At This Moment

When I am feeling like I have not felt before too often, when my mind seems to be free of some worries that hog me generally, when my mind has some confidence, a sense of sudden yet not fully comprehendible clarity, I have realized some things:

• It is very important to have a mind that is not used to routine. An open mind, a creative mind.
  
• Such a state of mind is necessary because I think it is a state that knows no hatred. It is a state that knows no jealousy. It is a state that has curiosity. It is a state that has some puzzlement. All these factors interplay and gives enough energy for us to focus on something intensely without being distracted by other external, ephemeral factors. And the more we concentrate, the more we understand and the more we understand, the more our revelations are and the more our revelations are the more is the joyous perspective towards life. And that is all what is needed.
• Do the things that are fun and only fun. What is fun for others may not be fun for you. Approach things with joy and an inquisitive mind.

To quote from Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory, it is very important to balance the id and super ego so that a sense of satisfaction is pursued.

Four Things

that are the characteristics of a great person - quality, care, meticulousness, exactitude. How does one get these attributes? Do they come naturally? What motivates a person to have/develop these attributes? Is it just a habit? Or a conscious decision to have it?

If it is just a habit, then how do those who don't have those habits start to inculcate them? What motivates them to cultivate those habits? What is that intrinsic motivational factor that keeps the spirit/soul kindled? How does one go about start answering the question?

So, for the nth time I have asked. :-) I have been leading an unconscious life for quite sometime in my life. Then suddenly, not sure when, I have become conscious. Then all the past seemed like a nightmare to me. Some amount (or rather a significant amount) of damage has already been happened. A great amount of effort has to be put in to overcome this past state and establish a healthy state. For that one should not worry. One should keep the mind relatively peaceful. One has to be at peace with oneself. Ditching old habits take time.

It is True That

you will see the same good old things daily around you, so it will raise the same bad old impulses, thoughts and hence the same bad old states of mind, but only if you are less awake.

But if we are more awake, things will change. Of course, you will still see the same good old things around you, but YOU WILL NOT ALLOW THE SAME BAD OLD IMPULSES AND THOUGHTS TO RAISE. You will force yourself to interpret the things in a different way - that wont hurt your mental health and helps you move forward. We have to make sure that we are more aware or more awake. Buddha, the illustrious one, used to say I too am a human, but I am just more awake than others.

How can we be more awake? More aware? For that do something weird. Wear a watch on the other hand, mark something on your hand, wear a band and such other crazy thing that will raise your consciousness anywhere, anytime. That way, you will remember that you have to be awake and want to interpret things differently.

Some Good Advice On Worry

I have finally found some good advice on worry. He has some very valid, yet common sensical (as usual), to make. Worry is a neurosis and it is a habit. It is not rid of by spending money. A habit has to be consciously gotten rid of. So whats the trick here?

Very simple - tell yourself "Let me worry later about this, for now let me do my job. I will, definitely come to it later, though". Silly as it may sound, it is very clever trick. I have been doing this since yesterday and the results are positive.

Contrary to the popular perceptions, the guy says that happiness is gotten by working hard is a myth. You are entitled to happiness no matter who you are and what you are. Nobody can deny that. Another popular perception that worrying serves a purpose is also a myth, says the guy. I myself believe both alleged myths. But it can be false.