Self-Improvement Blogs (525)

It's been through the ages that people need something to complain about. They feel better after doing it. If CS didn't have Jim to obsess on, it would only be... Well, you know.

If there is love then your shortcomings don't matter

It's time. I call to order a meeting of the Halloween support group.
You've been holding out and it's time to open up about your problems.
Have a seat. Coffee and doughnuts are on the table.
Help yourself and get comfortable.
Take your time, we've go the whole night to discuss things.

There is a child inside each one of us, our ego does not allow to come out, but comes out in front of the person we are most comfortable with.

There are two main things in spirituality. one for inside deep unconscious mind. and another for the outer conscious mind.

For inner deep unconscious mind:
Stop reacting to your feelings, sorrows, pleasures. Start observing.

For outer conscious mind:
Give to others what you expect from others for yourself. And don't give to others what you don't expect from others for yourself.

Spiritual logic is very short and simple.

Because of the reactive nature of our unconscious mind, there is always turmoil inside us. Our whole attitude is influenced by our inner reaction. The habit of reacting is what makes our personality good or bad. This habit of reacting is out of our control. We react very little outside, but in the unconcious mind, the action-reaction goes on for 24 hours from birth to death. Even while sleeping, unconcious mind does not sleep. There are only two reactions in our unconscious mind, attraction and repulsion. The drama of life is going on on both these reactions.
If unconcious mind start observing instead of reacting, then the whole problem will be solved.
The whole struggle of spirituality is on this matter how unconcious mind started observing instead of reacting. This stage is called "inner silence", where the mind does not react.
The whole essence of spirituality is "inner silence".

It's now time to Nourish yourSelf ...
It's now time to Love yourSelf ...

The answer has usually been yes whenever I have asked myself this question, although how many times I have asked it in my sleep I couldn't say. So, anyway, whenever I have thought myself to be awake, I have always treated it as a sign that I am awake, and the facts that I have had my senses about me and been capable or rational thought are things that I have always considered to be supporting evidence for my conclusion. But now I find that there is a school of thought that says you have to be a completely witless crackpot to be properly awake. This has turned my whole concept of wakefulness on it's head, and I don't know what to think any more.

I think I will need to sleep on it.

The other night, I poured a cup of milk using only the light from the refrigerator. No issues.
I often wonder (envision) what it would be like to have a loss of vision, or hearing. Twenty years ago, I had a monster inner ear infection and get vertigo sometimes when there is a change in atmospheric pressure. I was able to walk through my house in Miami without bumping into walls. It's different in my condo and I'll shout profanities if I accidentally kick the corner of the bed frame. In a dark room, I become a mouse and guide myself along the furniture avoiding the bed frame.

I know a licensed massage therapist who is legally blind. He was born with normal vision but genetics gave him the same deck of cards that his mother had and she lost her vision as an adult. He studied massage while he could see. He also studied karate... just in case he needed to defend himself as a blind man!
Accepting cash only, he's got a viewer that enlarges anything placed on the scanning bed. He can see light and dark and images are blurred as though he;s looking through several layers of waxed paper. Only a tiny part in the upper corner of his eye is good enough to see the enlargement from the viewer.

I think comedian Richard Prior went to visit Stevie Wonder and found the house was dark. It was fine for Stevie, but Richard couldn't see his way around!

Attitude plays a big part of dealing with a handicap whether it was from birth or something that came about through life. I think it's normal for people to go through depression.
As a teenager, one of my neighbors lost a leg to leukemia. I remember seeing him at the public pool making the best of a summer. He didn't have time to think about depression... less than a year later he died.

I was doing my normal music YouTube surfing and (typical of YouTube) some unrelated selections appeared. I clicked one to see Nick Vujicic, a man born without arms and legs giving motivational speeches. I watched. Not all. But I bookmarked it and will come back to see more. He's got a handful of other videos.
Eye opening to say the least. A man without arms and legs overcomes mountains of obstacles and does seminars to Inspire others. He's got books, websites, DVD's



While my blog is about overcoming blindness, Nick gets through life pretty well...