Do you need a reason to be happy?

Quote by Deepak Chopra: “Be happy for no reason, like a child. If you are happy for a reason, you’re in trouble because that reason can be taken from you.”

Own your happiness. Don’t be happy for any reason except because you’re YOU. When you feel happy on the inside, it sticks with you, even on days when things don’t go well. You can have problems but still be a happy person. 

When you know who you are and what you feel inside make you happy, you can own it. Our minds are conditioned that there needs to be reason to be happy. There is one simple reason that you and me and everybody like us are not happy and the reason is repressed feelings. Since childhood we are taught to repress our feelings and behave against our nature so that we look like civilized human beings

We need to learn to feel our feelings and respect our feelings, respect our human nature so that we can let go of our repressed feelings and feel happy again like the uncivilized child that we were when we were born. If each one of us learns to behave naturally then we'd have a happy planet 

The key is being happy with and loving yourself. Then you own the power to be a happy person!

What is faith?

Many People would feel stuck.  They can’t move their lives forward because they don’t have the necessary faith in themselves. Doubts, fears from the past rear their heads.  Consequently, the action we take is often miscalculated, off target or not effective.

Faith is a gift bestowed on humankind, not to be dissected and judged but received thankfully. It requires wholehearted acceptance through a willing suspension of disbelief. Your body can’t go where your mind has never been .What we need to do first is convince our self that we can do it, nurture faith in ourselves, and then take the step.

So many of us feel we can’t cross the bridge because we don’t have the right credential or the proper background. It’s never what you are that holds you back-it’s what you think you’re not. That’s why we need to grow faith if we are to achieve our goals. 

Faith is like the tides it is not always constant. The only way to keep your faith “tuned up” is to be true to your spiritual journey. Turn your eyes inward toward the spirit that you are. See the light. See the love. We are reflections of universal love.

We live in a make-believe world many masks carried. Global yet not knowing next door neighbour. Nuclear family, neutron living. All of us exist, we do, but do not live life, we merely play roles, sister, daughter, friend, businessman, professional. We carry ever growing emotional baggage which diffuses our focus hence we contradict with everyone and everything.

Our search for permanent bliss consciousness in the external ephemeral world is wrong. This bliss is not a thing to be brought from outside, it can only come from within; this requires great earnestness and concentration, not on some single purpose, but in the understanding of the complex problem of living.

When we attain that state of consciousness, the experiences are totally unknown on the human level of life. That is the goal which the world is seeking, even though it does not realize quite what that goal is or how to attain it?

Life is Simple. It is all in the mind.

Why do we over think things? Why do we feel the need to second-guess what is really going on with what we think is going on? How many times you hear or talk from someone that was pretty straightforward, but you felt the need to read into the “deeper message?” Let’s be honest for in this case we all are guilty of such things. Whether it’s a comic or tight slap conversation from your friend or anyone whom we interact, we always think there is an alternative meaning behind these people’s words. Sometimes what a person says is exactly what they mean; there is nothing up for discussion. But many people misinterpret things which cause controversy.

Follow your gut and your instincts, more often than not, it will work out in your favor. You may need to enforce some sort of personal time limit as each person differs.Another great option is to go out and to distract yourself and to make a quick decision later on. Let yourself relax and come back to the decision when you have internally calmed down. Perhaps the most helpful thing to do is to stop thinking of the worse case scenario. This is a problem many over thinkers face and is perhaps the hardest to overcome.

Nothing external to us can give us permanent and true happiness. We actually have all we need to be truly happy within us.The art of having less but enjoying our lives more, involves a few simple changes in perspective. First, we must understand where our true values lie and focus on them. Then, we must take time to enjoy the simple things, and slow down and see what’s right in front of us. With this make life simple and its all in the mind.

Live the moment

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Science of Yoga

Yoga defines itself as a science--that is, as a practical, methodical, and systematic discipline or set of techniques that have the lofty goal of helping human beings to become aware of their deepest nature. The goal of seeking to experience this deepest potential is not part of a religious process, but an experiential science of self-study. Religions seek to define what we should believe, while a practical science such as meditation is based on the concrete experience of those teachers and yogis who have previously used these techniques to experience the deepest Self. Yoga does not contradict or interfere with any religion, and may be practiced by everyone, whether they regard themselves as agnostics or members of a particular faith.

There is much confusion about exactly what yoga is, especially since there seem to be so many approaches, all described by the name "yoga." A mountain climber may take a variety of routes to reach the top of a mountain. From the plain at the base of the mountain, all these paths seem distinct and different, but from the mountain summit, the view is always the same! The same is true of the seeming diversity of the yogic paths. These different paths are not mutually exclusive or conflicting, but are intended to accommodate the various inclinations, personalities, and temperaments of individual students, and yet they all have the same goal. These various paths of yoga include:

1) Hatha yoga, which deals mostly with body and breathing exercises that help the student to become aware of his or her internal states. Hatha yoga exercises help to make the body a healthy and strong resource for the student.

 

2) Karma yoga, which means "the yoga of action." This path teaches us to do our own duties in life skillfully and selflessly, dedicating the results of our actions to humanity. Practicing this aspect of yoga helps us to live unselfishly and successfully in the world without being burdened or distressed.

3) Jnana yoga is the path of knowledge and wisdom. This path involves intense mental discipline. Knowledge dawns as we learn to discriminate between the real and the unreal, between the transient and the everlasting, between the finite and the infinite. This path is meant for only a fortunate few, who are aware of the higher and subtler realities of life.

4) Bhakti yoga is the yoga of devotion. This path is the way of love and devotion. It is the path of self-surrender, of devoting and dedicating all human resources to attaining the ultimate reality.

5) Kundalini yoga is a highly technical science. The guidance of a competent teacher is required to learn methods for awakening the serpent-like vital force that remains dormant and asleep in every human body.

6) Mantra yoga, which involves meditation and the use of certain sounds called "mantras," which are traditionally transmitted to the student, and are used as objects of concentration. Mantras help the student in self-purification, concentration, and meditation. These mantras were discovered in deep meditation by highly advanced sages and teachers.

Finally, there is raja yoga, the "royal path" which is very scientific and thorough. By following this path methodically, we learn to refine our desires, emotions, and thoughts, as well as the subtle impressions and thoughts that lie dormant in the unconscious mind. Raja yoga helps us to experience the inner reality by using an eight-runged ladder. The ultimate goal is for the aspirant to attain the eighth rung, samadhi.

So which yoga do you like to practise in your life?

Can you find your soul age?

According to many spiritual teachers, all human beings are, in reality, spiritual beings on a human journey. We reincarnate as human beings in order to evolve as souls.

Our ultimate aim is to become fully conscious and capable as unique individual expressions of All That Is.

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