10 Science Backed Habits That Improve Your Mental Health

Attitude

July 24, 2018

The quality of your lifestyle reflects the quality of your mental health.

A balanced mental pillar makes you enthusiastic, lively, and mentally resilient. While having a gloomy outlook on life, complaining, and being negative almost all the time are the characteristics of a person with a disbalanced mental pillar.

A good mental health doesn’t mean being happy all the time. It does mean being positive and seeing the bright side of life even in the midst of difficulties. It means using the mind for your benefit, not being used by your mind.

People with a healthy mental state often show a healthy self esteem, confidence, compassion, love, a sense of purpose, and mental resilience.

They are not without problems, but their exceptional ability to handle problems really well is what makes them mentally strong.

They are not born this way too, just like bodybuilders are not born with big muscles. Mentally strong people have come to improve the state of their mental health because of the habits they incorporate in their lifestyle and do on a regular basis.

According to basic human psychology and various scientific researches, these 10 habits affect and improve the state of your mental health.

10 Habits That Improve Mental Health:

1. Have a regular exercise.

The connection between the mind and body had long been established.

A physical exercise has been proven to stimulate the release of the feel good hormones in the brain.

Regular exercise improves your memory, sharpens your thinking skills, enhances focus and concentration, and most importantly, reduces stress.

2. Practice meditation or yoga.

Numerous studies already validated the effect of meditation in coping with stress.

Meditation is the best tool to declutter your mind while yoga is a way of connecting to your body by focus and concentration on your breath .

These two practices might be technically different, but in reality they are complimentary to each other.

3. Get a quality sleep.

Daniel Freeman, a professor of clinical psychology at Oxford, says that a habit of good quality sleep, which is recommended to be 7 to 9 hours, may tackle a wide range of psychological and emotional problems.

A good night sleep is necessary for your brain health. It recharges your mental energy and enhances clarity.

However, everything over 9 hours is oversleeping and it gives unwanted results. You should keep it between 7 and 9 for the best results.

4. Say no to multitasking.

According to psychology, the brain cannot do two things at once unless the other requires no concentration, like listening to music while driving or walking.

Multitasking is said to deplete the brain’s energy reserves and to create stress.

These two issues are counterproductive for a good mental health. Focusing on a single task is the best option.

5. Stay mindful.

Being mindful is staying in the present moment without judging your thoughts about anything.

It’s as simple as this, but it brings enormous benefits to the state of your mental health.

Being mindful, at least for 5 minutes per day, enhances your brain plasticity and helps it to establish new neural connections easier.

6. Create a daily stress free period.

Creating a balance between work and personal life decreases the chances of stress accumulation and burn out.

You must see to it that you don’t bring home anything that transpires at work and doesn’t focus on your personal life while at work.

Create a stress free period in your day after you get back from work. This way, your mind stays focused on work and relaxed at home.

7. Don’t procrastinate.

Procrastination is literally not good for your mental health. It keeps your mind busy by avoiding something.

The more you avoid doing something right away, the more it sticks in your mind.

Try to do things right away to eliminate unnecessary stress.

8. Take a break from technology.

While the proliferation of technology gives you unlimited access to various information, it has been found to be one among the top 6 concentration killers.

You’re not only losing your concentration while trying to respond to an email or text, but you’re having too many things in your mind too, which is not good for your mental health.

Taking a break from technology, at least once a week, allows your brain to rest from the deluge of information you get every single day. Do technology detox once per week.

9. Eat a healthy diet.

Studies reveal that giving your body enough supply of amino acids, essential fats, complex carbs, vitamins, and minerals improves your mood and overall sense of wellbeing.

As what others say, you are what you eat. Consuming junk foods just make you feel junk while consuming raw, organic foods make you feel lighter and energized.

A good physical health greatly supports a healthy mind. Eat more veggies and fruits, nuts, stick to organic and natural products.

10. Have someone to talk to.

As a human being, not feeling good all the time is inevitable and perfectly normal. When you’re having some blues, try to talk it out to someone.

You’re a human being who is wired to be a social creature. Just having someone to talk to eases your burdens. Whenever you feel bad open up and share your emotions with them.

And even if you’re not feeling bad, talking to somebody on a regular basis stimulates your mind. It will not only make you feel good but will keep your mind healthy too.

5 Ways High Vibrational Energy Affects Humanity And 5 Ways How To Align With It

Journey

Nezel Padayhag

July 23, 2018

Humanity is coming closer together than ever in our history. We are raising the level of vibration of humanity as a whole and these higher vibrational energies will affect humanity.

These energies affect all of us and it’s best if we embrace them. By letting them flow freely we will awaken to our own truth and become a part of this global change as well.

As we awaken we will become conscious of our inner woundedness and our shadow self. The emergence of the shadow self may not be pleasant but it’s crucial for the shift to take place. It’s how we heal on a deeper level and transcend past trauma.

As humanity raises its vibration a couple of effects will be felt around the world.

5 Ways High Vibrational Energy Affects Humanity:

1. Growing communities that take action to save the environment.

Humanity has come to unite in defending ourselves from toxins that bring poison to the air we breathe and the food we eat.

We rise up to save our planet against impending calamities brought by human activities.

More and more people wake up to realize the harm our actions do to the environment and actively choose better ways of living that are in harmony with Nature.

Communities and individuals take drastic action to save the planet and promote alternative ways of using energy. Some even invent brilliant new ways to gather and manage energy.

More people realize that it’s only by coming together and standing for Nature that we’re able to protect ourselves, the environment, and every living creature in the planet.

2. Bigger and faster connection between people.

As our consciousness raises to higher levels, we are naturally led to others who are also walking on the same path of consciousness.

Better opportunities show up to connect our minds all across the world, increase the sharing of our ideas and make information available to all.

We come to connect and support each other as if our encounters are meant to be.

3. Awakening to your purpose.

Because we become highly conscious of our inner selves, we make deeper connections with our soul. We discover more about our passions and interests.

Our passions and interests bring us closer to our purpose. It’s in following our passions that we reveal to ourselves what we are supposed to do in the here and now.

Our path is not found outside, it’s within us. We understand this even better as we awaken to our purpose. We face our shadows to unleash the powerful surge of energy necessary to fulfill our missions in life that are projected through our purpose.

4. Expansion and promotion of healthy lifestyles.

As we raise our vibration we start to sense that we need better and healthier ways of living. That’s why there is a massive expansion of healthy programs and diets being promoted on every corner. The world seems to become obsessed with healthy lifestyles.

This is because a healthy lifestyle gives the additional energy we need to raise our own energy to the same level other positive individuals seem to vibrate on. In order to raise our own vibration we need to integrate a healthy diet, habits and environment around us.

Trends like meditation, yoga, veganism, exercising and alternative ways of healing are being accepted as the norm in many human societies. In a stress filled world people turn more to stress releasing techniques and lifestyles that enhance relaxation.

5. Innovation of technologies that help in raising human consciousness.

The bigger and faster connection between people from all around the world enables for ideas to clash and merge creating new innovations that we could not imagine by our own.

These new technologies will serve as outlets for humans to further grow their consciousness and evolve in better species.

The high energy of humanity creates a big demand for platforms where humans can awaken and grow their consciousness.

If you feel you are not aligned with the higher vibration of humanity, don’t worry, there are ways you can come into alignment with these higher vibrations.

5 Ways How To Align With High Vibrational Energy:

1. Find out the things that make you happy and ignites your interest.

These are the things or activities that bring you the most joy and fire up your interest. Your passion lies in the connection between this two.

2. Test your passion.

Once you find a passion of yours, test it. Explore all the possibilities and options around it before you go for it. Each of your passions is a guide that leads you closer to your purpose.

3. Face your fears and limitations.

These fears and limitations prevent you from becoming the being you’re supposed to be. They are the obstacles that stand between you and your purpose. Recognize them because they hold your truth. Do not fight them, accept them. Face them. Then look beyond them.

4. Trust your gut.

Listen to your intuition and trust it more often. Its guidance will never fail you. Remember that your intuition is like a muscle and the more you trust it the more you train it.

5. Embrace the divine guidance.

Look at the synchronicities that keep happening to you. They serve as your guide in this journey. Ask why they happen. Try to see what they tell you and what you can learn.

Changing your reality may seem like a personal journey. But it’s only your part in helping the shift to take place. Remember, it’s a collective consciousness. You need to embrace your part. Once you tune in to your inner self you will connect to the flow of humanity’s evolution.

The 3 Levels Of Consciousness All Experience Before Enlightenment

Journey

Nezel Padayhag

July 22, 2018

Consciousness is referred to as the state of being aware of yourself, your thoughts, emotions, and feelings and the relationship you have with the world around you.

In the evolution of consciousness, your soul goes through three transformational processes. That is, if you do your inner work.

A part of our purpose in coming into this world is to become what we are destined to be, to become fully conscious humans.

If you’re doing your inner work, you can check your progress by knowing the three levels consciousness goes through before enlightenment is reached.

When you find you’re stuck in level one, don’t get disappointed. Having that awareness is a milestone in your journey. We reveal the key elements of each level to move forward.

The 3 Levels Of Consciousness Before Enlightenment:

1. Ordinary Consciousness

The first and lowest level of the evolutionary process of our consciousness is where we all begin.

This level of consciousness is mostly engaged in the past and the future, seldom in the present moment. All revolve around the past and the future.

The past is often looked upon as a tool for reminding what didn’t work and what should be improved in the future.

In this state of consciousness, the opinions of others matter most and meeting the expectations of others is highly valued.

You identify yourself with the role that you play in the society. Striving to be a good husband, wife or employee is of utmost importance. You don’t question your inner identity because you can’t see it except for the roles you’re expected to play.

The ego plays a bigger role in this state of consciousness, it’s the thing that pushes you to become much better and ahead of the game.

Yet, despite your accomplishments, you still feel empty and maybe even less confident than you were. You can’t see beyond the pre determined rules of society an your ego.

However, the moment you start questioning society, your ego and the shoulds of others, it’s the moment your consciousness starts evolving to the next level.

2. Awakening

The state of awakening comes when you come to the realization of your own self. Of your own reality and the ordinariness of your existence.

It’s when you peak behind the roles you play. You feel that there is something more to these roles and the thoughts that reign over your mind.

You become exhausted by the rules and start to long for freedom. Becoming more conscious and alert, you begin to find your own truth and the purpose you have in this life.

As you gain momentum, you discover the power hidden in self control, not the one rooted in punishment and reward, but rooted in your own understanding of life’s meaning.

This self control liberates your consciousness from identification with the world and provides you the space for your own personal experience.

And as you train and expand your self control you slowly raise your consciousness to the third level.

3. Complete Freedom

The third level is the final liberation and the true celebration of life, the highest peak in the evolution of consciousness where nothing matters but the present moment.

This state of consciousness opens up a whole new world, new perspectives, and an entirely new dimension of existence where you come to embrace the duality of everything.

You start to accept that light and darkness are equally important in your growth, existence, and evolution.

You ultimately come into terms with life, seeing it as it really is, with no ifs and buts, shoulds and coulds. You realize it’s the present moment that is truly real.

You then connect to the peace and quiet within, unmoved by the good and evil, without judgment, and in full connection with other souls and life forms.

In this state of consciousness, you go beyond differences and become as one with others, celebrating life and being joyful of your existence and perfect freedom.

Staying within this state of consciousness leads to enlightenment.

What Science Says About Intuition And Our Unconscious Reasoning

Psychology

Nezel Padayhag

July 21, 2018

When making a decision, which do you choose often, your gut feeling or your systematic thinking?

If you answer your gut often rules because of its accuracy most of the time, science will back you up.

What Is Intuition?

In spirituality, intuition is linked with telepathy or premonition and in understanding something based on unconscious reasoning.

But in science, it has more to do with past experiences and pattern recognition.

Basically, intuition is the inner unconscious knowing that leads you to some conclusion. Some speculate that this knowing is a result of your subconscious mind processing information much faster than your conscious mind.

What Science Says About Intuition?

Numerous studies were conducted to see how intuition works.

One study involves challenging the participants to recognize the layout of a chess game for 5 seconds and recreate it after.

Novice chess players were able to reproduce 25% of it while the chess masters recreated it with 95% accuracy.

However, when the task was repeated with the pieces of chess in random positions, both the novice and masters recalled only 25% of it.

This doesn’t show that there’s something special with the chess masters’ memory. Rather it shows that the knowledge and intuition gained from practice over the years helped them recognize the pattern.

How Fast And Slow Thinking Are Linked To Intuition?

Our brain processes information through fast and slow thinking.

Slow thinking applies to math problems, which creates a stress response to the brain and provokes it to think slowly.

Being presented with images, like a sad looking person evokes fast thinking. And it’s in fast thinking where intuition lies.

Because we have to process high chunks of data in a faster time than this operations go below our conscious part and are done in the subconscious mind. This unconscious reasoning is what some scientists say the sense of intuition comes from.

What A Japanese Study Found Out About Intuition?

Another study involved the Japanese board game shogi. Shogi experts were asked to identify a checkmate move for 1 second with no time for conscious analysis.

Their brain scan showed that there’s no activation in the shogi player’s cortex, which is the part of the brain for conscious thought.

It’s the basal ganglia, that part of the brain responsible for habit formation and automatic behaviors, which was triggered.

Making complex decisions, such as buying a house, needs careful thinking that involves weighing the pros and cons and tiny details, like the size, prize, location, and neighbors.

The participants in the study who used their snap judgments performed better than those who took into account a subset of relevant information that was less accurate.

The study even found that those who followed their intuition were more satisfied with their decision in the long run compared to those who carried out their thoughts more carefully.

Yet, on making simple purchases, like buying a toothpaste where the variables are less complicated, the study found that intentional thought and research could be helpful.

How Is Intuition Linked With The Skin?

In a study of voice recognition, participants were led to listen to a recording of many voices in succession. Surprisingly, only 25% were able to recognize their own voice.

The participants’ skin conductance were also measured during the process. When their own voice came on, the participants’ skin conductance went higher even when they didn’t consciously recognize it at first.

The same phenomena were also found in a study using a deck of cards. The participants were to select cards that can either be good or bad.

Without their knowledge, decks A and B had more bad cards while decks C and D had more good cards. The participants didn’t know what was going on even after choosing 10 cards.

Upon reaching 50 cards, they started to suspect that some cards were better than the others. It’s only after they reached 80 cards they were able to point out that A and B were bad cards and C and D were good.

Even if they knew it consciously, their skin conductance rose higher as early as 10 cards, which means their skin already knew the right choice before their conscious mind did.

But this has nothing to do with their skin. It’s their unconscious mind that was at work. Their unconscious mind recognized the pattern before their conscious mind had.

Should We Always Listen To Our Intuition?

Following our intuition might be a wise decision. But in cases of empathy, listening to intuition might not work as accurately as systematic thinking.

Another study involved over 900 participants who were to interpret and understand the feelings of others.

The study found that the participants who used more systematic thinking or carefully analyzing the information available before making a decision were more successful than those who only felt what seemed to be right.

Past experiences formed our intuition. It’s this tool that our ancestors used in determining the friend from the foe.

Science says that we’re given two forms of thinking, fast and slow. We will follow them both under the right circumstances.

So, should you trust your intuition? Of course, when the situation calls for it.

Our body and subconscious mind recognize the pattern through past experiences much quicker than our rational mind does. And our gut knows better than our conscious self.

25 Things You Can Do Anytime That Bring Joy

Attitude

Nezel Padayhag

July 20, 2018

Every person defines happiness differently and yet, happiness it’s everyone’s main goal.

While others say happiness is not the destination but the journey, we can’t really afford to be happy throughout the whole journey, all the time. Bad days just happen.

If you’re a woman, your changing hormones can affect your mood. Some scientists speculate that even men experience peaks and lows in their hormones monthly. Or, maybe, someone just ruins your day and you end up feeling blue.

Just like everything in this world, our mood goes up and down in a form of a wave. It fluctuates. You see, some things are just out of your control.

However, instead of fighting what you can’t control, realize that you have the control and power to lift your spirits up and be utterly joyful when you want to.

The following suggestions are all free and you can do them anywhere and at anytime.

25 Things You Can Do Anytime That Bring Joy:

1. Dance wildly.

Learn some dance moves and unleash you inner dancer. If you don’t know how to do it, a lot of Youtube Videos can teach you how. The important thing is to free yourself and just dance. Play your favorite dancing song and get wild. The freer you let your energy move the happier you’ll feel. And having some fun will certainly lift up your mood.

2. Eat your favorite food.

Certainly, you have a favorite food. Yet, whatever it is, make sure that it’s not loaded with too much sugar. If you really can’t have a cheat meal, making yourself your favorite healthy smoothie is the best alternative.

3. Make a checklist.

Keep yourself busy. List all the things that you need to do the next day. Make it simple so that it’s easier for you to cross them out when they’re done. Just by listing all the things you need to do, you will feel better as this will lift them out of your mind. Accomplishing one by one will give you additional joy.

4. Wear your favorite clothes.

Your favorite clothes may have been reserved for special occasions. But for this day, break the rule and wear it even when you only have to run for an errand. Wearing your favorite clothes just makes you feel confident and happy.

5. Use emojis in your texts.

Send your best friend texts solely in emojis. This is a great way to detach yourself from your emotions. Emojis are described as mere ‘feelings,’ like feeling sad, angry, or happy. This sends the message that at the moment it’s what you’re feeling and not there to stay. Besides, emojis express well the feelings that you have difficulty expressing in words. You can even try to tell a story solely through emojis. Try it, it’s fun.

6. Challenge yourself.

Give yourself a challenge. If you haven’t tried peeling an orange in one peel, this is the best time to do it. Once you do, the small victory is enough to lift up your mood. You can even challenge yourself to learn something new. Or give yourself a monthly challenge.

7. Roll down a hill.

If there’s a hill near your place, go there and roll downwards like a little child. Never mind if the grass stains. You’ll take them out after. Act like a child and play outdoors. This gives you a wonderful feeling of wonder. Just let go and be a child again. Play a game.

8. Face your fears.

Whatever it is that you fear, face it. Say, you’re scared of spiders. Watch a movie on spiders or just go outside and look for spiders. You don’t need to touch it. Simply look at it. This may not eradicate your fears quickly, but at least, you make the move of facing it. You will not believe how happy fear can make you if you just face it.

9. Play a card game.

Playing a card game with others connects you to them and takes your attention away from your feelings. If playing with others isn’t possible, you can play on your own. You can even try to learn some games you can play yourself on the internet.

10. Improve your posture.

A slumpy posture makes you feel downcast even more. Stand straight and straighten your back. Even if you don’t intend to get happy, maintaining a good posture makes you feel confident and in control. You can improve your mood just by standing better.

11. Give away old clothes or stuff you no longer need.

Go through your belongings and sort out those clothing or stuff that you haven’t used in a year. Donate them to charity for free. This way of decluttering gives you a sense of lightness and feelings of gratefulness for having shared something with others.

12. Listen to a podcast or music while washing your dishes.

Rather than playing in your head your complaints about the world, listen to an inspiring podcast. If the podcast won’t work, listen to uplifting songs. This will help you to stay in the present moment and connect with yourself.

13. Dance or sing in public.

If you can, dance or sing in public. You can sing along with the song played in malls. Or simply put your earphones on, then sing with your favorite song. This raises positive vibes in others and makes them smile at you. Seeing the smile of strangers makes you feel good.

14. Forgive someone.

Forgiveness is an act that frees you from the emotional toxicity. Even if they don’t ask for it, forgive those who have hurt you. This cuts the energetic cords that bind them to you. It’s not about them, it’s about you letting go of that toxicity.

15. Wake up 30 minutes earlier than usual.

Waking up earlier than your usual waking time encourages you to greet the day with more positivity. This gives you an amazing start, especially when you watch the sunrise. Take this morning time just for yourself and enjoy the beauty of nature.

16. Talk to yourself in the mirror.

Look at yourself in the mirror and talk to yourself as if you’re talking with your best friend. Tell yourself how you are valued, loved, and cared for. These may be all you need to feel better. No one can show yourself this tender loving care other than yourself.

17. Hug someone.

Hugs do have amazing health benefits. Hug a friend, a family member, your pet, or even a person you just met. Hugging not only benefits you but to the other person too. The longer you hug, the more you feel better.

18. Stay 5 minutes in silence.

Find a place where you can enjoy some quietude. Try to be still and focus on nothing. The silence can calm your cluttered mind and connect you to your inner self. Try to sense the serenity of the silence. Observe your inner chatter as you let your thoughts calm down.

19. Take a nap.

Napping slows you down and makes you feel fresher. Take some 15 minutes power nap and notice how you feel better after. 30 minute naps are the best if you want to improve your creativity and recharge. It’s best to do them around 3pm.

20. Stretch your body.

Giving your body a good stretch enables your blood to circulate more. An increased blood circulation improves your brain function, which makes you more focused and better able to handle stressful situations.

21. Rearrange your furniture.

Change the mood of your home by rearranging your furniture. This not only moves your body but disrupts the negative energy around. It’s always nice to clean your home and uplift the mood inside. It will give you a sense of being somewhere new.

22. Fake a smile.

They say fake it till you make it. And you make it work when you smile. Smiling encourages your body to feel positive. See yourself smiling if you want or just do it for 30 seconds. You will trick your mind into producing chemicals that make you happy.

23. Snuggle with your pet.

Animals are said to absorb any negative energy from humans. When you’re feeling down, snuggle with your furry friend. Their presence brings comfort and relieves you of tensions. If you don’t have a pet go to the zoo and feed the animals. It’s a fun activity to do.

24. Write in cursive fonts.

Get creative. Write in cursive fonts as if you’re learning it for the first time. Allowing your creative juices to flow gives you inspiration and makes you feel better too. Whatever sparks your creativity and passion, do it.

25. Have a movie marathon.

Spend a day watching your favorite movies from childhood. This not only makes you reminisce about the old good memories of childhood but makes you feel young again. Get your favorite movies and take a day off. Watch them alone, or with your friends.

15 Ways You Can Protect Yourself From Negative Energies When You Are Easily Affected

Journey

Nezel Padayhag

July 19, 2018

Negative energy is something misunderstood by many people. It’s this way because we use it out of context and in mixed terminology with physics.

The energy we refer to is a byproduct of environment appearing in a form of a program or mould of perception.

It can affect the momentum of our emotions and the information we perceive.

We call it energy for the lack of a better term.

What this means is that this type of energy can either make us perceive things in a positive and constructive way, it keeps our spirits high, raises our emotions and feeds our minds with positive information.

Or, it can be of a negative character, making us perceive things in a negative way that lowers our spirits and emotions, and feeds our minds with information that’s destructive and negative.

Subjectivity plays a big part in the way this environmental byproduct affects us, however, sometimes its intensity can be what determines our subjectivity.

Both types of energy can affect the way we shape our reality. But don’t look at the one as better than the other, both types of energy have their purpose, they either help us grow or realign us with reality.

It’s not all the time that we’re on high spirits. We have our low days when we need to make introspection and realign with our truth.

Negative energy can affect us in a bad way and we can feel drained, depressed, experience headaches, a gloomy outlook on life, and a lack of motivation. However, it’s not the negative energy that does this, it’s how we react to this energy.

Sometimes we are strong and highly resistant to negative energy and it doesn’t have this effect, however, sometimes we are tired and easily affected by negative energy.

Then we need a little help and more effort to protect ourselves from negative energies and not succumb to them.

The following tips may help you protect yourself in such days, especially when you’re around with toxic people.

15 Ways You Can Protect Yourself From Negative Energies:

1. Have a sage smudging ritual.

Sage is found to have a powerful antibacterial and antioxidant properties. It also helps in other issues like depression and dementia. Using smudging with sage cleanse yourself and your space. Other alternatives are palo santo and incense. Palo santo is the best option when you’re sensitive to smoke. Just use it in mist form.

2. Cleanse your environment with sea salt.

Put a pinch of sea salt in a bowl. Add the lemon essential oil and place the bowl in the center of your home or in the toxic environment. Change the water as needed and throw it outside instead of the drain. This will give you a beautiful and relaxing smelling sensation that will promote feelings of protection and purification.

3. Enclose yourself in a ball of colored light.

You will keep the negative energy from affecting you by imagining yourself enclosed in a protective ball of pink or blue light.

4. Avoid people who are negative.

Because you’re not in a position to resist negative energies when you are tired, avoid spending time with negative people, even if you love them.

5. Use techniques.

You can use relaxation techniques or visualization techniques. Visualize pushing away the negative energies. Or, do something that is relaxing.

6. Use prayers and mantras.

Prayers and mantras are good means of protecting yourself. Create your own specific prayer or mantra for energetic protection.

7. Draw the second Reiki symbol.

The Reiki symbols are considered sacred and believed to help in improving the flow of Life Force energy. The second symbol called Sei He Ki is the symbol for emotional and mental healing. Drawing this symbol in the corners of your home or space protect you from unwanted energy.

8. Use vibration techniques.

Vibration techniques like drumming, rattling, or ringing bells is a quick way to clear yourself, your space or your thing.

9. Cleanse your crown with Nag Champa.

Use the Nag Champa or Dragon’s Blood incense in clearing your crown. Circle the crown 3 times using this incense. This also cleanses your third eye and throat chakra.

10. Reduce drama from your life.

Drama can fill you with energy but it can also be what drains your energy. Do not listen to other people’s drama, especially in days you feel tired because it can affect you. Drama gives us energy when our ego is rewarded. But when you are tired you will just absorb the negativity and let it affect you. Set healthy boundaries to protect yourself from people who are called energy vampires.

11. Cleanse your aura.

You can ask the experts in aura cleansing to aid you in your aura clearing process. But if you don’t have access to them, you can do it your way. You can cleanse your aura by bathing in sunlight, swimming in salt water, bathing with Epsom salts, and meditation.

12. Wear crystal jewelry.

Crystal pieces of jewelry are good in protecting yourself from negative energies because of their perfect molecular structure. They subconsciously give us a sense of purity and perfection. The best are black tourmaline, jet, hematite, tiger’s eye, and black obsidian.

13. Surround yourself with happy people.

Happy, positive, and joyful people are great to be around with. They raise your vibes in a positive way and lift up your mood. Whenever you feel a bit gloomy, reach out for them. We all need a little positivity lift from positive people sometimes.

14. Stay away from the crowd.

Staying away from the crowd while you’re in a vulnerable state is the best choice. Avoid the crowd for awhile and mingle with them again when your energies are strong enough.

15. Be aware.

If you feel you’re caught in a toxic environment, come to the present moment. Try to feel the temperature, hear the sounds around you, smell the smells around you, let your thoughts flow and just observe. When you just observe, you cannot be affected. You can ask for the reason behind the toxicity you perceive and learn from it. There may be some energetic ties that you need to cut or some wounds that need healing inside you.

The 15 Most Inspiring Kahlil Gibran Quotes That Will Nourish Your Soul

Lessons

Nezel Padayhag

July 18, 2018

Kahlil Gibran is an accomplished artist, a writer, and most of all, the third best selling poet of all time, falling behind Shakespeare and Laozi.

Though Gibran has written 19 books and 16 poem collections, his book The Prophet is the most famous of all.

It has been translated into more than 40 languages and never run out of print even unto this day.

The following quotes are some of the most inspiring from his work. They speak directly to your soul.

There’s something unexplainably powerful when you read quotes like these. They penetrate through all the layers of our ego and ignite what we really stand for.

The 15 Most Inspiring Kahlil Gibran Quotes:

1. Speak your mind out to calm your inner argue.

“You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts.”

2. The one destined to love you will never leave your side.

“If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. If they don’t, they never were.”

3. Do not lose your individuality when you love someone.

“Let there be spaces in your togetherness, And let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls. Fill each other’s cup but drink not from one cup. Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf. Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone, Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music. Give your hearts, but not into each other’s keeping. For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts. And stand together, yet not too near together: For the pillars of the temple stand apart, And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other’s shadow.”

4. Suffering brings out the best in your character.

“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.”

5. You weep for the ones that you care about.

“When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.”

6. True beauty lies within the heart.

“Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.”

7. You don’t need to be always understood.

“I have found both freedom and safety in my madness; the freedom of loneliness and the safety from being understood, for those who understand us enslave something in us.”

8. Connecting with nature brings you delight.

“And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair”

9. It’s only when you’re tender and kind that you’re truly strong.

“Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution.”

10. We need one another.

“No human relation gives one possession in another, every two souls are absolutely different. In friendship or in love, the two side by side raise hands together to find what one cannot reach alone.”

11. Only little minds belittle others.

“To belittle, you have to be little.”

12. Your life is defined by your attitude towards it.

“Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens.”

13. The beauty we see outside is actually inside us.

“The appearance of things changes according to the emotions; and thus we see magic and beauty in them, while the magic and beauty are really in ourselves.”

14. Your days are worth more than gold.

“They deem me mad because I will not sell my days for gold; and I deem them mad because they think my days have a price.”

15. You can only find real joy when you serve others.

“I slept and I dreamed that life is all joy. I woke and I saw that life is all service. I served and I saw that service is joy.”

The Personal Awakening Process Of Bruce Lee As It Is Seen In His Unpublished Letters

Lessons

Nezel Padayhag

July 17, 2018

People practice martial arts for different reasons. Whether your aim is to defend yourself or learn self respect, you will come to achieve mastery of self as your practice progresses.

Your enhanced focus helps you to tune deeper into your mind and, eventually, into yourself. This is clearly seen in the iconic martial artist Bruce Lee.

Bruce Lee did not only amaze people with his prowess in martial arts but also with his spiritual philosophy that ignites the hearts of many.

His unwavering dedication to his art, coupled with a commitment to understanding himself, lead him to his path of spiritual awakening.

He wrote himself personal letters that documented his journey to self actualization.

The Personal Awakening Process Of Bruce Lee:

Who Am I?

Each of us may have different answers regarding the question Who Am I. While there is no right answer to this question, our answers vary depending on our personal growth.

Bruce Lee may have been more spiritually awakened than most of us when he wrote the following words to himself.

“At the moment I’m wondering for whom am I writing this organized mess? I have to say I am writing whatever wants to be written.

I have come to the realization that sooner or later what it really amounts to is the bare fact that even an attempt to really write something about one’s self demands, first of all, an honesty towards oneself to be able to take responsibility to be what we actually are.

What it boils down to is my sincere and honest revelation of a man called Bruce Lee. Just who is Bruce Lee? Where is he heading? What does he hope to discover? To do this a person has to stand on his own two feet and find out the cause of ignorance. For the lazy and hopeless, they can forget it and do what they like best.”

Self Actualization And Self Image Actualization

Bruce Lee pointed out the big difference between self actualization and self image actualization.

Self actualization is being your true self while self image actualization is the image you want to create based on how you want others to see you.

“Of course, this writing can be made less demanding should I allow myself to indulge in the standard manipulating game of role playing, but my responsibility to myself disallows that… I do want to be honest, that is the least a human being can do… I have always been a martial artist by choice, an actor by profession, but above all, am actualizing myself someday to be an artist of life. Yes, there is a difference between self actualization and self image actualization.”

Life As A Process

In his journal entry entitled “In My Own Process,” Bruce Lee described life as a process that each one of us goes through.

And in this process, one continues to expand and grow until one comes to term with his genuine self and has the courage to be what he is.

“I have come to accept life as a process, and am satisfied that in my ever going process, I am constantly discovering, expanding, finding the cause of my ignorance, in martial art and especially in life. In short, to be real.”

“The truth is that life is an ever going process ever renewing and it just meant to be lived but not lived for. It is something that cannot be squeezed into a self constructed security pattern, a game of rigid control and clever manipulation. Instead, to be what I term “a quality human being” one has to be transparently real and have the courage to be what he is.”

“Being” Versus “Having”

Bruce Lee seemed to have arrived at a conclusion that ranked him among the world’s greatest philosophers and sages. It’s the final realization that we’re not “having” it but simply “being” it.

“Where some people have a self, most people have a void, because they are too busy in wasting their vital creative energy to project themselves as this or that, dedicating their lives to actualizing a concept of what they should be like rather than actualizing their potentiality as a human being, a sort of “being” vs. having, that is, we do not “have” mind, we are simply mind. We are what we are.”

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