If we can jump out of the grip our fear holds on us, we have a greater possibility to succeed. If our expectation of a certain outcome is a driving force and not a limitation, we have a greater possibility to succeed too, as we detach from “I need to succeed.” The “need” for success becomes a limitation if we are afraid of not succeeding. The frustration a “need” creates in us is not an energy that makes us creative or productive, but rather a block to our energy. Expectation is a driving force if we can work towards the outcome of our expectation while being OK the actual outcome expected is not delivered.
BEAUTIFUL SLEEP, AT LAST
We take a risk in showing this view of this amazing woman, but we aren’t shy about what a vegan diet, some exercise and few life tips from O · live can do for a mid-fifties lady who said she “hadn't slept a full night for two years”. Certainly we can’t take all or even any of the credit, but we were yet again another first stop on an amazing journey you too can take.
Imagine you were unable to perceive the apparently discrete boundaries between forms. No beginnings or endings. No man-woman-child-dog-stone-flower-butterfly-sea-color-texture-tree. There were no beginnings or endings, no borders or skins, as there are no drops but only oceans. Just an infinite intricately woven web of being, all connected and affected.
Many have made this claim through the years…
WHY PICKING PLASTIC HELPED A FALLEN HERO
By the time he stumbled upon us he hadn’t slept well for years. Why, he wondered, and the energy of this question propelled him on a journey that would eventually bring him to the jungle floor after having tried all the conventional solutions.
Never afraid to question. Never afraid of the learning that might evolve, he brought a near infinite query with him to Thailand, and after one week of the program, and then another of a more refined program, a yet a third of a new and unpredicted dialogue, the question was resolved in an enhanced awareness of the body’s mastery of communication.
Listen to your body. Everything you ever needed to know is there.
Feel for Real (FfR) is the method we use to get to know our needs, observe and understand them, make friends with them and ultimately love them and the Self they represent. It’s a method we use in all we do, a practice that has long been forgotten and oppressed in our society. Distress and eventually disease is the result of this oppression, and the reason FfR was created. It’s not about being mindful but about being bodyful.
She just arrived home after a week of pure healthy living in Thailand at our loved Oshram where the deers, peacocks and butterflies roam freely. The 12 hour flight back to the UK gave her time for reflection and planning. She made weekly schedules and tried to fit in all the things she thought she had to do to stay healthy, realising there wasn’t enough time. How could she possibly become healthy and keep up her "normal life”?
If we can jump out of the grip our fear holds on us, we have a greater possibility to succeed. If our expectation of a certain outcome is a driving force and not a limitation, we have a greater possibility to succeed too, as we detach from “I need to succeed.” The “need” for success becomes a limitation if we are afraid of not succeeding. The frustration a “need” creates in us is not an energy that makes us creative or productive, but rather a block to our energy. Expectation is a driving force if we can work towards the outcome of our expectation while being OK the actual outcome expected is not delivered.
On their way home M, who has joined us three times (last vist with her husband) in Thailand, wrote this on Whats App:
We are on the bus we got an early one. Thanks again, I always feel so good as I leave. I look forward to our skype so I can ask things like 'where does one go when doubt sets in? 🐞🍷❤️🐜🤢🦀
M
So I answered this:
The aroma of fresh coffee in the morning kicks the morning blues better than anything else I know of, much, much better than the actual taste. New scientific studies show that aromatherapy is hugely beneficial, but the same olfactory bulb (just above the nose) that can be used to heal us can also be easily fooled by the chemical industry
We've known for years that the earth is as much a living being as we are. Ideally our personal health journeys reveal this somewhere along the way, at which moment we recognize just how much we extend beyond our own physical boundaries. At the furthest reaches of this realization lies the understanding that we can only be as healthy as the earth, and the earth, as we.
If you attended the Spring Retreats in Spain, you may recall we began using the phrase “Bum Sitting” where we once used the word “meditation.” The logic was simple - ditch everything we thought we knew about meditation (it’s been passed down through too many generations and with too much connotative disarray).
The general Bum Sitting technique for creativity is easy. Assume any
One outcome of many creative Bum Sittings over the years has recently taken us to Bangkok. Not for more Buddhas (we have lots already), not for more recipes (we have many of those), or for more art (we have way too much) but for matchmaking a consortium of investors with a suitable local manufacturing company..
Why a man celebrates International Women's Day.
Well, that's easy.
First, I wouldn't be here physically had a woman or women not preceded me - in that I was born- and second, I wouldn't be here where I am now intellectually had a woman or women not preceded me - in that I was educated - and third, I wouldn't be here where I am now emotionally
Meditation - In latin meditare means to reflect upon, the opposite of trying to silence your thoughts. But there is a huge difference in between having a thought and the thought having you. If there is a thought be with it, and when it passes just be. As opposed to relaxation meditation is done with a very conscious mind, with as much awareness as possible. The more awareness of your being (in time) the deeper the meditation. The form is irrelevant, as long as you can get to the point of awareness. It can be done sitting, while doing something, or with technics like the Zen, Mantra, or Vipassana (awareness of breathing) meditation.
Silly question, of course you know that you breathe! Well, not really. We have totally forgotten that breathing is as important as eating, exercise or sleeping for health. In Ayurveda and Yoga it is described as 'life'. It's even the same word in Sanskrit. Life starts with an inhale and it ends with an exhale. All in between is life.
