Day 35

10:00 AM

New challenge... Like I said I feel like I need to build on my journey. This challenge has been lurking in my mind for a while now. The same way this whole journey was sneaking into my mind for weeks before I actually started it. This challenge is the same. Waking up early... Really early, every day. Wake up and sit. Very simple, just sit and breathe... Every day... I don't have any particular reason to wake up at that time, I don't have to go to work early in the morning, I don't have kids, I can do all the things I need during the day. Still, I have a strong urge to start a day when most of us are sleeping. To experience that early rising silence, to challenge my mind once again. Sleeping is our mind's favorite. The mind loves sleeping, it is never enough. Our body needs 7 or 8 hours, sometimes even less, but our mind can go for ever. Create another battle field between my true self and the mind. Wake up every day while it is still dark outside. Hear the screaming in my head when I wake up: " Stay in bed, what in the world are you doing...?" or the most common one: " Why don't you just stay in bed this morning, get some rest, and we start all this tomorrow when you are more prepared...?" Hear the screaming, loud and clear, and then get up and go... The servant is complaining... The master is awake with the mala in his hands, all the way to 108...

2:00 PM

"All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him..."
                                                                                  
                                                                         Buddha

This is it...  Buddha realized it years and years ago, and it still stands. Clear, direct message to every human being. Our whole life can be summed up into this quote. You live by it, you can say that you have a life... You don't, you are already dead. You never lived in a first place... 
What is in our head? What are we thinking about? That is the beginning of everything. The beginning of life itself. Everything else just follows the initial thought. Emotions, feelings, direction, attitude, it all begins with a thought. I think we should change the way we talk to each other every day. Instead of saying " Hi, how are you?" we should be saying "Hi, what are you thinking?" Constantly reminding each other of our thoughts. See the thoughts at all times, observe and control them. Always know the truth; they are not real, they are just thoughts....
Once you are able to observe and embrace your thoughts, your speech and actions will always be pure. Your mind, your Ego, will also become a part of the truth. They are not real, they are just mind and Ego... Let your true self talk a little bit. Just for a little while, for once in your life. Maybe it has something interesting to say. Listen to it, and follow it... Then your life will become life... The more you are able to turn off the radio in your head, and listen to your inner music, the closer you will be to happiness. Real inner happiness that is buried deep inside each and every one of us... The happiness that will follow you like a shadow... Nothing but harmonious sounds every moment, every second of life...

11:00 PM

35 days over... Very good class today. Energy and focus on the highest level. I told you that the sun was coming. That's why one should love the rain as much, if not more, as the sun. Be open and happy when its raining. Love every part of it. You have to love it because of what follows... The sun... We all love the sun. Thats easy. Love the rain, truly love it and be grateful, then there will be no rain nor the sun... It will all be One...