felt–i.e., greater than sex, greater than food, greater than sunshine bathing you after freezing cold, etc.  It is very rare to experience this extreme joy and profound harmony, because we all see love as human love, exciting, pleasurable, but flawed and common as human love can be.

We must then always look for mental elevation, because in soulmates there has to be this condition of Oneness ever so eternal flowing through all of us.  This condition that unites us beyond our opinions and beliefs, beyond our differences and imperfections.

Soulmates find each other not by search as we know it to be, but by vibes, energy emanation through conscious awareness of ourselves and of what we really are.  Because if we know what we really are beyond what we see in the mirror, then we know true self-love.  And if we know true self-love, then there is no fear.  And when there is no fear corrupting the emanations of energy of the being, then two soulmates attract each other instantly and naturally.

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The thorn.

"When we have painful memories from hurting experiences, we may feel justified in holding on to the resentment.  But resentment is corrosive.  It doesn't affect the person we feel anger toward, it destroys the host." ~ Susan L. Taylor; American editor, writer, and journalist.

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Painful memories

Memories, specially painful ones, have the power to arrest our bodies, even our clear thinking; however, they only hold that power if we allow them to, because memories are just thoughts which somehow have stayed with us throughout our lives, and thought is always an entity we can watch.
Quite often, we go ahead and entertain painful memories because deep inside we like to feel like victims or feel that somehow if we remind ourselves of the pain we'd be less guilty, or, even worse, through reliving painful memories the ego manifests that we deserve our guilt.

This is getting some form of twisted pleasure from feeling guilt and blaming ourselves and carrying that weight on us over and over again--i.e., a sort of masochism, and certainly ignorance.

And, as we all know, self-blame is one of the most toxic forms of emotional abuse.  It amplifies our perceived inadequacies, whether real or imagined, and paralyzes us before we can even begin to move forward.  And what is even worse, because it poisons your body and causes all kinds of tension, and it changes your mood and the vibrational state of your entire body, your loved ones and all people you come in contact with are affected too.
As Buddha wisely said: "Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional."
Painful memories are always there; but you can accept them and move on, do not engage with them as they emerge; or you can allow them to make you suffer and cripple your emotional body while affecting you and others you love.
Your life.
Your choice.

 

 

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My reasons for meditation

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The smoking gun.

“Let the refining and improving of your own life keep you so busy that you have little time to criticize others.” ~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.; American motivational author.

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There seems to be a distortion in the rationale of most human beings, one which is clouded and poisoned by our own subconscious habits, and it is the fact that criticism takes over and lashes out onto others.  There is not enough looking into oneself and fixing one’s own issues, which is self-love and so the mind occupies itself on something actually worth to our human condition, but instead the lazy and easy path is taken to tear down others and build this false sense of superiority in oneself.  This is the very opposition of wisdom. 

How many times you have looked at the news and criticized the way society does something or the way people behave?  How many times you have criticized your family and friends?  Why do you allow the actions of others to annoy you enough to grab your own attention so you say something to criticize or belittle them?

Human beings have this process the ego has created and which is being allowed to rule their interactions, it has become part of their habits even, where if there is something wrong with the world (whatever it might be) is time to criticize, like some automatic button pushed right when something they don’t like happens.

And most of us do this because the better and wiser habit of looking into ourselves and into our own behaviors is not there, it hasn’t been built into us, because the ego is lazy and it takes honesty and courage with ourselves to have this self-love and inner contemplation, something we haven’t worked on.

For the ego it is easier to criticize others–i.e., our families, friends, coworkers, even people we do not know–and it gives us a false sense of superiority and responsibility disguised as love and constructive criticism.

But this process is the illusion we built out of ignorance and pride, it does not elevate our human spirit but it shrinks it. Conscious elevation can only happen if we are actually conscious and have developed authentic self-love, for once we have developed this we can pour this true love onto others and truly help; but, until then, whatever we do by criticizing and however we disguise it, is an illusion which harms our very awakening.

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Stop fighting over money

Many poor people think that money is greedy and evil, and they fool themselves thinking that lack of money or being poor is better than having money (many ignorant people actually think is a blessing), so they think it is more spiritual. Several rich people think that money is happiness and that one should aspire to have loads of money and many sources of income, so they spend their lives working for it and wasting their mental energy worrying about it. 

 If Jesus, Buddha, Muhammad, or any other great ancient sage were here, living in these times and modern societies we have now, they would tell us that all is mind, that money has become necessary to live this modern times; however, they would also say that money is just a symbol and that our minds give it the value for us. 

One can wish for money or not, and it is okay as long as you know how and when to stop your mind and your behavior about money, because if you become obsessed over it in any form you won't reach a full life. Money is for us to enjoy, but our minds give the attention or lack of attention towards it. Learn to control your mind and use money properly.

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The God Within.

“To believe in the god over us and around us, and not in the god within us–that would be a powerless and fruitless faith.”  ~ Phillips brooks; American clergyman and author.

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     I believe people today has forgotten who they really are and the power they have within themselves to get ahead in life, surpassing all obstacles and reaching their higher goals–whatever those might be for each of us.  There lies great wisdom and energy inside of us all which you might call God or Higher Self, and which you embrace and acknowledge whenever you choose health and love above poisonous foods to your body and hatred towards yourself and others, whenever you mentally speak kindly to yourself and motivate yourself out of self-pity; however, there also lies inside of us all a massive ego and terrible ignorance which you might call Devil or Lower Self, and which makes us believe we are broken and undeserving of a better life.

Of course, most of the problem stems from how our minds are conditioned since birth from our parents, from the ones around us, and from a self-absorbed and highly ignorant society.  Still, through inner contemplation and by embracing certain wisdom within myself, I absolutely know that humankind has been endowed with higher intelligence and capacities of achievement well above other creatures under the sun, and that we are more than the piece of flesh and the crude and disobedient thoughts we experience on a daily basis during the waking state.  And it all lies within ourselves, the capacities of transforming the raw energies in ourselves to be more and bring a noble and unselfish desire into material reality.

Yes, all that is truly needed is to believe that there is no failure in life, because the truth is that failure is an invention of our flawed minds, just like the concept of ‘time’ or the inventions of a place called ‘heaven’ and a place called ‘hell’ waiting for us after we die.  See, ‘time’ is an illusion which serves a purpose in society and in this physical life; ‘heaven’ and ‘hell’ were invented by the fearful and ignorant minds of men to control the minds of other men and keep them tied to a religious belief and dogma.  It is all a well-orchestrated, mental delusion which may serve us or condemn us.  Your choice.




See, the greatness of our conscious, mortal minds is that we can use the energies floating there to create beautiful and motivating thoughts of noble and unique nature, such thoughts which will evoke feelings of higher purpose and self-love; however, we often have to deal with the negative energies which are fueled by our earthly physical senses, dark energies which are biased and agitated by the perceptions and opinions we form out of these same physical senses–i.e. biased and agitated by the violence and unfairness we see in the news daily, biased and agitated by the stupidity and greediness of politicians, biased and agitated by the invisible poisons from food and entertainment companies, biased and agitated by the cruelty against the environment and animals, etc. etc.

And our immediate environment and neighborhood does not help sometimes, because we might be let down by friends, family, jobs, opportunities of any advancement, and so on.

But if we pay attention to our hearts, without the blockage of our physical senses and that obnoxious voice in our minds, we just might be able to understand that all that separates us from being the best we can be is not our environment, our society, or even things which befall us and bring us suffering, but that it is our minds and how we choose to perceive life.  As Buddha wisely and simply puts it, “What we think, we become.”

Our minds are filled and shaped by what we choose to perceive of ourselves and of the world.

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