How does one run away from reality? You might say that you can turn a blind eye or deaf ear and simply neither see nor hear what is going on. Alternatively you might perhaps see what is happening but not allow yourself Enterasys 2B0-020 exam to feel any emotional response to the situation. You could see something that is happening but interpret its meaning quite differently to that which is obvious. And of course, you could turn tail and flee.
There are probably many more ways which one could find so as to avoid a reality which you do not wish to deal with. In the movie "Black Swan" you can see how someone might find a release of emotion is enabled by drawing blood; most people do not experience this reaction, but for some people self-harm is used to provide some form of release and relief.
It is not uncommon for a person to choose to focus on a physical symptom of something as opposed to tracking down emotional causes. It is an easy way in which one can turn a blind Enterasys 2B0-023 exam eye and run away from reality whilst at the same time kidding yourself that you are in fact doing everything that you can to help yourself.
We get colds and flu like symptoms and simply take pills and potions to alleviate the symptoms without thinking to look at the root causes and employ some form of preventative measures. We suffer from anxiety and depression and many of us are more likely to take pills than to look inside our minds and see what is actually causing our issues.
And so although one can see how it is possible to run away from reality in many different ways, it is also clear that we create our own reality in the way in which we choose to focus. The reality which we create is based upon how we chose to see the world. This is our own unique and personal reality. For us it is real, whereas an observer may say that we have simply made it up through the way in which we have chosen to focus.
Once we understand that we do indeed create our own reality through our choice of observation and focal points, we can also appreciate that we can also change our reality simply by changing the way in which we think.
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Wednesday, 11 January 2012
Sacrifice - The Road to Self-Discipline?
For many of us, sacrifice means we are going to have to give up something we love. It seems to carry a negative connotation, but when we look a little deeper into its definition and ourselves, is sacrifice dressed up in the guise of Enterasys 2B0-104 exam self-discipline? My trusty computer dictionary defines sacrifice as "an act of giving up something valued for the sake of something else regarded as more important or worthy." So what is it we really love that we are losing? Could it simply be about day-to-day choices such as the choice between an immediate, short-term gain serving our ego's needs versus the delayed, long-term gratification serving our spiritual, emotional and physical needs? More concretely put, do I smoke a cigarette to relax or do I meditate? Do I react with anger to anger or do I breathe deeply and practice peace, love and joy? Do I jog 20 miles a week to lose weight faster, or do I discipline myself to the daily practice of yoga knowing it may take two years to lose the 10 pounds I might gain because I stopped smoking?
As I mull over how sacrifice has played out in my life, the phrase wherever we go, there we are comes to mind. "Wherever we go, whatever we do, we take ourselves with us. We take all our beliefs, pain, fears, and anxieties with us. People leave relationships, enter new ones and find themselves in the same situation. Different day; Enterasys 2B0-019 exam
On the flip side, whether I am holding a yoga posture, writing, meditating or working with a client, my day-to-day experiences provide me with the opportunity to practice self-discipline and to sacrifice the quick-fix, band-aid solution for the sustainable, valued future. This has not always been the case as during my first 40 years, my ego desperately wanted it all, wanted it now and was not interested in thinking about the costs that I (or others) might incur. As I was leaving my 30s, I listened to the uneasiness within and asked, "What brings me peace, love and joy?" I made two lists - Ego's Needs and Soul's Needs. A somewhat shocking discovery followed. None of the items on the ego's list brought me to the path of peace, love and joy. Instead, I was wandering about aimlessly "having it all" in the societal definition but missing a sense of meaningfulness and passion. Surviving but not really thriving.
Simply put, sacrifice is self-discipline. It is all about saying No to what no longer serves us and saying Yes to what does. My rational mind sees these words and says, "How is that not obvious to everyone and easy to achieve?" However, the emotional and sometimes quite irrational stuff of our unconscious and subconscious minds diligently resists this logic. My inner struggle between logic and emotion emerges as nervous energy or restlessness. I have been able to reduce this dis-ease by TB0-116 disciplining myself to stay in the present moment and to enjoy each leg of the journey instead of racing after results much like in the classic fable of the hare and the tortoise. How do you create discipline in your life to ease dis-ease and enhance your joy? What old habits of immediate gratification do you still cherish over sustainable well-being?
As I mull over how sacrifice has played out in my life, the phrase wherever we go, there we are comes to mind. "Wherever we go, whatever we do, we take ourselves with us. We take all our beliefs, pain, fears, and anxieties with us. People leave relationships, enter new ones and find themselves in the same situation. Different day; Enterasys 2B0-019 exam
On the flip side, whether I am holding a yoga posture, writing, meditating or working with a client, my day-to-day experiences provide me with the opportunity to practice self-discipline and to sacrifice the quick-fix, band-aid solution for the sustainable, valued future. This has not always been the case as during my first 40 years, my ego desperately wanted it all, wanted it now and was not interested in thinking about the costs that I (or others) might incur. As I was leaving my 30s, I listened to the uneasiness within and asked, "What brings me peace, love and joy?" I made two lists - Ego's Needs and Soul's Needs. A somewhat shocking discovery followed. None of the items on the ego's list brought me to the path of peace, love and joy. Instead, I was wandering about aimlessly "having it all" in the societal definition but missing a sense of meaningfulness and passion. Surviving but not really thriving.
Simply put, sacrifice is self-discipline. It is all about saying No to what no longer serves us and saying Yes to what does. My rational mind sees these words and says, "How is that not obvious to everyone and easy to achieve?" However, the emotional and sometimes quite irrational stuff of our unconscious and subconscious minds diligently resists this logic. My inner struggle between logic and emotion emerges as nervous energy or restlessness. I have been able to reduce this dis-ease by TB0-116 disciplining myself to stay in the present moment and to enjoy each leg of the journey instead of racing after results much like in the classic fable of the hare and the tortoise. How do you create discipline in your life to ease dis-ease and enhance your joy? What old habits of immediate gratification do you still cherish over sustainable well-being?
Say I Can Now And Fill In Your Blank
Are you like millions of other people in the world today that needs to get permission?
Permission to be happyPermission to be successfulPermission to be wealthy
Who is going to give you permission to do any of these things? Most people are so Enterasys 2B0-018 exam busy just taking it for them self.
You need to give your self permission to have all of those things by using the two most powerful words in the world.
When a desire is added to the end of these two words if forms a complete sentence.
These two words need to be heard and repeated over and over again. We need to use these two words every day in place of some other words that are less positive.
These two words:
I CAN are the two most empowering words that your ears can hear you say.
Why is it so important to hear I CAN?
I can be happyI can be successfulI can be wealthy
Yes you can be all of these things. Give your self permission and take action.
When you become Enterasys 2B0-100 exam truly aware that all we see is the human form however, what lies under that are cells and tissues that get broken down into smaller and smaller parts until we are just atoms.
Little energetic atoms vibrating and moving at the speed of light, all contained by the field of our body. The slightest movement or sound effects the speed of the vibration just like your thoughts affect your mood.
If your pool of energy was a pond with a mirror finish, calm and beautiful And you threw in a rock, what do you suppose would happen?
There would be a splash and then several ripples that gravitate out in a circle and affect all of the water around it.
When we raise our vibration it works just like that rock. It spreads a circle and effects all of the vibrations around it. Vibrations from other humans, animals, plants and the entire universe.
The two words I CAN have the capability of raising your vibration so much that you will notice a change in your world. TB0-111 A positive feeling of energy that is so strong that it just makes you feel good.
That feeling that you get of feeling so good is absolutely addictive. You will never want to go back to the way you felt before!
I know you can, now you just need to know you can.
Permission to be happyPermission to be successfulPermission to be wealthy
Who is going to give you permission to do any of these things? Most people are so Enterasys 2B0-018 exam busy just taking it for them self.
You need to give your self permission to have all of those things by using the two most powerful words in the world.
When a desire is added to the end of these two words if forms a complete sentence.
These two words need to be heard and repeated over and over again. We need to use these two words every day in place of some other words that are less positive.
These two words:
I CAN are the two most empowering words that your ears can hear you say.
Why is it so important to hear I CAN?
I can be happyI can be successfulI can be wealthy
Yes you can be all of these things. Give your self permission and take action.
When you become Enterasys 2B0-100 exam truly aware that all we see is the human form however, what lies under that are cells and tissues that get broken down into smaller and smaller parts until we are just atoms.
Little energetic atoms vibrating and moving at the speed of light, all contained by the field of our body. The slightest movement or sound effects the speed of the vibration just like your thoughts affect your mood.
If your pool of energy was a pond with a mirror finish, calm and beautiful And you threw in a rock, what do you suppose would happen?
There would be a splash and then several ripples that gravitate out in a circle and affect all of the water around it.
When we raise our vibration it works just like that rock. It spreads a circle and effects all of the vibrations around it. Vibrations from other humans, animals, plants and the entire universe.
The two words I CAN have the capability of raising your vibration so much that you will notice a change in your world. TB0-111 A positive feeling of energy that is so strong that it just makes you feel good.
That feeling that you get of feeling so good is absolutely addictive. You will never want to go back to the way you felt before!
I know you can, now you just need to know you can.
Positive Environment Vs Negative Environment
If someone is still not success in life, it might high possibility due to the environment you are in. Have you ever take it seriously when analysis your environment? Who do you stick with? What's your working Extreme Networks EW0-100 exam environment? What's your learning environment? What you learn from the environment? And what you apply, follow the environment?
Let's check out some simple example: Singapore is one of the world's fastest walkers. Why not only half of it walking fast and the other half walk slowly? It's because of environment. Notice it or not, your environments will change your living habits.
For another example, why some country crown as most commit suicide rate country? So you think its coincidence? It's because of the environment too.
*I'm not telling you to blame the environment, as you can choose to change or stick and grow with it.
Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them. | W. Clement Stone
How positive environment can help you in achieving great success in your life? When you stick with lots of people with great knowledge, you'll "automatic" gain lots of knowledge when you're with them, and even better, they'll change your habits to go out and seek for more knowledge.
Let's compare 2 working environment, in which here I'm taking sales as example:
Environment A is a team of salesman with positive attitude, hard working, consistence, high experience in sales, always seek and learn more, and with monthly achieve of 1 million sales and above!
Environment B is a team of salesman with lazy, blame this and that attitude, "waiting for salary" habit, with monthly sales achieve of below 5K.
Which Extreme Networks EW0-300 exam do you think will help you grow faster and achieve more? Definitely that Environment A will change you to become more positive, in terms of work hard, positive attitude, mindset and also your achievement. That's why successful people will likely and prefer to stick with other successful people, because they know how important is the environment and people they stick to.
What you know is not important, but who is know, yes.
*Of course, it won't judge the 100% of you, but somehow you'll get affected by the environment no matter its positive or negative environment.
Some of the real life example that I've always seen is that, children from very poor life, it's either they'll be the same poor as their parents do, or they'll have a strong desire to giving his/her family a great life, thus they'll work much harder than others on everything, because they know they need to and they must, in order to survive. In an opposite example, those who comes from a very rich family, they'll either with a great environment, or "great environment" that determine who he/she will be in the future. A great environment would be how his/her parents teach them and grow them; while some of the rich people, their children will only be enjoying life to the fullest without knowing what's their life target. Usually those from "great environment", they'll end up losing the ability to survive in the society, and become dependent towards the family. Again, the environment changes a person's life.
Even the school you're studying is changing and inputting new thinking in your mind. When teachers whip on you due to your poor result, bad habits, they are actually inputting mindset that: when soft ways won't work, brutal can.
Stay in ASC-090 a good environment, and you're taking a leap to success.
There're a lots more about environment that can change your life? So what's yours?
Do you live under a great environment? If you're not achieving great success in life, is the environment one of the factor? If it is a bad environment, when will you take action to change?
Let's check out some simple example: Singapore is one of the world's fastest walkers. Why not only half of it walking fast and the other half walk slowly? It's because of environment. Notice it or not, your environments will change your living habits.
For another example, why some country crown as most commit suicide rate country? So you think its coincidence? It's because of the environment too.
*I'm not telling you to blame the environment, as you can choose to change or stick and grow with it.
Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them. | W. Clement Stone
How positive environment can help you in achieving great success in your life? When you stick with lots of people with great knowledge, you'll "automatic" gain lots of knowledge when you're with them, and even better, they'll change your habits to go out and seek for more knowledge.
Let's compare 2 working environment, in which here I'm taking sales as example:
Environment A is a team of salesman with positive attitude, hard working, consistence, high experience in sales, always seek and learn more, and with monthly achieve of 1 million sales and above!
Environment B is a team of salesman with lazy, blame this and that attitude, "waiting for salary" habit, with monthly sales achieve of below 5K.
Which Extreme Networks EW0-300 exam do you think will help you grow faster and achieve more? Definitely that Environment A will change you to become more positive, in terms of work hard, positive attitude, mindset and also your achievement. That's why successful people will likely and prefer to stick with other successful people, because they know how important is the environment and people they stick to.
What you know is not important, but who is know, yes.
*Of course, it won't judge the 100% of you, but somehow you'll get affected by the environment no matter its positive or negative environment.
Some of the real life example that I've always seen is that, children from very poor life, it's either they'll be the same poor as their parents do, or they'll have a strong desire to giving his/her family a great life, thus they'll work much harder than others on everything, because they know they need to and they must, in order to survive. In an opposite example, those who comes from a very rich family, they'll either with a great environment, or "great environment" that determine who he/she will be in the future. A great environment would be how his/her parents teach them and grow them; while some of the rich people, their children will only be enjoying life to the fullest without knowing what's their life target. Usually those from "great environment", they'll end up losing the ability to survive in the society, and become dependent towards the family. Again, the environment changes a person's life.
Even the school you're studying is changing and inputting new thinking in your mind. When teachers whip on you due to your poor result, bad habits, they are actually inputting mindset that: when soft ways won't work, brutal can.
Stay in ASC-090 a good environment, and you're taking a leap to success.
There're a lots more about environment that can change your life? So what's yours?
Do you live under a great environment? If you're not achieving great success in life, is the environment one of the factor? If it is a bad environment, when will you take action to change?
Positive Thinking And The Law Of Attraction
The Power of Positive Thinking was something I had experienced in my life many years before I had heard about the Secret or the Law of Attraction.
Since the release of the film "The Secret," millions of people all Exin EX0-111 exam over the world are now experiencing how the power of Positive Thinking and the law of Attraction will create miracles for you if you can grasp the concept and apply it into your life on a daily basis.
If you are unhappy with your life as it is right now, then change it right now!
The Law of Attraction teaches us that we create our own lives through our thoughts.
"All that we are is a direct result of what we have thought." Buddha (563 BCE-483 BCE)
"As a man thinks, so he becomes" Proverbs
If you wake up in the morning feeling down and negative about your life then by the Law of Attraction you are going to attract more things to be negative about. But if you can just switch your thoughts into more positive Exin EX0-112 exam thoughts by the Law of attraction, you must attract more positive things into your life.
The good news is that through positive thinking and the Law of Attraction you can change your life in an instant!
How powerful is that!
If you are unhappy with your life you can change it right now!
Here are a couple of things I use that work for me.
Focus on what you have, not on what you don't have. This will send out positive vibrations into the universe that will bring you more things to feel good about, if you focus on what you don't have yet you could subconsciously be sending out negative vibrations.
Be grateful everyday when you wake up. You have just been given another opportunity to live the life you want.
Don't focus on someone else and think "I want to be like them" You are unique. Focus on you and make sure you are the best in everything you do. Make other people think they want to be like you.
Never look back; unless that's the direction you want to go in. Every new day in your life is a new opportunity for constant improvement.
Make today even better than yesterday!
Those are a few of the things ASC-029 that help me apply The Power of Positive Thinking to the Law of Attraction.
What things do you do to help you create positive thoughts?
Please share them with us all in the comments section below.
Since the release of the film "The Secret," millions of people all Exin EX0-111 exam over the world are now experiencing how the power of Positive Thinking and the law of Attraction will create miracles for you if you can grasp the concept and apply it into your life on a daily basis.
If you are unhappy with your life as it is right now, then change it right now!
The Law of Attraction teaches us that we create our own lives through our thoughts.
"All that we are is a direct result of what we have thought." Buddha (563 BCE-483 BCE)
"As a man thinks, so he becomes" Proverbs
If you wake up in the morning feeling down and negative about your life then by the Law of Attraction you are going to attract more things to be negative about. But if you can just switch your thoughts into more positive Exin EX0-112 exam thoughts by the Law of attraction, you must attract more positive things into your life.
The good news is that through positive thinking and the Law of Attraction you can change your life in an instant!
How powerful is that!
If you are unhappy with your life you can change it right now!
Here are a couple of things I use that work for me.
Focus on what you have, not on what you don't have. This will send out positive vibrations into the universe that will bring you more things to feel good about, if you focus on what you don't have yet you could subconsciously be sending out negative vibrations.
Be grateful everyday when you wake up. You have just been given another opportunity to live the life you want.
Don't focus on someone else and think "I want to be like them" You are unique. Focus on you and make sure you are the best in everything you do. Make other people think they want to be like you.
Never look back; unless that's the direction you want to go in. Every new day in your life is a new opportunity for constant improvement.
Make today even better than yesterday!
Those are a few of the things ASC-029 that help me apply The Power of Positive Thinking to the Law of Attraction.
What things do you do to help you create positive thoughts?
Please share them with us all in the comments section below.
Positive Visualization - Developing the Will to Win Mindset
When I was playing rugby as youth and later when I started coaching various youth age group players I observed that the fastest, strongest and the most skilled player usually achieved the most in the game. When I became Exin SCNP_EN exam a professional rugby player and then after retirement I started coaching elite academy players I began to notice that these factors did not seem to matter as much anymore since everybody was fast, strong and skilled. Now this got to me wondering. But as time went on it became obvious that the critical difference was something that Simon Cowell has brought to everyone's attention over recent years and that's the so-called X-factor.
The Will and the Desire to Win.
What is this will and desire to win? Simply put, it is your personal drive and desire to be successful in every endeavor that you face and in every task that you do. You may not be aware of it but this will and desire to win is the critical factor in all your endeavors. It will determine if you are successful in business, in sports and in life. Bear in mind it is not related to your physical prowess i.e. your strength or ability. Winning is just not about a sports game or a simple daily task. But winning is having that never say die attitude and outlook that allows you to successfully overcome any and all obstacles that life throws in your face.
How can you develop the desire to win? Simple.
Developing this desire to win comes from having regular and consistent experiences of winning a lot. However, you can't experience the euphoria of Exin SCNS_EN exam consistent winning until you master the vital and all powering technique of positive visualization.
Creative Positive Visualization Is the Key- The Key to Your Life's Success.
Positive visualization is the process of developing a clear image of what you want to create i.e. scoring that goal/try, making that pass, holding that trophy etc, and combining it with a strong positive feeling and emotion. A study carried to establish the effectiveness of creative visualization was carried out by some Russian scientists on a group of elite Olympic athletes, analyzing their different training schedules. One group's regime consisted of 100% physical training. Another consisted of 75% physical training and 25% mental training, The third was split 50% physical training and 50% mental training and the fourth group consisted of 25% physical and 75% mental training. The test results revealed that group four, who devoted 75% of their training time to creative visualization outperformed all the other groups.
Positive Visualization Techniques
The simple and easy process of positive visualization can be had through:
-Meditation
- Mental Projection
- Rehearsing
-Planning
- Foreshadowing
Affirmations and Positive Visualization
To turbo-charge the effectiveness of your positive visualization, it is recommended to add auto-suggestion or affirmations to the process. When adding affirmations and to ensure their optimum effectiveness ensure they are:
1. Personal, where you picture your very self
2. Positive and Success Focused- Affirm what you want and not what you don't want
3. Stated in the present tense, as if you've already achieved it
4. Emotion and energy filled. Get involved and passionate
5. Make them short and specific, and so making them easy say and remember
The power of Positive Visualization should never be underestimated, and it should be integral part of every program of success It will give 250-370 you the ability to learn how to hurdle obstacles, fears and trials that may have seemed insurmountable in the past. Coupling visualization techniques with the burning desire and the will to win will turn you into an unstoppable force. When your competition is on a par with you in terms of skill strength and ability, these are the things that will give you the edge.
Start getting the edge now!
The Will and the Desire to Win.
What is this will and desire to win? Simply put, it is your personal drive and desire to be successful in every endeavor that you face and in every task that you do. You may not be aware of it but this will and desire to win is the critical factor in all your endeavors. It will determine if you are successful in business, in sports and in life. Bear in mind it is not related to your physical prowess i.e. your strength or ability. Winning is just not about a sports game or a simple daily task. But winning is having that never say die attitude and outlook that allows you to successfully overcome any and all obstacles that life throws in your face.
How can you develop the desire to win? Simple.
Developing this desire to win comes from having regular and consistent experiences of winning a lot. However, you can't experience the euphoria of Exin SCNS_EN exam consistent winning until you master the vital and all powering technique of positive visualization.
Creative Positive Visualization Is the Key- The Key to Your Life's Success.
Positive visualization is the process of developing a clear image of what you want to create i.e. scoring that goal/try, making that pass, holding that trophy etc, and combining it with a strong positive feeling and emotion. A study carried to establish the effectiveness of creative visualization was carried out by some Russian scientists on a group of elite Olympic athletes, analyzing their different training schedules. One group's regime consisted of 100% physical training. Another consisted of 75% physical training and 25% mental training, The third was split 50% physical training and 50% mental training and the fourth group consisted of 25% physical and 75% mental training. The test results revealed that group four, who devoted 75% of their training time to creative visualization outperformed all the other groups.
Positive Visualization Techniques
The simple and easy process of positive visualization can be had through:
-Meditation
- Mental Projection
- Rehearsing
-Planning
- Foreshadowing
Affirmations and Positive Visualization
To turbo-charge the effectiveness of your positive visualization, it is recommended to add auto-suggestion or affirmations to the process. When adding affirmations and to ensure their optimum effectiveness ensure they are:
1. Personal, where you picture your very self
2. Positive and Success Focused- Affirm what you want and not what you don't want
3. Stated in the present tense, as if you've already achieved it
4. Emotion and energy filled. Get involved and passionate
5. Make them short and specific, and so making them easy say and remember
The power of Positive Visualization should never be underestimated, and it should be integral part of every program of success It will give 250-370 you the ability to learn how to hurdle obstacles, fears and trials that may have seemed insurmountable in the past. Coupling visualization techniques with the burning desire and the will to win will turn you into an unstoppable force. When your competition is on a par with you in terms of skill strength and ability, these are the things that will give you the edge.
Start getting the edge now!
Potted Philosophy - Life's Significant Moments
The most significant things in our lives only become some when (and if) we notice them.
It is worth considering then, how many significant moments pass us by because we are not simply looking.
Aye, there's the Exin TMPF exam rub.
For many life is what happens when they are busy doing other things. It ebbs and flows away like wine.
Sometimes the wine is sweet, sometimes it is bitter.
Where in our day to day life is there room for dreams, for hopes, for love outside of the immediate desires and lusts of the moment?
The wheel we place ourselves within, the day to day wheel I have allowed myself to be trapped within, serve to deny us some of the future our inner selves ache for.
Broken hearts and shattered dreams can define life inside 'the wheel'.
The rapid turning and spinning of the wheel at its edge blurs life's pages and stops us from seeing how we can obtain the things that really nourish and satisfy.
The stillness of the centre is only a memory for most and a forlorn hope for others.
Before we know it life takes away what it gives freely, and we end up lamenting the loves that labours lost.
I think, like many, I can list the significant moments I have noticed. The first that come to mind are often those which are edged with sorrow. Looking deeper I may find the ones that bring happiness...
But again are we, am I Exin MOFF.EN exam really, aware of those subtler, quieter significances that have come to define us (me)?
The softly spoken words of a friend, the fleeting recognition of a connection in the eyes of an acquaintance, the touch of an unrecognised lover who somewhere, some-when has tried to reach out and touch.
We are defined not only by those moments we recognise as being significant, but also by the subtle interplay of everything we touch and everything that touches us.
Shame we so rarely stop to look in order to recognise the tapestry of which we are a part.
Perhaps this is the message of this writing, if indeed meaning is something that needs to be defined.
The ability to refrain from accepting that 'things are as they are' but that we can look at them as forming the ties that bind and the threads that create.
As in the film the Matrix we are reminded that 'there is no spoon', Perhaps then, there is no daily treadmill other than the one we create in our minds.
Having said that the illusion of the 'hamster wheel' is an all pervasive one. It holds us tight within its circumference, secures us in its web of mundane concerns offering only the temporary respite, or hint of loves true meaning.
There are those who claim they are free from the material whilst not living an aesthetic life are perhaps even more deluded than the rest of us. To deny the need for the material, the legacy of the learning of others. To claim that they are their own sealed, alchemical vessel guided from an inner light perhaps ignores the true splendour and luminosity 250-314 of all that is contained within the Universe.
To recognise the stolen Shakesperian references in this post is to recognise that the way we understand life, the universe and everything is a result of the interactions we have with each other and between ourselves.
It is worth considering then, how many significant moments pass us by because we are not simply looking.
Aye, there's the Exin TMPF exam rub.
For many life is what happens when they are busy doing other things. It ebbs and flows away like wine.
Sometimes the wine is sweet, sometimes it is bitter.
Where in our day to day life is there room for dreams, for hopes, for love outside of the immediate desires and lusts of the moment?
The wheel we place ourselves within, the day to day wheel I have allowed myself to be trapped within, serve to deny us some of the future our inner selves ache for.
Broken hearts and shattered dreams can define life inside 'the wheel'.
The rapid turning and spinning of the wheel at its edge blurs life's pages and stops us from seeing how we can obtain the things that really nourish and satisfy.
The stillness of the centre is only a memory for most and a forlorn hope for others.
Before we know it life takes away what it gives freely, and we end up lamenting the loves that labours lost.
I think, like many, I can list the significant moments I have noticed. The first that come to mind are often those which are edged with sorrow. Looking deeper I may find the ones that bring happiness...
But again are we, am I Exin MOFF.EN exam really, aware of those subtler, quieter significances that have come to define us (me)?
The softly spoken words of a friend, the fleeting recognition of a connection in the eyes of an acquaintance, the touch of an unrecognised lover who somewhere, some-when has tried to reach out and touch.
We are defined not only by those moments we recognise as being significant, but also by the subtle interplay of everything we touch and everything that touches us.
Shame we so rarely stop to look in order to recognise the tapestry of which we are a part.
Perhaps this is the message of this writing, if indeed meaning is something that needs to be defined.
The ability to refrain from accepting that 'things are as they are' but that we can look at them as forming the ties that bind and the threads that create.
As in the film the Matrix we are reminded that 'there is no spoon', Perhaps then, there is no daily treadmill other than the one we create in our minds.
Having said that the illusion of the 'hamster wheel' is an all pervasive one. It holds us tight within its circumference, secures us in its web of mundane concerns offering only the temporary respite, or hint of loves true meaning.
There are those who claim they are free from the material whilst not living an aesthetic life are perhaps even more deluded than the rest of us. To deny the need for the material, the legacy of the learning of others. To claim that they are their own sealed, alchemical vessel guided from an inner light perhaps ignores the true splendour and luminosity 250-314 of all that is contained within the Universe.
To recognise the stolen Shakesperian references in this post is to recognise that the way we understand life, the universe and everything is a result of the interactions we have with each other and between ourselves.
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