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Topic: Work
Is It Possible to Be Successful Without Being Mindful or Meditating Regularly, Even if Someone Is Too Busy With Their Work Schedule Like Ceos of Big Companies?
Do Advanced Meditators Experience Less Thoughts When They Meditate vs. When They First Began Meditating?
When Should You Do Your First Meditation Session? In the Morning, Afternoon, Evening or Night. Why?
What type of Pranayam should I do to lose my weight and mental illness; I have schizophrenia and I can’t do postures because I have rods in my both hands and I can’t sit down due to joint replacement in one leg?
I am practicing a teaching where posture is not of primary importance. We focus on the pure life force energy (prana in its purest form) in our spiritual hearts and stay as awareness. This energy which is us at the deepest level is intelligent. It knows how to heal us...
How does art relieve stress?
It depends on where you are looking from. If art for you is an activity that you take a step back from the stress generating patterns in your mind and engage with the art from a deeper sense of peace and/or happiness within yourself, then this will relieve stress. The...
Is proper breathing during meditation long and deep or short and shallow breathing?
The breath will have developed its own tempo already because it is associated with the activity of the mind. Simply being aware of the breath is enough for the mind to start to return to peace. As peace begins to be created, you will be able to recognize your deepest...
Has meditation become a business here in the West? Because you don’t really need an app, guided meditations, sitting pillows, and more stuff to buy. A yogi in India doesn’t need anything to meditate, not even clothing.
I am not objecting to your point, here are some thoughts on this: -Sometimes guided meditations can be helpful, I benefited immensely from the guidance of an enlightened person, many times watching some of his videos, containing meditative guidance as a built in...
Why is it necessary to set your goals realistically?
Setting goals realistically, is not a requirement for one to exist. One will always exist as their true self. Setting goals realistically, will keep your investment of your energies within what you think is real. Once you achieve such a goal, you may temporarily feel...
How do you express your faith in God? My mind is so preoccupied with chanting his name that it takes a toll on my productivity. How do you escape that fear and reaffirm your faith without the need to chant all the time?
You can learn meditation. Practicing sitting meditation teaches us how to remain in a state where we are aware of the awareness that all life appears in, and we are aware of the creative energy that is one with this awareness, and we are in tune with the intelligence...
Why do we face difficulties at work when I advance in meditation?
The difficulties sheep face when being herded by a shepherd are being shouted at and scared, being beaten with a stick in some cases.. but as long as they move along the way the shepherd desires, it will be OK for them, until the day they are sent to the butcher....
How can I build a good career in management? How can I start? Whenever I look up job opportunities online related to my field, they often require some years of experience which I don’t have.
Don’t hurry up. First of all, learn to manage your own self, your own life. Learn to lead yourself. Live with integrity. You will start to grow as a person this way. You can start working in a company. Live with awareness, and do your job with as full involvement as...
How do you meditate? Is there a guideline to follow, and what experience am I supposed to have?
We can follow a guideline until we evolve to an understanding where meditativeness becomes our natural state. Here is an article with such a guideline. Some meditation practices are designed to gradually evolve your understanding and state of existence so you are more...
Is it OK to leave the Kundalini in the cranium or should it be circulated out such as Taoist esoteric philosophy suggests?
You can open a medical book, too and see instructions for an operation. This doesn’t mean you must attempt it. Kundalini awakens by its own as the development of the individual naturally progresses. Even then, there will be many lessons of learning and they will arise...
If you are really willing to work, is it inevitable you will find work?
This is also about how you define work. Suppose that I define work like this: “I will work on Elon Musk’s company or nowhere.” I may be really willing, but I may not find a job opportunity in that company for a long time, maybe never. This is like.. you may really...
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...
I want to start a company. What is the quickest way to do this as a computer science student?
You go and register the company. You buy your furniture etc. And there you are. You have a company. Did anything change in your life? You bet. Now, you have some additional running costs and obligations. Did this add any value to your life? Nope.. See. Companies are...
What is a time where you had to steel your nerves and psyche yourself up to get a task done?
My nerves have always been organic. It is my state of being, how I experience myself as consciousness is what decides how much I experience those times of strong emotional balance. The human organism is a wonderfully capable machine. We only need to learn to use it...
Is answering questions an intrinsic motivation for writing?
Interesting question. I don’t remember writing the term ‘interesting question’ lately. For me, answering questions in Quora is a meeting of Love with form. I work to answer each question from a place of Love. I don’t answer all questions, because I am not a question...
Is it easy to get burned out in a sales job that is strictly performance-based?
When you remain long enough in a situation where your heart is not in whatever you are engaging with, you get burned out. If your work environment is based on giving up the Love for the money, and you remain subscribed to this approach, you are definitely walking on...
Is it ethical to work as an employee while building your own?
The purpose of work must be to uplift both others and yourself. (Here I am using the word ethical in the context of serving the highest good of all): If building your own hurts your employer’s business, it is not ethical. If your employer’s business prevents you from...
How many days do you think is acceptable to miss from work per year (excused or unexcused)?
I think whatever I say, as long as you don’t look at your situation and take responsibility of everything in your experience, you won’t experience the freedom you seek. Just realize the impossibility of answering this question logically. To give you an exhaustive...
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...
Why do employers keep on focusing on my last job and experience when I have gone out from a stagnant, depressing, toxic job and had been working very hard during the past year striving to gain ground and change in it?
This means those you have met with are focusing on the past for their decisions. (read on for supportive elaboration) Are you going to focus on these employers’ decisions or are you going to keep focusing on the new direction you have set for your life? Accept them as...
How does one dissolve ones chakras completely and permanently? This would eliminate the constant trouble of have to try to clear them and balance them and open them and close them and clean them and worse having pay someone else to do it for you.
What about your physical body? Don’t you need to consciously care for it? Only when you die, you don’t need to do anything about it any more. Your chakras are your responsibility, too. They are emotional organs. You don’t dissolve them, they are part of the human...
Who are some of the most productive and active business leaders, politicians or scientists that are older than 80 and still working every day?
I know this is not exactly what you asked for, but I would still cheer for Sadguru Jaggī Vāsudeva here. He is 62 years old, and as far as I remember he has been working almost non-stop for the last (at least) 30 years, sleeping between 2.5 to 4.5 hours (and only...
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...
Can you give me a timetable for 24 hours? How can I manage my work, eat, and sleeping?
It doesn’t matter what timetable I give you. It will anyway happen in the way you create it from within yourself. It is happening the way it is happening right now because you are creating it from within this way. Remember any time where you tried to implement an idea...
What is the work you would do if you are, convinced that you won’t fail?
The only work of which the results are 100 percent guaranteed is working for your enlightenment. If you are sincerely working for this, the result is 100 percent guaranteed. Note that when it would happen is not mentioned here, but that the result is guaranteed. The...
Is it better to work 4 10 hour days or 5 8 hours days?
The ‘better’ you seek actually changes with your ability to be happy, not with how much you work. When you are truly happy, you won’t care a damn thing about how much you work. This doesn’t mean you will work yourself to death and this doesn’t mean you...
What do you think are the reasons why one should work efficiently and effectively?
If you would like to see a rather deep and profound answer, read on. There is ultimately no reason for anything. This entire existence is a container for infinite possibilities. You can find yourself thousands of reasons for whatever you choose to do. But even without...
How do you manage your stress when sales are down ?
I live a lifestyle where I strive to live such a way that stress is not created in the first place. When we haven’t yet gained conscious mastery of how we create reality, our circumstances can seem to be responsible for our stress. However, living with awareness...
Advice please. How do you deal with a narcissistic boss/supervisor in the work place? Leaving is not an option so are there any tactics I can use to stay on the right side of a narcissistic boss?
Truth is the tactic. Your life is not just about that job as you would like to believe. Whatever you do straying from truth, will drag you more into suffering whether you keep the job or not. Whatever you do living with truth, will lead you out of suffering more...
How do I make an eight hour workday go by faster?
Make it a 24 hour workday. Work on listening to your heart and living with its higher intelligence. Here is a very thorough answer. Firstly, time is only a concept created by humans. Humans have created a device which divides the motion of the Earth around the Sun...
What is the cause and solution for motivation loss?
If you are ready for a deep answer that can change the way you look at reality, read on. Stay with the answer, and your question will have been most completely answered in the end. Are you experiencing a loss of motivation? See.. what you are experiencing right now is...
How do you cope with stress and pressure?
Are you ready for a deep dive? I have dived deep for many years, so my answer about my approach will also reflect my experiences over the years. Here comes the answer: I take full responsibility for everything I experience. This does not mean I am personally in...
Besides money, what other incentives can be used to motivate your workforce?
If you can see the value of what you are creating as a company yourself, you can share your ideas, your feelings with your workforce. You can also go into physical/emotional/mental action yourself, creating yourself as a leader. You must be the visionary in this case....
Why is it so hard to find someone with work ethic?
Nothing is hard. (I will explain). Everything is possible in this universe. Every experience can be reached/created. Therefore, nothing is hard. We only experience what we call hard, because we get stuck in a place of trying to experience something when we in...
How does having severe depression negatively affect work performance and work ethic?
Hello, It can severely affect your performance (depending on how accustomed you are to have been already masking it as a habit). However, if you strive to be honest, your work ethic will not be compromised. Depending on your employer’s understanding, you may be...
What is the best way to deal with a competitor who keeps trying to copy you?
Lead them. Always be ahead by doing what you love. Take Tesla’s/Elon Musk’s example. They are always better than their competitors in creating the newest, most useful technology, because they are always working with dedication, passion and creativity, not from a lack...
What can people do to make the most use of their time getting to work and being productive during the commute?
Look within yourself and see what is of most value to you that is doable during a commute. Books that you consciously picked? Other resources to browse that can support your growth and help you discover your creativity, how to create more value, or just be able to...
As a writer, do you feel that exercise helps spur your creativity? If so, is there a particular activity you like to participate in to help get the juices in your brain flowing?
Firstly, I would like to point out an aspect of exercise that I think helps with creating more flow. It is breath awareness and body awareness. Normally, humans are conditioned to keep their attention mainly in their forehead region in their thoughts. For women, their...
I have complete mastery over the English language and am adept at reading human behavior and creating solutions for personal issues. Would pursuing a career as a motivational speaker be ideal for me?
There is a learning period where a person needs to learn to trust their inner knowing. Start somewhere trusting your experience. Be honest with yourself, see things as they are as you progress. If something comes from your heart, and you stay focused on your heart,...
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 can I do if I don’t want to put in hard work to help myself with my mental health?
Stay aware of your situation. Be honest. Be loving to yourself. Healing does not require one to fight with their mind. No matter how hard you fight with your mind, you can’t win that way. Fighting implies what you fight is external to you and that you can defeat it by...
What is wrong with me if all stuff about spirituality (e.g., chakras, mantra, meditations, astral projection) do not work on me? What is wrong with me, I just feel all of these are placebo?
Spirituality is about being aware of life as it is. It is the study of life with awareness. Everybody might be talking about concepts that they have no experience in, and they can talk about these concepts, and you can hear and affirm these concepts but.. where is...
Who is your favorite motivational speaker in 2019?
This year, it is Sadhguru (Jaggi Vasudev) :). Check out his work with Cauvery Calling. He doesn’t just speak, he rides a bike, too 🙂 He is leading this movement that involves the Indian people, gains the support of the government, even inspires the international...
Is “work smarter not harder” the best way to avoid burnout at your job?
You can’t outsmart life. I don’t like this word smart. It seems to be a good word in the beginning, gives a sense of superiority for a while. But why are we trying to be superior? Are we feeling inferior deeper inside? Then the more you are trying to be smart, the...
What is the best nootropic or nootropic stack to take prior to a job interview?
As you asked this question to me, I will answer it to give a different perspective for you to consider. The answer in my personal opinion is: None. Go as yourself and if you fail; perfect. It would be a chance for you to let go of the idea that you had to get this job...
What do you do when you don’t work hard enough?
If you want to live a happy life, start accepting yourself as you are. It is possible to work and be of benefit to humanity without torturing yourself. The happier you are, the more you will be able to show others how to live happily as well, not necessarily by...