The Business of Hugging

The Business of Hugging.

March 4, 2013 1

Do you need to unplug?

Maybe. But not until you watch this 2 minute video…

February 28, 2013 5

No Such Thing As Right

Full story at: No Such Thing As Right. | The Manifest-Station.

February 28, 2013 2

3 Highly Effective Ways to Become Happy, Awake, Fulfilled and Free

Get the answer here: 3 Highly Effective Ways to Become Happy, Awake, Fulfilled and Free – Lifehack.

February 27, 2013 0

5 Ways To Surrender To The Inevitable And Accept A Better Life

Chloe Park writes:

Living in a state of surrender takes a lot of letting go of control and allowing the universe to do its thing. At a certain point in life, we (hopefully) come to the realization that there are aspects of life beyond our own egoic human control. The only thing we have real control over is ourselves: how we show up in life, our actions, our thoughts, our speech, how we engage in relationships, etc. Letting go of the illusion and assumption that, “My own perspective, beliefs, conditionings, rules and regulations of existing are the underlying foundation for everyone else’s perspective, beliefs, conditionings, rules and regulations of existing,” will bring you a lot more freedom and peace. Even more than that, it will give you reality.

The reality is that each and every one of us is experiencing life through a different lens, different vantage point, different shutter speed, different filter, different camera, different make, and different model. Imagine that. Here are some ways in which you may release your grasp of control and force to live in a state of ease, acceptance and surrender.

Get the rest here: 5 Ways To Surrender To The Inevitable And Accept A Better Life.

February 27, 2013 2

5 Things to Stop Saying to Your Kids, and What to Say Instead

Get the rest here: 5 Things to Stop Saying to Your Kids, and What to Say Instead – Lifehack.

February 26, 2013 0

3 Ways to Permanently Increase Your Self-Esteem

Get the rest here: 3 Ways to Permanently Increase Your Self-Esteem – Lifehack.

February 26, 2013 0

The 7 Keys to Unlocking Your Inner Greatness

Who was your favorite childhood superhero?

Captain America?

Superman?

Wonder Woman?

Mine was Wolverine from X-Men. He had brute strength, intimidating claws, mutant healing factor, and a pretty cool haircut. So what’s not to like, right?

And although I didn’t have the claws, I did get injured often while playing sports, so I appreciated my ability to heal and bounce back quickly.

What I loved most about the world of superheroes, even more than all the X-Men combined, was the idea of the X-Men School for the Gifted actually being real.

Wouldn’t that be incredible?

Normal people like you and me walking around with hidden powers just waiting to be released.

Just imagine being approached by Xavier and having him tell you, “You [insert your name here] are truly special. You have powers and abilities unlike anyone else, and they need to be developed.”

Well, unfortunately the X-Men School is not real, but the good news is this: YOU are special. You have powers and abilities inside of you unlike anyone else, and they need to be developed. Or maybe I should say released.

Get the rest here: The 7 Keys to Unlocking Your Inner Greatness « Positively Positive.

February 25, 2013 1

If You’ve Got a Dream, You’ve Got to Protect It

Some failure in life is inevitable. It’s impossible to live without failing at something, unless you’ve lived so cautiously you may as not lived at all. In which case, you’ve failed by default. – J.K Rowling

This is just one of many quotes, pictures and snippets from speeches and monumental moments in history that have become famous because someone had the courage to stand up and fight for what they believed in and for their dreams.

If you’re chasing a dream and feel like it’s out of reach, or you don’t believe in yourself or your right to dream, watch this video everyday for as long as it takes, and keep trying, failing and trying again until you succeed.

You’re the only person responsible for your happiness and the limits of your success.

via Monday Motivational Video: “If You’ve Got a Dream, You’ve Got to Protect It” | FinerMinds.

February 25, 2013 0

Having An Off Day? Here’s How to Reclaim a Balanced State of Mind

When force of circumstance upsets your equanimity, lose no time in recovering your self-control, and do not remain out of tune longer than you can help. Habitual recurrence to the harmony will increase your mastery of it. –Marcus Aurelius

Brian Johnson, author of the Philosopher’s Notes, is back this week with another thought-provoking video.

In this 8-minute video, Brian provides simple, yet effective exercises to help us return to our “balanced state of mind” when we’re having one of those days, or going through a period of time, when we’re just not feeling ourselves.

via Having An Off Day? Here’s How to Reclaim a Balanced State of Mind – FinerMinds | FinerMinds.

February 25, 2013 4

Feel More Balanced Without Changing Your Life: 3 Simple Steps

Marissa Håkansson writes:

If you lead a busy life, common advice on how to create balance might include cutting out what’s least important, becoming more efficient, or adding relaxing activities to counteract your busyness.

This is helpful advice. However, I’ve also found that no matter how much balance we try to create in our external lives, it’s really how we feel on the inside that counts. We need to feel balanced, grounded, and well within our inner world before we can genuinely feel at ease.

To achieve this, you need to make a shift. Instead of slowing things down in your external life (with the intention of influencing how you feel internally), start slowing down internally, and see how it influences your external life.

This is living from the inside-out. It’s about being present in the moment and conscious of what’s going on for you at all levels: physically, mentally, emotionally, energetically and spiritually.

Living from the inside-out helps you embody your experiences fully and live with greater awareness. Conversely, when you’re living from the outside-in, you’re likely spending a lot time caught up in thinking, which only exacerbates your busyness.

When you allow your inner world to guide your outer world, you’re more conscious of how you are moving through each day and interacting with the world. How to do we create this shift?

Continue reading “Feel More Balanced Without Changing Your Life: 3 Simple Steps” →

February 24, 2013 0

Returning Home to Your True Self: A How-To Guide

Dr. Bethany Butzer writes:

Many of us are experiencing a profound sense of disconnection. We feel disconnected from our true essence, our core, our higher self. This lack of connection can come from many sources—like distracting ourselves with sex/drugs/alcohol, the busy-ness that comes with raising a family, feeling stuck in a dead-end job, or staying in an unsatisfying relationship. Whatever the source, the outcome is always the same: we feel lost, out of touch, short on substance. Like a hamster in a wheel, we go through the daily routines of our lives, while something deep inside longs for more. We sense that we have a purpose—we can almost touch it right in front of us—but it remains elusive, just out of reach.

Continue reading “Returning Home to Your True Self: A How-To Guide” →

February 24, 2013 0

Self-Mastery Tip: Now What Needs To Be Done?

Self-control is *the* greatest predictor of your success. Do you have the ability to do what needs to be done, whether you feel like it or not?

via Self-Mastery Tip: Now What Needs To Be Done? (Video).

February 23, 2013 2

Perception of Separation

February 22, 2013 0

How to be alone…

February 21, 2013 5

Peggy Noonan on cultural decline…

Peggy Noonan in the Wall Street Journal (July 15, 2011) wrote of our cultural ignorance and dislocation:

Pretty much everyone over 50 in America feels on some level like a refugee … And they fear, deep down, that this new culture, the one their children live in, isn’t going to make it. Because it is, in its essence, an assaultive culture, from the pop music coming out of the rental car radio to the TSA agent with her hands on your kid’s buttocks … In the Old America there were a lot of bad parents. There always are, because being a parent is hard … But in the old America you knew it wasn’t so bad, because the culture could bring the kids up. Inadequate parents could sort of say, “Go outside and play in the culture,” and culture — relatively innocent, and boring — could be more or less trusted to bring the kids up … Grown up now know that you can’t send the kids to go out and play in the culture, because the culture will leave them distorted and disturbed.

via Alan Jones: Time to Take Another Look at Catholicism.

Agree? Disagree?

February 20, 2013 6

Recovery

Melody Beattie writes:

Recovery is not about being right; it’s about allowing ourselves to be who we are and accepting others as they are. That concept can be difficult for many of us if we have lived in systems that functioned on the “right-wrong” justice scale. The person who was right was okay; the person who was wrong was shamed. All value and worth may have depended on being right; to be wrong meant annihilation of self and self-esteem. In recovery, we are learning how to strive for love in our relationships, not superiority. Yes, we may need to make decisions about people’s behavior from time to time. If someone is hurting us, we need to stand up for ourselves. We have a responsibility to set boundaries and take care of ourselves. But we do not need to justify taking care of ourselves by condemning someone else. We can avoid the trap of focusing on others instead of ourselves. In recovery, we are learning that what we do needs to be right only for us. What others do is their business and needs to be right only for them. It’s tempting to rest in the superiority of being right and in analyzing other people’s motives and actions, but it’s more rewarding to look deeper.
Today, I will remember that I don’t have to hide behind being right. I don’t have to justify what I want and need with saying something is “right” or “wrong.” I can let myself be who I am.

Beattie, Melody (2009-12-15). The Language of Letting Go (Hazelden Meditation Series) (p. 47). BookMobile. Kindle Edition.

February 18, 2013 19

Instruction on Love

Beth Lapides writes:

These are the instructions for love that I have been given. Love yourself. Love something bigger than yourself. Love something smaller than yourself. Love something the same size as yourself. Love as a verb, not a noun. Not a thing, an action. Love whoever comes into your path and seek out those for whom your love is abiding.

Love without resentment something you both love and resent. Love without anger someone you both love and are angry with. Love your anger and resentment if this is not possible.

Love what might be without knowing what it is. For today think of possibility, not uncertainty. Love the absence of trouble in whatever areas your life is trouble-free. Love your troubles, as they are agents of change.

Love the part of you that you love easily with the part of you that you love less so. Love a part of you that is hard to love with a part of you that you love easily. Continue reading “Instruction on Love” →