Chapter 2 Глава 2

 I am writing this for myself only. This is what I consider "being practical". All that I have learned from my own experience and at the same time understood intellectually. This is my way, and if anyone happen to disagree, the only thing you can disagree with is if you think this does not work for me (not you). This is at the same time my guide and a journal about how i live.

Whatever you doing, the best result and the most satisfaction you get when you do it with your heart, when you do what you want to do and when you do it without doubts and completely, when you do it when you are sure that you are doing the right thing, when you do it with all your strength, with clear intention, if possible with a plan. When you take full responsibility for your actions, realizing completely the ligitimacy of what you are doing at the moment when you are doing it.
> Try before doing any simple thing think about if this is the "right" thing to do at the moment. Think about alternatives, consider all tools and consider your own and feelings of others. Choose the best way. As you do this more and more often you will do only the best things and without doubts.

People get into problems when they are not agreeing completely with their own decisions. My definition of a "problem" is "inner disagreement". Simply because there is nothing in the outside world that can be considered "bad": everything has good sides to it and only out of our habit or emotions we consider outside factors "bad". Whatever happens is important because it includes a lesson, and not important since nothing can be a problem.
> Try finding positive sides to everything. Try to approach things thinking about "how this can be used?" and "what is good about it?". If you respond negatively and automatically, try going back into memories about what made you create that automatic responce in the past. Then re-evaluate the past experience and think about what was positive and what can you learn about it.

If your decision is made with agreement inside, that allows for full expression of your force of creativity, it creates positive athmosphere, helps you gain energy and inspires others.
> Practice following your heart: listen to your desires and try not to supress them. If you find some particular desire not appropriate, try to find out why you have that desire. If you want to get rid of it - you have to kill the reason for its appearence, not the desire itself.

Live your life allowing the most freedom: have less expectations and stereotypes. Allow others the most freedom: let them learn their own lessons. Listen to your feelings, and act accordingly. Listen to feelings of others and let them listen to their own feelings, not yours. The help is in indicating how to learn, not in teaching.
> Good technique for understanding others is trying to imagine yourself on somebody\'s place. This is how you can understand others and understand how this person percieves you and your actions. Once you understand that you can fix your actions accordingly.

There are many things that are on our way to act freely and in tune with our heart. One of them is fear. Energy is wasted daily on fear of death alone. Fortunately, there are many practices that can help to deal with it. One of them is thinking about yourself is about a soul with infinite life. But I prefer
> Act with understanding of possibility of death tomorrow. Make sure that whatever you do you will still do if you knew that you will die tomorrow. That would free you of fear because you already doing things the way you would.

We are given lessons every second of our lives. If only we listen to them we gain knowledge, we grow spiritually, and we get rid of repeating problems that do happen often to people who refuse to learn.
> Practice using your senses, being "here and now": try to keep your thoughts at bay, and feel what is it that outside and inside world is telling you. Do not try to make interpretations, let yourself feel the sounds. Being "here and now" helps you to stay alert, to respond actively, instead of reactively when you let your interpretations to block the direct input and, as a consiquence, a lesson. Keep in mind that you cannot expect a reward for what you are doing, because there might be no tomorrow, so try to get your reward from doing things, if you do not like doing something and need a reward - do not do it.

The things you need to do and the problems you need to solve can be used as powerful tools of learning. The tougher the problem - the easier it is to learn the lesson. The best result achieved with the best solution.
> Practice to complete the tasks completely and then thinking about a particular lesson and how this knowledge can be applied in the future. Think about what would have happened if you are to leave this task "for later". Remember that lesson that have not been learned will be given to you again sooner or later.

Plant and animals are not "below" human, they are simply other forms of life. Learn to respect them just as you respect yourself and other humans. We are important to them just as they are - to us. There would have been no human kind if there would have been no plants. You can view other forms of lives as same energetic life, but with common potential shown in different areas and with different strength. Being in tune with other forms of life, helps to use their knowledge.
> To find answers to questions, create a clear intention to find an answer, then go to forest, lay on the grass, "tune in" by listening to every sound around you, then start thinking about the problem, the answer will come to you.


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Это для "старых" русских, которые не забыли аглицкий?

Александр Асмолов   11.08.2003 09:36     Заявить о нарушении