Timing

Is often crucial in life

Bad timing can put you under a train, into the water

Into many dangerous situations

In trouble with the in laws

With your partner

So many aspects of life come down to timing

Ever wondered how many are yours?

Your choice that is

Where you got your timing wrong

Absolutely wrong

Thought for the day

Often we are not focused

We are not in the present we are thinking about other things when we should be here now in this moment here.

Try to pay more attention to what you are doing

Make the determination to do whatever it is you are doing better still

This way you are likely to pay more attention

Your timing will improve

Timing in life is often the difference between success and failure .

Improve you timing

Temper

Temper can ruin our lives

Can destroy our most important relationships

Can ruin otherwise fine situations

Can spring from us without warning

Someone presses our buttons and off we go

Caught unprepared and off we go anger boiling over

Fighting to the death over trivialities

Tired of this?

Then start by being wrong a few times

Try being wrong and saying so even if you do not believe it

Why?

Because one of the sources of our temper is our defending our space, in this case what we think is right

It doe snot matter if you are right when you destroy another person or attack them with violence

Be wrong say so

Take a deep breath, turn around, breath deeply, then face the other person and say I am wrong

Clearly simply in those words I am wrong please excuse me sorry

Yes try the word sorry as well

Move into areas where you accept that it does not matter if you are right or wrong

It matters more that you attack another human

Decide to stop it

Not tomorrow, now today

Practice saying to yourself I am wrong, sorry

Do it

Nothing changes without our deciding to change

Your call

Dew

has special properties

So if you have the chance then walk on the dew

Every day if possible

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Just for a few minutes

Oh and do this barefoot

Why?

Because the dew on the soles of your feet has properties that are beneficial to you

It also slows you down

Allowing you to put your busy life into perspective

Just enjoy the sensation even if it is cold

Money and travelling

Hidden money belts are fine ideas

Unfortunately we often keep our credit cards in pockets or bags

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Today one can have one's cards stolen anywhere

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Do you have separate bank accounts for travelling

No?

Then think about opening a new account

Put in it only what you need for a short period

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Then top it up if you need more funds

If your card is stolen all they can take is what is in this account

You can then safeguard your finances from being cleaned out.

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In today´s world every little helps

Socrates - 3 filters

In ancient Greece, Socrates was reputed to hold knowledge in high esteem.

One day an acquaintance met the great philosopher and said,

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"Do you know what I just heard about your friend?"
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"Hold on a minute," Socrates replied. "Before telling me anything I'd like you to pass a little test.

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It"s called the Three Filters Test."
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"Three Filters?"

"That's right," Socrates continued. "Before you talk to me about my friend, it might be a good idea to take a moment and filter what you're going to say.

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That's why I call it the Three Filters Test.
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The first filter is Truth.

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Have you made absolutely sure that what you are about to tell me is true?"

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"No," the man said, "actually I just heard about it and..."

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"All right," said Socrates. "So you don't really know if it"s true or not.

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Now let"s try the second filter, the filter of goodness.

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Is what you are about to tell me about my friend something good?"

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"No, on the contrary..."

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"So," Socrates continued, "you want to tell me something bad about him, but you're not certain it"s true.

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You may still pass the test though, because there's one filter left: the filter of usefulness.

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Is what you want to tell me about my friend going to be useful to me?"

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"No, not really."

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"Well," concluded Socrates, "if what you want to tell me is neither true nor good nor even useful, why tell it to me at all?"

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This is why Socrates was a great philosopher & held in such high esteem.

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Author unknown

Amnesia

Is strong in us

A bad day and soon after we have forgotten it

Arguments, disagreements the same

Humans would be hard put to remember all the difficult times they have experienced in their lives

Lives that carry lots of pain

Humans experience plenty of pain one way and another

Through pain we learn and grow

Not easy so we block it whenever we can

Think a minute what pains do you remember without difficulty?

These are the one's that need remembering because they will not go away

So usually there is work to be done surrounding this experience

Look at it and try to find how you see it today compared with at the time

Has this changed?

Is your memory still the same

Often we can find that our understanding was not too objective

This is the lesson of pain often we see the event or situation through eyes that are not too objective

Revisit your major pains and see what you can learn from them

Simply stated this can help us grow by understanding things in a new way

If we choose not to learn then be warned nature will visit you with a similar experience again

Amnesia can shield us but is not always helpful.

You are

The parent of yourself

Literally

What you were in your last life has shaped what you are now

What you failed to learn in your last life must now be attempted again in this life

And other lives too if necessary

What you succeeded in learning in your last life is now incorporated in you and does not need to be learnt again it is part of you

It is the larger wiser you

The you that is immortal

Your higher self if you prefer

Your spirit

And so it goes on through countless lives

Stumbling along

Until one life we begin to understand why we are here

We then determine to move on because it is the only way forward out of illusion

To work consciously to rid ourselves of our fears and weaknesses

To help others

To become less selfish and more altruistic

We realise for the first time that yes those cliches and sayings and myths are not just some old nonsense

They are clear and valid instructions

They work

They are how we must behave

Because you are what you yourself create

So having mean violent thoughts will produce a mean violent reaction from nature

We now understand consciously for the first time that we are literally what we think and do

Can you understand that many thousands of lives have brought you to this point?

You are the only one who can change this

No one else only you

No money

No power on the planet or off it

Can do this for you

You alone are responsible for what happens to you

You, not your parents

Not your partner

Not your children

You

You are your past, present and future

You alone are

And you what is you?

Your spirit, your higher spirit

Only this

Only this remains from all those lives

Nothing else

This is you.

Holding tension

Is not such a great idea

However in this best of all possible world's most of us find ourselves doing so

Modern life makes tension almost unavoidable

Modern cynicism pushes most into tension

At the risk of being boring there is nothing much more useful than learning to deal with stress, tension call it what you will

Several easily articulated steps

Years of challenging work

Most will not even try

Some might try, most will fail

Why?

Because that's the way we are

All shapes and sizes

So for those who want to try

First the reason

Without controlling the mind there is no chance of evolving your consciousness

Evolving consciousness is the key to moving ahead, unlocking nature's secrets

Second the work

Find your fears

Get them out, dissipate their hold over you

Learn to meditate it is the only known approach to controlling the mind that really works

Learn vipassana meditation, go on a course a retreat

Practice day in day out, no cheating, no missing out days

Why?

Because you need to convince your mind that you are serious when you ask it to shut up and be quiet

If you do this then one day, a long time from now probably you will begin to experience success

If you do then tension will recede in your life

You will begin to understand truly why you are here and what it is all about

No one can tell you only you can find it out for yourself

Why?

Because that's the way nature made the rules

No favours, no exceptions, no cheats, just those who are prepared to look for themselves

What we are talking about takes many many lives and is the only way out......... literally

So if you want to grow then this is what you do

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If not then life after life of frustration and tension are yours because nature does not change her rules for anyone.

Choose wisely it's your choice.

Disappointment

Is hard to take sometimes

Particularly when something serious is involved

Sometimes accepting things is the only rational solution

At other times taking some action is best

At others asking for help

However with all choices life goes on and this is the important thing

Can we let go of the disappointment?

Can we move on

Learning to do this is difficult, because our emotions are involved

Focus forward

Even when you cannot see anything in front of you

The direction must be forward towards something else

Leaving the disappointment behind

Whatever others might say disappointment is only ours to know

It is a very personal experience

Moving on is sometimes very difficult

Time helps but our decision to move on is the most important

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Keep busy, be active, look forward let go of the disappointment

Male teenagers

Are without doubt some of, if not the, most dangerous animals on this planet

Used by senior gangs because they are under the age where they can be treated in the same way as adults in numerous countries

Fighting as soldiers in many conflicts in the third world

In previous times society disciplined its young

In many countries today this is no longer the case

Often badly educated

Without jobs

Knowing no sense of mortality

Frequently without good judgement

Lacking purpose

Zero or poor relationships in the family

In fact often from disfunctional families

What are we to do?

Whatever anyone says this group are an indictment on society

Putting them in prison or under restraint does little to change things

Probably nothing or little because they are often living in poor areas

Programs to educate often fail because it is too late for many of them

What a waste

Over time this problem will not go away

Watch it grow as society moves on

Be careful too teenage violence can involve many unwary people

Pity the teenager without a future.