All posts by Manu

Life is good!

When such as I cast out remorse

So great a sweetness flows into the breast

We must laugh and we must sing,

We are blest by everything,

Everything we look upon is blest. William Butler Yeats

It’s mostly up to us, how we see our selves, our surroundings and life itself. As we see, so we project, as we project, our life is created.

You are the architect of you life, don’t take this responsibility too lightly. And never blame others or circumstances. Ask yourself first, how should I react, what can I do…?

When we see life as holy, ourselves as holy, we bless everything as life itself blesses us!! Yay!!

Recommendation: Dancing with Life

How much can you handle?

I know God will not give me anything I can’t handle. I just wish that He didn’t trust me so much.Mother Teresa

How much can we handle? For some the flood of adversity is relentless and never seems to recede. For others things seem to sail smoothly, at least on the surface. Life isn’t a bed of roses, that’s for sure…

So how can we cope?

One way is to not conjure up a scary future. Stay in the moment, handle what’s on our plate for today, tomorrow will take care of itself.

Another is to have a deep and abiding faith in the goodness of God (Universe), and that all will work out for the best, for everyone.

Come to think of it, for us to be truly present to the day we must have faith that tomorrow will be just fine. Faith must come first and then the ability to stay in the moment!

Recommendation: The Mystic Path to Cosmic Power

Follow your bliss!

If you follow your bliss, you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. When you can see that, you begin to meet people who are in your field of bliss, and they open doors to you. Joseph Campbell

When you follow your bliss, you are in a joyous state yourself. In that state it’s easy to connect with the life-blood of the Universe and your Life Purpose! When you’re in the zone (or flow) life starts to happen in a synchronistic fashion.

That’s when you know that you’re on to something! Latch on to it and pursue your bliss to a fun, fulfilling and very meaningful life!

Recommendation: Notes from the Universe by Mike Dooley

Be the person you want to be

If you want a quality, act as if you already had it. Try the “as if” technique.William James

Making yourself believe that you can do or achieve something is to win more than half the battle. In psychology this method has been studied and ratified.

If you feel depressed, make the face of a happy person, start smiling and try to act as though things are just fine. You’ll feel better.

The reverse works too.

How many times have you been pulled down by how others are? Or by focusing on the negative, how often have you landed in a soup?

Thoughts do make things, believe it, act on it, and consequently manifest it!

Recommendation: The Law of Attraction

Who do you trust?

The presence of fear is a sure sign that you are trusting in your own strength.A Course in Miracles (ACIM)

We all feel fear. Where does it come from?

It arises from a reliance on ourselves.

We think we can handle it all. At the same time, deep down, we feel inadequate. We feel that we’re not ultimately safe. The imbalance between what we think and what we are, creates the fear. Which leads to depression.

How do we change this?

By connecting to your deep self (which is light, love & joy), often. And by knowing that a greater intelligence, call it God, upholds us all, provides us strength and is there for us, at all times! Once we begin to rely on that great upholder more than on ourselves, our fear will dissipate.

Recommendation: A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of “A Course in Miracles”

Born to succeed!

Men are born to succeed, not to fail.Henry David Thoreau

You are already a success, just look around you, inside you, and at the life you’ve already created. Let your successful life guide your future and illuminate your present.

Your present is where you understand and accept the value of all that you’ve already become, it’s a culmination of sorts. It’s a future you had probably desired a long time ago. Recognize it, accept it and now celebrate it!

Celebrate the success that you already are!

Recommendation: This Time I Dance!: Creating the Work You Love

Time to soar!

One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.Helen Keller

How often do we detect a desire to go do something big or worthwhile, and how quickly do we shoot it down to return to our ‘comfort zone’? Or how quickly do we let others shoot down such ideas?

Catch yourself when you do that. Notice what comes up when you consciously or not, push your real self’s desires down. What kind of fear is it that stops us from even dreaming our dreams, let alone living them?

As we become more aware of such debilitating thought-habits, we can slowly escape from its clutches. We slowly become whole.

We are made to succeed, we’re made to be joyous and happy, don’t trample your birthright by succumbing to a lesser self!

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