Day 72

10:00 AM

          " To be strong that nothing can disturb my peace of mind..."

You want change, you want happiness...? Here is your first step... There are numerous spiritual practices out there, numerous things you can do in order to change. Zen teachers, life coaches, yoga teachers, priests, monks, all kinds of people who can direct you and help you on your path. You, yourself, want this new life with your whole being, you are open to new things, you are willing to change... So if we have the desire to change, the people to guide us, than we are golden...? Not quite...
There is one thing that can't be overlooked. The most important thing of all, without it, everything will just be a desire and nothing else. You want to swim to the other shore, you can see yourself on the other side, but without this thing, you will never cross the river.... We must have it...

                                    We need strength.....

We can talk about the path all we want to. The various practices, the values, the feelings, emotions, the visions... All of it is great, all possible... However, you are not going anywhere without strength. You really need to be strong, so nothing will disturb your mind. Living with my favourite quote, " it will all pass", finding the pause in the thinking, the space to connect with your true self, becoming the observer, all these things will give you freedom. Yes they will, but you need enormous strength to put it all in practice. One thing is to talk about it, to want it, and totally different thing is to actually live it. In order to live this way, you have to be extremely strong. Your strength will be tested every day, sometimes in very powerful ways, and the only thing that will keep you from falling in tough times is your inner strength...
We all have this strength, deep within us, the trick is finding it. Once you find traces of it, it will only get more and more visible... You will become stronger and stronger... All the way until nothing can disturb your peace of mind...

2:00 PM

Solid class today. Number 72... My knees are good again, by the way. They repair themselves somehow... Forget the knees and they will get better on their own. Forget the self, and you will be better on your own...

11:00 PM

         " Talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person I meet..."

Step two... Always talk in positive manner, no matter what. Regardless of who you are talking to, and what are they saying to you, you keep it positive. Now this is a tough one for an average person...
This one requires major strength, lots of practice and space within our thoughts. That initial reaction, to defend and to attack back, is rooted so deep inside, that it is almost impossible to extract it. This step two, is something we need to work on with all our being. People that we love, people that love us, we can give health and happiness with all our heart. Neutral people, people who don't mean much to us, and who stay out of our way for the most part, we can sometimes give words of health and happiness. Now, the people who do not like us, who attack us, people who we don't like... Yeah, exactly...
It is amazing how easily we loose any sense of self control, once when encounter these people. As soon as they open the dialog in a negative way, we fall for it. Pause in our thoughts, space within our thoughts, the observer, all gone in a second... We lift our guard up, put on the gloves and we are ready to rumble. Ready to throw punches, low or high, just to knock out the "opponent"... Totally unaware of ourselves, unaware of anything really. All we care about is knocking out the "opponent".
You want change...? Drop the gloves, take in all the negativity, observe how it makes you feel, and do nothing. You will feel that beast inside of you fighting to come out, to defend, to attack back... Feel it. Feel it and remember, health, happiness, and prosperity to every person you meet. Every person...