Gratitude

Practicing gratitude starts with appreciation for things that exist on Earth. Having a sense of appreciation for every person, every insect, every plant, every single matter, is key to progressing and moving forward. We all come from the same origin here on Earth; everything has its earthly purpose, it is your job to appreciate those purposes regardless of the circumstances or situation.

As you practice gratitude in this plane of existence, to the things around, you will notice that many of things that life has to offer provides an introspection and lesson for yourself.

You will learn to accept and be thankful for the situations that you experienced thus far, because they made you the person you are today. And if you want to change yourself, start practicing gratitude with yourself. Thank yourself for not giving up and actually wanting to change. Foster your seed of change. Water that seed with gratitude. 

9 Daily Practices

1. Make a difference- Making a difference can be anything from holding the door for someone to creating an organization to help people have better access to water. Completing one or more a day is beneficial for you and is healing to your mind. You go to sleep knowing that you at least completed one good deed.

2. Spend Time Wisely- This one should be a no-brainer; however it is often overlooked, often used sparsely with no real purpose. Time is precious, the time is ticking and each second will not come back. Life is constantly moving forward. Manage the flow of time effectively; each day is another day that you will never get back.

3. Maintain Health- Out of all the serious health effects out there it is almost always related to their diet and how much the exercise. People need to maintain a diet strictly based on whole foods, nothing artificial, no sugar, less red meat, more water, greens, whole wheat carbs, fruits, and minimal dairy or none at all. Taking herbal supplements is also suggested to get the vitamins you need in a healthy way. Exercise is something that people can do, but put off by the mental barriers in their mind, they believe they are constantly drained, if the will is strong, the will shall accomplish.

4. Gain knowledge- Spend time reading at least one book a week. It is important not only to work out your physical body, but you should also have mental practice as well. Gaining knowledge allows you to connect with others, share information, and allows you to connect with others in a personal way.

5. Practice Meditation- Meditation has been proven by science to cure many parts of the body naturally, allow you to build your attention, connect with your emotions, and think about things unbiasedly. One should mediate primarily in the morning at least 10 minutes a day to start, and then double that at night.

6. Worry Less- Worry makes the body sick. It lowers the immune system and releases hormones. It creates doubt. Do not doubt yourself, you might actually be surprised if you trust yourself, regardless of the outcome you hold your head up high.Worrying is resonating in the lower frequencies; you must vibrate higher and have love for life as it is. The mind is very powerful of what it focuses on.

7. Challenge the Status Quo- This is pushing the limits that you create every day. Do something new each day! Break the status quo in society show others things can be broken and things can change. It is never too late to start a new goal for yourself. Be thankful for the time you have, use it like others in the past to test the limits of life. If it was not for them we would not have many things we have today.

8. Maintain a journal- Maintain a journal to write what you think might have gone wrong throughout the course of the day, reflect on it, and create a solution to solve it. Write down the things that you did correctly to show appreciation for yourself. Become your own critic. Notice the daily progress after a long course of time. A journal helps you maintain balance in your life.

9. Seek out opportunities and take them- Look for that new job online or by talking to people, and apply to them. Build your character. Join an organization. Opportunities can be something that you see in the world that is lacking. Opportunities are in our faces all the time, yet we never take them. Take an opportunity whenever there is a chance; do not let it slip your grasp.

Changing Attitudes and Behaviors

Begin with a sincere appreciation for the individual. Each person is unique with their own talents and specialty. Praise them for their accomplishments, or pointing out something special in them. The trick is to make them feel important and wanted.

Give them criticism indirectly. Wise people tell tales to make a point to an individual. They do not attack them directly. Humans make mistakes, but when one directly calls attention to their mistakes they often feel threatened.

One should criticize themselves first before they criticize others. This law has been taught in many books, including the bible which states, "Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?" It only makes sense to look inwardly to find mistakes within yourself, before you start to find mistakes in others.

Instead of ordering someone to do something, ask critical questions to make them go about a behavior you want them to do. No one likes to hear a person bark orders. One must speak from the other person's situation and ask significant questions that make them think of the right thing to do.

In every improvement praise them sincerely and wholeheartedly. A person builds on confidence given to them by others. It is a powerful tool to change a person's attitudes and behaviors. Praising them is not a simple "good job", it is reminding them why they do the things they do. Praise others for their improvement, you never know how often they hear it.

Be optimistic and to give encouragement. Situations happen in which one does not have control, it is important for you to sympathize and be optimistic about the situation. Make it seem easily manageable and could be taken down with ease. Make them feel excited to the things that you suggest. You are providing them a window of hope.

It is important to be optimistic and to give encouragement. Situations happen in which one does not have control, it is important for you to sympathize and be optimistic about the situation. Make it seem easily manageable and could be taken down with ease. Make them feel excited to the things that you suggest. You are providing them a window of hope.  

Hope

As a kid we are so curious to the world. We grow up believing in mythical creatures, myths, and legends. The power of belief is the most powerful force one can utilize. We hope for a better future, which is reinstated by the power of belief. Some have a strong intuition that boost belief in themselves. Sometimes scientists like to refer to this as the placebo effect, however, that is just a scientific term to explain something that is not fully understandable.

Belief is the type of force that dictates your emotions. People resonating in the negative frequencies, will have little belief in themselves and others. People that are not hopeful and don't belief in themselves are in a very dangerous situation of trapping themselves in misery. Having hope and time are the only two things that humans have. These two things you must familiarize yourself with. Hope gives you the power to do what you want, giving you freedom to relax and not always worrying about what could possible happen. We know that death is certain, yet you don't see everyone hiding in their house avoiding it. The only thing that makes you continue your day and lets you rest at night is hope. Hope for a prosperous future. Hope that things will turn out well for you. Hope that gives you freedom. Having belief in yourself, is being hopeful. 

You must be certain that you will achieve perfection. Perfection always takes practice, however, if you never have the belief and hope within yourself, you will always fall short of your endeavors. A word of advice, believe that you can do anything that you can put your mind to. It takes time, but that's the beauty. You will always have hope to follow you with time. Make good friends with them. 

Wholeness and Balance to all. 

Release

A person is constantly being tested during each situation. The ups and downs either create personal development of oneself or, the personal fears created by the individual. The observer is free to choose which one dominates one's mind. One cannot change the nature of life, and must deal with the actions one takes and the actions that the universe takes. We must understand that life is constantly changing, but if you have fear you won't like change. Life around you is constantly in your comfort zone. In this zone you do not have fear. Fear is something that we create internally. We constantly attempt to manipulate life to live in the comfort zone.

Fear is is produced in some people, because they are afraid of the outcome of the situation. Take the action you have been constantly thinking about. Fear is preventing you from reaching your true potential. When people are tested out of their comfort zone, they act nervously or try to run away from the situation. You must strike the barrier in your mind with your will and just act. You have everything to lose, and everything to gain. It is up to you to choose the path you take. Fear is constantly provoking you to take situations that you shouldn't. You fall victim to your fear, however, you must slay the fear inside your mind by being aware of the life around you. You must release to achieve your true potential. 

Three Types of People

People all throughout our life give us indirect and direct messages about ourselves. They come in a variety of ways, both electronically and physically. These messages forced upon us tend to make us feel unworthy and dependent about ourselves, consequently molding the individual to develop images about themselves, in the process influencing the way they are expected to behave. 

Around the world, people carry titles of themselves, from the the police officer, to the academic professor, etc., people use these titles to mold people's behavior and expected to act a certain way. It is often communicated across that you are supposed to be polite, modest, and the suppression of powerful emotion. We grow up in these society that ever since enter the schooling system  we are taught to obey a certain way of standards. Internally this affects our psyche as an individual and as a society. 

Often times the system produces people with patterned behavior, suppressed aggression, and low self-esteem. Driving this dependency is technology as well, look how many seek attention online, but are forced to perform a certain way online, in their photos, and the way they speak, they grow even more dependent to this system. Norms are meant to emotionally damage you to have conflicts within yourself. These conflicts produces guilt feelings internally, thus modifying the behavior of the individual to further comply with the norms.

You have to be independent from the herd. You become aware of another fascinating condition of yourself. Only by breaking the chains of norms you are able to release your emotion with true flare. Over time you begin to change your self-image in many aspects. Regardless of the messages imposed on you from anyone, you become who you are, making your own true decisions and what you feel is necessary for you. You instead shift your patterns and behavior, but at a higher frequency. 

The person that we should all try to achieve, is one that is both free from dependency and independency. We move to a stage where we can enjoy both, or not at all. An individual moves freely of patterned behaviors of both types, you can exchange feelings of anger, joy, and aggression with others. This individual is able to depend on others and have other depend on them, in mutual respects. They begin to develop a more accurate self-image, having both good and bad feelings about themselves. They have worry not only for the people around them, but around the planet. People who are dependent, bound by societal norms, and destructive behavior, cannot even comprehend the mind of an individual who is interdependent.  

Raise your awareness. Wholeness and Balance to all. 

 

Human Nature

As we grow, we acquire traits from our peers and environment. These traits mold our behavior and relations with other people. It also has much to do on how one views the nature of man. Of course the nature of man has differences. We are not all the same. We can only cluster to those that have similar views upon the nature of man. Looking back through time, we can find three basic assumptions on human nature.  These common assumptions lead to various behavioral adaptations that one experience throughout life.

People have three common theories about human nature: humanistic, animalistic, or rational. This does not mean all people fall into one category, usually you can find people that fits in or the other, or just fits one. However the case may be surely you can gain some insight in yourself and others.

From the humanistic approach, a person is driven by humane concerns for self and others. They feel affection, mercy, and compassion. The humanistic individual is self-actualizing, meaning they seek for finding one's true potential. There is little outside control, since the humanistic individual will practice self-control through the concerns of themselves and others. 

Based on the Animalistic viewpoint, the nature of human beings is no different from that of the other animals that inhabit our planet. Driven by the biological urges and seeking gratification of those urges, human animals must be controlled by laws, morals,religion, and other forms of institutionalization. 

According to the rational theory, human beings are rational. Meaning they are inherently neither good nor evil. They are driven by intellect and reason. The individual is controlled by logical thinking and the judgement of the consequences of their actions to themselves and others. 

If we embrace the animalistic theory, we will probably approach others competitively and cautiously. We will feel the need to raise up our guard and protect ourselves. We will not trust people with information as it might be used against us. We search for ways as a society to control animalistic deviant behaviors. 

We put on a whole need pair of eyes when we view people in the humanistic approach. We will assume that people will not hurt us intentionally, therefore trusting them with information. We will be cooperative. The only control we will need in this case is knowledge. By being aware that you are doing something harmful, the humanistic person attempts to modify their behavior in accordance to one. 

If we view people as rational beings, we negotiate with them on a logical basis for mutually beneficial and compatible behaviors. We could discuss with them our feelings, attitudes, needs, and goals. We can work with them solving problems with reasonable and equal work. 

There is something about this that lets us explore ourselves deeply. One may find that one identifies with all three. When this is the case changing your nature, you have to separate the animal, rational, and human side of your soul, if you want to change one. Depending on which one you embrace you support more of the habits it entails. This could be used to help you personally grow, or help those around you grow as well. 

Till next time, Wholeness and Balance to all. 

Balancing Emotions

Sometimes emotions are meant for you to take control of and use it to fuel your creative flare. You see, when people have a strong emotion about something they are connecting an expectation to it. The connection can be good or bad. It depends on what you define as good and bad. There is no denying the fact that life is governed by two extremes. A left or a right, good or bad, light and darkness, etc. However, the real main concern is  how you utilize these emotions. For example, when I exercise, I'm not exactly feeling a peaceful emotion, I feel more of hyped energized enraged emotion that allows my body to work at maximum performance.

I'm not angry at anyone, or anything, I just feel this way boost my performance. This is why I believe that sometimes you must harness the power of negative emotions to make a point across an argument, to write down touching lyrics, and to perform with great resilience. I'm letting people know that it is okay to feel this type of emotions, even though they are necessarily negative on the frequency scale.

Consequently, too much of these emotions end up hurting you. Some scientists have agreed that the feeling of anger, leads to increases in heart rate, arterial tension and testosterone, decreases in cortisol (the stress hormone), and stimulation of your left brain hemisphere, which is involved in experiencing emotions related to closeness. These negative forces may actually drive you to make better choices and propel you to a different emotion.

Just like anger affects the left brain hemisphere, it makes you want to be closer to that object, maybe to mend things up, or to wipe the slate clean. Feeling positive vibrations actually releases some "happy" chemicals like dopamine and serotonin. Basically, emotions are the driving factors that manipulates the body's internal chemistry which in turn affect your mind. One must balance the use on both sides of the extreme. Doing so unlocks true potential in your daily life.

Wholeness and balance to everyone!

Setting Up for Success Today

I just wanted to share a few of my helpful tips to get the most out of the 24 hrs you so graciously get. These tips are meant to be practiced! No one can expect to follow the tips word per word, knowing the various different lifestyles people live, I hope you find a middle ground implementing it into your life. 

1. Upon waking up in the morning, write down the thing that is immediately on your mind. This will give you insight to your mind and will give you clues on what needs to be changed, or strengthened. 
2. Practice new vocabulary. Everyone loves to hear something different. By practising you strengthen the mind and impress those around you. 
3. Make a list of what needs to be done. Make it a challenge to cross everything of your list. Doing so will make you busy to the point that worry won't affect you. You will create new things, you will be the creator. 
4. Do a positive deed today. It could be anything from donating to telling a person a compliment.  The way you treat those around you they will treat you the same.
5. Never criticize the situation that you are in at the moment. You got yourself here, you can change it, mentally and physically. Be grateful for what you have. Criticizing only invokes negative frequencies of thoughts and soul. 
6. Learn something new each day! Don't be a mind drifter. Practice obtaining something new. 
7. Do seven things that you are out of your daily comfort zone. Try something new. The only way your are going to progress over time if you step out of your comfort zone and lead a different life. It makes life worth living I have to say. 
8. Find yourself spiritually. If you have already, then develop it more. Harnessing the powerful spiritual force within you, i.e. your will,  unlocks true potential within your character. 
9. Don't "just do it". Make it worth your time and investment!

By practicing these simple steps, you will surely notice a change within your life. Things around you will come at you in a different view. This is only a simple version, there is so much more that you could do, nonetheless I hope it is helpful for you.

Stop Worrying

It has been proven that having built up negative emotions like worry, sadness, and anger all affect your health in a bad way. We get these emotions, because we are not satisfied with the outcome of a particular situation that you had expectations for. Stop. Expectation. Having expectations for trivial things is causing inner conflicts within you. It is one thing to have an expectation for yourself, with your goals and aspirations, that is fine, but for things out of your control like other people's emotion or life in general is where it needs to halt, for the fact that it is causing negative vibrations(emotions) on the physical plane and spiritual plane. The fact that you are thinking about it is sending a message to the universe, and the universe responds back with what you fed it. This also leads you to basically eat yourself inside making you vulnerable to many outside sinister forces. One way to combat worrying is to avoid arguments internally and externally, by keeping yourself really busy. You see it is really hard focusing on two things at once. Focusing on your work, you leave no room for those thoughts to appear in your mind. If you truly life live in the now, doing everything with the slightest detail of observation, you begin to foster a mental barrier that shields you from negative thoughts. An old saying my teacher told me one day was, "Idle hands are the devil's workshop".

Living life in the now is also a must to stop the inflictions of these negative emotions. Living life in the now basically boils down to this - for every second that passes it's now in the past, there is also a window for a second to be in the future. You cannot remain present in either or. You are constantly moving forward, along with earth traveling through space at a whopping 1000 miles per hour(1600 km/hr) , there is no reason to look in the past expect to learn from it, and leave it be. There is no need to bring up old arguments and criticize others for past mistakes. Instead focus on you in the now. Plan for the future, but do not expect for the future to act in your favor, regardless of all the planning you do, the future, is undecided, unbiased, and cold. You can't worry that the future is not going to be good, you have hope for the best. You also can't worry in the now,because regardless if you like it or not it is happening without your control.

Therefore, take life in the now, focus on your being, and perfecting yourself, before you judge the character of another. We all must obtain the higher forces within us all. Operating our mind on the highest frequencies, we will be able to progress the human race in a bold, striking force. Being able to put aside everything of fear, worry, doubt, and all the other rotten emotions, your mind is able to focus on what you want it to, so choose higher emotions, like forgiveness, love, peace, creation, and harmony. You being to see the world in a new pair of eyes. You begin to look at people unjudging knowing that they have wills of their own. Each living thing on earth has it is meaning in this universe, why shall you judge, why shall you torment your brothers and sisters, when life itself is too short, and unpredictable. Every person in their heart at some point wants success for themselves, for their family, and friends, but most of the time they are conquested by the negative destruction energy that surrounds them and blocks their creative centers, making it very difficult to obtain growth internally and externally. First begin to understand yourself, train your mind to fight these forces, focus on the now, focus on the beautiful creation of life, it's uniqueness, it's sophistication. Find balance. Bust your ass off creating things, learning new material, and developing yourself physically and emotionally. Before you leave this life, make a mark in history.

Until next time. Wholeness and Balance to all.