Hi there, dear friends 
I just took this picture of my cat, Baby, and then it struck me that if there is anyone in my family who is the epitome of enjoying life to the maximum, it is HER! Lol!
Baby is around age 80 in human years and when she joined my family, she was only 8 weeks old, a stray kitten that was given by a friend. Because she was so tiny, we named her, Baby.
Her daily life is very straightforward and cushy – sleep, eat, sunbathe, clean and groom herself, play with her “grandma” (me) or with our beagle, Benji (she is like a mommy to Benji and even taught the dog to lick his paws and clean his face, just like a cat! Lol!) … and the whole cycle repeats itself throughout the day, although not necessarily in the same order above. Lol!
On the other hand, life for humans is much more complex than a household cat’s…and that got me to thinking – what can we do for ourselves to make our life good or better for us? To be contented…to be happy…to be at peace?
One word came to my mind right away —> Energies!
Scientists have began to recognise that everything in the Universe is made out of energy. We can harness those Universal energies to our advantage!
Match the frequency of that energy out there to the energy of the reality that we want, and we will get what we want.
How do we do that?
Know that feeling in your heart of what you want in life, something that you want so badly, and the thoughts that go with it? For example, a substantial salary increment.
We are going to use the vibrational energies from our feelings and thoughts to send them out to the Universe and attract a matching energetic response back to us. Like in “The Law of Attraction” or “The Secret.”
Make sure that those feelings and thoughts are in the positive, and visualise that you already got that pay rise that you wanted badly. Because same energies attract, we only want to attract positive things to us by thinking positively.
Once we know we attract what we think and we stay in positivity, we will start to drop the negative aspects and try to turn things around for us. It is very difficult to break our habit and start doing that at first, but it gets easier after a while. A few examples :-
- gratitude, in place of complaints – instead of complaining that a job is not rewarding, try to be grateful to have a job instead as there are many unemployed out there. Use the energies and thoughts to bring forth a new, better job to us.
- block out negative words in our mind and replace them with their opposites – positive words! Nip it in the bud whenever we have a negative word pop up in our brain.
- change the way we communicate and have a more positive, diplomatic, encouraging but firm style
Changing like that will take mindfulness and effort, but meditation does help the monkey mind to calm down a lot to more focused to change our habitual trains of thoughts and reactions/behavior.
So, the above is my very general and simplistic take on how to be positive, Zen and thankful for everything in life. I have been applying those techniques for almost a year now and the results are amazing! Life is Good!
Later, I will post some of my experiences on how some things turned out so positive and rewarding (monetary, timing, emotional) in the comment box below, as I have to go out now to run some errands.
Oh, I forgot to mention that I just learned another amazing technique – basically, we send Unconditional Love to those areas, whether situational or physical, that we are facing some problems. For example, my old sinusitis problem has returned lately when I inhaled too much dust during a major decluttering job at home.
Traditional Chinese and Western medicines didn’t seem to help bring permanent relief for my sinusitis. Last night, I couldn’t sleep due to a really congested nose and I only fell asleep at 4am.
This morning, upon learning that I can heal my sinusitis by sending Unconditional Love to my nose and sinus areas, I was delighted to find my nose congestion cleared and I only did it like for a couple of minutes. It worked! Later, I intend to send Unconditional Love to my sinuses for a longer duration during my meditations and see how it goes. I am sure this technique can be applied to situations, too, like that pay rise, or work environment, etc.
I wish you all Good Luck and Success!
With love, peace and joy,
choesf
