Living In A Fractal Universe
Living In A Fractal Universe
We hear it often: “As Above, So Below.” The universe, our
earth, our bodies, the cells that make up all life – all are connected
in the infinite space of reality as we know it. Even those on the
leading edge of science are understanding and speaking of the connection
between science and spirituality.
If we know that everything is a reflection of everything else, then
our greatest duties as galactic citizens is to look deep within
ourselves at every unturned corner of our shadow selves in order to make
the changes we wish to see in the world.
I remind myself time and time again when I am feeling frustrated,
unhappy, or like a victim, “How am I creating this?” Usually the answer
is simple…it is as simple as a flick of a switch on the great wall of
perception. I can think I am unhappy, or I can recognize the abundance
all around me in the incredible moment that is the infinite NOW.
Right
now, what am I really lacking? I have my body, I have my breath, I have
my being. I am the only one who decides how to feel, and so I CHOOSE to
see everything I have, not everything I lack. I choose to see that
within my heart I hold the infinite abundance of pure creation we call
unconditional love.
I choose to vibrate at the frequency of LOVE. <3
Some Good Life Advice
If you woke up this morning, be grateful.
If you are in a relationship, appreciate your partner.
If you’re single, appreciate that.
If you want to meet friends, do things that you love and talk to people.
If you want people to be interested in you, be interested in them.
If you are meeting someone for the first time, look them in the eyes.
If you are interested in someone, ask about them.
If there is anything that looks interesting to you, check it out.
If you hate your job, think about your lovely wife.
If you hate anything, learn to let go of anger and hate. Be more positive.
If you have something nice to say, say it.
If you have something mean to say, decide how to say it in a nice way.
If you want to think positive more often, learn to control your thoughts.
If you want to be more in control of your thoughts, practice meditation and yoga.
If you want something to happen, make it your intention to make that thing happen.
If you have always wanted to do something, make a plan to do it.
If you want someone to run, chase them.
If you don’t want them to run, stop chasing them.
If you find yourself doing something awesome, stop and look at yourself.
If you are in a relationship, appreciate your partner.
If you’re single, appreciate that.
If you want to meet friends, do things that you love and talk to people.
If you want people to be interested in you, be interested in them.
If you are meeting someone for the first time, look them in the eyes.
If you are interested in someone, ask about them.
If there is anything that looks interesting to you, check it out.
If you hate your job, think about your lovely wife.
If you hate anything, learn to let go of anger and hate. Be more positive.
If you have something nice to say, say it.
If you have something mean to say, decide how to say it in a nice way.
If you want to think positive more often, learn to control your thoughts.
If you want to be more in control of your thoughts, practice meditation and yoga.
If you want something to happen, make it your intention to make that thing happen.
If you have always wanted to do something, make a plan to do it.
If you want someone to run, chase them.
If you don’t want them to run, stop chasing them.
If you find yourself doing something awesome, stop and look at yourself.
12 Happiness Tips For 2012
Each New Year brings awesome blogging opportunities for self-help
junkies like me. I love offering up tips for making positive
change—especially when readers are committed. This year I’m going to
take advantage of the resolution bandwagon and throw down some tips for
bringing more happy into the new year.
Now is the perfect time to make powerful change—your willingness is at an all-time high.
Check out my top twelve happiness tips for 2012:
Now is the perfect time to make powerful change—your willingness is at an all-time high.
Check out my top twelve happiness tips for 2012:
Tip 1: Let go of 2011 baggage.
It’s
likely that 2011 brought many ups and downs. This year, resolve to
focus on the good stuff. Choose to let go of what went wrong last year,
and commit to what will go right this year. Be grateful and
appreciate all that you have. When you appreciate what you do have, you
create more of what you want. Stop focusing on lack and let the energy
of gratitude create a more abundant life.
Tip 2: Change the conversation.
Make
a resolution to change your dialogue about fear and negativity. When
you think, talk, and act from a negative place, you attract negativity
into your life. Commit to a new conversation. Begin the New Year talking
and thinking about what you love about your life, rather than replaying
the same old negative story. You might just be surprised by the
results.
Tip 3: Give.
Being
altruistic not only benefits the person you’re helping but greatly
enhances your own life, too. This year, commit to the mantra “How can I
give?” rather than “How can I get?” Giving produces endorphins, which
make you feel great! Plus, giving to others helps you get out of your
own way. When you focus on giving you can stop focusing on what you’re
not getting.
Tip 4: Take a ME break.
Commit
to a ME break at least once a week. Take time out to focus on yourself.
This is a powerful habit to create early in the year. Need some
suggestions? Take a long yoga class, prepare a nice meal for yourself,
or create an evening ritual. One of my favorite ways to take a ME break
in the evening is to give myself a facial.
Tip 5: Get naked!
This
year, make a commitment to be authentic. Get naked with your truth,
offering the world your greatest gift: your authentic self. Begin a
practice of being yourself on dates, in the office, or even in your
home. We all thrive on true connection. So this year, get naked with
your truth. Don’t deprive the world of your authentic gifts. Even if it
feels uncomfortable at first—go with it—you’ll feel liberated in no
time.
Tip 6: Get creative.
This
year, I commit to spend more time painting. This creative hobby takes
me out of my daily patterns and ignites my inner spirit. Pledge to
engage in a creative project as often as possible. You’ll find that time
spent in creativity heightens your happiness, and gives you more energy
for the other areas of your life.
Tip 7: Do innovative exercise.
Each
New Year, millions resolve to hit the gym and lose weight. This year,
make your physical resolutions fun! Rather than locking yourself up in
the gym for days, find cool ways to shed the pounds. I am a huge fan of Hoopnotic,
a rockin’ workout with a Hula-Hoop. When I Hula-Hooped as a kid, it was
just a fun thing to do. I never would’ve imagined doing it as a killer
(and totally addictive) workout.
Tip 8: Practice the F-word.
Carrying
resentments into the New Year will only recreate the patterns from
years prior. This year, vow to let go of resentments by practicing the
F-word and forgive. Become conscious of whom
you need to forgive (including yourself) and be willing to let go of
your resentment and turn it over daily. Each morning when you wake up,
set the intention to forgive. This daily intention will ignite a
consciousness of forgiveness and provide you with the necessary tools to
allow the F-word process to set in.
Tip 9: Eat mindfully.
To
keep your Spirit Junkie mentality intact, you must feed your soul
superfoods. This New Year I’ve committed to kicking the coffee. Rather
than go nuts trying to eliminate everything bad in your diet, keep it
simple and choose one thing to let go of. My spiritual running buddy
Kris Carr offers amazing tips for cleaning up your palate in her book Crazy Sexy Diet. Let Kris’s book inspire you to keep it simple and wholesome. There’s no need to kick it all at once. Small shifts create powerful change.
Tip 10: Be Authentic.
Rather
than conform to what you think the world wants you to be, in 2012,
serve the world more of YOU. Make a New Year’s resolution to be more
authentic. When you share your truth with the world, your genuine gifts
shine through. Plus your authenticity gives others the chance to be
truthful, too!
Tip 11: Sit back and receive.
I
work hard to balance my go-getter mentality with my
sit-back-and-RECEIVE approach to life. This year, welcome stillness and
receptivity. Through a daily meditation practice, you can begin to
transform your need to control outcomes and learn to sit back and
receive. You’ll come to understand that stillness is sometimes the
greatest action. Begin a meditation practice today with one of my FREE
Spirit Junkie guided meditations. CLICK HERE to download.
Tip 12: Expect miracles.
Kick off the New Year with a miracle mindset.
Begin each day with a prayer for peace and happiness. Say out-loud or
to yourself: “Thank you, inner guide, for reminding me of all the love
and light in my life. I welcome positive support throughout this day. I
expect miracles.” This daily prayer will jump-start your day with a
miracle mindset and awaken your consciousness to the greatness around
you.
Incorporate these twelve tips into your daily practices and enjoy
the positive results. Trust that the Universe has your back, expect
miracles, and be happy!
Featured in the New York Times Sunday Styles section as “a new role model,” motivational speaker, life coach, and author Gabrielle Bernstein is
making her mark. Expanding the lexicon for the next generation of
spiritual seekers, Gabrielle is the #1 bestselling author of the book, Add More ~ing to Your Life, A Hip Guide to Happiness. In September 2011 Gabrielle launched her second book, Spirit Junkie, A Radical Road to Self-Love and Miracles. In 2008 she launched her social networking site HerFuture.com for young women to find mentors.
20 Principles Of Success Not Taught In School
No matter what you do for a living, no matter how old you are, and
regardless of where you grew up, we all share something in common—a
desire to be successful. True success should be defined by you,
specific to you and your goals. What success means to one, can be very
different for another. Success to some may mean fancy cars and homes.
Success to others may mean being a good parent, spouse, or friend. For
others, it may be simply to be happy. Or it can be all of the above.
I believe true success begins with this core principle:
Your success, happiness—anything you truly want for your life—has to begin with unwavering, non-negotiable desire, commitment, and persistence. Without it, you cannot withstand and overcome the tests that will be put in your way, to not only see how badly you really want it, but to help you appreciate what you have once you get it. Because it is through the tests, that you discover yourself and your purpose, which is what you were really looking for to begin with.
Through my journey, and as I continue to write my own “story of
success,” I have faced many obstacles and made many mistakes. The gift
from those obstacles and mistakes are these principles, which I use as
my guidelines—or should I say my way of life—to keep building my foundation stronger, and reaching higher to live to my fullest potential.
- The only thing in life you have control over is your perspective. No matter what happens, YOU control what the meaning is, and what to do with the meaning you give to the circumstance.
- Have more fear of regret than failure.
- Failure is only part of the journey to success. There is not one success story out there that hasn’t experienced failure. The reason you are hearing about it as a success story is because those people saw failure as a tool to get it right.
- It’s not about what you want to do for a living, it’s about you who want to be. What is your purpose and legacy? I believe the age-old question, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” is wrong. We need to be asking, “Who do you want to be? What footprint do you want to leave in this world?” From there, you will have your answer as to what you should “do.”
- Stay focused on your race within. When you are too busy looking behind and around you, people are passing you by.
- True leadership comes from good energy. Worry more about what your energy is like than the firmness your handshake.
- Life will give you the same challenges/problems over and over again until you learn your lesson.
- Until you jump over your inner roadblocks, your outer ones will stay firmly in place. We spend so much time focused on all the exterior obstacles around us, letting them be our excuses. But the more clear and aware we are of our internal roadblocks, and dissolve them, the external roadblocks will begin to disappear, too.
- The most successful people are the ones that work on themselves first.
- Do not judge—be inspired. If you are too busy judging everyone and everything around you, you are not remaining open to find inspiration in everyone and everything around you.
- You are not allowed to complain about something unless you are going to do something about it.
- Surround yourself with people you want to be like.
- Learn to become comfortable with being uncomfortable. The more fears you face, the more you will grow.
- Always ask, “What if?” and, “Why Not?” Instead of thinking, “What if I fail?” ask, “What if I succeed?”
- Creativity is your unlimited capital. Understand and harness its power.
- “I only have good days.” If you start off everyday with this mindset, even when challenges emerge, your positive mindset will help you overcome them more readily.
- Create your own footprint. You do not need to do what others have done before you.
- Hit the “mental reset button.” When you are thinking negative thoughts, envision hitting the “delete” button in your mind and begin to rewrite a better story.
- Abundance is everywhere. You must choose to see it and believe it in order to fully experience it.
- There is a lesson in everything that happens to us—wisdom to be gained and gratitude to be given. Begin with gratitude and everything else will reveal itself.
The beauty of success is that it can have many layers. Success
doesn’t need to be limited to one aspect of life—but as many aspects as
we desire to succeed in. The critical part of being successful is to be
aware of what you want. Define it, write it down, and reflect, every
day, on which steps are necessary to write your own story of success.
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Top media mogul and business expert, Jen Groover, has been tagged
by Success Magazine as a “One-Woman Brand,” and “Creativity and
Innovation Guru,” a leading “Serial Entrepreneur” by Entrepreneur
Magazine. She has gone from guest-hosting spots on QVC to linking deals
with some of the industry’s biggest heavyweights. Jen is a top business
and lifestyle contributor and content creator for major networks such as
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Joshua Bell Experiment
THE SITUATION
In Washington , DC , at a Metro Station, on a cold January morning in
2007, this man with a violin played six Bach pieces for about 45
minutes. During that time, approximately 2,000 people went through the
station, most of them on their way to work.
After about 3 minutes, a middle-aged man noticed that there was a
musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds, and
then he hurried on to meet his schedule.
The violinist received his first dollar. A woman threw money in the hat and, without stopping, continued to walk.
At 6 minutes:
A young man leaned against the wall to listen to him, then looked at his watch and started to walk again.
At 10 minutes:
A 3-year old boy stopped, but his mother
tugged him along hurriedly. The kid stopped to look at the violinist
again, but the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk,
turning his head the whole time. This action was repeated by several
other children, but every parent – without exception – forced their
children to move on quickly.
At 45 minutes:
The musician played continuously. Only 6 people stopped and listened for a short while. About 20 gave money but continued to walk at their normal pace. The man collected a total of $32.
The musician played continuously. Only 6 people stopped and listened for a short while. About 20 gave money but continued to walk at their normal pace. The man collected a total of $32.
After 1 hour:
He finished playing and silence took over. No one noticed and no one applauded. There was no recognition at all.
No one knew this, but the violinist was Joshua Bell,
one of the greatest musicians in the world. He played one of the most
intricate pieces ever written, with a violin worth $3.5 million dollars.
Two days before, Joshua Bell sold-out a theater in Boston where the
seats averaged $100 each to sit and listen to him play the same music.
This is a true story. Joshua Bell, playing incognito in the D.C.
Metro Station, was organized by the Washington Post as part of a social
experiment about perception, taste and people’s priorities.
This experiment raised several questions:
*In a common-place environment, at an inappropriate hour, do we perceive beauty?
*If so, do we stop to appreciate it?
*Do we recognize talent in an unexpected context?
One possible conclusion reached from this experiment could be this:
If we do not
have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the
world, playing some of the finest music ever written, with one of the
most beautiful instruments ever made . . ..
How many other things are we missing as we rush through life?
Enjoy life NOW .. it has an expiration date.
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