10 Things you need to stop doing today to be happier. We tend to be unconscious of behaviors that are causing pain and unnecessary suffering in our lives.
If we could just become more conscious of behaviors that are leading to the pain in our lives, we would be a lot happier. Today we can start giving up some of the things in our life that are causing this conflict. 1. Stop complaining. Don’t find fault, find a remedy; anybody can complain. ~ Henry Ford Nobody wants to be around someone who complains all the time. 2. We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation.
Stop judging other peoples lives and focus on perfecting your own life. 3. Run from what’s comfortable. Fear is an obnoxious thing—it slows you down from finding a career you love, a romantic relationship and pursing your dreams. 4. When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. ~ African Proverb The biggest enemy that you face is the one inside you—this enemy criticizes, condemns, and complains.
Take a Class. Surefire Ways to Develop Your Intuition. I hear voices and always have.
There, I said it. Now that’s out in the open, let me explain myself. My life has been shaped by the miraculous. Since childhood, I have been graced with lucid dream initiations and life-changing, astral plane healing ceremonies with master yogis and Tibetan shamans. In this strange and compelling mix, I have also heard voices. For example, when I was seventeen, I was sitting in the high school common room feeling depressed about my future. However I audibly heard a voice saying, “Go and ask to re-sit the examinations. Without questioning what I'd heard, I confidently did as I was told. What I am sharing here is not new. Your intuition speaks to you in a multitude of ways. There’s actually no getting away from it.
So, the real question worth pondering is: Chris Howard Unplugged - Lisa Garr. Mark Victor Hansen Unplugged - Lisa Garr. How to Move Through Emotional Pain with Grace. I caught myself wanting to check out a few weeks ago.
I haven’t watched the television in at least six years, and I even tried turning it on. Fiddling with the remote, with all its colors and buttons, it took too much energy to figure out how to press power and where to point the remote. So I gave up. I knew I didn’t really want to watch TV. I was just trying to tune out. God, can’t I just numb out for at least 15 minutes? Nope, no way. If we suppress, ignore, and walk away from what’s happening internally, painful or not, it just lays there dormant until we look at it, feel it, and really be in it to process it back to state of balance and neutrality. Pain is one of those things we will experience for the rest of our lives—it’s all a part of the human experience. How do we move through it gracefully and efficiently, giving it its proper attention and awareness, without giving it power to debilitate, so you can go on with your day-to-day life?
Learning Meditation at LearningMeditation.com. How to Travel Full-Time for $17,000 a Year (or Less!) Wise Bread Picks For the last five years, I've been traveling the world full-time, and for less money than I've ever spent (and I'd wager less money than most people would spend) to live in one place.
My worldly possessions fit into one bag (just larger than carry-on size) and a backpack containing my laptop and computer gear. This small entourage (weighing less than 45 pounds in total) comes with me as I wander around the world, sometimes quickly, but mostly slowly. In 2011 alone, I traversed 13 countries and over 45,360 miles. Sounds pretty expensive, huh? What if I told you it wasn't? Believe it. How to Keep Your Travel Costs Low Of course, I could travel for way more than $17,000/year. Here are a few of my secrets. Don't Pay for Accommodations In the entire year of 2011, I paid $173 for accommodation. Work-Trade/Volunteer There are lots of creative opportunities to work in trade for your accommodation (and sometimes food) and enjoy a more immersive travel experience.
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