Ernest Wood: Success in life

Ernest Wood:
Success in life

Do you desire to be successful in life? Do you want to take steps to ensure that success for themselves? Would you like to make a choice and say: I want to be rich, I want to be famous, I want to be virtuous. Give your imagination free to rotate around the chosen thoughts and watch how the air hope will develop into a real possibility. Give your imagination free flap, because any finer picture painted by the imagination, be a future in which a person has the right to a strong will. After drawing in his mind that you have chosen, say to yourself: I want to. And there is nothing on earth or in heaven, nor in the waters, or under the earth, that would permanently prevent you, for you are immortal, and all future obedient to you.

You might say that death will block your path? This will not happen. You may say that poverty or disease, or friends can be a hindrance for you? This will not happen. You only need to make a choice and then was never wish for anything. You should not want, and say "I want", and really want to, constantly, in thought and action rather than words alone. And from then on never for a moment should you change your goals, directing the path to it all, from what you touch from now on. And then, if only an elite goal is not harmful, it will be achieved by you in the near future.

You talk about the insignificance of man, lost in the bends of great mother earth, which itself, in turn, only a speck among the infinite space? This is not so. You talk about the weakness and fatigue, about madness, about the pleasures and the accidents of life - how they limit and close the little man. This is not so. The body of a dress, a sense of just holes in a solid cover, and when the body is calm and obedient senses and the mind contemplates the possibility of your immortal, while inside you open the window and through it you see and know that you can become only what you yourself want to be, and nothing else.

Like a tiny grain buried in the ground, breaking, and produces tender shoot, makes his way through the earth to get the expanse of outdoor air, just as it turns into a mighty oak, sow the land of their offspring, or like a big banyanu that occurred from a small seed and spread their branches in infinite space, to provide welfare and shelter to thousands of creatures - and you throw yourself from now on the first tender, but some will sprout and choose exactly what you want to be.

What elect you? Want power? In this case, let others be great freedom and great strength, because you want that for themselves. Want knowledge? Then let the other become wiser, because you chose wisdom. Want love? Then let others enjoy the love, once you yourself can give so much. Thus, your will be in harmony with the Great Will and the Great Law and your life will be united with the great life, without which it can be no lasting success. What will be your means? All that will get on your path, and small and great, for there's nothing they would not be applied to achieve your goal. But again, let all people and all the items that will serve you will derive benefit from this service. Thus, your success will be their success and the Great Law will be respected.

But whatever you chose, one must always and everywhere - is the concentration of intentions, thoughts, feelings and actions so that, like a mighty magnet, it could polarize the concentration of everything that will occur in your way. In all the problems of life is necessary for success. All the people who had time in business, in public or political life, in art, science and philosophy, power and virtue, - they are all different steady constancy of purpose and power of his idea, although many of them neglected the Great Law. Was not this always been in the past, not repeat the same thing now, and would not it be the same in the future, as far as the progress of man depends on himself, he achieved not only as a systematic and sustained activities, control over desires and concentration of thought, without which progress is unattainable? Re-read the biography and philosophy of great people of all types, and you will find all of them the same fact is obvious.

Epicurean ancient times concentrated his thoughts on this and tried to live in harmony with natural laws. He allowed his mind to dwell with regret at anything past or fear for the future.

Stoic has focused on the objects in its area of influence, refusing to distract yourself anything was coming out of the limits of his authority and purpose and a gift to waste their thoughts and feelings. Platonist sought to concentrate his mind on the reverent study of the mysteries of life. Patanjali, the great teacher of the Hindu Yoga, certifies that a person can reach their true condition only through a successful exercise in full control of his mind. A devout ascetic, filling his life and everything around the rites and symbols, and constantly repeating mentally the names of God, seeks to evoke in his soul all the more powerful pious feelings. Man achiever in the sciences, so focused on his goal, he draws on the knowledge of the most insignificant of objects falling on his way. Such is the power of thought, that with her help all things may be directed to the target, and that is the power of man, that he is very power of thought can be subordinate to his will.

What does this focus, and how we need to practice to achieve control over the mind? This does not mean restriction, restrictions or closures of our thoughts and actions, this does not mean removing the forest or in caves, does not, and loss of human sympathies and interests, and does not imply that the source of life has dried up in our veins, like a river during the summer drought in the desert. This focus means that our whole life inspired by a single goal, it means more ideas, increased activity, increased sympathy, because the man is concentrated on guard, not missing a single case serve as a great goal.

(to be continued)

Uuprazhneniya the concentration

Uuprazhneniya the concentration

Exercise 1. Sit in your room and inspect it closely, noticing all the small things that are in it. Then close your eyes and makes all these things mentally to go through your mind, until after the procession. If you know the alphabet languages, such as Devanagari, Arabic or Russian, make the letters go one after another in front of your mind, until after the entire series. You might say that this is easy, and, indeed, it's easy.

Now sit back and make a mental walk along a familiar road or street to you, pay attention to all details that you recall when you are in my thoughts will slowly pass by them, and then come back the same way until you reach the place of departure. Committed in a manner a new ride every day during the week and every time the fish will want to leave the path you have chosen for this walk, make her walk back and start from scratch. Thus, you'll teach her to follow the target line or on a number of specific images, not elected by itself and you.

Exercise 2. Click on this exercise to another, where you take one more trip, but this time instead of walking along a familiar street or alley, walk through some former experience you have and let it happen again in the form of passing before your eyes the panorama. Imagine, for example, that you get up one morning, had breakfast, went to the station and talked with Mr. Brown in a train that takes you into the city, came to his office, read his morning correspondence, etc., go this way through all the major accidents of everyday items. Try to go through all this again more clearly as possible, and any one part of the memories, even in detail. If a small fish removed, bring it back and make a fresh start. Do this every day during the week.

Exercise 3. Then go to the third stage of the exercises and try to keep your thoughts in a certain direction. Draw an object or sound around him, such as the ticking clock. Ask yourself: What is the cause of this sound? He comes from the swing of the pendulum and the movement of the springs and wheels. But what makes all of this? Try now go way back along the row of images, watching the clock in their travels, imagine how they were put into place as they reached their destination, where they, as their constituent parts have been collected and are made where and by whom as had been obtained the necessary materials, generally all that contributed to their emergence and their present form. Not much, unless your idea of this exercise is not entirely true, but it's very important that your mind went through a long series of successive representations, never losing sight of goal. Each day during the week, watch your mind for a lifetime of anything from the surrounding you will not allow the fish never disposed to other subjects.

Exercise 4. Now walk back to your imagination as you did before, along the familiar road, but when you come to elect a building or to the familiar form, stop and examine them. Try to imagine a planned every detail, without being distracted and not continuing your journey. At first it seems trudnoispolnimym, and if you find that your mind begins to endeavor to escape, try at short intervals to change our position and try to imagine the familiar sight of these new points, and when you feel tired, go back to its original place. You're likely to find to his surprise, that you really do not know anything about the details of those buildings, or those species that are in your presentation were very familiar to you. Consequently, you need to exercise in the mental draw. Look closely at the wall of the room where you sit, notice all the signs on it, all the objects attached to or leaning against it, the shape, size and size of all associated with it. Now close your eyes and try to imagine all at once. You can find his image vague and uncertain. Imagine then turn every small part separately and you will see how they will be distinct. Imagine a human figure. You will find it somewhat vague, but if you look at some separate part of the picture, this part will be distinct, while the rest will seek to disappear if you will see clearly the hand or foot, his head would disappear if the head is distinctly lower part of the body disappear. Whatever image you have not studied this way, some parts of it will elude you, and while you are considering one of them, the rest will fade or even disappear altogether.

This phenomenon has its cause. Your attention like a lamp. If it shines over the small space, it will illuminate the space clearly, but if it spreads over a large field of observation, all subjects will be comparatively dull. We can therefore speak of the tension and stretch, when we view our ability to care. If the attention is allowed to spread over a wide field, its intensity immediately decreased, whereas in the reduced field intensity increases. We therefore need two sets of exercises: one in which attention is limited and so tense, and the other in which an effort is made to keep this increased tension, while attention is slowly spreading itself over a wider field. Even the limited mind can make one any good thing, even an animal can bring a certain virtue to a high degree of perfection, such as in the case of a dog's loyalty, but we need to develop a broad mind, one that would encompass many things at once, and at the same time to see clearly all the whole. Thus, we will acquire over time a powerful control over the large field of diverse interests. But it is better not to start a large increase, while the mind is not able to acquire more small details. It is in this is the reason for the failure of almost everyone, "education" which has passed beyond the limits of his power: he loses the ability to see things clearly with your own eyes and act decisively when unexpected circumstances, although it may be, and has acquired a certain amount of superficial knowledge and grinding, which are so valued by secular society. In his short career school teacher, I saw many boys 'education' which overstepped the limits of their powers, and the terrible oppression of our educational system, brutal, some of these students lost their lives unbearable for life. If only we could grow, while maintaining the clarity of mind and the brilliance of thought, which we had in childhood, how could we be happy! It is true that the university "polishing stones and diamonds are dull," as once one of the great writers.

Then continue your exercises as follows. Take the portrait of the great and good man, whom you truly admire, put it in front of him and look at one of the pencil or brush strokes of the artist in the middle of the face, for example, to a point between the eyes. Close your eyes and draw a bar that is clearly in his mind. Repeat this several times until you can not call him immediately quite clearly. Then take another bar near the first, hold down and its just as clearly in his mind. Then imagine two strokes at once. Compare your imaginary picture with the original with each new stroke, and so moved forward with patience, until you're able to provide quite well, say, one eye or nose. Continue this way, adding the bar for stroke, until all the person has not received so clearly in your mind that you can draw it clearly and easily with all the minutest detail. This is - the work of many hours, because every line must be represented accurately. In one method you may be able to play only one trait and it will take at least a week for capturing the entire portrait. If you are so perfectly reproduced only one portrait, you will see how much benefit your mental strength. Practice this method of mental drawing within two weeks on the same portrait.

Exercise 5. Now you can usefully apply to exercise the expansion of attention. First, take a picture of something beautiful. In India we have a lot of lovely images of different kinds of deities, which are used in different forms of meditation. For example, there is a lovely small painting of Sri Krishna, the Lord of Love, in the form of a boy sitting on a rock and played his flute, while in the background, a herd of cows grazing on the shore of a quiet river, behind which runs a chain of tree-covered mountains, as if protect this gentle scene. Take a picture like this, consider it carefully, close your eyes and play it in your imagination. Then begin to narrow it and notice how the whole scene becomes clearer as to how you reduce its volume. First let out of the clouds and mountains form the background, then the trees and the river, then the cows grazing on its banks, and so on, until, until you have nothing left but the boy's figure. Continue to slowly narrow the field of your inner vision, making the image more and more distinct in proportion as it decreases until it disappears from sight the rock, and while you will not have only the upper body, head and face, and, finally, only one person with his amazing eyes.

Keep a clear image for a moment, and then start to expand it again, trying to save a whole is as distinctive as a person, willows, while you will create a whole picture, stroke by stroke, exert every effort to maintain the same clarity for complex picture of what you have achieved for a fraction of it. When you do this exercise during the week, go to the next.

Are you going to help me?

Are you going to help me?

In 1989 an earthquake measuring 8.2 points in almost razed Armenia, in less than four minutes killed more than 30 000 people.

At the time of this nightmare and chaos of a certain man left behind a wife, convinced of its safety, and rushed to the school, where he was to be his son. Having reached there, he discovered that the building flattened. Recovering from the shock, he remembered his promise, which once gave to his son:

- Whatever happens, I always come to you for help!

Tears filled his eyes. He looked at the pile of rubble in the place where once there was a school. It looked absolutely hopeless, but he remembered his promise to his son!

He tried to remember where assigned his son every morning. Remembered the location of the class, which was supposed to be in the right rear corner of the building. He rushed there and began to dismantle the stones.

Meanwhile, the school approached other grieving parents, who are in despair, cried:

- My son! My daughter!

Some parents in good faith tried to pull the stricken people from the ruins, urging:

- Too late!

- They died.

- You can not help them!

- Let's go home!

- Be realistic, there is nothing to do! The father appealed to every parent with one question:

- You're going to help me?

And he went apart stone by stone pile to get to his son.

Appeared marshal and tried to drive away all the remnants of the school building, explaining:

- Now everywhere erupting fires, explosions occur. You expose yourself to danger. We ourselves take care of everything. Go home.

In response to this loving father asked the fire:

- You're going to help me? Policeman came and said:

- You are angry and behave irrationally. Expose the danger of others. Go home. We ourselves Let us this.

The father asked in response:

- You're going to help me?

He courageously continued to disassemble obstruction alone, because he was sure his son was alive or dead.

He dug 8 hours ... 12 o'clock ... 24 hours ... 36 hours. Finally, at 38 o'clock, he pushed a huge stone and heard the voice of her son.

- Armand! - Called his father by name. And the reply was:

- Dad! It's me, Dad! I told other children not to worry. I told them that if you're alive, it will save us. But you promised: "Whatever happens, I always come to the rescue!" And you did it, Dad!

- What were you going? How is it? - Asked the father.

- We left fourteen of thirty-three, Dad. We're all scared, hungry, want to drink. Still waiting for you.

When the building collapsed, then a niche, and it saved us.

- Come on, my son, come out!

- No, Dad! Let the other children come first, because I know that you will save me. Whatever happens, you come to my aid.

/ Mark V. Hansen /

Please deal with the fact that "there", but not with the fact that "could be"

Jill Edwards
Please deal with the fact that "there", but not with the fact that "could be"

In difficult times, we always feel insecure. We do not feel security, and our ego begins to worry about what "could be", and represented the worst. This is exactly what Richard Carlson called "brain attack". Suppose you started interesting and promising relationship with a certain Chris, who swore that he would call you at eight o'clock. Your ego is following the arrows chronometer. That has passed away exactly eight, and now it begins to worry and imagine a thousand reasons why the phone is not ringing.

Of course, in the imagination of the most horrifying glimpses of scenarios: Chris or crashed the car, or changed his mind to continue relationships. An hour later, you have already exhausted by a miserable creature, suffering from depression, zhaluyuscheesya on their luck and made sure that it was "unworthy of love." This is what is called a brainstorming session on the full program! Then the phone rang, and Chris, a thousand times apologized and explained that all this time protorchal in traffic jams, not being able to call and warn. So, thanks to his own ego, you spend an hour in fear and anxiety, not having any reason.

Our ego does not know how to live the present moment. It is accustomed to fear, anxiety, unrest, struggle and melodrama. It tries to anticipate all the possible problems, possible in the future. The fight for him - the usual case, and even soothing.

It is like an old worn-out shoes - the test of time. Therefore, our ego feels uncomfortable when life is adjusted, and begins to seek out their own problems, which should have been jittery.

Most of our anxiety and stress is because of those events that could happen: What if your house burns down? What happens if you get fired? What if your child dies? What to do if your wife decides to find yourself a lover? And suddenly you are attacked in some dark alley? But what if your headache is a consequence of swelling of the brain? And so on. Or you can get crazy analyze the events that have already occurred: what is actually meant the head when he said: "The next month, summarize the results of your work? Why your child today so badly eaten? Why your husband planted a kiss on the cheek secretary at a party before Christmas?

At the moment, right now, there is nothing that would cause you stress. All this happens in your brain. As a monk, jumping in front of the tiger and situated on the verge of death, you have two choices: either to enjoy the wonderful taste of berries (see Part 1), which is already here, now - or move themselves to the past or the future and begin to experience that "could be".

When my friend found in his cellar fungus, her thoughts began to Racing Stripes. She imagined a specialist, shook his head and murmuring something like this: "dangerous fungus ... too late ... sorry that did not immediately notice his ...". Then she imagines how to fight the damned mold it goes all the meager savings and, in the end, she has to sell a house for a pittance. Entire life have been broken due to a small, almost innocuous fungus! Then she recovered herself and told herself: "Stop! Nothing has happened yet. Just you found a little mold. Must call a knowledgeable person and ask him what it is. " She was quickly back to the present moment and respond adequately to the situation. (It turns out that to get rid of this fungus was surprisingly easy and very inexpensive.) So, figuring that "there" and not with what "could be", we thus saving yourself from unnecessary stress .

The present moment is our strong point. In English, the same word "present" also refers to "true" and "gift", and the language of the Hawaiian word "and n o 'is even more important: the moment, peaceful, holy and sacred. Therefore we can say that moment is a sacred gift, and if we learn to "be here and now, even in moments of crisis, then we'll be in carefree Time.

I am here and now "

Exclude from your lexicon of phrases that begin with "Yes, but ..." and "I can not ..."

Exclude from your lexicon of phrases that begin with "Yes, but ..." and "I can not ..."

I would have liked to travel around the world for a whole year, but I can not afford it.

- And why do not you sell your house?

- Yes, but where I was going to live when my journey will end?

- You can rent a house or buy a smaller area.

- Yes, but I can not get away from work.

- Why? You can find a different location.

- Yes, but I can not leave their parents for a whole year! (Or children. Or: I can not prevent children then studied at another school.) And so on, ad infinitum, ad nauseam ...

When there is such a dialogue, and your remarks are composed of phrases that begin with the words "Yes, but ...", whole point is that you're just afraid to follow their dream. In the end, it could change you, free. Maybe you do not quite like this idea. Or you would feel lonely. You might discover some part of himself hidden somewhere deep inside. You could get into unforeseen situations that would not be able to cope. So, be honest with himself. If your conversation flashed the words "yes, but ...", ask yourself what is actually happening. What are you afraid of? And if your big "I" wanted to do something, and a small "I" is afraid of this, how can it convince the frightened part of yourself? (In the end, no matter what happens, you have created the situation themselves, hence, be able to cope with that.)

When we live in difficult times, some typical phrases ever come to the surface. These phrases litter and prevent our lives with joy, they did not make it easy to move to a higher purpose, they pull us down and back. "Yes, but ..." Perhaps it is the most insidious phrase, because at first glance, it seems reasonable, if you are well thought out and act appropriately. It may enter into such a habit that will be a real lock on the path of your spiritual growth and change. Incidentally, it also is the most irritating phrase for your friends, relatives and work colleagues, who are likely to more than the rest want to support and cheer you up!

Another way to block their growth and the thirst for change is the adoption of "I can not." I can not sing, can not dance, I can not sell the house, can not leave my parents, I can not live alone, can not afford to work half-time, I can not quit, I can not find friends with the same interests, I can not leave the city, not I can go to college, I can not ... No, all you can! If you have the desire, coming from the heart, then you can do it. Eventually, of course. There is always a way to do it. In reality, you would prefer not to do so. At least, now.

Listen to yourself over the next few weeks. Maybe you simply justify their obstinacy and saying "yes, but ...". Perhaps you hide your weakness, saying "I can not ..."? By the way, is not whether you're using, and other phrases that are typical for difficult times - such as: "If only ..."," What if suddenly ...", "I should," "I do not have time" or "I'll try, but ..."? Why not change them for it carefree Time. Here they are:

I could ...

I decide to do ...

I decide not to do ...

I will ...

And try to pay attention to the fact that you have to feel, think and choose is different.

I can do all that I really want to.

/ D. Edwards /

My declaration Self-esteem

My declaration Self-esteem

These words were written in response to a question of fifteen girls: "How can I prepare myself for a full life?"

I have myself.

Throughout the world there is no one who would be my copy. There are people who have certain features repeat mine, but no one puts the figures as I am. Therefore, everything that arises in me - it is my inalienable, because I'm one to choose which to be.

I own everything that is in me - my body, including everything it does; my mind, including all my thoughts and ideas, my eyes, including images of what they see, my feelings, whatever they were, - whether it be anger, joy, desolation, love, disappointment, excitement; my mouth and all of the words that I say - polite, sweet and rough, right and wrong, with my voice - loud and quiet, all my actions, whether they are directed for someone else or herself.

I own my fantasies, my dreams, hopes, my fears.

I own all my triumphs and successes, all my failures and mistakes. I can make work in their own interests.

I know that within me there are features that puzzle me, and those about which I do not guess. But while I was friendly with him and I love myself, I can courageously and hopefully look for solving puzzles to learn more about yourself.

Whatever I said or did not and no matter what I thought and no feeling at the moment, anyway it's me.

When later I go back to how I look, say and do, as she thought and felt, it may happen that something I do not like. I can discard what is not appropriate, and to preserve what has proved its usefulness, and invent something new instead of what I brushed off.

I can see, hear, think, say and do. I have a recipe to be close to the other, have a great capacity for work, to give meaning and order of the world of people and things that are beyond me.

I own them and therefore can create yourself. I am I, and I have everything in order.

/ Virginia Setir /

Another way

Another way

One quiet spring day a passenger train with a roar and clang raced to the outskirts of Tokyo. Our car was comparatively empty - it drove a few housewives with "children of their own and the elderly, to go shopping. I calmly looked out the window to run past shabby houses and dusty hedgerows.

At the next station the train doors opened, and suddenly the afternoon calm was broken by a man who shouted furiously inarticulate oaths. He is a really burst into our car. It was a big drunk and dirty man, dressed in coveralls. Shouting something, he rushed at a woman with a child in her arms. The blow she was on her knees in a middle-aged couples, the child miraculously was not injured.

The couple hurried in alarm at the other end of the car. Hardworking leveled to kick the woman in the back, but missed and she managed to evade the blow. This is so angry drunk that he grabbed a metal rack in the center of the car and tried to wrest it from the support. I noticed that one of his hand was hurt and bleeding. The train moved on, who were passengers in the train froze with fear. I stood up.

Then, twenty years ago, I was young and was in good shape. The last three years I have regularly up to eight hours a day to study aikido - a Japanese wrestling. I liked the throws and grappling. I considered myself cool. The trouble was that my skills of the not been tested in real combat. We are involved in Aikido, not allowed to fight.

- Aikido - more than once my teacher - the art of reconciliation. Whoever thought up to fight in violation of its connection with the universe. If you try to dominate people, you have already defeated. We are learning how to resolve the conflict, not how to start it.

I listened to his words. I am very much tried. I even went so far that the transition to the other side of the street to avoid a collision with a punk that revolves around train stations. My indulgence enraptured me. I felt both powerful and sacred. However, I would encounter absolutely legitimate opportunity whereby I might save the innocent and punish the guilty.

- That's it! - I said to myself, getting up. - People in danger. If I do not quickly take something that someone may suffer.

Seeing that I stood up, drunk, realized that he is on who to send your anger.

- Aha! - He shouted. - A foreigner! You have to learn Japanese manners!

I took the belt loop over his head and threw it on a drunken disdainful glance. I intended to do away with him, but he had to take the first step. I wanted to anger him even more, which sent him a humiliating kiss.

- Excellent! - He yelled. - Now I'll teach you! - He was ready to pounce on me.

For a fraction of a second before he moved away, someone yelled: "Hey!". It was a deafening scream. I remember how strange joy and enthusiasm he sounded - as if someone had met a man whose long and hopelessly searching for:

- Hey!

I lurched to the left, drunk, swerved to the right. And we both stared at the little old Japanese. He clearly long over seventy, this medium height gentleman sitting in his immaculately clean kimono. He did not pay any attention to me, but his face toward luchilos hard worker, though he was a very important secret that he was going with him to share.

- Come here - asked the old man in his own language to the drunken and waved to him. - Come here and talk to me.

Bully followed the call as if it were a rope. He stood before the old man, militant legs apart, his cries drowned out the sound of wheels.

- From what this article I'll talk to you? Now the drunk stood back to me. If his elbow will move even a millimeter, I'll teach him a lesson. The old man continued to smile radiantly.

- What are you drinking? - He asked, his eyes lit up with curiosity.

- I drank sake, - he growled in response. - And it does not concern you!

- Oh, that's fine - the old man replied, - just beautiful! You see, I love sake. Every evening, my wife (her seventy-six) warms up a little bottle of sake, take her into the garden and sit on a wooden bench. We're watching the sunset and look, how is my persimmon. This tree is planted even my great-grandfather, and we are worried whether it would recover from last year's frosts. However, our tree has postponed all even better than I expected, taking into account the meager soil. Very nice to watch him when we have with a sake, and we are happy to spend evenings on the street, even if the rain! - He looked at the hard worker, his eyes burned with a mischievous twinkle.

When drunk, listening to the words of an old man, his face gradually began to soften, and fists slowly relaxed.

- Yes, - he said. - I love persimmons, too ... - His voice ceased.

- I understand, - said the old man - and I am sure that you have a beautiful wife.

- No, - replied workaholic. - My wife died. - Quiet swaying with the train, a huge young man began to sob. - I have no wife, I have no home, I have no work. I am so ashamed of myself. - The tears rolled down his cheeks, a spasm of despair ran through the body.

I stood there with his young scooped innocence, with his far-fetched right and others felt dirtier than he.

Then the train reached my stop. While the doors opened, I heard the old man sympathetically lamented.

- Yes, - he said - do you really was in dire straits. Sit down here and tell me everything.

I turned to take a last look at their fellow travelers. Work sat on the seat and rested my head on her knees the old man. The old man gently stroked his dirty matted hair.

When the train departed, I sat on a bench at the station. "What I wanted to achieve with his fists, was carried out with kind words. I have personally seen Aikido in action, and the essence of it was love. I should approach the art of combat with an entirely different position. It will take some time before I can resolve conflicts with words.

/ Terry Dobson /

LOVE - THE ONLY CREATIVE FORCE

LOVE - THE ONLY CREATIVE FORCE

Be my love for people, wherever possible, and above all - at home. Give the love of his children, his wife or husband, her neighbors ... Let no man leave of your life without having to avoid becoming a little better or happier. Become a living expression of God's goodness. Let people see kindness, glowing in your face, in your eyes and your friendly greeting.

Mother Teresa

Once a college professor offered his students engaged in a group of sociology, go to the slums of Baltimore, to gather information about the life of 200 boys. He asked them to give their assessment of the future of each of these boys. And in all cases, students wrote the same thing: "He has no chance." Twenty-five years later another sociology professor accidentally discovered the results of previous studies. He instructed his disciples to continue the project to find out what happened to those boys. The exception of 20 respondents who had moved or died, the students found that 176 of the remaining 180 have achieved success much higher than average as lawyers, doctors and businessmen.

The professor was astounded and decided to find out why. Fortunately, all these people still lived in the area of Baltimore, and he had the opportunity to ask each of them a question: "How do you explain your success?" And in all cases received a similar response: "It's all thanks to the teacher."

The teacher, on which the matter was still alive, so the professor sought her, and asked that an elderly but still vigorous woman, with what magic formula she had to pull their students from urban slums and help them achieve success in life.

His eyes twinkled teacher, and his lips appeared a soft smile.

- Very simple - she answered. - I love these boys.

/ Bobby Probshtein /

The circumstances of the day.

Transferring your hard circumstances of the day, a person does not go on those trails, which could begin his release. Only a higher understanding that the power of joy forges a bridge to opportunity to throw off the shackles of this or that, just constantly vigilant that all of their circumstances, may expand and reveal to this man to understand that it inhibits the current day.

Irritation. Where it is sometimes even to the people, in which only their love for them dictates certain actions? Why foot into the counter - about which you know he just burns with love to you - you irritated? Is it so difficult for you to draw in the humor of his awkwardness and humor that go over the abyss of separation? And it surely you will bring up their irritation.

Realize firmly that it was time childishness and lack of equilibrium has passed. What can not with impunity impose the current day or that the currents of his selfishness.

Realize all that irritation is the background against which you yourself rubbish all the dark lace, and with your help astral shadows lick all your lights flicker, and your fuses smoked.

Developing vigilance, we must clearly understand that selfishness, you would not grow. Vigilance is the application of attention to, with whom or with what you are dealing with now. Vigilance is the force generated by you. And if this force is born unto thee in the fire of passion - it will be just as lopsided as you yourself, when out of your aura are emerging clumps, enveloped in steam. And if you already wear in itself a disease or weakness of the organism, acquired by thy misunderstood, "virtues" and irritation, then communicate with you to harmoniously sounding people as dangerous, as the communication of ordinary people with violent lunatics.

Start vigilance can be born only to those people who clearly understood not as a real idea, but as a simple act of the day. If a person is in any of the pockets of the idea of loyalty to the teacher, if the other pocket of his ideas are eternal and unified life, and the third - the understanding of unity, but in his own temple of the heart is no life, and all his "ideas" are combined in conversation and cases are expressed only irritation, haze, the mountain itself and the opposite, it is simply not a good guardian of its own treasures.

He may even be happy to unfasten the buttons of his pocket and shows a counter all these treasures. But the counter, admiring them, will go further in their business, cold thinking about the unsuitability of gravity and so little practical fetishes.

If you seriously do it, just do not do this!

Jill Edwards
If you seriously do it, just do not do this!

Several years ago, after the publication of my book "Life is full of miracles" and "Road to the magic, I received annually to ten thousand letters and telephone calls. For each message, I answered personally. In addition, I spent countless seminars, interviews, transcribe lectures on "self-help". It should be noted that all the correspondence I led alone, without an assistant. I had to work ninety hours a week. Therefore not surprising that I felt tired and haggard-looking. Nevertheless, I was bothered a sense of duty that I was forced to respond in detail to every letter, but also give free advice over the phone. Now, looking back, I realize that those times were real madness!

Then, having received several light tremors of the Spirit, I went on three days rest in a small cottage on the marshes of Yorkshire, to examine their lives. I discovered for myself what I love to do, and from which not only did not get satisfaction, but even I get tired, waste of time. It became clear how to proceed. Returning home, I first sorted a few boxes of letters, which have not yet had time to reply, folded them into garbage bags and simply threw out. To my great surprise, I was at this moment is not struck by thunder! In addition, I was a bit to reduce their work day to allow time for herself, and hired an assistant secretary. These actions have changed my life. I made a lot more time on something I really love doing. I was able to free themselves so much that soon fell in love and married.

The spiritual law, which on its own stupidity, I tried to ignore, says: follow its energy. If someone asks you about something, and you have omitted words in his hands, give this man. In a way, (which you still can not understand) that you are doing a service to him and myself. Perhaps it would be better if the man himself to cope with the problem or ask for help someone else. Maybe he should not have to ask about it. Or he thinks you are the savior himself becoming a victim.

What is interesting! When I stopped responding to every letter, many people told me that it was important to just write me. When they expressed their thoughts on paper, it helped them to clarify important points, but some people and hear the voice of his intuition. As it turned out, and they did not have to get me an answer. By the way, some people had that time to move, and then my letter would come to the old address.

Once you find yourself thinking: "I really must do this or feel that worried about what you think of when you cancel, remember: you listen to the voice of guilt, duty and responsibilities, and it belongs to the difficult time.

Of course, this part of yourself wants all turned out to be better, but it will be blessed! However, she does not understand the spiritual laws of the universe. The word "should" never comes from our higher selves. It comes from that part of ourselves, who feel unworthy, undeserving of respect, and suffering from feelings of guilt (or one that is proud of himself and considers himself indispensable and almost a saint.)

Why give a party and invite people who you dislike and are incompatible with you? Why go with a child in a theme park, if you warps from one thought that still have to go there? Say "no". At the party, Call someone more dear to your heart, and with a child in the park, send a friend or relative who is interesting and pleasant. Everyone will benefit, and will feel happy.

However, if you do something really needs to be done, then wait a bit, when it is for this (for example, ironing, or washing clothes), you will have the right mood. Yes, it can happen! Or try to see the "big picture" (see Chapter 10), or try to find in this game and turn his business in the fun. You can relegate this unpleasant task to someone else. Pay the man, hire a laundress. If you believe this you have no money, refer to "Money"!

If you find it difficult and unpleasant to do something, do not do this! If you follow this rule, you immediately feel an extraordinary freedom in life. You will be able to devote more time and energy of loved ones, as well as work and occupations, that you really like. And, most importantly, so you get a powerful weapon in order to not to join the fight and live a carefree Time.