How can you, from where ever you are right now, help stop brutal acts of violence? Stay aware of all the GOOD that is happening in the world. Consume "healthy" news. Just how eating well keeps you energized and feeling good, "reading well" keeps you energized and feeling hopeful. When you feel hopeful, you'll do better work in your own life. When you do better work in your own life, you inspire others to do the same.
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How can YOU help change the mind of white supremacists? How can YOU help Barcelona? Look inside. Peace must always start within. Seek resolution with loved ones and friends NOW; admit you were wrong NOW; confront your anger and anxiety and seek therapy NOW; admit your frustration and ask for help NOW; start learning how to forgive NOW; practice compassion NOW. To neutralize anger and hatred in the world, we must first neutralize it in our own thoughts, words, and actions.
Chanting "om" is a simple yet profound meditation technique. Try it with me! Subscribe to my YouTube channel so you don't miss a practice. For more guidance, check our classes here. I love you! Living peacefully and joyfully takes discipline and constant practice. But, it can be is as simple as taking even a brief moment to be still and breath. Here's a little bit of help today with your efforts. I love you! For more on mindfulness and meditation, click here. Doing some dishes? Practice some #mindfulness ! Flooding mundane tasks with breath and consciousness brings necessary space into your mind and body. In that space, calm arises. When calm arises, wisdom enters. You can practice anytime, anywhere. More loving help here. "Good morning, everybody! I was just having my cup of coffee and wanted to remind you how sometimes simple it can be to find the benefits of mindfulness, even during your cup of coffee..." For more on mindfulness and meditation, click here. Hello, loves! I forgot to post this a while back when I made it and thought it'd be fun to do today. :) Singing in public has one been one my greatest fears. And, I'm happy to share how much work I've put into it the past year. The result? The vocals aren't good, they aren't bad. But, I don't care because I'm having a blast!!! And THAT'S what is fulfilling. May you do what you want, not because it's good, not because it's bad, but because you love doing it! If you need help finding the courage to pursue your goals, take a look at some of my classes here. I love you! Free guided meditation focused on resonating infinite love for Valentine's Day!!!! Quick and easy way to feel abundant and encouraged today during your morning coffee, commute, work break, or just before sleep. For more meditations, healing, and more click here! Here's an exciting message about courage to adventure in your own life that came to me while I was meditating in solitude in the Badlands National Park, South Dakota. Do you judge your self-worth by what you accomplish during the day? By how many things you check off your to-do list? Or, do you judge your self-worth by how kind and compassionate you act? May we work towards a self view where we hold accomplishments of the heart in greater esteem than lifestyle accomplishments.
It took me a long time to realize that most of the stress in my life came from the fact that I measured my self-worth by how much work I accomplished, by how much I checked off my daily to-do list. If I had a "productive" day I would feel satisfied. I would feel that my person had WORTH. But, on most days when I didn't "accomplish" everything on my to-do list, I would judge myself to be lazy or distracted. I would feel my WORTH to be very low. Thankfully, I had been studying the writings of many spiritual teachers. And, each one of those teachers told me that we will never feel true worth by chasing after accomplishments. They said, if we focus on being kind and compassionate to ourselves, and less on what fleeting work standards we set for ourselves, we will bring complete happiness into our lives. So, it was in 2009 when that idea began to make sense to me from the inside out. I had already been trying to live in immense kindness and compassion, but because I was solely focused on the success of my professional and personal projects, I judged my WORTH on that damn to do list, INSTEAD OF all of the LOVE that I had been spreading around me. America teaches us that accomplishments and successes bring happiness. But, embarking on projects and goals for the mere sake of accomplishing "something" will never be fully satisfying. We will find ourselves in a loop of just trying to prove something to ourselves, something shallow and inconsequential. So, I finally realized that my practice is to now honor my efforts of kindness and compassion as true markers of success. This journal entry from 2009 is a real snapshot of this transition taking place: Journal entry from 7/22/2009 "Why must I always need to accomplish things? That means... I validate my existence by what I produce. So, If I'm not producing anything of quality, I feel useless. Problems arise when... I do things for the sake of doing things instead of internal motivation. I am internally confused because... I don't know the difference between things I truly want to do and things I think I should be doing. This leads to bigger questions... Should I be doing anything? I'm sure that... My life as an energy is existing no matter what I'm accomplishing. I'm sure that... "Accomplishing things" is a conceived definition that has no impact on.... what? Maybe... The need to "accomplish things" is different than the desire to fulfill my potential. So, I need to... Start differentiating between the empty desire to "accomplish things" between the true desire to manifest my abilities and callings." |
Darren BartoloIntuitive Spiritual Advisor, Author, Musician Archives
January 2019
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