1. Act whimsically at least once a day.

Do something that is outrageous or totally out of character, out of the box, not the “usual” you. Invite spontaneity. Do something meaningless, without any purpose or value—just because you feel like it, just because it’s fun! Surprise yourself!

Don’t dress outside in. Dress inside out. Let your spirit define “who you are” rather than the outside world. Don’t rely on external image—clothing, hairstyle, status symbols—to tell people who you are. Wear your inner self proudly and let it attract what is most harmonious to you.

Expand your playground, your arena for self-expression. Practice harmless and minor outrages. Seek a larger freedom in your life. In the unexpected comes the joy of feeling truly alive.

2. Throw away one item a day.

Or give it away to Goodwill or someone who will actually use it. For every unused item you discard, you create the space for a truly useful item to come into your world.

Clear the decks! A major cause of loss of energy is lots of “stuff” that accumulates around us. Schedule time to keep the piles—physical and mental—from building up. If you don’t, the backlog will sap your energy and overwhelm you. You may think that doing Feng-Shui takes too much time, but creating open space in your world actually frees up more time and energy to attract the people and opportunities that will really satisfy your heart and soul.

3. Every day forgive one act of yours or someone you know.

By living a life of conscious self-acceptance and learning to forgive ourselves, we become able to forgive others. The gift of forgiveness is for ourselves, not the person who caused us pain. By forgiving, we are taking back the control that we have given over to those who we feel have hurt us.

By learning to forgive others, we give ourselves the gift of freedom from the past. Forgiveness loosens the debilitating constraints of anger, resentment, cynicism and despair—and frees our heart to swell with joy. When you feel someone has harmed you, try to understand the situation by putting yourself in his or her shoes. Stop holding others and yourself hostage. Accept our human tendency to make mistakes and move forward.

4. Meet one new person a day.

Every human being has a unique story to tell—and a special gift for you. Every personal life story you hear expands your own personal horizon of possibilities. Even a one-minute encounter with a stranger enlarges your universe.

5. Discover one new shape in Nature every day.

As you encounter shapes and forms that are new to your awareness each day, you increase the possibilities for re-shaping your world. As you expand your experience of the infinite spectrum of ways life expresses itself on the planet, you add to the range of choices and options available to you.

6. Every day ask one fresh question of life you’ve never asked before.

The quality and scope of one’s life is determined by the quality and scope of one’s questions. Questions open doors, invite change, welcome new opportunities. Question the past—liberate your future!

7. Each day eat one new food you’ve never eaten before.

Or mix foods and ingredients that you’ve never combined before. Or eat a type of cuisine you’ve never enjoyed before. As you open to fresh culinary experiences, you also open to fresh social and spiritual adventures.

8. Change one old entrenched attitude each day.

Take ownership of your attitude. You control your attitude. It’s not something that you are genetically or environmentally stuck with. You can choose your attitude.

Avoid all-or-nothing thinking. When we fall into the trap of the all-or-nothing mindset, we experience any obstacle as equaling total failure of the entire project—or of one’s entire life. Try not to overreact or blow events out of proportion. Focus on what is working in a situation, not on what’s not working at the moment. Don’t let the little things drive you crazy, weigh you down or immobilize you. Lighten up, smile more, frown less.

Remember that each step in life is just one small step—and is not necessarily a vital or crucial step. If you don’t succeed at that step, try another approach in another direction from another angle. Keep the big picture in mind. Breathe.

9. Find a fresh aspect of your life to laugh about every day.

How do angels fly? They take themselves lightly.

Certainly there are times when life presents major challenges and one needs to act clearly and directly, but behaving responsibly and efficiently does not by any means preclude humor and light-heartedness. In fact, a flexible, fluid, upbeat approach and attitude is crucial to releasing magic and miracles into the healing equation.

Inspiration and breakthrough are often born from the spirit of playfulness and exuberance. A spontaneous wink, a funny smile, a comic gesture can unlock deep fears and stress in a stern person or tense situation. Through conscious silliness the soul can emerge.

Doctors, nurses and attendants now use “clowning” in hospitals to jolt and move the healing process with patients. Scientific studies prove that when people are laughing and having fun, they experience less physical and psychological pain—and recover faster. Laugh more, mend quicker and live longer!

10. Be silent and still once a day.

Make regular time for yourself in which you can be totally alone. Just sit quietly with no expectations. Do nothing!

This may feel very uncomfortable and strange in the beginning. Do it anyway.

Give yourself time and space for the inner voice to make itself heard. Your inner voice will speak either during that quiet time, or else during the events of the rest of your day. Or a synchronistic event will occur. Or someone will tell you the message you need to hear. Or you will get a sudden flash of insight in the shower or watching a movie.

11. Tolerate one less undesirable aspect of your life each day.

Take action to change the situations in which you are settling for less than your desired dream. You can only compromise yourself—and your dream—so much before you lose sight of the vision altogether. The things you are putting up with keep you from being yourself and evolving as a human being.

Speak up. Once you know what you need, let others know. Be honest with others about your needs and boundaries. If you remain silent, you’ll disappoint yourself and others more than the truth ever could do.

12. Take on one fresh risk or challenge every day.

Fear less, dare more. Take at least one action each day that scares you. Face one truth you haven’t been able or willing to acknowledge before. Don’t let fear paralyze you. Set yourself free.

Take your aliveness up a notch. Ask for more and reach for more. Upgrade your dream. Revitalize your life. New experiences make our lives richer.

13. Tell one new person your dream everyday.

Network. Elicit feedback from a trusted friend, mentor or family member. Listen to a neighbor, co-worker or store clerk. Value your relationships. Call someone who is uplifting, or uplift someone else.

It’s your joy—to use or lose.

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15. JOY IN THE JOURNEY Scribbling in the Sand: The Best of Michael Card (2002) There is a joy in the journey There’s a light we can love on the way There is a wonder and wildness to life And freedom for those who obey And all those who seek it shall find it A pardon for all who believe Hope for the hopeless and sight for the blind To all who’ve been born in the Spirit And who share incarnation with Him Who belong to eternity stranded in time And weary of struggling with sin Forget not the hope that’s before you And never stop counting the cost Remember the hopelessness when you were lost There is a joy in the journey There’s a light we can love on the way There is a wonder and wildness to life And freedom for those who obey And freedom for those who obey…

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Last night we had a interesting discussion about austerities. My understanding is that Krishna consciousness is meant to be “joyfully performed.” In other words, whatever austerities that we may execute should be done joyfully or happily. For many this appears to be a tall order. There are different motivations that people have for performing austerities. Here are some of them that I can think of: Guilt, Fear (of getting smashed for not doing it), material goals (Hiranyakasipu type, desire to be respected, etc.), spiritual goals (liberation, spiritual advancement, desire to become detatched, etc.), ritualistically or because of habit-not thinking of the goal or reason for them., and Love (desire to please someone). Of these different types I have chosen 6 as I find it the most joyful. In fact when austerities are executed in this way, they are no longer austerities in the sense that they are no longer austere. They are life giving.

Sometimes devotees look at my simple diet and comment that it is too austere, but I do not find it austere at all. I had the realization that my body belongs to Krishna. It does not belong to me for my enjoyment. So as an offering of love for Krishna I would do what was necessary to keep it running nicely as long as possible to maximize my service. I don’t think of my diet in a negative way. If I did, it would make me miserable. Rather I think of it in a positive joyful way. Then it becomes super enjoyable, more than all the glubjamons, halavah, pizza, etc that I have imbibed throughout the years. Also the austerities should be performed and guided with intelligence.

For example two days ago it was Lord Nrsimha’s appearance, and I fasted the whole day up to dusk. I had no problem doing this. But, after the mid day I found that I unable to focus my mind or eyes well (because of the fasting), so I was not able to perform much service. As the day wore on I physically became weaker and weaker and finally when it was time for the evening service, I could barely stand to perform my part of the abhiseka, and after I was finished I had to sit down feeling exhausted being unable to continue or participate in the aroti ceremony.

So I decided that from now on, if necessary I would take fruit during the day during these long fasts, so that I could serve Srila Prabhupada effectively. Of course some may criticize me for this. The tendency to feel guilty about this may also be there. Or the tendency to be scared (maybe Lord Nrsimha will rip me to shreds for this).But, I understand that Krishna is a person, and He knows my intention and my heart. Therefore there is no guilt or fear. We really need to understand what motivates us, and how other people are attempting to motivate us. Sometimes people attempt to motivate us by guilt, fear, shame, denigration. If succumb to this, we will be miserable.

For example 2 days ago I received a letter from a Godbrother who was attempting to motivate me to do what he wanted. He replied to my statements in such a way as to appeal to guilt, using negative psychology. His method of attempting to motivate me was ineffective and manipulative (especially in regard to my rebellious self!). It would have been more productive had he tried to understand me first and had he explained why he was thinking the way he was.

In an institution sometimes we are stirred into actions simply by unthinking obedience to an authority. Prabhupada did not want us to be blind followers, but wanted independently thoughtful people who consciously chose to do things to serve Krishna. These are the sorts of people who can become leaders. Prabhupada wanted leaders.

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It’s a time, a season to celebrate. Into the world a child was born. Was it a virgin birth  or a natural one. Where was this individual between the ages of 12 and 30? Was he the Isha of India and Tibet? Was this child that grew into a man crucified and resurrected at age 33 or was it 55? None of those questions altar the most visible manifestation of God known to man. 

God is most defined in Jesus, but not confined to Jesus. What would make a person think that an infinite Creator could be confined to anything or would want to? So, let us bring JOY to the WORLD because the Spirit of the Creator is with us- Emmanuel.

As Richard Rohr wrote, “God is the Alpha and the Omega, but we are the beta, delta, and gamma. We are not the fulfillment of God, but a piece, a piece that resides within. Theological doctrine we can deal with, but ourselves we cannot. It is comparatively easy to admit to a historical divine/human integration or personification, but it is apparently difficult to accept that same integration or personification within our own remembered and regretted lives.”

We can rise above our frailty and limitations because Jesus, who became the Christ did.

Nehemiah 8:10 says in part, “Don’t be dejected and sad, for the joy of the LORD is your strength!” Our strength doesn’t come from fancy anointings, the laying on of hands, or other rituals regardless of their validity. Our strength comes from the unconditional LOVE that we are given every day which when realized brings forth JOY that’s undeniable to the world around us.

In this season, get alone and absorb some of that incredible joy and then share it with your family, the store clerks, gasoline attendant, waiter, and everyone you touch. You could very well change a life, maybe even save on!

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We hear a lot about performance, and efficiency, and control. What if, instead, I said I would like you to take this opportunity to think about how many things in your daily life that you do “just for the joy of it”?

What I’m talking about here is value-based happiness (as opposed to temporary happiness).

Value-based happiness refers to the general feeling of well being that you experience when you are doing what you perceive to be meaningful –when it’s something that’s important to you.

When you love what you do, you naturally become more efficient. When you do things for the joy of it, you’ll rise above problems, and move easier through life.

Value-based happiness is a by product from living a life focused on the joy. It is the by product of doing things not for what you get in return, not because you “should” or “have-to”, but because you want to, because they are a part of your highest goals, and what you value.

Value-based happiness comes from looking at things with your heart, not just your eyes.

You create value-based happiness by focusing on the joys of life, instead of constantly looking for the next new thing that might make you feel better about yourself, about your life.

Throw out your ideas about control, effectiveness, and goals. (Yes, they are important, but let’s just try something different, ok?)

1. Focus On Learning:
Instead of making a goal to achieve more in your job, decide instead to read and learn how to do one new thing each week.

2. Focus on Time:
Schedule your time to include what’s important to you, like reading time, or exercise time, or family time, or learning time.

3. Focus on the Why:
Instead of just forcing yourself to mop the kitchen floor, tap into the higher goal that mopping the kitchen floor supports (having a clean and healthy home).

How does that feel? Not bad, huh! If you focus on the pleasure that a desire gives you, you’ll find it easier to put in the work that it takes. (One author gives the example of giving blood – while the experience itself may be less than pleasant, the joy comes in knowing *why* you’re doing it).

And I absolutely guarantee that you will achieve more, maintain your efforts, and have a much better journey along the way.

Instead of focusing on the effort, focus on the joy. Focus on the people and things that are most important to you. Focus on the pleasure you get out of moving towards your goals. Focus on the process of creating something, not what results you expect.

Invest in yourself more than you ever thought was allowed. Not only will you reap rewards, but those around you will benefit more than you ever believed.

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Christmas: Tradition Of Love And Sharing

Are you ready for the Christmas holidays, with love, when relations, gifting and sharing are the feelings and joy of the season? Christmas is the time for joy, love and relations.

God bless you and give you the best Christmas ever. Let love, health, prosperity and abundance come to you in an ever increasing flow of blessings for you and those you love and care for.

Make this the best Holiday season ever.

The Christmas miracle season, brings the movement of money which creates wealth, hope, love and friendship for everybody. Chocolate, flowers, books, toys, all the way up to diamonds, luxury cars, the cruise of your life, are welcome during this holiday season and ever.

From the gospel of Luke we can experience the wonder of the original Christmas story. Amongst the shepherds living out in the fields an Angel of the Lord appeared to them and the Glory of the Lord shone around them, to bring the world great news of joy for all the people.

The Angel announced the birth of a savior in the town of David. Christ the Lord has been born.

Celebrating Christmas on December 25th is a high point in the year. Since November, it is very difficult to forget that Christmas is coming.

Colored lights, Christmas trees, Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus are seen all over letting us know that Christmas is coming.

Santa Claus has become the human face of Christmas. Children are taught Santa will bring them toys and presents the night before Christmas. Christmas is a time of magic and excitement for children and adults alike. Santa is based on a real person, St Nicholas, a Christian leader from the 4th century AD.

In the American colonies, Catholics, Anglicans, Dutch reformed and Lutherans approved Christmas celebrations, which began to adopt a joyful and often boisterous tradition from pagan cultures.

Charles Dikens, one of the giants of English literature gave life to Christmas by writing “A Christmas Carol”. Charles Dikens wrote from his own experience with his enormous warmth of feelings. Dickens was particularly successful at evoking the sights, sounds and smells of London. Charles Dikens novel “A Christmas Carol” popularized Christmas as a family event.

For various early cultures, December 25 was a significant date: Babilonians believed the son of the queen of heaven was born on December 25.

Egyptians celebrated the birth of the fertility goddess Isis on December 25. Arabs believed that the moon was born on December 24.

Christmas is a great opportunity for us to treat friends, relatives and loved ones with great recipes. It is an awesome experience to share gourmet food, Christmas sugar cookies, Christmas berry mocha fudge, Christmas sour cream potato salad, chocolate brownie cookies, oyster stew, cranberry punch, traditional baked ham, Christmas bread and more.

Merry Christmas to you. Joy to the world, the Lord is coming. “Joy to the world with truth and grace”.

Christmas is the most relevant celebration for western countries. Let´s have a Merry Christmas with friends, family and loved ones who join us around a table full of delicious food and drinks and with our hearts full of love, friendship and kindness.

As the ancient Magi or Wise men who came to visit Jesus: Melchior king of Arabia, who brought a casquet of gold, Caspar, king of Tarsus who brought myrrh in a gold mounted horn, and Balthasar king of Ethiopia, who brought frankincense in a censer, lets share abundance and prosperity with those we love and care for.

From the ancient Romans we received the decorated tree. During their Saturnalia winter festivals, they decorated trees with small pieces of metal, in honor of Saturn the God of agriculture.

By the year 1531, Christmas trees were sold in Alsace, which at the time was a part of Germany. From Paradise, we received the apple tree, decorated with apples as a symbol of Adam and Eve feast on December 24.

Mark Carr brought trees to New York streets in 1851 and opened the first retail Christmas trees lot in the United States. Franklin Pierce was the first president to introduce Christmas trees in the White House.

All the traditions we received from all over the world and different branches of our ancestors, are here for us to enjoy during Christmas holidays with all those we love and care for.

Let´s join around the Christmas tree, to share and enjoy the prosperity and abundance of wealth, health and love, as blessings from heaven for being persistent and for working to build a better Universe for us and all the marvelous humans who are doing everything possible for every citizen of the world to enjoy a better life style.

God bless you and all around you. Let Christmas be the best holiday ever and the beginning of higher and better achievements.

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