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Adopt proven steps and strategies to set your mind and body for dealing with anxiety, stress and personal loss. Use mindfulness to achieve your inner peace.

Mindfulness · July 2, 2024

Phra Buddha Dhammakaya Thep Mongkol

Phra Buddha Dhammakaya Thep Mongkol: A Beacon of Serenity and Spirituality A Monument of Peace Perched majestically atop the hill at Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen in Bangkok, Phra Buddha Dhammakaya Thep Mongkol stands as a…

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Mindfulness · April 21, 2024

Chang Erawan Museum the Marvel of Bangkok

Unveiling the Mysteries of Chang Erawan Museum in Bangkok Exploring the Wonders of Bangkok’s Spiritual Heritage Bangkok, a city vibrant with culture and tradition, is home to many unique historical sites. One of the…

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Mindfulness · December 16, 2023

The Majestic Royal Pavilion Mahajetsadabadin

Introduction: Exploring the Splendor of Royal Pavilion Mahajetsadabadin In the vibrant city of Bangkok, where history and modernity coalesce, stands the Royal Pavilion Mahajetsadabadin, a symbol of Thailand's rich…

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Mindfulness · November 25, 2023

The Enchanting Temples of Phuket

Discovering Serenity: The Enchanting Temples of Phuket Phuket, Thailand's largest island, is as steeped in spiritual heritage as it is surrounded by the azure waters of the Andaman Sea. While many flock to its sandy…

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Mindfulness · November 19, 2023

Wat Bang Riang in Phang Nga

The Serene Sanctum of Spirituality: Wat Bang Riang in Phang Nga, A Jewel of Buddhist History Thailand is a nation steeped in spiritual heritage, and nestled in Phang Nga province lies a place of profound religious…

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Mindfulness · November 11, 2023

The Great Vibe of the Suwan Khuha Cave

Discovering The Wonders of the Suwan Khuha Cave: A Hidden Buddhist Gem in Thailand's Phang Nga Province The gripping history of the Monkey Cave Unearthed in the vibrant tropical forest of Phang Nga province lies a…

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Mindfulness · October 29, 2023

Wat Tha Sai - Imposing Architecture

Unveiling the Hidden Gem: Wat Tha Sai's Rich Buddhist History and Imposing Architecture Tucked away in the tranquil district of Thai Mueang, Phang Nga province lies an architectural marvel, Wat Tha Sai (Wat Tes…

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Mindfulness · October 22, 2023

Wat Saket & Golden Mountain

Unveiling the Hidden Beauty and Buddhist Significance of Wat Saket & Golden Mountain The Hidden Gem of Bangkok Wat Saket, lovingly referred to as the Golden Mountain, is a magical ensemble of Buddhist history tucked…

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Mindfulness · October 7, 2023

The Wat Chaiwatthanaram Wonderful Experience

Enlightening Journey to Ayutthaya: The Wat Chaiwatthanaram Experience A Historic Wonder: Wat Chaiwatthanaram Temple Today, my dear readers, we embark on an exciting journey into the storied past of the ancient city of…

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Mindfulness · October 1, 2023

A Deep Dive into Wat Phra Si Sanphet Temple

Revisiting the Regal Past: A Deep Dive into Wat Phra Si Sanphet Temple, Ayutthaya Welcome, dear readers, to another journey into the heart of Thailand’s historic treasures. Today I invite you to explore with me the Wat…

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Mindfulness · September 24, 2023

The Divine Echoes of Wat Phra Ram

Quintessential Serenity Rediscovered: The Divine Echoes of Wat Phra Ram Rekindling the Divine Aura Nestled in the historical landscape of Ayutthaya, an ancient city flourished with Buddhist sentiments, stands an…

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Mindfulness · August 12, 2023

Suan Mokkh Library in Bangkok

Exploring Tranquility: Suan Mokkh Library in Bangkok Nestled amidst the bustling streets of Bangkok, the Suan Mokkh Library in Bangkok offers a serene oasis for seekers of wisdom. This hidden gem is more than just a…

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Mindfulness · August 5, 2023

Mindfulness meets AI

Mindfulness and AI In recent years, mindfulness has graced all aspects of our lives, teaching us to live in the present and find joy in the now. On another spectrum, artificial intelligence (AI) has changed the face of…

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Mindfulness · August 6, 2022

Ayutthaya - My Mindfulness Journey

https://youtu.be/3_90v4n1ves Ayutthaya is on the UNESCO World Heritage list The Historic City of Ayutthaya was founded c. 1350. Ayutthaya became the second Siamese capital after Sukhothai. It was destroyed by the…

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Mindfulness · August 29, 2021

Mindfulness in isolation

Mindfulness in isolation. As I am a very private person, I enjoyed the environment here on the Andaman coast. Small tourist village, full of people only on high season, but there are not many people another half of the…

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Mindfulness · September 7, 2020

Mindfulness and scuba diving

As I discovered ten years ago, I have two passions: mindfulness meditation practice and scuba diving. You might think that those two activities cannot be further apart from each other. Mindfulness practice assumes that…

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Mindfulness · July 24, 2020

Suan Mokkh - My yearly meditation retreat

Suan Mokkh is one of the most famous meditation retreats in Thailand. I visited this place for the first time back in 2018. Immediately I knew that this would be the place I would want to go back often. I was there last…

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Mindfulness · July 13, 2020

Present Moment, Wonderful Moment

Present Moment, Wonderful Moment is a magnificent book written by Thich Nhat Hanh. He is a Buddhist monk, scholar, teacher, and peace activist. "When we drive, we usually think the most about how we will arrive and thus…

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Mindfulness · June 26, 2020

Emotional health in lockdown

Lockdown days are gone, for now, which is good for our emotional health. We all hope they will not be back. As hard as for some those days were, it was also an opportunity to learn. Mostly, to learn about yourself,…

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Mindfulness · June 5, 2020

Equality and Diversity

Equality and diversity are the words that many take for granted. In these challenging times, it may seem to me, an older white guy from Serbia, with little or no personal experience with racism, to fully understand the…

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Mindfulness · May 10, 2020

Lockdown - My empty village

Lockdown - It can be a fun exercise for a person that is not socializing that much to observe how empty my village is. But, for many of those that work here, the situation is grim. The season cuts short for more than…

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Mindfulness · April 25, 2020

My lockdown days

My lockdown days may be different than yours. As you can imagine, if you live in a small village that is full of people only when it is high season, it is different here. Since there are no people, social distancing is…

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Mindfulness · April 10, 2020

My mindfulness journey and the places I love

My mindfulness journey and the places I love became the center point of my newly discovered freedom. Understanding and speaking basic Thai helped me to explore places that I would not be able to find otherwise and to…

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Mindfulness · April 4, 2020

My mindfulness journey - the Thai language

As I continued my mindfulness journey - the Thai language was the next thing to learn. I wanted to know more about this country and people, so I started to learn the Thai language. At first, I tried to learn the Thai…

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Mindfulness · March 14, 2020

My mindfulness journey -The move

My mindfulness journey got to the next phase - The move. I have successfully transferred the responsibility for the Company to the new owner and did all the other necessary preparations. Sadly, my dog died next year.…

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Mindfulness · February 29, 2020

My mindfulness journey - the company

My mindfulness journey continued, and the next step was to leave the company in safe hands. I have always believed in the importance of context. I will use this opportunity to tell you more about my business background,…

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Mindfulness · February 15, 2020

My first mindfulness meditation retreat

My first mindfulness meditation retreat was a life-changing event for me. Some years ago, I was just started to learn about mindfulness meditation. I was visiting one monthly group practice, and I was reading books. At…

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Mindfulness · February 7, 2020

My mindfulness journey continues

I wrote in the previous post, that “My mindfulness journey,” continues as soon as I got back home from a Scuba diving trip to Thailand, I started to search for places where I can learn more about meditation and…

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Mindfulness · February 1, 2020

Phuket Island a different view

hich I wanted to show you Phuket Island with a different view or angle. I think that many people regard Phuket only as a center of noisy tourism and not much more. Maybe this story will convince you to look different on…

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Mindfulness · January 18, 2020

How to accept yourself and find inner peace

It is challenging to find out how to accept yourself and find inner peace. For this, we use mindfulness. It’s even more complicated to translate the term Nibbana into English. If, however, we try to understand Nibbana…

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Mindfulness · January 8, 2020

My mindfulness journey

I think it is now the right time to tell the story of my mindfulness journey. Growing up in Serbia in the second half of the 20th century seemed to be a perfect way to spend your youth. It appeared to be sure that…

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Mindfulness · December 19, 2019

Guided Metta loving-kindness meditation

Through guided Metta loving-kindness meditation, we will be able to increase our compassion. Metta Bhavana, or loving-kindness meditation, is a method that comes from the Buddhist tradition, but it can be adapted and…

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Mindfulness · December 12, 2019

Guided meditation focused on emotions

Our emotion consists of thoughts (a story, a trigger for emotion), physical sensations, how the emotions manifest in the body, and our emotional state. Guided meditation focused on emotions will help us find out and…

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Mindfulness · December 5, 2019

Mindfulness meditation calms our mind

Can mindfulness meditation calm our mind? Sometimes it's not easy to see the overall state of mind because we focus so much on the details. This is often true during meditation, but even more in everyday life. Our mind is often clouded with what we want or don't want. An important part of the practice of mindfulness is to move away from the details of what we are experiencing, and to recognize the moment when we are conscious. Can we tell if we are tense or relaxed, distracted or focused? Read more...

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Mindfulness · November 29, 2019

Guided Mindfulness Meditation Focus on Body for Beginners

Mindfulness meditation with focus on body is, if guided, a wonderful start for beginners. Mindfulness is an exercise that involves the body. By practicing self-reflection, we learn to live in and through our bodies. Being aware of bodily experiences is one of the most important forms of self-reflection. It is much easier to have a balanced, healthy awareness of the rest of your life when in touch with your immediate physical experience. We will experience how the body feels. Read more...

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Mindfulness · November 14, 2019

Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life

It is always the question how to apply Mindfulness meditation in everyday life. Some of the well-described benefits are made through improvements to your well-being, increasing your chances of leading a satisfied life. By focusing on the here and now, you are accepting that the past is gone, and future is yet to come and is unknown to us. Remember, this does not mean you shouldn’t plan for the future, or that you shouldn’t learn from the past. It only means that you should work on the things that you can influence and that you should accept those that you cannot. Read more...

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Mindfulness · November 7, 2019

Guided mindfulness meditation for beginners

It is not easy to have an empty mind. This is true not only for beginners, but also for everyone who has really tried to achieve this goal. Guided mindfulness meditation for beginners, books, or friends that are already practicing meditation are the things that might help. It is usual to start with focusing on your breath and then gain focus. Read more...

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Mindfulness · October 31, 2019

Worry, responsibility and The Five Spiritual Faculties

Worry and responsibility are two very different emotions. Keeping the right measure of both helps us gain our peace of mind and also help us be as productive in everyday life as we can be. Maybe sometimes you have worried yourself to much, and feel emotional, even physical exhaustion. If you have, it is time to find ways to manage your worry and anxiety before it harms you. Read more...

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Mindfulness · October 24, 2019

Live plainly and aim high

This rule of life is truly the core of Buddhist way of life, and one that ensure your inner peace. When you live like this, you can achieve more with less. You can focus on important things in your life. People today are often too much dedicated maintaining and improving their material wealth, forgetting that this is not the only important quality of life. Read more...

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Mindfulness · October 14, 2019

Mindful motion

I have had the opportunity, while I was in Suan Mokkh meditation retreat in Chaiya, Thailand, to try different types of meditative practice (like Yoga, Taiji or Qigong). This group that I particularly like, can be called “Meditation in motion”, as described in my new book. Every morning we had one of these practices, and I must say that I feel that beginning the day in mindful motion, your whole day is developing in much more positive fashion. Read more...

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Mindfulness · September 27, 2019

Yoga - Meditation in motion

I have had the opportunity, while I was in Suan Mokkh meditation retreat in Chaiya, Thailand, to try different types of meditative practice (like Yoga, Taiji or Qigong). This group that I particularly like, can be called “Meditation in motion”. Every morning we had one of these practices, and I must say that I feel that beginning the day in mindful motion, your whole day is developing in much more positive fashion. Read more...

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Mindfulness · September 20, 2019

How to get to Nibbana now

We all want to have prosperous and happy life. But what is really happiness and what it means to each individual still is a mystery for most of us. In Eastern philosophy there is a term Nibbana (in Pali language) or Nirvana (in Sanskrit) that describes the highest point of happiness or satisfaction. You do not need to die to achieve it... Read more...

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Mindfulness · September 9, 2019

How to improve your mindfulness by contemplating impermanence

We continually search for something outside ourselves to make us happy. But no matter how successful we are, we never remain satisfied. In no way we ought to give up everything we love to find happiness. Instead, we must let go of the attachments to what we desire. We can improve our Mindfulness meditation practice by contemplating impermanence. Read more...

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Mindfulness · August 27, 2019

Living in the present

Living in the present means that you learn from your past, plan your future, without regrets & big expectations. Life is here & now. Enjoy Read more...

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Mindfulness · May 26, 2019

Finding inner peace

When you are visiting foreign country, never forget that your hosts are PEOPLE with their lives, happy and sad moments, dreams, and ambitions. Always, but ALWAYS in every situation, treat them and their country with respect. This attitude has always ensured me an unforgettable experience of visiting foreign country and interacting with people from which you can always learn something. Every new experience enriches you, makes you more fulfilled and tolerant for many different cultures, customs, religions, and understanding of life. It ultimately helps you in finding inner peace. Read more...

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Mindfulness · May 9, 2019

How Yoga changed my life

Find out how Yoga changed my life in my search for inner peace. Regular Yoga practice and Theravada Buddhist meditation can be a way to your peace of mind. Read more...

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Mindfulness · April 12, 2019

Procrastination Cure using Mindfulness Meditation

What if there is a simple, effective way to cure procrastination? With a better understanding of the problem at hand and providing you with effective and easy to implement guidelines on how to control your bad habits, you will be able to stop procrastinating, improve self-discipline, manage your temptations, set meaningful goals, and achieve them with utmost focus and determination. Read more...

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Mindfulness · April 5, 2019

Procrastination cure

We procrastinate on stuff we don’t enjoy doing. If you can find work you truly love, procrastination will become a non-issue (concerning that work). You will feel intrinsically motivated and you will find yourself wanting to work. Imagine you were a professional online gamer – you wouldn’t procrastinate on getting up in the morning and playing, would you? Read more...

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Mindfulness · March 29, 2019

How to wake up your mind and shape the path to mindfulness, part 2

When we hear the word "research" or "examination", we immediately have an association of strictly cerebral activity, as with scientific work. But in the sphere of meditation, research does not mean discovering the right answer, as when solving mathematical tasks, and at the end of the book we have solutions. In fact, we are exploring the nature of reality and what is important is that we are curious and interested in what the truth is about this reality. And we find it not through thinking, cognition, but through direct experience, which is deeper than that cognition process. Read more...

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Mindfulness · March 22, 2019

How to wake up your mind on the path to mindfulness

In order to shape the mind, it is necessary to develop a whole range of skills that lead us to the calmness of mind, focus and clear vision of what is happening in our lives. This allows us to act so that we do not inflict pain on ourselves or on others. This process is called bhāvan on Pali language, a word that we translate as meditation. A much more precise translation would actually be "living" or "existence". So, when we meditate, "we are", in the full sense of the word, because we are aware, present and witness to our own lives. Read more...

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Mindfulness · March 9, 2019

How to deal with emotions

I often wonder how life will be if I could better manage my emotions. Is the path to happier life just to get rid of your emotional side, or solution is something much deeper? Buddhist philosophy offers one possible explanation, and also suggestion how to live balanced life, with emotions that are not going to make you unhappy. Read more...

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Mindfulness · February 23, 2019

Mindfulness: The Benefits of Meditation

In my new book I am presenting my view on how to set your mind and body for dealing with anxiety, stress, and personal loss and how to improve your mental health through benefits of mindfulness meditation. This book’s goal is to help you to create your inner peace and to make your life better. Read more...

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Mindfulness · January 31, 2019

Five meditation books that changed my life

I would like to recommend you these five books that profoundly changed my life. I hope that they will motivate you to pursue your goals and dreams, to being more productive, improving your health and fitness. Books should inspire you to constantly improve yourself to be the best that you can be. Read more...

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Mindfulness · January 13, 2019

FREE BOOK PROMOTION PROCRASTINATION: How To Stop Wasting Your Time And Be More Productive

Book is FREE on Amazon Kindle Store form 13.-17. January 2019. Download your copy now! This book contains proven steps and strategies and is a simple guide on how to cure laziness, set goals, improve discipline, control your habits and end procrastinating. Procrastination is indeed quite a menace primarily because it makes you squander time and disregard its importance. That said, the dilemma is that procrastination is something that comes easily to many of us and is a problem that does interfere with our routine chores, performance and productivity. Read more...

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Mindfulness · January 13, 2019

FREE BOOK PROMOTION Mindfulness: Yoga And Meditation

Book is FREE on Amazon Kindle Store form 13.-17. January 2019. Download your copy now! This book contains proven steps and strategies on how to set your mind and body for dealing with anxiety, stress and personal loss and how to improve your mental health through wisdom of Buddhism, Zen and other spiritual practices, create your inner peace and make your life better. Read more...

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Mindfulness · January 9, 2019

Ten days of unforgettable experience: Meditation Retreat

Mindfulness meditation is a powerful ancient technique that has been used for years particularly to reduce stress, anxiety, depression and achieve inner peace. It has also been used to relieve pain and treat certain illnesses. I have practiced Meditation for some years, and when I move from Europe to Thailand, I have continued to maintain that practice. With great joy, I discovered it was only 150 Miles from my current residence is one of the most famous meditation centers in Thailand. Of course, I have decided I have to try... Read more...

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Mindfulness · January 8, 2019

Mindfulness

This book contains proven steps and strategies on how to set your mind and body for dealing with anxiety, stress and personal loss and how to improve your mental health through wisdom of Buddhism, Zen and other spiritual practices, create your inner peace and make your life better. Read more...

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Mindfulness · January 8, 2019

How mindfulness can help you to be more productive

Even the most organized people do sometimes fritter away hours focused on trivial things like browsing away on the internet aimlessly or binge watching their favorite sitcom on Netflix when they know they should have devoted that very time to something more meaningful. Read more...

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Mindfulness · December 26, 2018

How To Practice Mindfulness Meditation focusing on breath

Before we begin, you need to realize that there is no perfect way to do mindfulness meditation. Different people have different ways or forms of doing mindfulness practices. Some people do it in form of a prayer, some infuse it with yoga meditation and others build their practice around different accoutrements such as incense and candles- and sit for hours on end gazing. Read more...

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Achieve mindfulness

 

If you are under stress, you know the effects of stress. You can’t think straight anymore, you’re always anxious and can’t achieve anything meaningful. That is because of a lack of motivation and poor productivity. Things seem not to go as you would want them to and you are generally not in a great place.

Stress doesn’t only affect your mental health but your physical health as well if left unchecked or unmanaged. In other words, you have a million reasons to make an effort to manage stress and invite peace and happiness. Imagine what you would achieve with constant low-stress levels, inner peace, and soaring levels of joy!

Adopt proven steps and strategies and set your mind and body for dealing with anxiety, stress, and personal loss. Improve your mental health through mindfulness and the wisdom of Buddhism, Zen, and other spiritual practices. Become mindful and find your inner peace and make your life better.

 

Become happier person

   

What is happiness then? Is it to have everything you want and to be in control of everything? Think again. Are the people that have control and power truly happy? Well, not more than others. It is not possible to have everything you want. Instead, you can learn to control your mind, to stop being contaminated with desire and aversion. You can learn to recognize desire. You can also learn not to be controlled by it. In no way does this mean that you should lie down and accept everything that happens to you. It just means that you assume a new point of view on everyday life events. By all means, you will change things that you can, but you will also learn to accept those that you cannot.

Look carefully inside yourself, truthfully and objectively, and learn to see those moments. Learn to see them without judgment, and you will be able to make radical changes in your everyday life. Then, you will see yourself as you are right now. One must let go of all illusions, judgment, or resistance to change. You will, of course, stay active in society as the social being you are. If you fulfill your duties and obligations to your family and friends, and all fellow human beings and, most importantly, your responsibility to yourself. This behavior is your path to achieving genuine happiness.