Archive for October, 2010
We can find happiness right in our own home, our workplace, in school, in the company of our friends, etc. It is up to us to find the ways and means to achieve that happiness each of us seek and long for. However, it is essential to recognize that there is no one perfect way to find happiness. People have different ideas with regard to how they achieve happiness.
The following classifications are perceived by many people as sources of happiness:
(1) Family and friends
(2) Wealth
(3) Position/Rank
(4) Educational Achievement
(5) Fame (i.e. politics, arts, sports)
(1) HAPPINESS IN FAMILY AND FRIENDS
The very first place where happiness dwells is right in our own homes. We find happiness just by being with our family – our parents, spouse, children and grandchildren. In fact, they are our source of strength and inspiration. Having a harmonious home life gives us happiness – one that we truly cherish and treasure.
True friends are also a source of happiness. The support we get from them goes a long way in helping us to get by in times of troubles. Somehow, friends complete our life.
2) HAPPINESS IN WEALTH
A lot of people associate wealth with happiness . Almost everywhere in the world, people are preoccupied in the acquisition of wealth. They see wealth as the secret to happiness. To some, wealth and happiness are synonymous.
Not that we should despise the rich and the famous or discourage others from aspiring to be so. There is nothing wrong with dreaming of becoming rich just as long as we acknowledge that wealth has limitations. Furthermore, our priorities must be clear from the very start. Clearly, we must know what should rank first in order of priorities lest we spend our days in this world meaninglessly and without hope. The pursuit of material riches should not be on top of our priority list. How many times have we heard of people giving away millions of their wealth just for peace of mind? They live in a state of fear, that is, fear of losing their wealth through robbery or theft. They also fear for their life and the lives of those they love. These fears lead to sleepless nights, stress, tension, mental anguish, heart attack and death.
Understanding and accepting that happiness has nothing to do with the accumulation of wealth is perhaps the most liberating realization we can ever come to.
3) HAPPINESS IN RANK AND POSITION
Can real happiness be achieved through the attainment of high rank or position in society?
To many, the answer is “yes.” For most people, having a high-ranking position is synonymous to power. Such persons would have the power to rule and lead. If they become “good leaders,” they would be able to lead based on sound moral values and good work ethics. In return, they would earn their people’s trust, obedience, support, loyalty and cooperation. Eventually, they would find happiness and satisfaction doing their job.
However, any person who is entrusted with authority and abuses it would definitely be responsible for misuse of power. His position would only be a source of misery, as he will be confronted with issues such as corruption and problems like loss of public trust, public revolt, coups d’etat, etc.
History can speak for itself. How many unwanted rulers, kings, emperors, and presidents have been overthrown? A good example is former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, who ruled the country for 20 long years, but his reign came to an unfortunate end. He was “thrown” out of his own country by his own people and spent years thereafter in exile.
4) EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS
Can earning the highest level of education such as doctorate degrees give happiness? For people who derive happiness from learning, knowledge is power. Some successful people have attained high levels of education.
However, we hear about professional people who are successful in their own fields and yet feel miserable and depressed because they feel that something is missing in their life. We hear of doctors being sued for malpractice and negligence, of judges committing suicide, and of many other sad stories that are hard to believe but are actually happening to professional people. Does education really guarantee happiness?
5) HAPPINESS IN FAME
Fame is also associated with happiness. In sports and various careers, it is translated to victory, winning, and attaining the status of a celebrity. Are famous men and women happy?
Let’s take the case of sportsmen. They practically devote their whole lifetime practicing to be the best at their chosen sport. However, sports can be so stressful, especially when they are brought to the extreme. Imagine the kind of pressure sportsmen have to go through to win over a game. To cope with high expectations, they take prohibited drugs to have the stamina and endurance required in their chosen field!
Consider the despair, embarrassment, shame, and ridicule that they have to endure whenever they lose a game! So, let us ask ourselves – can a life exposed to such pressures and humiliation be a truly happy life?
For many, the future is bleak. The continuing escalation of prices, natural and man-made calamities, terrorism, local and global strife, family problems, poverty, criminality, famines and other crises do bring desperation and hopelessness.
Can we still find happiness in such a depressing situation? Yes, it is still possible to find happiness in such dire predicaments! What happens around us is largely beyond our control, but the way we choose to react is within our control. In short, even with all the difficulties in life, we can still achieve happiness; that is, if we want and choose to make it happen. True enough, life is what we make it! Isn’t this a wonderful discovery?
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Things that cannot be seen normally like the ability to view objects or persons living at a great distance or the ability to view events and occurrences of the past or of the future, which are otherwise paranormal can be termed as remote viewing. To learn remote viewing is in other words getting into the world of psychic powers or extra sensory perceptions.
It is commonly believed that remote viewing is a gifted ability. Very few people are born with it. But again, any psychic power or similar abilities which are related to the deepest core of human unconsciousness can be self developed. This can be done through practicing intense meditation.
If you want to learn remote viewing then meditation should be a daily routine in your life. One needs to become conscious about one’s subconscious mind and its full abilities in order to learn the skills of extra sensory perception or to gather psychic abilities.
Thus, learning remote viewing is all about calming your mind and lessening the no. of thoughts running in it. Relaxation and concentration are the two things you need to train your mind on, in order to learn remote viewing. Remember, your aim is to clear your mind of all thoughts so that it enters a trance kind of a state with heightened subjectivity so that subtle perceptions from the environment can be focused on.
Start by clenching or tensing up each muscle in your body and then one by one relax the parts so that deep relaxation can be achieved. Cleanse your mind of all negative thoughts and regularly indulge in meditational practices. A good way would be to focus and concentrate on an object at the back of your head while meditating so that you can learn remote viewing by being able to concentrate on something that cannot be seen in front of your eyes. Remember strong visualization skill is of prime importance in this case.
One can also learn remote viewing by the Law of attraction. Thus, if one truly believes that he can remote view from the core of his heart without a thread of doubt and constantly does verbal affirmations to himself like “I will be able to see this/him”, the strength of this faith would definitely attract the same towards you causing it to manifest in reality.
Apart from these natural ways, one can also learn remote viewing with the help of technology in today’s world. Human brains cause waves, and Delta Brain waves, or very slow brain waves that we cause during sleep is what needs to be attained during wakeful state in order to induce remote viewing. Highly experienced meditators are able to do it without difficulty.
Thus, you can learn remote viewing by using the brainwave synchronization/entertainment recording which exposes your brain to repeating sounds of different frequencies corresponding to the different levels of consciousness. With the three kinds of isochronic, monaural and the most popular binaural beats sounded through both ears, the sound waves go to the brain and synchronize in order to create the mental state required to learn remote viewing.