“Home is where...”
Yes, where is it?
Where your heart is? Where you're in love? Where you live? Where your friends are? Where your native country is? Where your family is? Where there's this or that?
Everyone of us has his/her own feelings about that matter.
As long as we bind our idea of 'home' to outwardness there's the possibility of losing it. If conditions are not fulfilled we might feel cut from 'home', simply because something's 'missing'.
If we could get aware that we ourselves are our 'home' we'd be at home everywhere, always.
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Today during your breathing you could intentionally sense yourself. Observing your body, feeling your feet while walking, you could notice that your conscious is 'at home' in your body. Here and now : )
Today you might, wherever you may be, go home for 6 minutes ; )
breathing in I recognize my body
breathing out I am at home
thoughts of peace for South Korea : )
In this simply way you can feel at home with every breath : ) No-one can take that from you...
Anger, annoyance, fury – things like that just happen.
And then? Swallow it up? Ignore? Block it out?
That would be quite unhealthy.
So what to do when annoyance seems so big that we think we'll explode soon?
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Today you could remember what you did the last time to let out some pressure.
When you realized there was anger right away – that's good. When you could focus on your breath right away – very good. But if it wasn't enough? If you still didn't know where to put all the fury??
Today you could think of an strategy for the next time.
You could abreact you anger by moving, run or cycle or jump in the air several times. Or you could take a pillow and beat it all up. Or you could pretend to have heard a good joke and laugh it all out.
Relax, loosen tongue, jawbones and forehead, half smile.
Breathe intentionally, in – out. Breathing in you stop the anger, breathing out you breathe out all anger : )
I embrace my anger
smile
thoughts of peace for Kuwait : )
However, we can run down you anger ourselves without letting other get it. Good for you – good for the others.
“You can talk about everything.”
Yes, sounds good. The question is how to talk about everything, right?
There are different ways of speaking to one another.
When it's all about getting along peacefully, one way might be wrong: the speech that is full of anger, aggression and uncontrolled difficult emotion.
Speaking friendly about beautiful things mostly seems easier than speaking friendly and affectionately about things that don't comfort us.
Although especially then it would be so important...
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Today you could remember a situation where you were quite angry and excited about something somebody else did. Do remember your reaction towards the other person then? How does that feel now?
Tell that person now, in your thoughts, friendly and peacefully, what you disliked.
You could do it like this from now on. The key is to first calm down your emotions.
Relieve all tensions, relax your face, observe your body, breathe in – breathe out. Consciously and concentrated. You could smile at your anger and observe it getting smaller and smaller as soon as you recognized and accepted it : ) in – out.
Breathing in I see my anger
breathing out I smile at my anger
thoughts of peace for Sri Lanka : )
Calming down an emotion, it is helpful to first get aware of its existence. Only then you can really see it.
“I recognize you, anger.”, for example. As soon as you see it you can think “I confront my anger with love because it shows me that there is something that I can do something about to improve it.”
Then, you could put on a smile.
When anger is seen it starts to shrink. Breathing intentionally helps you to stay with yourself.
As soon as you're calm you can tell the other in a friendly and affectionate way what made you mad. This time without any anger : )
Sadness is an emotion that can lead to difficult resulting emotions.
Dejectedness – lacking drive – disabled vitality – mental pain – depression – life crisis – bad hurt – that can also hurt our self-confidence...
There are very different reasons for sadness. Whatever makes us sad seems to be important enough to make us feel this emotion.
Even if we ignore sadness or block it out, still there are resulting emotions. And then we have to deal with feelings whose cause we cannot find anymore because had blocked it out...
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Today you could give your appreciation to the emotion of sadness.
Maybe you experienced sadness before but blocked it out?
When you begin to accept your sadness, it might stop to manifest by resulting emotions. When you thankfully accept it as care of your unconscious, it might fade away easier in the future.
Relax. Halfsmile in your face. Breathe. In - out. 5 minutes and 54 seconds?
I recognize my sadness
smile
thoughts of peace for Belgium : )
People have a sensitive emotional sensation. That's a precious gift. Feel, recognize and accept emotions like sadness is very helpful.
Accepted sadness fades faster and let's us feel much better once we're free of it : )
“We are alone – alone alone alone alone - ...” (Polarkreis 18)
That's what they really sing.
Listening to it through the day – in the evening we believe it already. And fell alone alone... One can do that. Can be a doctrine, why not.
Just like the effects of the sentences in this blog are to strengthen our good feelings, also other sentences that we hear and read again and again have influence on our unconscious.
When we're aware of that we can make and intentional decision:
What is helpful for us and what is not?
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Today you could observe to which messages you are exposed in one day.
Advertising, song lyrics, some statements form some people... food for our mind.
We can decide: tasty or not so tasty? Listen to it or don't listen to it?
Maybe breathe first. Without a sound? Or with. Make an own sound! 5 minutes and 52 seconds? Or this time only 3 times?
Free to decide
for things that are good for me
thoughts of peace for Swaziland : )
Parents can observe how fast young children pick up stuff that's been said and take it for 'real'. The earlier messages are remembered, the more effective they are.
Totalitarian regimes and advertising industry know about that. There's for example shows on TV for 6-month-olds... because it works better on them!
Adults are being offered so many things. Only when we get aware of this we can decide against it. We are free : )
“Drift, your goal will find you.”
Aha? Simply be comfortable and lazy until something happens?
No, of course it's a different meaning.
So what does that mean, drift?
When you have an idea, a wish or a vision you can observe how you get a certain drive towards this goal. Just because you'd like to reach that goal.
When you drift with that internal drive, things will get moving. That's fine then.
As helpful as your activeness is, so is your trust in success. That can help you to go through hard times. Until your goal finds you : )
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Today you could remember one of your past goals that in fact came to pass; even though it didn't look like it would be a success. But suddenly the situation turned around and totally unexpected coincidences or events helped for success: You didn't expect it anymore but your goal found you ; )
Maybe you had a wish once that didn't come true for a long time? And when you had already give up suddenly someone came up who knew someone who by chance knew someone else who could help you...
Or maybe you once went after something but were disappointed because it wasn't successful? And when you thought everything's lost, suddenly from a totally different direction something came up that was even better than what you've imagined before...
Breathing can help to strengthen your trust. 5 minutes and 50 seconds now? Or 3 times...
full of trust
notice fullness in my life
thoughts of peace for Costa Rica : )
Trust: good things come to pass. Your goal will find you!
Even if it has to bring the most surprising events and coincidences into the game...
“What unhappy land that has no heroes!” - (Andrea Sarti in “Life of Galileo”)
Oh, OK, so happy is the land that has heroes...
What makes a hero out of one?
It's deeds that heroes do.
Deeds of the bodily kind – strength, speed, endurance etc. - or the mental kind as well – courage, martyrdom, readiness to act for ideals and fellow humans. Heroes from myths are seldom found nowadays ; )
But there are some everywhere, the heroes of the daily life: people who stand up for others' well-being. When you have a look around you might also find heroes in your life.
Happy is the one who's able to recognize and see them!
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Today you could pay attention to the heroes in your daily life – you can tell they are heroes by looking at their deeds. When you're ready to accept them, they're there suddenly...
Can you see the heroes who voluntarily spend their time and energy for you only for you? Or can you see which hero supports you altruisticly with the matter that's important for you, and it's even uninteresting for him/her? Can you see the ones that confront you with respect, regard and helpfulness without judging you but letting you be the way you are?
And what about you? When are you a hero in others' lives?
If you'd like to practise NOTHING you could take the opportunity now. Or another later opportunity?
5 minutes and 48 seconds? Or 3 deep, calm and conscious breathings : )
I'm thankful
heroes in my life
thoughts of peace for Spain : )
It's just the deed that makes someone your hero. The question is not about the size of the deed.
It's about the effect in your life. If you want to, you'll find them, every day. A life full of heroes, what a lucky prize!
What if life were just a theatre play? We are the chief character.
If so, we could take things more easy. Especially the problems and difficulties. And even if not, we could simply see it this easy way.
Life's NOTHING but... a game?
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Today you could think of a problem that bothers you. Pick an easy one for the exercise.
You could imagine that everything's just a game. A game where those who care about the well-being of all are the winners. Where you get the high score by showing the audience that you can remain cool and calm; maybe even delightful?
Want to take a little break backstage? ; )
What about 5 minutes and 46 seconds maybe?
I breathe in – I breathe out
and get quite silent
thoughts of peace for Sierra Leone : )
So it's just a game. Easily walk through life, as if it were a game. Does that comfort you?
One who remains silent can only win. Always. Unless you would prefer to chose panic, hecticness, fear, worries, anger, haughty, jealousy or anything like that... What do you think?
1+1=2 is the same as “shiftless not” + want = opposite effect
What? - OK. Here's a little story about it:
Once I had a hamster. Everybody in the flat share liked because it was so cute. Except for one: Matti. Matti couldn't stand my hamster.
One night all of us were watching TV. I went to get my hamster. I put him on the floor by the door.
And immediately he ran towards all the people on the sofa because he was so excited about it. Everybody wanted the hamster to come to him/her.
Only Matti did NOT want that. My little hamster went straight to him and climbed on his lap... Matti got displeased, of course.
What a laugh!
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Today you could figure out what 'hamster' you have in your life. What do you put on again and again though you do NOT want it at all actually?
Maybe you do NOT want to be unhappily in love? Or NOT be unemployed? Or NOT sick? Or NOT this or that...?
Now you can change your thoughts about it. Change them to the things you want. That's the whole exercise.
“I want the hamster to only go to those who like him.” or “I want the 'hamster' to leave me alone.”, for example.
May I get aware of my wishes
May I know what I want
thoughts of peace for Sweden : )
How did you do? Did you also find a 'hamster' in your life? You could simply change the 'hamster' and pick another animal that you like : )
“I'm lovin' it .”
These words were bought by a producer of lower quality food.
The aim of this slogan is to associate their low quality consumption goods with love.
That idea is quite clever!
Love is a good feeling. So what happens when we associate this good feeling with a product, an activity, circumstances or anything else?
It assigns to it, regardless how valueless the thing is... Clever, isn't it?
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Today you could take something uncomfortable and unavoidable and combine it with the words “I love it”. Pick something harmless, something that cannot bother you or others. Homework, a visit at the dentist, tidying up or any other uneasy matters that still have to be done.
Even if it doesn't feel that good for you, your consciousness believes you when you abstain from bitterness and irony. Feel free to put on a smile.
If you like, take a small energy-giving break now : ) 5 Minuten und 42 Sekunden?
I love it!
thoughts of peace for Portugal : )
That company wants to get richer and already has a big budget for advertising. Now they spent a lot of money to buy the rights for the sentence “I'm lovin' it!”... There's got to be something about it, don't you think so?
Today it's a day off...
With NOTHING but rest and tranquillity : )
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If you like, sit up straight and slightly tilt your knee towards your chest.
Imagine your head being drawn upwards at the highest point by an invisible string. Your spine gets straight and long.
Breathe in intentionally – breathe out intentionally. Into your loosened belly. Feel how it lifts and lowers. You could count to 10 with every in- and exhale, then repeat.
Notice every noise. When you notice thoughts or dreams, let them pass by without holding on to them. Lead your mind friendly and clearly back to breathing. Then start with 1 again.
5 minutes and 40 seconds? Or less? 3 times?
Here and now
wonderful moment
thoughts of peace for the Czech Republic : )
Power lies in tranquillity. Is it maybe also the power in which tranquillity lies?
Strengthening our mind with good thoughts could have considerable effects on the peace in our lives.
“We live in the age of consumption! Long live consume!”
Consume with no end? Really? What's consumption actually?
Wikipedia says consumption is the usage of goods to get personal satisfaction... Usage is the use of goods with an absorbing effect... Thus, more valuable, valueless or dangerous products emerge from the goods.
So usage doesn't mean that materials or energy disappears.
OK. When we consume things they are in a used state afterwards... but do not disappear... just became something different. What is that for example?
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Today you could wonder what happens with the goods you consume.
That is food, stimulants, clothes or other goods... What emerges from them?
What emerges from the consumption of books, games, films? Knowledge, emotions – easy ones or difficult ones, perhaps?
Can one consume conversations? Or people? And what emerges from these? What about the usage of nature? Can you think of anything else?
If you'd like to do NOTHING now, enjoy it! : )
I get aware of
the effects of my consumption
thoughts of peace for Pakistan : )
What if we were to consume something that it is good for us but harms others? What's the emerging product: more valuable, valueless or dangerous?
When we consume films, books, games or conversations, for example, that produce panic, fear, worries, anger or hate in us; are those effectively more valuable, valueless or dangerous for us?
The more consciously we observe our consumption, the better can we see if it is good for us. Then, we could use our freedom to abstain from things or make a different decision : )
There are people that can really encourage and delight you during a conversation. And there are people who can really take your courage and delight away from you.
Words have influence on us.
Benevolent words can build us up and strengthen us – brutal, judging language can weaken us.
Words can give us energy, just like drinking and eating – or they can take energy from us, just like unhealthy food.
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Today you could find out if there are conversations in your life that take your energy away instead of comforting you. You could decide whether you'd like to have pleasant or exhausting conversations today. You could consider your own words just as you consider others' words.
If you like do NOTHING for a while now, maybe 5 minutes and 36 seconds... : )
energy-giving words
give delight
thoughts of peace for Rwanda : )
We are free to decide what we want to nourish on just as we're free to create consequences out of conversations,
We could easily abstain from conversations that make us feel uncomfortable regarding our own feelings.
We can also decide to support others with our words instead of harming them.
“I give up, that's all just for nothing.”
Well, that's possible.
But it could also be that someone's err? Errs him/herself?
And that he/she is just before the breakthrough that he/she wouldn't experience if he/she would just give it all up now?
The one who gives up will never find out. Good things need our endurance. And we'll see if we have that when it gets heavy and difficult.
What to do when we'd like to achieve something?
Hang on. NOTHING more.
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Today you could remember something in your life that you gave up. Maybe that decision was right? Or wasn't it?
When you breathe now you could 'listen into you'. The answer to the question whether you should hang on or not, whether you want to reach your goal or really should give up is there: in the quietness inside you. The more quiet you get, the clearer can you 'hear' your answer.
Relax, if you like sit up straight, chin tilted towards chest, spine straight and long. Loosen tongue and jawbones, half smile, or full smile : ) Calmly breathe in and out, sense your body, sense the respiration very consciously.
5 minutes and 34 seconds? Or 3 times in and out? 10 times? Take your tome, as much as you need : )
brave – powerful
consistently motivated
thoughts of peace for Malta : )
How do you feel about the remembrance of your goal? Which answer did you sense inside you? What did you feel right afterwards when you started thinking again?
These thoughts are quite interesting. They like to cheat on us. They are part of our thinking – and that's something else than our intuition.
In our thoughts we might have a lack of courage. Perhaps our thinking says we shouldn't dare to believe in our goal. Let's let it think and let's listen to our inner voice!
When it's for the well-being of all, when we are brave, when we consistently motivate ourselves, we'll reach our goal : )
Liking something means to feel nice, easy and comfortable about it.
When we wish for something we can express that with the words “May...”.
This expression is very open; it only tells about our wish for the other, for ourselves or for the situation, without making the impression of an order or demand.
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Today you could express a good wish for yourself and/or others in your thoughts.
May I... What do you want?
Be happy, perhaps? Or free of fear? Free of worries and grief? Safe and protected? Healthy in body and soul? Peaceful?
May you be... happy.
May all people live in peace.
You could send out good wishes now and thereby breathe in and out consciously; in this moment there is NOTHING more to do : )
May all beings be happy
thoughts of peace for Suriname : )
A 'good' thought has 100 times more power and effect than a 'bad' one. The one who gives away good wishes could mostly likely soon also feel it happening to him/herself.
May you be free : )
“A rolling stone gathers no moss!”
Exactly.
You can tell that when you didn't get in motion for some time. You can abstain from going to the gym today and still do something for your body.
Pri-pra-practical : )
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Stand up straight and erect. Imagine your head being torn upwards at the highest point by a string. Knees slightly bent and pelvis slightly tilted backwards. Breathe in your natural rhythm.
Now cross your fingers and turn your palms away from you. So, a stretch of your arms and the back part of your shoulders accrues. Hold your arms like this for 3-5 breathings, if you like you can also rise the arms a little bit with every inhale and so even deepen the stretch. But please only go as far as it's comfortable for you, overexpansion is not cool and can harm you.
After that, stand still for 10-15 seconds, let your arms hang down on the sides, close your eyes and breathe freely and in your rhythm.
Go on and take your time, more time a than in the short video : )
If you calmly and comfortably take your time
and thereby and also afterwards breathe intentionally
also your conscious could recreate
besides your body recreation.
That's NOTHING! We like that very mi-ma-much!
“I'd certainly like to change something, but that's life, I can't do anything about it.”
Honestly?
Could this person perhaps let him/herself believe that things are up to circumstances, other persons, fate, vis major, coincidence... but always not up to him/herself?
Seems to be quite comfortable to take responsibility away from oneself. As easy as it gets for us then, so dishonest we are with ourselves.
Almost always we have the possibility to change something. And let it only be 'little things'. Therefore you'll need the will to change something, though, and the attendance to do something, to make efforts, perhaps to abstain from something, possibly to chose uncomfortable solutions.
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Today you could think about a situation where you were dishonest with yourself because you suspected that a change would also bring efforts and abandonment and your usual comfort would be in danger.
Where in your life do you use the answer “I can't change anything about it”? You could now put your honest answer right next to that. And make your decision again.
For example: Do I want to furthermore accept things that make me unhappy? Yes or no?
Do I want to furthermore do things that make others unhappy? Yes or no?
Do I want to furthermore accept that there are people starving? Yes or no?
Do I want to furthermore take war for granted? Yes or no?
Do I want to furthermore support the environmental destruction? Yes or no?
If your answer is No then be precise now: what do you want instead?
If you'd like to breathe calmly now you could take 3 breathings or 5 minutes and 28 seconds. Feel your respiration, feel your body.
Recognize my responsibility
make decisions
thoughts of peace for Dominica : )
Subconsciously we all know that we can change and improve many things with just a little bit of individual commitment. Being dishonest with ourselves and others has become quite common and a trend. But trends come and go. Honesty is the best policy.
Arbitrative is what you want. Arbitrative is the idea that has your Yes.
Every single day you have the opportunity to change something. For yourself – for the future – for the world : )
“You can't always get what you want!”
Who says that? That sounds like somebody who's already given up...
We can imagine our life to be a musical request programme, we can get aware that they're only going to play what WE want.
Our conscious and unconscious decisions have influence on our playlist.
With all the wrong notes that we bring ourselves ; )
Even most of our problems were 'ordered' by us. Or by someone that we left the decision about our playlist to...
Want to change something? This only you can do for yourself and your life. So you simply could change your decisions.
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Today you could remember a situation where you felt uneasy. In case you thought you had no other option up to now, you could now rethink this matter. You have the opportunity to decide.
Maybe you're stuck in circumstances that seem to be forced on you?
This view comes from your decision; you decided to allow force on your playlist.
Enjoy your choice. Or simply change your decision so that new can develop.
Maybe you feel bound to people that make you feel uncomfortable? The handling is up to you; you intentionally decided to let them treat you the way they do. Enjoy your choice. Or simply change your decision so that new can new can develop.
Maybe you experience restrictions? Accepting these restrictions was up to you; enjoy your choice. Or simply change your decision so that new can develop.
Today I make the decision
for my life
thoughts of peace for Madagascar : )
The choice is always up to you! If you're ready to take responsibility for your life you could see that it's your decision that makes you stuck in situations.
You could start enjoying your freedom of choice and form. You have the opportunity to give yourself sorrow or delight. It's up to you to decide about change.
Once we've decided to change something we'd be surprised about things changing : )
There's many things that others should do differently. We often like to have a too close look and think we are right with our critique.
We find others' patterns that should really be changed by him/her. We recognize bad habits that someone really should abandon. We can name characteristics that should be changed because they maybe are difficult.
All of this can be true. From your point of view. And still: wanting to change someone is a plan that is going to fail. One can only change him/herself...
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Today you could pay attention if and when you think that someone should be different so that it'd be OK.
Granting others to be just like they are means taking responsibility for our own role.
You could decide this now. Check every matter with open and benevolent thinking for the other.
Maybe someone is very untidy and you're always tidying up after him/her? When you take responsibility for yourself you can decide whether you will continue tidying up after this person or just let it be.
Maybe someone is treating you in a way where you miss respect of your needs. Taking responsibility for yourself will let you decide if you'll still accept this or if you'll go away.
Maybe someone is telling you things and that is a burden for you. When you take responsibility for yourself you can decide whether you'll continue listening or spend your time differently in the future.
Open for change
starting with myself
thoughts of peace for Greece : )
When you feel there is an uneasy situation, you a re the only person that can change something about that for you. This is how far your possibilities for forming things goes: to the border of you.
Stand by your decisions. With all consequences. Changing your behaviour will also change the whole situation.
„The good ones in the crock. And the bad ones? What do we do with them?“
What about ignoring the bad and only taking the good.
Hm, what are they talking about? Do you think that now?
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Today you could make a decision for the day:
Do I want to see the 'bad' in others or much rather the 'good'?
You can configure this attitude for yourself in the morning, for example for all persons that come across you this day or only for one particular person.
It can be very helpful to concentrate your cognition on the nice things only.
As soon as you notice others thoughts, stop them and go back to the good thoughts.
Feel free to smile thereby : )
If you like, you can breathe for 5 minutes and 22 seconds now. Relax jawbones and tongue, breathe consciously, sense your entire body : )
ready to see the good in others
peaceful and happy
thoughts of peace for Bahrain : )
How did you feel about the people you came across? After making the decision to see the 'good'... And how were your feelings after the decision to see the ' bad'?
Our feelings about others mostly only depend on our inner attitude. Even difficult persons can be experienced differently after a decision. Meeting nice people or not so nice people only depends on our inner attitude. If we'd like to meet nice people it would be quite effective to make our decision for the benevolent view.
How to do NOTHING:
Every day we get a new idea for doing NOTHING. Fortunately we can offer you the english translations for the 200 chapters! It's of avail to start with chapter 1.
Because it's one of the most difficult things, we might need some time to adapt. That's why we start with 1 minute during the first phase, January.
After getting inured, you may feel ready for some longer time. So February we'll try it with 2 minutes, in March you might feel able to spend 3 Minutes in doing NOTHING.
And please, don't enjoy what you do ; ) Doing NOTHING is something they always told us not to do, it cannot be a joy! Can it?
If you don't like to be patient, it's also OK. We know that millions of people are not able to do NOTHING, so don't be sad if you find yourself being like them. It's OK. Everything is OK.
Ready?
Please stop smoking, stop talking and thinking to yourself, switch off music, TV, your child, neighbor, telephone or whatever is doing SOMETHING around you.
It might be helpful to sit straight in front of your computer. Straight, but not uncomfortable, as you like it.
Now you might start reading and if you like even do an exercise.
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We wish you all best,
Christiane Schinkel
P.S.
For a look into the complete german version
http://ich-tue-nichts-fuer-glueck-anmeldung.blogspot.com/
get the translation with
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“Home is where...”
Yes, where is it?
Where your heart is? Where you're in love? Where you live? Where your friends are? Where your native country is? Where your family is? Where there's this or that?
Everyone of us has his/her own feelings about that matter.
As long as we bind our idea of 'home' to outwardness there's the possibility of losing it. If conditions are not fulfilled we might feel cut from 'home', simply because something's 'missing'.
If we could get aware that we ourselves are our 'home' we'd be at home everywhere, always.
Start:
Today during your breathing you could intentionally sense yourself. Observing your body, feeling your feet while walking, you could notice that your conscious is 'at home' in your body. Here and now : )
Today you might, wherever you may be, go home for 6 minutes ; )
breathing in I recognize my body
breathing out I am at homethoughts of peace for South Korea : )
In this simply way you can feel at home with every breath : ) No-one can take that from you...
Anger, annoyance, fury – things like that just happen.
And then? Swallow it up? Ignore? Block it out?
That would be quite unhealthy.
So what to do when annoyance seems so big that we think we'll explode soon?
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Today you could remember what you did the last time to let out some pressure.
When you realized there was anger right away – that's good. When you could focus on your breath right away – very good. But if it wasn't enough? If you still didn't know where to put all the fury??
Today you could think of an strategy for the next time.
You could abreact you anger by moving, run or cycle or jump in the air several times. Or you could take a pillow and beat it all up. Or you could pretend to have heard a good joke and laugh it all out.
Relax, loosen tongue, jawbones and forehead, half smile.
Breathe intentionally, in – out. Breathing in you stop the anger, breathing out you breathe out all anger : )
I embrace my anger
smile thoughts of peace for Kuwait : )
However, we can run down you anger ourselves without letting other get it. Good for you – good for the others.
“You can talk about everything.”
Yes, sounds good. The question is how to talk about everything, right?
There are different ways of speaking to one another.
When it's all about getting along peacefully, one way might be wrong: the speech that is full of anger, aggression and uncontrolled difficult emotion.
Speaking friendly about beautiful things mostly seems easier than speaking friendly and affectionately about things that don't comfort us.
Although especially then it would be so important...
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Today you could remember a situation where you were quite angry and excited about something somebody else did. Do remember your reaction towards the other person then? How does that feel now?
Tell that person now, in your thoughts, friendly and peacefully, what you disliked.
You could do it like this from now on. The key is to first calm down your emotions.
Relieve all tensions, relax your face, observe your body, breathe in – breathe out. Consciously and concentrated. You could smile at your anger and observe it getting smaller and smaller as soon as you recognized and accepted it : ) in – out.
Breathing in I see my anger
breathing out I smile at my angerthoughts of peace for Sri Lanka : )
Calming down an emotion, it is helpful to first get aware of its existence. Only then you can really see it.
“I recognize you, anger.”, for example. As soon as you see it you can think “I confront my anger with love because it shows me that there is something that I can do something about to improve it.”
Then, you could put on a smile.
When anger is seen it starts to shrink. Breathing intentionally helps you to stay with yourself.
As soon as you're calm you can tell the other in a friendly and affectionate way what made you mad. This time without any anger : )
Sadness is an emotion that can lead to difficult resulting emotions.
Dejectedness – lacking drive – disabled vitality – mental pain – depression – life crisis – bad hurt – that can also hurt our self-confidence...
There are very different reasons for sadness. Whatever makes us sad seems to be important enough to make us feel this emotion.
Even if we ignore sadness or block it out, still there are resulting emotions. And then we have to deal with feelings whose cause we cannot find anymore because had blocked it out...
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Today you could give your appreciation to the emotion of sadness.
Maybe you experienced sadness before but blocked it out?
When you begin to accept your sadness, it might stop to manifest by resulting emotions. When you thankfully accept it as care of your unconscious, it might fade away easier in the future.
Relax. Halfsmile in your face. Breathe. In - out. 5 minutes and 54 seconds?
I recognize my sadness
smile thoughts of peace for Belgium : )
People have a sensitive emotional sensation. That's a precious gift. Feel, recognize and accept emotions like sadness is very helpful.
Accepted sadness fades faster and let's us feel much better once we're free of it : )
“We are alone – alone alone alone alone - ...” (Polarkreis 18)
That's what they really sing.
Listening to it through the day – in the evening we believe it already. And fell alone alone... One can do that. Can be a doctrine, why not.
Just like the effects of the sentences in this blog are to strengthen our good feelings, also other sentences that we hear and read again and again have influence on our unconscious.
When we're aware of that we can make and intentional decision:
What is helpful for us and what is not?
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Today you could observe to which messages you are exposed in one day.
Advertising, song lyrics, some statements form some people... food for our mind.
We can decide: tasty or not so tasty? Listen to it or don't listen to it?
Maybe breathe first. Without a sound? Or with. Make an own sound! 5 minutes and 52 seconds? Or this time only 3 times?
Free to decide
for things that are good for methoughts of peace for Swaziland : )
Parents can observe how fast young children pick up stuff that's been said and take it for 'real'. The earlier messages are remembered, the more effective they are.
Totalitarian regimes and advertising industry know about that. There's for example shows on TV for 6-month-olds... because it works better on them!
Adults are being offered so many things. Only when we get aware of this we can decide against it. We are free : )
“Drift, your goal will find you.”
Aha? Simply be comfortable and lazy until something happens?
No, of course it's a different meaning.
So what does that mean, drift?
When you have an idea, a wish or a vision you can observe how you get a certain drive towards this goal. Just because you'd like to reach that goal.
When you drift with that internal drive, things will get moving. That's fine then.
As helpful as your activeness is, so is your trust in success. That can help you to go through hard times. Until your goal finds you : )
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Today you could remember one of your past goals that in fact came to pass; even though it didn't look like it would be a success. But suddenly the situation turned around and totally unexpected coincidences or events helped for success: You didn't expect it anymore but your goal found you ; )
Maybe you had a wish once that didn't come true for a long time? And when you had already give up suddenly someone came up who knew someone who by chance knew someone else who could help you...
Or maybe you once went after something but were disappointed because it wasn't successful? And when you thought everything's lost, suddenly from a totally different direction something came up that was even better than what you've imagined before...
Breathing can help to strengthen your trust. 5 minutes and 50 seconds now? Or 3 times...
full of trust
notice fullness in my lifethoughts of peace for Costa Rica : )
Trust: good things come to pass. Your goal will find you!
Even if it has to bring the most surprising events and coincidences into the game...
“What unhappy land that has no heroes!” - (Andrea Sarti in “Life of Galileo”)
Oh, OK, so happy is the land that has heroes...
What makes a hero out of one?
It's deeds that heroes do.
Deeds of the bodily kind – strength, speed, endurance etc. - or the mental kind as well – courage, martyrdom, readiness to act for ideals and fellow humans. Heroes from myths are seldom found nowadays ; )
But there are some everywhere, the heroes of the daily life: people who stand up for others' well-being. When you have a look around you might also find heroes in your life.
Happy is the one who's able to recognize and see them!
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Today you could pay attention to the heroes in your daily life – you can tell they are heroes by looking at their deeds. When you're ready to accept them, they're there suddenly...
Can you see the heroes who voluntarily spend their time and energy for you only for you? Or can you see which hero supports you altruisticly with the matter that's important for you, and it's even uninteresting for him/her? Can you see the ones that confront you with respect, regard and helpfulness without judging you but letting you be the way you are?
And what about you? When are you a hero in others' lives?
If you'd like to practise NOTHING you could take the opportunity now. Or another later opportunity?
5 minutes and 48 seconds? Or 3 deep, calm and conscious breathings : )
I'm thankful
heroes in my lifethoughts of peace for Spain : )
It's just the deed that makes someone your hero. The question is not about the size of the deed.
It's about the effect in your life. If you want to, you'll find them, every day. A life full of heroes, what a lucky prize!
What if life were just a theatre play? We are the chief character.
If so, we could take things more easy. Especially the problems and difficulties. And even if not, we could simply see it this easy way.
Life's NOTHING but... a game?
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Today you could think of a problem that bothers you. Pick an easy one for the exercise.
You could imagine that everything's just a game. A game where those who care about the well-being of all are the winners. Where you get the high score by showing the audience that you can remain cool and calm; maybe even delightful?
Want to take a little break backstage? ; )
What about 5 minutes and 46 seconds maybe?
I breathe in – I breathe out
and get quite silent
thoughts of peace for Sierra Leone : )
So it's just a game. Easily walk through life, as if it were a game. Does that comfort you?
One who remains silent can only win. Always. Unless you would prefer to chose panic, hecticness, fear, worries, anger, haughty, jealousy or anything like that... What do you think?
1+1=2 is the same as “shiftless not” + want = opposite effect
What? - OK. Here's a little story about it:
Once I had a hamster. Everybody in the flat share liked because it was so cute. Except for one: Matti. Matti couldn't stand my hamster.
One night all of us were watching TV. I went to get my hamster. I put him on the floor by the door.
And immediately he ran towards all the people on the sofa because he was so excited about it. Everybody wanted the hamster to come to him/her.
Only Matti did NOT want that. My little hamster went straight to him and climbed on his lap... Matti got displeased, of course.
What a laugh!
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Today you could figure out what 'hamster' you have in your life. What do you put on again and again though you do NOT want it at all actually?
Maybe you do NOT want to be unhappily in love? Or NOT be unemployed? Or NOT sick? Or NOT this or that...?
Now you can change your thoughts about it. Change them to the things you want. That's the whole exercise.
“I want the hamster to only go to those who like him.” or “I want the 'hamster' to leave me alone.”, for example.
May I get aware of my wishes
May I know what I wantthoughts of peace for Sweden : )
How did you do? Did you also find a 'hamster' in your life? You could simply change the 'hamster' and pick another animal that you like : )
“I'm lovin' it .”
These words were bought by a producer of lower quality food.
The aim of this slogan is to associate their low quality consumption goods with love.
That idea is quite clever!
Love is a good feeling. So what happens when we associate this good feeling with a product, an activity, circumstances or anything else?
It assigns to it, regardless how valueless the thing is... Clever, isn't it?
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Today you could take something uncomfortable and unavoidable and combine it with the words “I love it”. Pick something harmless, something that cannot bother you or others. Homework, a visit at the dentist, tidying up or any other uneasy matters that still have to be done.
Even if it doesn't feel that good for you, your consciousness believes you when you abstain from bitterness and irony. Feel free to put on a smile.
If you like, take a small energy-giving break now : ) 5 Minuten und 42 Sekunden?
I love it!thoughts of peace for Portugal : )
That company wants to get richer and already has a big budget for advertising. Now they spent a lot of money to buy the rights for the sentence “I'm lovin' it!”... There's got to be something about it, don't you think so?
Today it's a day off...
With NOTHING but rest and tranquillity : )
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If you like, sit up straight and slightly tilt your knee towards your chest.
Imagine your head being drawn upwards at the highest point by an invisible string. Your spine gets straight and long.
Breathe in intentionally – breathe out intentionally. Into your loosened belly. Feel how it lifts and lowers. You could count to 10 with every in- and exhale, then repeat.
Notice every noise. When you notice thoughts or dreams, let them pass by without holding on to them. Lead your mind friendly and clearly back to breathing. Then start with 1 again.
5 minutes and 40 seconds? Or less? 3 times?
Here and now
wonderful moment thoughts of peace for the Czech Republic : )
Power lies in tranquillity. Is it maybe also the power in which tranquillity lies?
Strengthening our mind with good thoughts could have considerable effects on the peace in our lives.
“We live in the age of consumption! Long live consume!”
Consume with no end? Really? What's consumption actually?
Wikipedia says consumption is the usage of goods to get personal satisfaction... Usage is the use of goods with an absorbing effect... Thus, more valuable, valueless or dangerous products emerge from the goods.
So usage doesn't mean that materials or energy disappears.
OK. When we consume things they are in a used state afterwards... but do not disappear... just became something different. What is that for example?
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Today you could wonder what happens with the goods you consume.
That is food, stimulants, clothes or other goods... What emerges from them?
What emerges from the consumption of books, games, films? Knowledge, emotions – easy ones or difficult ones, perhaps?
Can one consume conversations? Or people? And what emerges from these? What about the usage of nature? Can you think of anything else?
If you'd like to do NOTHING now, enjoy it! : )
I get aware of
the effects of my consumptionthoughts of peace for Pakistan : )
What if we were to consume something that it is good for us but harms others? What's the emerging product: more valuable, valueless or dangerous?
When we consume films, books, games or conversations, for example, that produce panic, fear, worries, anger or hate in us; are those effectively more valuable, valueless or dangerous for us?
The more consciously we observe our consumption, the better can we see if it is good for us. Then, we could use our freedom to abstain from things or make a different decision : )
There are people that can really encourage and delight you during a conversation. And there are people who can really take your courage and delight away from you.
Words have influence on us.
Benevolent words can build us up and strengthen us – brutal, judging language can weaken us.
Words can give us energy, just like drinking and eating – or they can take energy from us, just like unhealthy food.
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Today you could find out if there are conversations in your life that take your energy away instead of comforting you. You could decide whether you'd like to have pleasant or exhausting conversations today. You could consider your own words just as you consider others' words.
If you like do NOTHING for a while now, maybe 5 minutes and 36 seconds... : )
energy-giving words
give delightthoughts of peace for Rwanda : )
We are free to decide what we want to nourish on just as we're free to create consequences out of conversations,
We could easily abstain from conversations that make us feel uncomfortable regarding our own feelings.
We can also decide to support others with our words instead of harming them.
“I give up, that's all just for nothing.”
Well, that's possible.
But it could also be that someone's err? Errs him/herself?
And that he/she is just before the breakthrough that he/she wouldn't experience if he/she would just give it all up now?
The one who gives up will never find out. Good things need our endurance. And we'll see if we have that when it gets heavy and difficult.
What to do when we'd like to achieve something?
Hang on. NOTHING more.
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Today you could remember something in your life that you gave up. Maybe that decision was right? Or wasn't it?
When you breathe now you could 'listen into you'. The answer to the question whether you should hang on or not, whether you want to reach your goal or really should give up is there: in the quietness inside you. The more quiet you get, the clearer can you 'hear' your answer.
Relax, if you like sit up straight, chin tilted towards chest, spine straight and long. Loosen tongue and jawbones, half smile, or full smile : ) Calmly breathe in and out, sense your body, sense the respiration very consciously.
5 minutes and 34 seconds? Or 3 times in and out? 10 times? Take your tome, as much as you need : )
brave – powerful
consistently motivatedthoughts of peace for Malta : )
How do you feel about the remembrance of your goal? Which answer did you sense inside you? What did you feel right afterwards when you started thinking again?
These thoughts are quite interesting. They like to cheat on us. They are part of our thinking – and that's something else than our intuition.
In our thoughts we might have a lack of courage. Perhaps our thinking says we shouldn't dare to believe in our goal. Let's let it think and let's listen to our inner voice!
When it's for the well-being of all, when we are brave, when we consistently motivate ourselves, we'll reach our goal : )
Liking something means to feel nice, easy and comfortable about it.
When we wish for something we can express that with the words “May...”.
This expression is very open; it only tells about our wish for the other, for ourselves or for the situation, without making the impression of an order or demand.
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Today you could express a good wish for yourself and/or others in your thoughts.
May I... What do you want?
Be happy, perhaps? Or free of fear? Free of worries and grief? Safe and protected? Healthy in body and soul? Peaceful?
May you be... happy.
May all people live in peace.
You could send out good wishes now and thereby breathe in and out consciously; in this moment there is NOTHING more to do : )
May all beings be happythoughts of peace for Suriname : )
A 'good' thought has 100 times more power and effect than a 'bad' one. The one who gives away good wishes could mostly likely soon also feel it happening to him/herself.
May you be free : )
“A rolling stone gathers no moss!”
Exactly.
You can tell that when you didn't get in motion for some time. You can abstain from going to the gym today and still do something for your body.
Pri-pra-practical : )
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Stand up straight and erect. Imagine your head being torn upwards at the highest point by a string. Knees slightly bent and pelvis slightly tilted backwards. Breathe in your natural rhythm.
Now cross your fingers and turn your palms away from you. So, a stretch of your arms and the back part of your shoulders accrues. Hold your arms like this for 3-5 breathings, if you like you can also rise the arms a little bit with every inhale and so even deepen the stretch. But please only go as far as it's comfortable for you, overexpansion is not cool and can harm you.
After that, stand still for 10-15 seconds, let your arms hang down on the sides, close your eyes and breathe freely and in your rhythm.
Go on and take your time, more time a than in the short video : )
If you calmly and comfortably take your time
and thereby and also afterwards breathe intentionally
also your conscious could recreate
besides your body recreation.
That's NOTHING! We like that very mi-ma-much!
“I'd certainly like to change something, but that's life, I can't do anything about it.”
Honestly?
Could this person perhaps let him/herself believe that things are up to circumstances, other persons, fate, vis major, coincidence... but always not up to him/herself?
Seems to be quite comfortable to take responsibility away from oneself. As easy as it gets for us then, so dishonest we are with ourselves.
Almost always we have the possibility to change something. And let it only be 'little things'. Therefore you'll need the will to change something, though, and the attendance to do something, to make efforts, perhaps to abstain from something, possibly to chose uncomfortable solutions.
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Today you could think about a situation where you were dishonest with yourself because you suspected that a change would also bring efforts and abandonment and your usual comfort would be in danger.
Where in your life do you use the answer “I can't change anything about it”? You could now put your honest answer right next to that. And make your decision again.
For example: Do I want to furthermore accept things that make me unhappy? Yes or no?
Do I want to furthermore do things that make others unhappy? Yes or no?
Do I want to furthermore accept that there are people starving? Yes or no?
Do I want to furthermore take war for granted? Yes or no?
Do I want to furthermore support the environmental destruction? Yes or no?
If your answer is No then be precise now: what do you want instead?
If you'd like to breathe calmly now you could take 3 breathings or 5 minutes and 28 seconds. Feel your respiration, feel your body.
Recognize my responsibility
make decisionsthoughts of peace for Dominica : )
Subconsciously we all know that we can change and improve many things with just a little bit of individual commitment. Being dishonest with ourselves and others has become quite common and a trend. But trends come and go. Honesty is the best policy.
Arbitrative is what you want. Arbitrative is the idea that has your Yes.
Every single day you have the opportunity to change something. For yourself – for the future – for the world : )
“You can't always get what you want!”
Who says that? That sounds like somebody who's already given up...
We can imagine our life to be a musical request programme, we can get aware that they're only going to play what WE want.
Our conscious and unconscious decisions have influence on our playlist.
With all the wrong notes that we bring ourselves ; )
Even most of our problems were 'ordered' by us. Or by someone that we left the decision about our playlist to...
Want to change something? This only you can do for yourself and your life. So you simply could change your decisions.
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Today you could remember a situation where you felt uneasy. In case you thought you had no other option up to now, you could now rethink this matter. You have the opportunity to decide.
Maybe you're stuck in circumstances that seem to be forced on you?
This view comes from your decision; you decided to allow force on your playlist.
Enjoy your choice. Or simply change your decision so that new can develop.
Maybe you feel bound to people that make you feel uncomfortable? The handling is up to you; you intentionally decided to let them treat you the way they do. Enjoy your choice. Or simply change your decision so that new can new can develop.
Maybe you experience restrictions? Accepting these restrictions was up to you; enjoy your choice. Or simply change your decision so that new can develop.
Today I make the decision
for my life
thoughts of peace for Madagascar : )
The choice is always up to you! If you're ready to take responsibility for your life you could see that it's your decision that makes you stuck in situations.
You could start enjoying your freedom of choice and form. You have the opportunity to give yourself sorrow or delight. It's up to you to decide about change.
Once we've decided to change something we'd be surprised about things changing : )
There's many things that others should do differently. We often like to have a too close look and think we are right with our critique.
We find others' patterns that should really be changed by him/her. We recognize bad habits that someone really should abandon. We can name characteristics that should be changed because they maybe are difficult.
All of this can be true. From your point of view. And still: wanting to change someone is a plan that is going to fail. One can only change him/herself...
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Today you could pay attention if and when you think that someone should be different so that it'd be OK.
Granting others to be just like they are means taking responsibility for our own role.
You could decide this now. Check every matter with open and benevolent thinking for the other.
Maybe someone is very untidy and you're always tidying up after him/her? When you take responsibility for yourself you can decide whether you will continue tidying up after this person or just let it be.
Maybe someone is treating you in a way where you miss respect of your needs. Taking responsibility for yourself will let you decide if you'll still accept this or if you'll go away.
Maybe someone is telling you things and that is a burden for you. When you take responsibility for yourself you can decide whether you'll continue listening or spend your time differently in the future.
Open for change
starting with myself
thoughts of peace for Greece : )
When you feel there is an uneasy situation, you a re the only person that can change something about that for you. This is how far your possibilities for forming things goes: to the border of you.
Stand by your decisions. With all consequences. Changing your behaviour will also change the whole situation.
„The good ones in the crock. And the bad ones? What do we do with them?“
What about ignoring the bad and only taking the good.
Hm, what are they talking about? Do you think that now?
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Today you could make a decision for the day:
Do I want to see the 'bad' in others or much rather the 'good'?
You can configure this attitude for yourself in the morning, for example for all persons that come across you this day or only for one particular person.
It can be very helpful to concentrate your cognition on the nice things only.
As soon as you notice others thoughts, stop them and go back to the good thoughts.
Feel free to smile thereby : )
If you like, you can breathe for 5 minutes and 22 seconds now. Relax jawbones and tongue, breathe consciously, sense your entire body : )
ready to see the good in others
peaceful and happy
thoughts of peace for Bahrain : )
How did you feel about the people you came across? After making the decision to see the 'good'... And how were your feelings after the decision to see the ' bad'?
Our feelings about others mostly only depend on our inner attitude. Even difficult persons can be experienced differently after a decision. Meeting nice people or not so nice people only depends on our inner attitude. If we'd like to meet nice people it would be quite effective to make our decision for the benevolent view.
thoughts of peace for South Korea : )
