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Despite the frenetic running around we end up getting less done because the mind is less focused. This in turn creates that feeling of stuckness. It’s worse in the digital age because of the illusion of so much movement. Since all this information is flying around, we feel like a lot’s going on, yet we are actually manifesting less substantially and some of the things we’re manifesting are fleeting. A great example of this was the dot com bust. There was a great surge of business, wealth and activity in a very short time during the mid to late nineties. Seemingly overnight it all just burst like a bubble. The importance and a whole structure of things that seemed as though they’d last forever, just sort of faded rather quickly. Look how fast information moves today. Events that would’ve been talked about and debated in the news for weeks or months in years past are over in a day, pushed out as the 24-hour news networks sensationalize trivial stories to fill dead air.
True focus is like holding a magnifying glass in the sun. Imagine the glass is your mind and the sun is your soul. If you hold the glass in a certain way it will focus the light to a point and this point becomes so strong that it magnifies the energy of the sunlight and can set things on fire. (author’s note: I knew some really rotten kids who used to do this to ants and other creatures. I never condoned this kind of behavior.)
There are six or seven bronze sculptures int he front hallway, too. Four of them are actual “Barri��,” a well-known French “animalie��,” excuse my bad French spelling, doing this from memory. From where I stand, I have two bronzes at my fingertips. The real Barri��, the horse looks like a real horse, while the one next to it, it looks like an idealized horse. Turn back around, flanking the fountain are two gold-looking candelabras with stags wrapped around the center column. More from Barrie. Unusual in that he did very few candelabras and even fewer wild animals, like the stags.The wall is lined with books, and from eye-level on up, the books are fancy, frequently leather-bound, pretty editions of classics. Books that were picked for looks as much as content. However, from six feet, and under, the books are history, historical, and some auction-house catalogs.
The great thing about yoga and meditation is that they stimulate the glandular and nervous systems and give you a balanced feeling of well being from the inside out. So not only are you feeling better, but you’re getting better.
Another popular response to depression is self-medication. I have several degrees in this field and I think a box of trophies boxed up somewhere. Some really together people who are too proud for anti-depressants, yet have no other alternative for de-stressing, often turn to self-medication with alcohol and whatever drugs they can get their hands on. The problem here is, while it’s fun at the time, (boy was it fun at the time;) there’s always a backlash. Alcohol causes depression because it’s what’s called in the medical field… a depressant. So if you’re prone to feeling bad, the hangover is gonna make you feel even worse. The bottom line is that we’re all looking for a feeling– we want life to be a good experience. We want to feel good. We just want a little taste of soul. Self-medication promises a boost over the fence and a glimpse of the light, but you get high and then– as the song says: “What goes up, must come down.”
It’s like I tell people all the time: I never quit anything, I just kept adding more yoga.
Depression is a feeling of hopelessness created by lack of movement or stagnation. It’s feeling of being stuck which leads to an attitude of ‘what’s the use?’ This is happening more and more because of the digital age. Information is so instant that we run around trying to keep up with all the stimuli presented us. The mind releases a thousand thoughts with each blink of the eyes, which means most subtle chains of thought don’t even register consciously. When we try to keep up with all the various stimuli bombarding us, it scatters the mind. More…
Today most of us, especially if you work in an office environment, are bombarded with massive amounts of information. We have computers, handhelds, cell phones and and ipods Louis Vuitton Handbags… All this information bombarding the mind as we try and keep up. Most people think in terms of cause and effect and since the outer world is speeding up, they try and speed up the mind with it by drinking more coffee, energy drinks and even taking drugs. Unfortunately this only leads to exhaustion and worse… depression. Coffee and energy drinks deplete the body of hydration, vitamins and minerals and put undue strain on the adrenals as well as the whole glandular (endocrine) system. It all just simply leads to exhaustion Louis Vuitton Bags.
However, it’s only through focusing the mind that we get a sense of flow and accomplishment. That’s why we say: ‘time flies when you’re having fun. ‘ When your mind is focused one-pointedly, the light of the soul is able to flow through. (Remember what the word human means: Light-Mind. Hu means light and Man means mind. So a human being is the light of the soul projected by the mind for the time being.) When you focus the mind intently, you focus the lens of your mind and that allows the light of your soul to shine through.
Anyway, this greatness that comes from focusing the mind is why we love to watch athletes in a game, or artists performing– they are so focused that their performance becomes masterful, almost “super-human” because it is infused with the greatness of Soul. Watching a masterful performance lifts us up and shows us a reflection of what we can be. It’s inspirational Cheap Louis Vuitton Handbags.
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More and more people in our fast paced, instantaneous, digital world are experiencing what is called Cold Depression. You’re depressed and you’re not sure why– because things are going at light speed around you and your dissatisfaction doesn’t make logical sense. This is evidenced by the great rise in prescription anti-depressants. What’s really going on is that the mind is so scattered that the Soul is unable to infuse into the life’s activities. A bunch of meaningless activity adds up to feelings of dissatisfaction and hopelessness. Anti-depressants simply shut off the mind so you just don’t feel bad about the things that were bothering you before. Unfortunately, the problem still exists, it’s just covered up by the chemical inhibitors in the drug.
The answer is a paradox: By slowing down and focusing the mind we actually accomplish more and get more satisfaction out of life. Simplifying your life can not be stressed enough (there’s a pun in there somewhere.) Our activities when focused, take on the feeling of a meditation, because things start to flow. The illusions of the world out there may have sped up, but a human is still a human being. This is why I began teaching kundalini yoga and mediation. I had such a great experience with it working, positively working in my life, that I just had to share my experiences and pass it on.
To this day, the estate still receives various catalogs from international art houses.When the house was being renovated by the Historic Trust, instead of pulling all the books off the shelves, then boxing them up, carting them off, bringing them back and re-shelving them, the books were left in place. Less chance of damage.The chandelier was rescued from the Mary Bonner estate, and the ceiling had to be reinforced to support that behemoth of a lighting fixture. I was there when the fixture was down, to be rewired and brought up to current code, and the electricians, it took three large men, to haul that chandelier back into place. Weighed over 300 pounds.In one corner of the library, there’s another series of Barrie sculptures, there’s another set of lions flanking the fireplace, and in one corner, I ask, which saint is it?
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