I was thinking (again) the other day on my run about the "feeling of gratitude." "is gratitude really a feeling?" i thot to myself. and then an idea popped into my head... nothing major... just a simple idea. when I am grateful for something or about something, what exactly do i experience? how do i feel? what do i think about? and the answers to those questions (in order), i found were: 1. I experience joy, happiness... gratitude? :); 2. i feel happy... i feel glad... i feel at peace... i feel excited... i also feel calm - perhaps it's peaceful -hence, the previous note of feeling "at peace"; 3. I think about what i'm grateful for... i think about why i'm grateful for the object of my gratitude... i circle back and think about how i feel... i think about the moments that remind me of those feelings....
Is there any time that we are grateful, yet NOT happy? CAN we be grateful w/o being happy? then i wondered... when we're happy about/for something... does that mean automatically that we are grateful? when i watch a comedy sitcom and i laugh... does that mean i'm grateful for the joke, funny comment, etc? when I see my son learn new things and I get all excited and happy for him... am i grateful for the experience i witnessed? so far, they have been all yeses for my questions posed about when i feel happy. so i wonder... is all gratitude really just happiness?
in the new agey world of LOA... when we are told to be grateful... isn't that just another way of saying be happy? i'm beginning to believe so. "be happy for... (insert blank)... in our lives".. is THE way to express instant gratitude.
what are you happy about in your life? what are you happy for in your experiences?
I'm happy for my loving wife and son...
i'm happy for my optimal health that i discovered and have beneftitted from and maintain...
I'm happy about living in such a wonderful city and living so close to the beach!
I'm LOVING my flexible schedule!
I'm always happy about feeling happy everyday, despite my challenging (but temporary) circumstances...
I'm happy that i have a car that works and can take me wherever i need whenever i need at my whim!
I'm happy for the access to the internet and tv - such convenient and wonderful technologies to have on whim!
I'm happy I live in the U.S.... despite the world of uncertainty and challenges that surround us.
I'm happy to have discovered AR's tech and the community sprouted from his teachings.
I'm definitely happy for the computer i have access to right now so that I may express my happiness (and gratitude) with this group!
I LOVE MY LIFE... don't you? if not everything, can you find a lot of other things that you can love about your life?? if i can... you certainly can!
the quality of our life is determined by what we focus on, indeed!
g'nite!
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Saturday, May 2, 2009
the Latest in Heart Health Care - open for registration...
Hi Everyone!
Initially I had thought of sending this out to just my direct friends
and family... but after thinking about this, I thought that this was
information that is too good to not share with a bigger group.
Here's a clip from the link:
>>
This is cutting edge technology for cardiology in the field stem cell research that I wanted to share with my circle. There is high hopes for this technology to become available to the masses in the near future (2013)! This exciting technology will revolutionize the heart health care industry for all patients suffering from a heart attack.
This is not based on any controversial stem cell technology - it's technology that works with your body's own cells.
<<
TO LEARN MORE - VIDEO LINK:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kqb7cAKccS0
Hope everyone is having a great weekend!
SM2009
p.s.
this study JUST STARTED... no one has been signed up for this study
yet. so in a sense, this is a "ground floor opportunity" AND the
best part is it's FREE!
Go ahead and click the video link to find out more about the breakthrough tech!
INVITATION TO VIDEO LINK:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kqb7cAKccS0
Initially I had thought of sending this out to just my direct friends
and family... but after thinking about this, I thought that this was
information that is too good to not share with a bigger group.
Here's a clip from the link:
>>
This is cutting edge technology for cardiology in the field stem cell research that I wanted to share with my circle. There is high hopes for this technology to become available to the masses in the near future (2013)! This exciting technology will revolutionize the heart health care industry for all patients suffering from a heart attack.
This is not based on any controversial stem cell technology - it's technology that works with your body's own cells.
<<
TO LEARN MORE - VIDEO LINK:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kqb7cAKccS0
Hope everyone is having a great weekend!
SM2009
p.s.
this study JUST STARTED... no one has been signed up for this study
yet. so in a sense, this is a "ground floor opportunity" AND the
best part is it's FREE!
Go ahead and click the video link to find out more about the breakthrough tech!
INVITATION TO VIDEO LINK:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kqb7cAKccS0
Friday, May 1, 2009
action IS INHERENT in LOA - ALWAYS...
I came to thinking about how we are and how we do things and how loa relates to us. I usually get to fun/creative thinking on my runs, and this occurred to me (hope i can remember it all - shoulda written it down! :) )...
dictionary definition of action:
per dictionary.com (http://tinyurl.com/uscw2), the common definition of action as I see most applicable: #3 (if you scroll to mid page)- Organized activity to accomplish an objective. the above points #1-2 were too vague but encompass #3. OR #5 (at the top of the page)- energetic activity.
it occurred to me that no intention can be held; no decision can be made WITHOUT action. Even thought requires mental action! and what is mental action? for us to perceive mental thought, cells have to connect in our physical brains - action has to take place to form any coherent thought. no matter how you philosophize this point, it's a physical fact of being human. Even if we're in a matrix, whatever we truly are in this form - actual or imagined, to create thot, this body has to go through a BASIC set of actions to even FORM a thought... to organize and gather energy to create thought - the seed to even more action (mental or physical).
we cannot disregard the FUNDAMENTAL physical steps (regardless of by voluntary or involuntary action) that are necessary to form thought. This, by nature, indicates ALL INTENTIONS ... ALL THOUGHT REQUIRE ACTION - no if's, and's, or but's about it! Since action is inherent in thought, every step that happens after that (whether it manifests as physical action or just remains as an emotion, thought, or left in imagination) required physical action by us. My point is that by this fundamental observation, action cannot be divorced from LOA - it's inherent in the seed of thought!
So what/who is the higher self? This is left to speculation as there is no 100% agreed way by everyone to say what/who that is -- only hypotheses. Speaking metaphorically, I have come to understand that our existence, our bodies, our physical aspect ... even more specifically, our brains... work as a lens to focus energy to form thought. Everything that happens in our experience begins with thought ---> to be self-aware or to create intention... anything and everything that relates to thought. to be self-aware requires a level of focused and organized energy to form a thought that allows us to be self-aware.
Therefore, I submit by common definition of action agreed by the english language that we all speak and use, that all intention requires action. to the level of degree that our desires manifest depend upon many steps after thought. In fact, to even "manifest" ANYTHING, we need two things: 1. to form an intention; 2. to recognize the goal/opportunity has become available to us... both require the brain to form thought... without our brain, obviously we are not self-aware or know life the way we know it. :) so this leads to the question of WHO are we? perhaps all we truly are as humans is the ego ... the personality we have come to know. our true nature may be divine, but how we have come to be self-aware (with or without memories of past lives) has been made available to us by the physical limits (visible and invisible and everything in between) that our physical brain has the capacity to understand. We may have connection beyond our ego and observe from a higher state, but we cannot indefinitely divorce our human nature...our physical presence... and still live as a human being. to become more than we are, we have to truly leave behind our physical limitations. i might add that this does not imply we know all the limitations of our physical nature. obviously, to perceive/explore/interact with the invisible IS NOT a limitation of our physical nature. for example, a physical limitation is to go without air, water, food... no matter how enlightened one is in physical form...in this physical world, you CANNOT defy that physical limitation. otherwise, you are NOT (only) human! :)
at any rate, the "aha" for me has been that in this life, EVERYTHING requires some degree of action... nothing lives in this life without action. action is not confined only to a physical, observable sense... action is required to form intention. the fact that we can intend is the same set of fundamentals required to form a physical action... it's all action.
the practical use of this aha moment:
loa works best (and only with) CONSISTENT ACTION towards the target/goal of our intentions. however things manifest by physical proactive measure or by circumstance b/c of invisible factors that we are not aware of BUT still have our influence... all require FOCUS. to decide is not enough... one must hold that decision... a decision is only an evaluation of standard. we must take action to maintain that standard... to maintain that decision to help align action or trajectory/results of action with that decision... at the very least, when a decision (action required) is made, we choose to initiate an action in the direction/focus of that decision.
LOA requires focus. the mind is the lens to which we must use to focus to manifest anything... action is required to create focus... action is required to maintain that focus... focus is the active gathering and organization of energy. or as dictionary.com succinctly puts it: "3. To concentrate attention or energy..." (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/focus)
who and what our true nature is is not the topic of focus in this thread... just the definition and role of action in LOA (or in this life as we know it).
that's my thoughts in a nutshell about action... i suppose it's more an observation/distinction than anything... and nothing that disrupts the idea of LOA.
dictionary definition of action:
per dictionary.com (http://tinyurl.com/uscw2), the common definition of action as I see most applicable: #3 (if you scroll to mid page)- Organized activity to accomplish an objective. the above points #1-2 were too vague but encompass #3. OR #5 (at the top of the page)- energetic activity.
it occurred to me that no intention can be held; no decision can be made WITHOUT action. Even thought requires mental action! and what is mental action? for us to perceive mental thought, cells have to connect in our physical brains - action has to take place to form any coherent thought. no matter how you philosophize this point, it's a physical fact of being human. Even if we're in a matrix, whatever we truly are in this form - actual or imagined, to create thot, this body has to go through a BASIC set of actions to even FORM a thought... to organize and gather energy to create thought - the seed to even more action (mental or physical).
we cannot disregard the FUNDAMENTAL physical steps (regardless of by voluntary or involuntary action) that are necessary to form thought. This, by nature, indicates ALL INTENTIONS ... ALL THOUGHT REQUIRE ACTION - no if's, and's, or but's about it! Since action is inherent in thought, every step that happens after that (whether it manifests as physical action or just remains as an emotion, thought, or left in imagination) required physical action by us. My point is that by this fundamental observation, action cannot be divorced from LOA - it's inherent in the seed of thought!
So what/who is the higher self? This is left to speculation as there is no 100% agreed way by everyone to say what/who that is -- only hypotheses. Speaking metaphorically, I have come to understand that our existence, our bodies, our physical aspect ... even more specifically, our brains... work as a lens to focus energy to form thought. Everything that happens in our experience begins with thought ---> to be self-aware or to create intention... anything and everything that relates to thought. to be self-aware requires a level of focused and organized energy to form a thought that allows us to be self-aware.
Therefore, I submit by common definition of action agreed by the english language that we all speak and use, that all intention requires action. to the level of degree that our desires manifest depend upon many steps after thought. In fact, to even "manifest" ANYTHING, we need two things: 1. to form an intention; 2. to recognize the goal/opportunity has become available to us... both require the brain to form thought... without our brain, obviously we are not self-aware or know life the way we know it. :) so this leads to the question of WHO are we? perhaps all we truly are as humans is the ego ... the personality we have come to know. our true nature may be divine, but how we have come to be self-aware (with or without memories of past lives) has been made available to us by the physical limits (visible and invisible and everything in between) that our physical brain has the capacity to understand. We may have connection beyond our ego and observe from a higher state, but we cannot indefinitely divorce our human nature...our physical presence... and still live as a human being. to become more than we are, we have to truly leave behind our physical limitations. i might add that this does not imply we know all the limitations of our physical nature. obviously, to perceive/explore/interact with the invisible IS NOT a limitation of our physical nature. for example, a physical limitation is to go without air, water, food... no matter how enlightened one is in physical form...in this physical world, you CANNOT defy that physical limitation. otherwise, you are NOT (only) human! :)
at any rate, the "aha" for me has been that in this life, EVERYTHING requires some degree of action... nothing lives in this life without action. action is not confined only to a physical, observable sense... action is required to form intention. the fact that we can intend is the same set of fundamentals required to form a physical action... it's all action.
the practical use of this aha moment:
loa works best (and only with) CONSISTENT ACTION towards the target/goal of our intentions. however things manifest by physical proactive measure or by circumstance b/c of invisible factors that we are not aware of BUT still have our influence... all require FOCUS. to decide is not enough... one must hold that decision... a decision is only an evaluation of standard. we must take action to maintain that standard... to maintain that decision to help align action or trajectory/results of action with that decision... at the very least, when a decision (action required) is made, we choose to initiate an action in the direction/focus of that decision.
LOA requires focus. the mind is the lens to which we must use to focus to manifest anything... action is required to create focus... action is required to maintain that focus... focus is the active gathering and organization of energy. or as dictionary.com succinctly puts it: "3. To concentrate attention or energy..." (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/focus)
who and what our true nature is is not the topic of focus in this thread... just the definition and role of action in LOA (or in this life as we know it).
that's my thoughts in a nutshell about action... i suppose it's more an observation/distinction than anything... and nothing that disrupts the idea of LOA.
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