Like a thirsty fish in the water

If God, the Almighty, is All That Is, that means nothing exists apart from Him. Wherever you are in this lifetime, whatever your conditions may be, understand that your are forever in God, as He is in you, like a fish in the water. Have you ever seen a thirsty fish in the water?

If you are surrounded by Love Itself , why then do you feel afraid, worried, anxious, powerless, inferior, not enough, not loved, poor, insecure, and so on? Doing that, can't you realize you are behaving like a firsty fish in the water?

The main reason is that you keep identifying yourself with your body alone.However, you are more than just your body; you are also a spiritual being, the beloved Son of God, living with Him for eternity. Therefore, stop selling yourself short, by reducing yourself to your physical aspect alone, which is what makes you feel deprived, powerless and insecure.

Once and for all, understand that whatever they may be, your conditions are just conditions; no more, no less. And, as such, they are neutral , until you judge and put a label on them. Of course, they exist for a reason that, maybe, you could not understand. But, first of all, they are related to your body which, by the way, is not who you are. 

Therefore, never again identify yourself with them again.

Think about it and...
... Stay synchronized...

Let the dead bury the dead

You cannot put your attention on scarcity, trouble, problems, difficulties, obstacles, limits and so on and expect to achieve clarity, inspiration or happy outcomes. Focusing on the problems you have is like keep moving the mud in the river with the intention to find your lost coin. You will never find it!

Everything  takes place first in the mind which, by nature, is formless and shapeless like free water, but capable to take the form of any bowl or container. Bruce Lee said: "Don't get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water. Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless — like water. Now you put water in a cup, it becomes the cup; You put water into a bottle it becomes the bottle; You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend".

In order to be formless and shapeless like water and able to get set into the form you like, you must first learn how to teach your mind to become still and empty. It is then that clarity will arise and you will be able to see and  finally find  what, deep inside of you, you were looking for, but which you really didn't  know on the surface or conscious level.

Once you've got there, focus all your attention only on that, and forget about what you don't want. Of course, you know it because it makes you feel bad and unease. So, never again pay attention to it by thinking or talking about it. Doing so would strengthen what you don't like and be like attempting to find something lost in the river by turning the mud over and over.

What you want is peace, love and happiness in abundance. Just focus on them only . Allow your mind to take their form, and let those things that trouble you (problems) take care of themselves. That is what Jesus meant by saying: "Allow the dead to bury their own dead" – Matthew 8:22 (18-23) and Luke 9:60 (57-62).

Matthew 8:18-20: "When Jesus saw the crowd around him, he gave orders to cross to the other side of the lake. Then a teacher of the law came to him and said, 'Teacher, I will follow you werever you go.'

"Jesus replied, 'Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.'

"Another disciple said to him, 'Lord, first let me go and bury my father.'

"But Jesus told him, 'Follow me, and let the dead bury the dead.'"

These are very interesting passages in the bible that, when quietly understood, may clarify lots of things in our life.
 
As stated in the second paragraph, everything takes place in the mind, that can take any shape, just like water. In the scriptures, reference is made to a lake! The crowd that is refered  to here represents  problems in our mind, where their only reality is. As for the other side of the lake, it stands for any good thing that may deserve all your attention.
 
Here, Jesus advises us to let behind us all trouble, to let go of all the problems in our mind, and focus  only on their opposite, or the other side of the lake, where you can find peace, happiness, joy, security, abundance, beauty, love, etc. Your mind, therefore, would move from one form into another endlessly.
 
Now, instead of moving continuously  from one form into another, which apparently is a big waste of time, my advice would be that you focus your energy only on Christ, or God.  Because in Him, lies everything you would ever need for peace, happiness, joy, abundance, love, etc. That's why I call Him "All In One" or  "Shortcut" for a fulfilled life.
 
 
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What are you waiting for?

There are two ways of living one's life. The first one consists in chosing to appreciate, be grateful and satisfied for what is yours, already. The second one is the opposite; in which all your focus is put excusively and permanently on what you are craving for, but you don't have yet. And, because of that, you feel bad and frustrated all the time, at the point that you are no longer able, neither to notice what is already in your hands, nor to appreciate and enjoy it.

In these two attitudes, no doubt that the first one, if practiced regularly, will bring you joy and happiness for anything in your life; while the second will make you feel not enough, empty, poor and miserable all the time. However, the choice is yours, although not often easy. But, it is worth making, if peace of mind is important to you. As an old proverb goes: "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush". Think about it!

You are never sure whether what you are craving for, will be yours or not. Or, if it will be good for you when you get it. In fact, there is no proof nor any guaranty whatsoever, that one day, the thing you want will come into your life and bring you the joy or satisfaction you seek. In addition, Considering that nothing and no stuff will give you everlasting happiness on this heart, why then wasting the few and precious moments you have in this lifetime for the unknown?

Do you want to be happy? Change your mind about life and go with the flow. That is, stop looking at the sky, waiting for a particuliar event to come, in order to appreciate your life and enjoy it. Know that every single thing that you have ever gone through, has contributed to the kind of person you have now become, and to the level of achievement which is yours currently . Therefore, appreciate and be grateful for all thing, even the slightest.

Your life, is like a half- glass of water. The way you see it, is what determines your level of joy or of unhappiness. You are your own judge. Judge your life as half- empty, you will be miserable. See it as half- full, you will feel good and your happiness is assured. What do you prefer, joy or unhappiness?
Remember always one thing: your glass will never be full as you imagine, as long as you remain on this earth. Because if it were, you would not be here any more. So, forget its half- empty part. Make a comprehensive inventory of the half- full one and, eveyday, appreciate, enjoy, and be grateful for it.

Think about it and...
Stay synchronized

It is, has been, and will always be there

One day, while crossing a river, an elephant lost its food, a heart of palm, in the water. The animal was very hyngry, so it started searching its vegetable every where in the river. But, it couldn't find it. And, the more it searched and moved water, the more dirty and muddy it became. The elephant was angry and desperate, not knowing what else to do in order to find its food.

At this moment, a small animal was passing by. It saw the desperate elephant and asked what was its problem. After the explanation, the small animal advised :

- It's easy to find your food; very easy, indeed. Just relax, and be still. Don't move water again. And, when it becomes clear again, look. You will see it.

The elephant followed the advice and, finally, could find its vegetable. It was just there, lying under its feet.

The same thing is true for whatever you are looking for in your life, be it a solution to a problem, peace of mind, or whatever.

Your mind is just like water in the river. You will never find the solution to your problem in a troubled state of mind. However, it is, has always been, and will always be there. Just under your feet.

Quite your mind, relax, be still and look. Can you see it ?

Stay synchronized