In this chapter we will continue the questionnaire and the inner search which we started in chapter five on self-analysis.I encourage you to answer these questions for your self as you read along, or return to these questions when you have completed your reading. Each of us has different goals which we would like to fulfil before departing from these physical bodies. We have each chosen to be born for a special purpose. We can never feel totally content and fulfilled in life, until we recognize and begin to live that purpose for which we have incarnated and begin working toward fulfilling it. Many people have no idea why they are here, and wander aimlessly, discontentedly through life, feeling unhappy and dissatisfied. A person who does not know what he wants from life will never be able to concentrate his energies so as to accomplish what is important to him. Each of us will benefit by taking the time to look deeply within ourselves in order to discover what we really want from life. We can then organize our energies and thoughts in such a way as to really attain that for which we have incarnated. We remind you that the questions are expressed and answered in the third person, so that you can get used to the idea of answering in this way, for increased objectivity. Continue reading “A35 Life Alignment: This is a questionnaire with abundant sample answers which guide us to evaluate our lives in align them with our real values”

It is now time to discover and analyze your own feelings and thoughts about life and death. The information in this book is useless unless we can begin to employ it in our lives. Answering the following questions will help you to discover what beliefs, addictions, or fears are preventing you from being able to accept your own death or the death of your loved ones. The same obstacles which prevent us from being able to accept death prevent us from being able to accept the flow of life itself. Life is a series of small deaths of all our attachments.Working on understanding these blockages, will help us to live our lives more fully, more happily and more in harmony with our inner values. Continue reading “A51 Questionnaire on Death: What do we need to do in order to be more ready for death”

It is best if you can learn the exercises which are recommended for your specific self-therapy from an experienced yoga instructor. He or she will be able to guide you in the rate, rhythm and duration of each movement. Continue reading “A67 General Guidelines for Performing Yoga Exercises: What to watch our for and how to perform Yoga exercises”

Do we really love? Or are we simply attached to, identified with, or dependent on someone? Is our love free, unconditional or mixed with various conditions and demands? What is unconditional love? Is it possible for us to cultivate it? What is the difference between love and attachment? How can we recognize whether what we feel is love or attachment? How can we purify our love, and thus move into a higher level of consciousness offering greater happiness to all, including ourselves? Continue reading “A83 Stages of Love: Our love evolves as we become more mature and secure. We love more selflessly and steadily”

The mind is the molder of our every experience. Every sense impulse is analyzed, evaluated and then recorded in the mind as pleasant (supporting our needs), unpleasant (endangering to our needs) or neutral. If our conditioning and beliefs have learned to interpret a particular perception or event as positive or as satisfying, then the mind creates a pleasant inner environment. When, however, the events of life are interpreted by the programmed mind as threatening, fearful or unpleasant, it then creates a state of anxiety and tension. Continue reading “A03 Attitude Therapy: Some basic beliefs and concepts which if we believe them, we will create increased peace and health”

WHAT HAPPENED?

We were so suited for each other, so in love, so happy together. We had so many dreams. Our every moment together was so full of joy, happiness and excitement of being close to someone who loved us and understood us. We were so sure that we would live happily together forever. We never thought that we would arrive to this state of not communicating, misunderstanding, distance, indifference and even competition, aggressiveness and, in some cases, verbal violence. What happened? How did this happen? What can we do so as to be loving again as we were? Continue reading “A04 Basic Relationship Problems: A discussion concerning why we encounter in our love relationships”

HOW IS MEDITATION USED TODAY?

People from all walks of life, in all the countries of the world belonging to all the possible religions, meditate for a wide variety of reasons. The same technique offers something different to each according to his needs and motives. Some of the motives for which people meditate today are: Continue reading “A05 Benefits of Meditation: Scientific psychological and physiological measurements made on those who meditate and those who do not”

Two major traps on the spiritual path are the feelings of Pride and Guilt. Both are feelings that separate us from others and the truth. Continue reading “A06 Beyond Pride And Guilt: These are two major obstacles towards happiness, unity and peace”

PHILOSOPHY MUST BE PRACTICAL

Philosophy is worthless to man if it does not help him live a happier life. Philosophy is not just a lot of intelligent words. It must put that wisdom in the context of our daily life and its problems. The philosophical Truths, if they are Truths, must be applicable to our material, emotional, economic, social, professional and family lives as they are to the spiritual dimensions. As the saying goes «As Above, So Below». The same laws are functioning at the various levels of reality. Continue reading “A07 Causes of Human Suffering: A philosophical investigation into why we suffer and what we can do about it”

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The above diagram will help us to understand more clearly the following discussion concerning choosing and working with an object of concentration for our meditation. Continue reading “A08 Choosing Object of Meditation: All schools of meditation teach basically the same technique. What differs is the “object” them meditate on. You can choose your own”