Buffet II

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I thought a little more about this buffet thing - and about overeating. I had to realize that this kind of behavior refers to a poor mindset - which I don't want to be associate with. Eating until I cannot move is an attitude what my brain interprets as scarcity (of food). Which is not true - it's hard to imagine that my dispensary would ever go empty... :)

I can have a much balanced life when I eat only as much as my body needs - when I don't send false massages to my brain that I would run out of food (or any of my resources)... Life is much easier and better when we can tune ourselves to a rich mindset! ;)

My Favorite Serving

Mirage

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I just listened to one of Deepak Chopra's audiobook: Magical Mind, Magical Body. How interesting it was!

He gives detailed explanation about the body-mind connection, tells about the aging process and how to slow it down, he explains an easy & effective way of loosing weight & being physically fit. He talks about the main personality types and about their balances. Love & Fear is also discussed as well as many other interesting things.

I really liked when he talked about the known & unknown. He said that most of the people are afraid of the unknown, however it's a mirage, and instead, people should be afraid of the known!

Why?
Because the unknown is always full of possibilities, while the known always limits and bounds us...

Mirage

Free Your Mind

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I've just heard a following story recently:

The pupil went to the master to expand his knowledge by learning from the master. In the very beginning, the master poured 2 glasses of water and told him the following presentation:

"This glass of water in front of you represents your knowledge. This one, in front of me represents mine. If you want my water (my knowledge), you have to empty your glass (your mind)!"

I wonder how many times I didn't "empty my glass" before listening to my loved ones, friends and other people?! I'm even more curious how much more open I'm becoming by understanding this profound principle! ;)

Empty Your Glass! ;)

Vicious Circles

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This week I started my trainee-ship in a residential care home where I work with elderly people. When I looked around in a nice lady's room I had to notice how gorgeous beauty she used to be a half of a century ago... And now, an elderly fragile lady sits in front of me, who is facing with physical & mental challenges.

I started to think again - I just can't stop thinking. :) How many times we stop doing exercises for some reasons (or rather, excuses?) and it results us either gaining weight or lack of energy. And the less we train our muscles the harder is to restart our workouts. We say to ourselves that we are tired or we can't exercise - while working out would be the very thing that could free us from tiredness, give us more energy and build up our muscles...

I wonder if it works the same with the mind: From our adventurous childhood we go more and more toward a secured life, avoiding risks... Until we reach a point when we realize:

If we always do what we've always done, we will get what we always got.

Then, we stop and we ask: Is that it? Is that all what life is about?

But isn't it too late by then? Will we still have the courage to take any risk to make some changes, to do something differently?

Vicious Circle

Interactions

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I'm in a relationship with the people who surround me. These relationships take place in different contexts, eg. marriage, family, friends, associates, work, clubs, neighborhoods. If I take any kind of action toward a person I'm in a relationship with, that action comes back to me. How is that?

Let's see the following example:

Let's suppose I hurt somebody. Between this person and me there is a relationship that links us. one to another. So if I hurt that person, then I also hurt the relationship between us. But I am also part of this relationship, so therefore, I'm hurting myself as well.

Does this explain why you feel worse and worse when you hurt /argue with somebody - and why does it make you feel better and better, when you help somebody? ;)

Interaction