10 Profound Quotes That Reduce Anxiety

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December 5, 2018

Anxiety seems to be the modern world’s default state of existence. We try to hide it, we try to act as if everything is fine, but deep down we all feel the constant buzz of anxiety.

Anxiety disorders along with depression are a global problem, and more and more people report they struggle with these mental disorders.

But some might argue that anxiety disorders are as mental as they are spiritual. They are symptoms of a deeper issue, an issue steaming out of the story we keep telling ourselves.

The modern lifestyle makes us sedentary, it puts us in a routine of the known, it shelters us from facing the unknown, from getting out of the comfort zone.

And on top of it all, science has proven countless things that change the narrative we kept telling ourselves, the narrative that protected us from the unknown.

So we live life based on the old narrative we know it’s mostly fake and we go by our days in a manner that goes against our evolutionary course, of course we feel anxious.

People combat these feelings with countless distractions from social media to playing games and overworking.

But our subconscious mind knows that we have pending requests and questions we need to answer to ourselves so we have this background hum of anxiety.

There are teachings, books and quotes especially, that spiritual gurus have provided. These wise teachings have the power to remind us of deeper truths that reduce our anxiety.

10 Quotes That Reduce Anxiety:

1. “Anxiety’s like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do, but it doesn’t get you very far.” — Jodi Picoult

2. “Life is ten percent what you experience and ninety percent how you respond to it.” — Dorothy M. Neddermeyer

3. “People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.” — Thich Nhat Hanh

4. “You don’t have to control your thoughts. You just have to stop letting them control you.” — Dan Millman

5. “People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens are attached to them.” — George Bernard Shaw

6. “Nothing diminishes anxiety faster than action.” — Walter Anderson

7. “Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.” — Charles Spurgeon

8. “Not knowing how near the truth is, we seek it far away.” — Hakuin Ekaku

9. “You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.” — Eleanor Roosevelt

10. “Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

The 5 Most Effective Tricks To Become Exceptionally More Successful

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Dejan

December 4, 2018

We all want to be successful, but rarely who really understands what being successful means.

Success is not something you achieve, it’s rather a mindset you achieve through. There is a big difference between these.

If success is something you achieve, something you will do whatever it takes to reach, it means it’s a destination. However, that’s called a goal or a dream.

Being a mindset you achieve through, success enables you to achieve as many goals and dreams as you want.

It’s like a vehicle you use to get somewhere, and this vehicle can be tweaked and improved to give you better and faster results. Here are some of the most powerful tricks!

The 5 Most Effective Tricks To Become More Successful:

1. Invest more energy in the things that give you most results.

It might sound simple, or think that you are already implementing this trick, but you are not. For money you can use an investment tool, but for energy use something else.

Most of us gain 80% of our results by the 20% of the work we do. This means that 80% of the work you do is more or less a waste of time.

Try to analyze the amount of work you do that’s pointless, see what kind of work gives you most results and create a list of tasks that are complete waste of time.

The tasks that are a waste of time, remove them or automatize them. The work that gives you small amount of results but needs to be done, delegate it.

The rest of the work that gives 80% of your results, even if it’s just 1 hour per day, go all in on it. Invest more energy in this type of work. See if you can do more of it.

2. Do less.

Most of us think that really successful people do a lot of things all the time. We think they have every second of their day planned out. But this mindset is not a success mindset.

Successful people do more of the work that inspires them. They don’t do something just so they can feel productive and successful. That’s an ego driven desire.

When they are inspired to do something, successful people can become obsessed with the project, they can work their whole day, and their whole night, and their whole day again.

But these projects are rare. Successful people know that most of the time, doing less, is doing more.

If you rest, take care of yourself, eat healthy and energize, when the time comes for you to work you will be most productive in the least amount of time.

3. Create a detailed plan.

When you play darts you know where you should aim and where you want to throw the dart, you know what number you want to score that will bring you closer to victory.

If you just throw the darts anywhere, you would most likely get a random score and lose to your opponent.

The point of this analogy is that you need to know where you want to get, you need to know where you want aim, you need to know where you should take the next step.

If you have a vague idea about what success means for you, you won’t be able to know where you should aim, what goals you should tackle, what your next step should be.

Having a detailed idea about what success means for you enables you to reverse engineer a detailed plan. Having a detailed plan means you know your next step.

4. Get in mentoring circles.

The biggest lie we tell ourselves is that we don’t need other people. We think this is independency. But it’s not.

Real independency means you don’t depend on other people even though you know that nobody can survive without other people. It makes a big difference.

The 5 people you surround yourself with, you become like them. You can’t help this process, if you really connect with your close friends you will become a mix of them.

So if you cannot change this law, you can use it in your favor. Surround yourself with people who are more successful than you. There are mentoring circles you can get in.

These circles usually ask for money to get in, but this is probably the best investment you can make. Paying money filters people who get in, and the information inside is priceless.

5. Release inner blockages.

Whatever you do, if you have inner blockages for success, ceilings that don’t let you reach your goals, you will find ways to sabotage yourself.

You will reach some of your goals, and the moment you hit an inner block you will revert into destructive habits.

You will miss on work, you will over spend finances, you will gamble with high risk investments, or you will create problems that do not exist.

These inner blockages are psychological defensive mechanism that protect us from success we think we don’t deserve or can’t handle.

That’s why before trying to get anywhere you need to dive deep into yourself and find the amount of success you believe you deserve. See if you can deserve more than you think.

10 Biggest Life Secrets That Have Been Forgotten By Mankind

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Spirituality

Dejan

December 3, 2018

All humanity seems to have an amnesia.

Humanity seems to have lost a piece of its knowledge. When we look at old civilizations we can see something more advanced than all we have today.

This advanced thing is their knowledge and wisdom about spiritual truths, about life and more harmonious way of living.

We have advanced in technology, science, we have connected all the world, but for some reason we have lost this core knowledge and wisdom of life.

We have created the paradise we thought we wanted but we slowly realize that we have steered away from the paradise we really ever had.

We complicate things, by finding solutions we have doubled the problems we try to solve. It seems like we are living smarter but not wiser. It’s because we’ve forgotten something.

10 Biggest Secrets Mankind Has Forgotten:

1. We are part of the natural world.

In the last couple of hundred years we have detached ourselves from nature. We have exploited, ravaged, consumed and attempted to control nature to appease our greed driven by self absorbed madness. We tried to distance ourselves from the natural circle of life.

2. We are connected to every life and all The Cosmos.

Some tribes who still follow ancestral ways, have preserved this connection with respect and reverence. We, on the other hand have forgot how all consciousness is interconnected and weaved into a delicate and beautiful dance.

3. We all have an individual and a collective purpose.

We forgot our purpose. We are caught in the mass trance of fabricated consensual reality. We lost sight of our authenticity, that inner spark that drives us towards our happiness and self realization. We forgot that we are here to collectively paint a bigger picture.

4. Everything is Love.

This is perhaps the deepest mystery of all that only some seers remember. This truth is hidden somewhere deep inside of us. We knew it at some point but have lost touch with it. We forgot that everything is ultimately love.

5. Forgiveness is more about us.

By being made to believe that we are separate and disconnected from others, we forgot what it means to forgive. In its deepest sense forgiveness is the act of forgiving the part of ourselves we know is within others, the oneness we all are.

6. Freedom is our natural birthright.

Remind yourself one thing everyday, you were born free. We were raised in a reality where freedom is only a concept. We were bound to the shackles of fear, misconceptions, false ideologies, material reward. We forgot that we are free agents of change.

7. We forgot our lessons from history.

If there is something that history has taught us is how fast we are at forgetting our lessons. We cannot be blamed individually for the mistakes done by humanity in the past but we are responsible as individuals to learn from past mistakes and grow as a collective.

8. We forgot to trust, believe and wonder.

We lost our enchantment with the world. We forgot to be wondered by the miracle of life.Our skepticism and cynical view of the world has made us lose trust in ourselves and the magic of The Universe. We forgot how to believe.

9. Our real power comes from within.

Living in fear has made us forget how powerful we are. We forgot the massive power of our will and intention to change our reality. We have been tranced into sleepwalking and following the ready made signs like automatons. Our real power is within us all along.

10. We forgot to be simple.

Human life got more complex and complicated. We forgot to be simple and we underestimated the importance of simplicity. Life is simple really. Simplicity means discarding all the inessential stuff so we have the room to live from our heart.

“I know my overthinking is making me hard to love, but please be patient with me.” Honest Letter From An Overthinker

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Dejan

December 2, 2018

Do you know someone who is an overthinker? You probably do. And they are probably really hard to love, maybe even annoying at times.

Overthinkers tend to be perceived as hard people, as people with a lot of principles and rules. They are not easy to be around for many.

But unless you are an overthinker yourself, you don’t really know the constant struggle juggling countless thoughts at once, the surge of worrying thoughts that go in our minds.

Yeah, we might be hard to love. But we don’t mean bad. We don’t mean to be annoying, we don’t mean to be hard to love. We just worry too much, about everything.

We care too intensely for others, we are anxious and afraid, we think all the possible scenarios all at once because we want to feel as we have control over uncertainty.

Our mind goes in overdrive every single time we feel lack of control. There are nights we can barely sleep for things so little others will not even perceive.

We are constant worriers. We worry about the simplest things because we perceive every tiny little detail.

We have an eye for detail, and if there is something even slightly off we can notice it in an instant and we start analyzing it.

We start to analyze it, we overanalyze it, and we create countless scenarios of how it might affect us or the people we love.

We think of what can be, what would be, what would have been, what should we. We think of every single scenario that can actually exist, and countless that are even unreal.

But we cannot perceive what can be real and what cannot be real when we are in this overthinking mode of constant worry.

And all this struggle is just worse when we try to be heard and we mean well, but we end up being annoying for others.

It’s really hard for us when we appear as arrogant or selfish, or even egotistical, when all we mean is well.

It’s just that we worry too freakin much and we want others to see our perspective. But we know that for others this perspective is negative. We know.

We know that we can take a good and positive scenario, filter it through our overthinking prism and paint it all negative, pointing out all the things that could go wrong.

We know we are hard to be around like this, we know it’s annoying for others, but we don’t mean it. We can’t just stop overthinking and think normally. It’s just that we are like this.

We want to be loved too, we want to connect with others. We want others to be happy and we want to contribute to this happiness.

So please try to understand our perspective. Please be patient with us and hear our worries, listen to what we say.

You don’t have to take this perspective for granted, but don’t push us away just because we have an overthinking mind.

All we really want, more than taking our perspective seriously, is genuine human connection.

Sincerely, every overthinker on the planet.

10 Signs You Are A Successful Introvert

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Dejan

December 1, 2018

It’s not about the cards you were dealt, it’s how you play them.

Most of psychologists separate the world in extroverts and introverts. But reality is that there are many shades in between.

Some people are more extroverted, some are more introverted, but we all have some percentage of both labels.

There are also people who are in between, they have balance between both and they are called Ambiverts. However, whatever group you belong to, there are pros and cons.

You can use the benefits of each group and be smart about the disadvantages to use everything in your favor and be successful.

Introverts, even though famously considered as shy, can use their introversion to be really successful. Here are the signs someone is a successful introvert perfectly playing their role.

10 Signs You Are Successful Introvert:

1. You spend time in solitude to recharge.

Deliberately spending some time in solitude is a rare case for introverts. They usually do it because it feels more comfortable for them. But taking conscious decision to be in solitude so you can recharge tells that you are in control of your energy management.

2. You seem wiser than your age.

This often comes from their tendency to study everything that surrounds them carefully, permitting them to understand, as well as see things which a lot of extroverts miss. That’s what actually makes them wiser than others.

3. You have a small number of close friends.

Even though they can know a lot of people, just like extroverts, introverts will not consider those people their close friends. Successful introverts are simply going to keep two or three people who they feel strong connection with. However, they keep others as acquaintances.

4. You are an excellent listener.

Extroverts spend most of the time talking instead of listening to some conversations. Introverts listen, however that does not mean they are good listeners. Most listen because talking is tiring for them. Successful introverts listen to hear what others are really saying.

5. You balance daydreaming with taking action.

Introverts believe that the world which is inside their heads is as interesting and exciting as the world which surrounds them, that’s why they enjoy daydreaming. But successful introverts also take action to reach some of these dreams and goals.

6. Focusing is one of your greatest abilities.

When they are interested in something, introverts will completely focus on it for a long time, even hours. They will lose all track of time. This shows their natural super ability to have strong focus and successful introverts know how to wield this tool.

7. You have no problem going to parties with friends.

The small number of close friends is what introverts really need to have fun. However, they are seen as not party people. But successful introverts know how to have fun with their friends, and they will not miss a party if their friends are there.

8. You are perceived as intense for some.

Small talks are meaningless for any introvert. They want to talk about their passions, interests, to dive into deep topics. Jumping into profound conversations will make them intense, but successful introverts don’t care if others perceive them as intense.

9. You avoid conversations on the phone.

Introverts don’t really like to talk on their phones because they lack the ability to express fully, with all their body language and emotions. Some might even become angry or anxious when it comes to answering it. Successful introverts prefer speaking in person.

10. You journal about the feelings you experience.

Although extroverts often talk about their emotions and feelings openly, introverts have difficulties when it comes to expressing those feelings verbally. That’s why successful introverts express them in their emotional journal.

6 Traits Only The Real Spiritual Masters Have

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Dejan

November 30, 2018

Throughout life, every person is going to be traveling a different path on their spiritual journey.

The spiritual journey is always an individual and unique journey which is ultimately going to reveal their best and most authentic self.

Some people go on spirit quests, some read books, some follow their purpose. But whatever journey you take, you will approach the same truth from a different angle.

However, for some people the journey means becoming a spiritual master. These people can perceive these truths but they have a purpose to teach them to the world.

Spiritual Masters are guides on our individual journeys, they discover the real peace within, as well as understanding the enlightenment and what it can give us.

There are a lot of fake spiritual masters in the world. So how to know when we encountered a real Spiritual Master? There are some traits only real spiritual masters have.

6 Traits Spiritual Masters Have:

1. They are naturally talented teachers.

Actually, real spiritual masters are people who have been sent to this planet with some specific purposes, such as teaching other people when they encounter them. This does not mean teaching grammar or math, but teaching significant lessons about life, sharing some truths which they keep profoundly in the heart, as well as helping to guide and mentor other people on spiritual journeys. These people are full of wisdom.

2. They have integrity and authenticity.

When something does not correspond to their values and morals, real spiritual masters will not entertain that idea. Being authentic requires some amount of vulnerability, that’s why a lot of people escape from being completely authentic. However, spiritual masters do not pretend in order to hide what they really are. They know that growing and evolving depends on accepting and embracing their real self.

3. They respond, they don’t react.

Being aware of your emotional states is an ability that everyone should unlock, because it will help us to make better choices. These choices will be a response based on reason and not a reaction based on emotional charges that are triggered. Spiritual masters remain observant and calm to their emotions. They do not avoid them, they feel them, but they do not run away from the unpleasant sensations that sometimes arise.

4. They feel gratitude, love and respect for nature.

Spiritual masters understand that every single thing on the planet is connected. Instead of seeing that the population of humans is more important than other species, they actually see every single thing equally in worth and respect. Because of that, they respect all that is alive and natural. They avoid choices that might have some adverse effects on the world or the nature surrounding them.

5. They don’t judge.

Most of us succumb to the little voice within our mind that’s judgmental and negative. This voice judges everyone and everything, and this means that it also judges us. But this is just a mental chatter, a thought process driven by our insecurities and doubts. Spiritual masters know this and don’t identify with this voice. They see everything from a loving perspective, with loving and open heart, without judging anyone in front of them.

6. They they don’t attach.

Spiritual Masters know that their life is a lot more than what the material world offers. They know there are much more realms and realities worth exploring. They don’t neglect the physical, they understand its importance, but they do not attach either. They connect with things and people, but they don’t attach. They embrace the fact that everything is continuously changing, so they keep their mind open to different perspectives and ideas.

Do you know anyone with such traits? If you do, chances are that they are destined to be spiritual masters.

4 Scientists Explain What Sitting Too Long Does To Your Body

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Dejan

November 29, 2018

Over 34 million Americans have office or sales jobs, forcing them to remain sedentary for eight or more hours a day.

According to a report published in Annals of Internal Medicine, the average person spends more than half of their waking hours in an inactive state.

This is either sitting in front of a computer, watching TV, commuting to and from work, or sitting at a coffee shop.

Sitting for prolonged periods of time can cause many problems such as chronic back pain, poor posture, even potentially deadly diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, or obesity.

According to the study, people who watched the most TV over the span of 8.5 years had a 61% greater risk of dying a premature death than those who watched less than one hour.

If you spend a lot of time sitting down for your job, take a look at the specifics of how this can negatively impact your health, according to 4 experts in the industry.

What Sitting Too Long Does To Your Body:

Neck and shoulder issues.

Slouching forward at work to stare at a computer screen puts tremendous strain on the neck, particularly the cervical vertebrae, which connects the spine to your head. Poor posture also damages the back and shoulder muscles, as they become overextended.

Less blood flow and oxygen in the brain.

When we move our bodies we bring more blood and oxygen flowing throughout the brain, which helps us maintain clarity and keeps our minds sharp. However, sitting for too long slows the flow of oxygen and blood to our brains, inhibiting our ability to think clearly.

Problems with your back.

Sitting for too long contributes greatly to back pain, inflexible spines, and disk damage. By sitting for too long, the disks become uneven and compact, even causing collagen to build up around tendons and ligaments. Herniated lumbar disks occur more frequently.

Muscle degeneration.

Sitting doesn’t require the use of your ab muscles, and if they go unused for too long, this can cause unnatural overextension of the spine’s natural arch. By sitting too long, the hip flexor muscles become short and tense. The glute muscles also become soft.

Deterioration of organs.

Remaining seated for long periods of time can cause heart disease, cardiovascular disease, and colon cancer. In short, these problems are caused by the overproduction of insulin due to inactivity, and sluggish blood flow to the organs, as well as weight gain.

Leg disorders.

Sitting too long hinders circulation in the legs. This causes blood to pool around the ankles, which then results in swollen ankles, varicose veins, and even harmful blood clots. Another more subtle issue caused by prolonged sitting is that bones become weaker and less dense.

The 3 ways you can combat sitting for too long are taking short breaks, exercising daily and doing yoga couple of times per week.

References:
– http://orthushealth.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Sedentary-Disruption-whitepaper_Orthus-Health.pdf;
– http://annals.org/aim/article-abstract/2091327/sedentary-time-its-association-risk-disease-incidence-mortality-hospitalization-adults;

This November Rant From The Heart: There Are No Shortcuts

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Motivation

Dejan

November 29, 2018

Most of us have clear desires. We know what we want, we know what we should do to get what we want.

However, we keep looking for a better way, we try to avoid the uncomfortable feelings that might come with going for what we want, we try to find a way around it.

We keep looking for shortcuts and better ways until we eventually realize the shortcuts we are looking for turned out to take us much longer than just doing what we wanted to do.

You know what you need to do, so just do it!

It’s pointless to look for alternative ways, for shortcuts, for ways around the uncomfortable feelings that you might face. You fool yourself by doing this.

The easiest way is actually to go through!

There will be some uncomfortable sensations at first, you might feel shame, you might be uncomfortable outside of your comfort zone, but it will eventually fade away.

And you would be left with the journey of going for what you always wanted to go for. You would have looked for alternative routes distracting yourself from taking action.

There is no alternative!

The only way toward your goals and beautiful dreams is through. It would be uncomfortable but you will actually take steps in the right direction.

Embrace the discomfort!

You can spend your whole life trying to find a way around, trying to find a trick, a technique that will shelter you from the uncomfortable feelings, but it’s not worth it.

Most of us are trading results for avoiding discomfort, and they whine about why they don’t have what they want to have. Don’t be like this. Either stop whining, or take action.

Trade being uncomfortable for results!

Just think about how many alternative ways you’ve tried to be happy, to get to your dreams, to achieve your goals. But did any of them work? No!

And we don’t want to accept the fact that we should take regular daily action to crawl through the mud, however, that’s reality. There is no alternative way but through.

So stop wasting time. Stop waiting for the perfect moment to take action, stop looking for a way around, and just do it.

Really, you are just wasting your time. There will be no a better way for taking action, there will be no a better time than now. Just take action.

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