Take life seriously

For many people there is nothing better than a nice bubble bath to relax and forget about the serious things of life. But for me to taking a good bubble bath, as do any other thing that gives us pleasure, it is one of the serious things of life. Everything else that doesn´t please us is definitely not taking life seriously.

Serenity vow

I kneel down at the foot of the mountain, And I vow to practice the mindful breathing and smiling. I follow the path of mindful living, And look deep into things. To follow the way that leads to healing, joy and enlightenment, The path of peace and serenity.

Let the pain go

Do not spend your Life caressing the pain that breaks you inside. You will have a pleasant surprise if you let them go. Pain letf but you are still in one piece inside of you.

Pay attention to yourself to change

Try to pay more attention to yourself. Try to understand how you relate at home, on the street, at work, at leisure. Watch how you breathe, how you walk, how you touch , how you use your voice, as are your actions and thoughts. Just watch how you relate to the innermost of yourself, with the essence of life. Are you living your live consciously? Can you direct your thoughts, actions and words to change the meaning of what you want and dream? Mahatma Gandhi said: "We must be the change we want in the world." I would add: We must be the change we want for ourselves.

The secret of emptiness

Taking things for granted as well thinking we know everything contaminates our mind. First we have to clean the space within us to succeed in order to experience ourselfs, the other and the universe. Doing so keeps receptive and in a positive state of mind. It's our own emptiness that starts the process.

Training our mind for hapiness

Mental faculties can be trained towards happiness through meditation. Before we consider political solutions for a sustainable development, we need to discover this need for this type of permanent contentment. I see no other way to build a better society.

Samsara

During our life we face endless waves of happiness and sorrow, prosperity and adversity (Samsara). In this ceaseless whirl we must be aware that all these waves are momentary. Therefore we should always relativize its importance.

Having is not living

Living on the basis of having and not being is to live in a permanent state of bankruptcy. Living in eagerness to conquer the world around us without finding out about ourselves is drowning in a small pool of water. Living is first of all to find ourselves.

The noble art of stopping

Improve the art of stopping. The art of stopping is the art of looking within ourselves doing absolutely nothing. It is a time to contemplate our mind, our thoughts and feelings and see what should be kept and what should be discarded. Developing the art of stopping is essential.

Walking meditation

Today I suggest that you develop the good habit of meditating while walking. Contemplate the unity of life while you walk.. When we walk with a carefree spirit our nervous system relaxes, the blood circulates with more vitality and the brain renews itself. This practice allows us to contemplate Life and to realize more clearly our deep identity with the universe.

Thoughts of Life

Thoughts of worry and fear are terrible forces within ourselves. They poison the very source of life and destroy the harmony, efficiency of action, vitality and vigor. Instead, thoughts of joy and courage, cure, increase efficiency and multiply the mental powers.

Go slowly

You can practice a quieter life practicing slow motion. The arrival at home at the end of a working day is a great opportunity to do household chores more slowly, watching every move and experiencing mindfulness in every action. Go slowly and keep trying.

Try this

Try this: Empty your lungs, empty your mind from thoughts, empty your emotions. Expire all the air that you can. And do not think of anything. Just realize, concentrate on that air coming out. Become your body. Become this air.

Don´t feed your thoughts

It's very hard not to think and when you try not to think you are already thninking. But thoughts don´t have feet and are not glued in you. If we don´t nourish them they end up leaving your head and peace of mind happens.

The reality in us

The reality in us: We can call it the Self, the Atman or even silence. When we pay attention to our behavior and learn to listen ourselves (or regain the natural ability to listen to ourselves, which, like breathing, can not be learned)we reach a serene happiness that can not be explained.

So close...

Don´t look for peace of mind and serenity around you. Look for it inside you.

Serenety is the key

Finding serenity inside of us is the secret to live what we most desire: Peace, harmony and love. We can find all of this through serenity. Deep down we all can find it.

Be your own lighthouse

Nobody wants to live at random. To avoid this we have to find confidence, hope, strength, determination in the only place where they are. IN OURSELVES! Until we decide to look inside all the potential we have won´t be revealed. Holidays are a good moment to improve this effort. Try to do it. I´ll be back in the middle of August. Enjoy your holidays in peace.

Losing Vanity

Losing vanity is to give opportunity to discover ourselves without fantasies, without masks. When we lose vanity we find our space, our role, we achieve a sense of who we are. When we lose the vanity we find a new life , a life where people are happy just because they are, without anything else, for no reason why, just because they are alive. When we lose vanity we become stronger than the voices of the world and we become capable of following our own path.

Discovering real happiness

Happiness is, above all, a mood, a different way of looking at life. Happiness comes when we acquired the art of discovering the sun in every thing of life.