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"Dreams to Reality: The Power of Affirmations"

Ishan Jain

How Affirmations and the Subconscious Mind Help Make Your Dreams a Reality

Understanding the Power of Positive Thinking!!

Have you ever wondered why some people seem to achieve their dreams effortlessly? The secret often lies in the power of affirmations and the subconscious mind. Let's break down how these tools can help you turn your dreams into reality.

What Are Affirmations?

Affirmations are positive statements that you repeat to yourself regularly. They are designed to influence your mind and change your beliefs. For example, saying "I am confident and capable" can help build your self-esteem and encourage you to take on new challenges.

How Affirmations Lead to Desire

When you start using affirmations, they plant seeds of desire in your mind. These desires grow stronger the more you reinforce them with affirmations. For instance, if you keep telling yourself, "I will achieve my goals," this belief will become a strong desire over time.

From Desire to Action: The Journey

1. Strong Desire Leads to Research: When your desire is strong, you'll naturally start looking for ways to achieve your goals. This might involve reading books, taking courses, or asking for advice from experts.

2. Research Leads to Knowledge: As you gather information, you gain knowledge. This knowledge equips you with the tools and strategies needed to move forward.

3. Knowledge Opens Up Opportunities: With the right knowledge, you'll start to see opportunities that you might have missed before. These opportunities can help you take significant steps toward your dreams.

4. Persistence is Key: Even if you face setbacks, don't give up. Keep trying and give your best effort. Persistence is often the difference between success and failure. One day, all your hard work and dedication will pay off.

Making Affirmations Effective

To get the best results from your affirmations, you need to follow a few simple steps:

Be Specific and Time-Bound

Make sure your affirmations are specific and have a timeline. Instead of saying, "I will be successful," say, "I will achieve my sales target by the end of this month." This clarity helps your subconscious mind focus on a clear goal.

Repeat Daily

Consistency is crucial. Repeat your affirmations every day, preferably in the morning and before bed. This regular practice helps reinforce the positive message in your mind.

Can Affirmations Overcome External Factors?

While affirmations can't control external events, they can influence how you respond to them. By staying positive and believing in yourself, you can navigate challenges more effectively. Affirmations help you maintain a positive mindset, which can be a powerful tool in overcoming obstacles.

Stay Positive

Affirmations can act as a buffer against negativity. By focusing on positive thoughts, you can reduce the impact of external factors and stay motivated to pursue your goals.

Conclusion

Affirmations and the subconscious mind play a significant role in making your dreams a reality. By reinforcing positive beliefs, you can cultivate a strong desire, gain knowledge, and seize opportunities. Remember, persistence and a positive mindset are key. Keep believing in yourself, and you'll be well on your way to achieving your dreams.


 

Track Your Progress

Ishan Jain

 Track Your Progress

"You will not pass in Math" my teacher said pointing his finger at my friend, Rishika who managed to score just about 45 in the mid-term exam. She was hurt...very hurt, and in the heat of the moment swore to score a PERFECT 100 in the final Math exam. She worked hard, gave up watching Shaktiman & Swabhiman (2 iconic serials back in the 90s) and she even gave up lagori (an iconic street game in the 90s) and Super Mario too (an iconic video game in the 90s) and focused only on Math. The results were out, and she had scored 92. What do you think she felt?

She was disappointed, depressed, and devastated. Does this sound familiar?!?!

We live in a world where perfection is worshipped. Perfect marks, Perfect Service, Perfect Movie, Perfect piece of writing, and the list goes on. People who worship perfection are called perfectionists. They suffer terribly for imposing unrealistic standards on themselves. This puts a lot of pressure on not only them, but others as well.

Everybody is a perfectionist to some degree. It's when it becomes an obsession that it's a problem.

My sister too was a victim of perfection, especially after her children were born. She wanted to be the perfect mother. She made a "perfect" schedule for their eating, playing, napping, studying, bed time, potty time etc., and did not give room for any flexibility in the schedule. She was so rigid and fixated on becoming the perfect mother with perfect schedule that she dragged them to the park, walked then, here, there, and everywhere even when they weren't up to it. As a result, her children felt suffocated in her presence, laughed less and did not crack jokes anymore. She had killed their creativity too, they stopped doodling on each other's face and behaved more like robots adhering to her schedule. There is nothing more hurtful for a mother than to know that her children have stopped connecting with her. She made her children's lives, and her life too... miserable in the pursuit of perfection.

And, one day it all changed when She was cleaning her husband's cupboard. (that's the beauty of being a woman, even when things aren't going well for her, she still wants to clean the cupboards) and She found Winston Churchill's picture with a quote " Perfection is the enemy of Progress!" Churchill said that and the old chap... was he right!

She immediately confronted her husband and asked him for an explanation to which he said, "If you want joy and a stress-free life, never aim for perfection, instead track your progress." That statement changed her world.

She dint know whom to thank, her husband or Churchill...She thanked Churchill!

Despite leaping from an average 50 to a whopping 92, my friend Rishika had failed to see her progress and did not value her achievement.

I too had failed to see my own progress from where I was to where I'm now.

Tracking my progress has helped me grow positively. I've exchanged perfection for fun and it's the best deal I've made in my life.

What about You?

Are You willing to track your progress instead of tracking that mythical destination called Perfection? It's never late because:

Tracking your progress builds your confidence.

Tracking your progress motivates you to achieve more.

Tracking your progress increases your Self worth.

It matters not where you are...here & now. What matters is where you have come from...and where you are going!


Self-Awakening: Life is a cluster of stories, make it worth listening!!

Sakshi Jain

 

https://jiyoaurjeenedoo.blogspot.com/2022/05/self-awakening-life-is-cluster-of.html

Life is a growth school, ideally created to give us opportunities to learn each of the lessons we need to learn over the course of our lives on the planet. “Within your heart, all answers lie. Walk towards your fears and then you’ll learn to fly.”

“Well, in learning any skill—whether that is the skill of learning how to ride a bicycle or the skill of living a great life— there are four plateaus the learner must proceed through en route to a level of mastery. The initial plateau or phase is that of ‘unconscious incompetence.’ At this point, the student is not only incompetent but has absolutely no awareness as to why he is incompetent. In other words, at this phase, the student doesn’t know what he does not know. So, using the bike example, the student cannot ride the bike and has no idea what knowledge he lacks to ride the bike. Sadly, many people live the best years of their lives at this level of the beginner.” 

“Now, if there’s a willingness to improve, some people rise to the second phase, which is known as ‘conscious incompetence.’ At this level, the learner is still incompetent with respect to the skill but at least he has become conscious of all he does not know and needs to learn. In the bike scenario, he still cannot ride it but he knows he must improve his balance, hold the handlebars in a certain way and use the pedals in a specific fashion in order to move the bike forward. Awareness is growing. And as awareness of what you don’t know grows, new choices can be made. And new—and better — choices cause positive changes.”

“Since awareness precedes choice and since new choices create new changes in one’s life, he would be making some giant steps forward. This kind of knowledge would then bring him to the third plateau, which is known as ‘conscious competence.’ At this level, the student has become competent. Yet he still must invest much energy in paying attention to what he is doing; he has not yet reached a level of mastery but there is no doubt he is doing well. In terms of the bicycle metaphor, the learner can now ride the bike nicely. But he still must be very conscious of how he holds the bars, the way he balances himself on his bicycle and the way he pushes the pedals.”

“Trust that you are exactly where you need to be. You are on the path that has been walked by many wise souls before you. Your experience is not unique. Just keep the faith and continue choosing to go deeper and deeper within yourself. All of the answers that you are looking for are within you. Yes, the books and teachers and seminars will help you. But remember one thing: reading the book of another person is a reflection of their truth. Hearing a speaker at a seminar means that you will hear their truth and their philosophy on the world and on life itself. That’s fine at this stage of your journey. Learning what others think will help you to figure out what you really think. But don’t make the mistake of believing that the truth of another person is necessarily your own truth. Don’t be too much of a follower. Be a leader. Leaders go where no one has gone and blaze their own path. This whole adventure is about being authentic. As you move to higher and higher stages on the path to self-mastery, you will develop your own philosophy about the way life works and your place within it. You will select the truths of others that resonate with the deepest part of you. You will integrate the wisdom of others that rings true to you. And you must discard those ideas that do not speak to you and fail to make sense. In doing so, you will forge your own authentic code and constitution for living your biggest life. That’s my definition of success—living your life in your own way. And authentic success is also about being in the process, in every moment of your days, of creating the life that you choose. You will not be living the life others have prescribed for you but living according to your heart’s truth. And in so doing, you will grow into a power that will make you a force of nature in the world.”

“Seekers on the path of awakening are like travelers leaving an old world and entering a new one. When you visit a new place, you need guides to give you direction and show you the way. At this stage, seekers turn to teachers, books and other types of learning resources. Many seekers journal for hours at a time and read book after book after book. Sometimes, a feeling of panic might even arise within you. You feel frustrated and afraid because your world is changing. There is so much to learn in so little time. Everything is in transition. By learning from many different sources you are playing the role of a good student. And you are more committed than ever in your quest for the truth about how life works and your role within it.”

The purpose of life is to return to wholeness. The process by which life supports that return is called recycling. There are four dimensions of your authentic self that need to be awakened for you to become whole once again. “As you journey home, you must awaken your mind and your body and your emotions and your spirit.”

Awakening the mind is only twenty-five percent of getting back to wholeness and restoring your integrity. Yes, you must awaken the mind, which means exploring your core beliefs, your assumptions and your fears. This can be done by learning and discovering the truths of other people through their books, CDs and seminars. Awakening the mind—what I refer to as The First Awakening—can also be done by journaling, patient reflection and by being silent so that you pay more attention to the way that you live and become aware of all that you do not know. The First Awakening is all about accumulation, knowledge, learning and being conscious of the higher choices available to you. This is the intellectual work that needs to be done by a student on the spiritual path. But along with awakening the mind there are three other dimensions to be awakened to return to wholeness and close any Integrity Gap: the body, the emotions and the spirit. You must awaken the body, for sure. A healthy mind without a healthy body reflects no integrity. There’s no wholeness there. So along with The First Awakening, you must perform The Second Awakening as well.”

There are a whole series of tools that are available to me. “Regular exercise, a superb diet, sunlight, massage, fresh air, plenty of water, vitamins and supplements, reiki, yoga …”

The Second Awakening—the healing of the body—is all about making sure that your physical dimension is in wonderful condition. And while you awaken the mind along with the body, make sure you awaken your emotions. This is the Third Awakening. It is important that you process through any anger that you have been carrying through life. It’s important that you forgive any people who have wounded and hurt you.

When you have not forgiven someone, it is almost as if you are carrying that person on your back—which is a very heavy load. And once you forgive them, you release them. You can finally move on with life. They are no longer pulling you down and you are much more free as a human being. Forgiving them is simply seeing that people in pain do painful things. I encourage you to understand that people who hurt other people have themselves been hurt. People who do not love themselves cannot show love to others. And people who do not have any self-respect have no idea how to give respect to others. Keep on remembering this and you will be set free.

When we awaken the spirit we nurture our highest self. This looks like different things to different people. To some, the spirit may involve prayer or talking to God. For others, caring for the spirit may be reflected by communing with nature or listening to moving music. For yet others, awakening the spirit involves service, volunteerism, and living for a crusade larger than oneself. Whatever modality or tools that you use, just remember that we need to begin the process of awakening all four of our core dimensions at the same time.”

“Remember, the thousand-mile journey begins with a single step. You don’t have to do all of this in a week or a month. Just make sure that every single day, you do something to awaken to who you truly are, no matter how insignificant it may appear to be. I deeply recommend that you make a commitment to yourself here in this room. Use much of the first sixty minutes of every day—your holy hour—to work on your Four Awakenings. This is an incredibly powerful way to live your biggest life and realize your destiny.”

“Rules for Winning Trials”; there were seven of them and I knew they would be helpful in getting everyone through hard times. They read as follows:

Rule #1: Remember that life is a series of seasons. Every human being will have to endure the harshness of a few winters in order to get to the glory of the best summers. Never forget that winters do not last.

Rule #2: Join the Hope Club. Big, beautiful and seemingly impossible goals are superb vehicles to keep you inspired as you walk through adversity. The legendary da Vinci’s words say: “Fix your course to a star and you can navigate any storm.” When you are reaching for great and noble goals that speak to the best within you, your desire to reach them will pull you through the tough times that you will encounter along the seeker’s path.

Rule #3: Keep in mind, at all times, that we grow the most from our greatest suffering. As we go through it, it hurts. But as we move through it, it also heals. When a jug of water falls to the floor and cracks, what was hidden within begins to pour out. When life sends you one if its curves, remember that it has come to help crack you open so that all the love, power and potential that had been slumbering within you can be poured into the world outside you. And, like a fractured bone, we do become stronger in the broken places.

Rule #4: Failure is a choice. Nothing can stop a man or a woman who simply refuses to be kept down. The book I mentioned—The Go-Getter—will be very helpful to you on this point. Read it often. Just make a decision from the center of your heart that, no matter what happens to you, you will keep walking the authentic path. Doing so will ensure you a life of real success.

Rule #5: During tough times, there is a tendency to let go of yourself. As you encounter adversity, have the discipline to maintain your routine. Get up early. Do your holy hour. Eat very well. Exercise. Spend time with nature and make sure that you do all you can to keep all four of your central dimensions—the mind, the body, the emotions and the spirit—in fine operating order.

Rule #6: Feel your feelings. When you are facing hard times, some people will tell you to “just think positive thoughts.” Such advice is not helpful. While I agree that you cannot move the car forward if you are staring in the rearview mirror and that living in the past is unhealthy, one must not rush to reframe a so-called negative event as a positive one. Doing so will throw you into denial. Feel through the feelings of hurt, anger or sadness that will naturally surface. It’s okay to be with them. It’s actually healthy to do so.

Processing through them allows you to release them. Just don’t get stuck in them. The key is really to strike a balance. Experience the feelings that arise so you do not end up swallowing them and allowing them to fester. At the same time, use your intellectual powers to see the silver lining that every dark cloud brings. This is not a scientific process and ultimately you need to do what feels right for you.

Rule #7: Remember that, no matter how hard things get, you are never alone.

The 5 Daily Devotions 

1. Rise each and every morning at 5 A.M. Those who get up early are those who get the best from life. 

2. Set aside the first sixty minutes of your day as your “holy hour.” This is your sacred time to do the inner work (prayer, meditation, journaling, reading from the wisdom literature, reflecting on the state of your life) that will help you live your highest life. 

3. Display a standard of care, compassion and character well beyond what anyone could ever imagine from you. In doing so, you will be doing your part to aid in the building of a new world. 

4. Display a standard of excellence at work far higher than anyone would ever expect from you. Abundance and fulfillment will flow back to you. 

5. Devote yourself to being the most loving person you know and thinking, feeling and acting as though you are one of the greatest people currently on the planet (because you are). Your life will never be the same and you will bless many lives.

Let's open the windows for fresh air of composed and peaceful life!! 

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Replace your FEAR with LOVE. Become ‘en-light-ened’: one filled with light!!

Ishan Jain

 

https://jiyoaurjeenedoo.blogspot.com/2022/04/replace-your-fear-with-love-become-en.html
Successful and fulfilled people make the time to think, plan and reflect. They are awake to their lives because they know that each day is an incredibly precious gift. Your life will whiz by quicker than you could ever imagine. The days will slip into weeks, the weeks into months and the months into years. You may be pretty young now, but watch out—you’ll grow old before you know it. Life’s like that. So live the life that you are meant to live. Your life is far too important to wait until you are just about to die to wake up. Many people spent their life trying to please others and live their parent’s life when they should have had the wisdom to live their own. When you grow old all those people you lived to please are no longer around. On your deathbed, the only person you’ll have to answer to is the person you look at in the mirror every morning. You’d better be true to him. Do not commit ‘the crime of self-betrayal’.

Each one of us has a conscience —a deep place of knowing that lives at our authentic core—that watches everything we do. When we do not live authentically, the conscience sees it. When we cheat or lie or act in selfish ways, the conscience sees it. When we dishonor ourselves by playing small with our lives and refusing to live up to the magnificent potential that has been invested in us, the conscience sees it. When we fail to pour love into the world, the conscience sees it. All this betrayal of our true selves leads us to a slow and painful death. We, as people, begin to lose self-respect. Our self-worth plummets. We begin to feel unhappy, angry and irritable. At a physical level we lack energy and vitality and may even grow ill. We do all this to ourselves but it generally happens at an unconscious level. We just buy into this lie about who we must be and how we must live. And it ends up killing us. Then, on our deathbeds, we finally understand that we did not live the lives we were meant to live. ‘The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.’ But, by then, it’s too late.”

As infants, we were born into perfection—fearless, infinitely wise, of boundless potential and in a state of pure love. A small child who craves love is running the show for most people. This little child is afraid of not being loved. This little child is afraid of not fitting in. This little child is projecting his mom and dad on all those other adults around him and hoping that if he acts like them—like the crowd —he will find the approval he so desperately seeks. At a very deep and often unnoticed level, they are afraid they will not be loved. And every human being has a primary desire to be cherished. So we fall into a trap. We betray ourselves, give up on our dreams and adopt ways of being that were never intended for us. Who you are in this moment is not who you truly are. Rather, it’s someone you’ve become as a result of being in this world. But look at the hatred in the world around us. The world has lost its way and is in the most sorry state it’s ever been in. Too much fear and hatred on the planet today. 

“The purpose of life is to remove the layers so more of the gold within us can shine and see the light of day. And the exciting thing is that every act of courage, every act of goodness and every act of self-responsibility will have an immediate payoff for you: each time you do what you know is the right thing and follow your truth rather than the dictates of the crowd, a little more of the mud covering up who you truly are begins to shine. Each time you act with love rather than fear, you become more of who you were meant to be. Every time you reach for your dreams and listen to your heart, you remember a little bit more of who you are. You would have so much self-love that it would not matter what others thought of you. So long as you were true to yourself, all would be good. And that, my friend, is what real success as a human being is all about.”

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“Fear is the number one factor that causes people to live small, inauthentic lives. Personal transformation is a very organic process. Life will never work out the way you expect it to. No one can control life or understand its grand design. But, trust me, make plans and set goals. Work hard and go for what you desire. That’s part of being a responsible person—it is true that setting intentions does make many of them to come to life. But hold on to your plans and goals with a very loose grip. Often, the universe will send you a treasure in an unexpected package. When you are ready to receive a certain lesson, you will receive a perfect experience or person who will represent an opportunity for you to learn that lesson. And once you get the lesson, time must elapse so you can integrate it. There’s no hurry. It’s all a lovely journey. Trust that where you are, at any given point, is precisely where you are meant to be.”

Now you see why it’s so important for a person to work on himself. Once we do the inner work required to move through the fears that are running us, we move these shadows into the light of human awareness. And as you mentioned, moving a shadow into the light causes it to disappear. The fear leaves us.

The fear not only begins to disappear, it becomes replaced by love. As said, darkness is nothing more than an absence of light: once you pour the light of human awareness and understanding into the darkest recesses of your being, you will become a being filled with light. Where there was once fear, there will be love. Remember what it means to be ‘en-light-ened’: one filled with light.

Genuinely enlightened beings are those, who if you put them anywhere in the world and place them in any situation, they will remain perfectly at ease and deeply at peace.

“Well, one key natural law is this one: we never get more than we can handle. The path is lovingly planned for you and you will never, ever receive more knowledge or truth than you are ready for. So all the pieces come to you only when you are ready to receive them. The student must be patient. But the answers will come.”

“This world of ours is run according to a series of immutable natural laws, laws created by the same force of nature that built the world and sent you here. Well, life’s like a game as well. And in order to play—and win—it’s essential that you learn the rules. Live your life in alignment with them and your life will work. And learning the rules of the game takes some effort, deep thinking in silent places and a genuine willingness to be a philosopher. They include core principles such as ‘always help others get what they want while you get what you want,’ ‘have impeccable integrity,’ ‘live in the present moment,’ ‘become the kindest person you know,’ ‘do your best and be excellent in all you do,’ ‘be true to yourself and ‘dream bravely.’ Most of us know them but few of us live by them. It’s like what Voltaire once said: ‘Common sense is anything but common.’ So, back to these timeless natural laws, govern your daily actions by them and you will automatically take the expressway to your greatest life. Disregard them and you’ll be taking the long way home.”

Woodrow Wilson spoke truth when he observed: ‘You are here not merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget that errand.’

“We compete against each other for what we believe are scarce resources. We fail to support each other. We fear that if another wins, we must lose. We fear that there just isn’t enough abundance and prosperity in the world for everyone. We fear that if we genuinely help another person, we will somehow lose something rather than seeing the truth behind this lie which is that the more we help others, the more abundance will flood into our lives. One of the timeless truths of the universe can be stated simply: When you shift from a compulsion to survive into a heartfelt commitment to serve, your life cannot help but explode into success. 

Remember that there are many forms of wealth, financial wealth being only one of them. One who has rich relationships and a loving community around her is, in my mind, wealthy. One who has a life of adventure, excitement and continuous learning has wealth of a different sort. And one who is spiritually connected to all of life and wakes up every morning feeling deeply at peace and aware of the truth must certainly be considered to be one who has accumulated yet another form of riches. The crowd—our tribe called society—has taught us that economic wealth is the only type of wealth we should chase. A lie. And please consider this essential fact about money: money is only a byproduct. Money is nothing more than payment rendered by the universe in return for value you have added to others. As you sow, so shall you reap.

“Remember, we see the world not as it is but as we are. We see the world though the filter of our personal perception, which comprises all the beliefs, fears, assumptions and values that we have assumed from our parents, early teachers and the world at large, in an effort to fit in with the crowd and be loved. As you change, the way you see the world changes. As your awareness expands, you will become aware of things you previously could neither see nor understand.

It’s been said that laughter is the shortest distance between human hearts. When we laugh together, all the social constructs that keep us apart fall to the wayside and we connect as real people. It’s a beautiful thing to behold. We are all connected at an invisible level. As you do your healing, you aid in the healing of the world. We are all brothers and sisters of the same family. We are all bonded together at an invisible level, we are not separate and connected with unseen ties. Even more so than through laughter, I have since discovered that we can connect with each other through the common sharing of our pain. If everyone in the world came together for half an hour and shared all of the personal suffering they have endured over the course of their lives, we would all be friends. There would be no enemies. There would be no wars.

“Things are never as bad as they seem. The situations that cause us sorrow are the same ones that introduce us to the strength, power and wisdom that we truly are.” The only individuals without any problems are those in their graves. Actually, it is the existence of problems and challenges that makes us bigger, stronger and wiser. We can run from them, and become bitter, complaining that life is hard. Or we can embrace them, and become better. It is generally in the times of our greatest pain that we are most intimately connected with who we truly are— and were meant to be. Martin Luther King Jr. once said: “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of confidence but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”

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Self-Mastery is the DNA of Life Mastery

Ishan Jain

 

https://jiyoaurjeenedoo.blogspot.com/2022/01/self-mastery-is-dna-of-life-mastery.html

“Live every day as if it were your last. Otherwise, you will die with the best you had to give still within you. Life waits for nobody, either you act on life or life will act on you.”

Stop spending so much time thinking about the success of others and start focusing on your own vision for the future. Have the courage to understand that every minute spent thinking about someone else’s victories is a minute taken away from the fulfillment of your own. Stop putting off your hopes and dreams to another day. Stop putting off becoming the kind of leader you know in your heart you can be. Now is the time to make things happen. Now is the time to take some risks in your leadership. Now is the time to test those new strategies you have been thinking of testing. Now is the time to show your people how much you value them. Now is the time to really love your family and commit to your community. Do all those things you have always wanted to do, whether that means learning how to play the saxophone or mastering that golf game of yours. Climb the mountain of life and see what life looks like from the summit. You will see things others cannot see.”

“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult. Before you can do something, you must be something.”

You cannot be the inspirational leader you hope to be if you wake up every morning feeling miserable and depressed. You cannot guide your people forward to victory if you are being kept behind by a lack of energy. You will not be able to capture their hearts and energize their minds if you are still yelling and screaming at them all day. Remember, before you can like another person, you must like yourself. Success on the outside begins within.

“Love Your Irritations. Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves. Stop listening with the intent to respond. Instead, listen with the intent to understand.”

The things that drive you crazy are actually giant opportunities. The people who press your buttons are actually your greatest teachers. Be grateful for them. Love them. The things that irritate, annoy and anger you are entry points into your evolution and elevation as a human being. They are signposts for what you need to work on and the fears you need to face. They are gifts of growth. The people or circumstances that take you out of your power have extraordinary value: They reveal your limiting beliefs, fears and false assumptions. You can blame the people who trigger you and make it all about them. 

Or you can do the wise thing and look deeply into yourself to discover the reasons for your negative reaction. Use the challenges to grow self-awareness. Because how can you overcome a fear you are not even aware of? And how can you transcend an insecurity you don’t even know you have? As you begin to shed light on your personal weaknesses and take responsibility for them, you actually begin the very process of shedding them. Shadows exposed to the light begin to disappear. You become stronger. More powerful. More of who you were meant to be. You begin to see the world through a different set of eyes. People really can evolve into their greatness— I see it every day. 

“One of the most enduring of all the ancient laws of humanity is that we see the world not as it is, but as we are.”

By improving, refining and defining who we are, we see the world from the highest, most enlightened perspective. By mastering ourselves, we see the world and all its limitless opportunities and potential from the top of the mountain rather than from the bottom. Commit yourself to excellence. Raise the personal standards you have set for yourself. Strive to do everything spectacularly well. Remember that when you settle for mediocrity in the small things, you will also begin to settle for mediocrity in the big things. And anything less than a conscious commitment to peak personal performance is an unconscious commitment to weak personal performance.

“Stop wishing for fewer problems and start searching for greater wisdom.”

You must stop making excuses for why things have gone wrong and assume some responsibility for a change.

“The Law of Diminishing Intent says that the longer you wait to implement a new idea or strategy, the less enthusiasm you will have for it. I think anyone who has worked in the corporate world knows the feeling of rushing out of a motivational seminar full of great ideas that will change every aspect of his or her life. But then the demands of the day compete for our attention and all our good intentions and personal promises for change get pushed to the wayside. And the longer we put them off, the lower the probability we will ever fulfill them. So the lesson is to act daily on your strategy for change before it dies a quick death, burying your future vision with it. As the German philosopher Johann von Goethe said many years ago, ‘Whatever you can do and dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic.’ ”

Success on the outside begins within. Enlightenment comes through the consistent cultivation of your mind, body and soul.

“The lack of willpower is a mental disease.” 

“If you suffer from this weakness, make it a priority to stamp it out quickly. An abundance of willpower and discipline is one of the chief attributes of all those with strong characters and wonderful lives. Willpower allows you to do what you said you would do, when you said you would do it. It is willpower that allows you to get up at five in the morning to cultivate your mind through meditation, or to feed your spirit by a walk in the woods when a cozy bed beckons you on a cold winter’s day. It is willpower that allows you to hold your tongue when a less-actualized person insults you or does something you disagree with. It is willpower that pushes your dreams forward when the odds appear to be insurmountable. It is willpower that offers you the inner power to keep your commitments to others, and, perhaps even more importantly, to yourself. It is the essential virtue of every person who has created a life rich with passion, possibility and peace.”

“Building self-control and discipline into your life will also bring you a tremendous sense of freedom. This alone will change things.”

Believe it or not, developing the power of your will can erase the worry habit, keep you healthy and give you far more energy than you have ever had. You see, self-control is really nothing more than mind control. Will is the king of mental powers. When you master your mind you master your life. Mental mastery starts with being able to control every thought that you think. When you have developed the ability to discard all weak thoughts and focus only on those that are positive and good, positive and good actions will follow. Soon you will start attracting all that is positive and good into your life. It is just as easy to think positive thoughts as it is to think negative ones.

The question may come to your mind that why do so many people worry and focus on all the negative information in our world? 

Because they have not learned the art of self-control and disciplined thinking. Most people I have spoken to have no idea that they have the power to control every single thought they think every second of every minute of every day. They believe that thoughts just happen and have never realized that if you don’t take the time to start controlling your thoughts, they will control you. When you start to focus on good thoughts only, and refuse to think the bad ones through sheer willpower, I promise you they will shrivel up very quickly.

“When you control your thoughts, you control your mind. When you control your mind, you control your life. And once you reach the stage of being in total control of your life, you become the master of your destiny.”

So, if you want to have the inner strength to get up earlier, eat less, read more, worry less, be more patient or be more loving, all you have to do is exert your will to cleanse your thoughts.

“The person who doesn’t make time for exercise must eventually make time for illness.”

It simply involves making sure that you respect the timeless truth that says, as you care for your body, so you care for your mind. You must have the wisdom to exercise regularly and eat to win. There are 168 hours in a week. Surely you can find a few to swim, stretch or run.

According to a study at my alma mater involving 17,000 Harvard alumni, it was found that every hour you exercise adds another three hours to your life. Now, that’s an excellent return on investment. So what are you waiting for? Now is the time to get into peak condition. It will add so much to the quality of both your professional and personal life. It will make you feel wonderful and give you the energy to do all the meaningful things you want to do. It will even enhance the clarity of your thoughts. Don’t be so busy striving to make a living that you forget how to live a life.

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The words you use influence the life you live. Select them wisely.

Ishan Jain

The words you use determine the way you feel. The language you choose shapes the way you perceive reality. Your vocabulary drives meaning in your life. Please think about this idea. I believe it’s a big one.

“Words affect the mind in a pronounced way. Whether they are spoken or written, they are powerful influences. While what you say to others is important, even more important is what you say to yourself. Yes, I am talking about Self-talk.”

“You are what you think about all day long. You are also what you say to yourself all day long. If you say that you are old and tired, this mantra will be manifested in your external reality. If you say you are weak and lack enthusiasm, this too will be the nature of your world. But if you say that you are healthy, dynamic and fully alive, your life will be transformed. You see, the words you say to yourself affect your self-image and your self-image determines what actions you take. For example, if your self-image is one of a person who lacks the confidence to do anything of value, you will only be able to take actions that are aligned with this trait. On the other hand, if your self-image is one of a radiant individual who is fearless, again, all your actions will correspond to this quality. Your self-image is a self-fulfilling prophecy of sorts.”

“If you believe that you are unable to do something, let’s say, find that perfect partner or live a stress-free life, your beliefs will affect your self-image. In turn, your self-image will prevent you from taking steps to find the perfect partner or to create a serene life for yourself. It will actually sabotage any efforts you might make in this direction.”

The way successful people talk reflects that devotion to being an uplifter and elevator of human beings. They wouldn’t dream of calling a setback a “problem”— they’d call it an “opportunity to create something even greater.” And then, as if by magic, their positive language provokes a set of positive sensations within them that supports them in playing victor versus victim in the seemingly difficult situation. The great ones among us would never express information about an upset customer as “bad news” but instead would label it “a challenge that will help us grow.” Rather than using negative words, they prefer winning words that inspire those around them to dwell in possibility and keep their heads focused on the dream. 

"The words you use influence the life you live. Select them wisely."

“Your self-image is a governor of sorts. It will never let you act in a way that is inconsistent with it. The beautiful thing is that you can change your self-image, just like you can change everything else in your life if it is not serving to enhance it. Affirmations are a great way to accomplish this objective.”

Reciting a series of affirmations morning, noon and night is immensely effective in keeping you-self focused, strong and happy.

They are my faithful companions wherever I go. Whether I am on the bus, walking to the library or watching the world go by in a park, I am constantly affirming all that is good in my world through affirmations.

Written affirmations are also very effective. But I have found that repeating a affirmation aloud has a wonderful effect on my spirit. When I need to feel motivated, I might repeat, ‘I am inspired, disciplined and energized’ out loud two or three hundred times. To maintain the supreme sense of self-confidence I have cultivated, I repeat, ‘I am strong, able and calm.’ You can even use affirmations to keep you youthful and vital.

“And when you change your inner world, you change your outer world.”

Always remember that you must do little things every day to build your character. Strengthening your character affects the way you see yourself and the actions you take. The actions you take come together to form your habits and, this is important, your habits lead you to your destiny.

"You sow a thought, you reap an action. Reap an action, you sow a habit. Sow a habit, you reap a character. Sow a character, you reap your destiny."

I have a little exercise to offer you. Pull out your journal or a clean white sheet of paper and record an inventory of the words you most frequently speak. The more aware you can become of the quality of your language, the more choice you will give yourself. And writing things down dramatically raises your self-awareness. Then, once you have identified your most commonly used words, do another list. Articulate a series of spectacularly positive words that will serve you—words that you imagine a superstar in your field using. Bring them into your daily vocabulary. You will discover that speaking these words will make you feel better. More powerful. More passionate. And when you feel great feelings, guess what? You’ll do great things.

“When you improve yourself, you are improving the lives of all those around you. And when you have the courage to advance confidently in the direction of your dreams, you begin to draw upon the power of the universe. Life gives you what you ask of it. It is always listening.”

I promise you that by practicing these strategies and tools, you will see marked improvements in one month from this moment. You will have more energy, less worries, more creativity and less stress in every aspect of your life. Having said this, these methods are not of the quick-fix kind. They are ageless traditions that are meant to be applied daily, for the rest of your days. If you stop applying them, you will find that you will gradually slide back into your old ways.

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The purpose of life is a life of Purpose !!

Sakshi Jain

 

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Most people don’t give any thought to the nature of their thoughts and yet, the quality of your thinking determines the quality of your life. Thoughts are just as much a part of the material world as the lake you swim in or the street you walk on. Weak minds lead to weak actions. A strong, disciplined mind, which anyone can cultivate through daily practice, can achieve miracles. If you want to live life to the fullest, care for your thoughts as you would your most prized possessions. Work hard to remove all inner turbulence. The rewards will be abundant.

Thoughts are vital, living things, little bundles of energy. 

“Really. A worrisome thought is like an embryo: it starts off small but grows and grows. Soon it takes on a life of its own.”

For the most part, fatigue is a creation of the mind. Fatigue dominates the lives of those who are living without direction and dreams. So your tiredness was nothing more then a mental creation, a bad habit your mind has cultivated to act as a crutch when you are performing a tedious task. 

Often people complains, once their day gets cranking, they can’t even find ten minutes to eat lunch.” “My friend, saying that you don’t have time to improve your thoughts and your life is like saying you don’t have time to stop for gas because you are too busy driving. Eventually it will catch up with you.”

Most of the people have very little control over the thoughts that are floating around the garden of their minds. “The mind is a wonderful servant but a terrible master. If you have become a negative thinker, this is because you have not cared for your mind and taken the time to train it to focus on the good.”

Sometimes people make excuse that they are not lucky. What is luck, my friend? “It is nothing more than the marriage of preparation with opportunity.”

“As a matter of fact, part of main problem is that people think too much. Their mind never stops. It is filled with mental chatter — it drives them crazy sometimes.” “What I’m suggesting is different. You need to take time daily to silently contemplate not only where you are, but where you are going. Take time to reflect on your purpose and how you are living your lives, every day. Most importantly, think deeply and genuinely about how you will improve the next day. Daily incremental improvements produce lasting results, which, in turn, lead to positive change.”

“So one should take the time to reflect on their life regularly. Even ten minutes of focused reflection a day will have a profound impact on the quality of your life.” 

“Enlightened thinkers know that their thoughts form their world and the quality of one’s life comes down to the richness of one’s thoughts. If you want to live a more peaceful, meaningful life, you must think more peaceful, meaningful thoughts.”

How can you develop this positive, serene and inspired attitude? 

The garden is a symbol for the mind.

“If you care for your mind, if you nurture it and if you cultivate it just like a fertile, rich garden, it will blossom far beyond your expectations. But if you let the weeds take root, lasting peace of mind and deep inner harmony will always elude you. “As a matter of fact, most good gardeners guard their gardens like proud soldiers and make certain that no contamination ever enters. Yet look at the toxic waste that most people put into the fertile garden of their minds every single day: the worries and anxieties, the fretting about the past, the brooding over the future and those self-created fears that wreak havoc within your inner world. Worry drains the mind of much of its power and, sooner or later, it injures the soul.”

“To live life to the fullest, you must stand guard at the gate of your garden and let only the very best information enter. You truly cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought — not even one. The most joyful, dynamic and contented people of this world are no different from you or me in terms of their makeup. We are all flesh and bones. We all come from the same universal source. However, the ones who do more than just exist, the ones who fan the flames of their human potential and truly savor the magical dance of life do different things than those whose lives are ordinary. Foremost among the things that they do is adopt a positive paradigm about their world and all that is in it.”

There are no mistakes - only lessons. 

The Chinese character for ‘crisis’ is composed of two sub-characters: one that spells ‘danger’ and another that spells ‘opportunity.’ ‘There are no mistakes in life, only lessons. See setbacks as opportunities for personal expansion and spiritual growth. There is no such thing as a negative experience, only opportunities to grow, learn and advance along the road of self-mastery. From struggle comes strength. Even pain can be a wonderful teacher.’”

“To savor the good one must know the bad?” 

“Yes. But I suggest that you stop judging events as either positive or negative. Rather, simply experience them, celebrate them and learn from them. Every event offers you lessons. These little lessons fuel your inner and outer growth. Without them, you would be stuck on a plateau. Just think about it in your own life. Most people have grown the most from their most challenging experiences. And if you meet with an outcome you did not expect and feel a little disappointed, remember that the laws of nature always ensure that when one door closes another opens.”

“Once you consistently apply this principle to your daily life and start to condition your mind to translate every event into a positive, empowering one, you will banish worry forever. You will stop being a prisoner of your past. Instead, you will become the architect of your future.”

“That’s a fair way to look at it. No matter what happens to you in your life, you alone have the capacity to choose your response to it. When you form the habit of searching for the positive in every circumstance, your life will move into its highest dimensions. This is one of the greatest of all the natural laws.”

“And it all starts with using your mind more effectively?”

Mind management is the essence of life management.

Those people who think the same thoughts every day, most of them negative, have fallen into bad mental habits. Rather than focusing on all the good in their lives and thinking of ways to make things even better, they are captives of their pasts. Some of them worry about failed relationships or financial problems. Others fret over their less-than-perfect childhoods. Still others brood over more trifling matters: the way a store clerk might have treated them or the comment of a co-worker that smacked of ill-will. Those who run their minds in this fashion are allowing worry to rob them of their life force. They are blocking the enormous potential of their minds to work magic and deliver into their lives all that they want, emotionally, physically and, yes, even spiritually. 

We might not be able to control the weather or the traffic or the moods of all those around us. But, we most certainly can control our attitude towards these events. We all have the power to determine what we will think about in any given moment. This ability is part of what makes us human.

‘Your I can is more important than your I.Q.’

Concentration is at the root of mental mastery. 

“The moment you concentrate the focus of your mind on a singular purpose, extraordinary gifts will appear within your life.”

“All that you need to perform this exercise is an object to focus on like fresh rose and a silent place. Natural surroundings are best but a quiet room will also do nicely. Start to stare at the center of the rose, its heart. A rose is very much like life: you will meet thorns along the way but if you have faith and believe in your dreams you will eventually move beyond the thorns into the glory of the flower. Keep staring at the rose. Notice its color, texture and design. Savor its fragrance and think only about this wonderful object in front of you. At first, other thoughts will start entering your mind, distracting you from the heart of the rose. This is the mark of an untrained mind. But you need not worry, improvement will come quickly. Simply return your attention to the object of your focus. Soon your mind will grow strong and disciplined.”

“However, this ritual must be performed daily for it to be effective. For the first few days, you will find it difficult to spend even five minutes in this exercise. Most of us live at such a frenetic pace that true stillness and silence is something foreign and uncomfortable. Most people hearing my words will say that they have no time to sit and stare at a flower. These are the same people that will tell you that they have no time to enjoy the laughter of children or to walk barefoot in the rain. These people say they are too busy to do such things. They don’t even have time to build friendships, for friendships also take time.”

“After a week or two you should be able to perform the technique for twenty minutes without your mind wandering onto other subjects. This will be your first indication that you are taking back control of the fortress of your mind. It will then focus only on what you command it to focus on. It will then be a wonderful servant, able to do extraordinary things for you. Remember, either you control your mind or it controls you. “Practically speaking, you will notice that you will feel far calmer. You will have taken a significant step towards erasing the worry habit that plagues most of the population and you will enjoy more energy and optimism. Most importantly, you will also observe a sense of joyfulness entering your life along with an ability to appreciate the many gifts that surround you. Each day, no matter how busy you get and how many challenges you might face, return to the Heart of the Rose. It is your oasis. It is your silent retreat. It is your island of peace. Never forget that there is power in silence and stillness. Stillness is the stepping stone to connecting with the universal source of intelligence that throbs through every living thing.”

Opposition Thinking

“Another particularly good technique for ridding the mind of worry and other negative, life-draining influences is Opposition Thinking. I learned that under the grand laws of Nature, the mind can only hold one thought at any one time. Try it yourself, you will see that it is true.” I did try it and it is true. “Using this little-known information, anyone can easily create a positive, creative mindset within a short period. The process is straightforward: when an undesirable thought occupies the focal point of your mind, immediately replace it with an uplifting one. It’s as if your mind is a giant slide projector, with every thought in your mind being a slide. Whenever a negative slide comes up on the screen, take swift action to replace it with a positive one.

Step one is to become aware that you are thinking these uninspiring thoughts. Self-knowledge is the stepping stone to self-mastery. 

Step two is to appreciate once and for all that just as easily as you allowed those gloomy thoughts to enter, you can replace them with cheerful ones. 

So think of the opposite of gloom. Concentrate on being cheerful and energetic. Feel that you are happy. Perhaps you might even start to smile. Move your body as you do when you are joyful and full of enthusiasm. Sit up straight, breathe deeply and train the power of your mind on positive thoughts. You will notice a remarkable difference in the way you feel within minutes. Even more importantly, if you keep up your practice of Opposition Thinking, applying it to every negative thought that habitually visits your mind, within weeks you will see that they no longer hold any power. Do you see what I’m getting at?”

Picture your self-image.

“The mind works through pictures. Pictures affect your self-image and your self-image affects the way you feel, act and achieve. If your self-image tells you that you are too young to be a successful person or too old to change your habits for the better, you never will achieve these goals. If your self-image tells you that lives rich with purpose, excellent health and happiness are only for people from backgrounds other than your own, this prophecy will ultimately become your reality. “But when you run inspiring, imaginative pictures through the movie screen of your mind, wonderful things start to happen in your life. Einstein said that ‘imagination is more important than knowledge.’ You must spend some time every day, even if it is just a few minutes, in the practice of creative envisioning. See yourself as you want to be, whether this means serving as a great judge, a great father or a great citizen of your community.”

The ageless technique of using positive images to influence the mind. You can practice this method in your own living room or even at the office if you really want to. Shut your door, hold all calls and close your eyes. Then take a few deep breaths. You will notice that after two or three minutes you will start to feel relaxed. Next, visualize mental pictures of all that you want to be, to have and to attain in your life. If you want to be the world’s best father, envision yourself laughing and playing with your kids, responding to their questions with an open heart. Picture yourself acting gracefully and lovingly in a tense situation. Mentally rehearse the way you will govern your actions when a similar scene unfolds on the canvas of reality. 

“The magic of visualization can be applied to so many situations. You can use it to be more effective in your profession, to enhance your relationships and to develop yourself spiritually. Consistent use of this method will also bring you financial rewards and an abundance of material gain, if this is important to you. Understand once and for all that your mind has magnetic power to attract all that you desire into your life. If there is a lack in your life it is because there is a lack in your thoughts. Hold wonderful pictures in your mind’s eye. Even one negative image is poisonous to your mindset. Once you start to experience the joy this ancient technique brings, you will realize the infinite potential of your mind and begin to liberate the storehouse of ability and energy that currently sleeps within you.”

“There is nothing noble about being superior to some other person. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self.”

All I’m really getting at is that if you want to improve your life and live with all that you deserve you must run your own race. It doesn’t matter what other people say about you. What is important is what you say to yourself. Do not be concerned with the judgment of others as long as you know what you are doing is right. You can do whatever you want to do as long as it is correct according to your conscience and your heart. Never be ashamed of doing that which is right; decide on what you think is good and then stick to it. And for God’s sake, never get into the petty habit of measuring your self-worth against other people’s net worth. A famous preaching says: ‘Every second you spend thinking about someone else’s dreams you take time away from your own.’”

Expand your Imagination.

“All success in life, whether material or spiritual, starts with that twelve-pound mass sitting between your shoulders. Or more specifically, with the thoughts that you put into your mind every second of every minute of every day. Your outer world reflects the state of your inner world. By controlling the thoughts that you think and the way you respond to the events of your life, you begin to control your destiny.”

“First of all, begin to live out of the glory of your imagination, not your memory.”

“All I’m saying is that to liberate the potential of your mind, body and soul, you must first expand your imagination. You see, things are always created twice: first in the workshop of the mind and then, and only then, in reality. I call the process ‘blueprinting’ because anything that you create in your outer world began as a simple blueprint in your inner world, on the lush picture screen of your mind. When you learn to take control of your thoughts and vividly imagine all that you desire from this worldly existence in a state of total expectancy, dormant forces will awaken inside you. You will begin to unlock the true potential of your mind to create the kind of magical life that I believe you deserve. From tonight onwards, forget about the past. Dare to dream that you are more than the sum of your current circumstances. Expect the best. You will be astonished at the results.”

Trust yourself & follow your Passion.

Create the kind of life you will be happy to live with all your life.

The secret of happiness is simple: find out what you truly love to do and then direct all of your energy towards doing it. Once you do this, abundance flows into your life and all your desires are filled with ease and grace.

The quality of your life is determined by the quality of your thoughts.

If you study the happiest, healthiest, most satisfied people of our world, you will see that each and every one of them has found their passion in life, and then spent their days pursuing it. This calling is almost always one that, in some way, serves others. Once you are concentrating your mental power and energy on a pursuit that you love, abundance flows into your life, and all your desires are fulfilled with ease and grace.” 

“So simply figure out what turns you on and then do it?”

Once you find your purpose, however, life becomes much easier and far more rewarding. When you figure out what your main aim or destiny really is, you will never have to work another day in your life.

Achievement: Real source of happiness.

“One would think that the less one worked the more one would have the chance to experience happiness. However, the real source of happiness can be stated in a word: achievement. Lasting happiness comes from steadily working to accomplish your goals and advancing confidently in the direction of your life’s purpose. This is the secret to kindling the inner fire that lurks within you.

Main point is simply that when you clearly know what aims you wish to achieve over the course of your life, be they material, emotional, physical or spiritual, and you spend your days accomplishing them, you will ultimately find eternal joy. Your life will be very delightful — and you will come to know a splendid reality. But you must know your life’s aim and then manifest this vision into reality by consistent action. Hindu terminology call this Dharma, which is the Sanskrit word for life’s purpose.’” “Lifelong contentment will come from the fulfillment of my Dharma?” From Dharma springs inner harmony and lasting satisfaction. Dharma is based upon the ancient principle that says every one of us has a heroic mission while we walk this Earth. We have all been granted a unique set of gifts and talents that will readily allow us to realize this lifework. The key is to discover them, and in doing so, discover the main objective of your life.”

I once read that people who study others are wise but those who study themselves are enlightened.

Those who are truly enlightened know what they want out of life, emotionally, materially, physically and spiritually. Clearly defined priorities and goals for every aspect of your life will serve a role similar to that played by a lighthouse, offering you guidance and refuge when the seas become rough. Truth is, anyone can revolutionize their lives once they revolutionize the direction in which they are moving. But if you don’t even know where you are going, how will you ever know when you get there?”

“Stop spending so much time making a living and spend far more time creating a life.”

A simple rule: he who serves the most, reaps the most, emotionally, physically, mentally and spiritually. This is the way to inner peace and outer fulfillment.

“The beauty of the whole exercise is that as you strive to improve the lives of others, your own life will be elevated into its highest dimensions. This truth is based on an ancient paradigm for extraordinary living.”

The words came from the great Indian philosopher Patanjali. “When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all of your thoughts break their bonds: your mind transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in every direction and you find yourself in a new, great and wonderful world. Dormant forces, faculties and talents become alive and you discover yourself to be a greater person than you ever dreamed yourself to be.”

Other Practices

Other practices such as a natural diet, the repetition of positive affirmations or ‘mantras’, reading books rich with wisdom and by constantly ensuring that your company has enlightened.

Last words..

It’s just that there are discovered tools that can improve the lives of many people, people who feel unfulfilled, uninspired and unhappy. A few adjustments in their daily routines to include the Heart of the Rose technique and a constant application of Opposition Thinking will give them the lives they want. I believe people deserve to know this.

This secret is based on the ancient principle that everything is always created twice, first in the mind and then in reality. I have shared already that thoughts are things, material messengers that we send out to influence our physical world. I have also informed you that if you hope to make remarkable improvements in your outer world you must first start within and change the caliber of your thoughts.

When you consistently direct your mind to live in the present you will always have boundless energy, no matter what time the clock reflects. “Only those who seek shall find.”

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Threats to our Health, Peace, Love and Prosperity - Comparisons, Complaints & Criticism!

Ishan Jain

 

We need positivity to fulfil our core emotional needs, which I like to think of as peace, love, and understanding. Negativity–in conversations, emotions, and actions–often springs from a threat to one of the three needs: a fear that bad things are going to happen, a fear of not being loved, or a fear of being disrespected.

These negative feelings seem to come out of us in the form of negative behaviours like comparisons, criticism and complains, then branch out into other emotions such as anger, stress, and feeling overwhelmed.

The truth is, people themselves are not negative; behaviours are. People are affected by negativity, which turns into negative behaviours. 

For example, there are constant comparisons; we might be told how our colleagues are better than us, how they meet their targets with ease while I am always late for my deadlines. Parents might guilt trip how my sister is more caring for them. Spouse might find the neighbour’s wife hotter, younger.  Comparison sometimes, used as a tool for encouraging others to do better in life. So, there is constant comparison between siblings, among peers, with cousins etc.

I believe it’s a complete fallacy, because behind every comparison the implicit message is ‘you are not good enough’. So, comparison is essentially criticism. All that it does is chips at one’s sense of self worth.

Truth is, people criticise to create emotional distance, to feel better about themselves or because they envy others.

Our brains are designed to work to make us more like those that we are around. If we are around negativity, we will become more negative. If we surround ourselves with uplifting people and messages, we will become more positive. 

What happens when we don’t have a choice? Sometimes the negative people in our lives are family members or work colleagues. This makes it even more important to know how to deal with the negativity so that we don’t absorb it. 

Have a open mind, act positive and feel gratitude for the good things happen to you. Positive thinking is that, rather than criticise show people how to do things, show respect or mind your own business. Show praise and empathy rather than criticise.

The next devil is Complain! For example, with parents, it’s a continuous lament about the good old days and how today’s generation is so laidback and useless. Complainers find something wrong with anything. Nothing will ever be good enough for them. It doesn’t matter if someone does everything right, complainers will always find a way to pick it apart. Complainers focus on the negative and fail to see all of the amazing things around them.

When you throw negative energy at another human being, you are hurting him or her, whether you realise it or not. At the same time, you are throwing negative energy out in the universe for yourself. What you put out is what you get back.

Accept that everyone is unique, skillfull, and beautiful in his/her own way. Their purpose of life is different, and we should appreciate for what they are and respect their choices.

Happiness, wealth, love, friendship, health, or success are leaves or branches of Peace. Sow peace and If you manage to find this peace within, you will definitely have Joy. And this inner joy would bring you everything you want in or from your life.

Happiness and peace also come through simple things you love, such as reading a good book, being with people you love, travelling, or a hobby. You can enjoy many moments of peace every day, when you do small, simple things you love and through acts of gratitude. Think about solutions, not about problems.

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