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- StumbleUpon. 30 Things to Stop Doing to Yourself. ColorQuiz.com - The free five minute personality test! How to Plant Ideas in Someones Mind. Laurie Gerber: Stop Stopping Judgement. It feels so good, is it really so bad? I think it's too simple to say: "Judging is wrong," or "I am trying to be less judgmental. " I hear it in yoga and spiritual circles all time, we are quieting our minds to stop all the ceaseless judging. But I want to take a deeper cut. How about since judging is about as natural as breathing, and probably has some very important survival functions, we just get better at it? But Laurie, how? Having a judgement means you have some value against which you are measuring something you encounter.

Generally, as coaches, we'll leave you be with regard to what you think is "right. " By now, you know when I talk about judgements, I am not talking about mean-spirited gossip about other people as a way to make you feel better about yourself. I'll just speak for myself here. There is such a thing as higher consciousness. 1) Only if you promise when you catch a judgment to turn it back on yourself for further discernment. You game? Love, Laurie. How to Stop Worrying - StumbleUpon. Undoing the Worrying Habit Once acquired, the habit of worrying seems hard to stop. We're raised to worry and aren't considered "grown up" until we perfect the art.

Teenagers are told: "you'd better start worrying about your future". If your worries aren't at least as frequent as your bowel movements, you're seen as irresponsible, childish, aimless. That's a "responsible adult" game rule. To the extent that worrying is learned/conditioned behaviour, it can be undone. Centuries-old cultural conditioning has given us a nasty neurosis: the belief that happiness must be "earned". Laid on top of the first neurosis is the idea that spending money will make you happy. So: we never stop working, we never stop spending money, we're never really happy – ideal conditions, coincidentally, for a certain type of slave economy. You won't stop worrying if you think it serves you. The fight-or-flight response (FOF) is useful on rare occasions of real danger. Worrying is never useful. Why you should learn to lucid dream | Yes, I Can! by Robin Nixon.

If you’ve never experienced it then you may find it hard to understand what lucid dreaming is all about. In fact you may be thoroughly sceptical and dismiss the whole thing as silly nonsense. But I can tell you from personal experience that lucid dreams are very real and something that many millions of people regularly enjoy. Note: Due to the huge amount of interest that this post has generated I am now seriously considering writing a book on the subject, and I would welcome input from anyone with an interest. If you have any anecdotes, suggestions, dreams or anything else you’d like to share with me for possible inclusion in the book, please email me. Your contribution can be anonymous and you may change any and all names/characters as you wish. I’ll send a free copy to all contributors if the book is published. Lucid dreaming is when you experience full consciousness while dreaming. When you ‘wake up’ inside a dream you can consciously appreciate just how wonderful dreams really are.

10 Common Misconceptions Dispelled. 50 Stress Relievers That Take 5 Minutes Or Less | The Emotion Machine - StumbleUpon. Psychology studies relevant to everyday life from PsyBlog. BBC Science | Human Body and Mind | Psychology Tests & Surveys.