What to collect & when to let go
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Narendra Goidani
May 4, 2011, 1:05:53 AM5/4/11
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Dearest Darling friends,
Take in a deeeeeeeep breath. Now hold it for a few seconds. Have you
started feeling a little suffocated? What do you want to do now?
Release the air, right? And then take in a hurried gasp of fresh air?
What you have just done is amazing if you mirror it with life.
The air that was suffocating you was contaminated polluted air. It was
filled with CO2 which is harmful to your body. The body indicated its
discomfort. You expelled that contaminated, polluted air. You then
took in fresh air. The fresh air refreshed you. You are alive. If you
had not expelled the contaminated polluted air, you would have surely
died.
Isn't it the same case with life?
Just replace the metaphor of contaminated polluted air with
contaminated polluted THOUGHTS and see if it makes sense to you.
Negative thoughts -- Thoughts that make you feel and believe you are
weak, thoughts that reduce your energy levels, thoughts that make you
resent people and life, thoughts that make you run away from
responsibilities and challenges, thoughts that make you afraid and
incompetent, thoughts that produce negative emotions like anger and
frustration, thoughts that make you want to give up on yourself, life
and people, thoughts that make you want to hurt - they are
contaminated polluted thoughts.
Remember every time these kind of thoughts invaded your mind, they
made you feel uncomfortable. If you could, you wanted to pluck those
thoughts out of your head and throw them somewhere far away, isn't it?
You never did enjoy those thoughts. I never did !!!
Positive thoughts -- Thoughts that make us believe in ourselves and
life, thoughts that make us look at the brighter side of things and
events, thoughts that bring the best out of us, thoughts that make us
look forward to love people and ourselves, thoughts that produce
positive emotions like joy, celebrations and excitement, thoughts that
make us want to explore and live a meaningful and impactful life,
thoughts that propel us to inspire our loved us, thoughts that make us
co-operate endlessly and relentlessly with life and people, thoughts
that lift us even when we fail, -- Positive thoughts are life giving
forces for us.
Ironically, so many of us, hold on to the negative thoughts
(contaminated, polluted ones) and not the positive ones (refreshing
life enhancing ones).
Know what to hold on to and when to let go!
Hold on to that which makes life look bright inspite of the
challenges.
Hospitalised with two bones broken, Roshan was joking with friends.
His thinking was, 'We have 206 bones. Why to cry over the two broken
bones, why not enjoy the 204 that are NOT broken"? I guess this is
fresh life enhancing thinking - Positive thinking.
The fact is 2 bones are broken. The fact is 204 are not broken. The
facts remain the same. While most would have cried themselves hoarse
over the two broken bones, that positive thought guy Roshan chose to
focus on 204 that were not broken. He felt GREAT. Focus on negative
thoughts (2 broken ones) would have made him miserable.
The fact remained the same. Roshan could have chosen to hold on to 2
broken bones or he could have let go of the 2 broken bones.
Fortunately he knew what to hold on to, what to let go ! He was
energetic and enthusiastic.
When it is about breathing, all of us understand what to hold on to
and when to let go. Let us do the same with life experiences. Anything
that makes you feel glad, hold on to that. Anything that makes you
feel sad, let go of that. The facts will remain the same but Life will
change !!!
As I think what I would have done if I was in Roshan's place, I
recommend you do the same contemplation.
It will also be a good idea if you practice right now the exercise of
attempting to hold on to contaminated polluted air and FEEL how it
feels. Something tells me, you would not have done it in the beginning
of the chapter. Do it and learn experientially what needs to be done
with your thoughts too.
In life...KEEP MOVING. Know what to collect, when to let go and KEEP
MOVING.
With love, prayers and best wishes,
naren
As I live...I learn
na...@lifeschool.co.in
Visit us:
www.lifeschool.co.in
Note: Dear Readers, due to a technical error in Google Groups, we are
unable to send you the beautifully designed LSM this time, hence, this
plain text version, so that the growth continues. To view the
beautifully designed LSM, you can visit our website www.lifeschool.co.in
Thanks for your co-operation.
Take in a deeeeeeeep breath. Now hold it for a few seconds. Have you
started feeling a little suffocated? What do you want to do now?
Release the air, right? And then take in a hurried gasp of fresh air?
What you have just done is amazing if you mirror it with life.
The air that was suffocating you was contaminated polluted air. It was
filled with CO2 which is harmful to your body. The body indicated its
discomfort. You expelled that contaminated, polluted air. You then
took in fresh air. The fresh air refreshed you. You are alive. If you
had not expelled the contaminated polluted air, you would have surely
died.
Isn't it the same case with life?
Just replace the metaphor of contaminated polluted air with
contaminated polluted THOUGHTS and see if it makes sense to you.
Negative thoughts -- Thoughts that make you feel and believe you are
weak, thoughts that reduce your energy levels, thoughts that make you
resent people and life, thoughts that make you run away from
responsibilities and challenges, thoughts that make you afraid and
incompetent, thoughts that produce negative emotions like anger and
frustration, thoughts that make you want to give up on yourself, life
and people, thoughts that make you want to hurt - they are
contaminated polluted thoughts.
Remember every time these kind of thoughts invaded your mind, they
made you feel uncomfortable. If you could, you wanted to pluck those
thoughts out of your head and throw them somewhere far away, isn't it?
You never did enjoy those thoughts. I never did !!!
Positive thoughts -- Thoughts that make us believe in ourselves and
life, thoughts that make us look at the brighter side of things and
events, thoughts that bring the best out of us, thoughts that make us
look forward to love people and ourselves, thoughts that produce
positive emotions like joy, celebrations and excitement, thoughts that
make us want to explore and live a meaningful and impactful life,
thoughts that propel us to inspire our loved us, thoughts that make us
co-operate endlessly and relentlessly with life and people, thoughts
that lift us even when we fail, -- Positive thoughts are life giving
forces for us.
Ironically, so many of us, hold on to the negative thoughts
(contaminated, polluted ones) and not the positive ones (refreshing
life enhancing ones).
Know what to hold on to and when to let go!
Hold on to that which makes life look bright inspite of the
challenges.
Hospitalised with two bones broken, Roshan was joking with friends.
His thinking was, 'We have 206 bones. Why to cry over the two broken
bones, why not enjoy the 204 that are NOT broken"? I guess this is
fresh life enhancing thinking - Positive thinking.
The fact is 2 bones are broken. The fact is 204 are not broken. The
facts remain the same. While most would have cried themselves hoarse
over the two broken bones, that positive thought guy Roshan chose to
focus on 204 that were not broken. He felt GREAT. Focus on negative
thoughts (2 broken ones) would have made him miserable.
The fact remained the same. Roshan could have chosen to hold on to 2
broken bones or he could have let go of the 2 broken bones.
Fortunately he knew what to hold on to, what to let go ! He was
energetic and enthusiastic.
When it is about breathing, all of us understand what to hold on to
and when to let go. Let us do the same with life experiences. Anything
that makes you feel glad, hold on to that. Anything that makes you
feel sad, let go of that. The facts will remain the same but Life will
change !!!
As I think what I would have done if I was in Roshan's place, I
recommend you do the same contemplation.
It will also be a good idea if you practice right now the exercise of
attempting to hold on to contaminated polluted air and FEEL how it
feels. Something tells me, you would not have done it in the beginning
of the chapter. Do it and learn experientially what needs to be done
with your thoughts too.
In life...KEEP MOVING. Know what to collect, when to let go and KEEP
MOVING.
With love, prayers and best wishes,
naren
As I live...I learn
na...@lifeschool.co.in
Visit us:
www.lifeschool.co.in
Note: Dear Readers, due to a technical error in Google Groups, we are
unable to send you the beautifully designed LSM this time, hence, this
plain text version, so that the growth continues. To view the
beautifully designed LSM, you can visit our website www.lifeschool.co.in
Thanks for your co-operation.
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