WHAT IS THE LINK BETWEEN OUR THOUGHTS AND LIFE?

HOW TO LISTEN OUR

THOUGHTS?

ALL THAT WE ARE IS THE RESULT OF WHAT HAVE THOUGHT. IT IS FOUNDED ON OUR THOUGHTS. IT IS MADE UP OF OUR THOUGHTS. IF A MAN SPEAKS OR ACTS WITH AN EVIL THOUGHT, PAIN FOLOWS HIM, AS THE WHEEL FOLLOWS THE FOOT OF THE OX THAT DRAWS THE CARRIAGE.

ALL THAT WE ARE IS THE RESULT OF WHAT WE HAVE THOUGHT. IT IS FOUNDED ON OUR THOUGHTS, IT IS MADE UP OUR THOUGHTS. IF A MAN SPEAKS OR ACTS WITH A PURE THOUGHT, HAPPINESS FOLLOWS HIM, LIKE A SHADOW THAT NERVER LEAVES HIM.

EARNESTNESS

EARNESTNESS IS THE PATH OF IMMORTALITY (NIRVANA), THOUGHTLESSNESS THE PATH OF DEATH. THOSE WHO ARE IN EARNEST DO NOT DIE, THOSE WHO ARE THOUGHTLESS ARE AS IF DEAD ALREADY.
HAVING UNDERSTOOD THIS CLEARLY, THOSE WHO ARE ADVANCED IN EARNESTNESS DELIGHT IN EARNESTNESS, AND REJOICE IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE ERECT.
THESE WISE PEOPLE, MEDITATIVE, STEADY, ALWAYS POSSESSED OF STRONG POWERS, ATTAIN TO NIRVANA, THE HIGHEST HAPPINESS.
IF AN EARNEST PERSON HAS ROUSED HIMSELF. IF HE IS NOT FORGETFUL, IF HIS DEEDS ARE PURE, IF HE ACTS WITH CONSIDERATION, IF HE RESTRAINS HIMSELF, AND LIVES ACCORDING TO LAW-THEN HIS GLORY WILL INCREASE.
FOLLOW NOT AFTER VANITY, NOR AFTER THE ENJOYMENT OF LOVE AND LUST! HE WHO IS EARNEST AND MEDITATIVE OBTAINS APLE JOY.
WHEN THE LEARNED MAN DRIVES AWAY VANITY BY EARNESTNESS, HE, THE WISE, CLIMBING THE TERRACED HEIGHTS OF WISDOM, LOOKS DOWN UPON THE FOOLS, FREE FROM SORROW HE LOOKS UPON THE SORROWING CROWD, AS ONE THAT STANDS ON A MOUNTAIN LOOKS DOWN UPON THEM THAT STAND UPON THE PLAIN.

AS A FLETCHER MAKES STRAIGHT HIS ARROW, A WISE MAN MAKES STRAIGHT HIS TREMBLING AND UNSTEADY THOUGHT, WHICH IS DIFFICULT TO GUARD, DIFFICULT TO HOLD BACK. AS A FISH TAKEN FROM HIS WATERY HOME AND THROWN ON THE DRY GROUND, OUR THOUGHT TREMBLES ALL OVER IN ORDER TO ESCAPE THE DOMINION OF MARA, THE TEMPTER.

IT IS GOOD TO TAME THE MIND, WHICH IS DIFFICULT TO HOLD IN AND FLIGHTLY, RUSHING WHEREVER IT LISTETH, A TAMED MIND RBINGS HAPPINESS. LET THE WISE MAN GUARD HIS THOUGHTS, FOR THEY ARE DIFFICULT TO PERCEIVE, VERY ARTFUL, AND THEY RUSH WHEREVER THEY LIST, THOUGHTS WELL GUARDED BRING HAPPINESS.

HAPPINESS

WE LIVE HAPPINLY INDEED, NOT HATING THOSE WHO HATE US! AMONG MEN WHO HATE US WE DWELL FREE FROM HATRED! WE LIVE HAPPILY INDEED, FREE FROM AILMENT. WE LIVE HAPPILY INDEED, FREE FROM GREED AMONG THE GREEDY, AMONG MEN WHO GREEDY LET US DWELL FREE FROM GREED. WE LIVE HAPPILY INDEED, THOUGH WE CALL NOTHING OUR OWN! WE SHALL BE LIKE THE BRIGHT GODS, FEEDING ON HAPPINESS. HEALTH IS THE GREATEST OF GIFTS, CONTENTEDNESS THE BEST RICHES, TRUST IS THE BEST OF RELATIONSHIPS, NIRVANA THE HIGHEST HAPPINESS.

HE WHO GIVES HIMSELF TO VANITY, AND DOES NOT GIVE HIMSELF TO MEDITATION, FORGETTING THE REAL OF AIM OF LIFE AND GRASPING AT PEASURE, WILL IN TIME EVERY HIM WHO HAS EXERTED HIMSELF IN MEDITATION.

THE BEST OF WAYS IS THE EIGHTFOLD, THE BEST OF TRUTHS THE FOUR WORDS, THE BEST OF VIRTUES PASSIONLESSNESS, THE BEST OF MEN HE WHO HAS EYES TO SEE. THIS IS THE WAY. THERE IS NO OTHER THAT LEADS TO THE PURIFYING OF INTELLIGENCE. GO ON THIS PATH, THIS IS THE CONFUSION OF MARA, THE TEMPTER. IF YOU GO ON THIS WAY, YOU WILL MAKE AN END OF PAIN. THE WAY PREACHED BY ME, WHEN I HAD UNDERSTOOD THE REMOVAL OF THE THORNS IN THE FLESH.

THE LIFE CHANGING
THOUGHTS

THE TRUTH IS, CHANGE IS THE ONLY CONSTANT IN LIFE AND HOLDING ON TIGHTLY TO WHAT WE KNOW ONLY LEADS TO MORE SUFFERING. SO THE KEY IS TO EMBRACE CHANGE, NOT RESIST IT!
EMBRACING CHANGE AND LETTING GO IS THE PATH TO TRUE HAPPINESS.
DAY BY DAY, WHAT YOU THINK AND WHAT YOU DO IS WHO YOU BECOME.
ONE MOMENT CAN CHANGE A DAY, ONE DAY CAN CHANGE A LIFE AND ONE LIFE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD.
INSTEAD OF TRYING TO FAKE IT UNTIL YOU MAKE IT, OPENLY ADMIT WHEN YOU'RE NOT SURE ABOUT SOMETHING AND WATCH HOW QUICKLY PEOPLE COME TO YOU AID.
BEING AWARE OF YOUR LIMITATIONS AND EMBRACING THEM ALSO LEADS TO A GREATER SENSE OF SELF-AWARENESS. THIS MEANS TALKING A DEEP DIVE INTO YOUR STRENGTHENS AND WEAKNESS, SO YOU CAN FOCUS YOUR ENERGY ON WHAT YOU'RE GOOD AT, AND SEEK HELP IN AREAS YOU NEED IMPROVEMENT IN.
THIS SELF-AWARENESS WILL LEAD YOU DOWN TO PATH OF PERSON GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, HELPING YOU BUILD CONFIDENCE FROM THE INSIDE OUT.
THE MOST IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS YOU'LL EVER HAVE ARE THE ONES YOU'LL HAVE WITH YOURSELF.
WHEN A PERSON CAN'T FIND DEEP SENSE OF MEANING, THEY DISTRACT THEMSELVES WITH PLEASURE.

ENJOY WITH FLOW OF

LIFE

DIVE INTO THE WORLD OF ULTIMATE ENJOYMENT WITH THE POWER OF "FLOW" ATTAINING THIS EUPHORIC STATE CAN BE ACHIEVED THROUGH TWO SIMPLE STEPS.

CHOOSE AN ACTIVITY THAT YOU'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT AND DO IT JUST FOR THE LOVE IT, WITHOUT ANY EXTERNAL MOTIVATION LIKE MONEY OR FRAME.
ENSURE THAT THE LEVEL OF CHALLENGE IN THE ACTIVITY IS PERFECTLY BALANCED, NOT TOO EASY OR TOO DIFFICULT, BUT JUST RIGHT.

TO FIND YOUR FLOW, FOCUS ON DOING SOMETHING THAT'S MEANINGFUL AND ENJOYBLE TO YOU. DON'T LET EXTERNAL FACTORS LIKE MONEY OR FAME CLOUD YOUR EXPERIENCE.

FOR THE SECOND STEP, GRADUALLY BUILD UP THE CHALLENGE LEVEL OF THE ACTIVITY. IF YOU'RE LEARNING A NEW GAME LIKE CHESS, START WITH AN EASIER LEVEL AND GRADUALLY INCREASE THE CHALLENGE AS YOU GET BETTER.

WHEN WE ARE NO LONGER ABLE TO CHANGE A SITUATION, WE ARE CHALLENGED TO CHANGE OURSELVES.

CHANGING ONE'S MIND ABOUT HUMAN NATURE IS HARD WORK, AND CHANGING ONE'S MIND FOR THE WORSE ABOUT ONESELF IS EVEN HARDER.

STAY PRESENT, AND CONTINUE TO BE THE OBSERVER OF WHAT IS HAPPENING INSIDE YOU. BECOME AWARE NOT ONLY OF THE EMOTIONAL PAIN BUT ALSO OF THE ONE WHO OBSERVE, THE SILENT WATCHER.

THIS IS THE POWER OF THE NOW, THE POWER OF OWN CONSCIOUS PRESENCE.