CUTE

"In a mother's womb were two babies. One asked the other: "Do you believe in life after delivery?" The other replies, "why, of course. There has to be something after delivery. Maybe we are here to prepare ourselves for what we will be later. "Nonsense," says the other. "There is no life after delivery. What would that life be?" "I don't know, but there will be more light than here. Maybe we will walk with our legs and eat from our mouths." The other says "This is absurd! Walking is impossible. And eat with our mouths? Ridiculous. The umbilical cord supplies nutrition. Life after delivery is to be excluded. The umbilical cord is too short." "I think there is something and maybe it's different than it is here." the other replies, "No one has ever come back from there. Delivery is the end of life, and in the after-delivery it is nothing but darkness and anxiety and it takes us nowhere." "Well, I don't know," says the other, "but certainly we will see mother and she will take care of us." "Mother??" You believe in mother? Where is she now? "She is all around us. It is in her that we live. Without her there would not be this world." "I don't see her, so it's only logical that she doesn't exist." To which the other replied, "sometimes when you're in silence you can hear her, you can perceive her." I believe there is a reality after delivery and we are here to prepare ourselves for that reality." Well, that's the same about us, we keep asking whether there is LIFE after death....

DID HE

He met you. He got your number. He started talking to you. He got to know you. He became your friend. He started to like you. He loved talking to you. He started to chase you. He wanted to spend time with you. He started missing you. He made you fall. He wanted you. He got it in with you. He became more than a friend. He finally got you. He fell in love with you. He couldn't stopped talking to you. He loved being around you. He started acting different. He seemed more distant. He started to ignore you. He got bored. He stopped showing he cared. He left.

ASK YOURSELF

There was once a businessman who was sitting by the beach in a small Brazilian village. As he sat, he saw a Brazilian fisherman rowing a small boat towards the shore having caught quite few big fish. The businessman was impressed and asked the fisherman, “How long does it take you to catch so many fish?” The fisherman replied, “Oh, just a short while.” “Then why don’t you stay longer at sea and catch even more?” The businessman was astonished. “This is enough to feed my whole family,” the fisherman said. The businessman then asked, “So, what do you do for the rest of the day?” The fisherman replied, “Well, I usually wake up early in the morning, go out to sea and catch a few fish, then go back and play with my kids. In the afternoon, I take a nap with my wife, and evening comes, I join my buddies in the village for a drink — we play guitar, sing and dance throughout the night.” The businessman offered a suggestion to the fisherman. “I am a PhD in business management. I could help you to become a more successful person. From now on, you should spend more time at sea and try to catch as many fish as possible. When you have saved enough money, you could buy a bigger boat and catch even more fish. Soon you will be able to afford to buy more boats, set up your own company, your own production plant for canned food and distribution network. By then, you will have moved out of this village and to Sao Paulo, where you can set up HQ to manage your other branches.” The fisherman continues, “And after that?” The businessman laughs heartily, “After that, you can live like a king in your own house, and when the time is right, you can go public and float your shares in the Stock Exchange, and you will be rich.” The fisherman asks, “And after that?” The businessman says, “After that, you can finally retire, you can move to a house by the fishing village, wake up early in the morning, catch a few fish, then return home to play with kids, have a nice afternoon nap with your wife, and when evening comes, you can join your buddies for a drink, play the guitar, sing and dance throughout the night!” The fisherman was puzzled, “Isn’t that what I am doing now?”

DOWNS AND UPS

I reached the end of my rope one day and finally said, “Enough is enough! I’ve had it with your lies, violence and manipulation, so get out! This relationship is OVER!” So even though we had grown up together and shared some good laughs over the years, it felt REALLY good to finally walk away from that abusive relationship. The newfound freedom gave me an opportunity to grow as an individual, do some soul- searching, read books, and spend a lot more time outdoors. The first few weeks apart were pretty difficult, I have to admit. I really missed the routine of coming home to that familiar embrace (because we humans are comforted by routine, even if it’s dysfunctional). But now that it’s been more than ten years since we last saw one another, I can honestly say that I don’t miss my TV at all. It’s true that not EVERYTHING on television is negative, bad, violent or filled with mind-numbing commercials, but I personally had to cut it out altogether in order to end the addiction. Did I miss out on some amazing footage, lessons and research shared on the Discovery Channel, for example? Absolutely! But I certainly didn’t miss waking up to bad news or going to bed with even worse news, that’s for sure! I did my own research instead, at my own pace, on my own schedule, with no commercial interruption. The only change I initially noticed was that I couldn’t join the conversation with co-workers standing around the water cooler at the office anymore, but after a decade without TV I noticed a significantly more remarkable change: all of my thoughts were my own. I wasn’t being told what to think, what to buy, like, eat or watch; I was making my own decisions. I wonder if not being exposed to media is part of why I’m so happy all the time. I mean, I didn’t just cut out TV; I went all out and eliminated newspapers, radio, and magazines too! In a book called Meditation, Eknath Easwaran explains how we don’t just eat with our mouths; we eat with our eyes and ears too. So if we watch or listen to poisonous negativity, violence, gossip, and pretty much anything that is not conducive to our growth or maturity as adults, then it’s no different than eating only refined sugars, fried foods and saturated fats; we’re bound to get sick. That sickness, however, takes the form of fear, paranoia, anxiety, greed, insecurity, a lack of trust in our fellow brothers and sisters, and discontentment with life altogether. Yuck! Luckily for us, as is the case with most ailments, prevention is the best cure! Start paying attention to how much of what you watch is filling you with fear, anger or anxiety, versus how much of what you read or expose yourself to is about unconditional love, gratitude, trust, respect, and the divinity within all beings (including yourself). As Carlos Castaneda said, “We can make ourselves miserable, or we can make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same.” So go ahead and choose to be happy by taking the first step of avoiding the very things that make you UNhappy. It certainly helped me! More chapters like this are in Buddhist Boot Camp. Enjoy! Credit: Buddhist Bootcamp

LIFE STORY

Very much, you are the writer of your life story. You are creating a symphony, using your own music for the flow. Close, your eyes and hear, your life flow as you write the symphony. Your life is a play and you, its author and director; make it just as great as you want it to be. Make it have the beginning, the middle, and the end that you choose for it to have. Rewrite it over and over until it is the life, you want it to be. You have all the power to be anything or everything you ever dreamed you could be. If you have been a victim, you have only been a victim of your own, wrong thinking. No one can touch you, unless you have given over to me your powers. But that is just another part of this great information, that I have to share with you on how to be happy, and live the greatest life that anyone could ever live. But go back to the first part, and just learn to be happy right now with what you have no matter how little it may be, be grateful, that you have what you do have, be happy that you are how and who you are right now. Don't stop growing grow everyday, and move forward even if it is only an inch or so. You don't need to find your happiness, its already waiting on you; and all you have to do, is be happy now. Smile, that is the first thing, smile all that you can, all the time. But know that not everyday, will be great, but for a reason as God puts it. You must know pain and suffering, to know when you are no longer experiencing it.

Fruit of the Poisoned Tree”

. . . I was angry with my friend: I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe: I told it not, my wrath did grow. And I watered it in fears, Night and morning with my tears; And I sunned it with smiles, And with soft deceitful wiles. And it grew both day and night, Till it bore an apple bright. And my foe beheld it shine. And he knew that it was mine, And into my garden stole When the night had veiled the pole; In the morning glad I see My foe outstretched beneath the tree.

***Can You Choose To Trust the Universe?

Can you trust that things will work out even when there's not much to prove that they will do? Can you trust that the path you are on right now, will lead you to the very life that gives you multiple lifegasmic experiences aka orgasms from satisfaction in life? Whatever the course you are on right now? Can you trust the Universe with that course and not doubt it at all? I have to confess I have tons of faith and self-confidence, however even though this is so, there are my moments when I doubt everything. Moments when self-doubt shoots through and I am like; "Is this going to work out?", "Will this business turn out perfect?", "Will this relationship lead to something great?" But in those moments, I have learned to trust the Universe. Now you can refer to the Universe by any name you wish, call it Karma, God, Allah, Lord Shiva whatever, the name you give it doesn't matter as much as the belief in that name. Years back, three years to be precise, I made a humble decision of choosing to trust the universe. I chose to create a trusting relationship with my reality. On the objective side, I'm never going to know and understand the true nature of reality. It's way too complex for my puny human brain to figure out. I don't even have direct access to that real outer reality. I can only think with my own internal mental model of it -- whatever my brain has currently mapped into its neural network. And my mental map is surely filled with flaws and inaccuracies. So in that case, I have three options: to remain in doubt, to trust, or to distrust. Again I considered all the options and felt that even if the universe was in fact cold and indifferent... or perhaps even out to get me, trusting it was still the best option. By choosing to trust the universe, it pushes me to take more risks, to stretch myself, and to learn from mistakes and setbacks. I felt this would lead to a more interesting life than the alternatives, which discourage action and exploration. In the end it came down to a decision about what kind of life I want to live. I felt I would live the best life if I believed I lived in a world that I could trust, a world that existed to teach me, train me, give me lessons, bring me wonderful experiences, enable me to love and feel loved, and so on. I don't, however, trust the universe to be nice to me, to go easy on me, to always be my friend. I trust it on a much deeper level. I trust it to bring me challenges, to push me to grow even when I resist that pushing, and to be the coach I need in training up my consciousness. I trust the universe to put me on a path of greater alignment with truth, love, and power. So far I feel that trust has not been misplaced. So I want to ask you something? Will you trust the Universe even when it doesn't work out as you thought? Will you trust the Universe when the person you loved so much wakes up and calls it quits? Will you trust the Universe when you get fired from a job you struggled to get? Will you just trust that whatever the Universe brings you is a lifegasmic experience for you to devour even when it seems bad? I am choosing to trust the Universe, to bring me the friends that resonate with me and to carefully weed out those that don't? I am trusting the Universe to begin any business it asks me to begin? I am trusting the Universe to love any person it asks me to love and not to put pressure on myself whether it works out or not.

DIFFERENCES

It seems like guys are always nice at first, aren't they? They say hi, they talk to you with respect, they're real smooth with their words, they seem like gentlemen, right? Then as you get to know them a little better, they get more comfortable with you and they start to show you their funny side, they start to show you their emotional side, they start to show you their weird side, they seem so genuine, right? Then as you get to know them even better, they start to show you their clingy side, they start to show you their insecure side, they start to show you their needy side, they seem so dependent on you, right? Then as you get to know them even further, they start to show you their serious side, they start to show you their angry side, they start to show you their controlling side, they seem so crazy, right? Now, at this point, they're treating you like crap and you're thinking "What happened to the guy I first met?"

**How to Hack Your Subconscious And Achieve Faster Results In Life

 I can comfortably state, I am one of those people with an amazing typing speed. Yet I didn't realize my typing speed had come of age until months down the road when I began doing the very thing that used to amaze me years back. When I was young, I would stand in awe at my father's typing speed, he seemed to just focus on the computer screen and then his hands would just type out anything he desired. I could not imagine that a normal person could know the location of the letters of the keyboard just automatically, but time forward, I am doing the same thing. It's a phenomenon I have attributed to muscle memory and the Subconscious. If you observe your life keenly, you will find many things for which the subconscious is now responsible. For example, if you train your body to wake up at a specific time every day for some good time, after some time, the subconscious registers this fact and even when you sleep so late, you will be awake at that specific time. Even when you have no alarm, you automatically wake up at that time. The same thing happens, when one is first learning how to drive a manual car, they are doing the process of changing gears on the conscious level but after a long period of doing this, their hands begin shifting the gears automatically, once again the subconscious comes at play. In my own life, my subconscious has learned that I must have a handkerchief in my side pocket and my wallet at the back pocket before I leave home. Have you noticed that for some people, they just can't keep money, even when it's too much, they will find a way to blow it all up within days. It's just wired in them, they just can't control it, or actually they don't realize it. So the question is; is it possible to hack your subconscious for better results in your life? Could it be that the reason some things are not changing in your life is because the subconscious has not yet registered them well enough. And could it be that you have to change some things from your subconscious before your life can improve? One of the other ways I use the subconscious is when I am trying to solve a pressing problem. I realize that in those moments when my logic is failing to figure out a quick solution, the best thing to do, is to ignore the problem, relax off and before I know it, minutes later, a solution pops out of nowhere. Now it's that nowhere once again that I attribute to the Subconscious. The subconscious works 24-7, it becomes more dominant when you sleep, it's responsible for your dreams and physical processes like breathing, walking, that's why even when it's dark, you will comfortably find your mouth, yet if this process was to be performed by the conscious, it's practically impossible to find your mouth in the dark. I have also noticed that the most creative and innovative people that have graced this world always move with two things wherever they go. That's a pen and a small journal. Steve Jobs never let go of these two items, and he went ahead to grow Apple to the most successful brand in the world. Bill Gates of Microsoft, Ortega Amancio, the 3rd richest man and owner of Zara, not forgetting Richard Branson of Virgin Group. You see, most of the best ideas to transform our lives come in those moments where we least expect them, thus the need to have a piece of paper to note down whatever idea hits you. It may be an idea on which person to contact etc. Here's how the Subconscious is already at work in your life: 1. Did you ever get poking feeling that some one is watching you? Whether you are in taxi, sitting in office and doing your job ? You feel suddenly uncomfortable and feel that some one is watching you. Just look around slowly.. you will realize some one just lowered his head on seeing you. 2. Did your phone ever ring and even before checking whose calling, you predict the person with accuracy? 3. Have you ever predicted the time of the day to full accuracy as far as the hour and the minutes are concerned? I did this a couple of times and my friend never believed it, he thought I had an imaginary watch. 4. Before you go to sleep - when you are in a fix about some issue - try to forget it - you get more solutions, more ideas to solve that issue. Do not sleep, do not get up, try still to forget it - you get more and more ideas. 5. Finally just to notice this, try to focus at someone for some good time, let's say you are seated in a lecture room. It's best it you look at them from behind, when they're seated at the front. Concentrate on her or him. After a few minutes - he or she will start looking around and then look at you. You change your look to a different person once you met his eyes. After few seconds / minutes - he or she will look at you again. So if you can teach your Subconscious something, then it will cease to be hard-work. You will begin to do things effortlessly but for that to happen, you have to use your conscious mind. Let's say you want to learn how to type faster and accurately, you use your conscious mind to decide that everyday you will type at least 2000 words for 30 consecutive days, I can guarantee your typing speed will more than triple. If you want to attract more friends in your life, you just use your conscious to make 2 new friends every day for 30 days and after the 30 days, your subconscious will automatically begin to make the 2 new friends for you without you having to do a lot of work. In summary, your Conscious feeds your Subconscious. The Conscious is the gate-way yet the Subconscious is the actual place where everything you are experiencing in your life takesplace. That's why someone may have all the conscious ability to make money but if his subconscious is not wired to keep this money, it will keep finding itself out of his life. I think you've heard of people who make a lot of money, but it keeps slipping through their pockets. He earns a big salary but he's ever broke. His subconscious is wired into the state of being broke, no matter how much more he earns, he will continue to be broke. The Subconscious controls 80% of your life. The Conscious only controls 20% of your life. So I am so certain, that the rich men, have wired their subconscious for making money. One time I overheard Patrick Bitature saying; "Making money is my hobby, I would get bored if I wasn't making money." So I am so certain, after sometime, making money begins to happen on the subconscious level, you just can't explain it to a person who is making money at the conscious level. So the bottom line is; "Train your conscious hard enough, with focus and persistence such that the Subconscious can register and get this training and implement it effortlessly, automatically." The subconscious is actually the same voice that tells you, "don't lend that person money, he won't pay back and true to that, you lend the person money and they never pay back." But it's more than just intuition, it's ultimate infinite intelligence in every area of your life. I also wish to state that I don't fully understand the subconscious but the little I know about it, has transformed my life at a speed I would have never imagined.

MISSING YOU

Missing someone gets easier everyday because even though you are one day further from the last time you saw them, you are one day closer to the next time you will Distance is not for the fearful, it is for the bold. It's for those who are willing to spend a lot of time alone in exchange for a little time with the one they love. It's for those knowing a good thing when they see it, even if they don't see it nearly enough If ever there is tomorrow when we're not together. There is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we're apart... I'll always be with you.