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You can learn how to meditate first from a guide/article/course/workshop/etc.. Then all that is required is you keep practicing. As you practice, you will become aware of more and more of life. You will be capturing more and more of life. While this happens, all kinds...
Topic: Choice
What activities can older people with limited mobility do that can keep them busy yet productive?
I feel it is not the activity but how you do it that will give you fulfillment. Fulfillment is a state of being, a state of realization. The desire to stay busy is because you don’t know how to remain still yet. The desire to be productive is related to the desire to...
Is Reiki pagan?
I haven’t received formal Reiki training. I will answer this question based on my understanding as a yogi. Life is one single entity, intelligent and aware. Therefore, nothing is not DIVINE. Everything is from God, everything is within God, everything is God. It is...
Do you believe there is a correlation between the number of books a person has read and their creative writing abilities?
I feel there is the slightest correlation between the number of books and a person’s creative writing abilities. The real increase of creative writing ability is related to how you are reading the books and how you are living your life. It is related to your state of...
What impels you to write? Is it subject matter or the love of writing, your job, or the encouragement of others?
I see writing as part of the eternal process of creation. In this time within eternity, humanity can benefit from written works that can be used as a tool to support one’s awakening. Why awaken? To live life as it is of course.. Right now, humanity is not generally...
I just heard about the unexpected departure of some employees from my new company after my boss felt he had invested in them. My boss is unhappy with them. If you were my boss how would you have felt and handled such?
You can invest in people but they will still do what they truly want to do. To avoid disappointment simply don’t have unrealistic expectations. Investing in people does not guarantee that they will make choices based on your preferences. In fact this is a rather...
Why do some corporations want part time employees to have open availability but then they only give them 15-20 hours a week when scheduling?
I am foreign to this way of working, so I can provide an outside observer perspective, with the intention to be supportive for this A2A. Open availability means, you give priority to the company for the time period you reserved for working except for emergencies. You...
I told my girlfriend of two years that I had thoughts of sleeping with other women early on in the relationship and she broke up with me. Is there anyway I can repair the trust? And why did I have these thoughts?
Having thoughts is no breach of trust. Why? You can see this for yourself. Close your eyes and just be aware. While you are staying aware without doing anything, thoughts will arise. Thoughts that you did not consciously plan for or ask for. This is because we have...
… Has anyone really fully understood the Tao Te Ching and applied it? Would not their lives become heaven?
Full question text: The Tao Te Ching seems to contain extremely powerful wisdom, yet due to the way it is written, this wisdom is hard to fully decipher. Has anyone really fully understood the Tao Te Ching and applied it? Would not their lives become heaven? The first...
How do I deal with anxiety or panic attack after making mistakes at work even though it’s only small or even the smallest mistake?
It is only your mind that is creating these feelings. Learn meditation and meditate until you begin to see the perfection of everything. Stay meditative throughout the day, and by and by you will transcend these thoughts and the feelings resulting from them. One can’t...
What words of encouragement do you have to motivate someone with depression to start going for walks and runs to get healthier?
You don’t have to go for walks or runs. You don’t have to be healthy. You are free to do these things or not do these things. Your innate worth never changes because of being healthy or otherwise. Recognize that you can be as you are and still be happy and peaceful....
Does being completely sober help you become more productive in your daily tasks?
The more clarity you have in your mind, the more effective your actions will be. With a mind in chaos, you won’t be able to accomplish what truly matters to you with efficiency. Even while being sober, the mind needs to be purified to become peaceful and calm to have...
Liberation from All Addictions – The Case of Smoking
Hello friends, In this article, I will tell you how we can be free from our addictions in general and how we can quit smoking in particular. I felt the need to add this sentence when I was in the middle of writing the article: Since this is an article that touches on...
How do I stop overthinking about too much gaming?
It is wonderful and perfectly natural that you want to be happy. It is a great experience to be happy while playing games. However; ask yourself this question: Do you truly want to play games to a degree that would harm you, steal from you possibilities in your life...
How do I become personable?
I googled personable to have a starting context for this answer: “personable: (of a person) having a pleasant appearance and manner.” There are two ways that come to my mind: Actors can impersonate any person.. so learning acting you can act a personable persona. You...
How can I regain my parents’ trust after telling little lies quite often?
Apologize to them for telling lies, do your best to be honest from this moment. In time, this will lead to new experiences for you and them, and their trust will develop again. You can’t control when they begin to trust you, but you can do your best to be honest from...
On Shame, Love, Hope, Spiritual Growth and Enlightenment
On Patience, Forgiveness, Trust
Why Is Unconditional Love So Important When Helping/Relating With Other People
When you focus on Divine Love, this Love starts to purify you. It heals you. It helps you heal those energies that are stuck within you. By keeping your attention on Divine Love and staying as awareness, you give your Higher Self the permission to teach you with...
What Does a Happy Man Do?
Towards Enlightenment (5): Waking up While Drifting Off / An Introduction to Energy Capacity
Towards Enlightenment (4): About Moving Beyond the Understanding: “It’s not happening. I cannot focus, I am distracted by desires, by life. I feel very sad.”
Towards Enlightenment (3): What Can Be Done About Losing Focus/Getting Distracted?
Towards Enlightenment (2): The Ground Floor of Heaven is All Well and Good, but How Do We Get In?
Freedom! – How to Free Oneself from the System and Sow the Seeds of Leaving a Beautiful World for the Future?
Heaven
In the Islamic teachings that I have been taught, from you know.. elders in the family and hearsay.. heaven was told to me as the place where all your desires will be granted. And in the highest place in heaven, you will get to see God. These beliefs are from my...
All Lives are Sacred and Everything is Possible
I am nowadays going from 'I should do something with my life' to 'all lives are sacred and everything is possible' attitude to life. I mean, isn't everything happening through our choices? Isn't the universe perfect? Wouldn't your Soul be able to incarnate anywhere it...
How to Be Happy/Peaceful Independent of External Circumstances
First of all, what is happiness? What is peace? Let's shake up these questions a bit and see what spills. Happiness is a word that points to an experience. If you ask what happiness is to many people, initially you will get varying answers, which may be close or far...