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Natures Melody

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This life shall soon be over
The bodies of today, so animated
Serving new life forms in various ways
What was once so important
In one motion, waves upon the shore
Washed away into oblivion
A smile or a frown
Melt into one
Leaving only a flower

Thoughts Are Your Most Important Routine

Posted in Emotional · Perspective · Self Improvement |  Email This Post | by James Rick

  When you normally think of a ‘routine’ you might think in terms of actions you perform throughout the day. In an earlier post we talked about the importance of a ‘tight’ routine, that is repetitive activities with a high return on investment. A few activities I mentioned as an example: meditation, writing, reading, exercising, eating healthy.
 
One that [...]

Four Steps to Lucid Happiness

Posted in Emotional · Perspective · Spiritual Guidance |  Email This Post | by James Rick

Life is hard. It is possible to be happy through denying reality for a while. But to be lucidly happy is to be aware of all that is, including the cruelties and evil of life yet still appreciating that which is enjoyable and finding the positive in that which is not.
Lucid happiness is NOT [...]

Significance is Relative

Posted in Perspective · Self Improvement |  Email This Post | by James Rick

All of life’s meaning relies on context; all meaning depends on the
perspective in the story. A burning forest, a leveled home or an
untimely death - the significance of these events all depend
relative positions.
Where are you when the forest is burning? If you don’t even know
the forest is burning its not significant to you. If you’re [...]

Massive Action Requires a ‘Tight’ Routine

Posted in Perspective · Self Improvement |  Email This Post | by James Rick

WHY DO HABITS FORM?
Habits preserve conscious processing power. Scientists have concluded the conscious mind is capable of processing up to around 2,000 bits (e.g. 2,000 characters) of information a second whereas the subconscious is capable of processing 4,000,000,000 bits of information a second. What these studies exemplify is that conscious brain power is a limited [...]

Optimism Vs. Pessimism - And How to be a “Real Optimist”

Posted in Perspective · Self Improvement |  Email This Post | by James Rick

A common misconception is that optimism means ignoring facts and pessimism means being real about them. That’s why you’ll often here a ‘pessimist’ say - “I’m just being real about it” or you’ll hear an optimist say “There is a five thousand pound elephant standing on my foot but I’m trying to think positive about [...]

What Happens When You Set Standards Too High?

Posted in Perspective · Self Improvement |  Email This Post | by James Rick

When you set unrealistic standards, you are making a commitment that you just can’t keep. It’s like walking into a gym with the bold plan to lift 500 lb weights your first time. It sounds like a glorious idea and it will make you feel significant to tell people of your high standard. But in [...]

What Happens When You Don’t Follow Your Own Standards?

Posted in Perspective · Self Improvement · Spiritual Guidance |  Email This Post | by James Rick

When you don’t follow through on your own standards, it’s like making a commitment with yourself and then breaking it. Anytime you break a commitment with yourself you feel a sense of disappointment. This self disappointment can erode self image making you feel even worse. If this has been going on for quite some time [...]

Why Is Setting and Honoring Personal Standards Important?

Posted in Perspective · Self Improvement |  Email This Post | by James Rick

Personal standards determine your degree of tolerance. The higher the standard the less you’ll tolerate. Personal standards are important but of even greater importance is discriminating where to set standards. If you have high standards for everything - you’ll eventually have a nervous breakdown. But high standards for areas that are most important are critical [...]

Free Is Your Reality

Posted in Perspective · Spiritual Guidance |  Email This Post | by James Rick

You will feel a sense of ‘higher truth’ when you maintain you awareness of the temporariness of all life - instead of being shocked you accept whatever should enter your awareness that justifies this fact.
Instead of feeling uncomfortable when you consider temporariness - feel what it feels like and let go of controlling the [...]