So many people sacrificed so much over the years to serve in our Armed Forces and the different branches of the military. Many have given their time, sacrificed years of time away from their loved ones, lost limbs, suffered deep depression, and have even sacrificed their lives.
Whether we agree with what they are doing or not, and whether we agree with the decisions of our government or not, I believe it is important to express gratitude to, and support, those who sacrifice so much.
Today I will express gratitude to someone who has served or who is currently serving. I will thank them for the sacrifices they have made.
Tony Robbins teaches, “Get out of your head, or you are dead.” A great way to get out of our heads is to do something for someone else.
Sometimes we get so caught up in our own lives and in our own minds that we become self-absorbed. It is so easy to do! The antidote is to care for someone or something else, consistently, even if it is just a few minutes a day.
Getting a pet is a great way to do this! A dog, a cat, a turtle, a fish, or anything that depends on you to be responsible for them in some way is a great, positive, selfless, and helpful distraction from self-absorption.
We could choose to drop off a snack every morning to an elderly neighbor or a homeless person we see every day on our way to work.
Even having plants or a small garden is useful. I prefer animals, and a kitty or a dog is much more fun to snuggle than a plant, but every living thing allows for an empowering energy transfer.
Caring for something or someone else releases endorphins into our blood stream, battles stress and fatigue, and can put things back into perspective. It raises our vibrational frequency. It offers us an opportunity to get out of our heads. Doing anything consistently builds character, credibility, and self-esteem, but doing something consistently for someone else can be even more energizing.
Complimenting others is another great way to put things back into perspective. Try this experiment for a month. I did, and I loved it so much that I made it a daily, lifelong practice: At the end of the day look at a note, stuck right where you brush your teeth, that asks the question, “Did you compliment someone today?” It really helps you to focus on and think about complimenting others on a regular basis. Try it out and see if something magical doesn’t begin to happen for you.
Life isn’t meant to be all about just us. Life is also supposed to be about others in our lives and the connections, friendships, and bonds we create. This is what makes life more beautiful, meaningful, fulfilling, and worth living. These are the things we can do to battle depression, sadness, anxiety, and loneliness, and consistently create a life of meaning and value.
Today I will decide upon something, anything, I can do for something or someone else consistently, and I will choose to care for another.
Did you know that they have now published studies that prove that loneliness is more deadly than smoking?! Serving others is the best way to ensure we are never alone in this world.
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Sometimes, to see the whole picture and keep a healthy perspective on things, we need to zoom out. Just like on our electronics, zooming out enables us to see more of the bigger picture.
ZOOMING OUT OFFERS A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.
Life can be likened unto a video game. In a first-person shooter game, if you are able to take just a few seconds and look around, it makes all the difference. The thing is, in the game and in life, sometimes we are so busy, distracted, in a hurry, or just trying to survive, that we think we we don’t have a few seconds to look around. The game is one thing, but in life it can make the difference between failure or success, between depression or happiness, between stress or peace of mind, and even actual life or death. Slowing down, choosing to take the time to look around, and zooming out for an alternate perspective is SUPER useful.
In the military they adhere to a saying as a reminder:
SLOW IS SMOOTH, AND SMOOTH IS FAST.
Meditation and breath work are my preferred methods I use to zoom out. I began meditating after listening to the audiobook, STRESS LESS, ACCOMPLISH MORE, by Emily Fletcher. I began box breathing when I first heard about it through Mark Divine, and I began Wim Hof breathing when I learned about it, a few years after that. These practices have empowered me with moments throughout the day to zoom out, look at the larger picture, and refocus and re-align, then begin again.
Take a pause. Zoom out. Look at the big picture. The best, most effective way I have found to do this is through the practice of meditation. I highly recommend watching the YouTube interview featuring Emily Fletcher on Impact Theory, and buying her book, “Stress Less, Accomplish More.” It made a MASSIVE difference in my mind, the way I think, how I speak, what I do, and in the results of the life that I now enjoy.
If we are to enjoy a positive, meaningful, happy life, we can choose to realize and believe that our life, and things in general, are MUCH better than we think they are.
Think of 10 things in your life you are most grateful for. Now, re-focus. Are the things you are spending most of your time thinking about, talking about, focused upon, and doing, empowering you and propelling you towards what you want MORE of and helping youaccomplish your goals?
How far do you need to zoom out for a perspective check?
Today I will remember to take a pause, zoom out, and look at the big picture. I will re-focus on what I want and the things that will get me there.
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One of the things I am most grateful for in my life is the support, knowledge, love, and connections that I enjoy with others. I believe in miracles, and I think that they are worked in our lives by the people who have been strategically placed in our lives at just the right moments. i believe in divine timing, and I believe there is a purpose behind every experience, and behind each and every person we come into contact with.
We have all gained experiences in this life. Really, isn’t that what this life is all about, to optimize and take advantage of this meat suit we wear and call, “bodies,” and to have and enjoy the best experiences possible, each and every day? Isn’t it useful to constantly experience upgrades within EVERY aspect of our human experiences? What was your most difficult life experience, so far? What do you consider to be the biggest mistakes you made along the way? Why do you consider them mistakes, instead of blessings, or growth opportunities? What did you learn from those, “mistakes?”
What we learned, and the answers to these questions and a few others, is how I think we are or can be incredibly valuable to others. In every moment of NOW, we have the opportunity to reframe and redefine EVERYTHING in a way that empowers and serves us, instead of disempowering us and making us into a victim.
Simon Sinek teaches: “TOGETHER IS BETTER.” I work hard every day to remember this. I have noticed the technological advances we now enjoy. I’m sure you have, too. Look at the last 100 years, and at how far we have come! It is because the next generation builds upon the knowledge, wisdom, and experiences of the last generation, and then the next generation does the same thing. The human experience is ever-expansive, and as we expand as a whole, we ALL upgrade.
Peter Diamadis teaches that the technological advancements that were made in 100 years, from the year 1900 to 2000, were equaled in just 16 years, from 2000 to 2016. Imagine the emotional, mental, spiritual, and vibrational, energetic growth, that will be happening at an even quicker rate, due to the Age of Awakening we now live in, spurred on and inspired by the Information Age we have experienced!
By learning from others and their mistakes or failures in their lives, we learn not to make the same mistakes. If we do make those same mistakes and go down a difficult road that others have already traveled on, we can benefit from their experiences and mistakes by learning from them and their wisdom, on the way up, out, and through. Just as technology has advanced, so can the human mind, the human heart, the human soul, and the human experience. Exponentially.
Think of the personal growth and development that will take place! It is my firm belief that if we learn from and rely upon the experience, empowerment, wisdom, and knowledge of others, instead of ONLY relying on ourselves, our personal growth will expand exponentially.
TOGETHER IS BETTER
Today I will help another. One way I can do that is by sharing something I have learned that has benefited me, and I will seek out the wisdom of experience through another, to more beautifully navigate my life, thereby upgrading the enjoyment and beauty of it.
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So many of us derive our sense of self from the past. We tend to define who we are by who we think we have been. In the past, many of us were damaged in different ways. We experienced pain and trauma, which caused us to adopt mindsets and behaviors we thought would rid ourselves of our pain. Each of us has done our best to heal the best we could.
Dr. Joe Dispenza, in one of his interviews with Lewis Howes, teaches that in order to become capable of real and lasting change, we must, “Think greater than our past.” His message is, “We can learn and change in a state of pain and suffering (Imposed by the Universe due to our lack of personal growth), or we can learn and change in a state of joy and inspiration (Self-imposed). Why wait (For the Universe to impose growth upon us)?”
Dr. Joe Dispenza’s books are worth researching. I especially love his book entitled, Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself.
Some of the mindsets, philosophies, and beliefs we currently choose to live our lives by were taught to us as small children. In many cases, they were the same ones that have been passed down for generations, for hundreds of years. Some of these things limit us in our current, day-to-day lives. What are some mindsets, philosophies, and beliefs that were passed down that may be limiting you right now? Are there more beneficial ones that you can adopt, or replace your current beliefs with, starting today?
The book by Maxwell Maltz, called,”Psycho-Cybernetics” comes to mind. To upgrade the image of “self,” I highly recommend this book.
I think it is so useful to derive our sense of self from the day-to-day. In order to move forward, we need to let the past go. We can choose to define ourselves by our daily actions, our current efforts, our upgraded beliefs and perspectives, a continuously upgraded SELF-IDENTIFY, and we can choose to perform the best possible actions we can for the best possible outcomes to be enjoyed. We can decide to try our very best, each and every day, to be the best version of ourselves we can possibly be. We can to choose to live each day to the fullest, for the sake of our own happiness and fulfillment. Life is too short not to.
Progress = Happiness
Today I will focus on this day and doing the things that will make me into the who I want to become, instead of focusing on the who I think I was in the past, thereby re-projecting and recreating more of the same. I will choose to ALWAYS BE UPGRADING.
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Living with optimism and grit is a choice, until these characteristics and traits become a habit. We have all heard the story of the little engine that could. If not, or if you would like a reminder of the wonderful classic story, look it up on YouTube.
The main idea behind the story is that no matter how small, weak, or inexperienced we may be, we are capable of doing anything we put our minds to. The only limitations we have are the ones we place upon ourselves. MOST of our limitations only exist in our minds. We can.
There is no, “I can’t.” There is only, “I will”, or “I will not.” The choice is ours.
Failing does not come from not succeeding at something we try to do. True failure comes when we don’t try or when we stop trying, and begin creating and focusing on excuses. Excuses are the true killer of human potential.
What is just one thing you want to change, improve upon, learn, or do in your life that you have chosen not to do up until this point? Big or small, is it time to start? Is it time to push and challenge yourself to do that one thing? Tomorrow is promised to no person.
We can all choose to adopt the mindset of, “I think I can.” If something is important enough to us, we will do anything to get it done. We will do the work. We will do the research. We will do the reading and studying. We will acquire the skills, the strength, the wisdom, and the experience necessary to make it happen. We will not give up or relent. We will prove how important something is to us with our actions. Results don’t lie.
Today, I will.
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Remember: Mindset matters. Character counts. That which we choose to consistently focus on is what EXPANDS in our lives. WE CREATE our personal realities.
“If we are unhappy without a relationship, we’ll probably be unhappy with one as well. A relationship doesn’t begin our life; a relationship doesn’t become our life. A relationship is a continuation of life.” -Beyond Codependency
One thing I have noticed is that the quality of the relationship I have with MYSELF dictates the level of happiness I enjoy, and absolutely correlates to the quality of the relationships I am capable of enjoying with OTHERS. SELF IMAGE MATTERS.
If we are unhappy without money, what makes us think we will be happy with money? There are so many stories of people earning or winning millions of dollars, spending it all, or making EVEN MORE, and still feeling unfulfilled and unhappy after they thought that all that money would solve every one of their problems. Happiness is a daily choice. Happiness is a lifelong practice. HAPPINESS IS A HABIT.
Many people are highly accomplished, successful, educated, and from the outside looking in they seem to have a perfect life-a life most of us would do anything do have. Many of these people are unhappy, regardless of accomplishments, successes, and educational backgrounds. Have you ever wondered why that is?
WE design our day, and the design we choose determines the quality of how we will feel. Happiness doesn’t come from things. It comes from within. It comes from our innate ability to re-assess our reality every day and learn, change, progress, upgrade, adjust, adapt, and become even more fulfilled. Happiness unfolds in accordance with the definitions and meanings we attach to EVERYTHING. Our perspectives render our realities, AND OUR PERSPECTIVES CAN BE UPGRADED AND SHIFT EVERY DAY.
Progress equals happiness. Practicing gratitude every day helps us to remember and focus on the things we already have in our lives that give us reason to feel happy and fulfilled. HOW WE FEEL sends out a magnetized, vibrational energy that attracts the circumstances, situations, people, and things, that will perpetuate those same feelings. It is SO IMPORTANT to FEEL GOOD ALL OF THE TIME, and yes-IT IS POSSIBLE.
HAPPINESS IS A HABIT.
WE are the CREATORS and PROJECTORS of our happiness and the quality of everything we experience.
“Happiness doesn’t come from what we get. Happiness comes from what we become.” -Jim Rohn
Today I will re-assess my current circumstances and feelings. If I can change something, or experiment and practice with a new habit or belief that I think may empower me to feel even BETTER, I WILL.
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Remember: Mindset matters. Character counts. That which we choose to consistently focus on is what EXPANDS in our lives. WE CREATE our personal realities.
There are a few practices that have helped me over the years to better learn how to appreciate, accept, and love myself more and more fully. THESE practices have resulted in UNCONDITIONAL HAPPINESS, where nothing going on in the outside world can negatively impact or affect my internal environment.
One is SELF-APPRECIATION. I set an alarm for the end of my work day asking, WHAT DID YOU DO TODAY THAT MAKES YOU PROUD AND THAT MAKES YOU APPRECIATE YOURSELF? This habit transformed me from the inside out, making it possible to validate MYSELF, and appreciate MYSELF, rather than seeking for sources of validation and appreciation from OTHERS.
SELF-AWARENESS has also empowered me to learn how to practice loving myself even more. This comes from honestly answering questions, and re-visiting those questions often, upgrading my answers, and therefore upgrading my self-awareness and my ability to love myself.
BOUNDARIES that are HEALTHY AND EMPOWERING ate so incredibly important in creating environments in which happiness can truly thrive. The book, THE LANGUAGE OF LETTING GO, by Melody Beattie has been a daily habit for me to read from since 2014. I can’t recommend this book enough!
MEDITATION is another practice that I have found to be INCREDIBLY useful. After listening to the audio book, STRESS LESS, ACCOMPLISH MORE, by Emily Fletcher, was when I finally began meditating.
GRATITUDE is another daily practice I have used for YEARS, that has physically required the structural anatomy of my neurological connections, and upgraded the chemical and hormonal patterns of my body and brain.
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Life is SHORT! Why not learn how to think and do what is necessary to constantly experience upgrades in your personal reality and the level of happiness you enjoy EVERY DAY?!?
It is through the experience of extreme contrasts that we learn what we DO and DO NOT want.
We can choose to love and be grateful for all that we perceive to have hurt us in life because of what it inspires us to do about it, and what it inspires us to make of ourselves because of it.
Why is it the more we sacrifice, give, suffer, and struggle for something, the more valuable it is to us? When a mother gives birth to a baby it is excruciatingly painful! Skin rips and bleeds. Contractions cause pain beyond what the human body is supposed to be able to bear. All of this after nine months of what can sometimes be considered constant suffering, morning sickness, and a sort of chemical warfare waged against the woman’s body and brain. She should hate that baby! For some reason, however, there is a beautiful bond that is created. A love is born. Promises and commitments are made and kept for the rest of that parents life!
The more we suffer and sacrifice for something, the more meaningful and valuable that thing becomes to us. The greater the struggle, the more magnificent the triumph.
Would you like to overcome hopelessness? Learn how to do it from someone who has even more of a reason to feel hopeless than you do, but somehow has overcome hopelessness and now lives an incredible, beautiful, purpose-filled, meaningful life of service and happiness. Look up the TEDx talk, “Overcoming Hoplessness, ” featuring Nick Vujicic.
The true beauty of life is this: We are capable of doing or becoming anything we truly want to, as long as we are committed to the decision, and willing to suffer in order to learn, practice, and repeat what is necessary to make it happen.
The Universe was designed from the beginning to conspire on our behalf. All that is happening to us is actually happening FOR us.
Today I will remember: “The greater the struggle, the more magnificent the triumph.” I know that no matter what I am going through, I will grow from it and eventually all the sacrifices and all the struggles will be for my benefit. What I am going through and growing through now will make me more valuable to myself and those around me.
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Remember: Mindset matters. Character counts. That which we choose to consistently focus on is what EXPANDS in our lives. WE CREATE our personal realities.
Billy ScottThere are some great suggestions in this post so far! Ok, let’s get tactical with this answer. I’m going to gloss over the physical things you can do and then get into the mental toolkit.
Physical:
Eating
* High fat, low simple sugars
* avacado, blueberries, almonds, spinach, kale, fish (line caught if possible to lower mercury), grass fed beef, broccoli
Supplements – please check with your doctor before taking supplements
* Co-Q10
* magnesium
* macha
* Greens mix
Working out
* Fasted workout when you wake up for at least 15 min
* Yoga
Sleep
* Get into routine to bed at same time every night
* develop a pre sleep routine
* stop all use of screens without nightshift or f.lux or blueblocker glasses 2 hrs before bed
* grounding – go put your feet on the ground meaning dirt or grass for 5-10 min before your bedtime routine
* keep room cool or use chilling pad
* make sure your room is pitch black
Sunlight
* Try to get at least 30 min a day (shirt off is best)
Mental:
Forgiveness
* Start by forgiving yourself then others
* write down all the things you forgive yourself and others for rip those pages out and burn them
* look at yourself in the mirror naked, and forgive yourself and others until nothing else comes to mind. Repeat every day until you’ve got nothing to forgive for
gratitude
* Write down 3 things you’re grateful for morning and night. The reread and really try to intensify the gratitude feeling
* 1 person from your family or network
* 1 thing about yourself
* 1 small seemingly insignificant thing but it’s really cool we have it, like running water, AC, don’t have to worry about famine, whatever
Self Awareness exercise
* Free write all the things that come to your head in 1 min
* core values
* strengths
* weaknesses
* achievements
* regrets
* beliefs about how the world works
* narrow these down to get a fairly complete view of you
Reframing negative experiences
* Take the power away from past or present experiences
* ask yourself this series of questions
* what are the facts of the experience in plain words?
* What did I learn from this?
* How could this be working for me? Really try to find answers to this. Even as ridiculous as the car accident is working in your favor because 2 people broke into your house and wouldve killed you if the accident didn’t happen
Releasing negative anchors
* Forgiveness excercise from earlier
* Take a negative memory and walk yourself through it while listening to your fav song
* next time make it in black n white
* this time try to see it from 3rd person perspective like you’re watching yourself in a movie
* now make that black n white and move it way away as it gets smaller you feel less emotional about it
* if all that doesn’t work bring it back close enough that you can grab both sides of the screen and then grab it and toss it over your head so it lands behind you
Journaling
* Daily write down anything you’re afraid of or hesitating about
* consultative journaling where you act like you’re interviewing yourself asking logical questions to get to deeper answers
* daily self awareness – I ask myself a question about me every morning and write the answer. Then the next day I read from the start and ask another question
* problem log – (thank you Jay Samit) write down 3 problems that you notice every day. Don’t repeat any. Those solutions could be businesses
daily/weekly/long term goal setting or outcome setting:
* There’s a lot of ways to do this choose your favorite but have a target as clear as possible
affirmations
* I use an app called think up, it allows you to record affirmations in your own voice and play them back to yourself. More powerful in your voice
* you can just write them down and read over them at multiple times a day
* set times triggers to remind you to read them especially effective right before sleep
I could keep going into breathwork, cognitive behavioral therapy, self hypnosis, NLP, different types of meditations but you have a lot of each of those. Too many to write out right now. But feel free to ask if you have any questions. I think this is a pretty solid base for anyone to start out with. Happy healing.
You’re going on a journey of self discovery for awhile with all of this amazing advice.
Remember at times it will be brutally hard, you might have things well up from your past that you never wanted to think about again, do it anyways.
The journey is the way, live in each moment intently, don’t deviate from the course you set for yourself, don’t stop once you’ve started.
Reflecting and reinforcing that you are worthy of success and abundance and my mantra lately…being intentional.
Baby steps are your friend, start slow build progress.
Every time you take a negative routine out of your life add a positive routine to replace it.
This journey is much more effective if you remove all of the useless noise from your life. TV, social media or internet for a month or two, analyze your friendships make sure they’re worth having, get rid of the entertaining apps on your phone.
Less distraction, right now you’re the most important thing in your life so figure that shit out in peace and away from the world for awhile.
Much love on your journey. ❤️
Get enough sleep
Practice gratitude everyday you wake up
I’m trying out subliminals
I focus a lot on keeping things in perspective. I look at the big picture. I tell myself that a bad day is not a bad life. I try and switch out a negative thought with a positive thought. If I stub my toe and freak out, I switch it and am grateful I even have feet that have the ability to feel pain. I look at everything like that. My worst day ever might be a day other’s would die to have. Gratitude and seeing outside of yourself, I believe are the two most important factors for shifting your mindset.
Seeing that all is transitory so letting go continually. Constant clearing and continuous change until nothing else but light exists.
When I’m happy, see eternity in it. When I’m hurting, see eternity in it. Go through experiences but not getting stuck in them. Yet not withdrawing, but being present in all of it.
Change the way you look at things
And the things you look at will Change.
Transformation is a mind/body change. It starts in the mind (thoughts) and ends with the body (actions)
Aside from the practical/underestimated advice of sleep, diet, meditation and exercise…
Learning to ask yourself why and looking for an answer is quite powerful. I really encourage writing it down as well.
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Having conversation with oneself on paper is great for this as it freezes your thoughts allowing to see where you are now in the discussion and where you came from. Revisiting old writing to see if how you feel has changed is a great bonus.
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Reading is also great because it gives you perspective from other people who have gone through similar things although I enjoy talking to an actual person if possible
Determine your personal values, beliefs, and standards, then hold yourself accountable. Practice living in your own circle of accountability, regardless of outside influence or circumstance.
In short, psychedelics.
It’s the best and fastest way to get out of your head to broaden your mind.
Yes do all the things listed above, but also look into the medicine of psychedelics.
It’s extremely difficult to heal a mind with just thinking, that created it’s blueprint of the world through mind expanding experiences. Wounds take place when the brain cannot fully comprehend a distressing experience and places a meaning upon it that isn’t constructive as we are to innocent to do so.
Just thinking through our best guesses at what our pain actually is and how to think our way out of it takes years to decades, but can be done with responsible use of MDMA and psilocybin mushrooms in a couple 6 hour sessions.
Yoga and hiking
Mindset exercises, declarations, forgiving others that have wronged us and letting it go, surrounding ourselves with people and things that uplift us, and having a heart of gratitude.
Give meaning to your life. Take congruent action.
“This is everything I know”
All about figuring out what the meaning of your life, and how to take congruent action.
All right good helpful strategies to heal than mine what I’ve learned and see you could mention a ton so I just keep it to one which is getting away from the indoors because I don’t think it was this much of a problem when we were younger both younger in age and younger generation because we literally have less ideas as we get older and the generations get older we get more intelligent smart or we have more ideas and I think there is a psychology and emotional psychology to an indoor environment that is in closing and the more quantitative we get with our ideas the more we need to be an open spaces to fully flush them out and that’s just expression which is a natural healing elements that are mine so true on that 🙂
Plan 10%
Action 10%
Accountability 80%
Meditate
Join a mastermind. The Tribe creates the Vibe.
Asking right questions to yourself before and after doing something is enough to shift the direction of the mind and so healing starts automatically.
Quite, purposely taking time to quieter the mind so you can refocus and align yourself to where you want to be.
I believe healing the mind starts with the body – note that I’m a kinesthetic learner. I train my body to behave the way I want my mind to think and feel first and then they reciprocate each other in the healing process. Pete Jones Interesting idea. Never heard of this. What exactly do you do? How do you train your body to affect the mind? Exercise and other physical endeavors (like juggling) I imagine.. would like to hear more of this as well 😊 For example, when I was a freshman in high school I was really unconfident and it reflected in my body language. To change my unconfident mindset, I focused on changing my body language instead of forcing my mind to not think about negative self-talk.
Generally, unconfident people have their shoulders curled forward, hunched back, head looking down and retracted, walk a little slower, etc. I focused on reversing all of these; roll back my shoulders, straighten my back, head looking forward and a relaxed neck, walk at a normal pace. etc. Ultimately, this process changed my mindset into a more confident one. Brandon Le At this moment in time, I combine both positive self talk and physical change to change my mindset. Personally, I believe there is a limit or a cap on how far someone can go when they only focus on one aspect of improvement. Our mind and body is connected and thus it should be treated as such.
I believe healing the mind starts not only from taking care of our bodies from the inside, but it also starts cleaning our surroundings on the outside. Our association is something we need to stay constantly aware of. They can help us or hinder us. Bad association spoil useful habits.
I feel like forgiving yourself for your past and forgiving the people who’ve ‘done you wrong’ opens up sooo much space for you to really engage in the healing process
Reflection through scribing. Ask yourself questions and answer them honestly. At first it will feel fake, awkward, and annoying. But you will experience a breakthrough moment that will unleash your emotions and help you to heal.
Noticing negative thoughts, and consciously changing or observing the lessons.
The mind is under two conditions that need to be addressed: 1. The overall momentum of thoughts and 2. The attachments, identities, beliefs and ideas held within thoughts
.For the first, meditation will allow the momentum of thoughts to slow down, this key to relieve the mind from over-use, strain and stress
.It also helps one to connect more closely to their body/emotions/intuition
.For the second, a person must realize that every worry, anxiety or neurosis is due to the idea or belief that one is somehow always lacking something in life and therefore happiness is measured by the “results” of what happens instead of just seeing life as it is without some hope, desire or expectation clouding the present moment
.This requires de-conditioning from the ego identity
.From birth, society/parents/authority figures have planted the ideas in our head that our life should be taking a certain course of accomplishment and meaning
.This causes daily worry about one’s place life and then the past and future is over-dwelled upon
.People need the time to undue all those ideas about one’s ego and simply live from blank slate mind where one’s inherent passions and talents can be realized and acted upon naturally
Self awareness self responsibility knowing your triggers keeping the blame for your problems and issues where it belongs and healthy ways to cope with and process emotions. Pete Jones What are tools you use to cope with and process emotions? Mindfulness self love self comfort self expression compassion assertiveness healthy knowledge of rights responsibilities and boundaries and other tools I’m still exploring and expanding on.
Besides the other advice, Try to practice looking at the world as the inner child within. Be curious, present, compassionate and understanding.
In practicing mindfulness, we are recognizing patterns and belief systems that leave us repeating old habits and addictions- so recognize them, analyze them, and release that energy. It’s okay to just address them as they arise.
Act upon the values you hold dearest in your heart.
LyonsAbraham hicks on you tube.
Vitamins forgiveness not holding on things mediation music healthy diet exercise and surrounding yourself around positive things.
Positive affirmations have helped me so much in life!! So has meditation and continuously learning. Although social media has introduced me to a lot of great people and information, I’ve realized that the information doesn’t sink in as much because I’m scrolling through so many other posts, it becomes information overload. Taking time to read an actual book, especially on the topic of self help and spiritual growth, even if it’s just randomly opening to one page, has been very effective for me in staying positive and motivated. 💖I should add “unplugging” from social media from time to time is really helpful too 😉
Daily practice.
Meditation. Reading selected books. Exercise/dance to move energy blockages throughout body and stimulate nice brain chemistry.
Self awareness, forgiving ourselves, dealing with trauma and the emotional ties to negative memories, self love and affirmations. Pete Jones: What ways have you found most helpful to deal with emotional ties to negative memories? I use visualization techniques where I close my eyes and imagine holding the hand of the person I was at that age and walk myself through the event and basically allow myself to grieve and accept what happened. I remind my younger self that it is no longer happening and that to move forward I must accept it and let go of the emotional attachment to it.
I’m with Natasha Zara Zizilia Meditation, Books, exercise (bush walking for me) healthy diet. I was told over and over again “Affirmations” but when living with depression I wasn’t in a mental state to believe they could work – then I found “Florence Schovel Shinn – The Game of Life”. Hers are so powerful you don’t need to believe that they work, they just do. I also found collecting positive inspirational verse, listening to music with positive / uplifting lyrics, surrounding yourself only with positive people and letting go of the ones who are not. Also, positive and spiritually uplifting/inspiring movies etc. Definitely agree with Wendi Kehn in part also, getting to know yourself and facing your fears, traumas, bad experiences. Tears are a healthy release.
A Course in Miracles. Pete Jones: Sounds interesting. Looked at the website. How long have you been following this and what has it done for you? My response to another post sums it up…… It helps to realize that you are experiencing a dream of separation from Oneness, and that everything you seem to see and all that is considered “other” doesn’t exist. You are doing it to yourself. Every attack on your well-being is coming from YOURSELF, even though is seems to be coming from others. There are no “others.” So, relax. Forgive all that is not Love or some form of Love. Work toward Awakening. If you see a beautiful, expensive car that you desire, tell yourself that it is already yours and that all good things are yours. You are just playing a game of separation. The car is just a symbol of your loss of Oneness..
Accountability. Take accountability for your actions and hold people accountable for theirs. Past, present, future. Do not let it consume you, but heal from it.
What Mooji has shown me is this,,
I have a self that is quite free of any 3D stuff,,
And then I have a lot of Stuff that I have told myself is me,,
And I really got to see that was not me,
When He asked me to leave that stuff outside the door with my shoes,,
I did not even know how I would do that,,,
But I realized after that is just what happened,,
Bless
Mooji the Invitation
Truth, heavy reprogramming…and an immense amount of self awareness. Pete Jones :What do you mean by heavy reprogramming. How do you do it, personally? I felt like I wanted to give you my answer for this heavy reprogramming…
It takes alot of within yourself and deciding what works for you.
For me, I had to take a complete retreat from everyone and just study and focus on the things which makes me tick as my own person.
For example, growing up I was never given credit when I would make ANY decision. If what I did turned our to be a positive thing then my mom or my sister would pipe up and claim credit for my choices and actions by stating they suggested I do that or try it this way.
It wasn’t until I made one choice which no one wanted to take credit for which I did and continued to do just t0 take ownership of my own self.
Since choosing this one thing, I’ve managed to be able to analyse what is considered right or wrong for me as my own person…ive chosen my own set of morals and values and I now live them to the core.
I get uneasy feelings anytime I’m choosing to go against my authentic true self which I’ve created…so it makes it easy to live authentically now….but let me tell you..i had to analyse my thoughts with how they corresponded with my feelings and emotions..i had to find what worked for me and re-train my brain to think about things from my own point of view and not worrying what others would have to say about things or me for that matter.
Reprogramming is deeply and honestly taking stock of what is going on in your mind…a lot of self inquiry…finding the roots to your thoughts and the source of your beliefs.. repetition…and being constantly aware of the dialect going on in your mind…to name a few way I do.
Ali CharltonMeditation 🧘♀️……really
Reprogramming, which you do it 21 at the time you have to deprogrammed first a part the trauma is quiet ease there are new tecnic offer from quantum physics and quantum meccanic , and there ancient method like ayawaska , very powerful of all Iboga ,
I called the short cut. Pete Jones: What are those things? Short cuts are great when we realize we don’t have as much time as we would like…Salva RassuAjawaska and Iboga , Pete, you do it in ceremony with shamans must be in your country also to know more about it you van be part of the group on face book about ajawaska and Iboga they are good to read of trauma and the programming , conditioning from your parent society ,schools ,and media,
With ajawaska you need a few sections , with Iboga one its inaugh
They are plants Ajawaska come from amazon forest Iboga come from cabon Africa
If you are interesting I can tell you more about it , we have subconscious belive that come from our parents or ancestor ,in our blood line which they are not correct in this way you rid of them
The plants they reprogram you they act on your soul your consciousness. They take you to the real you that part of you which it’s not identity with your thinking , your programming, your conditioning from when you did born.
Thank God for all your blessings. This appreciating will focus your mind on all the good in your life. Do the thanking for 20 minutes. Get serious. A one minute thank you is not serious. It is perfunctory. Realize how blessed you are. Great life is ahead. Watch Joel Osteen on TV. He is always positive and uplifting. Pete Jones AGREED. I do this in the shower each morning first thing and it has changed my mindset and my life. I now see the good in all things first, instead of the other way around, after just a year of making this a habit.
1)never get attached to anything even self… 2)never expect result/ favor …3) never hurt any one for his school of thought 4) be happy and make others happy too..gd luck sk.
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I’m not sure if this will work for everyone, my shamanism puts me in a position where I need to be grey. I am neither light or dark yet I am both light and dark.
I basically had to come to grips with my dark side and I had to accept it with my light side, now they coexist in harmony. Sure I have bad thoughts but I don’t give the thoughts power, I only acknowledge it. I just try to say positive even when it seems like the whole world is against me.
Staying humble, others opinions don’t define who you are. Works for me!
Find things to focus on other than what makes you unhappy. Simpler said than done. Laughter helps. Especially at yourself, then you have the right to laugh at others.
Good friends getting good positive therapy and self believe and self developed though learning curves.
Practice these sounds every day . To align the chakras and balance yourself.Manage
Listen to any of Alan Watts’ speeches. Read “Conversations with God- book 1” by Neal Donald Walsch. Heal your mind by being reminded Who You really Are.
Ronald Alan RhodesThat is a very broad statement but yes in many ways the mind is very much needed to be healthy to heal all other aspects of our lives . Are you referring to the brain and the heart or the body as a whole because all parts of being have an awareness and big part to play in the spiritual health of everyone. From my own experience I have learned that body memory can keep us sicker than just about any other memory.Healing the mind is an all encompassing job you can’t do it all in the brain or in the heart or even just the body, all must work together as one the way it was intended to.
Optimism is a choice. Positivity is a practice. We choose every moment of every day what we are going to think, what we are going to say, and what we are going to do.
We can choose to look at things in a positive way, have hope, goals, dreams, aspirations, and we can choose to do something daily and consistently to obtain all we want. We can choose to take action, realize our life and our success is 100% our responsibility, and begin to experience success in EVERY area of our lives.
We can also choose to look at things in a negative way, have no hope, no goals, no dreams, no desires for a better life, and we can choose to let the waves of life toss us about, like a small boat in a big storm. We can choose a life of depression and inaction, become a victim, and wait for someone to come along and save us.
We have two easy choices: DISCIPLINE OR NEGLECT, through DOING, or NOT DOING.
The idea of Pronoia vs Paranoia is an interesting one.
Paranoia is defined as a mental condition characterized by delusions of persecution, unwarranted jealousy, or exaggerated self-importance, typically elaborated into an organized system. It may be an aspect of chronic personality disorder, of drug abuse, or of a serious condition such as schizophrenia in which the person loses touch with reality.
PROnoia is simply defined as the belief that the Universe and all things in it are constantly conspiring on our behalf and in our favor.
Einstein once said that the two most important questions we could ever ask were:
Do we live in a friendly universe or an unfriendly universe?
Is nothing a miracle or is everything a miracle?
The best way (and the ONLY way that I know of) to cultivate a lifestyle centered around pronoia, is the consistent and daily practice of gratitude. Practicing an attitude of gratitude, if practiced consistently, literally re-wires the neural pathways in our brains in such a way that we automatically are capable of training ourselves to constantly and more easily recognize and focus upon the positives of life, rather than the negatives.
Gratitude is a magnet for miracles, and when practiced consistently, it empowers us to see the true beauty that is present in EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE.
Practicing gratitude is like putting on glasses that empower us to see things differently, having an entirely altered state of consciousness, set of beliefs, and an empowering perspective. Gratitude is a filter with which to see the world through, that will directly result in a more beautiful, meaningful, enjoyable life.
Imagine living a life, throughout which you easily recognize and focus upon the good in people, situations, and opportunities. Since it is true that we get more of that which we focus upon, it becomes progressively easier with practice to see the beauty in all things, and to visualize the constant conversion of circumstances that this type of consistency would create for us. It becomes easy to envision how the Universe conspires on our behalf, every moment of every day. ❤️
Which will you choose today? Pronoia or paranoia? What will you do to prove it?
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