Hey guys! I hope that you're all feeling mindful and wonderful :D
I'm so excited to be doing this series and I hope that you're enjoying it just as much as I am!
If you haven't read the others of this series, these few posts are inspired by this video by my good friend Matt which you should definitely watch if you've got some time on your hands!
It's all about mindfulness and the power of the ego and how we willingly allow it to affect our daily lives and the way that we view the world around us. Magic stuff!
I feel like today may be the last one so here goes!
Just a few points I want to add from yesterday about joy. Joy brings us to love everything that we encounter in varying degrees and a wonderful metaphor that love when you're mindful and joyful is like the light of the sun, which isn't conditional and selective, but touches everything everywhere on our planet. :) In the same way, the love of oneness with everything isn't conditional either. That connection and understanding and inherent goodness brings out joy. :D
By being present in the moment, you open up that portal to appreciate life around you and this just brings out the joy that is inherently inside you.
On a side note from the video itself, appreciating whatever you have is so important, especially as society advances and advances and advances. What you can achieve is often dependent on the tools that you have at hand and so many people in the world would never have ever dreamed of having what we have. It's so vitally important to take opportunities with both hands - you don't know how lucky you are to have been presented with them in the first place <2
Our final point to end on is inspired from a quote by Eckhart Tolle's The Power of Now which I definitely want to read at some point where he says 'The challenges of life are supposed to make you more conscious, not more happy.' and I think that's so true because of the fact you become more and more aware of how life works as you face more challenges and as you come up against even more resistance from your ego. You become more and more mindful and more aware of the fundamental life truths. That's ultimately the most important thing because as we discussed yesterday, the ego loves to work on dualities to judge your days upon like happy and sad and good and bad whilst the central self, the being is the part which holds that joy within you which is unconditional.
You don't have to live with the perpetual discomfort that your ego will quite happily provide you with. You can step outside this calculating self of yours that loves to label and to condemn and to discriminate and separate and you can bring out that joy of being and interconnection with all that is. Once you find that, that is unshakeable.
I hope that you guys have enjoyed this series and I would love to hear anything that you've thought on the topic! Definitely go and watch the video if you get the chance and just appreciate the joy in the truths that are present :D I hope that you all have a wonderful day and I shall speak to you very, very soon indeed!
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Thursday, 16 April 2015
Tuesday, 14 April 2015
BEDA Day Fourteen! The Ego's Greatest Lie - Part 3! :D
Hey guys! I hope that you've all had the best weeks so far!
So, onwards we go on our appreciation of mindfulness and the biggest lie that our ego loves to tell us from this video here from my good friend Matt. Definitely worth a watch if you have fifteen minutes to spare!
The amazing thing about the ego is that it also creates the dualities we have in our daily life, most common happiness and sadness. If you think about it, these all depend on circumstance. But with joy, there is literally no need for you to have anything at all to feel the joy of being. And with that you get this unshakeable peace because you know that wherever you are, whatever your life situation, you don't need to be happy to be joyful.
From there, you get this love for all that is. All that is, knowing that everything is connected, everything is full of energy and everything is full of joy of being. This means that with joyfulness, you can love all that is whether that be your enemies or your friends or anything around you in life. You just love everything to differing degrees and that's up to you I guess! Without the ego labelling everything, you can pretty much love everything however much you'd like!
Loving your enemies knowing that they're unconscious and overcome by their ego is so powerful. It just means that you're so much more in control I guess in many ways. You're not driven by your ego, you don't need to survive or overcome them because you're equal and you're going to take whatever comes at you with as much understanding and comprehension as possible. You're going to feel your way into an action in contrast to feeling your way into an action. They only let you see the armour that they create for themselves, the false self rather than the true self. That true self loves everything and is joyful and equal amongst all creation and the part that you love.
So, onwards we go on our appreciation of mindfulness and the biggest lie that our ego loves to tell us from this video here from my good friend Matt. Definitely worth a watch if you have fifteen minutes to spare!
The amazing thing about the ego is that it also creates the dualities we have in our daily life, most common happiness and sadness. If you think about it, these all depend on circumstance. But with joy, there is literally no need for you to have anything at all to feel the joy of being. And with that you get this unshakeable peace because you know that wherever you are, whatever your life situation, you don't need to be happy to be joyful.
From there, you get this love for all that is. All that is, knowing that everything is connected, everything is full of energy and everything is full of joy of being. This means that with joyfulness, you can love all that is whether that be your enemies or your friends or anything around you in life. You just love everything to differing degrees and that's up to you I guess! Without the ego labelling everything, you can pretty much love everything however much you'd like!
Loving your enemies knowing that they're unconscious and overcome by their ego is so powerful. It just means that you're so much more in control I guess in many ways. You're not driven by your ego, you don't need to survive or overcome them because you're equal and you're going to take whatever comes at you with as much understanding and comprehension as possible. You're going to feel your way into an action in contrast to feeling your way into an action. They only let you see the armour that they create for themselves, the false self rather than the true self. That true self loves everything and is joyful and equal amongst all creation and the part that you love.
Enlightenment and salvation is much like success - it's a way of being rather than a destination.
When you face crisis with your being rather than your ego, you open up doors that allow you to accept the facts of the situation that is presented in front of you. This is in contrast with resisting what's happening, sometimes being in a state of disbelief and frustration and anger - again survival being a key aim of the ego - but by accepting what's in front of you, you open that door to opportunity and that's really important. You can gain so much from crisis but only if you take anything and everything that's in front of you. You can't gain success by ignoring facts and by resisting.
To tie off today, you can see this in media! Isn't that awesome? :D
You can see it in video games and in movies because they either preach becoming more mindful and more accepting or showing what happens when you close your mind to the truth in front of you.
My favourite example from Matt's video was from How To Train Your Dragon - through realising that dragons have inherent value as well, Hiccup helps the Vikings become a mindful and accepting civilisation and this is much better than the society they started off with, full of war and anger and fear - an ego driven society.
I hope that you guys enjoyed this post! I really loved this video so please do go and check it out. I think I've probably got at least one or two more posts in me from this video - the topic is so large, especially with the amount Matt covers in the video! Have a wonderful time, whatever you're doing, being joyful and mindful and present and I'll see you here in another couple of days!
Friday, 10 April 2015
BEDA Day Twelve! The Ego's Greatest Lie - Part 2! :D
Hey guys! I hope that you're as well as can be!
So today we continue through the wonder that is my favourite video at this moment in time which is from Matt. You can check it out by looking at my previous blog post and following the links as I'm afraid I don't have linking capacity at the moment! Also perhaps read that first because I'm going through it chronologically so it'll make more sense if you start from there!
Now, onwards!
The ego loves to separate, as we Discussed before but the main problem we also face is the fact that we end up being separated from the world despite the fact we're intrinsically part of it. Madness. Jim Carrey makes the point in his commencement speech that our need to fit in in today's society makes our true selves practically invisible.We live a lot for building up this image of ourselves to show the world but in doing so neglect our true selves which is linked yo everything and has nothing to prove. It has no need to separate, it has no need to label because it simply accepts everything in the world because it's connected to it all.
Salvation isn't something to look for because it's something that you have within yourself and with that comes a joy with no opposite. Things around you can bring out the joy and increase it but it doesn't ever deplete inside you.
The joy comes from knowing that you don't have to resist the world and be afraid anymore. It comes from living in the possibility that everything is connected and everything is peaceful and joyful and full of energy. You don't need to struggle to survive and you don't need to be remembered because you're already valuable - you don't need to prove yourself to anyone.
You step outside the ego and into the present moment with your mind and soul and all is well.
I hope that you guys are enjoying these awesome ideas as much ad I am! Feel free to tell me what you think as well as Matt! I shall continue In two days time but in the mean time, have a lovely weekend and I'll see you tomorrow on my side Tumblr blog!
BEDA Day Ten! The Ego's Greatest Lie - Part 1 :D
Hey guys! I hope that you're all having perfect days and whoo for the upcoming weekend!
So on Tuesday, my good friend Matt uploaded what is probably my favourite video of his to date - a 15 minute video about mindfulness and presence and joy from being, the inspiration and ideas from which I wanted to share with you today!
Before I start, if you do get the chance to sit down for 15 minutes and just experience the video first hand, I would highly encourage you to do so because it's brilliant and completely and utterly KABOOM inducing. If you don't have that much time and you'd like to hear what I took from the video too, please continue reading!
So the first amazing point that Matt raises in this video is all about interconnectedness and how whether you think about it scientifically or perhaps on a more spiritual level, we're connected to literally everything around us. We're connected to each other through the fact that we share the same genetic make up and we've all evolved from the same ancestors but we're also then connected to the beings all around us because we're all part of life and we've all come to live here on this planet after so many years. You can go back even further and then see how we're connected to the earth just through the fact that all of the world and life originated from the origin of the universe which we consider as the Big Bang and so we're all connected because we all came from that. The earth and all the life on it, all connected.
Then you have the less scientific explanation which is in many ways satisfying because we're all connected because we're all just living together on this planet and we're all aware to different degrees of the reality of life and being. We share our days together and though we may not all necessarily be similar and interact in the same way and all, we're all here together. Some people would then also attribute this to God and how diverse His creation is and how he's created us all from the same source and how humanity is just the most aware of His creation.
Believe what you will, in essence, we're not really separate from anything much at all.
We are everything.
Now what we do, the majority of us without even realising, is that we allow our egos, our minds, the parts of us that we present to the world to make us believe that we're separate from everything. We love to label other people and other creatures and everything that we come across and we rate ourselves in comparison. We can put ourselves on pedestals because we think we're so much more superior because of all that we've achieved but we all come from the same place, the same origin and therefore we all have the same intrinsic value. We're all equal in creation. KABOOM!
I think I underestimated how much I'd be writing about this subject and therefore, if you want to go and watch the video, I would thoroughly recommend it because I've literally only covered the first two minutes today and I don't really want to take more of your time than 15 minutes would! I shall however, be continuing this discussion from now on here and going through the points in this video in the days to come so do look forward to that!
I absolutely love this subject, as does Matt so I hope that you guys can feel the same sort of joy and awe from these facts - or if you don't and you disagree, I'd love to hear what you think perhaps in the comments if you'd like!
Just to finish, a quote from Neil deGrasse Tyson:
So on Tuesday, my good friend Matt uploaded what is probably my favourite video of his to date - a 15 minute video about mindfulness and presence and joy from being, the inspiration and ideas from which I wanted to share with you today!
Before I start, if you do get the chance to sit down for 15 minutes and just experience the video first hand, I would highly encourage you to do so because it's brilliant and completely and utterly KABOOM inducing. If you don't have that much time and you'd like to hear what I took from the video too, please continue reading!
So the first amazing point that Matt raises in this video is all about interconnectedness and how whether you think about it scientifically or perhaps on a more spiritual level, we're connected to literally everything around us. We're connected to each other through the fact that we share the same genetic make up and we've all evolved from the same ancestors but we're also then connected to the beings all around us because we're all part of life and we've all come to live here on this planet after so many years. You can go back even further and then see how we're connected to the earth just through the fact that all of the world and life originated from the origin of the universe which we consider as the Big Bang and so we're all connected because we all came from that. The earth and all the life on it, all connected.
Then you have the less scientific explanation which is in many ways satisfying because we're all connected because we're all just living together on this planet and we're all aware to different degrees of the reality of life and being. We share our days together and though we may not all necessarily be similar and interact in the same way and all, we're all here together. Some people would then also attribute this to God and how diverse His creation is and how he's created us all from the same source and how humanity is just the most aware of His creation.
Believe what you will, in essence, we're not really separate from anything much at all.
We are everything.
Now what we do, the majority of us without even realising, is that we allow our egos, our minds, the parts of us that we present to the world to make us believe that we're separate from everything. We love to label other people and other creatures and everything that we come across and we rate ourselves in comparison. We can put ourselves on pedestals because we think we're so much more superior because of all that we've achieved but we all come from the same place, the same origin and therefore we all have the same intrinsic value. We're all equal in creation. KABOOM!
I think I underestimated how much I'd be writing about this subject and therefore, if you want to go and watch the video, I would thoroughly recommend it because I've literally only covered the first two minutes today and I don't really want to take more of your time than 15 minutes would! I shall however, be continuing this discussion from now on here and going through the points in this video in the days to come so do look forward to that!
I absolutely love this subject, as does Matt so I hope that you guys can feel the same sort of joy and awe from these facts - or if you don't and you disagree, I'd love to hear what you think perhaps in the comments if you'd like!
Just to finish, a quote from Neil deGrasse Tyson:
'We are a part of the universe, we are in the universe, and perhaps more than both those facts,
the universe is in us.'
Thursday, 19 February 2015
Enjoy the Silence
Hey guys!
I was reading the lyrics to a song a friend of mine had posted to his channel a while back and it really struck a chord with me. The link to the video is here if you'd like to check it out.
The lyrics in general just hit me hard but one of the parts that really hit was the part of the chorus which says
because after having said so much about communication, it is so so so important sometimes, just to enjoy the quiet. Our lives are full of noise, whether that be from our work or our school but also from the noise we add from social media as well as things that we watch and listen which get our minds whirring. Sometimes it is so important to just simply be.
Also, sometimes when you're with a person, it is very unnecessary to say anything. Often, you can gain more from just being with a person then almost degrading the moment by adding trivial, unnecessary matters to the moment. That time is probably more precious in reflection and in just being and just letting that be the definition of the moment instead of trying to add something to it which doesn't mean as much at all.
I hope that you guys liked this post and that you too can take something from the song and its lyrics which can be found in the description of the video. If you do have any thoughts you'd like to share, feel free to leave them in the comments below!
I hope that I can speak to you guys soon and God Bless!<2
p.s. the pictures may seem rather out of place but my friend filmed some beautiful shots of where he was staying when he uploaded the video so enjoy them!
I was reading the lyrics to a song a friend of mine had posted to his channel a while back and it really struck a chord with me. The link to the video is here if you'd like to check it out.
The lyrics in general just hit me hard but one of the parts that really hit was the part of the chorus which says
'Words are very unnecessary/
They can only do harm'
because after having said so much about communication, it is so so so important sometimes, just to enjoy the quiet. Our lives are full of noise, whether that be from our work or our school but also from the noise we add from social media as well as things that we watch and listen which get our minds whirring. Sometimes it is so important to just simply be.
Also, sometimes when you're with a person, it is very unnecessary to say anything. Often, you can gain more from just being with a person then almost degrading the moment by adding trivial, unnecessary matters to the moment. That time is probably more precious in reflection and in just being and just letting that be the definition of the moment instead of trying to add something to it which doesn't mean as much at all.
I hope that you guys liked this post and that you too can take something from the song and its lyrics which can be found in the description of the video. If you do have any thoughts you'd like to share, feel free to leave them in the comments below!
I hope that I can speak to you guys soon and God Bless!<2
p.s. the pictures may seem rather out of place but my friend filmed some beautiful shots of where he was staying when he uploaded the video so enjoy them!
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