Ursi's Eso Garden

The Buddha said "As the ocean has but one taste, that of salt,
my teachings have but one taste, that of freedom."
But what is freedom? What does it really mean?

A short film by Alan Clements, duration 6 minutes.



Visionary author, artist, and human rights activist Alan Clements was the first American to ordain as a Buddhist monk in Burma where he lived in meditative silence for the better part of a decade.
Then, without warning or reason, the military dictatorship ruling Burma gave him 24 hours to get out of the country. Clements disrobed as a monk and became a maverick activist working for human rights and freedom in some of the most volatile areas of the world.

For further information visit World Dharma.

Sometimes life gets pretty tough and dark and a term sometimes used "Walking the dark night of the soul" isn't far from the truth. It's during this time a sense of loneliness might be experienced; there's no-one around to provide comfort or support and we think to ourselves no-one understands and cry "I've tried everything" and struggle to find the switch to turn the light back on.

This would be a pretty good time to call in for some spiritual help. When spirit answers in whatever shape it presents itself, a chance then exists for either doing something about it or not. If nothing changes, then nothing changes.

Picture © by KAGAYA

An example of receiving spiritual help could be through reading a sentence in a book that speaks volumes to you, it may be words you hear in passing conversation, or maybe spiritual help presents itself during your dream state, there are many ways this can happen. For example, if I'm going to visit a bookstore I might call upon 'The Library Angel'. I ask this angel to guide me to a book containing the answers I need, the great thing is it works for me every time, no matter how tiny the book or whether its been misplaced out of its category.

I also walk around parks touching trees, admiring flowers and breathing in the wonderful energy when I'm there. Nature spirits abound in these places; and are great for connecting with them as well as you, and for asking for a bit of spiritual help.

From experience, I know many who cringe at asking for something (anything really) and I once did too, however if you really need some help and you've tried others ways which haven't helped, spirit or whatever you call 'it' won't mind. However be careful what you wish for because you will get it and it may not be in the form you wanted.

Here are 10 great ways to receive a little spiritual help: Read more ...

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We all now recognise that relaxation is much more than a game of tennis, a walk in the mountains or a hot bath. At the heart of learning to relax is the art of caring for all three levels of our being – body, mind and spirit. We are also realising that we have been misled by the mythology of 'get your body right and your mind will follow'. This is the illusion sustained by many of todays ‘relaxation industries’. The truth is much more freeing – when we enlighten our spirit (our self), then relaxation follows naturally, and our true peaceful, loving and contented nature is restored.

This, in turn, is the basis of our mental and physical well being. Hence the wisdom in the saying, "rest does not come with sleeping, it comes with waking"!

The purpose of The Relaxation Centre is not to help you plan your jogging timetable, design your diet or recommend holiday destinations. Our purpose is to offer you the wisdom, insights and methods to relax your spirit, rediscover your own inner peace (which has been there all along), focus your mind and help you to manage yourself more effectively during increasingly busy days.

The Relax Centre: 7 steps, 7 rooms, to develop your relaxation strategy.

Room 1: Chilling Out A relaxing & challenging thought for today (changed daily) Room 2: Visual Relax A visualisation exercise for daily practice (changed weekly) Room 3: Relax Journal Reflective exercise for your personal relaxation journal (Changed Randomly) Room 4: Slow Coaching For rushaholics and hurry addicts! Room 5: Relax Resources Books and tapes which support and enhance relaxation Room 6: On line Courses Learning Skills to develop and sustain calm and contentment. (Free) Room 7: Meditation Room The deepest route to relaxation

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Despite the enormous capacity of the human brain, we only utilise on average two per cent of our potential brainpower. There is, therefore, the potential for each of us to considerably expand our brainpower. Maximise Your Brainpower provides readers with a series of mental workouts covering areas of creative thinking, problem solving, memory, logical thought, mental agility and intelligence. Chapters are each designed to exercise a different kind of brain activity, with a series of newly compiled exercises, puzzles and tests. Use this book in The IQ Workout Series as a fun and informative way of testing, assessing, and expanding your brainpower!

Maximize Your Brainpower: 1000 New Ways To Boost Your Mental Fitness
by Philip Carter and Ken Russell.
Wiley, 2002 | 240 pages | PDF | 6.6 MB

Metta bhavana, or loving-kindness meditation, is one of the two simplest meditations in Buddhism. It helps develop positive feelings towards all other living creatures.

(Transcript of this video)

You Will Need:

• Understanding and acceptance of what you are going to do
  
• A place where you will not be interrupted
  
• A cushion
  
• A blanket
  
• A timer, a meditation track on a music player, or a watch or clock
  
• Something pleasant to gaze upon

Step 1: Sit comfortably
Find a position in which you can sit comfortably for the meditation. You can kneel using a meditation bench, sit cross-legged on the floor, or sit upright on a chair.

Tip: Use a cushion to support your back if necessary, and wrap yourself in a blanket if you’d like extra warmth.

Step 2: Decide length of phases
Decide how long each of the five phases of the meditation will be. Five minutes is a good length of time for beginners.

Step 3: Set timer or select music
Set the timer or select a track on your music player that corresponds to the length of time you have chosen for the first phase.

Step 4: Bring awareness into the present
To prepare yourself for the meditation, bring your awareness into the present.

Tip:For a few seconds, focus your gaze on something pleasant, like a plant, statue of the Buddha, or pretty vase, to ground yourself in the present.

Step 5: Close your eyes & become aware of body
Close your eyes and scan your body to become fully aware of it. Begin with your toes and move slowly along your feet and up your legs, back, and pelvis, through your hands and arms, and finally up to your neck and head.

Step 6: Reflect on what you want to achieve
Reflect on what you want to achieve from this meditation. Maybe you want to reconcile yourself with a particular person. Then commit yourself to practicing conscientiously.

Step 7: Cultivate feeling of loving kindness
Keeping your eyes gently closed throughout the practice, begin to cultivate the feeling of loving kindness. There are many ways to do this. You might recall previous times when the feeling arose, repeat a phrase that expresses loving kindness (like “may I, you, or they be happy”), or imagine someone else communicating loving kindness to you.

Step 8: Cultivate loving kindness towards yourself
For the first phase of meditation, cultivate loving kindness towards yourself. The way we feel about ourselves affects the way we treat others.

Step 9: Imagine someone who loves you
Many people find it difficult to feel loving kindness towards themselves. Try imagining someone who loves you expressing their love, and be completely open to this love.

Step 10: Cultivate loving kindness toward ...
For the second phase, cultivate loving kindness towards someone for whom you already have positive feelings—a social acquaintance, an admired colleague, a respected teacher, or a close friend. Reflect on that person’s good qualities, or visualize him or her radiating joy.

Tip: Especially at first, it can be best to focus on someone who is just a friend, rather than a parent, child, or partner, because family relationships and sexual attraction can complicate your feelings.

Step 11: Cultivate loving kindness toward ...
For the third phase, cultivate loving kindness towards a neutral person who triggers neither like nor dislike. This should be somebody you know or see regularly, for example a neighbor you nod hello to but about whom you have no feelings one way or the other.

Step 12: Cultivate loving kindness toward ...
For the fourth phase, cultivate loving kindness toward a hostile person, someone with whom you currently have difficulties. Many people find that when they practice metta bhavana for a hostile person, they find their relationship with that person improved.

Step 13: Cultivate loving kindness toward ...
For the fifth phase, cultivate loving kindness toward yourself, your friend, and your enemy at the same time.

Step 14: Extend loving kindness to all living things
Extend your loving kindness outward until it reaches all living things. To do this, think of people in different locations across the globe going about their lives in various ways.

Step 15: Reflect on experience
When you have completed the fifth phase, sit quietly for a few seconds and reflect on your experience of meditation.

Step 16: Return gently to your life
Return gently to your life in the outside world. Remember that loving kindness is not only practiced in meditation but also in life.

Fact: Metta, or loving kindness, is one of the four brahma-viharas, or sublime states of mind.


Related Entries:
How To Practice Buddhist Breathing Meditation
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Mandala Dance's primary focus is on healing our relationships with ourselves and the spirit. Enjoy and/or try it by yourself:

Mandala Dance's: Meditation in Motion (11:51)
Mandala Dance's: Ancient Mural Meditation (04:39)
Mandala Dance's: Dance Under The Tree Of Life (05:45)
Mandala Dance's: Soul Hunting (03:49)

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You insert a meditation disc from your collection into your DVD-player and through your projection device you direct the image onto the wall of your room. The diameter of the image can be comparable to your own height. You become the same height as the Mandala. The room dissolves. Behold your Living Mandala shimmering and floating in space: the Chariot of the Gods, Portals into other worlds of your perception. And then astonishing things begin to unfold - true flight, travel across space and time. You allow yourself to enter into the Mandala. You take firm control over what is happening... Worlds that have become lost to Humanity are newly accessible and open to you. You become the master of Time, a Child and a Wonder of The Light... And all you need is to accomplish all this is: a collection of our Mirrors, a DVD- player, a projector, a cool head and a superheated heart...

A Mandala Dance mobilizes and integrates all your energies. Everything becomes electric. We realize what Chakras really are. The Mandala helps you to feel ways of energy. The Mandala helps you to build the sacred space. You utilize the body as a vehicle to set the momentum in motion. You begin to move like the waves of the ocean, you are drenched in the sea of feelings and emotions. Images like kaleidoscopic murals become vibrantly alive.

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If you say, "I am not creative," then that's an affirmation that will be true for you for as long as you continue to use it. You can never express yourself creatively by talking or thinking about what a klutz you are.

There's an innate creativity flowing through you, and if you let it out, it will surprise and delight you. You're tapped in to the creative flow of energy in the Universe. Some of you may express yourself more creatively than others, but everyone can do it.

We create our lives every day. Each of us has unique talents and abilities. Unfortunately, too many of us had well-meaning adults stifle that creativity when we were children. I had a teacher who once told me I couldn't dance because I was too tall. A friend was told he couldn't draw because he drew the wrong tree. It's all so silly. But we were obedient children and believed the messages. Now we can go beyond them.

Another false assumption is that you must be an artist to be creative. That's just one form of creativity, and there are so many more. You're creating every moment of your life -- from the most common, ordinary creation of new cells in your body, to your emotional responses, to your present job, to your bank account, to your relationships with friends, and to your very attitudes about yourself. It's all creativity. Also, you could be a really good bed maker, you could cook delicious food, you could do your job creatively, you could be an artist in the garden, or you could be inventive in the ways in which you're kind to others. These are a few of the millions of ways of expressing oneself creatively. No matter which way you choose, you'll want to feel satisfaction and be deeply fulfilled by all that you do. You're divinely guided by Spirit at all times. Know that Spirit makes no mistakes. When there's a strong desire within you to express or create something, know that this feeling is Divine discontent. Your longing is your calling and no matter what it is, if you go with it, you'll be guided, guarded, and assured of success. When a purpose or path is laid before you, you have the choice to just trust and let it flow, or remain stuck in fear. Trusting the perfection that resides within you is the key. I know that it can be frightening! Everybody is afraid of something, but you can do it anyway.

Remember, the Universe loves you and wants you to succeed at everything you do.

You're expressing yourself creatively every moment of every day. You're being you in your own unique way. Knowing that, you can now release any false mental beliefs that you're not creative, and go forward with each and every project that comes to mind.

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In Buddhism, meditation serves to calm and control the mind and is essential to break the cycle of suffering and attain Enlightenment. Follow these steps for mindfulness of breathing meditation, one of the two simplest meditations.

(Transcript of this video)

You will need:

• Understanding and acceptance of what you are going to do
  
• A place where you will not be interrupted
  
  Optional:
  
• Meditation bench or chair
  
• Cushion
  
• A blanket
  
• A timer, a meditation track on a music player, or a watch or clock
  
• Something pleasant to gaze upon

Step 1: Sit comfortably
Find a position in which you can sit comfortably for the meditation. You can kneel using a meditation bench, sit cross-legged on the floor, or sit upright on a chair.

Tip: Use a cushion to support your back if necessary, and wrap yourself in a blanket if you’d like extra warmth.

Step 2: Decide length of phases
Decide how long each of the four phases of the meditation will be. Five minutes is a good length of time for beginners.

Step 3: Set timer or select music
Set the timer or select a track on your music player that corresponds to the length of time you have chosen for the first phase.

Step 4: Bring awareness into the present
To prepare yourself for the meditation, bring your awareness into the present.

Tip: For a few seconds, focus your gaze on something pleasant, like a plant, statue of the Buddha, or pretty vase, to ground yourself in the present.

Step 5: Close your eyes & become aware of body
Close your eyes and scan your body to become fully aware of it. Begin with your toes and move slowly along your feet and up your legs, back, and pelvis, through your hands and arms, and finally up to your neck and head.

Step 6: Reflect on what you want to achieve
Reflect on what you want to achieve from this meditation—for example, dealing with a particular source of distress or developing your meditation skills further.

Step 7: Commit yourself to practicing seriously
Commit yourself to practicing seriously.

Step 8: Bring awareness to breathing
Keeping your eyes gently closed throughout the practice, bring your awareness to your breathing. Notice everything you can about the breath: the path of the inhalation down your throat, how your diaphragm moves and your chest rises, the slight pause before the exhalation, and how the exhalation passes out of your nostrils.

Tip: To begin, take a slightly deeper breath to help you to focus on your breathing.

Step 9: Count after each breath
To start the first phase of the meditation, count "one" after the first breath, "two" after the second, and so on up to "ten." Then start again at one. Do this for the planned length of time.

Tip: If your mind wanders, bring it gently back to the breath and start counting again from one.

Step 10: Count before each breath
For the second phase of meditation, count before each breath.

Step 11: Be aware of each breath
For the third phase, do not count, but simply be aware of each breath as it happens.

Step 12: Bring awareness to stages of each step
For the fourth and final phase, bring your awareness more precisely to the point at which you feel the breath enter and leave your body. This might be your nostrils, the top of your throat, or somewhere else.

Step 13: Reflect on experience
When you have completed the fourth phase, sit quietly for a few seconds and reflect on your experience of meditation.

Step 14: Return gently to your life
Return gently to your life in the outside world.

Fact: Mindfulness of breathing meditation dates all the way back to the Buddha himself, who was born in the sixth century B.C.E.

Related Entries:
How To Practice Buddhist Loving-Kindness Meditation
How To Practice Buddhist Walking Meditation

The guru who introduced transcendental meditation to the West, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, died at his Dutch home overnight, aides said on Wednesday. He was said to be 91.



The reclusive Indian mystic shot to international prominence when the Beatles - John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr - visited him in the foothills of the Himalayas in 1968 to learn his transcendental meditation techniques.

Film footage of the four Beatles sitting cross-legged and dressed in white robes with garlands of flowers was beamed round the world. Beach Boy Mike Love, singer Donovan and U.S. actress Mia Farrow joined the sessions.


Here is some vintage film footage:
The Beatles and Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in Rishikesh, 1968 (02:56)



The Beatles left the course before the end for various reasons, with much media attention given to John Lennon's statement that he left because he came to believe rumors that Maharishi had made sexual advances toward a young woman. According to several John Lennon biographies, the singer/songwriter felt "disappointed and betrayed" by Maharishi, to the extent that when Maharishi asked him why he was leaving the Rishikesh camp, Lennon reportedly snapped, "if you're so bloody enlightened, you should already know why." Paul McCartney and George Harrison disputed the rumors in subsequent interviews.


"His passing is profoundly sad. But I for one, am among the millions who are grateful for what he shared with us," said Love. "We will miss you, but your great light will shine on."

After teaching other 1960s and 70s icons, the Maharishi with the flowing hair and white beard gained a worldwide following and had more than five million people studying his methods.

"His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi ... passed away peacefully," his Global Country of World Peace movement said in a statement.

"Maharishi's work is complete. He has done what he set out to do in 1957 -- to lay the foundation for a peaceful world. Now, Maharishi is being welcomed with open arms into heaven."


Here is another tribute to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (06:40)



The Maharishi moved his headquarters to the small southern Dutch village of Vlodrop in 1990. A memorial service will be held there on Thursday before an expected funeral on the Ganges river in India, a spokesman said.

The guru periodically emerged to appeal for funds to promote world peace, building a huge business empire estimated to be worth billions of dollars ranging from real estate dealing to a company selling ayurvedic medicine and cosmetics.

In 2002, he said he could combat world terrorism and war if he could raise $1 billion (510 millin pounds) to train 40,000 expert meditators.

The Maharishi set up universities and schools all over the world and his Natural Law Party -- which promotes yogic flying, a practice that involves sitting in the lotus position and bouncing into the air -- has campaigned in dozens of countries.

Transcendental meditation, known as TM by its followers, involves reciting a mantra that practitioners say helps the mind stay calm even under pressure. It gradually gained medical respect over the decades as the Maharishi challenged Western scientists to investigate its health benefits.

Film director David Lynch, a TM practitioner, said: "It has changed my life, my world. I am not alone. Millions of other people of all ages, religions and walks of life practise the technique and enjoy incredible benefits."

Last month the Maharishi stepped down as head of his organisation and said he would be "retiring into silence".

Born in central India, the Maharishi started studying meditation after completing a degree in physics in 1940. After a retreat in the Himalayas he decided to take his techniques to the world, first visiting the United States in 1959.

According to the TM organisation, the Maharishi's message remained constant: "Life is bliss. Man is born to enjoy. Within everyone is an unlimited reservoir of energy, intelligence, and happiness."

Text source: Reuters


Here is a documentary, aired 2007 on the History Channel, features David Lynch, John Hagelin, Deepak Chopra, Mike Love (The Beach Boys), The Beatles, Donovan, Merv Griffin and more.

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Duration: 43 minutes.




"Don't fight darkness - bring the light, and darkness will disappear"
-- Maharishi Mahesh Yogi



Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on Purusha:

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on Purusha: Part 1 (06:15)
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on Purusha: Part 2 (08:54)
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on Purusha: Part 3 (03:51)

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Related Links:

BBC Four: Interview with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Photo Collection:Early photos of Maharishi
Transcript: Larry King interview with Maharishi aired on May 12, 2002 by CNN.
Swami Lakshmanju, Tat Wala Baba, Devraha Baba and others speak on Maharishi Mahesh Yogi: Stories about Maharishi

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi - Biography and Links
Maharishi official website
Transcendental Meditation official website

German:
Transzendentale Meditation (TM) nach Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Schweiz
Transzendentale Meditation (TM) nach Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Deutschland


Here is a publication entitled 'Beacon Light Of The Himalayas', published in India in late-1955/early-1956.



This is a very scarce book and a book of historical significance, which includes transcripts of several discourses of Maharshi Bala Brahmachari Mahesh, (later known as Maharishi Mahesh Yogi महर्षि महेश योगी, letters and speeches in support of his mission, many photographs taken on the occasion of the Kerala Maha Sammelan, October 1955 and an early version of 'Guiding Light' (a short biography of Shankaracharya Swami Brahmanand Saraswati).

See all 168 pages here: Beacon Light of the Himalayas (PDF, 45 MB).
Found on Guru Dev.

Since the beginning of time human beings have always sought various ways to radically transform themselves into something better, happier, wealthier and wiser

Nothing has intrigued human beings as much as the desire to transform oneself for the better with millions of motivational books promising a magical solution to personal transformation having been written on the topic, but the process need not be laborious or esoteric as many put it.

To achieve an extreme makeover, you must have the right mix of desire, decision and determination. You must absolutely want to get out the old, and worn out lifestyle that you find yourself in the present.

First things first: You must first seek to clearly understand the person that you are today so that you know what you want to change. To achieve an extreme makeover, you need to be mindful of your current personality, lifestyle, and ambitions. Take time to identify what you think is flawed about yourself, including your physical, spiritual, financial, mental, and social self. You must possess a clear philosophy of the person that you want to become that acts as a guiding beacon. In order to go forward, you must have knowledge of where you coming from.

By understanding yourself better you will learn how to better go through the makeover process. However, it is important not be bogged down in self-analysis, commonly referred to as a paralysis of analysis.

It is necessary to keep the end goal in mind all the time so that you enhance your chances to improve your lifestyle, make-up and appearance.

If you wait too long pity-partying about what you dislike of yourself and overplanning what you intend to change, you cripple your chances of success.

The key component of an extreme makeover is to get started. Get started immediately, but you must have a plan.

An extreme makeover may sound like a big challenge at the beginning but its well worth the effort. There are many benefits to personal transformation: it not only enhances your life understanding but adds to your personal power.

Here are the steps: Read more ...

A step by step method to awaken the third eye and engage spiritual vision. A manual packed with practical information and techniques on clairvoyance, dowsing land energies, psychic sleep, perceiving acupuncture meridians, psychic protection and grounding. The book also presents a number of fundamental principles of the Clairvision work.

Introduction: This book describes a systematic process to open the third eye. It has been written for those who cannot be satisfied with only an intellectual understanding of spiritual realities and who wish to gain access to direct experience. The development of spiritual vision requires the patient building of some new ‘organs’ of energy, of which the third eye is an essential member. These new structures are not physical, nevertheless they are very real and tangible. Once fully developed, the perceptions coming through them appear clearer, sharper and far more substantial than those coming from the physical senses. A number of techniques will be described which aim at a methodical cultivation of this new form of perception.

Awakening the Third Eye by Samuel Sagan.
Clairvision, 2007 | 290 pages | PDF | 1.5 MB

Like everyone in this world, you are looking to improve your life!

No matter how well or how poorly you are doing, there are definitely areas where you desperately want to boost the quality of your life. Maybe you want to end emotional eating, overcome depression, feel relaxed and self-confident, or live more intensely and passionately. You can take control and create the freedom to live life as you choose it. And yes, you can do all this without using force or punishing yourself in your efforts to improve your life! Most people know that “happiness is within.” However, they don’t know how to access that happiness and then use that positive energy to boost the quality of life. Taking control of your life means getting in touch with what is important to you, and feeling good because you have consciously chosen a direction for your life. In addition, taking inspired action every day and putting your needs at the top of your priority list nurtures your inner pride, strengthens empowerment, and adds to your happiness.

To be in control of where life, start with these 7 steps and you are on your way.

1. Dream from the Heart

You have the ability to live a new life. However, the life you wish to live can only be imagined by you, and can only be created by you. Sit for a moment and take a deep breath. Close your eyes, and look inside. What is it that you want? Only you can decide what feeling good would look like. For example, it is not enough to say, “I want to lose weight.” This statement may steer you away from what you do not want, but lacks the clarity and focus to move you toward what you do want. To create the life you want, you must take the responsibility to first name what you want to experience, and decide how you would like that experience to feel.

2. Regularly ask yourself these important questions:

• What do I want?
  
• What is important to me about what I want?
  
• What is the feeling or inner strength I want to generate during the process of creating what I want?
  
• What am I doing today to get what I want?
  
• What action or choice will make me feel proud of myself right now?

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This is a clip from The Zen Mind documentary, filmed in Japan 2006. It serves as a nice overview of zen - a topic very few people can fully understand.



More at Empty Mind Films, an independent documentary film studio specializing in the martial arts and the philosophy and culture of Asia and in particular the countries of Japan and China.

Take a moment to enjoy the slow, peaceful process!

Building self esteem is a first step towards a happy, healthy and productive life. Yet having low self-esteem is perhaps the most common flaw of our humanity. Having self-, esteem will help build your confidence. If you have self-confidence, you will feel a self-worth and respect yourself as a person. If you respect yourself you can respect others, improve your life by improving your relationships with your love ones, friends and co-workers. You will be able to achieve your goals in life and obtain true happiness in your life.

Low self-esteem can cause people to develop depression, unhappiness, insecurity and a poor confidence level. When you have low self-esteem ever little mistake that occurs in your life is taken to heart.

When people critisize you, when you make mistakes, a joke directed toward you and it will cause you to run away from every opportunity that comes your way and every challenge will seem impossible to accomplish. This will cause you to feel stagnant and lose meaning and direction in your life. You can develop high self-esteem, just like learning to read or dance. Secondly, people do not understand the importance of having high self-esteem. I cannot even begin to stress the importance of having high self-esteem; it is the key to having mental, physical and spiritual strength. The first stage of developing strength is learning to love yourself and your life. You need to learn to be grateful of what God has given you. You need to let go of all those angry emotions inside. Holding anger inside yourself will not help you, it will only hurt you. The past is the past; you can only change the present.

You need to love yourself by accepting all your faults and putting the past behind you, but if, you focus on your faults than you will only experience an unhappy life. You need to think positively and focus on your accomplishments.

To live with a happy state of mind, you need to have high self-esteem. You need to feel that you are no different from anyone else and that you can be the person you set in your mind to be. You need to reconstruct your life. You need to put yourself in a lifestyle that will make you happy and bring you as little stress as possible.

To begin the healing process you need to develop strength, wisdom, confidence and knowledge. If you can develop these qualities, you will achieve all your goals and dreams. First, you must focus on the goals and dreams you want to fulfill. I am going to teach you the true meanings of having strength, wisdom, confidence and knowledge. I will help shoe you how to obtain and use them. These four steps will help you live a happy life and gain high self-esteem.!

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