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What defines you…

“Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life’s deepest joy: true fulfillment.” ~ Tony Robbins; American author, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and life coach.

“The healthiest competition occurs when average people win by putting above average effort.” – Colin Powell; American elder statesman and four-star general in the United States Army.


The ego-driven man, the one who lives focused on the fake thrill of material success, the one who lives envisioning a better future constantly, is the man who dwells in obsession and does not understand life itself, thus he makes selfish competition and running over others priority in his own life, thus he forgets his own greater self in the process. 

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But how can this man ever stop his own mind from searching and enjoy the moment if he is always seeking thrills and excitement…??  And how can this man experience the happiness living in each moment, whether considered good or not so good moment, when his mind is always lost in the outer pursuit of money and pleasures…??
This man can never know true happiness because for him happiness is a mere concept where he lives, in his mind, in his ego-driven lifestyle of selfish competition; thus, this man seeks out there constantly for value and for blissful experiences, but he never finds them because he misses the eternal condition within. 
He indeed misses that spark of love and intelligence, of wisdom and peace, living beyond his own ego-centered activity which keeps him always busy making money and trying to find ways to entertain himself more and more while escaping from his own inner emptiness.  He thus misses life’s moments with himself and his loved ones because he dwells in his rushing mind.

This lost man seeks things out there with the ego-driven process of selfish competition because he does not feel whole.

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But there is also the man who understands and knows that happiness really lies within himself, so he seeks nothing out there; but, out there in the world of form, he works hard, intelligently and faithfully, to acquire what he wants, he studies and analyses what he wants, but he never makes competition a priority because he is already whole.

He is full and does not need competition.  And so, whosoever is full and knows himself from within does not fall into the temptation of desperately seeking to be full further.  Thus this man is not greedy or envies others and tries to compete to be better.  He only works diligently each day to be unique, not better than the rest but unique as himself.

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What defines you as a human being each day indeed is the man or woman you decide to be in your thoughts and in your behaviors.

 

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That heavenly glory…

“Seeing the bigger picture opens your eyes to what is the truth.” ~ Wadada Leo Smith; American trumpeter and composer.

“If you spend your life over-analyzing every encounter you will always see the tree, but never the forest.” ~ Shannon L. Alder; American blogger, philosopher, and inspirational author.


The true beauty and great value of this life is in the mystery, is in knowing that no matter how enlightened and intelligent you are you can never know and understand everything; so, you get to always experience new things, always elevate your mind more and more, have deeper insights, develop more wisdom.


Of course, most people do not see life as rich and valuable as I just described it to you, because they focus on the details of what they go through instead of the whole picture, they tend to analyze to death every little thing, and this, of course, brings fear, confusion, daunting doubt which stops you from continuing forwards, and sometimes it also brings paranoia and terrible darkness to the already affected mind.

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If you focus on the finger pointing to The Moon, you will miss the magical journey which is seeing all the beauty in between the finger and The Moon, all the wonderful creations of Nature, all the heavenly glory which brings happiness and understanding to your expanding mind.
When you have a problem, a challenge in your life, you probably tend to focus and analyze all the aspects of your life which will be affected now, you also tend to regret what you did and think about what you should have done better. “What’s going to happen now…??”  “I cannot afford losing this or that!”  “There is no way out!   “This will bury me and destroy my future opportunities!”  “I can’t move on with my life; it is too late now…??”  etc. etc.

When your mind is overwhelmed like this, you are right, there is no way out, because you are willingly polluting yourself, willingly cutting yourself from clarity and love, peace and strength to create other routes; thus, you are focusing on the finger and missing all the heavenly glory of opportunities and clarity between the finger and The Moon.
Learn to see beyond the obstacles put in front of you by your own ego.  Learn wisdom, quiet your mind, flow with life and the challenges like fresh water flows in the river, be one with your life, be true to yourself.

Do this daily and you shall master your own life.
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Not the end of the road.

“Authenticity is everything!  You have to wake up every day and look in the mirror, and you want to be proud of the person who’s looking back at you.  And you can only do that if you’re being honest with yourself and being a person of high character.  You have an opportunity every single day to write that story of your life.”  ~ Aaron Rodgers; American football quarterback.

“I am not the richest, smartest or most talented person in the world, but I succeed because I keep going and going and going.”  ~ Sylvester Stallone; American actor and filmmaker.


The mind can be a fatalist making challenges seem daunting and mistakes seem like the end of opportunities for progress in life; however, these ways of the mind themselves are challenges, distortions of reality due to a lack of self-discipline, and this is what is needed for us to become stronger and master ourselves.

Nothing in this life is given to you, but you create it with your thoughts of inspiration and persistence, never stopping because you make a mistake or you fall.

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How can someone learn to understand and appreciate life if that someone gives up because of a bad experience or mistake…??  How can someone really practice true self-love and at the same time stop the expression of his human spirit from pursuing his dreams and goals…??  How can that someone embrace happiness every day if there is neglect to keep going and learning from mistakes…??

You were not meant to just cruise by and admit defeat, put a fake smile and pretend that you love your life as it is.  You must understand that life is not random, life is conscious, much more conscious and wise than the highest human I.Q., and even highest than any Enlightened human heart.  You are the creator of your life all the time; when you are conscious of what you create, you control what you create thus beauty surrounds you; but when you are not conscious of what you create, you are not in control of what you create thus ugliness surround you.

There is no mistake in life, not even if it is a major crime, that will mark you as garbage or sinful for ever, you have always the power within yourself to change and raise above yourself and what you did; so, your next choice, your current moment will modify it in your mind, you either learn from mistakes and bad experiences or you drown in a dark pool of self-pity and self-destructive thinking.

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Life in its wisdom moves and never stops, and the clock never stops either; therefore, be wise as life itself is wise, mind your time and your thinking, act accordingly and keep going always aiming to be better than yesterday.
 

 

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The Way…

“I do what I do because it is the right thing to do.  I am a warrior, and it is the way of the warrior to fight superior odds.”  ~ Paul Watson; Canadian marine wildlife conservation and environmental activist.

“Study strategy over the years and achieve the spirit of the warrior.  Today is victory over yourself of yesterday; tomorrow is your victory over lesser men.”  ~ Miyamoto Musashi; expert Japanese swordsman, rōnin, and author.


How great and empowering to the human soul is to be aware of the struggles of our past, how we overcame those obstacles with sheer will and inner strength; but, however, sadly most people forget and begin seeing future challenges as daunting and as even greater than the ones they overcame in the past.

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The Way to happiness and strength is inside you, found by living in the present moment, not in your memories of the past or visions of a future.  Become aware of this in your heart.
And that is when fear seizes their minds and petrifies them before further progress can be made.

And that is just the key to recall that challenging past, that strong word: ‘Awareness.’ 

See, life gives us challenges to analyze and learn how to master ourselves, how to strengthen our unruly minds and design our own paths; but the problem, which most people have, is that they are not really in the moment when they go through challenges–they are either thinking of the past or of the future–so their minds cannot really record or absorb the lessons in the present, thus they start forgetting what they lived through and the strength they have when new challenges arise.

So, to realize at all times that you are a warrior who can overcome all challenges set before you, you must practice awareness by analyzing and surveying your challenges, making a mental note of them and developing constant self-love; this will give your mind resilience and confidence, and you will not feel like a victim anymore but you will remember that you have the strength within you the moment you need it.
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The lion walks alone.

“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.”  ~ Alice Walker; American novelist, short story writer, poet, and activist.

“Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.”  ~ Albert Einstein.

 

In order to attain great, first your mind should be great, because all is mind and it all starts from mind; therefore, for a mind to be truly great, such shall be cleansed from the examples of a mediocre society and free from the chains of other people’s opinions and beliefs.  This mind must be unique in EVERY way; no fear shall be validated and fed, for this mind dwells in self-love and in its own purpose, and so that is all it knows.

You have to be yourself and create your own values in your own path, and that way you are the master of yourself, of your inner strength because you don’t depend on society for anything now; subsequently, due to this inner strength you have created within yourself, people can say whatever they want, economies will collapse, challenges will arise, but you will remain strong and resilient to all.

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“One of the greatest attacks of the enemy is to make you busy, to make you hurried, to make you noisy, to make you distracted, to fill the people of God and the Church of God with so much noise and activity that there is no room for prayer. There is no room for being alone with God. There is no room for silence. There is no room for meditation.”  ~ Paul Washer; American Christian evangelist.

In moments of great challenges is when we must trust ourselves the most and accept whatever is, and stop allowing the activities and the noise, the opinions and the beliefs of others to affect us.  When it comes to energy vampires, even though most ignorant people would not agree with this, it is about our minds and nothing else; therefore, absolutely no one can take away your peace and love if you don’t allow them, if you do not give in to what they say, to anger and to the fear and negativity they spread around you.

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“Sometimes, being different feels a lot like being alone. But with that being said, being true to that and being true to my standards and my way of doing things in my art and my music, everything that has made me feel very different, in the end, it has made me the happiest.”  ~ Lindsey Stirling; music artist.

So, appreciate those times when you can be by yourself and recharge, by knowing yourself, your thoughts and emotions; thus, you can grow in self-confidence and all self-love, so nothing can affect you and your mind becomes wiser to affront the turmoils of life.  Be perseverant and true to yourself, and don’t let the mediocrity of the masses attack and poison your integrity and your determination.

Study Lao Tzu’s wisdom in this: “I have three treasures.  Guard and keep them.  The first is deep love.  The second is frugality.  And the third is not to dare to be ahead of the world.  Because of deep love, one is courageous.  Because of frugality, one is generous.  Because of not daring to be ahead of the world, one becomes the leader of the world.”

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Enlightening matters.

“God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.”  ~ French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher.

There are people out there that all they do is watch the news about the world and wallow in its misery, whether animal killing or human injustice they are always complaining and suffering about something.  But this is not really living, because true living is to allow your attention to steer to more positive and enlightening matters.

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Of course there is suffering and misery in the world, that is why is the world; if there were no suffering and misery, then what would be the point of having a physical existence. What would we do without challenges…?? How could you know what happiness is without sadness…??

So, the terrible sin, if we could call it a sin, is to not focus your attention on the beautiful things in life.  Among the misery, suffering, and corruption, there is always some ray of sunshine; honor life, be conscious and look for the good things.

Once you practice this and emanate a positive view and peace out into the world, then you give your gift to the world, you beautify wherever your attention goes.

Stop asking questions in your mind and overwhelming yourself with whatever is ugly and sad in the world, be conscious of other people’s pain but do not dwell in it; if you do dwell in it, then your mind/your ego slowly will darken and you will adopt negative views which will affect you and your life.

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The Great One!

“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.”  ~ Thomas A. Edison; American inventor and businessman.
(He developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the motion picture camera and the electric light bulb you use.  He failed or found obstacles more than a thousand times, as he himself said in an interview; but, nevertheless, he never gave up because his full heart was in his work.  He turned out to be one of the greatest inventors of the world because of his philosophy of never giving up.)
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Life is progress and never stagnation, success and never failure; however, man’s ego in pure ignorance has invented this concept of giving up, of failure whenever life brings a challenge.
If you can truly understand with all your being that failure and giving up are just false concepts, things created out of ego’s fear, entities that do not really exist but that you allow your mind to create, then you will begin to see life for what it really is, progress which never stops beautifying and growing.  Thus your perception of life and of the challenges of life that you meet will change.

Do not follow the experiences or lifestyle of other people, even if they are your loved ones, but create your own path, your own magnificent destiny which has no limitations and fears.  When you follow your goals or dreams, get inspiration from great men and women who have achieved great and noble things in their own lives–for example, such men like Mr. Thomas A. Edison (in the quote above).

Quite often, most of us tend to think that goals are too big or that great success is not for us, because we look at the big goals and we shrink in fear; but, when that happens and you see that big goal in your mind designing fear, focus on little steps and not on big ones, be patient and work on small things day by day, slowly, with intelligence and wisdom, because small things in time will create the bigger thing, the big goal.
The ancient Chinese philosopher and writer Lao Tzu very wisely said, “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.”

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Be patient and constant in your work.

And the key to all progress: Do something you enjoy, because it might take you a long time to realize your goal or dream, and the only thing that is going to stop you from quitting and give you desire and energy to continue is the enjoyment you get from what you do.

Be wise in this, people, do not rush into commitments or into your work. Always analyze your goals or dreams first, trace steps to take, and if your heart is truly in it, then, start with all happiness and energy.

 

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