Are you a prisoner of your own thoughts?
Just as a prisoner in a jail, committed from murder, you are committed of being who you were until you let go of that thought. You become what you are NOW. And you begin to realize that all that has happen in the past is not who you are.
Imagine of an insane person with hallucinations. That person is living in his thoughts. Luckily, there is a cure for any mental problems in the power of NOW.
Imagine the scariest movie you have seen. Why is it so scary? Is there a ghost or an ax murderer? And didn’t the people around you teach to be scared of those? Now, if you imagine yourself watching the movie, but alert of your own existence, your own feelings, you begin to realize how the movie affects you and loses its hold on you. There is no need for fear. If you see news of a bomb attract, how does it make you feel? Horrible, is it? Oh my god, what has happen to the world? I am lucky I wasn’t there. Oh well, I am not responsible of the thing what happen… Now, begin to be alert of your thoughts. Be present while listening to the news. What do you feel now? You are strong. You might realize there is so much love in you, and so much people who just simply doesn’t yet understand what life is all about. Maybe it is not your mission in this life to save the world. It is certainly nobody’s job to start a war against a war; but to love your enemies, to understand that they are the ones in a need of your help. They yet don’t know the message of the enjoyment of life you are realizing and putting it out there in the world.
You are not a victim of your surroundings or yourself. If you truly live in the moment, live to your calling, you realize there is so much more in life than to hate and be angry. You realize that if you are angry it is actually you you are angry to, not to the world around you. Be strong. Take responsibility of the moment now. Don’t wait until tomorrow the present to be better. It is NOW. The power of now.
Every time you notice you are caught up in your thoughts, smile, laugh a little. You begin to be present and in control your own thoughts. Just be strong. Keep on growing; begin to live up to your calling. The universe is giving you all the answers, all the time, all the power you need to enjoy life today.
Strong and present throughout the day
You don’t need to be a MacGyver to open a door that you thought was impossible to unlock. You just need to focus, listen a little. Don’t give up or use force. Imagine if MacGyver would want to use force opening the door. He would, instead of breaking the key into the lock, use dynamite. I assume you wouldn’t want to blow your door away. You will need it in one rainy day. So just focus in all your presence. You have chosen to fix the problem. Don’t blame the door if it is stubborn to open. Maybe it is old. Or one of those rare a little bit dysfunctional ones. Instead, choose to be as stubborn to unlock it. Be strong. And with a little bit of presence and capacity to listen you realize how the door can be unlocked with so little effort.
How about dancing a tango with a stranger? You learn to listen. Learning to dance is not a matter of learning the right steps. Do you think the first people dancing were thinking of that? I can imagine they were just enjoying the movement fully alert of their bodies and the music: the voices surrounding them. Steps came along to teach the same dance to others. If you just listen to your partner dancing, surrender to the present, you will learn even without the image of the steps in mind. Just enjoy!
With presence you notice how easy it is to open that jar of nuts which is always stuck, when you put your whole existence into opening it. It is so easy to enjoy hanging laundry outside in the balcony on a sunny day. And while the wind catches one piece of your clothing flying it down from the balcony while trying to put the peg on it notice your feelings: are you angry to the wind? Or to yourself? Why? You can choose to enjoy fetching the piece of clothing back.
When the stove is not working while your stomach is yelling for boiled oats and cooked apples for breakfast you can choose to put your mind into fixing the problem or eating your breakfast uncooked. There is no need to blame the stove for not working the way you’d like or your stomach of being so hungry. And if you choose to solve the problem your hungry is twice as big but you will cook and eat with more pleasure.
Just like that it is so easy to not think anything while you do what you do. Focus your whole energy into it and don’t try to do something else at the time. Give importance to each action!
You notice how easy it is to stop eating for graving because there is no craving; or how easy it is to stop smoking, because there are no thoughts of having that cigar between your hands to make you relax. If you just stop thinking you will notice what it is that you really need. There is no bigger need in the universe than you to BE. That is who you are.
Your love for the moment is a love you have for yourself and as you notice that, your love for others is starting to exist in a form that is more real than ever before.
There is no more I HAVE TO or I SHOULD. You just do what you do because you start to enjoy life. And all the people around you will accept whatever it is that you are if they really love you like you love them. They will understand your choices.
Just as a prisoner in a jail, committed from murder, you are committed of being who you were until you let go of that thought. You become what you are NOW. And you begin to realize that all that has happen in the past is not who you are.
Imagine of an insane person with hallucinations. That person is living in his thoughts. Luckily, there is a cure for any mental problems in the power of NOW.
Imagine the scariest movie you have seen. Why is it so scary? Is there a ghost or an ax murderer? And didn’t the people around you teach to be scared of those? Now, if you imagine yourself watching the movie, but alert of your own existence, your own feelings, you begin to realize how the movie affects you and loses its hold on you. There is no need for fear. If you see news of a bomb attract, how does it make you feel? Horrible, is it? Oh my god, what has happen to the world? I am lucky I wasn’t there. Oh well, I am not responsible of the thing what happen… Now, begin to be alert of your thoughts. Be present while listening to the news. What do you feel now? You are strong. You might realize there is so much love in you, and so much people who just simply doesn’t yet understand what life is all about. Maybe it is not your mission in this life to save the world. It is certainly nobody’s job to start a war against a war; but to love your enemies, to understand that they are the ones in a need of your help. They yet don’t know the message of the enjoyment of life you are realizing and putting it out there in the world.
You are not a victim of your surroundings or yourself. If you truly live in the moment, live to your calling, you realize there is so much more in life than to hate and be angry. You realize that if you are angry it is actually you you are angry to, not to the world around you. Be strong. Take responsibility of the moment now. Don’t wait until tomorrow the present to be better. It is NOW. The power of now.
Every time you notice you are caught up in your thoughts, smile, laugh a little. You begin to be present and in control your own thoughts. Just be strong. Keep on growing; begin to live up to your calling. The universe is giving you all the answers, all the time, all the power you need to enjoy life today.
Strong and present throughout the day
You don’t need to be a MacGyver to open a door that you thought was impossible to unlock. You just need to focus, listen a little. Don’t give up or use force. Imagine if MacGyver would want to use force opening the door. He would, instead of breaking the key into the lock, use dynamite. I assume you wouldn’t want to blow your door away. You will need it in one rainy day. So just focus in all your presence. You have chosen to fix the problem. Don’t blame the door if it is stubborn to open. Maybe it is old. Or one of those rare a little bit dysfunctional ones. Instead, choose to be as stubborn to unlock it. Be strong. And with a little bit of presence and capacity to listen you realize how the door can be unlocked with so little effort.
How about dancing a tango with a stranger? You learn to listen. Learning to dance is not a matter of learning the right steps. Do you think the first people dancing were thinking of that? I can imagine they were just enjoying the movement fully alert of their bodies and the music: the voices surrounding them. Steps came along to teach the same dance to others. If you just listen to your partner dancing, surrender to the present, you will learn even without the image of the steps in mind. Just enjoy!
With presence you notice how easy it is to open that jar of nuts which is always stuck, when you put your whole existence into opening it. It is so easy to enjoy hanging laundry outside in the balcony on a sunny day. And while the wind catches one piece of your clothing flying it down from the balcony while trying to put the peg on it notice your feelings: are you angry to the wind? Or to yourself? Why? You can choose to enjoy fetching the piece of clothing back.
When the stove is not working while your stomach is yelling for boiled oats and cooked apples for breakfast you can choose to put your mind into fixing the problem or eating your breakfast uncooked. There is no need to blame the stove for not working the way you’d like or your stomach of being so hungry. And if you choose to solve the problem your hungry is twice as big but you will cook and eat with more pleasure.
Just like that it is so easy to not think anything while you do what you do. Focus your whole energy into it and don’t try to do something else at the time. Give importance to each action!
You notice how easy it is to stop eating for graving because there is no craving; or how easy it is to stop smoking, because there are no thoughts of having that cigar between your hands to make you relax. If you just stop thinking you will notice what it is that you really need. There is no bigger need in the universe than you to BE. That is who you are.
Your love for the moment is a love you have for yourself and as you notice that, your love for others is starting to exist in a form that is more real than ever before.
There is no more I HAVE TO or I SHOULD. You just do what you do because you start to enjoy life. And all the people around you will accept whatever it is that you are if they really love you like you love them. They will understand your choices.
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