Wednesday, 16 January 2019

FROM EXTERNAL STIMULI TO INTERNAL STIMULATION



 FROM EXTERNAL STIMULI TO INTERNAL STIMULATION & SECRETIONS OF STEROIDS 
  

  EMOTIONALLY INDUCED ILLNESSES - A NEW  PARADIGM


We are BEINGS FIRST & humans latter. The physical human part is in minority just 1% of the  total body, while the Invisible part, the Being portion is 99%. 




We are made up of hundreds of emotions located snugly in the invisible body: hate, anger, fears, shame, guilt, gloom, blame, grief. All long lasting emotions. And some short lasting ones too: joy, ecstasy, elation, laughter, love. These emotions act like MICROWAVES and cook up the corresponding organs inside our bodies. What happens when you over cook, your popcorn's in the microwave, by just 15 seconds extra? They burn up and become black. You destroy them fully.                  


  THE PHENOMENON OF MENTAL-ISM 



Can you imagine what happens when you leave your microwaves of negative emotions ON, all of the time? You kill yourself. Starting from the invisible outside, going to the physical insides of your body. The cause is outside and the effect happens inside. Your doctors have one common word for all these emotions which is STRESS. The spectrum of stress is pretty broad & wide as follows :


At the beginning of stone age, there were no doctors, medicines or hospitals. So very intelligently THE  Creator placed the DOCTOR & THE MEDICINE inside us. Our ancestors had INNATE wisdom, rarely fell sick, & devised effective & powerful home remedies for just in case times. They knew that the doctor is inside them as SPIRITUAL ENERGY & this body is the worlds best PHARMACY that has no match. Every part of our body has great significance in our short lives & it is for us to grasp its implied meaning. 



FROM THOUGHTS TO DESTINY
Everything has a CAUSE, a starting point, so does sickness, illness, and disease. The starting point with humans is thoughts, feelings, emotions, and attitudes. A simple solution is to close your eyes, in meditation as often as possible.
External stimuli or events in real life trigger off basic thoughts of fears and doubts, which evolve into feelings. These feelings can be positive or negative: Feelings of insecurity, no self-worth, and being unloved. 
In time, feelings are experienced as emotions of joy or hate.  Hurt, sorrow, and even grief are the bad ones. Next, these emotions cause in time, our reactions and behavior to graduate one notch up. Behavior can be constructive or destructive: Shouting, blaming others, withdrawing, taking all things personally are examples of destructive behavior. Our behaviors lead to moods & attitudes as time progresses.
Attitudes again can be good or bad.  Masking, hiding, being shameful, compulsions, and addictions are the bad ones. Finally, moods precipitate as stress resistance. We refuse to change ourselves for better. This is our destiny in the making – our own doing. We are the creators of our Destiny starting with Thoughts & progressing gradually to feelings, emotions, behaviors, moods, & attitudes. We are also true escapists and put the blame on God for deciding our destiny. Instead, we get busy changing others, controlling others, escaping anyhow, postponing, by absorbing ourselves into meaningless activities. Fearful of transformation, we refuse to change ourselves. We harbor these negative emotions, all the time, if not most of the time. 

BE YOUR OWN DOCTOR

DISEASE                                 EMOTIONAL   SOURCE 

Head     What we show to the world, us something radically wrong
Headaches      Invalidating the self
Heart    Heart is love & blood is joy. heart attacks are a denial. Squeezing out love & joy
Legs   Fear or reluctance of moving forward. Varicose veins. Standing where we hate.
Knees   Inflexibility, unable to bend. Pride ego  stubbornness fear of change, self righteous
Lungs   Inability to take in & give out life. Denial of life. Inferiority, too much smoking
Migraines  Anger & perfectionism. Frustration. Masturbate to stop.
Neck   Flexibility issues
Overweight   Needing protection, insecurity.
Pain   Guilt, seeking punishment, notice where it manifests.
Sinus    irritated by someone.
Skin  Threatened individuality, others have power over u.skinned alive, need self nurturing
Stiffness  stiff mind, inflexibility, fear, only one way, resistance to change.
Stomach   Inability to digest ideas & experiences, Who or what can you stomach. fear
Strokes   negative thinking, stopping of joy, forcing change of direction.
Swelling   Stagnated thinking, bottled up tears, feeling trapped.
Throat   Inability to speak up, anger, frustrated creativity,
Laryngitis   too angry to speak
Sore throat   anger, tonsillitis
Thyroid   Stifled creativity
Leukemia   deeply stifled creativity
Tumors   false growth, tormenting an old hurt, not allowing healing,
Uterine tumors   nursing slights to femininity, misogyny.
Ulcers   fear, not being good enough, lack of self worth.
Genitals   M /F issues, rejecting sexuality, sex is dirty, unclean,
Bladder infections   being pissed off, holding in hurts
Vaginitis   Romantically hurt by a partner
Prostate   Self worth & sexual prowess
Impotence   Spite against spouse
Frigidity  fear, sexual guilt, self disgust
PMS  denial of female cycles or female worth.
VD  sexual guilt
Hands   Holding on too tightly to money or relationships
Arthritis   Self criticism, internalizing criticism, criticizing others.
Index Finger   ego anger fear.
Thumb   worry
Middle finger   anger  Rt M  Lt  F  Hold with other hand to release
Ring finger   unions,  grief on parting
Little finger    Family, pretending
Feet    Self understanding, moving forward.
Ears    Too hard to accept what is said
Earaches    anger
Deafness    Refusal to listen
Colon     Constipation is inability to let go, lack of trust of having enough, hoarding
Diarrhea    Fear of holding on
Cancer    Deep resentment, distrust, self pity, hopelessness, helplessness
Burns     Fevers, anger, sores, boils, swelling
Breasts     Mothering, over mothering a person, thing, experience, place.
Upper Back     Not feeling supported emotionally
Middle back     looking for guilt support
Lower back    looking for financial support
Asthma   Smother love, guilt complex, inferiority complex.
Arthritis   Pattern of criticism of self & others, perfectionism
Eyes    Ability to embrace old emotions held in joints
Belumia   Self hate, denial of life, nourishment, not good enough.
 


LOVE - Natural state of soul – just give unconditionally 

    
If Closed & rigid to love    then     ARTHRITIS        
If Unable to give love & allow the flow then    ASTHMA
When not open to love & bitter then      DIABETES
When In Denial about love then     CRIPPLED
If negating love to self then     ALLERGY
If Afraid to lose love in future then       PARALYSIS
If Already lost love in past then, Sorrow       &     HEARTACHE
When attached to love in present, it is mine then       BLINDNESS
If seeking love & affirmations in present then       INCONTINENCE (lustful)
If craving for more love in present then        ADDICTION
When In confusion & restless in present then       INDIGESTION
When Controlling others in present then        INSANITY
No love for work/job then           FATIGUE
 

EMOTIONS :
 

By starving our emotions we become Humorless, rigid and stereotyped.
By repressing them we become literal, reformatory, and holier.
By encouraging them, they perfume.
By discouraging them, they poison.
 

Based on their ability of Stimulation & solubility, the Hormones are of two basic kinds.

TROPIC HORMONES : They are local messengers, are water soluble termed as
Hydrophilic, have a short life span and bind themselves to the outer surface of the cells to perform their function. They stimulate the other Endocrine glands.

NON TROPIC HORMONES : They are global messengers, are lipid soluble termed as Lipophilic, have a long life span & bind themselves inside the cells by crossing over the membrane. They stimulate the target glands/cells.      

THE METHODOLOGY OF MESSAGING :

These MESSAGES are CHEMICALLY PACKAGED to be delivered to their TARGET CELLS with the help of MESSENGERS using the medium of BLOOD to transport them to their destination. There are two categories of messages. First one is the WHISPERED SECRET which is confidential in nature & must be delivered by Personal Couriers named as NEUROTRANSMITTERS, from one cell to another remote cell. The second kind is GENERAL NEWS which must be communicated by Inter cellular Postal Services named as NEUROPEPTIDES from one population of cells to another remote population of cells.     

EMOTIONS : ELEVATED  POSITIVE  NEUTRAL  WASTEFUL  NEGATIVE  TOXIC
                            
These powerful Emotional MICROWAVES from outside cook up the sensitive BRAINS inside.

BRAINS :   AMYGDALA           MEDULLA            THALAMUS
         Past Memory       Autonomic Systems      Motor Functions  

Then hot excited brains in turn TRIGGER our GLANDS to produce Mesmerising HORMONES which
make you lose control of your senses majority of the waking hours.
Hormones are CHEMICAL MESSENGERS to convey subtle messages to remote parts of the body via the medium of Blood. They STIMULATE the TARGET glands to alter/change the level of hormones it is already releasing.

MENTAL THOUGHTS TRIGGER PHYSICAL CHEMICAL REACTIONS INSIDE

Instead, we get busy changing others, controlling others, escaping anyhow, postponing, by absorbing ourselves into meaningless activities. Fearful of transformation, we refuse to change ourselves. We harbor these negative emotions, all the time, if not most of the time. These emotions are triggering off hormones in our bodies. They stimulate the Hippocamus, Hypothalamus glands to secrete hormones in the high doses that are dependent upon the kind of emotions we harbor. We have excess of 3000 very complex chemicals in our bodies which must be kept in a very fine balance, 24/7. Joyful, calm, lovable emotions trigger off hormones in just the right quantities, no more or less. Just the optimal quantity!  On the other hand hateful, angry, grief ridden emotions, trigger off hormones in excess quantities, into the body. These hormones are similar to steroids and very powerful chemicals. They cause havoc and upset the delicate balance at cellular level. These steroids like hormones act upon the foods, we eat or import into our bodies. Foods are converted into energy which is required by our ever active bodies. The imbalance happens, when we have excess of wrong type of steroids and surplus of the wrong kind of foods. These foods can not be metabolized effectively and they end up in our blood stream making it almost fatal. The Proteins that we ingest can be converted into useful Amino Acids with the help of Insulin or into harmful Sugars in the absence of Insulin. These sugars overload the blood stream & prove fatal. The choice is ours, always.  

FORTUNATELY NEGATIVE FEED BACK LOOPS CONTROL SECRETIONS VERY PRECISELY.

The mechanism of every organ is Inhibited by the presence of its own products.
Higher levels Inhibit secretion, while lower levels remove the inhibition & stimulate secretion.
This negative feed back happens at two distinct levels simultaneously, at Pituitary gland level & at Hypothalmus gland level.

PRIMARY GLANDS :        HIPPOCAMPUS            HYPOTHALAMUS  
These hormones are complementary & control the act of RELEASING or INHIBITING production
of Stimulating hormones by the Master PITUITARY GLAND which further travel down & tickle the
remote TARGET GLANDS to do their jobs. Medically speaking it is the ENDOCRINE SYSTEM which encompasses a complex interplay between Emotions, Brain, Glands, Hormones & Target Organs. 
   

MASTER GLAND :                 P   I   T   U   T   A   R   Y  
These hormones are generally stimulating / releasing type & have magical powers.

MAJOR GLANDS : pineal, gonads, thyroid, thymus, adrenal, supra-renal, skin.

TARGET ORGANS : liver, ovaries, kidneys, heart, pancreas, adipose tissue.     




Rohit Khanna  IN-SIDE & IN-FIGHT

Thursday, 10 January 2019

LIFE IS A QUEUE OF QUESTIONS - SEEK ANSWERS -users manual inside


Life is big question mark for sure....

QUEUE OF QUESTIONS - SEEK ANSWERS & BE FREE

A short but thought provoking list for the awakened ones

What am I
Who am I
Am I a deity or a devil
Do you have the users manual
Do you consider self as a body or soul
Is the soul perishable or imperishable
Are you a resident of the land of sorrow now
Were you a resident of the land of happiness before
Is this hell or heaven for you
Are you walking on the path of false devotion
Do you wish to walk on the path of truthful knowledge
How much happiness do you have now
What is worrying you
What is the extent of your faith in the Supreme Soul
Do you recognize the Father of all souls
How do you become sinful from charitable soul
What is deity religion of divine beings
In which time period do wealthy kings reside
Do you learn by teaching others
Do you read concocted man made scriptures
Do you Desire to listen to Shrimat spoken directly by HIM
Do you know the full cycle of the world drama
Are you making any effort to become pure & ego-less
To what extent are you full of unique virtues 
Do you plan to shed this body in sorrow or happiness
What kind of death, do you wish to die : miserable / content
Are you content & happy now, if not then when


The last thought on your mind, just before you depart from this materialistic world, becomes the TEMPLATE  for your next birth.
Therefore my last thought will be of extreme HAPPINESS - see you in the next birth dear soul mates. Right now I am trying to be an embodiment of happiness till the end.

HELP IS ON THE WAY .......... JUST FOR YOU




HOW ON EARTH ARE YOU SURVIVING WITHOUT A USERS MANUAL


Q - What percentage of our being is gross & how much of it is subtle / invisible.
A - The gross body is in minority standing at 1% compared to the 99 % subtle component enveloping & permeating it.

Q - At 1% of total being, can we accept Grey's Anatomy as the complete Users manual. 

A - No way, It is a digression from the main subject of the Invisible over lapping bodies which comprise of 99%.

Q - Did you know that the last chapter in Grey's Anatomy deals with BED SIDE MANNERS of the doctor to be.

A - Well this small chapter is actually the main BIG one. The rest is kindergarten stuff. A good successful doctor treats his patients more with his Bed side manners than with his medicine. In reality all medicines act as a Placebo, not to mention their harmful side effects.

Q - Do you have a legitimate users manual for this marvelous self sustaining mechanism / machine. If not then, how to acquire one.
A - By learning & imbibing spirituality & soul consciousness.

Q - How does one pick up this soul consciousness business.
A - Meditation is the only way IN : still the body, silence the mind & connect your soul to the Supreme soul directly. No agent required.

Q - What is the consciousness of the soul.
A - It is the discriminating aspect of the Intellect component of the soul.

Q - What is the content of the soul that is eternal & carried forward to the next birth.
A - It is the subtle portion of the Sanskars / seeds component of the soul, the balance portion is made up of gross sanskars, through which we act all the time.

Q - What holds together the eternal soul to the temporary perishable body.
A - It is the glue of KARMA that bonds them together. If you settle your karma on your own, in full consciousness, then nothing can hold you back here on Earth. Also, if your body were to break down somehow, then too the soul must exit.

Q - What is death & is it a reality of life.
A - Death is a fiction, because it is merely the mid point of transition from this birth to the next one. It is the loss of consciousness, followed by the separation of the soul from this body.

Q - What is the purpose / function of death.
A - The prime purpose is to leave this old costume in full consciousness of contentment, happiness & carry forward the subtle sanskars to the next birth of your choice of deities & pure land.

Q - Is death a pain in the heart or calm joy in the mind.
A - The outcome depends upon the decision made much beforehand the event of death. This decision is typically based on the quality of life lived by you.The first outcome belongs to the average body conscious person, while the latter outcome belongs to the trained meditative soul conscious being.

Q - What is the practice of Dying Alive.
A - Meditating soul conscious beings regularly practice Raja Yoga, as part of their daily routine, dying alive to this old world & seeing their entire life in fast forward mode. It is equivalent to SELF SERVE at the SOUL CLEANUP STATION located in the Subtle region. The second option is FULL SERVICE for which the price you pay is the punishment / suffering & humiliation.

Q - Does death happen suddenly or gradually in multiple defined stages.
A - Death takes place very gradually : first the dissolution of the five elements of the gross body take place one by one, next the encapsulation of the two drops, white & red & the consciousness takes place, followed by the intermediary stage & the onward progression to the next birth.

Q - Do you die when you go to sleep every night.
A - Spiritually YES, because the soul is free to leave the body to go on astral travels. Medically NO, because the body is alive & living.

Q - Is the moment of death also the moment of Enlightenment.
A - Definitely YES, because the consciousness loses it capacity to DISCERN, thus experiencing ALL INCLUSIVENESS of the Infinite Eternity.  






This is a format for self learning & realization.   Home work for the effort makers



JUHARI WINDOW
SECURITY/LEARNING/DANGER/MAGIC

LIFE
MADE UP OF ROLES. PEOPLE, ROUTINES - TIRED
LIFE IS A CART MIND IS THE HORSE PULLING IT-DON’T LOAD IT UP

IDENTITY
WHO AM I
AWARENESSACTIVE  OR  PASSIVE
CONSCIOUSNESSFIRST RELATIONSHIP - SELF  THE SOUL
REALITYLIVING AS SOULS & SEEING OTHERS AS SOULS TOO

PURPOSE
ELIMINATE CONFLICTS - INSIDE & OUTSIDE
HOW DONESELF EXAMINATION - REACTIONS/WEAKNESS
MEDITATIONSILENCE THE MIND - GET HELP FROM HIM

SELF AWARE
WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF A SEED - THINK
PURPOSEWHAT ARE YOU USEFUL FOR - USEFULNESS
VISIONWHAT ARE TO TRYING TO BECOME 
MISSIONHOW ARE YOU GOING TO ACHIEVE IT 

HIDING
INSIDE THE BEGGING BOWL-FALSE BOTTOM
UNCOVERIT IS COVERED WITH LAYERS OF EGO & ROLES
DISCOVERACQUIRED CONDITIONING - FISH & GLASS WALL
RECOVERREMOVE THE FALSE BOTTOM-GO BEYOND

XEROX COPY
DO AS I SAY/SELF LIMITING PATTERNS
RED BUTTONSPUSHED BY OTHERS - DEACTIVATE
REACTIONREFLEX. AUTOMATIC. SPONTANEOUS, NO THINKING
RESPONSEBY CHOICE, THOUGHT OUT, POSITIVE ALWAYS

HAPPINESS
I REPORT TO MYSELF-RESPONSIBLE FOR MY BLISS
EXPECTATIONSARE AN INVITATION TO IRRITATIONS

QUESTIONS 
WHAT PEOPLE THINK ABOUT ROUTINELY
EVOLUTIONWHAT DO YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT YOURSELF
SELFWHAT IS THE REAL BLISS OF SELF ESTEEM
GENEROSITYTIME WHEN YOUR HEART GREW BIGGER
LEARNINGWHAT HAS LIFE TAUGHT YOU SO FAR

RESPONSIBILITY
ABILITY TO RESPOND CALMLY, PEACEFULLY
                                               
Rohit Khanna - IN-CARNATE




Saturday, 5 January 2019

THE DIVINE ALCHEMY OF THE CREATOR - SHIVA




THE DIVINE ALCHEMY OF THE CREATOR.   
SHI -VA  meaning, That which is not.

Establishing Paradise through Knowledge - just a catalyst

The only way Supreme Pure Soul can impart knowledge to us impure souls is through another human instrument, body.  If the pure Soul of Shiva was to enter any impure human body, it would not have the capacity to CONTAIN HIM, & therefore it would disintegrate instantly, thus defeating the purpose of entering. The choice of the instrument body is unmistakably LKK who is KRISHNA SOUL  now in his last 84th birth as an ordinary devoted family person, & none other. HE too must be purified before the Creator can enter his body and help us out of our misery. This is the beginning of the Brahma Kumari movement to re-establish the forgotten Paradise on Earth. 





GYAN / KNOWLEDGE :                                   IGNORANCE

Alpha - The creator Himself                                              Atheist
Auspicious time - now
Coming of the beloved
Hunt for an old shoe
Adopts this chariot of LKKriplani #
Reform & refine him
Co habitat in Him, two souls one body 
Beta - His Creation                                                         
Brahma # & Brahmins
Baba’s Self Introduction                                                Ignorant of Creator
A Point of light - Supreme Soul                                    This Body is me
Reveals image of our parents
We realize our self image, points                                 Limited to body
Alchemy of the Divine
Secrets of the world Drama
History of Time - past present future
Geography of three worlds
Hospitals for the weak BK souls
Schools for King of Kings
Impart Shrimat courteously                                          Parmat & Manmat
IN-DUCE Raja Yoga into BK’s                                              
IN-STILL faith & trust
Encourage & pamper students
Give daily IN-JECTIONS of Murli
IN-FUSE enthusiasm
Help us discern & decide
Step into BK clan
IN-QUIRE & understand                                                     Steeped in matter
IN-CREDIBILITY of rebirth
IN-SIGHT of inheritance
IN-FATUATION of His company
Love of belonging to Him
IN-TOXICATION of rightful heir
IN-VISIBLE & IN-CARNATION
IN-FORM & transform


RAJAYOGA/UNION WITH KING               WORSHIP DEITIES    

Awake at amritvela - 4 am                                            Asleep & unaware
IN-TROSPECT IN Silence
Detach & withdraw from world
Discipline of desirelessness
Purity through celibacy                                                   Lustfully impure
Follow Shrimat accurately
Empower self with zeal
Collective Murli class
Listen attentively
Enjoy deep aspects
Absorb essence                                                       Intellectually challenged
Visualize & fill up
Relish the lingering taste
Share your take away points
Embody & treasure the jewels
Cogitate & churn points
Sustain all day long
Just IN-REMEMBRANCE of HIM                                 Devotion-ally dependent
Soundless chant
Spin the discuss of self realization
Achieve freedom & liberation
Check, change course
Merged IN HIS love
Equal to Him - bodiless stage
Remain Soul Conscious 24/7
Reassure with divine canopy
Renounce all vices & be vegan
Exude His grace
Finish all karmic debt
Full stop to new karma
Light & easy yogi
Speed up lift off
Angelic stage


DHARNA / EMBODIMENT :                   EGO / SELF IMAGE 

Self sovereignty                                                           Fully out of control
Autonomous
Extreme austerity
Creatively economical
Openly honest                                                               
Royally loyal
Transformed
Reformed soul
Obedient Instrument
Patiently lenient
Forgiveness & clemency
Humbly tolerant                                                          Egoist & arrogant 
Relax-fully courteous
Respectfully merciful
Flexible & stable
Equanimity & integrity  
Love-fully Inclusive
Mature & accepting
Spontaneous Bliss                                                     Sad & gloomy
Pleasing demeanor
Attitude of gratitude
Serene in harmony                                                    Vice-fully miserable
Carefree emperor
Contentment before happiness
Briefly articulate
Embodiment of attainments
Worthy of worship                                                    Worshiper of deities
Sparkling forehead
Transparent body
No Body & nobody
Refined soul


SEVA / SERVICE :                                   LIMITED TO SELF


IN REMEMBRANCE always
Ever ready Brahmin
IN-COGNITO, others first                                                  
Compassion & empathy                                          Greedy & stingy
Smiling cheerfully
Politely comforting
Reverence & benevolence
IN-SPIRE abundance
Appreciative of qualities                                       Correcting & criticizing  
IN-CREASE reconciliation
Approve with kindness
Gently caring
Extend cooperation                                                  Lazy & negative
Facilitate progress
Karma yogi
Neutral thoughts & actions
Play soul consciously
Service through mind
Donate good wishes
Shower blessings
Dance IN delight
Wonder of Drama
Radiate magnetism
Charm with humor
IN-CULCATE sensitivity
IN-JECT fulfillment
His magic through you
Create elevated thoughts                                     Desire-fully devilish
Glow with joy
Tireless angel


BEFORE GYAN Insane , AFTER GYAN IN-SANE


It is definitely a tall order to follow & imbibe all of the above. But these are the virtues of the divine beings in Paradise, where we have, ONE kingdom, ONE deity religion to love all equally. Having established the Golden Dynasty HE goes off on a long well deserved Sabbatical lasting 4900 yrs. See you again in the next cycle for sure.  

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Wednesday, 26 December 2018

AN ANCIENT FORMULA FOR TODAY'S HAPPINESS - STOICISM



STOICISM  - CALM & BEYOND EMOTIONS THEREFORE HAPPY

Stoicism holds that the key to a good, happy life is the cultivation of an excellent elevated mental state, which the Stoics identified with virtue and being rational. The ideal life is one that is in harmony with Nature, of which we are all part, and an attitude of calm indifference towards external events.

Control how you think !

So, what were the ideas?  The first is that some things are within our control and some are not, and that much of our unhappiness is caused by thinking that we can control things that, in fact, we can’t.

What can we control? 

We actually control very little. We don’t control what happens to us, we can’t control what the people around us say or do, and we can’t even fully control our own bodies, which get damaged, sick and ultimately die without regard for our preferences. The only thing that we really control is how we think about things, the judgments we make about things. The ranking we assign to people & material things.

Our judgments become our misery !

This leads us to the second foundational principle : it’s not things that upset us, but how we think about those things. Stuff happens. We then make judgments about what happened. If we judge that something really bad has happened, then we might get upset, sad, or angry, depending on what it is. If we judge that something bad is likely to happen then we might get scared or fearful. All these emotions are the product of the judgments we make.

What value we assign to events !

Things in themselves are of neutral value, for what might seem terrible to us might be a matter of indifference to someone else, or even welcomed by others. It’s the judgments we make that introduce value into the picture, and it’s those value judgments that generate our emotional responses. The good Stoic news is that these value judgments are the one thing over which we have complete control. Things happen, none of which are inherently good or bad, and it’s within our power to decide how we value them. The paradox of Stoicism, is that we have almost no control over anything, yet at the same time we have potentially complete control over our happiness.

Re-Train your mind through Intellect !

At first glance, this might seem to understate the very real challenges that people face in their daily lives. How can just thinking differently help someone who is struggling to put food on their table, for instance? The Stoics didn’t shy away from this. They fully acknowledged that life can be hard sometimes. Keeping this fact of poverty as a common denominator, the understanding & the attitude of few daring ones has changed their lives for the better.



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