We are positive you have heard from someone you encountered or read along your journey the importance of counting your blessings - showing gratitude for what you have instead of grumbling over what you don't. For many dear souls that have begun the practice of counting their blessings, they describe their life being changed - turned around for the better. The act of counting your blessings Dearest Children of God is truly one of the most profound and powerful practices you can do and you can take this practice wherever you go, regardless which direction your journey has taken you.
It is well understood when you practice being grateful for all the things you have, even the smallest of things, you will notice how quickly they grow. Whatever it is you are grateful becomes that much better. Greater opportunities become available the more you are grateful for what you have. Unfortunately, when you forget to count your blessings by showing gratitude, you find yourself keeping note of all the negative things instead and as a result attract more negativity into your life. Of course this occurs unintentionally, but when you begin to think or talk negative about the things you don't have, or of the accomplishments you have yet to reach, you are counting negative things. When you complain about the traffic or long line ups, even the weather you are counting negative things. Just as counting your blessings and being grateful for all you have encourages greater abundance in more things that are for your greater good, when you continue to count negative things you increase their amount and you end up stopping any blessing that was coming your way. To increase more blessings from God in your life, it is important to choose counting your blessings, demonstrating what you are grateful for. You are not meant to live a life filled with misery and despair. The more you get into the habit of counting your blessings, by revealing what you are grateful for, the better your journey will be and the more peace you will encounter.
When you count your blessings is up to you always. It's during the time that is quiet and yours. Write them out if need be either on a note pad, in your computer or another electronic device that you're fond of using. When you begin, your list may appear simple but it will grow as you think about the many things you are grateful for. You may even surprise yourself by being grateful for a recent illness because through illness you are able to gain so much knowledge of yourself, you may be grateful for a brisk windy day or for the rain that sounds like music to your ears. Think about what you are grateful for or who whom and give reason for why and watch your list grow more deeply. There is magic within the practice of counting your blessings and this magic is in accordance to how you are feeling at the time. Peace envelopes you as you move through all the many things you are grateful and this peace will help bring calm to what was once a hectic day if you practice counting your blessings in the evening.
After consciously counting your blessings each day, go back to the first ones and re-read what you added, giving thanks to each of them and feel the magic of the blessing of peace that will become one with you, bringing a state of calm to settle not just within you but all around you. We witness many dear souls also show gratitude to the Cosmos, to God, to the deity they pray to, to life, to many wondrous things including their Inner Self. Understand dear ones, when you direct the power of gratitude to a particular concept or to a specific person, you will feel even more empowered by the energy that is shared from the experience, thus creating even more magic of peace and happiness.
It is true, the idea of counting your blessings is very simple, yet this simple practice is very powerful, healing and rewarding on a personal level that has the ability to affect others. We encourage each Child of God to make a conscious effort to count your blessings each day. Distractions will come, but we know you will ignore their attempt to influence you to forget what you are grateful for. Realize dear ones; the more you think about what you are grateful for, the more you also realize how much you have to be grateful for. Observe your life closely and even through any imperfections try and see what is in each relationship, each situation, and each part of your Self that you are grateful for - you just might be surprised. You have so much to be grateful for, and we are grateful for you.
Are you grateful for your family, the friends you have acquired, the experiences you have had, the occupation you hold, the birds, for your pets, the sun, for the food you eat, for the oceans or even for having eyes that can see; as you can see there is much to be grateful for and we are positive you can add to this list easily.
Every time you count your blessings and demonstrate what you are grateful for, you will discover your mood changing and becoming more positive and feel happier. It feels good to feel happy doesn't it? You attract more positive changes the more often you count your blessings, therefore you are making a subconscious promise to yourself that you will bring more happiness, more peace and greater experiences into your life. In no time Dearest Children of God, you will come to notice the more you practice counting your blessings, the better you will feel and you will feel a difference growing inside of you and of your awareness and understanding of yourself and of the world around you expands.
Counting your blessings each day adds more colour into your life. God's silent strength is right there beside you happy to receive your blessings and gratitude. Make a point to walk in nature and allow her to remind you of her splendor and of the importance to be grateful for all things great and small. Let textures touch your hands to stimulate your senses. Allow the artistry of colour, uniqueness and beauty of the Earth that surrounds you give you reasons to appreciate and love regardless of shape or form all that is with you each day. Each step you take is a blessing, a living work of divine art at its finest. When you count your blessings, don't forget yourself.
A practice of Gratitude, even in form of counting your blessings is another form of expressing your love. This kind of action dear ones is pure and comes from your beautiful heart that is shared by God's Divine Presence. When you truly love something, this feeling that causes you to feel gratitude and appreciation is not a fabrication - not ever. Love that is felt and shown is always real and more powerful than the words that are often spoken trying to describe love. The more you exhibit gratitude, the more you exhibit your own loving vibration and your energy will be felt even by dear souls you do not know and this energy will touch everything in your life, creating an abundance of positive growth in your direction.
Within each of you is the foundation of Love shared to you from God. Each detail that you need to bring change and positive improvement to all parts of your life is already within you and your heart will guide you to each one. Trust in the direction your heart takes you and show gratitude for each new turn you take, even if that turn becomes challenging. Know dear ones, you are already divinely blessed - you are already loved infinitely not just by us, but by your Heavenly Father. Allow His Divine Light empower you to cross and climb every level of consciousness through the power of gratitude by counting of your blessings each and every day. You will attract an abundance of opportunities that will provide deeper development and growth in all areas of your life and as you attract more goodness your heart opens even wider to accept more of God's Love to be infused with your beautiful heart.
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Is it normal to feel jealous? Yes, it is once in a while. However, if it happens more frequently, worse, it destroys relationships and makes you lose your sense of confidence and causes depression and anxiety, then jealousy is going to pose such a huge problem. You want to make sure you can find the right solution to it. NLP, or neuro-linguistic programming, may be one of the effective means to deal with jealousy. NLP is a behavioral technology that deals with the language of the mind or how you perceive things. If you're able to practice NLP correctly, you will discover how it's easy for you to modify your thought patterns to allow you to achieve goals and settle issues, such as jealousy. What You Can Do A jealous person may feel angry or neglected if he or she sees a loved one getting cozy with somebody else. They try to treat the negative emotion by improving their level of self-confidence or by convincing themselves that there's really nothing to be jealous about. But there's a huge problem with this kind of thinking. That's like managing something on the surface. Like addiction, jealousy will rear its ugly head sooner than you thought. Before you know it, you can feel it controlling you again. NLP tries to go much deeper. It tries to address the main causes of jealousy. The next action will then depend on the causes that you can determine. For instance, you may not really know it but jealousy may have been caused by feeling abandoned while you were young. Perhaps your parents favor your siblings more than you. You may not be aware of it, but somewhere in your subconscious you are harboring ill feelings out of these memories. When you have already determined the cause, you will then develop the best course of action to take. This may entail changing your behavior or attitude toward jealousy. At this point, you can make use of subliminal messages. How do subliminal messages work? Subliminal messages may come in the form of affirmations or auto-suggestions. They go into your subconscious, a part of the mind that's free of logic or reason. When you need them, you simply have to tap them. Moreover, because they form part of the deep recesses of the mind, it's possible to make changes within yourself. Subliminal messages to overcome jealousy may include the following:
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When you change your perception even in the slightest degree you create differences and bring change that will give effect to many areas of your life. Sometimes Dear Hearts the difference to achieving more happiness is as simple as changing your perception and seeing what is before you with an optimistic outlook. It is well understood Dear Hearts, how you choose to represent certain things also determines how you respond to certain situations and will determine the outcome.
We are quite aware when you have been presented with a difficult challenge you may feel you want to hide or run away, you may feel frightened and often overwhelmed at first. How you respond and react to any challenge regardless how great or small does effect both your internal and external Self and others that are sensitive to energy will feel what you are emitting through your body language, choice of words and demeanor.
It is important to be aware of how you respond to certain situations and challenges in order to learn how to cope and manoeuvre better from beginning to end. Look at any challenge that you are to face as an opportunity to learn. What are you learning? YOU is the answer. Each day is a new day filled with new challenges to grow and learn from. Be optimistic that your Heavenly Father has provided you with an adventure that He is certain that you will accomplish. Enjoy life Dear Hearts and embrace all that comes your way.
It is hard to greet new challenges with optimism when you are overcome by heavy feelings and emotions. Fear often prevents you from learning and from becoming all you can be. When you are filled with fear, joy and happiness cannot enter your life and your own energy reserves become low in supply. Observe yourself from a distance whenever possible to determine if what you are demonstrating is fear based. Are you responding with confidence or is there something yet holding you back? Learn what it is Dear Hearts; don't fear, as what you are learning is more of yourself and how to overcome certain limitations that will liberate you into knowing more of your whole self that is the farthest thing from being limited.
You know all it takes is one rash response from you that will instantly create a corresponding chain of events that does have the capacity of affecting others that are closest to you. The quicker you are able to manage your rash responses the better your outcome will be within those situations. If you more-often-than not respond firsthand to any challenging situation with a negative attitude, what you are doing is making it more difficult to reach a positive outcome. Remember negative attracts negative and positive attracts positive. If you want to reach a certain conclusion then we urge you to be more aware of your thoughts, reactions and how you choose to reply regardless if your response is verbal or written and understand that your body language and other actions are also at work and they without words can speak the loudest of volumes. We remind you Dear Hearts, your words, thoughts, actions, feelings, and choices are your responsibility.
Learn to train yourself to respond in a mature and positive manner that will promote a healthier and more positive outcome during any situation you find yourself in the middle of. When you choose to respond with optimism instead of being pessimistic, your change of thinking will create new responses and outcomes. All it takes is one simple change of perception in order to bask in the change of your positive filled behaviour that will promote the outcome you are looking to achieve.
It is essential Dear Hearts for you accept responsibility for any response, reaction or any negative outcome that has occurred. Learn how to assert your Inner Power in a positive Light that reflects the goodness of your Heart and Soul. Don't use excuses to pass off change, like "That's just how I am". Any part of yourself that you find to be inadequate or is holding you back is possible to change. Change your thought forms and self-talk to that of being more positive, loving and compassionate. Nothing will change unless you make the effort. We understand some changes can be frightening, but your journey is not a lonely one even if at times you feel this is so. You are surrounded at all times by many splendid masters, angels and other divine deities that are waiting to assist you when you invoke their presence. They will lead your path to new directions that will allow you to discover ways to empower yourself.
As soon as you begin the first step into a difficult situation take control of your emotions and feelings immediately, don't wait until much later when heavy negative responses has led you down a path that is hard to reverse. For those that are easily angered or prone to frustration this is crucial to their journey. Controlling the emotions and feelings at the start gives you greater leverage for controlling reactions later on that seem to run intermittent throughout challenging situations. Before you respond think about the possibilities of what could occur after you respond. Weigh your situation and determine the best way to handle it that will provide you with the best outcome and not carry such a heavy weight on your shoulders.
Try not to overreact to any situation, even the ones that seem to be the hardest can still be greeted with optimism. We know it's hard for you to think during the moment of crisis that there are other dear souls among you that are facing even more heart wrenching situations, but try and when you do you will come to see what is so upsetting and frightening isn't all that bad...it's just a little hiccup and you will persevere.
Remember to laugh and smile. Even a fake smile or laughter is better than none at all and after a while those fake ones turn into real ones when you do it in front of the mirror. Have you ever role-played a possible difficult situation with a trusted friend before or even in front of the mirror? This kind of activity provides you will a lot of information. It allows you to see how another person perceives the same situation and through the mirror you are able to observe your facial expressions and possibly some of your body language. Doing such exercises establishes new ways of understanding yourself and how others see you during such situations - it can be an eye-opening experience and one that will provide you with ample knowledge that no book can provide.
Learn to trust yourself as you move through difficult situations and don't be afraid of seeing and meeting the many wonderful opportunities that difficult situations provide. Greet all that comes your way with the purity of heart that is always filled with compassion. You will persevere any storm when you believe you can and will. If you need reminders - simply reflect to all that you have overcome so far and empower yourself from your own achievements.
Time and again, you have proven just how strong you are. Your strength Dear Hearts is the key to your success while facing any challenge - believe in yourself and be amazed at what you can accomplish.
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A truly gripping post at Lower Wisdom. The opener:
This post is more personal than normal, and very long. The current medical consensus is that autism is caused, in part, by a malfunction of the mirror neuron system. My personal experience growing up tends to support this theory.
I was born with an over-active empathy system. I would look at a person's face and feel exactly what that person was feeling. I couldn't inhibit it, so I was at the mercy of wherever my eyes landed. This was very stressful, and I spent a great deal of effort learning to avoid these involuntary empathies. I have many distinct memories of this learning process. For a young person, the easiest way to control my feelings was to control my eyes. I only looked at faces I could trust, and avoided the rest. Looking at faces was dangerous.
We grew up without a television. It was only when I was 16 that my mother explained why. When I was two years old, my parents had a TV. Apparently, some of the people on the TV would set me off, causing me to freak out inconsolably. My parents solved the problem by getting rid of the TV.
You'll definitely want to read the rest. To be honest, I might have been-- at least in my younger days-- one of those narcissistic teachers (referred to later in the post) who would have assumed that such behavior was directed personally at me. I'd like to think that I've changed, but I've never faced this sort of challenge as a teacher-- although I did come close re: a girl with Asperger's back in 2005, during my first or second semester at Sookdae. In that case, I didn't take the student's behavior personally, but I was initially surprised by it, having never dealt with it before.
My question to Mr. Allen, though, is whether he believes his empathic experiences truly reflect the interiority of the people whose faces he has beheld (and still beholds, since he seems able to switch his ability on and off). I ask, first, because plenty of Koreans consider themselves gifted with "nunchi"-- a sort of socially oriented percipience that's all about reading faces and situations, and responding to them accordingly. I tend to think that the proportion of "nunchi"-blessed Koreans isn't as high as Koreans think it is. What's really happening, in many cases, isn't veridical perception so much as a "reading into." This is most apparent in intercultural situations, where Koreans "think" they know what the foreigner is thinking, but in fact are off the mark-- sometimes by a substantial margin.
I also wonder about this ability because of what Mr. Allen writes later in his post: he recalls feeling empathy for cartoon characters. To me-- and I truly mean no offense by this, because I'm trying to be as clinical as I can, here-- this indicates an inability (during Mr. Allen's childhood, but not now) to separate reality from fantasy, and calls into question whether a person can really "look at a person's face and feel exactly what that person [is] feeling."
I'm not discounting the possibility of such empathy; in fact, at the risk of sounding condescending, I think it "is" possible to be super-empathic. It would be inconsistent of me to write a post about how the similarities of our internal wiring point to the idea that we experience the world in very similar ways, and then to turn around and question whether super-empathy is possible.
But the question remains, and I ask it out of personal curiosity: to what extent does such a level of empathy lead to veridical insights about others' interiority?
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