Why lack of confidence is not logical:
Q: Are you confident about yourself?
A: No, I don't feel confident.
Q: Do you feel confident about that?
A1: Yes, I do
- which means that you feel confident about something. You can use that as a motivation for yourself to bring up your confidence.
A2: No, I don't.
- which means that there are times where you could feel confident about yourself.
Positive reinforcement is everywhere. You just have to open your eyes, pay attention to it, and expand your awareness.
Monday, October 22, 2007
Friday, October 19, 2007
Presence
"Be there for them", he said.
"But what can I do there for them?", I said.
"It doesn't matter. Just be there. That's what people need. They just need someone to be there for them. They need support, they need someone who will be there for them to open their heart when they need to. Don't bother yourself with what you need to do. That will come".
"But what can I do there for them?", I said.
"It doesn't matter. Just be there. That's what people need. They just need someone to be there for them. They need support, they need someone who will be there for them to open their heart when they need to. Don't bother yourself with what you need to do. That will come".
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Slavery
Maybe we've been victims of our own dreams.
Technology, engineering, mental desire for completion.
We work towards the perfection of our dreams, for the good of the world.
But we forget..
We become what we dream ourselves to be.
We realize our mind's creations.
We work, and we become slaves of own dreams.
As the saying goes:
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us."
So, we fear ourselves, and we become slaves of our own fears. And we work, and work harder, and harder. But our power that is hidden within us gets us what we want: More hard work.
When will we become free?
When will we free our minds to dream without becoming slaves or our own creations?
Let the new age being.
Let us learn from our own creations what it means to be free.
To sense and feel what it means to wake up every morning in a new life, a new beginning.
Technology, engineering, mental desire for completion.
We work towards the perfection of our dreams, for the good of the world.
But we forget..
We become what we dream ourselves to be.
We realize our mind's creations.
We work, and we become slaves of own dreams.
As the saying goes:
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us."
So, we fear ourselves, and we become slaves of our own fears. And we work, and work harder, and harder. But our power that is hidden within us gets us what we want: More hard work.
When will we become free?
When will we free our minds to dream without becoming slaves or our own creations?
Let the new age being.
Let us learn from our own creations what it means to be free.
To sense and feel what it means to wake up every morning in a new life, a new beginning.
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Reincarnation, or not?
I'm going to try to take the previous post a little bit further.
"everything that you can possible imagine... and more". This applies to everyboday. Everything everybody can possibly imagine, all together, all real at the same time, and more.
Everything that you can possibly think of, I repeat. Everything a Christian can think of, everything a Buddhist can think of, everything a Muslim can think of. it's true, together. And more.
Do you want to believe in the existance of One God? Great, he or she WILL be there.
Do you want to believe in the existance of many gods? Wonderful, they will all be there.
Do you want to believe in reincarnation? Great, you'll have it.
Do you want to not believe in reincarnation? Great, again, it's possible.
Why fight? Why argue? Why have religious wars?
Isn't religion all about love and expansion? About getting what your soul wants? About what your neighbor's soul wants?
Just remember: If you want are willing to direct a soul towards a particular ideal, you are sharing responsibility for that soul. And remember they have an equal right to everything that they can possibly imagine as you do.
Your heaven is your heaven. And more..
Walk in Peace.
Dream in Peace.
Live in Peace.
"everything that you can possible imagine... and more". This applies to everyboday. Everything everybody can possibly imagine, all together, all real at the same time, and more.
Everything that you can possibly think of, I repeat. Everything a Christian can think of, everything a Buddhist can think of, everything a Muslim can think of. it's true, together. And more.
Do you want to believe in the existance of One God? Great, he or she WILL be there.
Do you want to believe in the existance of many gods? Wonderful, they will all be there.
Do you want to believe in reincarnation? Great, you'll have it.
Do you want to not believe in reincarnation? Great, again, it's possible.
Why fight? Why argue? Why have religious wars?
Isn't religion all about love and expansion? About getting what your soul wants? About what your neighbor's soul wants?
Just remember: If you want are willing to direct a soul towards a particular ideal, you are sharing responsibility for that soul. And remember they have an equal right to everything that they can possibly imagine as you do.
Your heaven is your heaven. And more..
Walk in Peace.
Dream in Peace.
Live in Peace.
All you want ... and more
Someone told me a while back that he heard the following: "The Universe is everything that you can possibly imagine ... and more." Not only everything that you can possibly dream of, even in your wildest dreams, but even more!
So unthinkable and limitless...
So benevolent and giving...
But even more...
Imagine all the dreams that everybody can ever have during their lifetimes. All humans, all animals. Put all of them together, then more.... Can be the reality of the Universe.
Imagine the boundless energy that created all this.
Imagine the endless giving that love that is willing to give you all.. and more!
..but..
what if it's not the case? What if the Universe it not as giving and benevolent? Would that thought even exist then? That thought of endless creation and limitless love, would it ever exist? What if you never in your wildest dreams could've ever thought of that, and then someone comes along and tells you? Isn't that part of the "and more"?
Everyday we live, we grow older and wiser. We learn something different, we experience something new. That ever-expansion of our thoughts is what the sentence means. It's the ever existing human will to live and expand, and the promise that will always be something new to learn, something to satisfy our life's desires.
We are born with that desire hardwired in us. We can follow that desire towards material goods, or towards spirituality. We can desire spiritual experiences and advancement as much as materia fulfillmentl. And there is always more.. That's where the human psyche is taking us.
Live and expand.
So unthinkable and limitless...
So benevolent and giving...
But even more...
Imagine all the dreams that everybody can ever have during their lifetimes. All humans, all animals. Put all of them together, then more.... Can be the reality of the Universe.
Imagine the boundless energy that created all this.
Imagine the endless giving that love that is willing to give you all.. and more!
..but..
what if it's not the case? What if the Universe it not as giving and benevolent? Would that thought even exist then? That thought of endless creation and limitless love, would it ever exist? What if you never in your wildest dreams could've ever thought of that, and then someone comes along and tells you? Isn't that part of the "and more"?
Everyday we live, we grow older and wiser. We learn something different, we experience something new. That ever-expansion of our thoughts is what the sentence means. It's the ever existing human will to live and expand, and the promise that will always be something new to learn, something to satisfy our life's desires.
We are born with that desire hardwired in us. We can follow that desire towards material goods, or towards spirituality. We can desire spiritual experiences and advancement as much as materia fulfillmentl. And there is always more.. That's where the human psyche is taking us.
Live and expand.
Saturday, October 6, 2007
She is there
She is there,
between your thoughts and my thoughts,
between darkness and light,
between sun and moon.
She is there,
in the breath of the wind,
in the touch of the sun,
in the beauty of nature.
She is there,
watching,
hoping,
giving.
She is there,
watching me...
...smiling.
between your thoughts and my thoughts,
between darkness and light,
between sun and moon.
She is there,
in the breath of the wind,
in the touch of the sun,
in the beauty of nature.
She is there,
watching,
hoping,
giving.
She is there,
watching me...
...smiling.
Friday, October 5, 2007
On duality
Oh, dear God,
what good is peace, if there is no suffering,
what good is hope, if there is no despair,
what good is life, if there is no death,
what good is love, if there is no one to love,
Oh, dear God,
how can I rest my mind
when there is suffering in the world,
how can I rest my soul
when there is despair all around me,
how can I rest my body
when there is death where I lay,
how can I rest my heart,
when there is fear all around me?
Oh, dear God,
help me understand
the presence beneath the absence,
the energy behind the silence,
the eternal peace beyold the love.
let me experience
...unity...
what good is peace, if there is no suffering,
what good is hope, if there is no despair,
what good is life, if there is no death,
what good is love, if there is no one to love,
Oh, dear God,
how can I rest my mind
when there is suffering in the world,
how can I rest my soul
when there is despair all around me,
how can I rest my body
when there is death where I lay,
how can I rest my heart,
when there is fear all around me?
Oh, dear God,
help me understand
the presence beneath the absence,
the energy behind the silence,
the eternal peace beyold the love.
let me experience
...unity...
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Past, Present and Future
After a hard day at work, it's really difficult to sit down and write anything uplifting.
But that's exactly what I was planning on writing about, and how it helps in situations like this.
It's about past, present and future. It's about past influencing the future, and how the present binds everything together.
Even more than external events, facts, or luck, current attitude is what affects the future the most. Even if something bad happens, if we feel good about ourselves, we are more likely to have a good outcome that if we feel bad about ourselves. It's not about what actually happens that is important, but how we feel about it.
Memory binds it all together, and how we act upon it. If we feel good about our past, then we are more likely to perform actions that are positive. On the contrary, if we feel bad about our past, that's going to influence our actions negatively. But here is where the magic is.. That action we just did based on our memory of the past, it's already past, and it is part of what forms our "new" future. We keep on building memories upon memories of perceptions of reality.
And they do affect our future. What we do NOW, based on our PAST, creates our FUTURE. NOW is what binds the past and the future. If we act positively, then we will remember this action, and it is more likely to affect us in the future in a positive way.
So, we have a choice: Do we want to feel bad right NOW, or do we want to feel good? Our future, and our future past depends on it.
It's NOW that the magic happens. Not 10 minutes from now, but NOW. If we don't do something good now, 10 minutes from now will be different. We can't just wait for something to happen. We have to create it inside us, and the change WILL happen.
Life is about changes. If we don't change NOW, we are not living. Life is about motion, and about learning, and caring.
Care to do anything about it?
But that's exactly what I was planning on writing about, and how it helps in situations like this.
It's about past, present and future. It's about past influencing the future, and how the present binds everything together.
Even more than external events, facts, or luck, current attitude is what affects the future the most. Even if something bad happens, if we feel good about ourselves, we are more likely to have a good outcome that if we feel bad about ourselves. It's not about what actually happens that is important, but how we feel about it.
Memory binds it all together, and how we act upon it. If we feel good about our past, then we are more likely to perform actions that are positive. On the contrary, if we feel bad about our past, that's going to influence our actions negatively. But here is where the magic is.. That action we just did based on our memory of the past, it's already past, and it is part of what forms our "new" future. We keep on building memories upon memories of perceptions of reality.
And they do affect our future. What we do NOW, based on our PAST, creates our FUTURE. NOW is what binds the past and the future. If we act positively, then we will remember this action, and it is more likely to affect us in the future in a positive way.
So, we have a choice: Do we want to feel bad right NOW, or do we want to feel good? Our future, and our future past depends on it.
It's NOW that the magic happens. Not 10 minutes from now, but NOW. If we don't do something good now, 10 minutes from now will be different. We can't just wait for something to happen. We have to create it inside us, and the change WILL happen.
Life is about changes. If we don't change NOW, we are not living. Life is about motion, and about learning, and caring.
Care to do anything about it?
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