“Graveyards are full of indispensable people” This is a classic quote often used by French President General De Gaulle when he has to fire someone from his cabinet. In fact he never fired anyone since he was asking the person to sign her/his resignation letter when hired. He decided just to add the […]
Awareness, sensation and meanings of breathing When a monkey is screaming non-stop, the zookeepers try to distract him, usually with a banana or a toy. When your monkey mind is on a non-stop talkative mode, you should try to distract him and divert his attention by forcing him to focus on something else. The […]
The story of Jo and Maria JO: Jo is 40. At 6:30 am and 10 or 11 pm he brushes his teeth during 5 min...without his mind!. Of course Jo is not mindless but his mind is not where this guy is and not doing what Jo's hands are doing! While Jo's body is […]
Dealing with a negative mind All news networks executives know very well that, in order to attract viewers and income from commercials, the content of the news must be at least 70% “bad news” such as natural disasters, wars, crime, terrorism, accidents, etc. This is exactly what we are getting even […]
Suffering from “I am giving up” (Chatting with a leaf) To give up is to resign reluctantly. […]
If I focus only on expecting positive results from the outside world, I may or will never succeed for the better and be happier since many of them depend on things, events, people for which and for whom I have little or no control whatsoever. But if I focus mostly in changing myself, I may […]
The stream of thoughts The stream of our thoughts has enormous power and momentum that can easily drag you along. It is like sitting on a little kayak in the middle of a lethal white river. Our emotions are like whirlpools in which we are sucked. Every thought pretends that it is real and […]
Escaping from boredom Few days ago, feeling somewhat bored I decided to escape from boredom and write something about this negative feeling. Here is the stuff, obviously pretty boring. Definition: Boredom is a feeling of displeasure, impatience and emptiness arising out of a conflict between a constant need for significant physical and or mental […]
Listening to silence Whenever there is silence around you learn to jump on it, to grab it and to listen to it. You will reap a miracle of Nature. That means just pay attention, be […]
The present moment, you and your ego Part#1 How to be friend with your life Try to answer the following question?: How often are your mind and body doing the same thing at the same time? For example 1) while you are driving is your mind is driving? 2) while you are watching TV is […]
