Pleasure or happiness?

Anger enters when real Contentment goes away...

Situation
When we don't get what we want or others won't do what we expect them to do, we become disappointed and we are afraid that…

When contentment is not present we've developed some acquired behaviours for achieving it… one of these is anger. It is not however the natural state of a soul because no one really wants to be angry and this is  why afterwards we regret it but ,we just unconsciously let ourselves go down the easy way; the easy way of external projection of everything that is missing inside… thus we miss happiness…

So, trying to do away with anger without actually knowing the real reason for it doesn't work.

}Have you ever heard anyone saying: "Well I'm going on holiday for 2 weeks… I'm really looking forward to quarrelling with everyone…(?) "

Soulution

The moment we feel the attraction of anger for someone or something, it is the right moment (?) for our spiritual evolution , the gateway to a new and beautiful part of our self is being unlocked !

It's the time to draw new curves into my character...

..let me check the real reason for my anger…the truth always lies deeper than the superficial triggers… true reasons are always less obvious than the many forms of the external triggering situations or people... thus I get deceived.

...yes , it’s true they were late again but why do I hold on  to my expectations… yes ,it is yet another occasion where they haven’t shown  respect for my time but why do I keep demanding  that other people understand what "time management is"… yes, again I'm angry with myself but maybe I'm too demanding by expecting to control my anger from the very first anger "management" workshop…!

exhaustion or ...inner change

The Mythology of Stress

There are some myths about stress that prevent us from liberally accessing our resources of true peace:

Myth:
"A change in diet, some exercise and a good break from work will lower your stress levels"

Truths: A change in diet, exercise and a holiday can temporarily ease the symptoms of your stress but they cannot cure you.

A proper diet and physical exercise are some of the basics for our well-being but not … our liberators from stress… Nowadays in every local park you will find thousands of track-suited runners, faces lined in pain, sweat pouring out of breathless bodies, all in the name of balance and relaxation.

…and "peace" is achieved, because after two miles they are absolutely exhausted. Peace is not exhaustion or fatigue. It is the ability to quite your mind anywhere, anytime, and know that your body will follow...

}Peace is eternal, which means is an intrinsic feeling of the soul, is a true feeling and as such it cannot come from something external; we cannot have artificial peace. Fortunately we can connect with peace through the power of our thought and thus dive into the Ocean of Peace.

Going on holiday in the 21st century may still be an adventure; it is still a change of scene, people, food and climate. And change can still (sometimes) be as good as a rest. But really deep down you know that you don't need to go anywhere to rest, relax your mind and replenish your heart.

}You know that wherever you go, you will still be with yourself when you arrive. And what you think, feel and do there is likely to be exactly what you think, feel and do wherever you are now. So your 365day thinking and feeling is what you need to change… we need to transform our self.

observer or ...absorber

Situation

Before I reactively deny it, let me observe deep within if the opinion I have about myself is based on what others see or believe about me and especially the important ones for me.

We usually find our thoughts being swayed by whatever we hear from others about us. The moment I stop observing and start reacting to what they say, I feel the look in my eyes changing… it is a sign that my heart has started believing all those things. It is a sign that I've lost the seat of being the detached observer and I have become the…absorber.

In a short time I have adopted a foreign opinion about myself…

Soulution

...independently of how many foreign views I have adopted about myself there's one that exists within me eternally and is the true one.  And if I have forgotten how is it to believe in the self and in this little inner voice that guides me, it doesn't matter … this voice hasn't forgotten me. It remains and waits for me to remember it. Because it is the only thing within me that is eternal, it is imperishable; all other things are artificial constructions of the human mind, "approaches" or "analyses" or "ideas" and as every artificial thing… they have an expiry date.

60' empty seats for my happiness

Situation

We usually allow time to change us. We live in time consciousness which means that our consciousness is limited by time constraints… We wait for time to change a situation or bring us understanding and experience…

Then a mantra conquers the mind… "when that happens then I'm going to do what  is to be done… or then I will feel peace, happiness…" . To wait time in this way is like limiting myself …

Soulution

We need to free ourselves from the influence of time… and this is just one thought away! When I remind myself that I'm the creator of time and time is my creation, then time becomes a painting where my consiousness is the background, my thoughts and feelings are its colours and my actions the paintbrush… With an awareness like this I allow myself to change and to evolve…I can't either wait for my painting to change just by itself or wait for others to finish their paintings… Do I wait for deadlines and  the last moment to create my life…? 

Exercise in silence

One of the most appropriate moments for experiencing timeas my creation is early in the morning…

The light of dawn always comes right after the deepest darkness

Situation
When things seem to go wrong or not exactly as we've planned, we feel that the situation colours us. Our enthusiasm dries up and we unconsciously start painting our thoughts with the colour of the situation; everything seems dark and gloomy and we see no light at the end of the tunnel…

}We keep recycling with perfect concentration all the negativity that even the best yogis & yoginis  would be jealous of :
Not even one luminous thought can enter our dark “meditation"... We would even be able to convince everyone in our meditation class that "it's impossible for me to concentrate… it's so difficult… it’s my nature…I’ve always been like this … it's in my genes…"  

Luckily concentration, along with other spiritual powers, is absolutely natural for all souls and we don't need to learn how to do it...

"Techniques" or "tricks" can take us only so far…   honest exploration and love for what I concentrate on are enough... 

The universal school : relationships

It is only through our relationships that we can truly know ourselves. Every relationship is another photograph of who we are taken from a different angle…

}It is not necessary however to confuse myself with the belief that other people are my mirror, nor do I need to see myself through anyone else's eyes or existence.? Appearances can be very deceptive, and each one has their own path and sees things in their own way.

 A relationship is the mirror and I choose to focus the lens of my consciousness on how I feel and on how I relate through it... my concerns and care are focused on how I respond and on what I radiate internally and externally…

What we send out on the wavelength of our thoughts, feelings and attitude is what we give to ourselves now, and will come back to us in the end from others, tomorrow.

} Our relationships are our real workshops, the real classroom and laboratory of life... they reflect our true progress.