Tag: Life

The ultimate wiring.

Our brain has something like 100 billion neurons. Of course, as we all know or should know to better control our own behaviors and work towards better futures, different experiences create or build different neural connections which evoke in us various emotions, and also shape our conceptualizations of the world around us. And, therefore, depending on the neuronal stimulation, certain connections between neurons become stronger and others weaker. This is called neuroplasticity.

The same happens to our musculature. So, when we exercise certain body parts more than others, these ones being exercised become stronger, the other ones weaker, and vice versa. If we exercise all or most of our muscles, then, we become stronger in all the exercised parts.

The point is, Rationality and Emotional Resilience work the same way; neural connections all of them that can be, through focus and persistence, modified or strengthened, mastered and controlled to do our bidding and not let circumstances, or other people, tell us how to think or behave. We can control our own actions and our own future exactly, by controlling our responses and our perceptions.

Whatever we are doing at any given time, we are physically shaping or modifying our brains or neuronal connections anyway, so why not shape or modify these neuronal connections to make ourselves stronger, more intelligent, more talented, better in every aspect to create better futures for ourselves??

Norepinephrine, amongst other neurons and neurotransmitters of the brain, triggers a defensive state when we feel or sense that our thoughts or opinions have to be protected from the thoughts or opinions of others. When this happens, the chemicals released to build this defensive state in our brains are the same chemicals being released when we encounter a life-or-death situation (as in many cases of stabbings or shootouts that have happened due to misunderstandings or different opinions).

Furthermore, in this defensive state, the more primitive part of our brain (our reptilian brain) interferes with our rational thinking process, and so the limbic system can annul most of our working memory, ergo causing narrow-mindedness. One example is fear and its hold on most people; fear being quite often irrational, because people let negative thoughts and irrationality control them and paralyze them without taking the time and effort to intelligently analyze the situation beforehand themselves.

So, by focusing on our inner life and being aware or mindful of the thoughts, either positive or negative, rising within us, basically and especially before reacting to a situation, we are growing mentally, spiritually, AND ‘PHYSICALLY’–‘physically’ because we now have a different perspective of ourselves in every aspect, we become self-confident and attractive due to our consciousness shift, and others see this as well, and because we become magnets for opportunities we did not have before.

Because life as beautiful as it really is, behind the ego-mind and the stresses we create for ourselves, is in our perceptions which indeed can be strengthened and made better, for beauty is really in the eye of the beholder, as they say.

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Self-help life truths.

The thorn we allow.

“When we have painful memories from hurting experiences, we may feel justified in holding on to the resentment. But resentment is corrosive. It doesn’t affect the person we feel anger toward, it destroys the host.” ~ Susan L. Taylor; American editor, writer, and journalist.

Painful memories

Memories, specially painful ones, have the power to arrest our bodies, even our clear thinking; however, they only hold that power if we allow them to, because memories are just thoughts which somehow have stayed with us throughout our lives, and thought is always an entity we can watch.

Quite often, we go ahead and entertain painful memories because deep inside we like to feel like victims or feel that somehow if we remind ourselves of the pain we’d be less guilty, or, even worse, through reliving painful memories the ego manifests that we deserve our guilt.

This is getting some form of twisted pleasure from feeling guilt and blaming ourselves and carrying that weight on us over and over again–i.e., a sort of masochism, and certainly ignorance.

And, as we all know, self-blame is one of the most toxic forms of emotional abuse. It amplifies our perceived inadequacies, whether real or imagined, and paralyzes us before we can even begin to move forward. And what is even worse, because it poisons your body and causes all kinds of tension, and it changes your mood and the vibrational state of your entire body, your loved ones and all people you come in contact with are affected too.

As Buddha wisely said: “Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.”
Painful memories are always there; but you can accept them and move on, do not engage with them as they emerge; or you can allow them to make you suffer and cripple your emotional body while affecting you and others you love.
Your life.
Your choice.

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Stories to ponder.

The transfiguration.

“The ultimate aim of the ego is not to see something, but to be something.” ~ Muhammad Iqbal; Indian poet, philosopher, politician, academic, barrister, and scholar.

Year 2045.

In a distant world where thinking deeply got you in trouble, where going against the establishment and its rules got you excommunicated and locked behind bars.

A dirty and trembling man sits upon the floor within his enclosed jail cell, close to him The Lord of Darkness himself sits under the form of a bright window…

…After several minutes had passed under stress and thoughts of grim death, the man dares finally ask, “Who–Who are you…??”

The Deceiver responds in a haughty and soothing tone after a poised chuckle, “You know who I am, Adam. You brought me here, to this… place you chose.”

The dead air stunk of sweat and hell ashes. Adam swallowed nervously, “…I didn’t choose this. And I didn’t bring you here.”

He was in meditation, brooding deeply. “Thoughts, intentions, and actions open portals into that which is represented by light or darkness in the cosmos. You chose your fate.”

Screams of anguish and people being punished pollute the air further. “Am I dreaming..?? This must be death… Is it not…??”

“How amusing you are.” His lips curled into something someone could call a smile of derision, “Life is all there is. Death, what you call death, is but a door into a higher level of consciousness, one level you cannot achieve in this… pitiful form you carry… No, not death. This is something else.”

“What is this then?”

“This is your world, the one you’ve chosen. Everything exists still, no life passes away; your wife, your children, even your dog, they all live. But you can’t see them, you lost that privilege when you chose me into your life.” The air became electric and cool. The bright window form became dark and the scenery through it purely wretched. “There is a balance for all that exists, Adam. You pushed on that balance too far, and life became… well this.”

Silence corroded the dungeon.

The Deceiver pierced his eyes, “Did you think your rebellious nonsense wouldn’t upset the balance of your life? Did you ever think of your family, how your selfish actions would affect them?… No, you were too self-involved. Your ego and your beliefs, thus your illusions mattered most to you. Congratulations on killing them. Congratulations on choosing me.” Then he vanished into thin air.

Tears began streaming down Adam’s face bathed on the memories of his family being killed in a shootout with police. It felt like he finally understood his whole world had come down on him. Several minutes he felt darkness consume his soul, grip his mind with a vise. His screams filled the air with terror!

Suddenly, a ray of electrified light came down, penetrated the jail, and swallowed him whole! His body and mind became light and each cell of his composition was stretched and filled in.

When he woke up next to his wife, his children were jumping on the bed. Covered in sweat and stinking of hell ashes, he ran to his bedroom window: Darkness and wretchedness had gone…

He looked at his wife and kids, then understood that he needed to stop being selfish and thinking about how to bring down the government, others and their nonsense, he understood that following others means being self-centered and radical while praising his own ego in any situation…

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Poetry and prose from the heart. Stories to ponder.

Fire and Ice…

“When truth has no burning, then it is philosophy, when it gets burning from the heart, it becomes poetry.” ~ Muhammad Iqbal; British-Indian philosopher, poet, academic, politician, barrister and scholar.

Fire and Ice, Love And Fear

Godly ripples in the ether of mind,
Rich essence of me without bind.
Monsters and ghouls as rulers behest,
Dark and confusing thought stressed.

My way and my step were under siege,
Life and Death my tyrannous liege;
I had fallen in the whimsical illusion each day,
The cruel devastation of my life I did pay.

She was burning coal and I frozen rock,
For two opposites met the imminent shock;
Love existed but my form never knew,
For fear within my wretched soul grew.

The clock had become my foe as well,
The rushing entity of misery in Hell.
The winds took a message in the fall,
You wanted to see me in the ball.

Anxiety and doubt filled my many day and night,
Fear had cursed my mind and it allowed no light;
Dreams of the fire that consumed my house,
The deaths of my dog, children, and spouse.

My face had been severely under fire,
But I was marked and living most dire,
And the wounds of my heart had no heal,
The essence of love from my soul had conceal.

A book of ancient mystery and great lore,
A bright and fateful day strengthened my core;
It told about poles and degrees of the mental plane,
How to transmute fear and reach a higher gain.

The fear stayed but let in some light then,
There was this new confidence from the wise man.
I chose to give my life one more try,
Perhaps developed I had the inner eye.

Danced all night with you and saw your smile,
That ball gave me an opportunity with no guile;
You were perfect in your dress by me near,
I took my lesson, Fire and Ice, Love and Fear.

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Business mind. Self-help life truths.

Getting luster.

“You’ve done it before and you can do it now. See the positive possibilities. Redirect the substantial energy of your frustration and turn it into positive, effective, unstoppable determination.” ~ Ralph Marston; professional football player.

I believe being effective in a world and society like ours is not that popular and common, and people rather live easy lives and be mediocre because that is what others do; however, look around you–people suffering, making over and over again wrong decisions and never learning, people leading their own lives blindly and looking for motivation in their environments instead of in their goals and in themselves, people following anger and stress in their everyday lives due to blaming governments, society and other people instead of themselves, etc. etc. I believe learning to be effective and putting in practice excellence is what we need.

The world is yours, you are the world, so whatever you think of others and of what others do, if you complain and bother yourself with this, then it is time you look into yourself and fix things.

And to fix things in yourself, you must be effective in what you do, in what and how you organize yourself, you must focus on your own life, on your own growth.

Once you accomplish this and master yourself in efficiency, you will not wish to waste your time and energy complaining about others and becoming a victim of what happens around you.

Take charge of your life.
If not now, when…??
Life is precious, don’t waste it.

Following, some personal tips on being more effective and on mastering yourself and your situations:

Top habits of effective people

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Self-help life truths. The free mind of a human god!

The attention shift.

“Beautiful things happen in your life when you distance yourself from negative things.” ~ Zig Ziglar; American author, salesman, and motivational speaker.

Life is positive progress in its original essence, but we design stress and situations which we may deem ugly or negative; however, because there is positive and beautiful things in life, albeit hidden under the stress and ugliness, we may shift our attention to them anytime we allow our thoughts to deviate from what is overwhelming us or producing anxiety.

That is like getting stressed and angered by the world we live in, but then going for a few hours to swim or spend our time in the world of the fish; there we take a break from our world to recharge and shift our focus and attention towards the colorful and calming fish and sea life.

It is truly wise and godly when we remind ourselves and have the habit of shifting our attention to the small and beautiful things in life, such things which can recharge our batteries and make us feel like we indeed are in charge of our lives, where we decide where our full attention goes and we decide when to take a break from our stressful lives.

Give yourself time to heal and absorb the wisdom and energy from your subconscious in those times in life which may be a bit stressing, do not give in to anger and stress, but shift your full attention to small and beautiful things.

Do not neglect God.

_Imagination is where you can go after all the stress, the blaming, the arguments.When you retire to a place in silence and allow your thoughts to stop nagging, then you can feel your he

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Self-help life truths.

Beyond the chaos.

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“But as for you, be strong and do not give up, for your work will be rewarded.” ~ 2 chronicles 15:7

Among all the chaos and misery, whether from devastating hurricanes or from whatever it is we go through, there is always a small hope. You could call it very or extremely small, but it is always there. This light shines brightly within us all, no matter the stress or the challenges we go through; however, we perhaps direct our attention outwards to what is challenging us, and this is the struggle we all must go through at some point in our lives. I went through it when I lost family members years ago and I did not know what to do with my life, and maybe you already went through your own things as well, or you are right now.

But always remember who and what you truly are.

Everything is a test.
Anything can be built again.

There is wisdom in all that happens, even if our stress and sufferings will not let us see and understand. We are beyond our stress and suffering, beyond all these mental and physical events that take place; we are eternal, thus eternal strength, eternal wisdom, eternal and beyond the nuisances of this world.

We must see beyond time and the things lost in time. Time passes and things can be re-built, our lives can be fixed and re-directed towards a fruitful path. This is the value of this physical life, that there exists no real loss unless is because of mental choice or attachment.

In the words of Buddha: What you think, you become. If you have faith and perseverance, thus think you can re-build, then you can.

Stop seeing the misery and the bad, by starting to see beyond that.

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The free mind of a human god!

Forged extraordinary.

“Unlike a drop of water which loses its identity when it joins the ocean, man does not lose his being in the society in which he lives. Man’s life is independent. He is born not for the development of the society alone, but for the development of his self.” ~ B. R. Ambedkar; Indian jurist, economist, politician and social reformer.

As human beings, we begin to understand the depth of life once we mature or our minds mature, or so we should. It is then internal evolution the one which facilitates the greatness of the human spirit through our mental and physical expressions.

“The Wisdom of The Gods”

In spite of what our ignorant society claims, that an adult is over 21 or around such age, that an adult is the one that can drive a car, that an adult is this and that in the grandiose and illogical norms built today, an adult is really beyond all that pitiful nonsense; because, if logically defined, an adult is a person who lives constantly great integrity based on accepting, respecting, and deeply knowing his own human condition–all this cemented within his own conscious awareness as habits and ways of living, following honest and practical principles which may guide him/her into higher levels of conscious growth and more profound understanding of him/herself and others.

As a consequence of this, we have the realization of ‘The wisdom of the gods’: The inexhaustible wisdom we all have within us beyond the thought and the flesh we carry around, beyond the physical aspects of all happenings and the egotistical perspectives and opinions we may have built.

As human beings we live under Universal Law, whether we believe in it or not, and whether we know it or not; and is this perfect and all-knowing Law that determines the degree of adulthood we have reached through the reactions we choose to adopt when challenges arise.
But, in the ignorant and egoistical attempt to control life, the ones that believe maturity and wisdom comes with age and with sheer desire of the mortal mind, are the ones that suffer the most–through rushing into relationships at any age, through believing that they always make the best choices based on their high education and intellectual prowess, through believing life and society owes them something for having lived and worked hard for a very long time, through not accepting that times and the way the world works change and demand a new adaptation of the human mind, through believing they are always in the right because they lived the toughest experiences in life.

There is no excuse for pursuing the world and forgetting the wisdom which is character of a god, because that is like asking and nagging yourself to get a car without knowing and wanting to learn how to drive it. It is pointless. In the same sense, life is about facing challenges and growing in wisdom, elevating yourself, learning or knowing how to drive the car.
If you don’t learn how to drive properly, what’s the point in having it…?? Crashing over and over again…??

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Self-help life truths. The free mind of a human god!

The golden original.

“Our uniqueness, our individuality, and our life experience molds us into fascinating beings. I hope we can embrace that. I pray we may all challenge ourselves to delve into the deepest resources of our hearts to cultivate an atmosphere of understanding, acceptance, tolerance, and compassion. We are all in this life together.” ~ Linda Thompson; American songwriter/lyricist, actress, and beauty pageant winner.

As human beings are born is purity, originality, the true essence of individuality is each of us, but as challenges rise and the people surrounding us shape us to their views and experiences, our powerful subconscious change and absorb new views, they store beliefs and ideas which are not deeply us and which do not define us. So we grow up and cement these ideas and beliefs as our own, we lose or bury that spark of uniqueness, of individuality, of creativity that defines us, that is really us.

But, of course, we still carry that spark within us, no matter how old or polluted by vices we are; however, most of us have forgotten what makes us really unique, special, powerful, able to be whatever we want to be, and that is why most of us cannot really figure out how to achieve great success in our lives, and so we start praising and following others we call geniuses or even people which we deem better than us–i.e., religious people, celebrities, politicians, spiritual teachers, athletes, etc. etc.

You must look within yourself and figure out the wisdom lies in you, that it always was in you, you just had to take the time and stop your mind from telling you who to follow and what to be.

If you want to figure out who you are and how to achieve more, then, stop your mind from all the noise and commanding over your life, listen to your heart with patience, do not rush into any decision (rushing is what creates problems and mediocrity most of the time), and convince yourself that you can master yourself and think positive to allow progress into your own life.

Do not compare yourself to others or to the accomplishment of others. Comparing yourself will keep you down and allow your ego to belittle you.
Be really unique again.

There is that originality, that uniqueness, that creativity still inside you, no matter if you are 90 years old. Originality, all creativity is your energy, the energy within each atom that makes your body.

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Self-help life truths.

The smoking gun.

“Let the refining and improving of your own life keep you so busy that you have little time to criticize others.” ~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.; American motivational author.

There seems to be a distortion in the rationale of most human beings, one which is clouded and poisoned by our own subconscious habits, and it is the fact that criticism takes over and lashes out onto others. There is not enough looking into oneself and fixing one’s own issues, which is self-love and so the mind occupies itself on something actually worth to our human condition, but instead the lazy and easy path is taken to tear down others and build this false sense of superiority in oneself. This is the very opposition of wisdom.

How many times you have looked at the news and criticized the way society does something or the way people behave? How many times you have criticized your family and friends? Why do you allow the actions of others to annoy you enough to grab your own attention so you say something to criticize or belittle them?

Human beings have this process the ego has created and which is being allowed to rule their interactions, it has become part of their habits even, where if there is something wrong with the world (whatever it might be) is time to criticize, like some automatic button pushed right when something they don’t like happens.

And most of us do this because the better and wiser habit of looking into ourselves and into our own behaviors is not there, it hasn’t been built into us, because the ego is lazy and it takes honesty and courage with ourselves to have this self-love and inner contemplation, something we haven’t worked on.
For the ego it is easier to criticize others–i.e., our families, friends, coworkers, even people we do not know–and it gives us a false sense of superiority and responsibility disguised as love and constructive criticism.

But this process is the illusion we built out of ignorance and pride, it does not elevate our human spirit but it shrinks it. Conscious elevation can only happen if we are actually conscious and have developed authentic self-love, for once we have developed this we can pour this true love onto others and truly help; but, until then, whatever we do by criticizing and however we disguise it, is an illusion which harms our very awakening.

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Painful memories

This is getting some form of twisted pleasure from feeling guilt and blaming ourselves and carrying that weight on us over and over again–i.e., a sort of masochism, and certainly ignorance.

Year 2045.

In a distant world where thinking deeply got you in trouble, where going against the establishment and its rules got you excommunicated and locked behind bars.

A dirty and trembling man sits upon the floor within his enclosed jail cell, close to him The Lord of Darkness himself sits under the form of a bright window…

…After several minutes had passed under stress and thoughts of grim death, the man dares finally ask, “Who–Who are you…??”

The Deceiver responds in a haughty and soothing tone after a poised chuckle, “You know who I am, Adam. You brought me here, to this… place you chose.”

The dead air stunk of sweat and hell ashes. Adam swallowed nervously, “…I didn’t choose this. And I didn’t bring you here.”

He was in meditation, brooding deeply. “Thoughts, intentions, and actions open portals into that which is represented by light or darkness in the cosmos. You chose your fate.”

Screams of anguish and people being punished pollute the air further. “Am I dreaming..?? This must be death… Is it not…??”

“What is this then?”

Silence corroded the dungeon.

Suddenly, a ray of electrified light came down, penetrated the jail, and swallowed him whole! His body and mind became light and each cell of his composition was stretched and filled in.

When he woke up next to his wife, his children were jumping on the bed. Covered in sweat and stinking of hell ashes, he ran to his bedroom window: Darkness and wretchedness had gone…

He looked at his wife and kids, then understood that he needed to stop being selfish and thinking about how to bring down the government, others and their nonsense, he understood that following others means being self-centered and radical while praising his own ego in any situation…

Fire and Ice, Love And Fear

The world is yours, you are the world, so whatever you think of others and of what others do, if you complain and bother yourself with this, then it is time you look into yourself and fix things.

And to fix things in yourself, you must be effective in what you do, in what and how you organize yourself, you must focus on your own life, on your own growth.

Once you accomplish this and master yourself in efficiency, you will not wish to waste your time and energy complaining about others and becoming a victim of what happens around you.

Take charge of your life. If not now, when…?? Life is precious, don’t waste it.

Following, some personal tips on being more effective and on mastering yourself and your situations:

Give yourself time to heal and absorb the wisdom and energy from your subconscious in those times in life which may be a bit stressing, do not give in to anger and stress, but shift your full attention to small and beautiful things.

Do not neglect God.

Everything is a test. Anything can be built again.

In the words of Buddha: What you think, you become. If you have faith and perseverance, thus think you can re-build, then you can.

Stop seeing the misery and the bad, by starting to see beyond that.

You must look within yourself and figure out the wisdom lies in you, that it always was in you, you just had to take the time and stop your mind from telling you who to follow and what to be.

Do not compare yourself to others or to the accomplishment of others. Comparing yourself will keep you down and allow your ego to belittle you. Be really unique again.

Take charge of your life.
If not now, when…??
Life is precious, don’t waste it.

Everything is a test.
Anything can be built again.

Do not compare yourself to others or to the accomplishment of others. Comparing yourself will keep you down and allow your ego to belittle you.
Be really unique again.