Uncontrollable Thoughts

Think of the amount of thoughts that pass through our minds during our waking day, and when we sleep all those various thoughts influence our dreams. When we are alone and do not need to concentrate on anything in particular the majority of these are preoccupations and destructive thoughts, that go in any direction they wish to. Without reason, and at times produce irrational and emotional responses, illuminated colorful responses, that create tension and stress within us. These episodes can be very damaging and we need to search for a way to understand our unconscious mind. Meditation can be a way of helping us understand and identify these negative and destructive thoughts, relieving us of the stress and tension. We accept that our unconscious mind is strong and can influence our daily lives for better or worse. If we can identify these different turns of thoughts our lives change for the better.

The Present

Meditation helps our minds to centre and concentrate on our mental energies. If we are always thinking of the past or preoccupied by the future,we prevent ourselves living the here and now. Meditaton and mental forces assist us in seeing the reality of now. The past no longer exists and the future never comes, dont permit the experiences of today pass like a fog in the night, unnoticed as we dwell on past events or worry about what will happen tomorrow. Live every breath that you breathe and every minute of the day. Value the present.

necessity and Deception

What you want and need from life is right there in front, except we don´t see it, we are blind to it because we are decieved by what we think is necessary and want. The decption is all around us in the form of advertising, telling what we need to make our life better.

What we need to complete our life and make us happy is something we can´t buy, all we have to do is open our eyes and see it, because it is there right in front of you.

A New Day

When that first sharp finger of light creeps across your bed to waken you for another day...do you open your eyes and think "Oh no" or do you open your eyes and then close them again and give thanks for another day.

And none of us know exactly what this day may bring, but what it delivers...accept. If the day passes well, give thanks and if the day passes badly...give thanks for living another day and learning another of life´s lessons. Life is accepting both the good and the bad.

Sun and Rain

Laugh and the world laughs with you...cry and you cry alone.

How true is this saying?, think of all the laughter you have shared with friends, lovers and family, countless minutes or hours....now think of the times that you have been alone and cried. You could believe this phrase means that people are only with you when you are happy, and when your sad they desert you. but this is not always the case. Laughter is infectious and needs others to make it work, it also heals, if you are a little down and then join a group of friends you will find you feel more alive, you smile you laugh and you talk. Think of all the laughter therapy groups that have sprung up over recents years, but there are times when we need to cry and we are not necessarily always alone, there can be people supporting us but we do sometimes need to cry alone. To weep is a personal action that sometimes we need to do in private, a release of pain or heartache, a healing of ourselves. Recently I shut myself in the bathroom and cried for almost an hour, I needed to be alone although my partner was in the house, but he was unable to cope with that need, in that hour I had released some of what had been building up for the last two years, how essential had that hour been, now I´m back to laughing and for sure in the future I will need that time again, and I will probably do it alone but it isn´t because people do not care but in some circumstances they feel unable to help or know what to do to make you feel fine again. The sun is our laughter and the rain our tears.

Opening our hearts

Raise me , illuminate me, guide me and protect me
Take away the obstacles of my spiritual life
Take away the veil of ignorance (Señor Krishna)

Sometimes it can be be very difficult to live a spiritual life, it takes dedication. Our everyday lives are so busy and our minds preoccupied, that, for some it is hard to take time for themselves. If we open our hearts and become more spiritual then we begin to understand our lives better. We start to discard things that aren´t important to us, and our values change.
He who will close the door on selfishness and open it to love and compassion, will have crossed a valuable bridge, that will lead him onto a spiritual path. We never stop learning, so as those that choose to walk this path, take your time, stop and understand each lesson that´s offered.

We are all worthy

We need silence, patience and the ability to reflect, and tranquility to calm our nervous tremors or insecurities. Time to reflect apon why they raise their heads and how we can control them. Reflect apon times when nervousness or insecurity has taken control in a situation and what appened. Write down 2 or 3 incidences and reflect apon why you allowed them control, it´s difficult and we think that we would never allow them to take control and influence our life, but we do and they take hold and influence all that we do. Read what you have written, understand why, and discard the paper. Concentrate on on your strengths and values, and what you have to offer...build on that inner strength daily...for we are all worthy, different and have much to offer.