LIFE WAS MEANT TO BE EASY..........
February 4th 2007 06:02
THE SECRET TO LIFE - UNCOVERED?
Late last night I flicked channels as I do, and came across a show called "The Secret", it was a self-help, positive thinking kind of program, reminiscent of the un-read books cluttering my bookshelf. All of kinds of well known, (if you're on the self improvement roundabout), and some obscure "visionaries", financial advisers, and even Psychologists, expousing the wonders of "The Secret".
I became intrigued and watched the whole thing, and I was suprised that a lot of things resonated for me. Being cyncical, I kept waiting for the hard sell but there wasnt one.
Website: thesecret.tv
Anyhow the bottom line was very simple, (kind of so simple its difficult to comprehend if you know what I mean).
The premise is this ... The universe operates using the law of attraction, if you constantly worry about what you dont have and dont take the time to be grateful for what you do have you'll keep attracting more of what you dont have, ie more debt or whatever.
But if spend some time vizualing and living as though you already have what you really want, be it a relationship, more money, better health, a nice car, whatever, you will attract these things to yourself.
Now none of this works if you dont LOVE yourself, you have to do that first, and I guess that is where I stumble.
The consensus seems to be that your current situation is a direct result of past thoughts that became actions and I can relate to that as I sit here in my probably soon to be foreclosed on mortgage on a Sunday afternoon avoiding the few friends I havent told to fuck off. This relates to heath matters as well. Dis-ease is a body not at ease.
All of the speakers reiterated that "wealth & abundance" had little to do with money or material gains and everything to do with a balanced life, full of friendships and love and compassion.
What about children who are born with cancer or other horrible diseases, or people born into horrific war zones, How can they have created their circumstances? This is accounted for by using the Buddhist model of Karma, these beings needed these circumstances in this life for Karmic reasons. I guess that's why low caste Indians for example accept their lot, its about faith and belief.
Anyhow its not as simplistic as stated above, but I got to thinking, you know what, lets try to be positive! I woke up and was mindful of being grateful for waking up, cos some folk didnt today. I was grateful I have a nice comfy bed to wake up in, clean water to shower in, food in the kitchen. I was grateful when I walked to the station that I lived somewhere where there was a train and didnt have to walk the 15 kms to visit my friend, so on and so forth.
Easier said than done, its my nature to bitch and worry, mainly about things that might not even happen! The depressed me, (the one on medication), has the shits and is banging around in my head, saying stuff like "Now listen here, so what if the coffee and cake was nice, you shouldnt be spending money like this and that cake was all fat and sugar", (Buggar that's surely a negative notch up, one step back on the ladder to prosperity attracting more cake and less money?.)
Its really suprising me how bloody hard it I am finding it to actually be grateful for simple things, its a beautiful sunny day here, translated to its stinking bloody hot, the pigeons and seagulls in the park arent lovely amazing creatures, their bloody annoying rats of the sky, the train isnt a convenient mode of transport, it's running late, my flatmate isnt a lovely kind guy who cooks every weekend, he's hanging around the house when I want to run round in the nude, Etc etc. I am amazed at how much I really take things for granted, I get shitty when the internet goes down, do I ever marvel and how wonderful it is to have so much information right in front of me 24/7? Never occured to me till now.......
On that note I am going downstairs to the gym to work off the coffee and cake, and appreciate that I am lucky enough to have the choice to do that with an able body and that I have a gym in the building, I am bloody lucky.
Life is about choices, and today I choose to be grateful for what I have and swap negative thoughts for positive ones, for today. How hard can that be and what do I have to lose?
One day at a time because thats all I have, today, yesterday is gone and tomorrow might never come......and if it doesnt it doesnt matter cos we are all part of the energy field that is the universe, never ending and so on and so forth................
So remember the bra cup is 1/2 full not empty!!!!!!!!!!!
Late last night I flicked channels as I do, and came across a show called "The Secret", it was a self-help, positive thinking kind of program, reminiscent of the un-read books cluttering my bookshelf. All of kinds of well known, (if you're on the self improvement roundabout), and some obscure "visionaries", financial advisers, and even Psychologists, expousing the wonders of "The Secret".
I became intrigued and watched the whole thing, and I was suprised that a lot of things resonated for me. Being cyncical, I kept waiting for the hard sell but there wasnt one.
Website: thesecret.tv
Anyhow the bottom line was very simple, (kind of so simple its difficult to comprehend if you know what I mean).
The premise is this ... The universe operates using the law of attraction, if you constantly worry about what you dont have and dont take the time to be grateful for what you do have you'll keep attracting more of what you dont have, ie more debt or whatever.
But if spend some time vizualing and living as though you already have what you really want, be it a relationship, more money, better health, a nice car, whatever, you will attract these things to yourself.
Now none of this works if you dont LOVE yourself, you have to do that first, and I guess that is where I stumble.
The consensus seems to be that your current situation is a direct result of past thoughts that became actions and I can relate to that as I sit here in my probably soon to be foreclosed on mortgage on a Sunday afternoon avoiding the few friends I havent told to fuck off. This relates to heath matters as well. Dis-ease is a body not at ease.
All of the speakers reiterated that "wealth & abundance" had little to do with money or material gains and everything to do with a balanced life, full of friendships and love and compassion.
What about children who are born with cancer or other horrible diseases, or people born into horrific war zones, How can they have created their circumstances? This is accounted for by using the Buddhist model of Karma, these beings needed these circumstances in this life for Karmic reasons. I guess that's why low caste Indians for example accept their lot, its about faith and belief.
Anyhow its not as simplistic as stated above, but I got to thinking, you know what, lets try to be positive! I woke up and was mindful of being grateful for waking up, cos some folk didnt today. I was grateful I have a nice comfy bed to wake up in, clean water to shower in, food in the kitchen. I was grateful when I walked to the station that I lived somewhere where there was a train and didnt have to walk the 15 kms to visit my friend, so on and so forth.
Easier said than done, its my nature to bitch and worry, mainly about things that might not even happen! The depressed me, (the one on medication), has the shits and is banging around in my head, saying stuff like "Now listen here, so what if the coffee and cake was nice, you shouldnt be spending money like this and that cake was all fat and sugar", (Buggar that's surely a negative notch up, one step back on the ladder to prosperity attracting more cake and less money?.)
Its really suprising me how bloody hard it I am finding it to actually be grateful for simple things, its a beautiful sunny day here, translated to its stinking bloody hot, the pigeons and seagulls in the park arent lovely amazing creatures, their bloody annoying rats of the sky, the train isnt a convenient mode of transport, it's running late, my flatmate isnt a lovely kind guy who cooks every weekend, he's hanging around the house when I want to run round in the nude, Etc etc. I am amazed at how much I really take things for granted, I get shitty when the internet goes down, do I ever marvel and how wonderful it is to have so much information right in front of me 24/7? Never occured to me till now.......
On that note I am going downstairs to the gym to work off the coffee and cake, and appreciate that I am lucky enough to have the choice to do that with an able body and that I have a gym in the building, I am bloody lucky.
Life is about choices, and today I choose to be grateful for what I have and swap negative thoughts for positive ones, for today. How hard can that be and what do I have to lose?
One day at a time because thats all I have, today, yesterday is gone and tomorrow might never come......and if it doesnt it doesnt matter cos we are all part of the energy field that is the universe, never ending and so on and so forth................
So remember the bra cup is 1/2 full not empty!!!!!!!!!!!
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Comment by David
I love reading my own cynical thoughts every now and again in print ....***
This bra cup of yours? I gather you're referring to when you're wearing it??? ... ***
Pissing my half-empty underpants here at this POST ...
Davi d...
Comment by Miss Nomer
I am not what one would call buxom and will never suffer boob droop, and I only wear underwear on special occasions so my bra's usually are usually in the underwear drawer half full of frilly knickers.
Maybe you should buyer smaller undies?
x
Comment by David
Want to come shopping with me?
Or can I 'rummage' through your drawers and see if can get into your frilly nickers??? *
David ...
Comment by Miss Nomer
I'll only come shopping if I can help you try the undies on...... and you already have my address so come on over. I'd love to see you in my special black lace crotchless knickers x (I'd wink or blow you a virtual? kiss but I dont know how I am shithouse at all that so a x kiss will have to do)
Comment by David
Fine. Deal then. On the following condition.
I only put the undies on my head. And you blow me ...
more than a kiss ... ***
Love the banter ... You? Tripper. Love it ...
David ...
And in the changeroom, okay? Not the shithouse ... Tried it once with a woman ... The bouncers beat the shit out of me ....