The Principle By Which To Live
Forget The Word
Call it god, call it consciousness, call it higher power, call it divine presence, call it spirit or soul, awareness, cosmic intelligence or enlightenment. Call it Louise.
It doesn’t matter.
It’s all the same in the eyes of spirituality. Don’t get caught up on a word. Focus on the 3 E‘s instead:
- The essence (what meaning do you give it?)
- The energy (how does it make you feel?)
- The experience (focus on your 5 senses)
“You can’t get wet from the word ‘water’.”
ALLAN WATTS
10 Truths About Success That Will Make You Relax
- Success is a journey, not a destination.
- Try not to become a person of success. Try to become a person of value instead. – Albert Einstein
- Don’t measure your success by how high you climb, but how high you bounce back after a fall.
- The road to success is always under construction. – Lily Tomlin
- The best preparation for success is a strong and positive self-image. – Joyce Brothers
- Success is not how far you go, but the distance you traveled from where you started.
- Work hard in silence. Let success make the noise.
- Problems are those scary things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. – Henry Ford
- Unless you pay the price for success you won’t know its worth. – Apoorve Dubey
- You don’t rise to the level of your goals, you fall to the level of your systems. – James Clear
If you still want to “have it all”, have a look at my recent post on delaying and savouring gratification.
How To Be Innovative
Innovation is to see a need and responding to it. It means to understand what is missing and then coming up with a surprising, useful or unusual solution that creates a better outcome for everyone involved. Innovation simply means a type of change to solve an existing problem.
Being innovative doesn’t necessarily mean creating something new that no one has ever seen before. So don’t let yourself be held back because you think you’re not creating something completely new. As long as it improves the status quo, as long as it’s creative, it’s an innovation.
In regards to behavior, you could call innovation “disobedience with a happy ending” (Quote by Roberto Battaglia).
One question to ask yourself would be:
What will people need 10 years from now?
Where To Focus Your Mind During Meditation
According to Zazen (sitting) meditation, the higher you focus your mind in your body, the more alert you will be (but also the more active your thoughts and feelings will be). The deeper you move your focus point, the more grounded but also the more tired you will feel.
- By default, let your mind rest in the palm of your left hand.
- If you feel depressed or tired, concentrate your mind on the crown of your head or between your eyebrows.
- If you feel distracted, place your focus gently on the tip of your nose, your philtrum (the area between your upper lip and your nose) or in your lower belly.
- If you feel restless and confused, put the spirit on your feet.
The general rule applies: If you notice you feel nervous and need some extra support to calm your mind, count your inhalation and exhalation as described in meditation technique 1 here.