It is only when the outside world and inside world meet that the power of the mind is recognized. Once we recognize the tricks of the mind, everything begins to become clear. By putting the mind on pause, one will be able to experience bliss, or true happiness.
Try to think about a time when you have experienced pure happiness. Some feel it when they pray, some when they are in love, and some when they are working on a project they love so much. Why are they happy? Why were you happy? You and they were happy because the mind was not at work at that moment. There was just silence, relaxation, love and peace at that time, all of which are connected to bliss.
One can never find happiness if they allow them selves to be pulled and pushed by emotion. The only emotion that should ever be given attention is that bringing forth happy feelings; love. By allowing ourselves to focus on love at all times, we are putting forth God in all that we do.
Heart falls for emotion and mind falls for conditioning, but consciousness or spirit is above the two. It is the only pure thing that there is. To become one with that purity, that love, that happiness, God; we need to ignore all thought that doesn’t derive from love.
You must remind yourself that as you flow through your day. When you see yourself becoming negative about something, take a breath, and ignore it. Whatever you do, don’t argue with it. Allow yourself to just “be.” Be silence by walking in peace.
As I stated earlier, it is not easy, especially at first. But practice is the key. It is through this practice that you become one with happiness. Just let that negative thought leave as easily as it came in. Be aware of it, but don’t feed it. Allow it to be there, for now it is a part of living here in this world. Accept it, but don’t feed it. That is what allows you to heal.
Whenever a thought comes to you that do not go hand in hand to the highest version of you possible then let it go. Just be still. Don’t feed it by arguing, don’t even pay attention. Just “be” and allow the thought to pass. If you don’t argue with it, you will not feed it, and it will not become part of you. It will stay as a passerby who took up space for a few seconds.
‘Daniel was in line at the convenience store. When it was his turn at the counter he hadn’t noticed as he was deep in thought at the time. The woman ringing him up yelled meanly, ‘Hello, your next!’ At first, Daniel felt rage for being yelled at, but he took a deep breath and ignored it. Within a few moments the rage was gone, and the rest of his day went beautifully.
When you feel any type of negative emotion come forth to take you over, just think, “love.” If it is a person that seems to be causing this disconnection, remember to go back to “love,” and stay there. Practice thinking this. Don’t lose that word in your mind. Don’t argue with the mind. Just allow yourself to feel that love within, and allow it to propel itself forward at that moment.
Kimmie was having a hard time talking to her younger sister. It seemed that everything she said to her was being taken offensively, rather in the loving way that she meant it. Finally her sister got so upset that began to rant and rave. Rather than focus on these things that hurt her, Kimmie followed her breath and kept in mind the love that her sister truly is. Her sister ended up calming down and later on apologizing.
When you realize that you are able to connect to God at all times, and that perfection is attainable, you will push yourself automatically when trouble arises.
Whenever you are stuck in a negative situation, remember that non thought is connection to the divine. Do not speak, do not think. Just “be” and you are allowing the connection to God to continue. Become one with the energy within. This is God. This is spirit. Breathe.
Peggy was having an awful day. It seemed like just everything was going wrong. It all started in the morning when her hair was not coming out the way that she wanted it to. It continued when she dropped her cup of coffee all over the kitchen floor. The brain began its work, and started producing thoughts of ‘I hate my life!’ Peggy recognized what was going on at that point. Before she proceeded to clean the coffee off of the floor, she went to the next room, sat down, and began breathing. She ignored all thought and focused on the love within. After re-connecting she went back in the kitchen and cleaned up the mess.
Breath is such an important part of connection. Breath puts us back into our center. When we are mad or upset, scared or even anxious; deep breathing reconnects us to the divine. We should make it a daily practice to take nice deep breaths as soon as we feel any type of negativity coming our way.
What is peace exactly? Peace is contentment. Peace is a feeling of security and yes, even happiness. Peace is stillness. Peace is a knowing that there is nothing in this world that can affect you. Nothing in this world can go wrong. Peace is love, love of the self.
How does one experience peace? Just like anything else. In order to experience peace, you have to be it. You have to be the peace, you have to be the love, and you have to be the stillness. In order to experience God you must not allow yourself to think on lower levels.
So what does this mean? If you are being faced with an option to argue or sit in peace, sit in peace. If you are faced with pain and negativity, sit in peace. Just let your mind quiet down and remain in all that is left; stillness.
You will find that most of your thoughts are produced from a negative one. Try your best to only foster thought processes that are positive, or help you to grow.
Stephanie and a bunch of friends went out clubbing on a Friday night. While inside the club, one of her friends started making negative comments about the dress another girl was wearing. At that point, Stephanie agreed. But in realizing that these thoughts were not her, she ignored them, and changed the subject to something else.
If you do think negatively, don’t beat yourself up over it. That is just something else the brain has to take a hold of. Just remember the technique; accept it and ignore it. It is in this way that you are allowing the greatest you to be shown.
Gerald and Cleo had an argument on their way home from work. During the argument, Cleo realized the tricks the mind was pulling at that moment. She decided to simply breathe and listen to what Gerald was saying rather then allow the argument to continue. After Gerald was done venting his frustrations calm settled between the two. Cleo did not allow herself to hold judgment or pain over the argument. Everything was back to normal within a few minutes of his outburst.
Do you notice how Cleo chose to be the peace, rather than anticipate it? If she had chosen to fight, or even hold anger towards Gerald, the fight would have gone on and on. Instead, it went as quickly as it came.
Ebony and her son got into an argument before school one morning. Thoughts pushing Ebony to cry and sit in pain began forming in her head. ‘Why doesn’t he love me? She thought to herself. Just then she remembered that these were all tricks of the mind to pull her away from peace. She reset her intention of peace, and remained centered within. When her son returned from school she and he had made peaceful resolution.
Keep motivational reads around you constantly. Stay away from negative energies. To be the best you that you can be, requires you to be immersed in the ideas that help to make you the best you. Keep it with you wherever you go. Whenever you have a spare moment to read, read it over and over! Whenever you have a disconnection, scan the chapters until you are reminded of what you need to do to get over it. Peace comes with practice.
Notice how hard it is to focus completely on what you are doing. Becoming fully immersed in whatever moment you are in. It is hard isn’t it? Even reading this book can be hard at times as the mind tries to pull you away into other things. Our minds are conditioned to be analytical. To figure things out, to always be at work. But it is not necessary for our minds to be working in that stage all the time; thinking. We are just accustomed to it.
Start practicing when you’re involved in your conversation. Focus on what the person is saying, rather than what the mind may be pulling you to focus on. Become immersed in all you do. In class focus on classes, when reading, be immersed in it. Immerse yourself in the act of eating, and drinking coffee. Notice the tastes, the smell. Don’t allow your mind to take you away from that moment.
It was dinner time and Dimitri had his plate all ready to go into the living room and watch TV as he ate. This day, he decided against it. He wanted to be immersed in that moment, practicing peace, so he remained in the quiet of his kitchen as he ate. Dimitri ate that meal at least a hundred times before. But for some reason, it had never tasted so good.
Be immersed in all you do. If you are outside working, or walking on your way to work, pay full attention to the sounds that you hear; the cars, sound of rain, people talking; everything. Take time to notice the birds. They talk to each other. Just listen and you can be a part of their conversation too. Watch as two dogs play with each other. You can see them smile.
Feel the textures of things; plants, animals, food, everything. Get immersed in the smells of the world. Just sit and be aware of all around you.
Have you ever noticed that at times when your mind is working you don’t want to do anything else? You just want to sit and think. I mean how can you? Your mind is focused on those things of the future, past or what ifs of the world. Either that or we are analyzing embarrassment, sorrow or fear.
When our time is consumed with thoughts, we cannot enjoy a movie, or the presence of our family and friends.
It is when you have thoughtlessness that you have the time to stop and smell the flowers, gaze at the moon, watch a sunset or children at play. You can fully enjoy watching a movie, conversing with your children, lying down with a lover. It is only when you don’t have anything to think about that you will have the room to focus on other things. If you allow yourself to do everything in peace, you will truly behold the wonders of the world, the joys of living.
Try to see the world as a stage, and become the actor in a play. Immerse yourself in whichever role you are playing at that moment. How does it feel to be a boyfriend/girlfriend? Are you immersed? How about your work role? How does it feel to be a cleaner, a teacher, a president? What about when its time to be a parent, or an aunt or uncle? Does it feel good to be a chef as you cook your daily meal? Enjoy every moment of every role that you play. Because that is all life really is- a role, an experience. Enjoy it. Make the most of it that you possibly can.
It was Thanksgiving and Natalie was in charge of cooking for twenty people. Her mind kept bringing her to the point of ‘Why me!?’ But Natalie was well aware of its power. She ignored her thoughts and decided to immerse herself in the role of being a chef in a restaurant. She ended up having a lot of fun.
You can be anything you want to be. People feel as if they must have a label or a degree in order to practice things. For example, ‘chef’, ‘reporter’, ‘writer’, ‘painter.’ The world wants you to have a label before you can do anything. This stops us from trying those things that sound appealing because, we are not “qualified.” Yet, people find the most happiness in those things they least expected.
One day as Rafael was cleaning out his car he started receiving inspiration on taking a few sets of pictures to put into a collage. His friend Jay was there as he told him about the idea. Jay asked him, ‘Have you ever taken a photography class before?’ Rafael realized that he had absolutely no clue how to take pictures, but he decided to go ahead and do it anyway. He changed his career that year and turned out to be a good photographer.
Just do whatever you want to do, and do it at the moment you want to do it because the motivation to do it may pass. You may find that you enjoy something, and can do it so much better than you ever imagined.
Our minds are always on thinking mode. But it doesn’t need to be. We just don’t remember how to put it in peace, how to allow it to rest for a while. So let it rest! The more we allow it to rest, the more we sit in the love and peace that we are. Choose peace next time, and put your brain on pause!
Copyright © Tibu Thomas, INDIA (Tenny).
Try to think about a time when you have experienced pure happiness. Some feel it when they pray, some when they are in love, and some when they are working on a project they love so much. Why are they happy? Why were you happy? You and they were happy because the mind was not at work at that moment. There was just silence, relaxation, love and peace at that time, all of which are connected to bliss.
One can never find happiness if they allow them selves to be pulled and pushed by emotion. The only emotion that should ever be given attention is that bringing forth happy feelings; love. By allowing ourselves to focus on love at all times, we are putting forth God in all that we do.
Heart falls for emotion and mind falls for conditioning, but consciousness or spirit is above the two. It is the only pure thing that there is. To become one with that purity, that love, that happiness, God; we need to ignore all thought that doesn’t derive from love.
You must remind yourself that as you flow through your day. When you see yourself becoming negative about something, take a breath, and ignore it. Whatever you do, don’t argue with it. Allow yourself to just “be.” Be silence by walking in peace.
As I stated earlier, it is not easy, especially at first. But practice is the key. It is through this practice that you become one with happiness. Just let that negative thought leave as easily as it came in. Be aware of it, but don’t feed it. Allow it to be there, for now it is a part of living here in this world. Accept it, but don’t feed it. That is what allows you to heal.
Whenever a thought comes to you that do not go hand in hand to the highest version of you possible then let it go. Just be still. Don’t feed it by arguing, don’t even pay attention. Just “be” and allow the thought to pass. If you don’t argue with it, you will not feed it, and it will not become part of you. It will stay as a passerby who took up space for a few seconds.
‘Daniel was in line at the convenience store. When it was his turn at the counter he hadn’t noticed as he was deep in thought at the time. The woman ringing him up yelled meanly, ‘Hello, your next!’ At first, Daniel felt rage for being yelled at, but he took a deep breath and ignored it. Within a few moments the rage was gone, and the rest of his day went beautifully.
When you feel any type of negative emotion come forth to take you over, just think, “love.” If it is a person that seems to be causing this disconnection, remember to go back to “love,” and stay there. Practice thinking this. Don’t lose that word in your mind. Don’t argue with the mind. Just allow yourself to feel that love within, and allow it to propel itself forward at that moment.
Kimmie was having a hard time talking to her younger sister. It seemed that everything she said to her was being taken offensively, rather in the loving way that she meant it. Finally her sister got so upset that began to rant and rave. Rather than focus on these things that hurt her, Kimmie followed her breath and kept in mind the love that her sister truly is. Her sister ended up calming down and later on apologizing.
When you realize that you are able to connect to God at all times, and that perfection is attainable, you will push yourself automatically when trouble arises.
Whenever you are stuck in a negative situation, remember that non thought is connection to the divine. Do not speak, do not think. Just “be” and you are allowing the connection to God to continue. Become one with the energy within. This is God. This is spirit. Breathe.
Peggy was having an awful day. It seemed like just everything was going wrong. It all started in the morning when her hair was not coming out the way that she wanted it to. It continued when she dropped her cup of coffee all over the kitchen floor. The brain began its work, and started producing thoughts of ‘I hate my life!’ Peggy recognized what was going on at that point. Before she proceeded to clean the coffee off of the floor, she went to the next room, sat down, and began breathing. She ignored all thought and focused on the love within. After re-connecting she went back in the kitchen and cleaned up the mess.
Breath is such an important part of connection. Breath puts us back into our center. When we are mad or upset, scared or even anxious; deep breathing reconnects us to the divine. We should make it a daily practice to take nice deep breaths as soon as we feel any type of negativity coming our way.
What is peace exactly? Peace is contentment. Peace is a feeling of security and yes, even happiness. Peace is stillness. Peace is a knowing that there is nothing in this world that can affect you. Nothing in this world can go wrong. Peace is love, love of the self.
How does one experience peace? Just like anything else. In order to experience peace, you have to be it. You have to be the peace, you have to be the love, and you have to be the stillness. In order to experience God you must not allow yourself to think on lower levels.
So what does this mean? If you are being faced with an option to argue or sit in peace, sit in peace. If you are faced with pain and negativity, sit in peace. Just let your mind quiet down and remain in all that is left; stillness.
You will find that most of your thoughts are produced from a negative one. Try your best to only foster thought processes that are positive, or help you to grow.
Stephanie and a bunch of friends went out clubbing on a Friday night. While inside the club, one of her friends started making negative comments about the dress another girl was wearing. At that point, Stephanie agreed. But in realizing that these thoughts were not her, she ignored them, and changed the subject to something else.
If you do think negatively, don’t beat yourself up over it. That is just something else the brain has to take a hold of. Just remember the technique; accept it and ignore it. It is in this way that you are allowing the greatest you to be shown.
Gerald and Cleo had an argument on their way home from work. During the argument, Cleo realized the tricks the mind was pulling at that moment. She decided to simply breathe and listen to what Gerald was saying rather then allow the argument to continue. After Gerald was done venting his frustrations calm settled between the two. Cleo did not allow herself to hold judgment or pain over the argument. Everything was back to normal within a few minutes of his outburst.
Do you notice how Cleo chose to be the peace, rather than anticipate it? If she had chosen to fight, or even hold anger towards Gerald, the fight would have gone on and on. Instead, it went as quickly as it came.
Ebony and her son got into an argument before school one morning. Thoughts pushing Ebony to cry and sit in pain began forming in her head. ‘Why doesn’t he love me? She thought to herself. Just then she remembered that these were all tricks of the mind to pull her away from peace. She reset her intention of peace, and remained centered within. When her son returned from school she and he had made peaceful resolution.
Keep motivational reads around you constantly. Stay away from negative energies. To be the best you that you can be, requires you to be immersed in the ideas that help to make you the best you. Keep it with you wherever you go. Whenever you have a spare moment to read, read it over and over! Whenever you have a disconnection, scan the chapters until you are reminded of what you need to do to get over it. Peace comes with practice.
Notice how hard it is to focus completely on what you are doing. Becoming fully immersed in whatever moment you are in. It is hard isn’t it? Even reading this book can be hard at times as the mind tries to pull you away into other things. Our minds are conditioned to be analytical. To figure things out, to always be at work. But it is not necessary for our minds to be working in that stage all the time; thinking. We are just accustomed to it.
Start practicing when you’re involved in your conversation. Focus on what the person is saying, rather than what the mind may be pulling you to focus on. Become immersed in all you do. In class focus on classes, when reading, be immersed in it. Immerse yourself in the act of eating, and drinking coffee. Notice the tastes, the smell. Don’t allow your mind to take you away from that moment.
It was dinner time and Dimitri had his plate all ready to go into the living room and watch TV as he ate. This day, he decided against it. He wanted to be immersed in that moment, practicing peace, so he remained in the quiet of his kitchen as he ate. Dimitri ate that meal at least a hundred times before. But for some reason, it had never tasted so good.
Be immersed in all you do. If you are outside working, or walking on your way to work, pay full attention to the sounds that you hear; the cars, sound of rain, people talking; everything. Take time to notice the birds. They talk to each other. Just listen and you can be a part of their conversation too. Watch as two dogs play with each other. You can see them smile.
Feel the textures of things; plants, animals, food, everything. Get immersed in the smells of the world. Just sit and be aware of all around you.
Have you ever noticed that at times when your mind is working you don’t want to do anything else? You just want to sit and think. I mean how can you? Your mind is focused on those things of the future, past or what ifs of the world. Either that or we are analyzing embarrassment, sorrow or fear.
When our time is consumed with thoughts, we cannot enjoy a movie, or the presence of our family and friends.
It is when you have thoughtlessness that you have the time to stop and smell the flowers, gaze at the moon, watch a sunset or children at play. You can fully enjoy watching a movie, conversing with your children, lying down with a lover. It is only when you don’t have anything to think about that you will have the room to focus on other things. If you allow yourself to do everything in peace, you will truly behold the wonders of the world, the joys of living.
Try to see the world as a stage, and become the actor in a play. Immerse yourself in whichever role you are playing at that moment. How does it feel to be a boyfriend/girlfriend? Are you immersed? How about your work role? How does it feel to be a cleaner, a teacher, a president? What about when its time to be a parent, or an aunt or uncle? Does it feel good to be a chef as you cook your daily meal? Enjoy every moment of every role that you play. Because that is all life really is- a role, an experience. Enjoy it. Make the most of it that you possibly can.
It was Thanksgiving and Natalie was in charge of cooking for twenty people. Her mind kept bringing her to the point of ‘Why me!?’ But Natalie was well aware of its power. She ignored her thoughts and decided to immerse herself in the role of being a chef in a restaurant. She ended up having a lot of fun.
You can be anything you want to be. People feel as if they must have a label or a degree in order to practice things. For example, ‘chef’, ‘reporter’, ‘writer’, ‘painter.’ The world wants you to have a label before you can do anything. This stops us from trying those things that sound appealing because, we are not “qualified.” Yet, people find the most happiness in those things they least expected.
One day as Rafael was cleaning out his car he started receiving inspiration on taking a few sets of pictures to put into a collage. His friend Jay was there as he told him about the idea. Jay asked him, ‘Have you ever taken a photography class before?’ Rafael realized that he had absolutely no clue how to take pictures, but he decided to go ahead and do it anyway. He changed his career that year and turned out to be a good photographer.
Just do whatever you want to do, and do it at the moment you want to do it because the motivation to do it may pass. You may find that you enjoy something, and can do it so much better than you ever imagined.
Our minds are always on thinking mode. But it doesn’t need to be. We just don’t remember how to put it in peace, how to allow it to rest for a while. So let it rest! The more we allow it to rest, the more we sit in the love and peace that we are. Choose peace next time, and put your brain on pause!
Copyright © Tibu Thomas, INDIA (Tenny).
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