Here are my 10 keys to happiness:
1.
Listen to your body’s wisdom, which expresses itself through signals of
comfort and discomfort. When choosing a certain behavior, ask your
body, “How do you feel about this?” If your body sends a signal of
physical or emotional distress, watch out. If your body sends a signal
of comfort and eagerness, proceed.
2. Live in the
present, for it is the only moment you have. Keep your attention on what
is here and now; look for the fullness in every moment.Accept what
comes to you totally and completely so that you can appreciate it, learn
from it, and then let it go. The present is as it should be. It
reflects infinite laws of Nature that have brought you this exact
thought, this exact physical response. This moment is as it is because
the universe is as it is. Don’t struggle against the infinite scheme of
things; instead, be at one with it.
3. Take time to
be silent, to meditate, to quiet the internal dialogue. In moments of
silence, realize that you are recontacting your source of pure
awareness. Pay attention to your inner life so that you can be guided by
intuition rather than externally imposed interpretations of what is or
isn't good for you.
4. Relinquish your need for
external approval. You alone are the judge of your worth, and your goal
is to discover infinite worth in yourself, no matter what anyone else
thinks. There is great freedom in this realization. When you find
yourself reacting with anger or opposition to any person or
circumstance, realize that you are only struggling with yourself.
Putting up resistance is the response of defenses created by old hurts.
5.
When you find yourself reacting with anger or opposition to any person
or circumstance, realize that you are only struggling with yourself.
Putting up resistance is the response of defenses created by old hurts.
When you relinquish this anger, you will be healing yourself and
cooperating with the flow of the universe.
6. Know
that the world “out there” reflects your reality “in here.” The people
you react to most strongly, whether with love or hate, are projections
of your inner world. What you most hate is what you most deny in
yourself. What you most love is what you most wish for in yourself. Use
the mirror of relationships to guide your evolution. The goal is total
self-knowledge. When you achieve that, what you most want will
automatically be there, and what you most dislike will disappear.
7.
Shed the burden of judgment – you will feel much lighter. Judgment
imposes right and wrong on situations that just are. Everything can be
understood and forgiven, but when you judge, you cut off understanding
and shut down the process of learning to love. In judging others, you
reflect your lack of self-acceptance. Remember that every person you
forgive adds to your self-love.
8. Don’t contaminate
your body with toxins, either through food, drink, or toxic emotions.
Your body is more than a life-support system. It is the vehicle that
will carry you on the journey of your evolution. The health of every
cell directly contributes to your state of well being, because every
cell is a point of awareness within the field of awareness that is you.
9.
Replace fear-motivated behavior with love-motivated behavior. Fear is
the product of memory, which dwells in the past. Remembering what hurt
us before, we direct our energies toward making certain that an old hurt
will not repeat itself. But trying to impose the past on the present
will never wipe out the threat of being hurt. That happens only when you
find the security of your own being, which is love. Motivated by the
truth inside you, you can face any threat because your inner strength is
invulnerable to fear.
10. Understand that the
physical world is just a mirror of a deeper intelligence. Intelligence
is the invisible organizer of all matter and energy, and since a portion
of this intelligence resides in you, you share in the organizing power
of the cosmos. Because you are inseparably linked to everything, you
cannot afford to foul the planet’s air and water. But at a deeper level,
you cannot afford to live with a toxic mind, because every thought
makes an impression on the whole field of intelligence. Living in
balance and purity is the highest good for you and the Earth
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