Simplify Things For Yourself!

It is a good idea to simplify your life as much as possible. Life is hard as it is, to complicate things further. I know for one, that I am one who take life excessively serious, and therefore creates so much stress for myself and even people around me.

Why not “chill”, for a while? Take your shoes of, let your hair down and pour yourself a glass of red wine, and just enjoy the moment!

Some Ideas To Simplify Your Life Some More:

1.      Don’t try to read other people’s minds.  Don’t make other people try to read yours.  Communicate.

2.      Be polite, but don’t try to be friends with everyone around you.  Instead, spend time nurturing your relationships with the people who matter most to you.

3.      Your health is your life, keep up with it.  Get an annual physical check-up.

4.      Live below your means.  Don’t buy stuff you don’t need.  Always sleep on big purchases.  Create a budget and savings plan and stick to both of them.

5.      Get enough sleep every night.  An exhausted mind is rarely productive.

6.      Get up 30 minutes earlier so you don’t have to rush around like a mad man.  That 30 minutes will help you avoid speeding tickets, tardiness, and other unnecessary headaches.

7.      Get off your high horse, talk it out, shake hands or hug, and move on.

8.      Don’t waste your time on jealously.  The only person you’re competing against is yourself.

9.      Surround yourself with people who fill your gaps.  Let them do the stuff they’re better at so you can do the stuff you’re better at.

10.  Organize your living space and working space.  Read David Allen’s book Getting Things Done for some practical organizational guidance.

There is not a religion, not an ancient or new technique, not an experiment, not a book, not a talk about self growing who does not refer to believing.

Of course, we are all the same but still very different, in so many ways. Do you wonder why this is so, as long as we all receive the same energy from the Source and we all are made of the same material? My conclusion is this: because of our beliefs. The difference among us is given actually because of the fact that each one of us believes something else. And this is what shapes our individuality.

The world is what you believe it is. The world is not what your eyes can see, is not what your ears can hear, is not what your nose can smell, is not what  your tongue can taste, is not what your skin can feel; and it is surely not what people around tell you it is. The world it is not even what you might think it is; it is only what you believe it is.

 If you don’t believe, let’s say, that you will survive to a snake attack, you are right! You won’t!

This is what I know for sure: the secret to achieve anything in this life is to believe. Because when you believe something, you make it real for you. You make it happen right in front of your eyes, while other people around you fail in making happen the exactly same thing. The difference between you and them is that you believe in it. And this is so because the reality around us gets fed from our beliefs. If you give it your energy, care and love through your beliefs it will get a shape eventually and will grow.

Try to think about something now and say inside of you: “I don’t believe that this exists!” It will simply go away from you, and of course will never bother you again unless you give it permission. If you don’t have something that you want or if you face hardships in getting it, that happens because you belief about it is weak or doesn’t exist at all.

We hear from many sources and for long time that we need to work on ourselves in order to get what we want and not to ask it from the others around. But nobody actually says clearly where we need to work first.

Whatever you believe inside of you, either is about yourself, either is about people or situations around you, will become true for you sooner or later. That is a fact, and that is real. I strongly believe that if there is something that keeps coming in our existence, making us asking why it shows over and over again, it is because it clearly presents to us our beliefs. You see, we even receive the guidance to see where the blockage is, so we can correctly identify the location where we need to work.

And it is easy to know what your beliefs are if you look around you.

Let’s take an example: if you believe about yourself that you are too fat for instance and you might think that you will get a partner who will see you beautiful just the way you are, actually, you will get a person who tells you the same thing: you are too fat. It is so, because the people around are not just a random crowd who you had the bad luck to meet, but they are here with a purpose: to always confirm what you believe.

When you start to accept with love and understanding that people, situation, finance, etc are actually in your life with the purpose to teach you something, to show you something, you start to understand that everything comes from deep inside of you. And as all around you reflects back to you what you believe, it is pretty easy to identify your beliefs and start working on them. I believe that the hardest part refers to accept yourself.

I will tell you how I come to understand and overcome it. There is no place in the entire Universe where you can hide from you. Running is a waste of time and energy. We all say the same: I don’t care, I will leave this horrible job and I will get a better one with nice people or I will leave this partner and I will get a new one. And you run, you hide, you struggle, you fight, and still, somehow, you get more of it: maybe a new building, a new office, a new company car, but the feeling reminds you of your previous job. You might even get a new partner, but somehow you see in him what you saw in your ex. And eventually you get deeper and deeper in the frustration and say to yourself: all the people are the same! You cannot trust them! You cannot find one honest man on this planet any more!

What you run from, will pursue you. Because it is your belief that feeds it. As long as you feed it by believing what you believe, it will live. And will follow you. Who is not following the source from where the food is coming from? Instead of running of something in life, accept it as part of it. Allow it to be with you and allow it to teach you the lesson. While you listen to it, surround it with love. Embrace it with care. When it will finish its job it will naturally disappear or go away. His task has been completely.

I will share with you my experience from a couple of days ago: I went shopping and for the first time in my life I forgot to take back my credit card from the cashier register. I felt a strange feeling of still remaining in the store and look at the new products. In this time one of the ladies came after me and gave me my card back. In that moment I thought that this situation happened to my manager just the day before: he walked away from a restaurant without his credit card. And when I heard that I thought: how distracted can you get in a public place to forget something so important? And I did the same mistake. You see, we judge each other, we think we are superior one to another, but in the end we are all the same and we all do the same mistakes.

It is very easy to judge the others. But actually you judge yourself. You beat yourself up; you criticize yourself, because the mirror of the people around reflects right back to you.

You don’t think the other is distracted or not good enough, you think that about you actually. You don’t think that the others are worse than you. You actually believe that about yourself.

It is easy to observe. But it is very hard to accept, listen, forgive and love. That is a skill that we all need to work on it on a daily basis.

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In this article we will be looking at a few of the advantages you can enjoy by learning more about neuro linguistic programming.

Neuro Linguistic Programming can be discovered and its knowledge obtained in a variety of ways. There is one popular method that is easily available, and that is using subliminal recordings that contain NLP strategies. NLP involves changes in habits of thinking, and that is what the approach is as your unconscious mind takes-in the new information. These type of recordings are usually aimed at a particular benefit that you want, or to get rid of a certain problem. Here are a few examples for you: increased confidence, overcome fear of flying or speaking in front of people, stop smoking, losing weight.

There is a highly effective technique called reframing in NLP, and the skillful application of it can change a person’s entire life. Reframing is simply taking a word, idea or belief and changing the “frame” of it, or the way we think about it. The effects of reframing can make possible for removing limitations that really are self-imposed. Not surprising, but advertising/sales and politics often make heavy use of reframing. What is often fascinating is the way political candidates and parties will reframe the same issue but for their own gains. Which is best? An older politician knows the system and can get things done, and the younger one has more energy plus fresh new ideas, etc – reframing the same thing.

Some people discover that the most practical way to gain knowledge of neuro linguistic programming hurriedly is to look for an experienced physician in their local community. You might also want to search for a seminar. While you can teach yourself NLP, it is sometimes beneficial to have someone who is knowledgeable to work with you. NLP utilizes a variety of means that include hypnosis and a skilled physician can rapidly teach you exercises and means that you can use on your own. The best thing about this procedure is that you shouldn’t have to go to an NLP physician for several years to get findings. The purpose is to become self-sufficient and not have to be dependent upon on a therapist. Before you go to an NLP practitioner, make sure to find out about their credentials and experience.

One of the best characteristics of neuro linguistic programming is that it can be applied to just about any kind of situation. There is so much more to NLP than we have talked about, and the range of uses is pretty amazing, we think. Be brave, and be willing to challenge the beliefs that quite often only serve to limit what you can do in life.

NLP, which stands for Neuro Linguistic Programming, has helped millions of people since it was developed in the 1970s. NLP can be used in many ways, such as helping your self confidence, communicating more effectively and improving your business skills.

Mouvements oculaires en PNL (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

In this article we will be looking at a few of the advantages you can enjoy by learning more about neuro linguistic programming.

Neuro Linguistic Programming can be discovered and its knowledge obtained in a variety of ways. There is one popular method that is easily available, and that is using subliminal recordings that contain NLP strategies. NLP involves changes in habits of thinking, and that is what the approach is as your unconscious mind takes-in the new information. These type of recordings are usually aimed at a particular benefit that you want, or to get rid of a certain problem. Here are a few examples for you: increased confidence, overcome fear of flying or speaking in front of people, stop smoking, losing weight.

There is a highly effective technique called reframing in NLP, and the skillful application of it can change a person’s entire life. Reframing is simply taking a word, idea or belief and changing the “frame” of it, or the way we think about it. The effects of reframing can make possible for removing limitations that really are self-imposed. Not surprising, but advertising/sales and politics often make heavy use of reframing. What is often fascinating is the way political candidates and parties will reframe the same issue but for their own gains. Which is best? An older politician knows the system and can get things done, and the younger one has more energy plus fresh new ideas, etc – reframing the same thing.

Some people discover that the most practical way to gain knowledge of neuro linguistic programming hurriedly is to look for an experienced physician in their local community. You might also want to search for a seminar. While you can teach yourself NLP, it is sometimes beneficial to have someone who is knowledgeable to work with you. NLP utilizes a variety of means that include hypnosis and a skilled physician can rapidly teach you exercises and means that you can use on your own. The best thing about this procedure is that you shouldn’t have to go to an NLP physician for several years to get findings. The purpose is to become self-sufficient and not have to be dependent upon on a therapist. Before you go to an NLP practitioner, make sure to find out about their credentials and experience.

One of the best characteristics of neuro linguistic programming is that it can be applied to just about any kind of situation. There is so much more to NLP than we have talked about, and the range of uses is pretty amazing, we think. Be brave, and be willing to challenge the beliefs that quite often only serve to limit what you can do in life.

Do we love ourselves enough to leave that verbally and physically abusive relationship? Do we love ourselves enough to get our finances in order to have a better financial future?  Do we love ourselves enough to demand respect from our friends and mates?  The list could go on, but the underlying theme is how much do you love yourself?

As I sit and think about my past relationships, family members, friendships, and even financial situations, I can reflect on instances where I should have done better.  I (or we) should have wanted more for ourselves.

Yesterday is gone and those decisions have been made.  However, every day is pregnant with possibility and opportunity.  Evaluate yourself, your relationships, your friendships and even your finances.  Are you getting what you feel you deserve in those areas?  Are you truly happy in those areas?  If not, Love Yourself enough to want more!

Everyone is constantly educating themselves each day, whenever they learn something new. Even learning how to use an app or navigating facebook’s latest layout are forms of education.

A classical education strikes a certain chord with many people as being almost divine. The intelligent character in movies is often described as being classically educated. And it always comes hand-in-hand with a higher standard of living and a more subtle appreciation of the finer things in life.

If we are always educating ourselves, why not shift this to a more classical focus?

First, let us look at what makes up a classical education. Then we can go through some easy steps that you can follow to educate youself in this way in no time. Links to helpful websites are provided. There is no reason why you should not improve your life and your mind permanently if it only takes a month!

In classical times, every free citizen was entitled and indeed expected to have a classical education. To be free and not take advantage of this was to lower oneself to the level of a mere slave. Any Roman citizen, regardless of gender or family status, was entitled an education as long as they were free.

The classical education is founded on the ‘trivium’, which has 3 parts, and is completed with the ‘quadrivium’, which has 4 parts. Together, these 7 parts are called the ’seven liberal arts’.

The foundation, the trivium, is very important. It is based on the idea (which is supported both my modern pedagogy and neurology) that in order to think creatively or analytically, you need to have some facts upon which to base your analyses. You cannot, for example, deduce whether the statement ‘France is on the Moon’ is true or not if you know neither of France or the Moon. You need to accumulate some basic facts before higher education can begin.

The three parts of the trivium are grammar (rules of written language), logic (rules of thought), and rhetoric (rules of spoken language and debate). Since medieval times, grammar has often been supplemented with a basic knowledge of geography and science, especially biology (e.g. knowing animal names and the function of body parts).

After the trivium is mastered, the quadrivium begins. These four arts require more high-order thinking than those of the trivium, and someone without a good grasp of logic or reasoning will often end up memorising rules instead of really understanding what they are learning. Studies show that sadly this is the state of most modern high schoolers when they learn.

The four parts of the quadrivium are mathematics (numbers), astronomy (where we are in space), geometry (visual mathematics), and music (the study of mathematics and time).

How can you learn these 7 arts?

First, the trivium:

You probably already have much of the basic knowledge of grammar and logic. Rhetoric is not taught much these days, unfortunately, but you certainly would have picked up some. To refresh yourself in these three areas so that you fully master the trivium, there are plenty of free online resources. You will need to read one book on each of the 3 parts of the trivium, which, depending on your reading speed, will take 3 weeks.

If you are willing to spend some money, buy “An Introduction to Traditional Logic” and read through it. Don’t worry about doing it all cover-to-cover, just ensure that you get a good feel for the subject so that you can more easily tell when someone is using a logical fallacy and you won’t be fooled by it.

There are many Grammar books available. I prefer “English Composition and Grammar: Complete Course”, but there are plenty of other free ones online.

For Rhetoric, which will help you avoid being persuaded or mislead by the media and false arguments, “Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student” is a great read, although again, there are many others which are just as good.

Read these three books, or 3 others of your choosing, and you have finished the trivium. You are now no longer easily mislead or fooled, and are just about impervious to media propaganda. Well done!

Next, the quadrivium:

I reccomend Wooden Books, which can be read for free online (although the text is small) and cover mathematics, music, basic science, astronomy, geometry, and many others in short and easy to understand booklets.

Go to the Wooden Book website and read these 12 books:

Useful Mathematical Formulae, Q.E.D, Essential Elements, Evolution, The Human Body, The Compact Cosmos, Sacred Number, Sacred Geometry, The Elements of Music, Harmonograph, Platonic & Archimedian Solids, A Little Book of Coincidence.

Each book is 30 pages long and designed for anyone as young as middle-school children to read them. Work through them over a week or so and you will have learned the quadrivium.

You now have a deep understanding of both the arts and science, and have the logical and analytical foundation to use them properly. You are now classically educated!

The 7 liberal arts comprised the intellectual education of ancient times. These days, a little more is required, so bear with me and read on for 3 more points to really refine your skills.

The more you read, the more you know. It isn’t rocket science. Although we forget most of what we read, we always retain some of it. So read a lot. Here is a list of 50 novels to be read, over a year (one each week). You can compile your own list or follow this one. It is a good idea to list the names of novels you have heard reference to but have never read (such as “The Odyssey” by Homer). Make a list and work through it, or at least read a synopsis of each online to understand what it is about. You don’t have to spend a year on this–spend as long or as little as you like. If you don’t like reading novels or lack the time, click on the ‘Random Article’ button on the Wikipedia homepage and read one article every day or so. To be educated these days, you need to read.

Become an expert in something. Make this thing something slightly old-fashioned, that is, not something electronics-based if you can manage it. Take up a hobby like drawing and learn all you can about it.

Finally, the ability to speak another language is a sign of intellect these days. Latin and Ancient Greek are probably considered the most educated of all languages to learn. For a crash course in basic Latin (where you will be reading and understanding Latin in 5 minutes), you can purchase Lingua Latina (an excellent book) or you can test the waters with Learn Latin in Five Minutes.

If you cover the 7 liberal arts and follow them up with these last 3 steps, not only will you view the world around you more clearly and with less uncertainty, but your sense of self-worth will improve and others will begin to see you as a more intelligent person. Good luck with improving your life this way!

So long as you are holding memories, traumas, and emotions in your chakras, they will be blocked and your channel will be closed. This is why people struggle with emotional release, manifesting, and creating their perfect life! The chakras will take the information you have stored there and continually generate it into your thoughts, emotions, and body! The information is also sent to the Universe and this is why so many people don’t experience results with the Law of Attraction. No matter how much effort they make to change their thinking and release old hurts, the information they are holding in their chakras works to undermine their efforts by transmitting all the trauma and emotion to the Universe. You will see this will people who are trapped in the same patterns, having the same financial problems, and experiencing the same dysfunctional relationships. This leads us to our first secret:

•Secret #1: Clear Your Chakras! Work with a qualified clairvoyant energetic healer to identify and remove all the things you are storing in your chakras. This will allow you to make a fresh start and more easily manifest your desires. Having your chakras cleared should make you feel clearer, lighter, more calm, and even younger! Most people experience a profound difference and tell me they feel good for the first time in years! This lightness is how are we meant to feel, but the events we hold onto drain us of energy and make us feel heavy.
•Secret #2: Belief and Intention! Believing you have the ability to manifest your desires, and putting intention into everything you do, is a sure way to increase your ability to have the things you want in your life. Nothing can be accomplished unless you believe it can. Working with someone to clear yourself of false beliefs that keep you feeling powerless is extremely helpful. When you can approach life like the child who believes anything is possible and who intends that everything they do is successful, you will find yourself manifesting like never before!
•Secret #3: The Power of Words! Our words are a direct manifestation of our thoughts. Our thoughts direct the energy from Spirit and bring it forth into physical manifestation. What we say, we create. It is vitally important that we pay attention to our words and their effect on our Physical Being. When we speak words of love and forgiveness we are strengthened and when we speak words of hate or anger, we are weakened. This is not religious dogma; this is a verifiable phenomenon. You can test this by creating a ring with your thumb and forefinger and holding it as tight as you can. With your other finger, try to break the ring. The force it takes you to break the ring is your base strength.

Now you can experience the effect the following words/thoughts have on your spirit and how they affect your strength. Repeat the following phrase three times out loud. Then attempt to break the ring. Notice how much strength is required with each phrase and whether you are strengthened or weakened by the words you have used.

•“I love myself.”
•“I hate myself.”
•“I try to love myself.” You will see that when you ‘try’ to love yourself, you are the weakest of all, even more than hating yourself! This is because the concept of try is false. It sets you up to fail.

Applying these three secrets into your efforts to manifest your desires will make the Law of Attraction work for you!

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• Reason #1: The Law of Attraction. The Law of Attraction states that what we send out we draw to us. So if we are projecting past problems and failed relationships to the Universe, we are likely drawing the same situation, over and over again. Without even realizing it we might be sabotaging ourselves from having a good relationship right from the start.
• Reason #2: Triggers. In addition to drawing situations to us, the information stored in our chakras is often ‘triggered’ by the other person interacting with our energy. For instance, if we have issues about men cheating, we will repeatedly find ourselves in situations of being cheated on or things that make us question it. The insecurity and strain this brings makes it almost impossible to develop the trust that is essential in healthy relationships and creates a sense of animosity.
• Reason #3: Perfect Pictures. We tend to absorb our parents’ views about love, romance, dating, and marriage. If Mom’s idea of the perfect marriage deals with money, we might adopt the belief that the “perfect guy” is rich. If Dad’s belief of the “right woman” is that she is blond, then we might find ourselves only dating blonds. The ideals that get implanted in us subconsciously often play a large role in limiting our options by narrowing our vision.
• Reason #4: Influence. Without even realizing it we pick up on the thoughts and feelings of others. If our parents secretly don’t like our partner, we may find ourselves questioning the relationship. If our partner’s parents secretly don’t like us, we may find ourselves feeling suddenly insecure in a relationship. Pressure and influence can be exerted without our even being aware of it. But it can definitely affect the outcome of our relationships!
• Reason #5: Forgiveness. When problems occur it is important that we forgive and release them from our space otherwise they become energetic ‘clutter’ that congests our chakras and allows the next offense to simply build on the old. Before we know it, we have a towering pile of heavy energy and resentment. Forgiveness is the simple art of “letting go”. It keeps our space clear and open to love and happiness.

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Succeeding at something that seems unattainable can be very difficult. It can be made even more difficult when your family and friends know what you are trying to achieve but they go out of their way to prevent you from working on your goal.

After speaking with a friend recently about her education (I actually used to mention my own higher education but not anymore, and for a very good reason), I immediately thought of my own, but more importantly, the similar experience I went through with a career goal sprang to mind. It can be a tragic thing to work hard at something, put a lot of time, money and effort into something, just to have it confiscated from you by family and friends in the name of “concern for your welfare.” Imagine pouring hours, time, money into something you really love. Why do families do this to other family members?

Many time a family can become anxious and lose a family member if the latter has a desire to get ahead, achieve something great and unusual that no one else in the family has. Achievements as such can lead to jealousy, dissent, even accusing the person of putting one’s goals ahead of family. Here, there is a zero-sum game between family and its individual members, or at least is perceived to be. The friend told me that she had no intention of giving in to her family whatsoever since she was responsible for her own self-development. True to form in the Ayn Rand school of Objectivist thought, my friend is a real-life example of how one can overcome obstacles when attempting to pursue a goal. Some people believe that if one is silent about one’s goals, one has a greater chance of achieving the goals. Conversely, if one decides to tell every living person, family and friends included, about certain goals, obtaining those goal will be short-changed. When this happens, all kinds of emotions can run wild, from frustration, self-abnegation, and depression. Lacking the capacity to forgive those who have destroyed one’s dreams can also arise. This is the downside of being prevented from pursuing one’s dreams and can have life-long consequences.

But it is not just the pursuing of a college degree that can invite comments of disdain from others. Having a bachelor’s degree then going on to pursue a master’s degree can also result in similar treatment from the wrong people. Consider the individual who casually mentions this situation to a friend. The friend is a college graduate, has a bachelor’s degree, and has a full-time job making good money. Yet for some reason the friend is not happy about her friend pursuing an advanced degree. This actually happened to me, when I then realized I made a big mistake about discussing my academic goals with someone else. Later on I understood her jealousy of me through someone else. On the surface it seems like this person probably wanted an advanced degree too but chose not to pursue it, or was prevented by doing so on the part of family and friends.

Since then – the incident took place seven years ago – I have never mentioned nor discussed my higher education with anyone. If someone asks me if I’ve been to college, I reply honestly with a “Yes.” But that is all I say, then move on to another subject. For some people, myself included, in-depth discussion of education is very private territory, on a par with religion, politics, and sex.

1. Read something new every day. Even if it is just a few pages of a book that ultimately takes months to finish, you will get into the habit of continuously learning and therefore continuously improving. Try to read multiple genres for maximum impact. Reading a lot also improves your spelling and, depending on the standard of what you read, writing skills.

2. Go outside at least once a day. Spend at least a few minutes walking in the fresh air. This is a great habit for your mental health—we evolved to live outside, and studies have shown that not seeing green for too long slows down mental functions.

3. Compliment someone at least once every day. In the long run this will make you feel good about yourself as well, boost your self-esteem, and make those around you happier and like you more. For the really hard-core, compliment someone you dislike. You can do this by complimenting their actions rather than their personality. Even the most distasteful person will do good things evey once in a while. After all, even a broken clock is right twice a day.

4. Help someone at least once every day without asking for or expecting anything in return. Even if it is simply tidying up the kitchen before your parents get home, giving someone directions, or helping your little brother learn how to tie his shoes. You will become less lazy in the long run, which makes you more likely to earn more money when you are older. This also will make those around you happier and appreciate you more.

5. Grow something. It is very well to see on television or read in books about how things grow, but until you actually do it, there will be much that you cannot appreciate. It is just like riding a bike—some things need to be done to understand them, they cannot be learnt by hearing about them. Most of the food you eat was grown by someone, and by growing your own you are slightly better able to understand that.

6. Look after an animal. Not a completely domesticated one, but one with some wild instincts left. Studies have shown that spending time with animals makes people happier, and this will also help you appreciate the needs of animals better.

7. Travel somewhere new, even if it is just the next city. When you get there, do not stick to the places that you already have in your own city (McDonalds etc.) but take advantage of the new things that this place offers. There are too many people who go to foreign countries and benefit nothing real from them because they are too nervous to try new things.

8. Learn some of another language. This will help you understand English better, believe it or not. Knowing about sentence structure and declensions is very difficult to see in your own first language, but if you learn another you can compare them easily. If you learn enough, this will also help you understand how just by speaking a different language can affect the way people view the world.

9. Learn about your favourite things. Spend half an hour online learning all sorts of trivia about your favourite animal, food, place, etc. If you do this once a week, you will gain a huge amount of knowledge. This also makes it easier for you to talk to people, as most become very interested in random trivia that you can casually use in conversation.

10. Become scientifically literate. This means not only that you know how to read charts and graphs, but also that you can see logical flaws in arguments like “if I play my favourite numbers then I’m certain to win the lottery!” This is your biggest asset in decision making when you are older, and you can filter the majority of information from the media through this ability. You will realise that a lot of what you hear as ‘fact’ on television has very shaky foundations.