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Present moment

Posted in Uncategorized by flowology on March 1st, 2008
The present moment is your escape route from stress.

Stress only comes from worrying about the past or the future. In the present moment, even if you are facing a difficult situation, you will act without stress. There is no time for stress when you are fully present! You are too occupied with what is happening around you and within you to ponder and complain.

If you just sit and listen to your breath going in and out, then observe all the sounds and movements around you, you will notice that there is nothing to worry about. You can act and live with whatever situation comes. But the hardest thing to do as an adult is to stay present…

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Don’t just accept it, LOVE it

Posted in Uncategorized by flowology on February 20th, 2008

One idea that’s working out well for me right now is ‘Don’t just accept it, LOVE it’. This does not apply to my life, my personality or any such Oprah Winfriesque ideal. It applies to all those things that I usually consider annoyances or frustrations, like traffic jams, litter on the streets, noise pollution, atmospheric pollution, bad hair days etc. Yesterday, whilst travelling on a bus in heavy heat, the feeling of restlessness began weighing in on me. At that point I thought, ‘What if I ENJOYED being uncomfortable?’ The attitude created a shift in my awareness which in turn changed my experience. Attitude can influence experience quite directly sometimes, and that’s exactly what happened.

So next time I start thinking, ‘How awful it is that…’, I’m going to turn it around into, ‘I love how awful it is.’