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FREE Fantasy Story.

I want to truly thank all those of you who downloaded my free coming-of-age fantasy book. #1 in the series BENJAMIN JONES, “The Call of The Shaman.” This is a FREE book very close to my heart, because it deals with darkness and all the burdens we as humans may carry. It’s got spirituality and ancient wisdom mixed with great fantasy.

It’s a spiritual tale of a young shaman boy seeking to know what happened to his parents, seeking to also understand his true magic, and dealing with the new knowledge that an ancient demigod of his age lives inside him. And I wanted to offer it to you, if you haven’t read it already, if you are interested in an inspirational and entertaining tale of great proportion.

While I work on #4, “Shadow Ghouls of Nergus,” please check out #1 in the series, “The Call of The Shaman,” by clicking the buttons below:

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Anatomy and physiology of life Business mind. Self-help life truths. Stories to ponder.

Relationships of greater love.

Listen to your heart

The greatest gift mankind has is empathy. Man becomes angered, violent, jealous, hateful, and all negativity without empathy. Connecting with the world around us, making our relationships better, creating ourselves in any way, it all requires that we listen to our heart and not to the voices of our intellect.

The intellect may help us at some level to look inwardly and find the knowledge we seek, but the intellect is not what connects us to one another and is definitely not what allows us to become better human beings. Letting go of our heads to trust with our hearts is challenging, but it’s also what we must discover within us in this life.

Better your relationships

Relationships, even the one with ourselves, are difficult. They can be challenging, but truly rewarding in terms of feeling that acceptance and nurture we all seek. Now, even if you seek a relationship with another, it all begins in you, in the inner relationship, in the relationship you have with yourself. So, greater empathy is about you and your relationship with yourself.

Letting go of all your troubles, reminding yourself that you have great value, believing in your inner strength even when things seem to go wrong in life. These things, they will cement a great relationship with yourself; and, because of this, you will be full of love and so you will know how to better the relationships you have with others as well.

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Anatomy and physiology of life Poetry and prose from the heart. Self-help life truths. The free mind of a human god!

Leader.

The better man.

What’s the essence of love?? ‘Empathy.’ Compassion for those around us. The better person connects through compassion, not intellect, not overthinking. Too much thinking leads to judging too much.

The person who seeks wisdom is always opening his heart to life, to people, to all creatures. Don’t let your past dictate the measure of your love in the present. That’s all we have, love and compassion; because if we don’t then we have the opposite, hate and pride.

Leading yourself.

It’s not about leading others, but about leading yourself. And we truly lead ourselves by moving on and opening our hearts. Opening our hearts to new experiences, to new people, to new habits, to new places. Being compassionate with yourself then is allowing yourself to love, so you can move on, and you can build the new, and you can be an example to others so they may lead themselves as well.

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Anatomy and physiology of life Business mind. Self-help life truths. The free mind of a human god!

Using time wisely.

Time is limited

The time we have is all we get. Living in past memories, past hurt, the expectations of others, carrying all this guilt and negativity about some believed failure. Nothing good comes from all this. It’s of value to always remind ourselves that time is precious, and that we are here to be happy by moving on with something that makes us feel worth, success, happiness.

Nothing is a failure if you don’t let it be.

That’s very real. Failure is just a label, a belief, a philosophy put into your mind by family, friends, society in general. The only thing that is true is the belief in yourself. And when you believe in yourself everything becomes a learning lesson, not some failure.

When you truly believe in yourself you do not give up or become sad about not accomplishing something. Life is full of lessons. Believe in yourself throughout life and you will see the lessons.

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Anatomy and physiology of life Poetry and prose from the heart. Self-help life truths. The free mind of a human god!

Wise quotes…

Some quotes that have helped me:

“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
― William Shakespeare, As You Like It

“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
― Mark Twain

“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”
― Aristotle

“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”
― Socrates

“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”
― Aristotle, Metaphysics

The path to liberation

The way we live today, or the way our societies are built, may bring pressures, tensions, burdens. And for this, the path to liberation, to enjoyment of myself and my life, is wisdom, knowledge, insights to live better.

Obviously, experience is important; however, experience, living each day is not enough. I must cultivate myself through learning from the wisdom of others. So, it is my heartfelt desire that you take this into consideration and find the knowledge, the wisdom that can help you, in whatever situation you meet in your life.

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Anatomy and physiology of life Business mind. Poetry and prose from the heart. Stories to ponder.

Hobbies…

What are the best hobbies…??

The best hobbies are the ones which bring passion and commitment out of you, the ones that make you feel important and free. To me, the best hobby brings me pure joy and that sense of importance. The best hobby is more than just fun, because it has to give you discipline and love for what you do.

A guide to yourself

A hobby is also something that gives you quality time with yourself, and in this time you may ponder your feelings and thoughts more intimately. Because sometimes life gets too busy for us to ponder like this, hobbies are a wonderful source for making friendship with ourselves.

I find my writing, my painting, my drawing quite liberating; because it is what gives me pride, joy, self-discipline, and a sense of freedom and time to discover myself. And discovering ourselves is why we are alive, why we experience joy and misery, why we have the gift of self-awareness.

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Anatomy and physiology of life Business mind. Poetry and prose from the heart. Self-help life truths. The free mind of a human god!

Being yourself.

The freedom is in this

Freedom is the most important in life. Without freedom, we don’t feel love. Without the feeling of love, we become miserable and thus make others miserable too. But freedom then lies in our minds, because it all starts in our minds. Letting go of what others say, I become free. Letting go of the past, I become free. Letting go of all expectation, I become free.

Freedom is being yourself entirely

So, letting go of all I have mentioned leads you to being unique. Being unique means finding yourself. Because only by letting go of all this you can have the time and the energy to actually look into yourself and free your mind from carrying the burdens from the past, from others, and from all pressure. And being free requires you to become free of burdens, friend.

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About love & romance…

What is romance…??

Romance is a love connection, a poetic way to join us together. It is physical attraction, respect for one another, admiration for the personality of someone. And yet, it is a construct of society. It is an institution, honest, heartfelt; but no more than a tradition and a belief where sex has some importance.

Is romance love..??

Romantic feelings are strong. A strong desire to be with one another. A strong desire to connect through nice and poetic words. Love. But love is not “romantic love.” Romantic love is just another label. In all truth, love is a connection beyond labels. Love goes beyond the flesh and it has no thoughts of poetic nature.

What love is

Love is no label. When you see a beautiful horizon, or a beautiful woman, or a beautiful and innocent baby, or a stranger suffering in a war, or a whole nation in terrible pain from war.

In all this you feel empathy, a connection to the beauty, to the suffering, to the existence of love in you. Because love is a connection to all existence. It cannot be explained, because it is not of the mind. So when you love, remind yourself that love is pure empathy.

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Healing from wounds…

We are not our past

No one is fated to remain the same from our past. No one is doomed by the hurt of what was. We are what we choose to do now, looking forward, by thinking consciously and accepting that we can change and be better. And to be better than we were is always about moving on, and is always about discovering the value and honesty in yourself.

The mind can be a solitary place

All that burden. Perhaps bad memories. Maybe things we regret. Or just neglect from loved ones we feel. It all can get pretty heavy on us and make us start thinking that we can’t progress on our own. This is the darkest of our thoughts, and this can really become a solitary place filled with anger and frustration. Who would willingly like to live in a mind like this??

Healing yourself

We don’t heal by re-living bad memories, thoughts, and the things that were. I find that if I have a physical wound, for example, in order for it to heal I must not touch it. It might itch, sting, even hurt; however, if I keep touching it I make it worse and the wound starts to bleed more and more.

Now is a terrible pain that makes me weak and unable to feel healthy and happy to enjoy my life. The same happens with our memories, our past and all those things we must leave behind. We must be light and our minds free of burdens.

How I move on

1- You must create a purpose in your mind, and it has to be something truly important for you, something which makes you feel passionate and excited to work towards it daily.

2- You must give yourself the respect you deserve, which means not allowing thoughts of negativity, of doom and gloom to control the way you feel. It’s all about self-respect. All of it.

3- Trusting yourself is accepting that you will make mistakes and can move on from those. Trust is letting go from seeking perfection. You’re human, thus you will make mistakes. Accept this so your mind is ready to be strong when the time comes.

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Anatomy and physiology of life Business mind. Stories to ponder. The free mind of a human god!

The Light of Pure Love.

Loving with purity

You only get hurt when the way you love has attachment. Pure love has no attachment. To love with this purity, you must first love yourself above everybody and anything else. Pure love then only exists when there is higher understanding in you.

An understanding that the very existence of pure love in your life is only created by you, strengthened by you, and sanctified by you. The world suffers from lack of this higher understanding. Don’t join the world. Live in it, but don’t join it.

Problems when loving yourself

Our love is not pure, not true, non-existent, when we allow our minds to become overwhelmed by the world around us. If something bad happens, the mind is allowed to suffer for it, via self-pity, via anger and frustration. This distorts love and it shifts our attention to the illusion, and the illusion is what is out there. What matters is what is inside you, because how you feel is what’s real.

Feeling better

The journey is about self-discovery. Self-discovery cannot exist without our complete attention. So, we have to let go of what happens in the world, in our lives, the suffering, the childhood traumas, etc; and then we can focus 100% on how we feel, on working on feeling better, on self-discovery and healing. Once we do this, we can start to accept and love ourselves.

The habits

There is nothing more important than accepting and loving ourselves. This is not being selfish, but this is about filling yourself with empathy, kindness, love, in order to live a more positive, happy, successful life while giving the example to others. And for this, we must work on self-healing habits. Habits which make us feel proud of ourselves, joyful, and of great value to us.

I only seek the magic that’s within me.  While most grow up and forget, I just desire to remember it again.

And if you seek a coming-of-age story that brings fantasy and insight, gods and demons, and more, then you will absolutely enjoy this read  👇

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