What Are You Worshiping?

Do not go about worshiping deities and religious institutions as the source of the subtle truth. To do so is to place intermediaries between yourself and the divine, and to make of yourself a beggar who looks outside for a treasure that is hidden inside his own breast.
~ Lao Tze

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How to Predict the Future

‎The best way to predict the future of humanity at large is to create it.
The best way to help predict your own future is to work towards making it happen.

 ~ unknown (i just came up with it)

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Back to Eden

This docmentary is well done, inspirational and very educational (i.e. empowering)  making it one of the best documentaries I've watched.

Watch it to learn about the "one" simple trick (well, it's not a trick, it is what Nature does every day) that can transform gardening and farming from a challenging task to total bliss and lots of bounty. 

Produced & Directed by: Dana Richardson & Sarah Zentz
Executive Producer: Michael Barrett
After years of back-breaking toil in ground ravaged by the effects of man-made growing systems, Paul Gautschi has discovered a taste of what God intended for mankind in the garden of Eden. Some of the vital issues facing agriculture today include soil preparation, fertilization, irrigation, weed control, pest control, crop rotation, and PH issues. None of these issues exist in the unaltered state of nature or in Paul's gardens and orchards.
"Back to Eden" invites you to take a walk with Paul as he teaches you sustainable organic growing methods that are capable of being implemented in diverse climates around the world.
Learn more: backtoedenfilm.com

Back To Eden OFFICIAL FILM from ProVisions Productions on Vimeo.


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The Only Opinion That Matters

No matter what you say, what you do, or how you act,
no matter what decisions you make or how you behave,
someone, somewhere, near or far,
will take offense and disagree with you
or not like your actions/decisions/opinions. 

 Moral of the story, is to be who you want to be,
do what's right for you

Know your feelings about things, and make sure you feel good about what you do, say, think, hear, eat, or anything you decide on regular basis. 

You are the only one with the opinion that matters. 

 

Be true to yourself

If you live your life by looking at others, what others do and how others define living or success,
you'd be living someone's else's life,
someone else's story,
someone else's idea of what
'living'
is

 

How do you know what you want?

 

Do you ask others?

Do you ask god?

Do you travel the seven seas?

Do you climb mountains looking?

 Where do you look for who you are or what you want in life?

.

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surely, not in all the above.

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.

the answer is

Aspire to,

Work to,

Want to,

Know Thyself 

 

  and, you will

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The Best Way to Prepare For Life

The best way to prepare for life
is to begin to live
~ Elbert Hubbard

 

Who Am I?

What a liberation to realize that the ‘voice in my head’ is not who I am. 

Who am I then? 

The one who sees that.
~ Eckhart Tolle

How To Meditate Now - 5 Easy Steps

Countless pages have been written on meditation, however, always, the best is the simplest, the most beautiful is the simplest. These five simple steps will enable you to experience meditation and make it a personal experience, not a rigid ritual. Meditation is a great self healing and self growth tool.


The Recipe:

1. 

Find a meditation spot.

2. 

Sit in a comfortable position, preferably with a straight back. But be comfortable.

3. 

Say this to yourself:
I respect my mind and my ego, for now I ask my mind to step aside and allow me to become an observer of my mind. I will seek tranquility in this moment and calm

I will have non-judgmental awareness of any thoughts that come and go. 

4. 

Simply sit and observe:

Focus your attention on one of these: follow your breathing, concentrate on the area between your eyebrows, or look at a candle, or imagine some objects and concentrate on it (like a crystal flower)
Observe your thoughts (do not try to stop thinking, that's impossible). Simply have non-judgmental awareness of any thoughts that come and then let them go. 
If you start to think, re-establish your focus on whatever it is you were focusing on. Do not judge any action, any sound, any thought. Bask in the moment, and observe.

 

5. 

End Your Meditation: calmly, thank yourself, thank your mind and ego.

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This is a tradition-free meditation, not buddhist, taosit, but rather a very basic and abstract recipe that works. I have used this with hypnosis clients and it works every time. Call it meditation, hypnosis, resting, whatever you call it doesn't matter. The experience matters more. Doing the above steps will allow you to have the experience.

Your thoughts are like drops

When you meditate eventually you will be able to distinguish each drop,

not only during meditation but in daily life
you will think clearer
and know thyself better

Until next time,

Stay well