Tuesday 31 May 2011

How to save ourselves in 5 minutes? 2. Enjoying the Journey

2. Enjoying the Journey

In my previous blog I quoted Captain Jack Sparrow : “It is not so much the destination but the journey”
Well, we are all mentally trained to focus on the result. “Getting there” seems to be the biggest achievement of all time. Therefore when we set up the goal we focus on the future fulfillment so much that we completely miss the Present as it is. Don’t you agree? 
Does this sound familiar?
Let’s just quickly get ready for work in the morning. Just get dressed. Just get in the car and get to work. Just get through the day and get home. Let’s just get dinner and go watch TV. Let’s just get to bed, just quickly get that satisfaction before sleep. Just so that tomorrow you can just start the whole craziness again. No wonder you feel like a hamster spinning the wheel.
So here is my 5 minute get-me-out-of-this tip: Let’s play a mind-game! 
Imagine you wake up tomorrow morning knowing that you will depart in 24 hours. If the thought of death scares you than imagine that you have to go on a 20 year mission to Mars (or Venus if you are a woman). This is a secret mission, no one else can now about it. You are not allowed to drastically change anything in your life in the next 24 hours. Still with me? Great!
Would you enjoy waking up? Would you listen to the early birds outside of your window? Would you enjoy every drop of water on your body while having a  shower? Would you look around your world before you sit in your car? Would you notice things on the way to work that you have never seen before but were always there? Would you look at your job and your colleagues in a different way? Would you just smile wisely thinking ‘Folks, this is only a game’? Would you enjoy every bite of your dinner? Would you appreciate the people around you as you never did before? Would you be caring, loving and understanding? Would you skip TV, go to bed and discover the real meaning of human touch
Can you feel the difference between a day and The Day
At the end of the story our day or Day ends up in the same way. 
At the end of the story our life or Life ends up in the same way as our days or Days.
Can you see now that The Journey is all you have? 
Anytime you are down, stressed, unhappy or lost, play this mind-game. Don’t worry if you can only stay in it for 5 minutes! Being in the present for 1 minute is more than 90% of the people have ever achieved.
Love and light,
Judit

Tuesday 24 May 2011

How to save ourselves in 5 minutes -Intro

1. Intro
Well, the times when you could just go away and meditate in a monastery for 10 years to find yourself are long gone. To be honest it could be that it was never an option. 
If you want to be part of life as it is you have to be where Life itself is. And for human beings it’s more likely to be on the packed underground than in the middle of the forest. 
Don’t you agree? 
So how can we make the most of our lives? How can we rise above all the stress, frustration, guilt and worries we face every day?
We are all made to believe that a long, hard road leads to achieving this. That we must meditate minimum 3*40 minutes every day to get there.That we must read 1000 books to get there. That we must find a Master/Good Psychologist/Therapist and visit them for years before we get there.That we must follow weird diets or give up all the good food to achieve something.
We all want quick fix. We want a result now. We want to experience the change in 5 minutes - preferably in 1 minute but can cope with the idea of 5. 
In my blogs you will find tips about how to make your Life better in 5 minutes. I can not do the ‘magic’ for you. You are the only person who can make a difference in your life. I offer you a shortcut but it is up to you if you actually try.
Yesterday I heard the following ad in the radio for Pirates of the Caribbean III. 
They quoted the good old Captain Jack Sparrow:

“It is not so much the destination but the journey”

This is exactly what is it all about.
Follow my blog for the first tip.
Love, Judit