All posts by Manu

How To Build A Better World Starting Today…

You want a better, more fraternal, more just world? Well then, start building it: Who is stopping you? Build it inside yourself and around you, build it with those who want it. Build it small, and it will grow.  – Lanza del Vasto

we must be the change

Let’s look in the mirror first. How can we change? How can I change? The change must be sweeping, where we deal kindly with our children, colleagues, everyone… How else can it be systemic within us?

extreme kindness

I like to call it the ELK Principle, Extreme Loving and Kindness towards anyone we touch daily. Start with kind thoughts for self. Design each thought to be loving and lovely. Try to see the innocence and magnificence in every human. Mentally utter a Namaste to them. Very hard to do consistently but worth practicing daily.

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM kind to self and others!

Recommendation: Change Your Thoughts by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

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How To Move Beyond Negativity…

Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.Proverb

negativity

The problem with complaining and negativity is simple. It forces us to spend time at the level of the problem, at a lower frequency and often leaves us feeling sorry for our selves. Let’s seek the light instead, heck let’s create some!

discover you

How can we create light in any given situation? Lets become aware of what we’re thinking about the situation. If our analysis is turning negative, we should note how the thinking is affecting us in the moment. Doesn’t mean we shouldn’t analyze and critique when necessary. Lets ensure that the thought spiral isn’t taking us down with it. Instead we can bring ‘light’ to the situation or person by reminding ourselves that thoughts matter. We control the vibrations we dwell in… Let’s step back and view (shine a light) from a ‘higher’ vantage point.

Daily Affirmation: Today I bring light to each person and situation.

Recommendation: All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten by Robert Fulghum

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Why We’re Alive…

Devote your life to proving that love is the greatest thing in the world.  – Jesus, The Urantia Papers

jesus

Jesus demonstrated that God is real and ever present in our hearts. He showed that the path to God is direct, just like a child’s to his parent. We’re never alone.

love

If we ever ponder the purpose of life, we ought to remember that love is the answer to any meaningful question…

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM an expression of love in all that I BE and DO.

Recommendation: The Urantia Papers

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Why We Must Let The Past Be…

The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.Leslie P. Hartley

the past

The only true consciousness of time that we have is of the present moment. Just like the previous moment, the past doesn’t exist, it’s gone. When the future arrives, which it does every moment, it is our present. For creativity to flourish we must be worry-free and operate in the Eternal Now.

life principles

6th Basic Technique to ‘Break the Worry Habit Before it Breaks You’ : Don’t worry about the past!

Let bygones be bygones, they say. Therein lies a lot of wisdom…

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM wise because I live in the Now!

Recommendation: How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie

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How To Do It!

First say to yourself what you would be; then do what you have to do.Epictetus

envision

‘Say to yourself’ is all about envisioning, visualizing and affirming! We must prime ourselves with that which we want to create. With that which we want to ‘be’. There’s a clear distinction between wanting a thing versus choosing to BE in the future, more than we are today. Visualizing the end result and feeling the emotions that go with its completion will set us up nicely for its manifestation…

act

Action must follow, duh!! Knowing that we’ll succeed, let’s take small steps towards our goal. No goal is too big for us! We are an offspring of the divine creative force, let’s never forget our heritage!!

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM that which I choose to be!

Recommendation: Release Your Brilliance by Simon T. Bailey

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How To Stop Being A Fool!

The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him.Socrates

fools

We are big fools. We think we know it all. Watch us smirk when others make mistakes. Watch us ‘help’ others when they apparently don’t know what they’re doing. See us feel sorry for them because we see others stumbling. And we even pray for some who need ‘light’ more than we do…

our business

Our business ought to be just us. We aren’t served well when we’re supercilious. The world would be a much better place tomorrow if we can but watch and correct who we are today…

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM correcting self first!

Recommendation: Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind by Shunryu Suzuki

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How Deserving Are We?

When someone offers you a compliment, do you receive it, or do you sort of just shrug it off?Abraham

worthy?

How comfortable are we receiving compliments? If not then we must examine why we think we aren’t worthy. Do we feel that we have to struggle to obtain something worthwhile in life? If we don’t feel worthy or think we have to struggle for everything good in our lives, then Life will mirror that expectation…

receiving

We are the wards of the Eternal and therefore deserving of all the goodness Life can bring us.  We must be comfortable receiving and not think that we’ll jinx anything. The main force that impacts our life ‘positively’ or ‘negatively’ is the vibration we carry around and project constantly.

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM receiving Life’s goodness without reservation!!

Recommendation: The Law of Attraction by Esther Hicks

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