Journey to Love!

Sun, 09 Nov 2008 02:05:48 GMT

Conscious Life,Creating New Values

Journey to Love!

Sun, 09 Nov 2008 01:36:26 GMT

Conscious Life,Creating New Values

You are going to be enlightened TOMORROW

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:04:34 GMT

What is the difference whether or not you find this freedom, this enlightenment or not. You will not be there to benefit from it. What possible good can this state do you? This state takes away EVERYTHING you have. That is why they call it "jivanmukti" -- living in liberation. It is neither happiness nor unhappiness. This you do not, cannot, want. What you want is everything, and that is not possible You can't experience anything except through thought. You can't experience your own body except through the help of thought. The sensory perceptions are there. Your thoughts give form and definition to the body, otherwise you have no way of experiencing it. The body does not exist except as a thought. There is one thought. Everything exists in relationship to that one thought. That thought is "me". Anything you experience based on thought is an illusion. You know. You want more knowledge so you can develop better techniques for reaching your goal. You know that there is no guarantee that more experience, more knowledge, more systems and more methods will help you reach your goal. Yet you persist; it is all you know how to do. Anything you want to be free from, for whatever reason, is the very thing that can free you. You are always dealing with a pair of opposites in anything; so being free of one is to be free from the other, its opposite. It is not possible. Within the framework of the opposites there is no freedom. That is why I always say, "You haven't got a chance ..." Likewise, the man who is not concerned with morality will not be interested in immorality. Thought has created all these divisions, making what you call experience possible. The man who has freed himself from all divisions in consciousness has no experiences; he does not have "loving" relationships, does not question anything, has no notions about being a self-realized man, and is not stuck on wanting to help somebody else. Your search for happiness is prolonging your unhappiness. Similarly, enlightenment has no independent existence of its own apart from your knowledge about it. There is no enlightenment at all. The idea of illumination is tied up with change, but there is nothing TO change. Change admits of time; change ALWAYS takes time. To change, to eliminate one thing and replace it with another, takes time. What you are now and what you ought to be are linked together by time. You are going to be enlightened TOMORROW! Seeing tomorrow involves only hope. Seeing today demands action. U.G.

Brain, Thought, Awareness in Consciousness

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:38:52 GMT

"The brain is not an organ that generates consciousness, but rather an instrument evolved to transmit and limit the processes of consciousness and of conscious attention so as to restrict them to those aspects of the material environment which at any moment are crucial for the terrestrial success of the individual. In that case such phenomena as telepathy and clairvoyance would be merely instances in which some of the limitations were removed." William James Awareness is a simple activity of the brain. It cannot be used to bring about any change, including a therapeutic one. We have superimposed a naming process over this natural physiological awareness, an awareness we share, incidentally, with the other animals. Awareness and the movement or tendency in you to bring about change in you are two different things entirely. That difference cannot be perceived by you, for there is no perception without the perceiver You are conscious, aware, only through thought. The other animals use thought--the dog, for example, can recognize its owner--in a simple manner. They recognize without using language. Humans have added to the structure of thought, making it much more complex. Thought is not yours or mine; it is our common inheritance. There is no such thing as your mind and my mind. There is only mind -- the totality of all that has been known, felt, and experienced by man, handed down from generation to generation. We are all thinking and functioning in that "thought sphere", just as we all share the same atmosphere for breathing. The thoughts are there to function and communicate in this world sanely and intelligently. U.G.

It is a Zenday!

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 17:57:05 GMT

Zen is intuitive understanding. Words and sentences have no fixed meaning, and logic is often out of picture. It is impossible to describe "what is" accurately, so I never take anyone or anything (including myself) as a final truth. There is no such a thing! Everything is fleeting. I attain bits and pieces of "myself", on my path to somewhere. ~ * ~ Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead. Do not walk ahead of me, for I may not follow. Do not walk beside me, either; just leave me the hell alone. Always remember you're unique, just like everyone else. It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others. Don't make a big fuss out of your life. If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything. It might be not the absolute truth, but who knows what is anyway. Good judgment comes from bad experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment. "Your life will change. That's for sure. But it won't get any better and it won't get any worse. How can you compare now to the past? What do you know about the past? You don't have a clue! You have no idea at all what yesterday was really like, let alone last week or ten years ago. The future? Forget about it... We take the colors of mind to be much more than they are. But our thoughts are only thoughts. They go just so far and then stop. All of them, even the most urgent, the most violent, the most sexy, the most profound. They just go a little way and then peter out. Poof! And, just by the way here, when you see that everyone is you and you are everyone, you'll also come to understand that everyone in the world is just as dumb as you are. This will alleviate a lot of the stress you feel. It's hard to worry what other people might think when you realize their thoughts are just as dopey and meaningless as yours." Brad- "Colors of Mind"

Conformity

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 01:51:24 GMT

Social conformity does indeed alters the perception of reality. :-) That we have found the tendency to conformity in our society so strong that reasonably intelligent and well-meaning young people are willing to call White Black is a matter of concern. It raises questions about our ways of education and about the values that guide our conduct, wrote Asch.

Nervous Disorders in Spiritual Growth

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:47:50 GMT

Roberto Assagioli on Spiritual Growth

Am I Awake?

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:37:57 GMT

What is luck? .. If we are ready, it happens .. just like in a fairytale ... Basically we always get what we need at every and each moment ... Luck is a domain of those who are not awake. Yep, sometimes we get lucky :-)

Moments of reality

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:06:16 GMT

What does it mean to be free? To be free, just come back. Back from where you are now. And you are in your thoughts. And when you are in them, you do not live, you dream. You are non-living when you think about the past or dream about the future. Neither the past nor the future exists at this moment. But you still are then and there rather than here and now. What happens now, at this moment, gives the joy of life, creativity, internal flight and freedom. Nothing, except you and present. Who you were yesterday or who youll be tomorrow is not the same who you are now. The present you - is unique. When you are here and now, you become I. You have no past, which you can deter. And you have no future, which may frighten you. Do you know when we are going to experience here and now fully and feel the bliss? When we die. Until that point - we do not live. But at that moment, before we go away, for one moment we feel a real, live life and understand how much we have lost. Until then, grab any moment you can and experience the fullness of life, there is nothing else, just those moments, the rest is a dream of our mind.

Mo Matter What!

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:28:37 GMT

Destiny or Free Will (2)

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:32:36 GMT

Destiny or Free Will

What is up to us?

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:58:07 GMT

If everything is predetermined, whats the point of living?

The reason we feel this way is because we think that predetermined is something that is known to us, but it is not.

We dont know what will happen next, we might guess and intuitively perceive the unfolding of our life, but we never know for sure. So to know that we have a destiny is not the same as to know our destiny.

There are some moments in our life that can be perceived as Free Will. Those moments when we rest in pure consciousness and get a glimpse of The Big Picture of Existence.

Free will is an absolute freedom pure consciousness that creates an indefinite set of choices and chooses them all at once.

Absolute freedom is achieved at the point where fear doesnt exist; action is ceased. Absolute freedom is not an action, it is being.

While in subjective reality fear is an opposite of free will and a necessary element for manifesting the duality (the physical world - gross), the movement from fear to free will is our, often not recognized, mission.

It is an ultimate, to many hidden, desire of a human being. This desire is a perpetual engine that drives the whole existence out of dark and gross to light and ether.

The desire is Consciousness! It is manifested in the subjective reality as a desire to be happy.

The Self is a single pointed, trapped in a gross, consciousness. I guess it is what we call a soul. All these names and definitions, that people use to describe Consciousness, just partially reflect the reality. We do the best we can.

Consciousness is not breakable, dividable, or describable; it is the same Consciousness in everyone and everything. Better yet, everything is in Consciousness.

So what is up to us? First we have to realize who we really are, not only conceptually, but also through living. When we do, we might grasp that it has been always up to us! (smile)

Somewhere is Everywhere.

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 03:04:27 GMT

Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here? - Alice

That depends a good deal on where you want to get to, - said the Cat.

I don't much care where - said Alice.

Then it doesn't matter which way you go, - said the Cat.

So long as I get SOMEWHERE, - Alice added as an explanation.

Oh, you're sure to do that, - said the Cat, - if you only walk long enough

L.Kerroll

Coincidence ?

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:57:41 GMT

If you type "beliefs hard to change" in search engines, this article of mine has been ranked as #1 on Ask.com; #3 on Google.com and Yahoo.com. What a strange coincidence!

I am not practicing Kabbalah or for that matter any religion

However, some of my ideas and thoughts, well presented in Kabbalah.

If I had to choose any teaching that would describe my perception of the existence, it would be Zen Buddhism.

Destiny --- Free Will

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 20:15:35 GMT

Great explanation on free will , cause and effect..destiny

I would like to add my own thoughts on changing/choosing the environment factor, which he suggests is the only cause that human can exercise to create a desired effect. I'll write about it next time.

The Universal Mind

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 23:30:51 GMT

Man seeks, thus man acts. How are actions manifested? What is a direction of those actions?

To investigate these questions is a purpose of philosophy. Philosophy is a science of life.

The desire to preserve life is a purpose of an intention. An intention, which is present in all existence and in man, is a consciousness of life.

The desire to enhance life is a purpose of a wish. A wish is a consciousness of ego.

The desire to experience all the above is the purpose of I. I is full consciousness, endless field of nothingness, where everything else happens.

To get in touch with I is to jump into nothingness and to witness everything without a judgment, which leads to realization of intentions (subconscious) and transformation of ego into a stronger entity.

All existence is nothing but consciousness. Think of consciousness as the universal mind.

A mind of a person thinks of different stuff, primarily about his own life: how to improve his life; what to do next; what is better for him; what goes on around him.

The next would be a mind of a couple. Yes, it has two brains, but the thinking is done through one mind, as if they think out loud, the same stuff that a person does, and make up their mind.

A family may consist of two or as many people as we can imagine. The thinking in here happens through many brains (in some cases just one brain :-)), that is a family mind.

Let the possibility of disagreement within a family not confuse you, since a persons mind consists of the same problems. We are all aware of our chaotic and procrastinating thinking. It takes a long time and struggling efforts to make up ones mind. So does a family's mind.

You can continue on and apply the same logic to a culture, a country and the world.

What defines a mind is the thinking (creative) process.

The universal mind thinks/creates for everything that exists. It has many names, such as God, Universe, All mighty and so on.

The evolution of a human is a process where a persons mind evolves into the universal mind.

To wish or to Intent?

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:44:00 GMT

When we wish for something, we become vulnerable. Intention, on the other hand, makes us stronger.

A Wish is a prisoner of purpose, believing that only the desired is authentic. An Intention knows that only present, here and now, is real.

A Wish is a beggar. An Intention is an owner.

A Wish is impulsive. An Intention acts in cold blood.

A Wish is a standalone castle of sand in anticipation of a high tide. An Intention is the high tide.

A Wish dies either way, being realized or not. An Intention draws energy from the process.

A Wish has only two points in the world: itself and the desired. For an Intention there is a whole world, because it is aware that every next moment is always born out of this moment, which is here and now.

A Wish is always on edge. An Intention is uninterrupted and confident.

Higher Consciousness

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:13:41 GMT

For centuries, philosophers have investigated consciousness.

There are many philosophical stances on consciousness, including: behaviorism, dualism, idealism, functionalism, reflexive monism, phenomenalism, phenomenology and intentionality, physicalism, emergentism, mysticism, personal identity etc.

Phenomenal consciousness (P-consciousness) is simply experience; it is moving, coloured forms, sounds, sensations, emotions and feelings with our bodies and responses at the center."

It is sometimes held that consciousness emerges from the complexity of brain processing.

I, personally, believe it is true.

Brain chemistry affects human consciousness. Sleeping drugs can bring the brain from the awake condition (conscious) to the sleep (unconscious).

Wake-up drugs reverse this process. Many other drugs have a consciousness-changing effect.

In my writing I often use the word Consciousness. Consciousness I refer to is Higher Consciousness as in being aware of our mental self.

The concept of higher consciousness rests on the belief that the average, ordinary human being is only partially conscious due to the influence of inferior impulses and preoccupations.

As a result, most humans are considered to be asleep (to reality) as they go about their daily business.

Higher Consciousness(Wikipedia)

Intention (continued..)

Sun, 08 Jun 2008 22:55:32 GMT

"Intention" is a function of subconsciousness. Wish is a function of consciousness.

Let us consider those functions in details. Subconsciousness is controlled by the nervous system, that is our behavior and mental activity occurs automatically.

The nervous system is in control most of the time.

Consciousness is a function of the higher brain, it is mental activity that requires an effort.

The higher brain is not sufficiently developed in modern man. We are not adapted to be in a conscious state for a long time.

"Events that occur in the mind or brain that are not within phenomenal or access consciousness are known as subconscious events."

Subconscious

"a higher-order account of consciousness proposes that a mental state is conscious when there is a higher-order state, either a thought or a perception, about it."

Encyclopedia of Philosophy

To read more about the nervous system--> The Nervous System

It's a Caturday! :)

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 07:44:30 GMT

Intention

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 23:29:57 GMT

I want to be happy, wealthy, beloved, successful, smart, beautiful, and so on and so forth? Sounds familiar? We all want to have those fancies.

"Very few people capable of imperturbability express views that differ from those commonly accepted prejudices of their social environment. Most people can not even imagine such a view ". Albert Einstein

What do we want? To get something that we think we do not have at this moment.

So we set ourselves a goal; make a choice; decide where well go. But we dont go. Why? Because it is only a WISH.

How about when we want one thing and do another thing?

We wish to have a slim body, and go to the store and buy two pounds of ham and one gallon of ice cream

Yes, the slim body - is what we wish for, and to indulge in High-Fat Goodies - is our 'INTENTION.' Id even say it is our need.

Intention - to have in mind for a particular use.

It is logical. Whatever we cant do without is a necessity.

If the slim body becomes a necessity, we eat moderately and work out.

The following are the questions to contemplate on:

Why do we need what we need?

Why do we wish what we wish?

How to realize what is a wish and what is an intention?

Do we intent what we wish for or what we need?

How to exhaust our need?

Can we transform a wish in to intention?

Can we live without a wish?

How do I find Myself?

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:20:39 GMT

How do I find myself? The question relevant to many, regardless of age and social status. It is actual and at the same time, rhetorical. How do I find something that can never be lost?

In using the words "interest" and "desire" in relation to our work and fate in general, we forget that there is a dream and goal. It is a dream and goal that determine and lead life of many people. Search for oneself is a simple dissatisfaction with the current state of affairs.

Each person defines his own rainbow of life, for some it is gray, for others white and black. Life is not white or black, life is colorful. To see the rainbow of life, its beauty and attractiveness, you need to live.

Commit the deeds, make choices and take decisions to realize dreams, analyze and go further. This is harder than thinking about life, and seek answers to questions not in life itself, but in a hypothetical space: what would be if.

Your task is to begin to live today, now, to see and feel the widest possible spectrum of lifes paints. Running away from the bright colors and actions is living life out of fear.

In the process of life problems are solved; questions are answered; dreams are realized. Life is hard, for that reason it is very interesting and exciting. Try to see the beauty in yourself and the people who surround you.

Create the best rainbow you can, use all the colors!

One Taste

Sat, 31 May 2008 15:06:21 GMT

"Indeed, the whole point is to be fully at home in the body and its desires, the mind and its ideas, the spirit and its light. To embrace them fully, evenly, simultaneously, since all are equally gestures of the One and Only Taste. To inhabit lust and watch it play; to enter ideas and follow their brilliance; to be swallowed by Spirit and awaken to a glory that time forgot to name. Body and mind and spirit, all contained, equally contained, in the ever-present awareness that grounds the entire display." "In the stillness of the night, the Goddess whispers. In the brightness of the day, dear God roars. Life pulses, mind imagines, emotions wave, thoughts wander. What are all these but the endless movements of One Taste, forever at play with its own gestures, whispering quietly to all who would listen: is this not you yourself? When the thunder roars, do you not hear your Self? When the lightning cracks, do you not see your Self? When clouds float quietly across the sky, is this not your very own limitless Being, waving back at you?"

Conscious Marriage

Sat, 31 May 2008 02:36:25 GMT

If you are a couple whose marriage is on the rocks, the first and foremost thing you want to do is to realize: Do you both desire to restore your marriage? Or it is an obsessed desire one of the spouses? If both of you have this idea, then the next question would be: What is the reason you are trying to save your marriage? You have to be honest with each other, no matter how hurtful or ridiculous it might sound. You have to share your thoughts. And Ill tell you what some of those thoughts could be: I wont find someone better. Ill be alone and I cant stand it. It is really hard to find someone now days. How am I going to survive by myself? What is going to happen to me? Who will look at me? I am old, fat, have children, etc., whatever applies to you. Even if I meet someone, eventually, Ill have the same problems. Whats the point? This is an honest path, where you acknowledge the true motives of each other. Honesty will bring in humbleness into your relationship and might give you a fresh start. Accept what it is, do not expect what has never been there!

Conscious Humor

Sat, 31 May 2008 02:19:02 GMT

I just got an email from a friend of mine: The subject: Next time you're having a bad day .. Now that's what I call 'attitude!' Kathi Attitude! There once was a woman who woke up one morning, looked in the mirror, and noticed she had only three hairs on her head. Well, she said, I think I'll braid my hair today. So she did and she had a wonderful day. The next day she woke up, looked in the mirror and saw that she had only two hairs on her head. Hmm, she said. I think I'll part my hair down the middle today. So she did and she had a grand day. The next day she woke up, looked in the mirror and noticed that she had only one hair on her head. Well, she said, today I'm going to wear my hair in a pony tail. So she did and she had a very fun day. The next day she woke up, looked in the mirror and noticed that there wasn't a single hair on her head. YAY! she exclaimed. I don't have to fix my hair today! Attitude is everything.

Secret behind 'The Secret'?

Wed, 28 May 2008 05:12:03 GMT

Secret behind "The Secret"? Wow... How many Secrets behind the "The Secret" do we have to decode in order to get what we want? Are we eternally gullible? There is no secret. Ignorance! That's what it is!

Sex-less Marriage?

Wed, 28 May 2008 04:53:41 GMT

On my way back home from work I was listening to the radio. There was an ad running for the website where people who are already in relationship can meet someone new, someone more exciting, which means sex. A few days ago, I stumbled upon a sex-less marriage forum; people were discussing the problems they are having in marriage because sex is out of their relationship, dead. What about the swingers - couples that engage in sexual relationships with other couples? Sex is being separated from marriage as we speak. :-) For many, that sounds weird and unacceptable, but so were minority and womens rights just 50 years ago. If you told anyone at that time that in the near future we could have a black president or a woman president, they would laugh at you and consider you nuts.

Fake it until you make it!

Mon, 26 May 2008 21:36:46 GMT

The last century gave birth to many spiritual movements, such as the New Age movement. Essentially they are alike; The Power of Positive Thinking, Creative Visualization, Affirmations, Manifestation, etc. Those teachings are full of contradictions; for example, lets discuss Manifest Abundance. They tell us that we can get anything we desire, but the main condition is we have to give up the desire itself, which basically means we should acquire a desire-less attitude. That doesn't make any sense; either we desire or we do not?! The majority of humans are evolving through repetition, that is, learning new ways of living and behaving by means of new teachings. Unless we are guaranteed to benefit from the teaching, we are not interested in the process itself. Among those benefits are money, success, abundance, happy marriages, or in one word - heaven. (smile) We have an image of heaven created by our limited mind, based on the old beliefs. We hold beliefs that were adopted at some point of evolution, where they served their timely value. We follow the instructions (positive thinking, visualization, affirmation, etc.), which, by all means, are great tools to train our mind, to become aware of our mechanical thinking and behaving, the promised materialistic abundance is just a bait, skillfully offered to us by Nature / the Universe. This is the only way to involve humans in evolutionary process, at least to most of us. This process is merely a translation. Which means, weve always been told what to do, in order to move on and progress. Few are transforming! Those who do, show us the WAY! Fake it until you make it! Let's fake it consciously. In other words, be aware of what, how, and why we do, whatever it is that we do. (smile) Radical transformative spirituality is extremely rare, anywhere in history, and anywhere in the world Ken Wilber Advanced reader follow the link to read his article: "A Spirituality that Transforms"

Play billiards in style (smile)

Sun, 25 May 2008 11:47:41 GMT

Email Glitch

Sun, 25 May 2008 11:41:51 GMT

I've had a problem receiving email. I found out that some people had tried to contact me, but it never went to my mailbox. I apologize for this incident. My email account is working fine now.

Bad Grammar! Big Bloggers?

Sat, 24 May 2008 00:04:31 GMT

The discussion on this forum made me feel really good :-) I am not the only one. Just kidding. Maybe not. Anyway. "Can you suck at grammer and have a successful blog?" - Shoemoney problog Read an article.(the arguments)

Are you aware of your beliefs?

Wed, 21 May 2008 06:32:49 GMT

I have a coworker that I like a lot, despite the fact that she is not interested in any of the stuff that I am. You guessed it right, consciousness and all the other words that are strongly attached to it. (smile) As someone who sympathizes with me, shes been giving me advice on some dos and donts at work. I have a rebellious nature, thus, its been irritating me to some extent, even though I perfectly understand that the underlying intention behind those words is good. If something keeps bugging me, it means I have a belief that creates this reaction to something I cant put my finger on. I know it is not her, but every time she would give me a suggestion, she would trigger my unknown belief. I am aware that I have many beliefs hidden from my immediate comprehension, and I work on one belief at a time (long time). I know that I am ready to dig it up, bring it out, to ponder it, and witness it, when I become self-conscious of my reaction. Today, I had that aha moment and I realized what exactly was happening. Every time my coworker advises on something, she would, almost definitely, finish it with the phrase: Be Careful. You see, I have this belief, that I am who I am, and I dont need to create a mask for public places. Be Careful strongly suggested to me that I was doing something wrong, that my behavior was not appropriate. She perceives me as someone who is not being wise, thus, not careful. She just stopped by my cubicle and passed on some news, better yet, a bit of gossip, and at the end she told me, Aha You know already! "BE CAREFUL! I was quietly laughing to myself. Those words didnt have the same power over me!

Stages of Realization

Tue, 20 May 2008 02:58:58 GMT

I walk down the street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I fall in. I am lost ---- I am helpless ---- it isnt my fault. . . . . It takes forever to find a way out. I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I pretend I dont see it. I fall in again. I cant believe I am in the same place ---- but it isnt my fault. . . . It still takes a long time to get out. I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I see it is there. I still fall in . . . . It is a habit. My eyes are open. I know where I am. It is my fault. I get out immediately. I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I walk around it. I walk down another street. Poem in Five Chapters by Portia Nelson

How we are being conditioned

Sun, 18 May 2008 19:43:28 GMT

Our beliefs have been conditioned over the centuries. We've, certainly, heard about this many times. However, we don't fully realize it. The following video is a thought-provoking. "If you genuinely believe that what you believe is true (of course, we all do), then you will not be looking any deeper into the issue."

Evolution of Man

Sun, 18 May 2008 17:30:42 GMT

"Life evolves out of Matter, Mind out of Life, because they are already there: Matter is a form of veiled Life, Life a form of veiled Mind. May not Mind be a form and veil of a higher power, the Spirit, which would be supramental in its nature? Man's highest aspiration would then only indicate the gradual unveiling of the Spirit within, the preparation of a higher life upon earth." "It is wrong to demand that the individual subordinate himself to the collectivity or merge in it, because it is by its most advanced individuals that the collectivity progresses; and they can really advance only if they are free. But it is true that as individual advances spiritually, he finds himself more and more united with the collectivity and All." "Man's highest aspiration - his seeking for perfection, his longing for freedom and mastery, his search after pure truth and unmixed delight - is in flagrant contradiction with the present existence and normal experience." "Such contradiction is part of Nature's general method; it is a sign she is working towards a greater harmony. The reconciliation is achieved by an evolutionary progress" "At each step one receives an intimation of what the following step will be" "The nature of the next step is indicated by the deep aspirations awakening in the human race" "Without an inner change man can no longer cope with the gigantic development of the outer life" The Future Evolution of Man by Sri Aurobindo

Think Globally

Sat, 17 May 2008 16:44:21 GMT

Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try! Dr. Seuss

Conscious Humor

Sat, 17 May 2008 06:06:22 GMT

Live here and now! How? My mind constantly takes me somewhere else. It seems that the mind doesn't get along with "here and now." If I am lucky to find myself here and now, I don't know what to do, I am lost, I feel uncomfortable, I am scared, and I am bored. My mind goes into survival mode: thinking! Gently bring yourself back to here and now! How? I keep forgetting, my mind is always occupied, with problems that I might have tomorrow, or with past events, just to make sure I didn't miss anything and I did everything right. Try harder! You have to be aware of your thoughts. How? Every single time I try to be aware of my thoughts, the only thought I am aware of, at that moment, is that I have to be aware. You should stop asking so many questions. Don't think. Don't think? How? Listen to something you don't understand Stay with it, don't forget to breathe (smile)

What the bleep are we talking about?

Wed, 14 May 2008 18:49:52 GMT

Love Yourself, Be Conscious, Manifest, Think Positive. These are the buzzwords, nowdays. Have you asked yourself what exactly those words mean to you? Without being affected by any readings? (smile) The Internet is overwhelmed with an abundance of sites that sell all kind of services. They tell you what to do, 12 steps, 20 steps, etc. Today, we can find instruction on anything. The problem is no one knows how to persuade us follow those steps! There are few authentic writings that explore this subject. Notice, I didnt say answer,but rather, explore! There is no unique answer for everyone. Youll have to come up with your own answer. Are you ready for it? It has been said that at this time of evolution, approximately 20 of people are awake.

Just a note

Tue, 13 May 2008 02:47:34 GMT

I love discovering and reading articles on the Internet. Some of them I've been sharing with you on my website. I am not affiliated with these sites in any way!

Happiness

Sat, 10 May 2008 19:06:55 GMT

We are searching for an ultimate happiness. We want to feel good! The search for something different than what we have at the moment is inevitable. It is the life energy within that stirs up and moves us to a different state of being. Life is a change! Life is an energy! Energy movement is always up and down. Up is the moment of happiness, down is the opposite. Those up moments are accepted totally by us. Down times are rejected, repressed, and pushed away. Have you noticed how we go experience the happy moment? It goes by so quickly! Thats why we probably call it just a moment. What if we accept a down time and stay with it, experience it totally? Will it become a moment? Accepting means not attaching any mental description to that feeling of sadness, trying to explain why you feel this way. The attempt to explain it creates resistance, as if this feeling is not valid. Just feel it! Stay with it. It will be a "moment!" Happiness is not a feeling, it is a state of mind!

Accelerating Change

Sat, 10 May 2008 06:50:17 GMT

The Big Bang or whatever it was, happened ten billion years ago (give or take a couple of billion years) The evolution of simple lifeforms began four billion years ago. Multicellular life appeared a billion or so years ago. The evolution of complex nervous systems, made possible by the emergence of vertebrates, began several hundred million years ago. Mammals appeared tens of millions of years ago.The genus Homo first stood on the planet a couple of million years ago. Homo sapiens, appeared several huhdred thousand years ago. The shift to Homo sapiens sapiens that was triggered by the emergence of language and tool use, and which resulted in the Agricultural Revolution, began tens of thousands of years ago. Civilization -- the movement into towns and cities -- started several thousand years ago.The Industrial Revolution began a few centuries ago. And Information Revolution is but a few decades old. Each new development has occurred in a fraction the time of the previous one -- somewhere between a quarter and a tenth the time which may suggest faster and more profound change in the future.! Waking Up In Time: Finding Inner Peace In Times of Accelerating Change! Peter Russell

Positive Thinking (part 3)

Wed, 07 May 2008 21:10:27 GMT

Let me begin by saying that there is no positive or negative energy. All energy is neutral until WE personalize it. It is this personalization process that gives it a negative or positive image. To experience life to the fullest we have to accept both images. It's the Positive and Negative Energy that breathe life into, or take it away from, the physical universe. To realize the above is to acquire the POSITIVE FRAME OF MIND! Every battery has two poles or terminals -- one marked positive (+) the other negative (-). The negative pole or terminal has more electrons than it needs, and the positive pole has a lack of electrons. When you connect the two poles of a battery with a wire, a current made up of electrons moves through it so the electrons can move from the negative terminal to the positive terminal. Positive thinking means seeing the world as a perfect place, being able to freely express any emotion, being flexible (no fixations of any kind, even positive), flowing.

Changes

Wed, 07 May 2008 03:54:26 GMT

I had to change the heading. After two weeks of blogging, I realized that relationships are just a part of what I'd like to write about.

Positive Thinking (part 2)

Tue, 06 May 2008 21:24:38 GMT

What is positive thinking? Is it having optimistic, constructive, upbeat thoughts? How often? All the time? Sometimes? Everything in the physical world is dual and has its opposite polarity. The amount of "negative" stuff is exactly the same as the amount of "positive" stuff. However, they often are spread in time and space and therefore appear as separate. You've probably heard about the Karma concept. This is it: For every positive" aspect, we have to experience "negative" as well. The obvious example would be cold and hot water. If you stay in cold water long enough, it is not cold anymore. You need to change that state to the opposite one in order to experience it once again. Ponder this! Understanding how the physical world is being manifested day to day, hour to hour, and minute to minute will change your attitude toward life. This change will reflect your thinking process. You will understand, accept and allow.LOVE! Change from inside out transforms. Expand your Consciousness!

Positive thinking

Tue, 06 May 2008 14:06:16 GMT

I have friends who talk about "positive thinking,"affirmations," but they go back to thinking and behaving the only way they "know" - nothing changes. If we don't expand our consciousness so we can see ourselves, remember,those few minutes of "positive thinking" will not change anything. We have no idea how automatic we are! The first step is to see and realize it. And let me tell you, this is not achievable over night. You can start with the following practice: mark the start time and try to remember yourself by concentrating on your breathing and your being in that moment. You'll not be able to do this for more than a minute. Your nervous system will take you right back to an "established" routine.The Nervous system is in control! Your mind will find all kind of excuses such as "I just don't have patience, or I don't want to do this." Of course, we don't want to accept that we are not in control!

Sweet Monday :-)

Tue, 06 May 2008 02:00:05 GMT

I remember having chills every Sunday night. "Tomorrow is Monday!" It would spoil my Sunday night, because I couldn't think about anything else. Monday would occuppy my mind. It was all unconscious ,of course. When I started asking myself: "Why do I feel this way?" Sure enough, I got an answer: 'Well, everyone feels this way about Monday, they talk about it all the time." Then I thought: Is it possible to change the way I feel about it? I could try to change my thinking. So I did! I'll elaborate on this in one of my articles.

Friday!

Sat, 03 May 2008 06:06:04 GMT

You see what you expect, and you expect what you invite. Your perception is the result of your invitation, coming to you as you sent for it. Whose manifestations would you see? Of whose presence would you be convinced? For you believe in what you manifest, and as you look out so will you see in. Two ways of looking at the world are in your mind, and your perception will reflect the guidance you have chosen. A Course in Miracles

Know Yourself!

Thu, 01 May 2008 14:12:30 GMT

There are so many sites dedicated to this subject: Know Yourself! We have more than enough information on this topic. How many of us can really say that they know? Knowing could be conceptual and it is a start, but we need to know with the whole being. I call it three dimensional knowing. Let's be honest, we don't know where to start and how to do that. To know yourself! What is Self?

Mental Prozac!

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:40:32 GMT

Some days we feel sad or depressed due to the chemical unbalance in our body, but we are not aware of that. Our mind, constantly on guard, tries to find the reason and associations for that feeling. There is always something we are not satisfied with. Either it is not enough money, or loneliness. The list of complaints goes on and on. We pick out one of those buggers and dwell on it. Our mind doesn't stop for a second, talking us into depression. So, now we prolong the chemical process with the thinking one (thought is an energy, mind over matter). Sometimes it goes on for days or longer And it all started just with feeling sad. I have a little drill; I call it "Mental Prozac". :-) When I get sad or feel down, I run the 'Master List" which consists of the following check up questions: 1) Is there a tragedy in my life at the moment? Like someone dear to me died, or I lost a job,or I went through break up (those events require a different approach, not covered in this drill)? NO. 2) Is my body dehydrated? Sometimes 2 glasses of water will pick me up (Those who don't drink enough water, don't know that they are dehydrated most of the time, which manifests in the body as low energy, headache, etc) NO 3) Did I drink too much alcohol the day before? Yep alcohol dehydrates to the point that the next day one might be anxious and depressed very gloomy state NO 4) Perhaps I need to nourish my body with some nice nutrients like banana, turkey, etc. NO 5) Did any recent activities or observations trigger this sad state within? Don't knowAt least I wasn't conscious of it... There is no need to associate this state with any mental description; this is just as valid (to be sad) as to be happy. Be sad! As sad as it gets!)))) But don't associate this with any mental creation of yours. You are fine! Our mind needs to tag everything, attach the mental description to anything that's happening to us or around us! If you feel an urge to label it with any thought, like I am sad! make it a mantra Obviously, it takes time to get used to, sort of install this code into your mind. At first you might be able to do it for 1 minute (yep, thats how automatic our thinking is), but dont give up and youll be pleasantly surprised at how this routine will change those bad days. You need to witness that first emotional 'WOW' while, or after running the 'Master List"Kind of witness that THIS WORKS! From there on, it'll be easier to remember the drill, until it becomes automatic. Good Luck! Create conscious moments!

Monday Morning!

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:51:41 GMT

I guess you would like to get on with the bottom line? What do I have on my mind? Do I have a practical suggestion? Isn't it enough that we have been told for so long who we have to be and how we have to live? Isn't it time for us to start looking for an answer within ourselves? Yep,it is easy to say, but how to get there? I'll be posting and writing about different topics that will cover and answer many questions we may have. Belief, Marriage, Love, Consciousness, Self-Realization and more.....I'll be enhancing my site in a process, and one of the important features, such as comments, will be added later, so I can get responses and,of course, critiques from you, readers! All the knowledge I have comes from extensive reading, contemplating on life, observing myself and people around, and experiencing life with self-awareness.