Our environment plays a significant role in our experience of life. The people, energy and things we interact with on a daily basis can either contribute to us being our best or take away from it. And while you can’t always choose who or what’s in your world, you can choose how you respond and what you take away from those instances. [Read more…] about Create A Nurturing Environment
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Have you ever met someone who only had kind and loving words to say about other people? I think that’s one of the highest compliments you can pay someone. I wonder how they got that way. Were they born like that or did they work at it? Whichever category they fall in, I am inspired by them.
Like most human beings, I am wired to judge people and situations. My ego can’t help itself. It automatically sees a person’s mistakes as major moral failings, rather than small stumbles that come with being human. And if I’m being self-righteous or feel like someone mistreated me, then I go as far as to say, “what goes around, comes around.” People who are loving don’t act this way. They see another person’s challenge through compassionate and empathetic eyes. I strive to be like this.
In their upcoming book, Phil Stutz and Barry Michels share how to get out of “The Maze” of judgment that ego and negative thoughts trap us in. Follow these steps to become a more powerful, loving and compassionate human being.
Step 1. Concentration. Imagine you are surrounded by a warm liquid light that is infinitely loving. Feel your heart expand far beyond you so that you can become one with this love. When you bring your heart back to normal size, this infinite energy compresses itself into your chest. It’s this unstoppable compressed loving force that just wants to give the love away.
Step 2. Transmission. Focus on the person who has triggered your anger or judgment. Visualize their presence. Send all the love in your chest directly to them, hold absolutely nothing back. It’s like completely expelling a deep breath.
Step 3. Penetration. Follow the love as it leaves your chest and when it enters the other person at their solar plexus, don’t just watch it. Feel it enter them. This will give you the sense that you’re actually completely one with them. It erases the distinction between you and them. Now just relax. Feel yourself once again surrounded by infinite love and it will return to you all the love you gave away.
There’s one difference between people who are loving and forgiving when someone makes a mistake compared to people who judge. The former have set a standard for themselves that love is the most powerful energy they can be and give in every situation. They are not swayed by how other people act. What happened doesn’t matter either. They choose love. If someone in your life has done something you feel is unforgivable, don’t judge or abandon them. Give them love. It’s a gift to you both. Learn how to make love your standard by becoming a Stronger Total Being member today.
Stronger Mindset,
Keith
As I grow older, I find myself valuing peaceful experiences more and more in my life. I use to think any peace I enjoyed was a byproduct of being in the right place at the right time and being around the right people. This is simply not true. I can create a peaceful situation no matter where I am and who I am with. To think otherwise leaves me powerless and a victim of circumstance. [Read more…] about Our Greatest Teachers
I rarely allow myself to be taken off my path by negative things people say. It is often my practice to not react to what’s said, but rather stay focused on my life purpose to help others reach their goals and be their best. However, every once in a great while, I relax and my ego shows up and interprets words spoken or written as an act of war in which I make the other person an enemy. [Read more…] about LOVE IS THE ONLY WAY
The principles I follow today are powerful, but they aren’t new. They are quite common. I’ve heard them my entire life. As a child, my parents taught me to treat harsh words with kindness and forgive those who judge; including myself. The church we attended said, “Treat others the way you want to be treated.” [Read more…] about Make Common Sense Common Practice
I am fascinated by the time lapse concept used to create visual art and tell a story. In photography and videography, time lapse is when a scene is captured at a normal frame rate, then played back at a higher speed. The recording of the scene can take place over days, weeks, years or longer. Then it’s played at rates as high as 30 times faster than actual recording time. As a viewer, you see changes in the subject within seconds and minutes. This technique has been applied to nature films, mainstream movies and more. And now amateurs around the world are using it to express their creativity. [Read more…] about Time Lapse