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Are you happy with yourself and with your life? The chances are that there are things that you would want to alter in both your life and you, yourself – I’ve rarely come across anybody who is unconditionally happy. Of course, people sometimes imagine that if they improve themselves, lose weight, buy a new car, go on a great holiday that, then, they’ll be happy. That kind of ‘happy’, however, is transient and superficial. Real happiness must be lasting and not based on having this or doing that.
The one place that you will find happiness is within. Sadly, that is way beyond the range of shielded from them by what psychologists call ‘The Sentry’, a defence mechanism that we’ve all got that prevents anybody else getting into our subconscious minds to brainwash us. The big problem is that this ‘Sentry’ keeps us out too! And with good reason – or, at least, it appears like a good idea until you venture a closer look at how we operate – our beliefs about how the world operates and ourselves are stored in our subconscious. You wouldn’t want to go messing with that stuff, would you? Or would you? Because most of us believe that we’re inadequate at least in some way, most of us are simply not 100% happy with who we are. That’s because our beliefs aren’t grounded in fact but on an accumulation of what we call the conditioning or programming that we were subject to during what you might call your formative years. This programming or conditioning is both the source of your unease with yourself and, just as importantly, everything that you perceive to be wrong with your life currently.
What passes for reality is created from beliefs – it is those beliefs that automatically dictate our behaviour, our actions, our reactions and our interactions with everyone else. It is through this process that we, ourselves, create our version of reality. What you’re thinking about, at the deepest subconscious level, literally creates your life. And it isn’t real, it’s made up from what others did for us or to us during those formative years. So of course you want to go messing with your beliefs, because normal beliefs hold normal people back.
You’ve got to go beyond your beliefs. You must get to the inner real you, to find true happiness – that is where you will find a you that is unstained by the crap of normal conditioning, unspoilt by all the beliefs that mess up our so-called normal lives – stupid beliefs that keep us in our place – like we should know our place, like you have to work hard to succeed, like pain is never far behind pleasure, that pride comes before a fall – prepare your own list.
Forget that nonsense. Also, forget about who you believed you were and find out who you really are – and the kind of life that you can really have. Your mind’s been focused on normal crap – put a stop to it. I offer my clients various forms of ‘mental calming measures’ – meditation if you will – you need to calm down, wake up and see the light. And then you will find effortless happiness.
Tags: happiness, happy, personal development, self help, Self Improvement
Posted in Self Improvement · July 22nd, 2010 · Comments (0)
Right now, you’re living brand new day – one that’s never happened before, one that will never be repeated. Now is a new moment. And, in each new moment, you’ve got a choice. And on your choice depends your personal development. You choose the thoughts that you are paying attention to just at this moment in time. Are those thoughts simply random? Perhaps they’re negative thoughts? Are they related to what you should be doing at this moment in time? Maybe they’re positive thoughts (better than negative ones but thoughts nevertheless). The thoughts you’re entertaining are stopping you doing. Don’t waste your energy, get rid of your thoughts, but leave room for the flights of fancy to surface – because they are not thoughts, but inspiration and inspiration only visits the clear minded.
In this new moment, you have a choice in regard to your behaviour and actions (more likely to be reactions) as well. And, depending on your choice, you can quite literally change your life. How much energy have you simply squandered so far today? How much time have you squandered sitting in front of your PC’s screen, staring blankly? How much of your precious and vital energy have you spent gossiping about and delighting in the misdeeds or misfortune of others? Bet you that you’ve misspent some precious time shuffling you’re “To Do” list until there’s no time left to do! Or how much of your energy have you mis-invested in doing things you basically shouldn’t be doing – like browsing the internet for things that have nothing to do with anything important, reading emails that were copied to you so someone else’s ass would be covered, wading through the sordid details of domestic violence that pad out our daily newspapers? Every moment you squander is a moment you will never live again. And what we achieve in our lives is the sum total of how we spend our individual moments.
At the very least, in considering some of these questions you might start to understand just how much of your energy is spent on things that are holding you back from living the life that you want. But these are energy-wasters that you’re aware off – here’s the big question. How much energy are you wasting and you don’t even know? Because, unless your subconscious mind is immersed in meaningful activity in the present moment, it is still happily wandering arount your childhood years, thinking that your childhood experiences are actually happening now – and you have no idea whatsoever that this is even happening. And this is the waste of energy that distances us all from the opportunities of the now, from the reality of the now, from the abundance of the now.
So, stop for a moment. Would you like to change your life? Then ask yourself if what you’re doing now, in the context of what you truly want out of life, is the very best investment of your energy. If it isn’t, don’t do it.
Tags: personal development, Personal Effectiveness, Personal Success, self help, Self Improvement
Posted in Self Improvement · July 14th, 2010 · Comments (0)