Posts Tagged ‘Wellness’
Sunday, September 5th, 2010
“Regret is often a symptom of not being authentic in relation to a particular circumstance. When you fail to speak your truth or act in integrity with your own values and guiding principles, you experience a measure of torment. While you may have difficulty in defining your own sense of authenticity, you are acutely aware when you are not being true to yourself.”
“Not speaking our truth is a strategy most of us learned as children. We all have been raised to blend in to some degree, or not feel our feelings. It is no wonder that so many of us have become so dependent in our relationships. We have found greater security and comfort in meeting other people’s needs, responding to other people’s feelings rather than our own. Authenticity is a fundamental component of wholeness. It honors all that we are. With authenticity, we become cocreators of a fulfilling life that springs forth from all which is genuine and beautiful in us. Authenticity is the litmus test of our self-worth. When we truly value ourselves, we live in integrity with our spiritual nature.”
Gary Simmons, The I of the Storm, Embracing Conflict, Creating Peace, page 61.
Tags: Creating Happiness, Creating The Life You Want & Need, Facing Challenges, Finding Opportunities, Hypnotherapy, Improve Self-Esteem and Motivation, Positive Mental Attitude, Wellness
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Thursday, August 5th, 2010
“But you can significantly reduce the amount of negative judging that you do, and this is a kind of forgiveness that will help to improve the quality of your life dramatically. The first thing to remember about judgments is that they do not alter anything or anyone in the universe. Just because you dislike someone or react negatively toward some behavior does not change the person or the behavior you are judging. I remind you again to keep in mind that when you judge another, you do not define that person, you define yourself. Your judgments only say something about you. They describe your likes and dislikes. They do not define the person being judged. That person is being defined by his or her own thoughts and actions. Once you recognize this, you begin replacing your inclination to judge with acceptance, and this is forgiveness in action.”
“When you accept others, you no longer experience the hurt that goes with judging them. When someone acts in a way you find disagreeable, understand that your hurt, anger, fear, or any strong emotion is how you have chosen to process that person’s behavior. If you are unable or unwilling to notice that emotion and subsequently let go of it, then it is your self that is in need of the attention. That person’s behavior has collided with something unfinished or unacknowledged in your life. Distress at the person’s behavior is your way of avoiding something inside of you. A fine distincion, perhaps, but a very significant one.”
Wayne W. Dyer, You’ll See It When You Believe It, page 276.
Tags: Become More Optimistic, Creating Happiness, Freedom From Self-Imposed Limitations, Hypnosis, Hypnotherapy, Regain Self-Control, Self-Development, Stress Reduction, Wellness
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Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
“To hold joy, we may sometimes have to fight for it, we may have to strengthen ourselves and go full-bore, doing battle in whichever ways deem most shrewd. To prepare for siege, we may have to go without many comforts for the duration. We can go without most things for long periods of time, anything almost, but not our joy, not those handmade red shoes.” page 254
“…It is from a poem by Charles Simic and it is the ultimate instruction to us all: ‘He who cannot howl, will not find the pack.’ If you want to re-summon Wild Women, refuse to be captured. With instincts sharpened for balance-jump anywhere you like, howl at will, take what there is, find out all about it, let your eyes show your feelings, look into everything, see what you can see. Dance in red shoes, but make sure they’re the ones you made by hand. I can promise that you will become one vital women.” page 254
Read the story of The Red Shoes in “Self-preservation” on page 215 of Women Who Run With The Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ph.D.
Tags: Break Undesirable Habits, Creating Happiness, Find Love, Freedom From Self-Imposed Limitations, Hypnosis, Hypnotherapy, Improve Communication, Improve Self-Esteem and Motivation, Life purpose, Love Yourself, Self-Development, Self-Hypnosis, Self-Nurture, Stress Reduction, Wellness
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Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
“As a man thinketh in his heart, so he is.” Jesus
“Change your thoughts and you change your world.” Norman Vincent Peale
“Give your thoughts no tongue.” William Shakespeare
“When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.” W.Clement Stone
“Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions.” Albert Einstein
“The more man meditates on good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.” Confucius
“We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.” Swani Vivekananda
“Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts.” Soren Kierkegaard
“It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.” Robert H. Schuller
Tags: Become More Optimistic, Creating Happiness, Freedom From Self-Imposed Limitations, Hypnosis, Hypnotherapy, Improve Self-Esteem and Motivation, Positive Mental Attitude, Reach Your Goals, Regain Self-Control, Wellness
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Sunday, May 30th, 2010
“We are whole creatures in potential,
and the true purpose of desire is to unfold
that wholeness, to become what we can be.”
Eric Butterworth
Tags: Become More Optimistic, Create New Desirable Habits, Freedom From Self-Imposed Limitations, Hypnotherapy, Life purpose, Self-Development, Self-Hypnosis, Wellness
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Saturday, May 29th, 2010
Photo taken at Yuko-En by Robin Hamon
“You can be sure that God did not create relationship so that we would betray ourselves. Indeed, it is quite the opposite. The purpose of relationship is to insure that we learn to be faithful to ourselves. One of the paradoxes of relationship as a spiritual path is that we give our power away to others in order to learn to honor ourselves more completely. We become co-dependent with others in order to learn how to have better boundaries. We blame others so that we can learn to be gentle with oursleves and forgive our own mistakes.”
“It is all a set-up. We look for love and happiness through other people only to learn that we can find love and happiness only in our own hearts and minds. That is the recognition in which the ‘We’ is born.”
Paul Ferrini, Creating A Spiritual Relationship, A Guide To Growth And Happiness For Couples On The Path, page 101
Tags: Appreciate Your Partner, Creating Happiness, Find Love, Hypnosis, Hypnotherapy, Improve Relationships, Love Yourself, Positive Mental Attitude, Regain Self-Control, Self-Esteem, Self-Nurture, Wellness
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Wednesday, May 26th, 2010
Photo taken by Robin Hamon at a Japenese Garden in KY.
Ten thousand flowers in spring, the moon in autumn,
a cool breeze in summer, snow in winter.
If your mind isn’t clouded by unnecessary things,
this is the best season of your life.”
Wu-Men (1183-1260)
Between living and dreaming
there is a third thing.
Guess it.
Antonio Machado (1875-1939)
Gratitude To The Unknown Instructors
What they undertook to do
They brought to pass;
All things hang like a drop of dew
Upon a blade of grass.
Y.B. Yeats (1865-1939)
If you look for the truth outside yourself,
it gets farther and farther away.
Today, walking alone,
I meet him everywhere I step.
He is the same as me,
yet I am not him.
Only if you understand it in this way
will you merge with the way things are.
Tung-Shan (807-869)
Psalm 131
My mind is not noisy with desires, Lord,
and my heart has satisfied its longing.
I do not care about religion
or anything that is not you.
I have soothed and quieted my soul,
like a child at its mother’s breast.
My soul is as peaceful as a child
sleeping in its mother’s arms.
The Book of Psalms, The Bible
(8th? or 3rd? Century B.C.E.)
The Enlightened Heart, An Anthology of Sacred Poetry, Edited by Stephen Mitchell.
Tags: Balance, Hypnotherapy, Inspiration, Meditation, Relaxation, Wellness
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Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
“The noblest employment of the mind of man is the study of the works of his creator.” Unto Thee I Grant
“The light of the creator shines in the light of you.” Douglas De Long, Ancient Teachings For Beginners, page 97.
“Metaphors won’t get you to a place where you can love the mind; you have to find the actual experience of peace and calmness on your own. The secret for doing that is to free the mind. When it is free, the mind settles down. It gives up its restlessness and becomes a channel for peace. This is a counterintuitive solution because nobody would say that a wild elephant or monkey can be tamed by setting it free. They’d say that the freed animal would only run wilder, yet this secret is based on actual experience: The animal is “wild” because we try to confine and control it. At a deeper level lies complete orderliness. Here, thoughts and impulses flow in harmony with what is right and best for each person.” Deepak Chopra, M.D., The Book of Secrets, Unlocking the Hidden Dimensions of Your Life, page 82.
Tags: Freedom From Self-Imposed Limitations, Hypnotherapy, Inspiration, Meditation, Relaxation, Self-Hypnosis, Stress Reduction, Wellness
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Thursday, April 15th, 2010
“By staying emotionally attached, especially if you still feel longing, need, or urgency, you’re actually broadcasting a message of unavailability to the world. Your obsessed frequency is saying that you’re already in a relationship. Even if that relationship is only in your imagination, you’re putting up an energetic wall to prevent any future loves from entering the picture.” page 214
“The law of Paradoxical Intent dictates that the sooner you can be at peace with being alone, the sooner you’ll project the kind of energy that magnetizes more peace and happiness-and more love-into your life. The paradox comes when you use your fear of being alone as your motivation for pursuing relationships. If you feel you can’t be happy while alone, it practically ensures that you will stay both unhappy and alone.” page 216
“If you have been a happiness chaser throughout your life, you need to become a happiness creator. You need to provide for yourself that which you are looking for from others. Ask yourself what it is that makes you happy, and then take responsibility for creating that in your life. If it’s encouragement, give encouragement to yourself. If you need more fun, find ways to bring more fun into your life. Ultimately you need to establish two things: joy-seeking attitude and an appreciation consciousness.” page 219
Sandra Anne Taylor, Secrets Of Attraction, The Universal Laws Of Love, Sex, And Romance.
Tags: Balance, Creating Happiness, Hypnosis, Hypnotherapy, Inspiration, Promote Wellness, Regain Self-Control, Self-Hypnosis, Wellness
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Wednesday, March 31st, 2010
Photo taken by Nicole Wolcott.
“As in the tale, (Sealskin, Soulskin – page 257), if we establish a regular practice of intentional solitude, we invite a conversation between ourselves and the wild soul that comes near to our shore. We do this not only just to ‘be near’ the wild and soulful nature, but as in the metaphysical tradition since time out of mind, the purpose of this union is for us to ask questions, and for the soul to advise.” page 293
“This means using one’s mind to summon the soul-self. Everyone has at least one familiar state of mind in which to effect this kind of solitude. For myself, solitude is rather like a folded up forest that I carry with me everywhere and unfurl around myself when I have need. I sit at the feet of the great old trees of my childhood. From that vantage point, I ask my questions, receive my answers, then coalesce my woodland back down to the size of a love note till next time. The experience is immediate, brief, informative.” page 293
“After a period of time, the cumulative effect of intentional solitude begins to act like a vital respiratory system, a natural rhythm of adding knowledge, making minute adjustments, and deleting the unusable over and over again… Over time, as you practice, you will find yourself designing your own queries to the soul. Sometimes you may have only one question. Other times you may have none whatsoever and just wish to rest on the rock near the soul, breathing together.” page 295
Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ph.D., Women Who Run With The Wolves, Myths And Stories Of The Wild Woman Archetype.
Tags: Hypnosis, Hypnotherapy, Inspiration, Life purpose, Meditation, Relaxation, Self-Help Techniques, Stress Reduction, Wellness
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